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And I think she's missed you

and you were late and...

if you could just,

I don't know.

I'm not...

Just cherish her tonight.

It's her 40th birthday

and I'm stuck right here.

Understand?

I don't know if you get it.

I don't know

if you get it, right?

I'll be out there

in a little while.

I'm sorry, yeah.

No, don't.

I'm sorry myself.

- She loves you.

- And I love her, too.

Have no doubt

about it, okay?

Don't open the curtain.

You wanna open it up, baby.

You wanna open it up.

I don't wanna

look at that.

You're punishing

me for last night.

You're really upset

at me, aren't you, baby?

I'm upset because

I'm worried about you.

I see what this

is doing to you.

The look on your face

when you walked

into that party last night...

My God, it's heartbreaking.

That was yesterday, baby.

Today's okay.

- I know, but...

- Today's okay.

I took a blow yesterday

at the office.

You've taken

a lot of blows.

But who do you

think I'm doing this for?

Who do you think

I'm doing this for, my love?

Don't do this for me.

Well, I'm doing it for you

and Charley, too, baby.

It's not just for you.

It's for all of us, baby.

I wanna be able, one day,

to kick back

and smell the roses.

I wanna sit with you

in a chair and say,

okay, we've done okay.

We're fine.

We don't need to put up

with any bullshit anymore.

I wanna sit down one day

and basically see that...

One day?

Look, I don't wanna put

more pressure on you,

and I love you.

But we've gotta sit down

like that once in while now.

Oh, my God.

Look who's here.

Dadula?

Robin...

You want Robin?

Say hi.

Dadula.

Dadula is here.

Dada, can you get Robin?

- Ow.

- Owie, what?

Your hand has a boo-boo?

Show me.

I should kiss it again?

What?

Could you please

just get Robin?

But you don't

wanna play with Dada?

No?

Tomorrow.

Will you get Robin?

You know what?

Why don't we

go find Robin.

I think she's

in your room.

And then we can

come back later.

Come on, sweetie.

Oh, it's okay.

It's all right.

I spilled some juice.

It's okay.

Come on.

Let's go get that cleaned up.

It's a bit of juice

I spilled on you.

It's okay.

It's just that

it's her favorite -

her favorite dress.

It's okay, honey.

Here, take your juice.

Listen...

Robin is

her imaginary friend.

And I'm Dada.

I'm Dada.

I know.

But she misses her Dada, okay?

She misses him a lot.

So, she's four.

I know.

And she's just playing

a little game with you.

She's trying

to punish you.

I'm gonna go

play with her.

- I'm gonna go.

- It's all right.

I am an immigrant.

Don't make fun of me.

I have a dream.

- It's been a long time.

- Fifteen years.

Fifteen years, man.

Look at you.

You're a model.

That's my stuff.

So, I read it.

It's impressive.

Thank you.

I don't get it,

but I like it.

It's all pockets.

You're making fun of me.

- I'm making fun of you.

- It's good to see you, man.

It's good to see you.

Remember the last

time we saw each other?

Granada?

That little place

with the sardines?

You were surrounded by...

We were surrounded...

You were surrounded by

young seoritas and then

you were just engulfed.

You were swallowed up.

And I didn't see you

again for three days.

Well, I didn't see you

again, period, actually.

I waited three days

for you to surface.

I asked around town

in my broken Spanish.

Nobody knew

anything about you.

I hopped a train,

I flew back home.

Fifteen years later,

you knock on my door.

Are you saying that,

uh, I shouldn't?

No. I'm not saying that.

I'm saying that

and no phone call,

no letter, no e-mail.

Life has a funny way

of turning things around, man.

You became a billionaire.

What do I do -

calling a billionaire, man?

How's your mom?

She died about three years

ago of pancreatic cancer.

But thank you for asking.

I'm sorry.

I really cared

for your mom a lot.

She cared for you, too.

In fact, I think she cared for

you more than she did for me.

- No.

- Yeah.

I'm sorry about that.

No, she did.

She always said,

why can't you be more like...

This guy.

You know what she thought?

She thought that the only reason

I was interested in making money

was so that I would be able

to rip off the suit and tie

and never have

to wear it again.

Well, you did that.

That's exactly

what's happened - it's true.

I never have to

wear a suit and tie.

Anyhow...

It's good.

I'm... I'm having a problem.

Uh-huh?

They were supposed to give

me money - an investment bank.

Sylk and Sylk.

You know them.

- Are you married?

- Yeah.

- What's her name?

- Sherry.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Okay, you're gonna pitch me.

Go ahead, pitch me.

You're in a bit of a bind...

They were supposed to

give me 12 million dollars,

you know, for the company.

I've put 2 million dollars

out of the manufacturing

line of credit...

- Kids?

- Yeah, a girl.

- What's her name?

- Charley.

Charley.

Pretty name.

Thank you.

Okay, so 2 million

line of credit,

it's been yanked,

and now you're up against it.

What do you need?

- I need 12 million.

- All right.

All right, 12 million.

You got 12 million.

Is that the last

I'm gonna see of you?

Is that the last

I'm gonna see of you?

Because, you know what?

I'm not gonna have

a damn thing to do with this.

I'm gonna call my lawyer.

My lawyer's gonna

call his lawyer.

His lawyer's gonna

call a subsidiary lawyer.

Eventually it's gonna

trickle down to somebody.

And it'll get dealt with.

And I hope you do very well.

Well, if I do well,

you'll do well...

No, it doesn't make a

goddamn bit of difference.

You could make

It isn't gonna make a goddamn

bit of difference to me.

Do you know what?

If I took every penny

I had and I started

throwing it around, I could

live to be 1,000 years old,

and I wouldn't

make a dent.

So, it doesn't make a

goddamn bit of difference.

So... I'm gonna give you

Am I gonna

see you again?

Of course

you're gonna see me.

You're embarrassing me.

- That your phone?

- Yeah.

I have to take it.

- Hello.

- Hey.

Hi, baby.

I know you're working

real hard right now,

but I really need you.

Baby.

Yeah, I really need

to see you.

Okay, I'll see you

in a little while.

- All right.

- Bye.

She okay?

She's depressed.

Her mom passed away a year ago.

Why don't you bring her over?

I'd love to meet her.

- Charley, too.

- Really?

Have 'em come over.

We'll get the crap

off the table.

We'll have some

pizza and beer.

I'd love to meet 'em.

- I'd love to do that.

- Good. Call 'em.

I need to call

somebody else before.

People at the office

are dropping out.

They thought the money

was coming in last week...

and... they're looking

for jobs right now.

So, fine.

Call 'em.

Tell 'em.

We got the money.

Back to work.

I think they're

going to need more

than me telling them.

I think they're going to

need to possibly meet you.

And immediately after that

I'll call my wife

and I'll bring Charley over.

Yeah, okay.

All right, so I have

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