Almost You Page #2

That's terrible.

And that's Alex

when he was little.

I guess he's about seven.

- It's the same apartment.

- Uh-huh. He grew up here.

And then he inherited it.

That's why I call it

the nursery.

What do you do?

Do you have a job?

I'm a freelance illustrator.

I did that.

That's great.

God, look.

His hair's so much longer.

Amazing. Much cuter.

What does your husband do?

He works

in the family business.

His uncles run it now.

That's us in Greece

on our honeymoon.

- Morning.

- Uh, Mr. Boyer!

Mr. Boyer...

Hey, Alex! Yeah, Alex!

- English, Ralphie. Speak English.

- That is English!

Hey, you two...

remember, this is America,

goddamn it.

English! Ralphie,

come into my office.

What trouble?

You said trouble?

Yeah.

You got troubles.

You got lunch

with your uncles upstairs today.

Now, your Uncle Stuart told me

to tell you to be up there.

Now, you gotta be...

You know that's serious.

What's their problem?

We do all the work down here.

We do it our own way, but we do it.

- Anything from O.T. B?

- Yeah. You got any ideas?

- Well, let me see.

- Hey, you know what?

It could be that Bresnig account.

Remember, you wrote that P.O. On that.

Oh, I straightened that out. So what?

What are they gonna do, fire me?

It's my own family.

Mmm.

- You finished with this?

- Uh...

Mmm. Good.

All right?

Nothing else?

Okay.

All right.

That's better.

Now, down to business.

Alex, you happy downstairs?

That's important because...

if a man isn't happy in his work,

he can't do a man's work.

- Are ya?

- A man?

No.

Happy down there.

Yeah. Sure.

How's Erica?

When is she coming home?

Actually, she got back

last night.

So, does she limp or what?

She has a therapist.

She limps.

I knew it!

- Mel.

- All right.

Alex, we've thought

hard about this.

Oh, look, I can explain

about that Bresnig thing. I...

- Shhh!

- Sit.

Sit. Sit. Sit!

As I was saying, we've thought hard

and long about this.

- Right. We think it's the best thing.

- Yep.

You've done a wonderful job. You've

learned the ropes down there on the floor.

But we think

the time has come...

- for you tojoin us up here.

- What?

- Mm-hmm.

- Vice president.

From now on,

you'll be working right up here with us.

Right here where we

can keep an eye on you.

That is very kind of you...

but... I'm very happy

where I am downstairs.

And they need me down there.

They really do.

I... I just think

it's too early.

I wouldn't be able

to appreciate it.

I... I'm not ready.

I... I... I couldn't possibly...

Alex, you are ready.

Trust me. I can tell.

- You're far too modest.

- We ordered a desk for you this morning.

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