Unfinished Business Page #5

It's because one person's

legs is being held up.

Like wheelbarrow sticks.

Like the handles

on a wheelbarrow.

Hang on.

Hello?

Hey.

Hey, what's up?

Ls everything...?

Yes. Sorry.

There was a bullying

incident at school.

I sent you an email

with a link.

Bess.

F***. I'm in the waiting room.

Is she okay?

Yes.

Can you talk to her, please?

Hey, Dad.

Hey, Bess.

Hey, I'm in Germany,

where I am for work still,

a little longer.

I gotta go to this meeting

in just a second...

but, honey, I want you to know

that I'd like to be

with you now.

I bet you're feeling blue.

Yeah.

Yeah, bullies are the worst.

Their parents

are a**holes mostly, too.

Honestly.

Don't tell your mom

that I said that.

But they grow up

to have lives, Bess...

without anybody

being able to love them.

It's true.

I love you, honey.

Love you, too, Dad.

All right, I'll try you

guys in a little bit.

Can you tell Mom?

Okay.

Bye.

Nice touch.

Thanks, man.

"BOY". Wait, what'd you say?

I have a friend

named Ethan.

And you're acting like...

Whoa! Bess is beating

a bully!

Get Off!

Ow!

Stop hitting me!

We gotta get home, man.

Don't say your last name.

Apex Select?

Hi. Yeah.

It's Dan Trunkman.

Yes. Timothy McWinters.

Hey, Mike Pan... ther.

Mike Panther.

Hi.

I was just trying

to reach you. I'm sorry.

We have to push,

Mr. Trunkman,

Mr. McWinters, Mr. Panther.

Push?

Yes, we have to push

your meeting,

if you please,

until Friday, 11:30.

I don't please.

I'm very sorry.

There are no rooms left

in the whole city.

It says that

it's the G8 this week.

Oktoberfest, too.

Folsom Europe.

And the Berlin Marathon.

This week.

What's Folsom Europe?

"Largest gay fetish street event in Europe.

25.000 people." Whoa.

Orbitz.

Okay. Yeah.

A room just opened up

at this hotel.

Oh, yeah. It looks

kind of fancy, too.

It's the Dandlin

Annex and the rooms

are "habitable works

of art", it says.

Yeah, cool. Okay.

Okay.

Timothy, we are gonna

share a room, it looks like.

It's the only one

in our budget range.

It's the

Industriepalast Hostel.

A youth hostel?

Uh...

Yes.

Uh, sorry, Dan, but how is

it a wheelbarrow again?

Just the legs are held up.

Like wheelbarrow

handles, man. F***!

All right. Sorry.

You guys wanna go over our

numbers one last time tonight?

Yeah, sure.

I met someone on the plane...

and she was gonna show me

around her neighborhood today.

But let's do this.

It's important.

Go.

No, Dan, really, it's not a big deal.

Mike, go.

You did a good job

with your reports.

Yeah?

They're done.

Go.

Yeah.

Go dig the night, Pancake.

"Panther." Nice on that.

Thanks, Dan.

Jungle animal.

Yeah, that's kind

of how I feel here.

Alive and hunting.

Circling for the kill.

Just don't say

that anymore, though.

See you, Dan.

Hey, Dan.

What's up?

Dan...

are you the kind of guy that...

when his girlfriend is trying to

blow him off, doesn't get it?

And still does her

Spanish homework...

while other guys are

getting the good stuff?

What are you talking about?

The deal-makers

are here in Berlin.

They want Chuck

to come to Berlin.

They say it isn't f***ing

necessary for us to go to Berlin.

Dan, we're the f***ing fluffer.

Wrong.

Not with our numbers.

They just blew us off!

They haven't seen

our numbers, yet.

I've been working

on this deal for a year.

I'm not the f***ing fluffer.

This is not my

first business trip!

We're broke, Dan.

What are you talking about?

It's worse than you think.

Two companies that owed us...

they went bankrupt.

We didn't have

any income in June, July.

I should have told you, but I

thought this deal was gonna work.

We're gonna get this deal.

I told you, God damn it.

We're good business for them.

I'm gonna make sure

they understand that.

Well, I've done some weird

stuff on this trip.

I ordered a sex maid, which you

should reimburse me for...

because you got all the

good stuff from that.

But I like you, Dan.

And I'm sorry

I raised my voice...

but I really need the

benefits of this deal now.

My marriage is a mess.

I just...

I just want a future

that has some joy in it.

Like Fifty Shades of Grey.

Or, f*** it, I'd settle

for one shade of grey.

Listen, you work for me now.

I'm gonna make sure

that your hard work counts.

We are gonna get this one, Tim.

I'm ready for it.

Good.

Okay.

Tim?

Tim?

There's no reimbursement

for the maid.

Can you please

initial here?

To say you acknowledge

that you are

staying in

a habitable work of art.

Great.

I'll enjoy it. It's been

a long couple days.

You're too old

to sleep in a room.

Okay. Uh...

Where can I sleep?

You can sleep in the stairwell,

in the hallway,

or in the Business Centre.

Okay.

The Business Centre.

Hey, it's Dad.

So, I've been

trying to reach you.

Where are you?

Berlin. I'm still

on business. Hey, Paul...

I don't like the way that you're

talking about yourself at all.

And that sounds like...

something you heard

someone else say about you.

That's not something that you

should call yourself, ever.

You know, I say it

all the time, but...

I'm your biggest confidant.

You can tell me stuff that

no one else needs to know.

I think you're being teased,

and I want you to know

you're not alone.

Who are those people?

What people?

Behind you.

What is this sh*t?

What the f***

are you do... Hello?

This is creepy.

I'm trying to

have a call, here.

What the f*** is this sh*t?

Can I have curtains?

No.

Well, I'd really like them.

Curtains.

You don't have a private room.

You have an installation room.

Can I have another room?

No.

We are a museum, not a hotel.

Can you call another hotel? No.

It's October, in Berlin.

There are no other rooms.

Don't worry about curtains.

You are art.

I'm not!

I'm here on business.

I just wanna tweak

my PowerPoints

and do my stomach crunches...

and sleep.

It's not art.

Well, who can say?

I can. It's my life.

Don't look.

It's up to them to choose

what they look at.

Just be yourself.

Okay. I'll be myself.

But I'm gonna Yelp you guys.

Probably not gonna be good.

Try to tell you

all about it

Thought you might've,

Lord, I doubt it

Every day's a waste, I know

And every day's a funeral

And it's days like this

that burn me

Turn me inside out and learn me

Not to tell you anything

I think I know

Well, I think I'll tell

you all that I know

We don't have one summer

vacation in our colleges.

We have many.

A few.

Three is "a few"?

Yeah. Three is a few.

That's right.

At the bottom

of the big blue sea

Uh...

Does that feel good?

For you?

No.

Maybe we should just

try to do it normal.

Because I have no idea

how to do a wheelbarrow.

And my balls hurt a little.

So, maybe put me down

when you get a chance.

Yeah, okay. Sorry.

Okay. Okay.

And it's days like this

that burn me

Turn me inside out and learn me

And it's days like this

that burn me

Turn me inside out and learn me

And not to tell you anything

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