6 Balloons Page #4

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like, a longer act.

With your encouragement, I might.

This actually is a pretty long act.

You've got at least...

what is it, a couple of years' worth

of material here, right?

You're making me feel so warm right now.

Yeah, that's my job.

Hey, girlie.

- Come here. Let me unbuckle you.

- Kitty cat.

All right, let's go.

Have you got your bunny?

All right, out.

Out, out, out. OK. Shut the door.

OK.

Just be careful

before the car comes.

OK, yeah.

Before the car comes, huh?

Just be careful.

Still looks like a crack house.

Well, you'll fit right in, right?

Funny.

Wait, wait, wait. She needs shoes.

She's fine.

Just... Just give me the keys.

It will take two seconds.

I'll hold her.

Come on. I'm not going anywhere.

I'm just going to the car.

- I'll hold her. You don't need to go.

- Katie, it's... OK. All right, calm down.

Don't tell me to calm down.

That's the worst thing you could say.

Don't make a thing of this, please.

I just think it's insane

that you picked this moment,

of all moments, to be a parent.

And it's actually...

It's actually insane.

I don't understand why you get so pissed

about the dumbest sh*t.

- What did you just say to me?

- Nothing.

- Hello.

- Hi.

Hi. Um... Your insurance card?

Can I help you?

Yeah. Um... Can we come inside?

I need some information first.

- Who's the patient?

- Me.

- Have you been here before?

- Um... You bet he has.

And what are you detoxing from?

- I knew I should have dropped her off.

- It's fine. Just give her to me.

- OK.

- Come here, baby. Come here.

OK. Um...

- Well...

- We'll be... We'll be right here.

OK.

- Ma'am?

- Yeah.

Um... He's on heroin.

- What kind of insurance does he have?

- Um... Anthem.

Unfortunately, we don't take Anthem.

But he's been here before.

Does he have a new job

since the last time?

Yeah.

Then we probably took

his last job's insurance.

OK, but you can still admit him, right?

We have an outpatient program.

No, he needs to be in

for ten days for it to work.

OK.

Not that it's never worked, but um...

I can admit him if you want to pay cash.

- How much is it?

- It's $5,000 for the ten-day program.

OK, just give me a minute.

Credit card.

They don't take your insurance.

But my credit's f***ed. You know that.

Seth, tell me

what to do right now.

Can you pay for it?

You still owe me five grand

from last time.

How long have you waited

to play that card?

- That's what I'm doing.

- I bet you think about that all the time.

- Every once in a while...

- All you f***ing people, man.

- Who?

- Who? You, Mom, Dad. It's like...

- Yeah, that's so lovely.

- There are always strings attached.

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