Stranded in Paradise Page #2

NO, NO, NOT MY CELL PHONE.

NOT WITH MY--

OH, MA'AM,

PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT.

OH, I JUST NEED TO CHECK

REALLY QUICK:

IN MY BAG:

FOR MY CELL PHONE.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY, MA'AM.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU

TO TAKE YOUR SEAT.

- I'M JUST GONNA CHECK...

- OH, NO, NO.

MY SUITCASE REALLY QUICK

FOR MY CELL PHONE.

WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE OFF.

MA'AM.

NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

- I HAVE TO HAVE MY CELL PHONE.

- I'M SORRY, MA'AM.

WE'LL SEARCH FOR

YOUR CELL PHONE LATER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

DON'T WORRY, HONEY.

THESE THINGS ARE

AS SAFE AS HOUSES NOWADAYS.

WANT ME TO TALK TO YOU?

I FIND HAVING SOMEONE

TO TALK TO HELPS ME

GET OVER ALL MY FLYING NERVES.

WANT ME TO TELL YOU A STORY?

YOU KNOW,

THIS IS MY FIRST FLIGHT.

ARE YOU NERVOUS?

["tropical" music]

EXCUSE ME.

IS THERE ANY OTHER PLACE

THAT OUR LUGGAGE COULD BE?

- HEY.

- [laughs]

LOOKS LIKE THE LOVE OF

THE WINDOW SEAT IS

NOT ALL WE HAVE IN COMMON.

YOUR LUGGAGE IS GONE TOO?

MINE'S IN BOSTON.

GREAT CITY.

HOPE IT'S HAVING FUN,

BUT I DO WISH IT WERE HERE.

IT WILL BE, MR. MCCONNELL.

THANKS.

YOUR LUGGAGE IS:

ALSO IN BOSTON.

WELL, MAYBE

THEY'RE HAVING FUN TOGETHER.

THEY'RE NOT.

I NEED MY LUGGAGE

BEFORE TOMORROW MORNING

BECAUSE I HAVE A CONFERENCE

I HAVE TO GO TO,

SO I NEED TO HAVE

MY SUITS, YOU KNOW?

WHICH CONFERENCE?

THE AMERICAN HUMAN

RESOURCES ASSOCIATION?

- ARE YOU GOING TO THAT ONE?

- NO.

[laughs]

NO, I DON'T DO SUITS.

- GOOD LUCK.

- OH.

AS SOON AS WE GET THEM,

WE'LL BRING THEM

RIGHT TO YOU,

MS. NELSON.

THIS IS A $20 VOUCHER

FOR ANYTHING ELSE

YOU MAY NEED UNTIL THEN.

- HERE YOU GO.

- ALL RIGHT.

- THAT'S ALL I NEED?

- YES, SIR.

GREAT.

WHOA, DENVER.

OH, YOU GOT TO STOP TRYING

TO TAKE WHAT'S MINE.

- OH, I WAS HERE FIRST.

- BUT I'M HERE OFFICIALLY.

- OFFICIAL--

- SI.

SI.I CAN GE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?

10, 15 MINUTES.

- IT IS LATE.

- HOLA, HOLA.

WHERE MAY I TAKE YOU TWO

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE TONIGHT?

THEY ARE NOT...

- PARADISE--

- PARADISE HOTEL.

TOGETHER.

AHORA, SI.

THANK YOU.

[exhales]

CARTER MCCONNELL.

OH, HI,

I'M TESS NELSON.

NICE TO MEET YOU, TESS.

AND I'M SURE OUR BAGS

WILL SHOW UP:

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

I REALLY HOPE YOU'RE RIGH BECAUSE I JUST KIND OF NEED

EVERYTHING:

- TO GO WELL ON THIS TRIP.

- PARADISE HOTEL?

NO PROBLEM. IT IS SURE

TO BEEN FIXED BY NOW.

"FIXED"?

WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS

WE BOTH HAVE A WINDOW SEAT.

[laughs]

DOES IT SAY CANCELED?

YES, YESTERDAY BY A...

EF...EF?

- JEFF JACKSON.

- OH, JEFF.

JEFF JACKSON.

JEFF JACKSON.

WAS THAT A MISTAKE?

MISTAKE, YES.

I JUST NEED A ROOM,

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,

THE CONFERENCE--

EVERYTHING'S BOOKED UP.

YEAH, THE BEACH BRIDAL SHOW.

- OH, NO.

- THE NEW HORIZON FOR SINGLES.

- NO.

- YEAH?

THE-- THE DIVORCE EXPO?

NO. NO,

IT'S THE AMERICAN HUMAN RE--

YEAH, THE HUMAN RECORDING

ADMINISTRATION, YES.

I REMEMBER.

AND YES, WE HAVE

A ROOM FOR YOU...

[mutters]

ON THE THIRD FLOOR,

WE HAVE A ROOM FOR YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU.

[laughs]

SORRY.

DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

WE ONLY DO CONSTRUCTION

AT NIGH SO WE DON'T DISTURB

OUR-- OUR GUESTS.

BUT DON'T-- DON'T WORRY.

WE'RE VERY, VERY QUIET.

[loud drilling]

[laughs] YOU WILL NO - NOTICE A THING.

- I JUST NEED THE ROOM KEY.

OH.

THERE'S YOUR KEY...HERE.

AND WELCOME:

TO PARADISE HOTEL.

- HEY.

- HEY.

YOU'RE ON

THE SAME FLOOR AS ME?

UM, I'M RIGHT HERE.

OF COURSE YOU ARE.

ICE MACHINE'S DOWN TOO.

