The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Page #3

12 noon, and four each afternoon,

I was the only one who knew

that she was secretly pretending

to be in a commercial half the time,

or a movie, and she was the star.

- I thought she was absolutely perfect.

- Mom, can I have some more milk? Mom?

Then there were days when Suky

shorted out,

- like a run-down robot.

- (father) Eat up, kids.

I always felt my real mother

had disappeared in those moments.

It scared me and made me angry.

I thought it must be my fault

that she was sad,

and it was up to me

to make her happy again.

I thought maybe

you forgot to say goodnight. (sniffs)

Her moods ruled my life.

(sighs) My baby. (sniffs)

- (doorbell rings)

- (Pippa) Oh, hello, Dot.

- Would you like some coffee?

- Oh, no, I-I've already had some.

- This is my son, Ben.

- Oh, the lawyer?

(Ben) Not yet. Nice to meet you.

- And Herb. You met Herb.

- Oh, hi, Herb.

(Pippa) Oh, my Lord.

(Dot) That's Mr Swaggart.

He needed to go.

Erm, h-have a seat.

(Dot) You know, there are

other young wives here.

You see them jogging around.

- Is everything OK?

- Well, yes, we're... We're fine.

But my son, erm, Chris...

- In Utah?

- Yes.

He might be coming... east.

Oh, that should be nice,

if they would move near you.

The thing is, he's had some kind

of crisis with his wife, and...

He's left her, and he's...

He's living in his car.

I just don't know what to do.

He was always sort of half baked.

You know what I mean?

You know, it's painful, I know...

...but sometimes you just have to maybe

accept they are who they are.

I mean, I-I feel that with my daughter.

(Dot) You're right.

I knew that I should come to you.

You... I just had a feeling.

- (Ben) He's living in his car?

- Yes, she said he was half baked.

- I wonder what that means.

- It's code. It means halfwit.

- (phone rings)

- Hello?

Hello, Marianne.

What? What?

No, tell him 45

is the absolute top offer.

If he goes somewhere else,

he goes somewhere else.

Stop worrying. Everything's fine.

You're doing a fantastic job.

Have a nice morning, Marianne.

God, that woman's gonna drive me crazy.

Your blood pressure went

from 120 over 90 to 148 over 100.

Since when did you become a nurse?

A little appreciation...

Would you like to go to the doctor's

every 15 minutes?

We gotta change our number.

- I need an office.

- What is the point of having an office?

The point is I spent 40 years

building up this company

and they're crapping it up.

They're children there. Babies.

If I had an office,

I can be there from ten to one,

talk to Marianne, read my manuscripts,

and when I come home, boom, I'm retired.

Then we can be really together.

(Ben) You had three heart attacks.

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