Stop the Wedding Page #3

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but everyone has a price.

What are you talking about?

Look, let's just save my father

another long

and painful divorce.

How much is it going to take

to, uh, call off

the engagement?

Wow, that is

quite an offer, Clay.

You know, I really,

truly don't know.

I'm gonna have to

do some math here,

figure out

a good price...

Anna!

Clay, you're here!

You're looking well.

- Hi, dad.

- Good to see you.

Looking good.

I see you've met

belle's niece,

Anna.

So lovely to

see you again.

And this, of course,

is the love of my life,

Ms. belle Colton.

Belle, and...

Annabelle.

Yes.

Her father was

my big brother,

and we were very close,

so Anna was named after me.

Very close.

She raised me.

I would do anything for her.

It is so nice

to meet you, Clay.

Your father

raves about you.

I also rave

about anchovies.

Don't let it go

to your head.

You guys seem like

you are a lot alike.

We were just getting

acquainted

when you walked in.

He's special.

Well, it's

a nice day,

why don't we all

go next door to my place

and fire up

the barbecue?

It'd give us a chance

to get to know

each other better.

Sounds good.

Great, I'll get

some food together,

and we'll meet you

next door.

See you later, Clay.

Yeah.

Remember that

commercial I did

for the grill?

How could I forget?

That was a pretty

good grill...

I picked up some

burgers yesterday.

You know, Anna,

you are going to

adore Sean

once you get

to know him.

Everyone does.

You didn't at first.

How can you possibly

know him in one month?

I know everything

I need to know.

Come on...

I'll tell you one thing,

she's got the kindest

heart I've ever met.

Kind of reminds me

of your mother.

Look, I'm sure

she's very nice,

and I get

that you like her,

but why rush things?

Like we said before

on the phone,

Sean's movie finishes

in a few days,

and we just can't wait

to start our life together.

Are you sure you don't want to

think this through

a little more?

I would just hate

to see you get hurt.

Sean would never hurt me.

I would never

hurt her.

I'm worried about you.

Remember

what happened with...

That name that

can't be said.

Okay, well, you were

so sure about...

Yeah, yeah.

...her.

And look what happened,

she destroyed you.

I just don't want to see

that happen to you again.

I appreciate that,

thank you,

but this time,

slam dunk.

Right here.

- Hello.

- Hi.

Can I take

something?

Sure.

Great.

Why didn't you

tell me who you were?

Oh, I didn't

really have time.

You were so busy

negotiating your bribe.

It wasn't a bribe,

it was an offer.

I don't know what circles

you run in, Clay,

but my aunt

cannot be bought.

They're not

my circles.

They're my father's.

Well, I'm not going to

allow your father,

and his very obvious

mid-life crisis

to take advantage of my aunt.

Him take advantage of her?

That's not normally the case

where the castleberrys

are concerned.

My aunt could care less

about any of that

celebrity stuff.

Look, I'm sure

she's a very wonderful person,

and I imagine they think

that this is true love.

It's not. It's adrenaline,

disguised as love.

I'm a divorce lawyer,

I've seen this

a million times.

Hi.

Hello, I'm Jake.

This is Anna.

I'm Anna.

It's nice to meet

you, Anna.

Will you both

be joining us?

Yes. Very soon.

They need to

put on the brakes.

Get to know

each other,

see if they fit into

each other's lives.

Then, a few months

down the road...

If they're still

together...

If they're

still together,

see what happens.

They can't get

married in two weeks.

It's an absolute

recipe for disaster.

So we stop the wedding?

We have no choice.

So, counselor,

what's the plan?

I'm supposed to

come up with a plan?

Well, you seem like

the sort of person

who always has a plan.

I've never been in

this position before.

You, however, have.

What do you think?

Well, you kind of

squashed it this morning.

That was your plan?

That wasn't a plan,

that was

an act of desperation.

Pardon me for my lack

of experience here,

but I didn't step in

early enough last time,

and I'm not okay

with a repeat performance.

Gail, his former wife,

was a demonic human being...

Though to call her a human

is an insult to humans

everywhere, trust me.

Well, I can assure you,

my aunt is nothing

like that.

I get it. She's a dream,

but it still doesn't

dismiss the fact

that this is insane...

...and then, I did my surgical

residency in Boston

and I never left.

Boston, oh,

how fascinating...

Clay, how do you

take your burgers?

Uh, medium, please.

Look, we need to

figure this out soon,

because I left a very

important new client behind,

and I need to get back.

Mm-hmm, and I'm supposed

to be in Miami on Friday,

doing my first keynote

to a conference of

prominent orthopedists.

We're all sacrificing

something here.

Look at them...

They look like

teenagers.

Here, I'm going to

take this.

I'm going to

save you with this.

You know, some pre-marital

appetizers are okay...

You know what this is?

Hmm?

It's a vacation romance.

Yeah, well,

vacations always end.

You know that,

and I know that,

we just need to

get them to see

that this is not

real life.

So I'm up for

the role of a lifetime,

this is about 30 years ago.

It's James Bond.

Between Roger Moore

and Timothy Dalton,

and they're seeing

everybody in town,

but I'm the only non-brit.

So I figure,

I gotta work on

this accent.

I hire a dialect coach,

the best guy in town.

I'm pumped,

we're ready,

I've been

working on this.

It's the money shot,

audition day, I'm there,

the director says,

"action!"

"Bond.

James Bond."

Hey says, "cut.

Please, cut!"

I think it serves

them right

for not casting me

that that whole franchise

just tanked after that.

He has such great stories.

I could just

listen for hours.

And he can certainly

talk for hours.

So, how did you

get together?

I tried to

have him arrested.

I warned him

about the music.

Oh, yes.

Ah, but I had

this clever ruse

to get her to

come back over.

When the police

arrived,

they posed for selfies.

She finally gave me

a chance to apologize

and let me

take her to dinner.

Just like a fairy tale.

And you two find

that your lives are

complementary?

I mean, you're from

very different worlds.

True.

I like salty, he likes sweet.

She's an early riser,

I'm a night owl.

I'm farm-to-table,

and he's more...

Room service to bed.

Now, that you could

learn to love.

Give it a chance.

I think that

if people work at it,

and they're meant to be,

they can

make it all happen.

We just want

to settle down,

and buy a ranch,

grow our own vegetables,

and own a few horses.

It's like I told you

when I retired last year,

that that was

always my dream.

I just, um, never thought

it would actually happen.

Okay, hold on,

buy a ranch?

Dad, you loathe getting dirty.

Yes, but the offers

that I get these days

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