YOU KNOW, I'D FIRE

MY TRAVEL AGENT,

BUT THAT'S ME.

YEAH, WELL--

NIGHT, DENVER.

[door closes]

[seagulls crying]

[imitates rooster crowing]

RISE AND SHINE.

[laughs]

- AH.

- HERE'S YOUR LUGGAGE.

[knock on door]

[knock on door]

NO.

I DON'T-- I DON'T--

- HEY, SEORA TESS.

- [squeals]

GOOD MORNING.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE--

A GOOD NIGHT REST.

HERE'S YOUR MALETA.

THAT WAS LUGGAGE.

[speaking Spanish]

[stammers]

I-- UH--

I CAN DO THIS.

HI.

MELISSA.

- HEY.

- TESS.

I WASN'T EXPECTING

TO SEE YOU HERE.

- OH, I COME EVERY YEAR, SO--

- OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

I JUST DIDN'T--

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU TOO.

HI.

HOW GREAT IS:

THIS YEAR'S LOCATION?

I HAD NO IDEA:

THIS PLACE WAS SO GORGEOUS.

YEAH, I JUST GO IN LAST NIGHT, SO--

- OH.

- TESS NELSON.

IT'S AMAZING.

YOU HAVE TO CHECK OU THE BEACHES

BEFORE THE STORM HITS.

- THEY'LL BE A MESS AFTER.

- IS THERE A STORM?

A TROPICAL STORM,

DIDN'T YOU HEAR?

SEORITA NELSON:

FROM CONNOR.COM.

- WELL, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU.

- BYE.

I SHOW YOUR RESERVATION WAS

CANCELED YESTERDAY BY JEFF--

JACKSON, YEAH.

JUST-- THAT'S A MISTAKE,

SO YOU CAN JUS PUT IT ON THIS.

I WISH I COULD,

BUT THE CONFERENCE IS SOLD OUT.

WELL, NOTHING'S EVER

REALLY SOLD OUT, RIGHT?

SAN JUAN HAS BEEN

VERY POPULAR.

WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS

A LITTLE ROOM SOMEWHERE.

WE DID ADVISE EVERYONE

TO REGISTER EARLY.

I DID REGISTER EARLY,

AND JEFF JACKSON CANCELED--

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE MISTAKE.

SO IF YOU COULD PUT I ON THIS CARD,

I'LL JUST PAY DOUBLE.

- I WISH I COULD.

- TRIPLE.

OH! A CANCELLATION.

[typing]

THANK YOU.

HERE YOU GO.

ALL THE SESSIONS FULL?

[background chatter]

GREAT.

DANIELLE.

MS. ELLERBEE,

TESS NELSON.

OH, I DON'T KNOW IF

YOU REMEMBER ME:

- OR NOT FROM--

- CONNOR.COM.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

ANYWAY,

I MISSED YOUR SESSION,

BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE

YOU HAVE A SECOND

TO CHAT WITH ME ABOUT--

I DON'T.

BUT HERE'S MY CARD.

YOU CAN HAVE MY ASSISTAN SET UP AN APPOINTMENT.

- OKAY. HERE'S MINE.

- OH, AND I'M SORRY TO HEAR

ABOUT THE CHANGES

AT CONNOR.COM.

OH, THAT'S OKAY.

RESTRUCTURING A COMPANY,

NEVER EASY.

YEAH.

[background chatter]

HEY, GUYS.

HASN'T THIS BEEN AWESOME?

IT'S-- YEAH, IT'S AWESOME.

[low voice]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

OH, JUST THE SAME THING

YOU'RE DOING HERE.

OH, YOU ALREADY GO A NEW JOB?

GOOD FOR YOU.

- NO, I DIDN'T.

- NO?

WELL, UM, HEY,

I SAW A JOB LISTING

THAT CONNOR WAS LOOKING

TO HIRE AN H.R. CONSULTANT.

- IS THAT TRUE?

- FRANK.

IT'S OKAY.

YEAH, IT'S-- IT'S TRUE.

OH, GOD, COULD YOU PU IN A GOOD WORD FOR ME?

I WOULD LOVE TO WORK THERE.

OKAY, THAT'S TACTLESS,

EVEN FOR YOU.

- I KNOW.

- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'M ACTUALLY ABOUT TO

HAVE LUNCH WITH BILL LEWIS.

- BILL LEWIS?

- YEAH.

DOES HE HAVE AN OPENING?

WELL, YOU KNOW

HOW THESE THINGS GO.

- I COULD CHECK.

- OH, YEAH, SURE.

- THAT'S AWESOME.

- YEAH.

IT'S AWESOME.

AWESOME.

SHE ALWAYS LANDS ON TOP.

HELLO.

SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

YOU KNOW, I'M SO SORRY I DIDN' CALL TO CONFIRM FIRST.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THA I LOST MY CELL PHONE

ON THE FLIGHT OVER?

SO--

YOU LOOK GREAT.

THANKS, TESS.

BUT WHEN I HEARD

ABOUT CONNOR LETTING YOU GO,

- I MEAN, I ASSUMED--

- OH, YEAH.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN

A LITTLE ROUGH,

BUT, YOU KNOW,

EVERYTHING HAPPENS--

HELLO, LEWIS.

- HI.

- HI.

- HEY, AGAIN.

- HI.

IT'S CRAZY.

ARE WE ALL THREE

HAVING LUNCH TOGETHER?

UM, ARE WE--

OH, NO.

NO. NO, WE'RE NOT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE

THAT I SAID HI:

TO BILL AGAIN.

NICE TO SEE YOU, TESS.

GREAT TO SEE YOU TOO.

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