The Humbling Page #5

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Always waiting for the sound of

that car on that gravel driveway.

- Hello.

- Oh. Hey.

Oh. Look at this.

- This is Emily.

- Aw, Emily.

Hey, beauty.

- Here, let me take that.

- Thank you.

Oh. Oh, my God. Are you hurt?

Are you okay?

Yeah. Gee! I got this.

Oh, no. Look at what happened to him.

What's in here?

Just some of my things, isn't it, baby?

Some of my things.

You know... I was thinking...

Don't you think it's time...

you told your parents about us?

Oh, no, no, no.

My mother can never know about...

- What?

- Anything.

Why? What do you mean?

Even if the two of you hadn't had a

thing for each other back in the day...

What thing? Wait, wait, wait.

Wait a minute.

I'm just saying I could never...

I could not possibly tell her or him.

Oh, God, think of the look on

Asa's face. That would be terrible.

It'd just be way too painful, wouldn't it?

Oh, you want to go?

- Let's get settled in.

- Yeah. I can't...

- Thank you so much for trying to help.

- Thank you.

I'll be okay.

Oh, yes.

I've come to serve you.

- Is your back still hurting?

- No, dear. No.

It's going to pass.

This is how you played Richard III?

No, this was Igor

in Old Frankenstein.

Well, it's very convincing.

Well, I got this far.

It's just getting it down

that I have to deal with. Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

We have arrived.

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

I'm not going to make it to the bed.

That's fine.

So this will be an all-nighter...

of watching.

And I'm going to read out loud to you

from the medieval miracle plays.

I'm in the middle of Abraham and Isaac.

Abraham's just told Isaac

that God told him to kill Isaac

and Isaac, weirdly,

is telling him that it's okay.

And he's saying,

"Ye have other children, one or two,

"which ye should love well by kind,

I pray you, father, make ye no woe."

- Hello, Mrs. Rutledge.

- Good morning, dear.

You saw a man by the water?

Yeah.

Simon, you seem to have a lot of

people showing up on your property.

There's a guy wandering

around my property.

See? See there?

- You see him? Oh, my.

- Maybe it's a gardener.

A gardener? No. He's a black man.

You wouldn't hire a black gardener?

Of course I would,

but I don't have a black gardener.

That's racist.

What?

- A little racist. Just saying.

- Racist?

Oh, so Pegeen was also there.

Yes, she was there.

I didn't mention that,

but we went down to the little bridge,

that small little bridge by the river.

Oh, my God.

- Priscilla?

- Hey.

Priscilla?

Priscilla? I thought you said

it was a man by the water.

Jesus. I can't even

look at you like this.

I needed to see for myself.

I needed to be sure.

- Sure of what?

- That you were sleeping with a man.

Oh, my God.

Am I missing something here?

Am I missing something? Are you

leaving something out of this story?

No, well, I mean,

they were talking about...

they were talking about health insurance

and that kind of stuff. Healthcare.

Also, how expensive the surgery was.

Are you all healed?

For the most part. I go by Prince now.

Prince? You got to be joking.

They were living, I mean, I think they...

they were dating for something

like six years. And at that time,

she was Priscilla.

And what happened then?

Well, come inside.

Simon, put the gun down.

- What is this?

- He's my ex-girlfriend.

How's Em... how's Emily?

- She's good. She misses Amy.

- I miss her.

Who's Amy?

Our other cat.

We had to separate them when I left.

Poor things.

Who sat with you during the surgery?

No one.

I wish I could say I felt sorry for you.

I'm not asking for your pity.

It was something I had to do on my own.

Not to say it wasn't lonely without you.

Still is.

What are you suggesting?

I miss you.

- And?

- And...

I thought now that you're

sleeping with men...

why not me?

- I want you back.

- No, no. It's out of the question.

You just left so abruptly

after you found the pills

and looked them up.

I can't believe that you

actually went through with it.

I can't even think

about it without cringing.

Breast removal? And not to mention...

I can't even think about it.

I just cringe.

You mutilated the body I loved.

You destroyed the woman I loved.

Pegeen, please. Try to understand

from my point of view.

Whose point of view?

Prince's? I don't know you.

I don't know Prince.

The woman I was with doesn't exist.

Do you regret having invited him in?

You know something?

I don't know what's worse.

When I was here alone in my house,

I was so desperate, you know. And now...

I have these lunatics

showing up at my front door.

I think they know I'm here.

They smell me.

Open up.

- Lower the window. Jesus.

- Oh, it's true.

- I've come to collect my daughter.

- Collect?

- Get out of the car now.

- No!

Get out of the car.

You're coming with me now.

- Stop it!

- Excuse me.

No! Pegeen.

Emily! Oh, my God!

- Emily!

- Who's Emily?

Oh, Emily.

Look what you've done.

You sad, pathetic, little old man.

What a mess you've done.

- How did you find out?

- How did we find out?

I got a call from Louise Trenner.

She began by saying she

was opportunistically

exploited and deceived by you.

- Is that true, dear?

- We have to go to the vet now!

Just imagine what it was

like to get a call like that.

I have absolutely no idea

what's going on in your life.

When did you break up with Priscilla?

When Priscilla decided that she wanted

to become a man, Mother, okay?

And you don't think that that was news

you want to share with your own parents?

What else have you been keeping from us?

Look, let's just get in.

What... is she all right?

Simon, you do not have a family.

You don't know what it's like to find out

who's sleeping with your daughter.

- Your daughter is a grown-up.

- Yeah, and you're ancient.

How could you. Your own goddaughter?

I mean, I know you've

been having mental issues,

- but this is beyond insane.

- Get in the car, honey.

What does he have to offer you?

Is it money?

Oh, my baby. Oh, sweet baby.

You know, you look just so...

- beautiful and so...

- You mean feminine?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Feminine.

- Hi.

- Hi. Oh, hi.

Her leg got run over by a car.

- Okay, let's take her in the back.

- Okay. Okay. Great. Thank you.

Oh, God. Not again. Oh, my God.

I'm afraid you're all going

to have to wait out here.

Do you have anything that you could

give him? Like painkillers or something?

- No.

- He's a person.

No, like what you'd give a dog,

but just for him.

Like ten times more or something?

I don't think we should tell

anybody about this, Mr. Axler.

And the muscle relaxers

start to kick in rather quickly.

Oh, yeah. A little discretion...

will be much appreciated.

I think you're making a mistake.

You've been through a breakdown

that led you to being institutionalized.

Now, I know that she's had these

fantasies about you since childhood.

I know she glorified you and she...

cried about you and she...

she dreamt about you, and she loved you.

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