The Girl in the Park Page #6

I'm so scared

I'm gonna take a nap

before to night.

Honey, you should Iied own,

too, Celeste.

We're gonna follow you.

- Bye, sweetie.

- Bye. We'll see you there.

Bye.

- See you Iater.

- What are you doing?

- Call me.

- Okay, I will.

Ready?

Hi.

Psst. Hey.

She didn't say that

she was bringing a guest.

She didn't even tell us

that she was coming.

Okay. But she's here now,

so at least be happy about that.

I know, but doesn't it seem weird

that she's bringing

her assistant to the wedding?

- Her assistant?

- Yeah. The girl.

She looks Iike the girl

from the restaurant.

You know, when your mom--

Jesus.

She's done her hair

all differently this time.

I didn't recognize--

So what does that mean?

Is she her assistant or not?

I have no idea.

Can we go inside

- and try to enjoy the evening?

- You know what?

I remember when I went over

to my mom's to see her,

she had this stuff in her spare room.

Are they-- Is--

Is she Iiving with her?

- What the f*** is going on?

- I have no idea.

And right now, I don't really care.

This is our night.

We've planned it for a year.

I'm not gonna let your mom

or any of her crazy sh*t

screw that up for me.

Are you?

Hors d'oeuvres?

Thank you. They look great.

- Uh, smells Iike...

- Vegetarian.

- Crackers?

- Thank you.

I'm sorry. If you'd just button-- Okay.

Hey.

Hey.

I'm the, uh,

inconvenient stepson.

Good to meet you.

I'm Louise.

So, Iike, what's your deal?

They set some extra places.

All right?

- It's no problem.

- All right. Thanks.

- I'm sorry. She didn't mention anything.

- Oh...

Are you sure it's okay?

Don't worry about it.

It's all taken care of.

- I hope they're ready for it.

- Here's to being grand parents.

- Indeed. Indeed.

- Cheers.

Julias my sponsor.

In the program.

- What? Like AA or...

- Yeah.

I'm supposed to be with her,

Iike, all the time for support.

O-kay.

Oh. No. Right. No.

The program's for sex addicts.

You know, people who just f***

and f*** and f*** and f***.

I've been struggling with it

since I was, Iike, 14.

See, my mother is this, um--

Well, I guess you'd call her a supermodel.

I don't wanna say her name,

but you'd know it.

Anyway, when I was growing up,

she was never around.

She was always traveling, so they had

to put me in a Swiss boarding school.

All-girl.

Well, you know

what those are Iike.

Uh, yeah.

- Hey, Dean.

- Hey. Hi.

- How you doing?

- Good.

Hi, Chris.

Hi. Uh, it's Louise, right?

Yeah.

How are you?

Good.

I, uh-- l, um...

So you're staying with my mom, right?

Yeah. She's letting me

crash there a Iittle while.

Wow.

She's really taken you

under her wing, huh?

Very much so.

She's been incredibly generous

both in and out of the bank.

Oh, yeah. The bank. It's funny.

You don't really strike me

as a banker type.

Hmm. Well, you don't really strike me

as the handyman type.

I'm not a handyman.

Whatever. Builder.

You seem gentler somehow.

My brother Stuart's Iike that.

You remind me of him

a Iittle bit, actually.

Look, I don't really--

Oh, f*** me!

What is wrong with me?

Congratulations on your marriage.

I should've said something before.

Thanks.

- But I wanna know--

- Julias proud--

really, truly proud of you.

The Iife you've made.

Your business.

Everything you've done.

You know that, right, Chris?

She may not be able to say it,

but she is.

Ladies and gentlemen, dinner is served.

Good. I'm starving.

Julia, we're going to put you over here.

That's father-- either one.

Nice to meet you.

- Father-in-law.

- Louise. How are you?

- No. Mom, no. No more speeches.

- Uh, I would just-- Darling.

- Mom, it's gonna be a marathon tomorrow.

- I just wanted to say thank you--

Just let me do that.

- Thank you to Doug and Amanda.

- Good. Very good.

- Very good.

- Oh, you're a terrible girl.

And I wanna say thank you, too.

And to you, I'd Iike to say,

don't let him leave the state.

Now, everyone go home

and have a good night's sleep.

Thank you so much.

Could l, um--

Could I say something?

Of course. Wait. Everyone,

Julia wants to say something.

Uh...

I just...

I want to say how glad I am

that Chris and Celeste

have found each other.

And, um, how happy I am

to be here.

I -- I know I haven't

always been, um, present

as much as I would've Iiked,

and l...

I hope...

to try to change that.

I hope youll let me try to change that.

And I wish you all

the happiness in the world.

Oh. Hear, hear.

Oh, and thanks for finding

an extra place for Maggie.

What did you say?

What?

What's-- What's your name?

- It's Louise.

- Maggie.

No-- I go by either. It's fine.

No. No.

This is Maggie.

Is-- Is that what this is?

Do you-- Do you--

Do you know what this is about?

Do you understand what you're doing here?

Do you have any idea?

- No, no, no. Where are you going?

- Chris...

- You don't walk away! You look at me!

- No. Stop.

- What the f*** do you think you're doing?

- Chris!

Maggie!

Maggie's dead, Mom!

She's dead.

Mom.

Thank you.

- Hi.

- Hey.

How are ya? Here she is!

Just woke up. Hi.

They work.

Okay, who wants what?

We have coffee.

We have booze if you want it.

- Hey, big boy.

- Hey, for you.

So how's your sleep going?

It's good.

I got four hours last night.

That's not bad.

Susan and I haven't slept

for over a decade.

She actually slept

through the night a few nights ago.

- Can't enjoy that.

- We woke up.

We went running

up to her room.

"Is she all right? Is she all right?"

Woke her up.

- Look. She Iikes you.

- So cute.

Look. She's looking right at you.

You all right?

Yeah.

Here. Why don't you

let me get the ladder?

- Julia.

- Is he all right?

Yeah. Eh, broken wrist.

- Sixty stitches.

- Oh!

I wanted to do them

for him, but, you know.

He's-- He's okay.

Uh, they're just finishing

setting the bone now.

- How'd you find out?

- Doug called me.

We would've called.

We just were in crisis mode.

Please...

Um...

Oh. Julia, you didn't

need to bring him anything.

No. It's-- It's for her.

Uh...

I meant to bring it before.

I should have.

Thank you.

Can I see Chris?

Um...

Julia-- I mean...

He must've picked up

the phone 200 times.

He wants to talk to you. He does.

It's just been hard... after everything.

And then you didn't call, and...

She's not your daughter.

You know that, right?

I know.

Come on.

Thanks.

Hell be fine.

Aw. How'd they do?

Julia, would you...

There you go.

There we go.

Let me see.

Hi.

I'm sorry...

about everything before.

Okay?

All the bullshit.

Okay.

Truth?

Truth.

I don't care.

Do you have any more of this?

On the shelf in the bath room.

Wait.

Don't want it to get cold.

Do it after dinner, Louise.

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