The Jane Austen Book Club Page #3

Pam Gower did her law degree at Bolt,

passed the bar in 2002.

She's an infant.

She joined the firm

of Perry, Liebman, Avila in 2006.

Says here she was divorced in 2005.

B*tch. She went right for Daniel.

She's 45.

She's not even young.

- Do you think he has a brain tumor?

- I think he fell in love.

Well, I'm rooting for the brain tumor.

People our age don't fall in love.

I mean, I've never even been in love.

- You've never been in love?

- I've had sexual partners.

I mean, I don't know.

I wouldn't mind falling in love,

but it just all seems

like fiction to me, anyway.

Well, for a fiction,

he just threw 20 years of marriage away

on an impulse.

Do you think he was thinking,

the whole time,

"I can't wait to get out of here?"

- Am I really that uninteresting?

- No.

- I can't believe I'm alone at this age.

- Mom, you're not alone.

And listen to me.

Alone's not the end of the world.

For as many years as you've been married

I've been quite happily unmarried.

It's just so unfair.

He can start his life over again.

And at this age.

You know, men can do that.

Women... It's over.

You're beautiful, Mommy.

Yes, and accomplished and interesting.

You're not without your options, Sylvia.

Daniel's the one with options.

He can sleep with anyone.

Twenty-year-olds.

People will say, "Way to go, Daniel."

If I tried to sleep with someone

that age, it'd be pathetic.

Well, yeah, that's 'cause

guys my age are lame.

- My body will become a museum.

- No, it won't.

We'll get you a membership to my gym.

You might even meet somebody.

I don't wanna meet someone.

I wanna pull the covers over my head

and read novels.

And eat.

I'm starving.

Allegra, mija, go get me a dozen eggs.

- I'm gonna make a flan.

- Okay.

Can you stay with her this weekend?

- Actually, I'm moving back in.

- Really?

My lease is almost up and, you know,

I won't let her be here alone.

Oh, sweetie, that's... Thank you.

You're amazing.

See, that's why people have children.

My father left my mom when I was 10.

Sylvia was the first person I told.

That's when I knew

we were really best friends.

I'm gonna be at Stockton

at the Breeders' Convention,

if you need me, okay?

- Are you here for the Buffy conference?

- Oh, no.

Excuse me.

My dog has the same exact collar.

- She was invisible.

- What?

It's a game. They're vampires.

When you see one of them

with their arms crossed like that,

you should pretend you don't see her.

That's why she didn't answer you.

Nothing personal.

Thanks.

- My name's Grigg.

- Greg?

Grigg, G-R-l-G-G.

Oh. I'm meeting some people, Grigg.

Okay.

Can I have a whiskey straight up?

Excuse me. Could I apologize? I'm Jocelyn.

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