Tallulah Page #6

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- Espresso.

[Tallulah] Sorry...

No, it's okay. Don't worry about it,

it's my fault, please.

Piling's hardly the same thing

as cleaning up.

Please do not judge me for this,

it's my only guilty pleasure.

Where was Nico conceived?

Uh... Maybe a too personal question.

[Margo] In my graduate school dorm room,

in the middle of midterm exams.

You're absolutely right.

[Stephen] So, Lu,

I'm trying to chart your course.

The last time you saw Nico was in?

Tennessee.

We were traveling around the country.

For how long?

Couple of years.

Weren't you scared?

[Stephen] With the baby?

[Margo] They travel, Stephen,

that's what they do.

Yeah, it was fun.

If it was so much fun, why did he leave?

He just was... he said he was tired.

So you're in love,

you're living in a van with a baby,

and suddenly my son

just decides to ditch his kid,

and, what? Walk back to New York?

- He's probably hitchhiking.

- Stephen, what are you doing?

He's being pretty rude.

No, I'm not being rude.

I'm trying to get it straight.

I'm trying to find out

what the f*** happened to our son.

[Stephen] Now this is the last

person who saw him alive.

Doesn't that concern you?

Of course it concerns me.

Do you honestly believe any of this sh*t?

That he would leave his child

in the care of this girl?

How do we even know that that kid is his?

[Margo] For God's sake,

people leave all the time.

- He could be dead for all we know.

- He's not dead.

Of course he's not dead.

Are you giving her money? Are you?

- This girl is a liar.

- You're the liar.

You're a liar, and you're unkind.

[Stephen] You just don't want to see her

for what she is.

[Margo] Twenty years of deception,

all of a sudden,

you're the pope of honesty.

- I'm looking out for you.

- You don't get to be the hero!

All our friends think

you did something brave,

but you cheated and you lied,

and you f***ed around and you left!

And now, you get to have all of this!

And I get to rot in that goddamn apartment

in the middle of all your sh*t.

[Stephen] Well then, move on.

Sign the papers. Be done with it.

Why? Why?

Because God forbid I make it hard for you,

as if it isn't hard enough being a f*ggot!

You let me build this family on a lie,

you let me make it my life,

and you knew the whole time!

That's what kills me! You knew!

[shouting] Goddammit,

you knew the whole time too!

You knew!

If we're really being honest here.

I loved you and I loved our family.

And how dare you call someone else a liar?

How dare you be mean to her?

At least she has the balls

to be who she really is.

Let me have her. Let me have her.

Come here, sweetheart.

Lu, come on. It's okay, baby.

[door closes]

Oh!

The last eight years of our marriage,

he didn't touch me, and I stayed.

I stayed!

Come on, is every cab

in the city off duty?

Oh, I can't believe how angry I am.

Come on, let's go down to Broadway.

[Tallulah] Where's the subway?

- No, it's not safe.

- What are you afraid of, terrorists?

Like they're gonna gas the 1 train?

Yes!

So we die, big deal.

- Get that sh*t over with.

- Lu, please.

[Tallulah] Does she look sweaty to you?

She's sweaty.

Ma'am, there's no smoking.

Stop, stop!

- What?

- Stop!

[cars honking]

Maddy! Madison!

Ma'am, you have to pay me.

This has happened to me before.

[Carolyn] Madison!

[Margo] ...money. How much does it cost?

[Carolyn] Maddy!

[Tallulah] Come on, we gotta go!

[Margo] Lu...

No, you don't understand, she has my kid!

- No, no.

- Oh, my God!

[Margo] Lu! Stop running.

Lu, wait!

Wait!

Lu, wait!

Do you have a card?

I don't know.

I may have an old one in here.

I haven't used it in so long,

I don't even know if I have...

Oh, what is your hurry?

Sorry. I'm just...

- Here!

- Thank you!

[Cab driver] Forgot your luggage!

Oh my God!

All right, now pass it back to me.

Come on, let's go. To the train, come on.

Lu, I don't think that's allowed!

Move!

Stop her! Stop!

[Carolyn] Stop her!

Oh!

[Margo] Wait!

Ma'am, no. You need to swipe your card.

No, stop, wait. Look, you can't...

[Carolyn] It's my baby.

Come on.

[announcement over PA]

No! Oh my God! Madison!

Somebody, stop this train!

Oh, my God! Somebody help me!

Oh my God! Somebody help me!

[sobbing] Somebody!

- Why did you run? Answer me!

- I think there's something wrong with her.

[baby cries]

She has a fever. She's hot!

Who was that woman?

- What woman?

- The woman who chased us.

Did she say something to you?

What would she have told me?

What the f*** is going on here?

Who are you, really?

- That's my stuff. What are you doing?

- Looking through it.

Did you steal from her too?

Okay, we're leaving.

- I want answers. What have you done?

- Nothing!

No one runs like that

unless they've done something.

I just felt like running!

Lu, look at me.

I need the whole story.

So what, I'm a thief? I'm a liar?

You don't ask, you just assume?

What am I supposed to think?

I know you're hiding something.

- I've known since you showed up.

- I don't have to tell you.

I took care of you. You owe me.

You take care of someone

because you want to.

You don't throw it in their face.

I am trying to help you.

If you are in trouble, it's okay.

Tell me what you did.

I'm so stupid.

I should have known. I don't know why

I thought this was different.

This is your family.

I'm not your f***ing family.

No...

Please don't take her.

Please don't take her.

[Tallulah] She's sick,

you don't even care.

If she's sick, don't take her.

- Lu!

- [baby crying]

- [horn blares]

- [Tallulah] Sh*t!

Oh, f***!

Okay, all right.

I'm gonna get you some medicine.

- [baby crying]

- You're gonna be okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

[sighs]

You were drunk, Carolyn?

Hi, Mom.

Hi!

I'm not gonna ask

what you were doing here.

I don't care anymore.

Nothing could be worse than what

you've done to our daughter.

You are worthless, Carolyn.

Who was she?

- She worked here.

- [Russell] No, she didn't.

But you didn't f***ing check, did you?

You just handed our child

over to a stranger.

Oh, Jesus! You're like a f***ing toddler.

I know. I'm sorry.

[Russell] You're sorry.

Where do you even begin to be sorry?

I saw her.

Russell, I saw her on the train.

I know she's here. I know she's okay.

- What train station?

- I don't remember. I don't...

- What f***ing train station?

- Red, the sign was red.

The 1! Notify MTA.

Do you remember which direction?

I don't remember, I was running.

I don't know, I'm sorry.

I was so close.

Her little face!

[Carolyn] She was right there.

You don't deserve her, Carolyn.

- I'm still her mother.

- [Russell] You don't deserve her.

I'm her mother.

I want her back more than anything.

I am trying, I am... I am.

I just need some help. I need help.

- Boss, can I get you to step out?

- I'm in the middle of something.

[Officer Buck] We have some information.

[Richards] Give me a minute.

- Squad got a call.

- Anonymous?

The ex-husband of some woman,

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