Mother and Child Page #2

Lucy.

Lucy.

(CONTINUES WHISTLING)

Oh.

Why does she do that?

Okay, you're not there.

(CONTINUES WHISTLING)

I'm not home!

Okay, call me back.

I'll try you back

in a little while.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

I don't know if this thing

is still recording

or if I got cut off.

Is this thing still recording?

I can't. I can't.

No, I can't.

Lucy?

I'm sorry, I can't.

Don't stop.

I lost it.

I lost it.

Lucy! Okay, okay.

Okay, I'm gone.

Okay, bye.

I lost it.

(ADA LAUGHING)

KAREN :
I had a new dream

a couple of days ago.

I come home

and try to get in

but my key breaks

inside the lock.

I look through the window

and I can see you

in my bed sleeping.

I go in

through the back door

and walk up to you

and smell your breath.

It smells of another

woman's breast milk,

not mine.

And the bed is wet.

You've wet the bed

and I start to cry

because I don't

have clean sheets

to make it fresh.

Sorry, I didn't

mean to stare.

Paco. Karen, right?

Clara told me

your name.

Clara?

What else did

she say about me?

Nothing else.

She always has time

on her hands to be

talking to someone.

That's why

her work stinks.

(LAUGHS)

So, was it

your idea or his?

Oh, please don't, okay?

I just need

your support on this.

Oh, I'm with you.

I was just wondering

whose idea it was.

It was my idea. Okay?

(CHUCKLING)

Your mother-in-law

is gonna blow a gasket.

Her prince

raising the child

of a stranger.

(CHUCKLING)

What about you?

Are you gonna love

this baby or no?

Well, there is no baby

to speak of yet.

What's the next step?

We are meeting a woman

on Wednesday.

Hmm.

She is six months

pregnant.

And she's

just now deciding

to give up this baby?

No. Apparently she's

already turned down

a few couples.

Turned down?

Who's approving who?

There's an argument

that you'd be

doing her a favor.

Nobody's doing

anybody a favor.

Hey, everybody

stands to win.

You know, there is

so much positioning

for everything nowadays.

Motherhood should

be something simpler

than that.

I'm sorry, Lucy.

That was a horrible

thing to say.

I'm sorry, Lu.

I'm an idiot.

Forgive me.

Please, I'm sorry.

Oh, you really

wear me out.

(SIGHS)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Ah. We gave you

one of our better offices.

And what did I do

to deserve it?

Nothing, but we

have high hopes.

As well you should.

Any questions?

Concerns?

No.

Hmm.

Welcome dinner

tomorrow night.

Mistral, 8:
15.

You know it?

Sure.

See you there.

(EXHALES) How's work?

It's good.

There's a new

training program

to work with people

who are recuperating

from chemotherapy.

They asked if any of us

wanted to participate

and I said yes.

So, they're paying us

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