A Quiet Little Marriage Page #2

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bringing a child

into that kind of world.

We don't live in Darfur.

That's... that's not my point.

But I mean, you love kids.

You're a teacher.

You love them.

They're my class.

Of course I love them.

And they love you.

Just think about it.

You'd be a great dad.

I don't know that.

You know?

I mean, you don't know that.

I just...

Those kids are not easy,

Olive.

I'm sure

some of their parents wish

that they had taken better

advantage of contraception.

That is a terrible thing

to say.

I'm serious.

You know?

The kind of life we have

is over for them.

It's just...

I'm mean, most of them are just

struggling to stay together.

Besides, you have good genes,

but look at my family.

What if I got pregnant?

But you're not.

No.

But what if?

I just feel like

we already talked about this.

We can talk about it

some more, right?

I have to go to the bathroom.

Thanks.

You gonna

go see your dad today?

You want me to go with you?

It's too confusing for him

right now.

Okay.

This is my dad's

bonobo chimpanzee mask.

Bonobos' DNA

is 98% identical to humans.

My dad also has a complete set

of Congo River animal

action figures.

This is my mom's

Jane Goodall research costume.

When my dad moved across town

with Vicky Green...

Let's wrap it up, Sammy.

My mom buried them both

in the backyard.

You can see the chip

on the top of the mask

where my shovel hit it.

Okay.

Let's sit down.

And it took me three weeks

to find where she hid them.

Okay, who else

has something to share?

all:
Me!

All right, Meegan.

Hey, Sammy, can I talk to you

for a second?

Listen, you know,

some things are private.

Can you take the mask off

for me?

Do you know

what I'm talking about?

It's not always good

to talk about everything.

My mom says it's good to talk.

Okay, yeah.

You know, I just don't think

she means, like,

at show-and-tell.

Can I hold on

to the bathing suit?

All right, go have fun.

What... what do you call these

again, Olivia?

Snaps, Dad.

They're your favorites,

gingersnaps.

Right.

Well, they're delicious.

No, no.

You finish them.

They're for you.

That's okay, June.

You give those to the baby.

She likes cookies too.

Dad, I'm Olivia.

And June was your wife.

I know.

I know who you are.

That's right, Dad.

You know me.

Hi.

It's like we have a second pet.

Hi.

Mmmm.

I guess you had a good day.

It was terrible.

Lucky me.

Oh, wait.

Hey.

- What?

- I'll meet you in the bedroom.

Hey, hey.

Hey, wake up.

Stop!

Stop!

Jackson!

I thought you were a cop, man.

What the hell

are you doing here?

We were sleeping.

Get out of the car.

Hey, I'm sorry

about this morning.

You know, Jackson,

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