When Will I Be Loved Page #4

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I'm standing here talking to you.

I understand fully.

So are you going to introduce me

to this person I wish to meet or not?

- I am. I absolutely am.

- When?

As soon as I...

You haven't even mentioned it?

I have. We've discussed it extensively.

She is dying to meet you.

She read all the articles I gave her.

Looked at the pictures.

She said you were elegant and stylish

and dignified and distinguished.

Did he speak to the senator?

He had me speak to the senator.

He authorized me to tell you it was...

economically and politically

a complete success.

Did you get anything on paper?

Nothing on paper in a real way.

The senator is averse to paper trails.

Are you happy with that?

Well, if I can't count on the Count,

then who could I count on?

My sentiments exactly.

You showed her the spread in GQ?

She flipped. She went nuts.

She said you wear clothes as if

they were tailored right on your body.

So what's the delay? Is there

a problem you're not telling me about?

Or a personal resistance?

No. None at all. No way.

None. Zero. Nada.

If it were, I would understand.

I'm a man of the world, you know.

Absolutely.

I mean, absolutely not. Zilch.

When will you do this? I'll be in Rome

and Saint Petersburg on Saturday.

I won't be back for two weeks.

I am with you fully and completely.

When?

Now.

Now? Meaning?

Now.

It's open.

- Hey, angel.

- Hi, baby.

Sh*t.

This place is shaping up.

You rich little daddy's girl.

What the f*** are you doing?

How dare you provoke me like this.

- How are you?

- Good.

Nice bed.

Firm and hard, just like you like it.

- That's what I said to my mother.

- I beg your pardon?

My place is good, huh?

Once everything's unpacked and the

furniture's in, it'll be a sensational loft.

I am sure it is.

It's nice when money is not an issue.

I am going to whack you.

Where is your sense of humor?

Bend over and I'll look for it.

- Bend over?

- Yes.

Bend over?

I saw this really interesting film

last night, by the way, on cable.

Did you? What was it called?

I don't remember the name.

It was an Italian movie. It was cool.

It was about this billionaire...

who pays $1 million

to this other guy to f*** his wife...

and the husband actually facilitates

the whole thing. Really interesting.

How is that interesting?

It leads to some intriguing questions.

It leads to...

the fundamental existential question...

we all have to face

before we can know who we are.

Namely, what am I capable of doing?

Are you speaking sexually?

Sexually and every other respect.

Let's stick with sexually for now.

You're saying, for me to discover...

who I am, I need to find out whether

I can f*** another man for $1 million?

That's not what I'm saying.

Where did you come up with that?

That's the last thing on my mind.

Yeah, the last. The absolute last.

That's a figure of speech.

It certainly wasn't a specific proposal.

- Indecent or otherwise.

- Absolutely.

Conscious or unconscious.

- That's right.

- Why did you bring it up?

Bring what up?

The movie. Stop toying with me.

- I'm not toying with you.

- Yeah, you are.

Now that you mention it.

Now that I mention it?

Now that you mention it...

I did happen to have, coincidentally...

a conversation totally unrelated

to this particular subject...

with Count Tommaso Lupo.

Count Tommaso Lupo?

The Italian media mogul. Yes.

Yes, I know who he is. So?

What do you mean, so?

So where is this going?

What's it got to do with us?

I've been working for him recently.

Odd jobs. He's a collector.

Of what, women?

Antique cars, rare manuscripts,

first editions, you'd be surprised.

Drugs?

He's one of the most legitimate men

in the Western Hemisphere.

Coincidentally.

- Coincidentally?

- You said "coincidentally"-

Right. So the Count saw me

kissing you goodbye on the steps...

of the Metropolitan Museum after

coming out of the Caravaggio exhibit.

What's so coincidental about that?

Because he'd seen you before

in the Air France Concorde lounge...

a year ago, when you were returning

from Paris with your parents.

And here you were again,

affecting him the same way.

How coincidental.

- Smitten.

- Smitten!

That's the word he used.

He said he was smitten by you.

Fascinating.

- That's my point.

- No, thank you.

Leading up to

your own indecent proposal.

I didn't make any proposal.

No, but you discussed me with him.

Yes.

And money came up

in the discussion?

Money always comes up in discussions

with the Count.

- Did he say he wanted to meet me?

- Yes, he did.

And what did you say?

I said I was sure you'd be fascinated

with the stories he has to tell.

And you'd enjoy exposing yourself

to someone as accomplished as he is.

Is that the phrase you used,

"exposing" myself?

That's not the point.

Then he said something like...

he said he would like to give you,

as a token of his appreciation...

for your loveliness, $100,000.

Which I assume you assume

I would give to you.

- I hadn't thought that far ahead.

- Take a shot, stretch your mind.

Well, if you force me to think about it...

I'd probably say since you're

in pretty good shape financially...

and I'm just getting started,

you might want to front it to me.

That's not the point. Anybody can get

money. I could with my eyes closed.

That's not what I'm about here.

I'm a mentor. I'm not a hustler.

I'm a conduit. I'm a circuit.

Listen, listen to me very carefully.

My whole mission

on this planet right now...

in relation to you,

is to introduce you to yourself.

You know that.

You're a deeply sexual human being.

You have major erotic power.

The easiest thing,

and the most selfish...

would be to convince you

to limit yourself to one person.

That'd suffocate you and be ignoble

of me. A hustler would do that...

I refuse to hustle. I want to lead you

down the path of Ovid and Sappho.

D.H. Lawrence.

Edna St. Vincent Millay.

To say nothing of

the whole hip-hop revolution.

It's the path of the Bible. "Seek,

and ye shall find." "Know thyself."

You are so ready right now

to open yourself...

to discover your capacity

for multiple men.

Multiple in the sense of at least a few,

maybe not at the same time...

but sequentially.

I'm getting ahead of myself here,

and you might not want to hear this...

since you're

a year away from being there...

but at some point, you're gonna

be ready to explore women...

and enjoy them.

They already desire you all the time.

You're just oblivious to it.

But that's down the road.

Let's stick to the present.

- All I ask is that you meet the Count.

- Set it up.

Really?

It's what you want, isn't it?

Yeah.

I thought

you wanted to make love to me.

I did. I do.

Who's stopping you?

You know what I love about

this building, sugar? Security.

monitors, a high-tech intercom system.

Know what I also love?

The architecture.

No one designs buildings like this

anymore. No one.

Of course no one designs buildings

like this. We live in a different era.

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