When a Man Loves a Woman Page #4

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Yeah. Your wife's

a very comforting person.

- Yes.

- Very.

Do you mind if I talk

to her for a second?

- No. - I just need-

Just for a second.

- I'll just be one second. What's the matter?

- Okay.

Uh-

I'm sorry.

Sheila... called me.

Bob. Bobby!

No, that's not what I said. I have never

turned the company down in an emergency before.

- This is a first. Bob! Bob, I-

- Give me it! Give me it!

I am not gonna leave my kids for four days with

Alice gone! I mean, ah, well, I'm certainly...

not gonna bring Alice's mother into the

picture at this point in their lives.

- They have enough grief already. Amy!

- Give me it! Give me it!

- What?

- Come on! Give me it!

Roll-backs?

Will you settle down? Amy!

- Amy! Amy! Hello?

- No!

What do roll-backs have

to do with this, Bob?

Oh, Bobby. Why don't you just

save the little subtle threats.

It's making me embarrassed

for you. Amy! Listen, hold-

Can you hold on a second?

Hold on.

Hey! Hey! What is this? What is this?

Huh? Get up! Get up right now!

- She bit me. She bit me hard.

- Did you bite her?

- Yeah.

- Well, that's no excuse!

This is your baby sister, and you could

hurt her. Huh? You're much bigger than her.

You should be loving each other,

you understand me?

- Now who spilled this Coke?

- She did it. - She did it.

- Who? - She did

it! - She did it!

Right.

In bed, right now.

Ah, don't you hear

those kids fighting?

I haven't eaten all day.

It's 10:
00.

- Why don't you put 'em to bed?

- I did. They just keep poppin' back up.

They miss their mother, Michael.

They're out of control.

They spilled

some Coke, Amy.

- I'll get it in a minute.

- In a minute? It is soaking into the rug!

Don't yell at me. I am workin'

overtime to help you out.

Okay.

Where are the paper towels?

There are no paper towels.

Jesus Christ, I am in a crisis here.

I need some help.

I need someone that can look around the

house, and when there are no paper towels...

they go to the goddam store

and buy some paper towels.

I mean, how many goddam stores do you

pass on the way home from school...

that are filled

with paper towels?

I need someone to use a little

common sense around here.

Why don't you get

somebody else?

Amy. Amy. Amy.

Amy, I-I wa- Amy, I didn't- I

was kidding. I- Amy, I might have-

Oh, no.

Oh, no. No.

- Bob.

- ... make a call, please hang up and try again.

- I'm not gonna do it.

- I don't have another choice, Jess.

- This isn't fair.

- Well, you know, sometimes life isn't fair.

- Hi, Lisa.

- Hi, Gigi.

I told you, Jess, they're tryin'

to get rid of the experienced pilots.

- They wanna bring in kids.

- Kids can't fly planes.

Not kid kids.

Men kids.

- I'm not living with her, and you can't make me.

- It's four days, Jess.

- Four days.

- Well, why can't we live with Amy? She loves us.

I tried that.

She won't talk to me.

- Well, whose fault is that?

- Look now, this is not a vote.

- I am your father. I'm asking-

- No, you're not.

Oh, yes, I am. I am the only

father you've got, little girl.

- Okay, here it is.

- I know things are tough, Jess.

But Mommy's sick...

and I'm all alone,

and we need to pitch in.

It's time

you understand that.

I'm gonna go to my dad.

Your dad calls you from Oregon

maybe twice a year.

Plenty of times. All the time.

And you don't know!

- I'm sorry, babe. I didn't mean that.

- I'm gonna go to my mom!

Sh*t!

- Jess. Jess.

- I'm goin' to my mom!

- Jess.

- I want her.

- I want my mom!

- I know. I know, sweetie.

Let go of me.

Stop it!

- Stop it! Let me-

- I know. It's okay.

- Let me go! I want my mom!

- We'll work it out. Okay, we'll work it out.

We'll work it out.

- I want my mom.

- I want your mom too.

What's wrong?

It's no fun to eat sh*t.

So don't.

Then you'd be

stuck with Grandma.

Let's go in.

Come on.

Wait for me here.

You.

Me?

What did you just say

about me?

That you were the one

with the paper towels.

Guilty. I'm very sorry

I did that.

Can I talk to you a second

in the kitchen or someplace?

Don't bother. Nobody speaks English,

except my cousin Vu.

And I'd love to hear this.

Uh, okay.

I got a trip.

If I don't go,

I get fired.

I don't wanna leave Jess

with her grandma.

Why is this my problem?

Actually, it's not.

So, you're

basically begging?

Well, it worked.

You gonna leave

without saying goodbye?

It's okay. You don't

have to tell me nothin'.

Ready to go, huh?

I don't know.

I don't know how I'm gonna

do anything any more.

You know, you're supposed

to give me an answer here.

You're supposed to say something very

encouraging. This is why you get those big bucks.

No, no.

They tried to tell me that sh*t

when I first went home...

and it never did me

a damn bit of good.

- When you first went home?

- Yeah, that's right.

Two-time loser.

I know you're scared shitless,

'cause I sure as hell was.

There's no easy way

through it.

You just gotta

do the work.

I'm gonna disappoint him.

This is not the person

that he married.

I don't know who

this is supposed to be now.

Well, who was

the other person?

Well, every now and then, let's face it,

she was- she was a blast.

A- And I'm not

gonna be fun.

Mm-hmm. That's exactly

what happened to me...

when I first went home.

Exactly.

So everything turned out

okay in the end, right?

No. We got divorced.

Oh, sacred place

It's with my soul and body

There's a rainbow above me

That the storm clouds hide

and calm

We will never die

But the magic, it comes

Springs from above

Love

Love

We laugh sometimes but it's

a little word like love

Make our earthly home

heaven above

And there is no sorrow

heaven cannot heal

A fire within

No cross, no crown

Runnin' from mercy

heavin' and cold

Swim in our sleep

down in oceans of joy

Died in the arms

of a natural life

Wakin' our happiness

drowning in life

Wakin' our happiness

drowning in life

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Wake 'em up.

Come on. Wake 'em up.

You're dyin' to wake 'em up.

I promised them.

Mommy.

- Hi.

- Michael...

you said

you'd wake me up.

Mommy.

- Casey.

- Jessie, shh-shh-shh.

Casey, it's Mom.

Casey.

Mommy.

Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!

- Stop! Stop it!

- Give me it!

- Give me it!

- Hold it! Hold it, both of you.

- She said I could use it.

- Yeah, but she's breaking it!

- Mine's already broken.

- Give me it!

- Now it's mine. Come here.

- Hey, hey, hey. Ho, ho, ho, what's the baby problems?

First guy to say one word loses,

okay? Whatever this is...

you don't need to

bother Mommy about it.

- Michael, we'll be okay.

- All short guys, upstairs.

- Because we were just- We were just

sorting out- - I'll be up in two minutes.

- Upstairs.

- We were just-

Did you hear me? Go!

Yes. Go.

We were ju- We were

just workin' it out.

Sounded like it. Finish your work.

I'll settle their hash.

We've been doin'

Walkman wars all month.

See, Michael, I would rather

handle their fights lately.

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