Across the Hall Page #2

I never told you to do this.

- You told me to wait,

and I waited.

- Yes, f***ing wait.

- You left me here.

- Okay, so what the f*** do you

want me to do now, Terry, huh?.

What can I do about this?.

- I want to make him

pay for it.

- Good evening, sir.

Would you like a room?.

- A room, yeah.

- I, um...

I believe we have---

- It has to be the right room.

- You've---you've

stayed with us before?.

- I've never been here before.

- But you have a---

you have a particular room

in mind.

- I don't know the number,

but I know

what room I want.

Is it okay if---

Please?.

Here.

That's her.

I know her no matter

what name she uses.

- One moment, sir.

I'll ring her room.

- No, you can't---

can't do that.

- I'm sorry, sir,

but I'm not allowed

to let you in unannounced.

- Unannounced?.

- She requested privacy, sir.

- You saw her, then?.

- Yes.

- She's here.

- Yes.

- Well, I can't

let her leave, then.

And I need you

to give me a room.

I'm here for a room.

Someplace across from---

I need room 508.

How much for the night?.

- Oh, um...

I'm sorry.

That room's not available

this evening.

- Why don't we

go up there together

and take a look?.

- I can't.

- Surprise yourself sometimes

what you can and can't do.

- Previous guests include

the Ambassador to Estonia

and the conductor

of the Chicago Philharmonic.

We never fill this room.

The guests complain about

the sign outside the window.

I can close

the blinds for you.

- No, it's---

Just leave it.

It's fine.

There's a lot of history

to this place, huh?.

- Oh, yes, sir.

All of the cornice work

you see is original.

Nothing has been changed since

the day the Riverview opened.

- I always thought

it's just better

to let it fall the f*** apart

than cheat it of a past.

It's not right, you know?.

To renovate the soul

right out of a place.

You ever wish you could

just keep things

exactly the way they were?.

That you could

just hold on to

a moment in time

like it was...

F*** this.

- I can't believe

this is happening.

I can't believe it.

- What part?.

What part

can't you believe?.

- I don't know,

all of it.

- Hey, but---

I'll have to go like this

from now on.

- You believe how much

I love you, don't you?.

- Of course.

- And you believe

how much l---

I mean it,

how much I just mean

everything I say, all of it.

- Yes.

Though not

everything, everything.

Hey, I didn't mean

it like that.

Hey, forget about it.

I didn't mean it in a bad way.

- I know.

I only get like that

when I'm scared, you know.

I only talk like that

when I'm scared.

- I get scared too, Terry.

We all get scared.

- Are you scared of me?.

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