Game 6 Page #6

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GEORGE:

Nicky, you don't come in for a

while. Everything's okay?

NICKY:

Hello George. You're so healthy and

thick-bodied I want to punch you in

the chest. This is my daughter

Laurel. Just to hear the sound it

makes.

GEORGE:

I saw your picture in the paper.

Two papers.

NICKY:

That means they're getting ready to

kill me.

GEORGE:

That's not what I hear. I have

four, five actors working here.

`His best play since "Yessiree Bob"

I'm telling you, they say it.

LAUREL:

He doesn't want to hear it.

He leads them toward a booth.

INT. COFFEE SHOP - LATER

Nicky is launched into a full breakfast. Laurel has a tea bag

in a cup -- no water.

NICKY:

If lawyers for the mob are called

controversial, why are divorce

lawyers called prominent?

LAUREL:

Because they get outstanding

settlements. And Mother is

determined that this time there's

no turning back.

NICKY:

I just had breakfast with her. She

didn't say a word about this.

A young waiter recognizes Nicky and unobtrusively points him

out to another waiter.

LAUREL:

Because you refuse to believe she's

serious. You've always refused.

NICKY:

Don't be so steely-eyed. It's that

course you're taking in

criminology.

LAUREL:

Oh please. Not now.

(beat)

She wants you to stop seeing What's-

Her-Name. Finally. Now and forever.

Do you think that's too much to

ask? For a wife of nineteen years.

NICKY:

You're too young to be studying

criminal behavior. It's making you

obsessive.

LAUREL:

She is kicking you out.

NICKY:

Your mother and I have something

between us that's too strong to

damage permanently. Believe me, I

know this. That's right, nineteen

years. And what about the days and

minutes? Sharing small moments,

sharing memories, raising a

beautiful child. We're wedded in

the deepest and strongest ways.

Lillian isn't only my wife. She's

my best friend.

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