What Maisie Knew Page #5

That's the last one

until after dinner, okay?

Daddy!

We'll do this.

Daddy!

Hey, my favorite girl.

Oooh! Heh, you got heavy.

What a surprise. Yeah, I

had a change of schedule.

I can smell candy.

We went to go see a puppet show.

Did you now?

Red Riding Hood.

Oh, that's scary.

I was just about

to make some dinner.

Ah, not for me, thanks.

Yeh, I ate on the plane.

Yuck!

Aah, I got a couple of calls to make,

but I'll join you guys later.

Come on, Maisie, we

should get washed up.

[muffled quarreling]

Oh, hey, sweetie.

Where is Margo?

[exhales]

Phew.

Maybe she went for a long walk.

Let's go get breakfast.

I, um ...

I don't need to tell you

things are a bit of a mess ...

since your mom

ran off.

She's on a big tour.

Not so big from what I hear.

But, uh, be that as it may, ...

Um, I may have to go back to England.

Um, couple of, you know,

business opportunities,

and um.. your grandmother's

not getting any younger.

You... you understand?

Can I come? We can... we

can get the coins.

Coins? What coins?

Like your Daddy found in the

ground when you were little.

You remember me telling you that?

Maybe we can find some more.

Would you like that?

Yeah? Just the two of us?

You and your old man

digging for coins?

I could do with a few.

Why not? Your mother

would have a fit.

But I don't think I'd have a

problem squaring it with the judge

after she ditched you with that bartender.

I'm sure I could settle with Margo

without any legal nonsense.

Why not?

Why not?

Why not?

Will I get back in time?

For what?

To go to Mommy's.

This wouldn't be a day

excursion. You know that?

This would be like a permanent thing.

All the time?

All the time.

Maybe Mommy would like

to live there, too.

No, there's no Mommy in England.

You can't.. It's... Mmuuh...

There's a whole ocean.

It's...

You know, England is, um...

England is pretty cold, actually.

And it rains a lot.

And, um, ...

and we need to have

a rethink, you know.

And you're on the fence.

I can see that.

I think you'd be happier here.

And outside.

Um, the good news ...

is that when I visit

America for work, ...

I can see you, too.

Does your nose still make that

squeaky noise when you press it?

[squeaks]

Okay. You would have laughed at

that when you were four years old.

Don't deny it.

Take care, Mr. Beale.

Sure.

Bye.

Okay, bye.

Have a safe trip now.

Quinn, 8B.

Volgol, 11E.

Remmy, 9C.

Laporte, penthouse.

Remmy, 9C.

Resident in 1A. Laporte, penthouse.

I thought your father was away.

Well, he was here when we

came from the puppets.

Well, I can't really watch you now.

I got to be in Chinatown

in half an hour,

and I'm sort of late already.

Is it still Margo's week?

She and Daddy had a fight, and

this morning she was gone.

Gone?

Where did she go?

I don't know.

But Daddy's

going to England,

and he said that

I could go with him

and then he said

that I couldn't.

And then we came in a

taxi and he left me here.

Wow! That's a lot.

Okay, I'll ...

Why don't ...

I'll... I'll call Margo.

See if I can find her.

It'll be okay.

Oh, there she is.

Hey!

How are ya?

Hi.

Thanks for coming.

Yeah, of course.

What if they don't have a turtle?

I'm sure we'll find one somewhere.

Okay, well, actually

I have to go this way.

But I'll see your turtle

when I get home, okay?

Thanks for your help.

Okay, well, just call me.

Mommy!

Oh, my God, baby.

I'm so happy to see you.

We're going to get a turtle.

A turtle?

Turtle?

So, what are you two

doing with my daughter?

What are you talking about?

Looking after her while you're on tour.

What are you, like a stalker?

What are you going

to steal from me next, huh?

So, what are you two

doing together, huh?

What am I doing?

What are you doing?

What are you doing in New York?

I'm back for half a day.

Oh, yeah? When were you going to tell me?

Cars are coming.

Hey, hey, hey!

Do you mind? I have a kid here!

What the f***?

What are you doing?

Really, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

I'm taking my daughter, that's what.

Get out of my face.

I'll love to get out of your face.

You don't deserve her.

I'm done.

Let's go get the turtle.

Let's go get it.

Let's go get the turtle.

Do you like it?

It's what you wanted, right?

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

What do you want to do?

Hungry or anything?

You want something to eat?

No, thanks.

You know, I didn't even know

we were stopping in New York.

Okay?

Okay!

Yeah?

Okay.

This turtle is pretty cool, you know.

Want to come to our house?

Want to come to our house, turtle?

No, I don't.. I don't

care what you tell him.

Just say that I have

laryngitis or something...

or mercury poisoning,

all right?

Just get me out of it.

No, I'm not leaving her.

Goddammit, come on.

What am I supposed to do?

I can't go back

on the road right now.

I can't! No, I'm not going to!

Jesus, what do you

expect me to do?

Hey, baby.

Honey, wake up. Okay, wake up.

We got to go.

It really sucks but we got to go.

Come on.

Okay, baby...

I am so sorry but I ...

I got to go.

I just can't miss another show right now...

because I'll have a massive loss on my hand...

and I just can't handle that right now.

Okay? But you know what I'm going to do?

I mean... I'm going to have you flown out

for a couple of shows...

and then we can hang out for a while...

and then maybe we could

sing a duet together.

Is that too corny?

Okay, um, you can hang out here with

Lincoln until he's finished work...

and then he's going to take you home.

Okay.

I love you so much.

I got to go, baby.

Maisie.

I'm going to wait

till you go inside, okay?

It's all right.

Hey, hon.

Remember me?

Where's Lincoln?

He's not on tonight.

Who are you with?

My mom put me here so that

I could stay with him.

Well, let me talk to your mom.

She left.

Hi, still serving ?

Absolutely.

Um... Stay right here, okay?

I'll be right back.

Right this way.

I'll keep making calls and

see if I can find him.

Thanks for doing this. No problem.

See you tomorrow.

What are you doing up?

Hey, kid.

Where's Margo?

I want to go home.

Where's Margo? You're going to

stay here tonight, remember?

It's going to be fine.

Let's go back to bed.

I want to go home.

Come here.

I want to go home.

Please, I want to go home.

It's okay.

It's gonna be fine.

Just a couple of things,

okay, sweetie? Okay.

What about my turtle?

We'll get the turtle.

And you know what?

What? My cousin told

me where the key is.

Guess where it is? Where?

It's under the mat on the back door.

You're going to be okay

with your bag?

Uh-huh.

[whispering]

Oh, God.

God, don't do this.

There's an upstairs.

Yeah, you want

to go see?

It's cold.

Feels good.

Look!

What if someone buys the house?

Where would we go?

It doesn't happen that fast.

What if we had to go somewhere else?

How would people know where we are?

We tell them. What if we couldn't find them?

We'd find them and we'd tell hem.

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