We Don't Live Here Anymore Page #5

I drink more than any woman we know.

I'm the only woman who keeps up

with the men at parties.

I'm drinking in the afternoon.

You'll get rid of me that way.

So...

Yeah.

I drink a lot.

Especially on nights when my husband

sends me off to f*** his friend.

Don't you wanna stop that, Terry?

Give me a reason, Jack.

I was...

...thinking tonight about...

...when I was 10,

my dad taught me how to fish.

And I was just praying,

"Please, God, let me catch one fish."

Just one, you know?

As if the luck of catching a fish

would make me more lovable.

But then it would follow that

to be unlucky is to be unlovable.

And luck isn't an element in my life now.

It just isn't.

And for some reason,

you hate me for this house of mine...

...because it's filthy sometimes.

I don't hate you, Terry.

Jack, how would you know if you

hated me? You don't even know me.

- I know you, Terry.

- No, you don't, Jack.

- I do know you.

- No.

You say, "You are what you do"?

Who really believes that?

I mean, what does that mean?

Does that mean I'm a cook...

...an errand runner, a f***er,

a goddamn cleaning lady?

Because if you, you bastard,

lost all discipline and folded up...

...and turned drunk and got bald

and lost everything, I'd love you.

I love you.

You, Jack.

But if you love me for what I do

instead of for what I am...

...and there's a difference,

I know there is...

...then what are you loving

when I f*** Hank?

What is it in you that lets me do that?

Or is that just another one of the tricks

I do for you?

Screw Hank, shake hands, sit,

roll over, play dead, fetch...

...Iove me like a dog.

I love Edith.

- What?

- I love Edith.

- Jack. Don't do this, please.

- Terry...

- Please, please.

- Terry...

- Please.

- Terry, no!

Just take it. Jesus Christ. Just take it.

So when are you leaving?

I don't know.

Maybe you should go today.

Why don't you come to bed?

I wanna clean my house.

You should see the house.

What's she doing?

She's doing everything.

Are you talking to Daddy?

Hey, come here.

- Is it true that you don't love Mom?

- Who said that?

I heard Mom last night.

Wait a second.

Are you getting divorced?

Natasha said you were leaving.

I wanna live with you.

I'm not going to choose.

Now, you guys, that's just

Mama and Daddy fighting at night.

Mom says you're leaving

and you love Edith and you screwed her.

You know what that means?

Yes.

- You do?

- What?

What what means?

Now listen to me.

Listening?

That's just adult foolishness, okay?

Understand?

Come here.

Let's go on our bikes.

Yeah.

- You know what's out there?

- The moon, the sun...

- Yeah, I do.

- Uranus, Pluto, Mercury.

Venus, Mars, moon.

Sun. Jupiter.

Did you know the universe is so big

that nobody can even count how big...

How many feet it is?

So people say "googol." "It's googol."

See these rocks?

Guess how old they are.

- Hundred years old?

- Nope.

These rocks have been here

from the very first cells.

The first cells were the first thing

on the Earth.

Then maybe these rocks were...

Who were the first people

on the planet?

If you believe in God, it's Adam and Eve...

...and if you don't, apes.

Did you know that they just found things

that said that God had a wife?

It's true. In real life they did.

What if they don't believe in God?

No, I mean, people that look for him

thought that.

Was it awful?

Was what awful?

What's this? What are you doing?

I thought that's where you went

to tell the kids.

Unpack it, please.

Why? Couldn't you tell them?

I don't want to.

Okay, I'II...

...call them in and we'll both tell them.

I mean I don't wanna leave, Terry.

Jack, I know it's the kids.

No.

Is it just the kids? You can

see them whenever you want.

I won't make a big deal out of it.

You know I wouldn't put us through that.

And if it's just telling them,

we can do it and get it over with.

It's not the kids, Terry.

It's not the kids.

Just unpack my bags, okay?

We can do this.

It'll be okay.

She didn't mean it.

Honey, what's wrong?

Somebody was mean to her at school.

It's okay, honey. It's okay.

Hey.

Hey.

Edith wants to see you tonight.

She's gonna tell Hank.

She probably already told him.

She said he won't mind.

Yeah, I know.

I told her about Hank and me.

She talked about you two.

Terry...

...please don't.

I'm sure it was a fine afternoon.

It was, in a way.

It's gonna snow.

Hey.

Want some coffee?

No.

Drink?

Yeah. Scotch.

Take a seat.

Well, I think this is probably a good time

for me to go see a movie.

Hey, Hank? Hank.

What?

You knew all along.

I'm not real slow.

You okay?

I'm drowning in sh*t.

I'll be laughing soon.

Hey, listen.

Gonna dedicate my new novel to you.

I wrote three new chapters this week.

It's much easier living with a woman

who feels loved.

He said he was happy for us

and now he's sad for us.

He's happy that you were taking care of me

and now he's sorry that you can't.

I can't.

Too sad.

What's going on?

Where's Sharon?

She's outside waiting in the car.

I...

I'm gonna take her to my mother's

for a while.

Why?

What for? What's going on?

Edith.

Edith.

Edith, stop.

Edith, Edith, Edith, please.

Stop.

I'll stop.

I'm not leaving you because you're

unfaithful. I'm leaving because I was.

Well, none of that matters anymore.

That's over.

Isn't it?

Isn't it, Edith?

Yeah. It's over.

Well, then why leave now?

Because I can.

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