5 Dollars a day Page #6

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Use this for the gas.

The Sweet'N Low people

will pick it up.

Be back in a flash.

Room service, please.

Room servlce.

How may I help you?

Yes, we'd like to order up some brunch,

my wife and I.

What room, please?

Room 120.

All rlght.

Thank you so much.

Please hold.

Yes, I'll wait.

Thank you.

Sir.

Could you leave the tray

outside the door?

My wife is under the weather,

and I'm trying

not to disturb her.

Thank you so much.

May I add the tip

to the check?

Sure.

There. That's for you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, sir.

Please.

Thank you.

Hl, thls Is Maggle.

Please leave a message.

Hey, it's me.

Are you there?

Are you there?

Are you there? Are you there?

Okay, another confession.

Um, thls Is...

Thls Is a llttle trlcky.

I'm gonna-I'm gonna tell you

a story, okay?

Here we go.

My father

drove a beat-up Mustang

wlth 150,000 mlles on It,

about the tlme a sane person

buys a new car.

But not him.

He rents a new Mustang,

strips it, and swaps the parts

with his hunk of junk.

Then he returns the rentaI,

complains it's a lemon,

and gets his $69 back.

But guess what.

Thls tlme,

they nailed him.

And guess what else.

My name was on the lease.

Okay?

You can guess the rest.

All right.

I'm going to call you back.

I'm thinking

about those lobster dinners

we pinched from that place

up in Bar Harbor.

Could you forget the taste,

the flavor,

the freshness?

It was like the ocean.

Eat something.

You can't

live on coffee.

I'm tired.

You're depressed.

Anybody in your situation's

got to feeI like junk.

The trick is to take your mind

off getting dumped.

Every obstacle

is an opportunity.

Think about it this way.

You have a clean slate.

No girI.

No job.

No nothing

to hold you back.

How did you know

about my job?

You sent that letter

to the health department?

The whole thing

was beneath you.

You got me fired.

I did you a favor.

You want to spend the next

Huh?

Things are out there.

Hm?

Life is out there.

One day,

you're going to say thank you.

Thank you, Dad.

Oh, it was nothing.

What's wrong?

Come on, Flynn.

Don't be so serious, huh?

What are you dolng?

What am I doing?

I'm spending the night

in a room

that you're paying for.

And then tomorrow,

I'm on the first train,

bus, or pickup truck

the hell out of here.

Yeah.

Your mother and I got married

in a HoJo's.

They wanted $800

for the banquet room.

Back then,

good for me,

I was able to swing a deaI

with the night manager.

We had a tastefuI,

low-key ceremony in the lobby

for $50.

Who knew the difference?

Who could tell

the difference?

Flynn?

I'm going to go

have a drink...

Meet some people,

have some fun.

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