The Kid Page #3

Amy, Amy, I swear to you...

I will make sure that the editing of

this tape is handled tastefully, okay?

- I'm sure you will.

- No, I promise.

- We didn't do anything wrong today.

- No.

- We did the right thing by

our client, Bob Riley.

- I love him.

Russ, today we shamelessly

exploited innocent children...

just to help some crook

with his cash flow problems.

Are you gonna finish

this last piece of yellowtail?

Russ, you should be concerned

about this. You're turning 40 in...

- Thank you so much for bringing that up.

- You're at an age when...

- What, and you're not at an age...

Yes, we both are.

Well, we can't go around any more

talking about what we're going

to be like when we grow up.

We are up.

- Is that it?

- Yeah.

- You finished?

- Yeah, I'm finished.

Good.

Toshiya, if you get called

a jerk four times...

in the same day,

does that make it true?

- What, only four? Did you get up late?

- Excuse me.

- I'm asking Toshiya.

- Just four times, a pattern.

It have to be five times to be a fact.

- Thank you very much.

You see? There is hope.

- Jerk.

Thank you.

Yo, Pedro, make sure

this gets in the trash.

Yes!

That was fantastic! I can't believe

you just did such a fantastic thing!

Me neither.

I must really be stressed out.

Probably still in there.

You are not going

Dumpster diving to look for

that stinky, fish-encrusted tape.

You're right.

I shouldn't go in there.

I'm wearing a $2,000 suit.

Come on. I'll give you a boost.

Come on, come on, come on.

Distract yourself.

Honour your instincts.

Look at the moon. Look at it.

- What? Look at what?

- Look.

Isn't it lovely?

It's big, it's beautiful, it's...

revolving around the earth,

proving once again...

that the universe

does not revolve around you.

It's worth a look,

if you ask me.

Are you looking?

- I looked.

- Look again!

- Okay...

Okay! Amy...

Quit fooling around,

all right? I looked.

Now can we go?

- Come on, grumpy.

- Hey, will you stop?

I stopped.

I want to show you something.

Tell me if you think this is cute.

Oh! Look at the moon!

It's so big and round...

and when I look at it,

I'm all perky and excited and...

no one would ever know

that I'm almost 30! Ooh!

What do you think?

Cute or just stupid?

You know, Russ, just when I think

I've seen the worst...

that there's no possible way

you could be more of a jerk...

you outdo yourself.

And then...

just when I'm about to leave,

you do something.

Like tonight,

when you threw that tape away.

Then I get the tiniest,

briefest glimpse of the kid in you.

That's when I decide to hang around

for five more minutes...

see what happens next.

Bye.

Janet, I want you on the phone

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