Columbus Day Page #4

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I'm okay, just don't

answer the phone.

Go make sure

your door's locked,

and if anyone knocks,

don't answer it,

not even if it's the police.

The police?

Yeah, something

happened to Manny.

Does this mean we're

not gonna go to Florida?

You're going to Florida.

Just do like I say.

Hello?

Hey, Alana, it's your dad.

How you doin'?

I don't think

I want to talk to you.

Well, uh, I'm just callin'

to see how you're doin',

and, uh...

see if you wanted

to catch up,

if you--you and him

doin' all right?

You guys need

any money?

Dad, I can't do this.

This has nothing

to do with me.

Um, okay, let me

talk to Edward.

C-can he talk now?

Do you want

to undermine me?

Undermine?

I just wanna talk

to my grandson.

I mean, how often do I call?

I mean, how of--

We've been here every day

for the past 3 years.

Yeah, well, it's different now.

Why?

- I...

Well, it's... I got some money.

Money?

- Yeah.

I got some money,

and I'm coming to Florida.

You have got a lot of nerve

asking me to be here for you.

I'm not asking-- just--just--

let me talk to you, okay?

Dad, I'm going now.

No, no! Listen...

Dad, you can't boss me around.

You never listen.

I'm not--I'm--

I'm list--I'll listen.

How can you act like

you care about someone?

I'll listen.

You're not even interested in--

- What?

I'm gonna go.

Listen, listen... I'm listening, okay?

I didn't call for--

No, no, no,

I didn't call for any--

I'm just-- I'm listening, okay?

Listen. Hear that?

That pause right there?

That static, that right

there was me listening.

I can't do this.

Oh, not too bad.

Come here to meet someone?

You here to skip school?

I'm not skipping school.

It's where I always

come for the holidays.

I just think you're here to

meet someone, just sitting here.

You're just sittin' here.

No, I'm not,

I'm people-watching.

Oh, you're casing people.

You casing me now,

is that what you're doing?

Nah.

The pigeon man, though.

The pigeon man?

What you got on him?

He's a widow.

A widow?

Yeah. His wife died.

Oh, a widower.

Yeah, that's--

that's what I said.

Boy, he's dying, too.

How you know that?

Because the scar

on his hand from Dallas.

Dallas?

Yeah, where they pump

out your kidneys.

You mean dialysis.

That's what I said.

Yeah, well, people can

live forever on dialysis.

Yeah, but sometimes people

decide to stop going,

and that's it.

How do you know

he stopped going?

'Cause the scar on his hand?

It's healing.

I'll tell you about

the pigeon man.

First of all, he's not a bum.

He's what you call

a soft mark.

Sure, he's lonely--

he's feedin' pigeons

in a dumb-ass park,

but he's not a bum.

You see that?

See that watch,

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