The Benefactor Page #4

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You should call your doctor.

He can get you

a new prescription.

There's nothing else

I can do for you, sir.

Yeah, I... whoa.

Hey, man, I'm sorry. I'm

a little embarrassed.

I didn't, uh...

Sorry, I'm really embarrassed. I'm sorry.

I shouldn't be yelling at you...

Sir, your watch.

Keep the watch. Keep it.

I want you to have it.

Damn it!

He's a good guy.

Huh?

And I was just thinking...

And...

Why do I just wanna strangle him?

What?

Don't get me wrong,

I like him. I do, but...

I mean, how'd your dad

deal with it?

My parents were

just friends with him.

They didn't need

anything from him.

I don't need anything from him.

Except, maybe some furniture.

God!

Are you okay? I'm sorry!

Help!

Help!

Bobby! I'm coming.

You're okay. You'll be okay.

Bobby? Bobby!

Stay with me, stay with me!

Help!

Mia... hey! Help!

Help!

Stay with me! Stay with me,

don't leave...

Stay with me, stay with me...

Bobby! Stay with me!

Help!

Help!

I'm not gonna shut up yet 'cause there's

one more thing I would like to do.

I would like to

introduce you all

to the newest member of our board

of directors of the foundation,

Dr. Luke Harris.

Luke, stand up.

Stand up, come on.

Uh...

Dr. Luke Harris, everybody!

Uh...

You know,

when I look at this young man,

I can't help but see...

See my best friend,

Dr. Bobby Mcclellan. He, um...

He's the physician who inspired

this whole enterprise. He, um...

He was an honorable man.

Unlike me, he didn't come up here and

do a song and dance and ask for money.

He, um...

Sorry.

My, uh...

My dear friend Bobby.

The best gift he ever gave me

was his friendship.

And now he's giving his

legacy to me

to share with this young man.

You're not going to

let us down, are you?

Are you?

No, you won't.

You won't do that.

Thank you... uh, go on.

I bet you've seen worse, huh?

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

Hey,

it's the king of Philadelphia.

Hey. Mind if I steal away

the prince for a moment?

No, we can spare him... Just for

a moment, thank you very much.

Let's get out of here.

You don't know who that was?

He's a d*ckhead.

If I would have ran,

he would not be mayor.

He's not mayor. Listen, I need to

get back to Olivia right away.

We're only 20 minutes away, if she

goes into labor, she'll call you.

Do you hear what I was saying up there?

You're the new board member.

Yeah. Why am I the

new board member?

'Cause that's what I want.

Yeah, but it doesn't

make any sense.

I haven't proven myself

to anyone.

You've proven yourself to me.

You don't have to prove

yourself to anyone else.

You've proven yourself to

people your entire life.

You've earned everything you've got.

Now just say thank you,

and get drunk with me.

You need this.

I need this, actually.

I really need this.

Hey! Yo!

Lukie!

This used to be a cigar lounge.

Bobby brought me here

on my 27th birthday.

It used to be class.

What are we doing here?

It's my birthday.

Your birthday?

Yes. Luke, Molly, Molly, Luke.

Hey, what's up?

Ya want one? I just

bought 'em from Molly.

I don't think her name's

Molly. That's Molly.

Hey, I'm Luke, nice to...

Molly.

Okay. Molly gave you

ecstasy, great.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, Franny...

Franny, come on.

Jesus Christ, man.

It's my birthday, too.

Yeah, hi there.

Go ahead, take it.

No. Come on, take it.

Cost me 40 bucks to buy this.

I don't care.

I'm not taking ecstasy.

So f***ing stiff! I can't believe this.

What? I'm not stiff...

I mean, I'm basically your boss

and I'm telling you to take it.

You're telling me to take it.

Stop it, all right.

All right, you earned this.

This is for you. Stop it.

Stop it. Come off it.

Don't do that.

No, I'm not taking ecstasy. No.

Whoo!

Get back in there,

you hound dog.

Whoo! Ooh! How you doing?

Hey, this is Luke.

Leave a message, thanks.

Hi, it's me, um...

I'm not trying to

ruin your night,

but I just don't know if

you're coming home.

I just really don't want

to be here alone.

I really don't want to be here.

So call me if

you're coming home.

I gotta be honest, man.

Olivia f***ing loves you, man.

She does.

You know, I didn't

really get it at first.

'Cause, you know,

you're kind of annoying,

just to be honest. You see,

you have this, like,

crazy uncle thing where you're

kind of cool and, like...

You've got all this money and you

can just breeze in and breeze out,

and you don't have to deal

with any of the problems.

You know, I could see that

that's the good way to go.

That's cool...

You know, I'm gonna be a...

I'm gonna be a dad, man.

I know, you're gonna be a dad.

I'm gonna be a dad!

You're gonna be a dad!

You are gonna be a dad.

I'm gonna be a dad...

That's crazy. No, you're gonna be...

You'd be such a good dad.

You would.

You'd be such a good dad.

And it's like...

We didn't plan it,

it just happened. And we're...

What was I supposed to do? I mean, I

just have to deal with it, you know?

I didn't wanna lose her.

'Cause I love her.

I didn't want to lose her,

but I just...

I didn't think I'd be

doing it now, you know?

I like this scarf.

Don't be nervous.

You're gonna do good.

I am nervous.

You're gonna be good.

Good dad.

Good husband.

'Cause you're good.

Whoo!

Come on. Come on, get up here.

All right.

Feels good, right?

Feels good!

Feels good!

Feel good!

Ah! Whoo!

Where ya been, man?

Where ya been?

One more stop. This is

the best of everything.

Whoa!

How many of us are there here?

I wasn't expecting any guests. You

want a nightcap or something?

No, I'm good, I'm good. I think

I just need to sleep. Whoa...

Fair enough.

You still live here, man?

Yeah, used to...

Long time ago.

The bedrooms are upstairs.

You, uh, make yourself at home.

Okay.

Squeeze a cheek, mister.

Come on.

Oh...

Oh, god...

I gotta ask you something.

Franny...

I'm exhausted, man. I just...

I can't, I can't...

Go to sleep.

No one's bombin' ya.

Go to sleep.

You know...

I have a...

I never wanted to be

close to anyone.

I've always wanted people

to love me.

Everyone.

It's not a coincidence, is it?

That you're here.

We're together again.

It isn't...

Bobby, you and Mia were the

only ones I ever got close to.

I never wanted to get close

to anyone. You know that.

I didn't tell.

I didn't tell anybody. I didn't

tell anybody what happened.

I didn't tell anybody.

I didn't tell anyone

it was my fault.

Do you remember? Do you

remember what happened, Bobby?

It should've been me, Bobby,

not you. You had everything.

It was... It should've been me.

Franny?

Franny?

Hey, Franny. Sam. Been a while.

It sure has.

You're looking pretty good.

Cut the sh*t.

You know, I got embarrassed

at the pharmacy the other day.

Yeah, I know. I know.

I'm really sorry about that.

Well? Well, I've been trying

to reach you for months.

And you're impossible to get

hold of, Franny.

Since when do we need to talk?

Okay, going forward, I...

I can't sign off

on any more refills.

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