My Blind Brother Page #4

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counting of the calories,

it's about the quality

of the calories.

Right.

I mean, I keep telling

people about this and no one...

no one seems to be listening.

I mean, OK, for instance,

you want 30% to 60%

of your diet to be vegetables...

Watch out.

[engine rumbles] Watch out.

You guys OK?

Yeah.

I'll be right back.

Watch what you're doing, bro.

You're coming at us, you

almost knocked us over.

You don't tell me what to do.

No, you listen.

I don't tell me...

you don't tell me...

Oh!

Are you OK?

Yeah.

Like... just is it broken?

No, I think it's

probably just bruised.

You've got to move

your fingers around.

Like that?

Does that hurt?

Bill, you OK?

Yeah, yeah I'm fine.

Thank you for defending me.

How's he doing?

Bill, could you check on him?

I'm done, man.

He can have her.

She's got real

co-dependency issues.

I'm never going to

beat him because, you

know, nothing trumps it.

Nothing.

Nothing trumps what?

Yo, I can't believe

he hit you, Norman.

That's messed up.

He's strong, man.

I mean, for a blind guy, he's

really got a good swing, man.

[sirens] Oh, sh*t.

No, we're good.

It's all right.

What do we got

going on here, guys?

Sh*t.

F***.

F***.

Sh*t.

Nothing, officer.

Just hanging out.

Oh, hey GT.

Your mom's here.

Has GT been released yet?

We didn't charge him.

Right.

It was like $10 worth of weed.

It's not a big deal.

Not everything's

about you, Bill.

Your brother's

had some bad news.

Oh yeah, what's that?

The swim's not happening.

Huh?

It's not happening.

How come?

Because the the Coast Guard

and the good people of Lorain

aren't willing to let a

blind guy into the water.

They say it's too

dangerous and they're not

insured for that kind of thing.

So you're not going

to swim at all?

Jesus, what part of this

don't you understand?

Yes, Bill.

It is not going to happen.

The swim is off.

You happy now?

[music playing]

Looking good, girl.

Hi.

Sh.

We're trying to listen to this.

What is it?

It's Crime and Punishment.

Crime and Punishment,

that sounds fun.

Well, that's not

the point, Bill.

It's not always

about having fun.

It's about culture and

enriching yourself.

Got it.

With literature and art.

You got it?

Mmhmm.

Great.

Sorry.

That's OK.

AUDIOBOOK:
And he will

hold out his hands to us.

And we shall fall

down before him.

And we shall we and we

shall understand all things.

Then we shall understand all.

And all will understand...

Let's go out.

Seriously, you need to

blow off some steam.

You need to have a couple

beers and eat some processed

food, something delicious like

chicken fingers

or potato skins.

Wh... where would we go?

Do some dancing, some

drinking, some dinner.

What, just the three of us?

Sure.

Unless Rose has a

young lady that she

would like to introduce me to.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Great.

Hi, you're up front with me.

Hi.

Hi, I'm Bill.

I'm Francie.

Nice to meet you, Francie.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, guys.

So we all up for some

drinks before dinner?

I certainly am.

Well, that's good news.

And how do you feel

about dancing, Francie?

I feel pretty

great about dancing.

Also good to hear.

Yep, sounds like a plan.

South Road's coming up.

Yep, I know.

And we should be passing the

lobster mailbox on our right

just about... now.

Oh my god.

Holy sh*t.

Bill, stop the car.

- You sure about that, Robbie?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's fine. Stop the car.

All right.

What are we doing?

Get ready for fun.

- Hey.

- Oh, it's all right.

I got it.

What's going on?

I'm driving.

Get in.

OK.

Um, how are you doing this?

He's peeking

through his eyelids.

I have pretty advanced

spatial awareness and memory.

- There's a car coming.

- It's OK, I got it.

I got it.

I got it.

FRANCIE:
I don't like this.

[yelling]

See, everybody's fine.

Stop.

- How are you guys doing?

- Robbie, it's not...

What's going on back here?

This is stupid.

See, it doesn't matter.

I can go like this.

It's the same as

if I'm like this.

FRANCIE:
Uh huh.

Or like that.

Somebody should be looking

at where we're going.

BILL:
Robbie, can you do

it with your eyes closed?

[music playing]

We should start a petition, get

the whole community behind me.

Yeah.

Bill thinks it would be

better coming from me,

a passionate plea of sorts.

Uh huh, I think so.

He and Francie seem

to be getting along.

Might finally be

about to get laid.

But he must have a lot

of girlfriends, right?

No, not at all.

He's only brought one

person home in the last year

and she wouldn't even

give him her number.

Your table is ready.

Thank you.

Guys, it's dinner time.

Hi, it's time for dinner.

I really like him.

We could marry brothers.

And then we could live in

houses next to each other

with a tunnel underneath.

Yeah?

All right.

So, who's better

looking, Rose or Francie?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And a wine list as well.

Your waitress will be over

to take your order shortly.

This is awkward because

that gentleman lied to you.

I will be your

waitress this evening.

Great.

I would like a huge martini

and I want you to get in it.

No problem.

More wine, Francie?

Uh, yeah, thank you.

Little more.

[yell] [yell]

What the f*** is that?

Excuse me, do you mind?

I'm trying to eat

dinner over here.

Rob, he's disabled.

I'm disabled.

Oh my god.

So Francie, do you do a bunch of

volunteer stuff like Rose does?

Oh, no.

I'm a much worse person.

In my free time I

mostly just watch TV.

As a person that's

been on TV, I

can tell you it's

very effective,

recognizability-wise.

Robbie's been on the

local news a bunch.

Really, have you?

Wow.

6 times, 4 years.

You must get recognized

on the street all the time.

Some people think

it's, like, excessive.

But I... I'm kind of like,

eh, I could do better.

Mmhmm.

[interposing voices]

Rose?

Hi.

Rita.

Oh, no, don't get up.

No, please.

Funny to see you here.

How have you been?

I'm just fine.

How have you been?

We're managing.

Sure.

Sure.

We've missed you.

Hi, I'm Robbie.

I'm Rose's boyfriend.

He's blind.

Well, nice to meet you.

Nice to see you both.

We'll let you get

on with your dinner.

Bye.

Why'd you tell

them I was blind?

Rose?

Um.

Those were Fred's parents.

Who is Fred?

Fred's the boy that died.

OK, but why did you

tell them I was blind?

I wasn't expecting to see them

and I think I just got... I'm

kind of flustered and confused.

Did you think the fact that

I was blind would make it seem

less like you'd

moved on and more

like you're doing a good deed?

No, not at all.

I just... I, um... I just was not.

Because I don't

need your pity, Rose.

I know, and that's

not what this is.

Oh, OK.

So what is it?

I just f***ed up.

Rob, don't go.

Robbie, I'm sorry.

I really didn't

mean yell at you.

I'm just overwhelmed.

- Robbie, please don't leave.

- Why?

Why not?

That was way out of line.

I am so sorry.

Why?

Because I made a really

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