The Safety of Objects Page #3

IF YOU LIKE. I--I KNOW--

NO. I MEAN I FIGURE

I KNOW WHAT YOU WAN TO TALK ABOUT, AND I

REALLY DON'T WANT TO.

IT'S NOT WHAT I NEED.

AND IF YOU WAN ANYTHING ELSE,

I DON'T WANT THA EITHER.

WANT WHAT?

WH-WHAT'S ANYTHING ELSE?

I DON'T KNOW, ALL RIGHT.

UH, FROM WHAT I KNOW OF YOU,

YOU'RE A NICE LADY.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE

YOU'RE TAKING A BREAK

FROM YOUR KIDS,

YOUR HUSBAND.

NO. NO. NO HUSBAND.

NOT THEN, NOT NOW.

STILL.

MAYBE YOU DON'T WAN TO GET TOO CRAZY.

[WHISPERING] What?

YOU GOT KIDS.

I'M SURE THEY NEED

MORE LOVE AND AFFECTION

THAN I DO.

MORE LOVE AND AFFECTION

THAN I DO.

YOU--YOU'RE A PRESUMPTUOUS...

I--AT LEAST I'M DEALING

WITH THINGS. OK?

AND NOT THAT IT'S ANY

OF YOUR BUSINESS,

BUT I'M A DAMN

GOOD MOTHER.

I DON'T GO BOOZING IT UP

AND TRYING TO PICK UP

ANYTHING THAT WALKS.

YOU GOT ME WRONG.

ENTIRELY WRONG!

F*** YOU FOR IT.

F*** YOU FOR IT.

[THINKING] 8 YEARS.

11 HOURS A DAY.

THAT'S 33,000 HOURS.

GONE.

[LINE RINGING]

[LINE RINGING]

Answering machine:

HI, THIS IS SUSAN

AND EMILY AND JAKE.

OH, AND JIM.

PLEASE LEAVE US A MESSAGE.

[BEEP]

PLEASE LEAVE US A MESSAGE.

[BEEP]

[THINKING] WHY IS A MAN'S

PURPOSE ALWAYS HIS JOB?

[THINKING] WHY IS A MAN'S

PURPOSE ALWAYS HIS JOB?

GIVE THAT TO ME. I WAS JUST--

I WAS JUST PRACTICING.

GIVE THAT TO ME. I WAS JUST--

I WAS JUST PRACTICING.

[SIGHS]

MOM, I...

YEAH?

YEAH?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.

[KNOCKING]

[DOOR OPENS]

HI.

[BEEP]

BRUCE, CATHERINE.

IT'S ANNETTE. HI.

SORRY TO ONLY CALL YOU

WITH TIDINGS OF BAD JOY,

BUT I'M SURE YOU KNOW THE KIDS

AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHECK

IN...OH, LET'S SEE,

OVER 3 MONTHS. HA HA.

RAYANNE'S SCHOOL BILL

NEEDS TO BE PAID,

AND SAM COULDN'T GO TO CAMP.

I'M SURE THIS IS TURNING

INTO WHITE NOISE,

BUT, UH, PLEASE DROP A CHECK

IN THE MAIL SOON

OR--OR BRING IT BY IN PERSON.

UH, THE KIDS WOULD LOVE

TO SEE YOU. THE BOTH OF YOU.

UH, REMEMBER WHAT WE PROMISED,

BRUCE. NO ABSENT PARENTS.

BUT CALL ME IF--IF YOU WANT.

EITHER OF YOU.

OR, UH, JUST STOP BY. BYE.

[BEEP]

[SIGHS] F*** IT.

[SIGHS] F*** IT.

Jim:
ANY LUCK?

NO, YOU JAMMED IT IN THERE

PRETTY GOOD.

NO, YOU JAMMED IT IN THERE

PRETTY GOOD.

CHECK IT OUT.

I WAS DOING:

A LITTLE WEEDING.

BUT THOSE ARE FLOWERS. THEY

JUST HAVEN'T BLOOMED YET.

[CAR ENGINE]

[CAR ENGINE]

DADDY!

SWEETHEART.

SWEETHEART.

HEY, DID YOU BRING ME

ANYTHING?

OH, YEAH.

CHECK THAT OUT.

THAT'S MY BUCKET, DADDY.

I KNOW, SWEETHEART.

JIM, WHY ARE YOU HERE?

AND WHY ARE YOU WEARING

YOUR SHIRT ON YOUR HEAD?

DIDN'T YOU GE MY MESSAGE?

THERE WAS A BOMB THREA AT--AT WORK.

THEY SENT EVERYONE HOME.

A BOMB THREAT?

A BOMB THREAT?

WELL, I'M GLAD

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

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