The Glass House Page #4

Well?

Why don't you ask Terry?

Or maybe it's time you took

some responsibility.

Maybe it's time.

This is Jack Avery.

I'm out of the country...

...but I'm checking my messages.

Wake up.

Don't make a sound.

Get dressed. We're gonna go.

-Where? With who?

-Away with me.

-Quit it! You're looking!

-Like there's something to see.

It's raining. I was sleeping.

I don't wanna go.

It'll be really fun.

They're giving away

Dragon Ball Z at Blockbuster.

We can go and avoid the rush.

Really?

Close the door.

What if they find out?

I'll take the blame.

Get in the car.

You don't know what you're doing.

Wanna slow down a little?

One thing I learned from Terry:

Buckle up.

-Terry's gonna kill you!

-Maybe so.

Turn that off.

Turn that sh*t off!

Look out!

You almost creamed that guy!

Right. Turn it off!

-I wanna go back.

-We're not.

-What do you mean?

-Figure it out.

We have to! You tricked me

and now I'm in trouble.

-The Glasses tricked you.

-What?

Did not. They're sleeping.

They were gonna send me away

and you'd stay home with them.

I like Terry. I like Erin.

You like the sh*t they buy you.

You couldn't see it.

They made you lie

to that social worker.

I didn't know she was

a social worker.

You didn't wanna lose

your Nintendo.

They bought you off.

-Where are you taking us?

-The point was to get away.

Crap.

Don't say anything stupid.

The highway is closed.

There's a mudslide.

You need to use Malibu Canyon...

-Can I see your driver's license?

-My license?

-And your registration too.

-It's...

It's over there in all my stuff.

I think I saw it over here.

Pull onto the shoulder and step out.

Officer!

These are my kids.

Terry Glass, Glass Transit.

-We loaned you limos for the parade.

-How are you?

Rhett, poor baby! Come with me.

We have a behavior problem

back at home.

Your sister's going through

a hard time right now.

-You know, teenage-girl stuff.

-Got you.

Good luck.

Move over.

-You can turn around here.

-Thanks.

Don't you have anything to say to me?

You killed my parents.

That's insane and hurtful.

You're threatened by your

business associates. I saw it.

Like Erin said to me,

"We need your trust. "

You need my trust,

$4 million worth.

I got a business.

My wife's a successful doctor.

-I got a big, new-

-"Piggy bank. "

That's just words out of context.

-What about the BMW my dad drove?

-What about it?!

For their anniversary,

I lent them a Beemer...

...so Dave wouldn't drive her

in that Saab...

...which I repainted.

No good deed goes unpunished.

In your trashy mind,

you twisted that into-

What do you think? Cut the steering,

stripped the brakes?

Yeah.

It's understandable,

basic psychology.

You don't wanna blame your dad.

That he had too much booze

that night.

Then you'd

ask why your mom and dad...

...hit the bottle.

Whose behavior drove them to drink?

Get this straight.

You and Rhett are mine.

I suggest you forget your lurid,

adolescent fantasies and start-

Help!

-Let me go, bastard!

-Calm down, little girl!

What's happening out there?

Your sister is having a tantrum.

Come on. Come back to bed.

Let me go! Get off!

Let go!

You...!

Listen hard, Ruby.

Anything happens to you,

we got Rhett...

...and all we need is one child.

Erin! Stop him, please!

Erin!

Please come help me, please!

He's not gonna hurt you!

Erin, please don't! Erin, don't! No!

Thank you for listening.

You'll feel better now, Ruby.

Rest, relax.

-Where to, ladies?

-The mall.

Time-out.

Has anyone heard from Ruby?

-Me? Not for a month.

-Same. Won't even answer my e-mails.

What up with Little Miss Malibu?

Too busy bodysurfing?

Then we are too busy for her.

-Hello?

-Where's the rest of our money?

The bank sent me a check

with the wrong zip code.

Some incompetent jerk at the bank

inverted the last digits!

So I'll need another-

We gotta expand the house,

a wing for the kids.

Our little boy gets bigger every day,

and the girl is a teen.

I don't know if you have kids...

Anyway, construction costs

in Malibu are off the charts.

I'm estimating a quarter million.

We'll need to see blueprints.

There's an approval process.

You can't get them

without an architect.

Mine wants a cash down payment.

He's in demand.

I believe we advanced you...

...$30,000 for that purpose

just last month.

But that was for a room,

before I realized I needed a wing.

Isn't a guardian supposed to

keep the kids comfortable?

Here's the trust.

It authorizes me to use money

to enlarge the house.

And guardians aren't supposed

to suffer economically...

...in fulfilling their obligations?

I'm paying two tuitions.

I employ a nanny. The kids see

therapists to deal with the tragedy.

I plan trips to broaden

their horizons...

...and it's like a root canal

when I need reimbursement.

-Where'd you get it?

-You faxed it to us last week.

I'm surprised to hear you have

both children at Westcott.

Did I say Westcott? We changed our

minds about it. It's too glitzy.

-We gotta do what's best for them.

-Isn't that the truth?

Thank you for waiting.

I'll take your order.

I need five dozen

...and I need two dozen

We sent up 60 of fentanyl on Monday.

I doubled the PCA infusion

rate of Demerol in six patients.

Dr. Glass?

I'm on the phone with the pharmacy.

Dr. Wise wants to see you.

The Medical Director.

Wake up, Ruby.

Sleeping Beauty.

All you do is sleep. It scares me.

So you're losing your medical license.

That's wonderful.

-I have a sickness.

-Yeah, it's called self-pity.

Complicated by being born

without a freaking backbone.

So I'm weak, am I?

Maybe I am.

At least I'm not greedy

and reckless...

...borrowing a million

from loan sharks-

Which should've been paid off!

We had a good thing going...

...till you put your hand in.

A good thing? You son of a b*tch!

-I was a doctor!

-Yeah, but you became a junkie.

Not until you did what you did.

Where were you when I did it?

Right. I saw an opportunity, Erin.

I saw an opportunity and grabbed it.

I had what you didn't.

I had the nerve, the will.

Since nobody gave me

a chance, I took it.

I'm not doing this anymore.

It's already done.

This is about containing the damage.

Understand?

Good.

You know we have to

get rid of the girl.

Speaking of which, we're dry?

There's nothing to take care of her,

so I'll get something.

If I can't find drugs in L.A...

Hi!

Wave at the camera, Ruby.

Wave at the camera!

They can't catch me!

-Come in the water, Erin!

-Wait! I'm coming too!

Spin me, Erin! Faster!

-Good girl.

Rhett. Rhett, move away.

Erin! It took some doing...

...but I found some

pharmaceutical morphine.

Erin?

God, not now.

Erin?

Erin?

I thought you'd wanna know.

Ruby?

Honey?

Terry needs to talk to you kids.

You kids are a handful,

you know that?

Where's your sister?

Where's your damn sister?

I should've put you here from day one.

What's happening?

He got the Jag.

-He walked back in the house.

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