Brad’s Status Page #2

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BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 6

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MELANIE:

What does it matter?

BRAD:

Well, aren’t you getting the house

when they die?

MELANIE:

When they die? I mean, I split it

with my brother.

BRAD:

Really?

MELANIE:

What?

BRAD:

But your brother married into a ton

of money. He and Vanessa don’t

need your parents’ money. *

MELANIE:

It doesn’t matter anyway, Brad. I

mean...

BRAD:

Why? Because of climate change?

You think the world’s gonna end

before we retire?

MELANIE:

Uh, no.

BRAD:

We might need that money, Mel.

MELANIE:

I think they’re considering leaving

it all to the grandkids.

BRAD:

What do you mean?

MELANIE:

Splitting everything among the

grandkids.

BRAD:

What? Steve has three kids. And

they’re already rich. We only have

one. How’s that fair?

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MELANIE:

It’s not up to me. They’ve also

thought about just leaving it all

to charity so who knows?

BRAD:

Seriously? That’s absurd. That’s

mean.

MELANIE:

You work for a non-profit - and you

think that’s absurd?

BRAD:

Right. I work for a non-profit.

And you work for the government.

We need the money.

MELANIE:

Look, I’m gonna be so distraught

when my parents die, I’m not gonna

give a f*** about the money.

BRAD:

Really? Not at all? I think you *

will. *

MELANIE:

What about your dad? You have

money coming to you.

BRAD:

He’s an academic. Two hundred

thousand dollars maybe.

MELANIE:

It’ll help pay for Troy’s college.

Is that why you’re worrying about

money? We’ll be fine. We’ll

figure it out.

BRAD:

Thank god we only had one kid.

MELANIE:

Oh my god.

BRAD:

How much do you think your parents

are worth total? Four? Five?

Split in half. Then taxes. That’s

like 1.5, 1.2.

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BRAD'S STATUS - Blue Revision - Sept 26, 2016 -Page 8

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BRAD (cont'd)

And they’ll probably have health

care sh*t to pay for - those senior

living places can eat up the whole

entire thing in no time...

MELANIE:

What is wrong with you?

BRAD:

I just feel like we’re running out

of time here. There’s no more

potential - this is it - we’ve

plateaud - and clearly there’s not *

gonna be some windfall out of

nowhere that’s gonna change the

situation...

MELANIE:

We’re not poor, Brad.

BRAD:

In some circles. Yeah.

MELANIE:

What circles? The one per cent?

Please. Go to sleep.

Brad rolls over, then rolls back to her.

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