The Trouble with Bliss Page #7

the two of you.

You betrayed me, Bliss.

A fellow Bloody Eagle,

and you betray me?

You know what... ?

She doesn't love you, Bliss.

Read it and weep, fellow Eagle.

Okay.

Excuse me? "Okay"? Okay what?

What's okay?! Just... just okay.

You. Us. Stephanie.

Do not. Say. Her name.

- I just meant...

- Don't try taking my daughter from me.

- I haven't taken anything.

- You took her virginity, man.

I didn't take that.

Oh, okay. Okay,

you're calling her...

I'm not calling her anything.

All I'm saying...

Don't take her from me, Bliss.

You hear me?

Do not take my

daughter from me.

Do not take my daughter

from me, Bliss.

Do not take her.

- Stephen, I'm...

- Shut up!

And stay away from

my family, man.

Bloody Eagles!

That was weird, man.

You got something on your face.

No. The other side.

I'm bleeding.

Why didn't you lean into

it, like I told you?

Morris, this is Hattie.

Hattie, this is...

... Morris.

Oh, your face is bleeding.

Have we met

before?

You... live in my building.

She owns your building, man.

I own some things,

but my family,

they own other things.

I know you, though.

No, you don't.

Your face is still

bleeding, by the way.

Saturday, the construction

site, is how I know you.

I think you must have

gotten hit really hard.

You've got me confused

with somebody else.

Yeah, you don't look

so good, man.

Jetski did catch you

pretty bad, huh?

Yeah, you're right. He did.

I'll send you

some buffali hide.

Keep safe.

Yeah, you too.

Uh...

Sh*t.

- Andrea.

- Right. Oh, that looks like it hurt.

Listen, um...

I was talking to

Georgie last night,

and... I told him everything.

- Everything?

- Right.

And he was upset about it,

but I explained everything,

and he has something

he wants to tell you, so...

George.

Like she said, I was pissed,

and when I'm pissed,

I usually hit things.

Look, George, I...

I'm talkin' here.

Sorry.

Like I was sayin',

I was pissed,

but Angie explained it

all to me, and I wanted to...

go ahead.

I want to say... Thank you.

You're welcome.

Good boy, Georgie.

So, I-I was

explaining to Georgie

that I was telling you how I

was feeling unappreciated

and how you...

encouraged me to...

express myself to him.

Right?

I certainly appreciated

it last night!

Just... stop!

I just wanted to say

thank you as well,

for listening...

And talking.

Any time.

Anyway, we've got

to run, right?

And a paper too.

This place is huge.

N. J. !

Ouch. Jetski did punch

your ticket, huh?

Fancy animals, right?

Well, at least your

face stopped bleeding.

Yeah, it did.

So this is it.

This is it.

Hey, how's Mr. Charlie's?

I don't know.

I went to the supermarket.

Hey.

That first time we met,

you were the rock.

I was Mark Spitz.

Didn't I save you?

One thing I learned

in prison in Haiti, man...

Oh.

... keeping 100% true to a tale

isn't what's important.

What's important is the story,

the moral, whether it

lingers and lives on

after it's been told.

That, man,

that's what's important.

Yeah, it's important.

Page 12.

Huh?

Page 12.

Boom!

Giddyap.

Son of a b*tch.

Happy Birthday, dad.

What the hell happened to you?

I made a choice.

Bad choice.

You remembered.

And... you finally

got the groceries.

Some things take time.

Aren't you gonna open it?

Sure.

Oh, my God.

Where did you find it?

You like it?

Your mother and I used to

listen to this all the time.

I can't believe you remembered.

You okay, dad?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

You, uh, you might be

interested in that.

It's your mother's.

Letters I wrote to her

and she wrote to me,

and pictures.

I was, uh...

I was about your age

when she died.

I'm...

I'm sorry. I...

I never really...

Your mother's death must

have been very hard on you.

You were... you were

just a child.

I was 14.

I understood.

Oh.

This was, uh...

This was her last

hurrah, so to speak.

Trip to her homeland.

Who's that in

the picture with mom?

Oh, it's your aunt Kristina.

Whatever happened to her?

She got married,

had a kid, and...

Went back to Greece.

Do you have her number?

Thanks.

I'm going.

Got everything?

Think so.

You need anything before I go?

I'm good.

Okay, then.

Okay.

Oh, Morris.

Have you seen my keys?

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