America Page #4

- America, move up.

- Fish, who is that guy?

- He's mean, that guy.

- Meat or pasta?

- Pasta.

I've never seen

him here before.

He went but he comes back.

I think his name's Brooklyn.

- He's mean, that guy.

- Yeah, I know. You said that.

These are your brothers This

is Brooklyn, and that's Lyle

Look, I'm jacked. I'm wired,

and I've been up for, like, two,

three days, I don't even know how long.

No. No, see, I had to do something

really, really important, okay?

I had to... I had to make a

run, all right? But I'm done now.

I'll be there in five

minutes, okay? Wait for me!

No. No, look, you

can wait for me, okay?

Please. Please, okay? Please

wait for me, all right? Okay.

- Mama!

- No, let me get in the door first, OK? OK.

All right, yeah, I'll be

there in five minutes. Okay.

All right, now. Now, America,

these are your brothers.

All right, this is

Brooklyn, and that's Lyle.

And... And they're gonna watch you

for me. You're gonna watch him, right?

Okay.

Right, now listen, baby,

I gotta go on an errand.

- But I'll be right back, okay.

- Mama!

No, no, no, no! Stay there, and

don't open the door for nobody. Okay?

I'll be back. I'll be back.

- What you got there?

- Candy.

Give them to me!

- Mama!

- No, no, no, no! Stay there,

and don't open the

door for nobody Okay?

Brooklyn, Brooklyn.

Meat or pasta?

Brooklyn...

- Which one? We ain't got all day.

- Meat.

Man, you cover for me, man?

Hey. Dwayne, you see

America? Yeah? Thank you.

Yo.

Yeah. You missed your session.

Yeah, okay. How do you

get to go in the kitchen?

- What?

- How do you get to work in the kitchen?

- How do you get to serve food?

- Why do you wanna know?

- Just tell me.

- You earn it.

It's reserved for the residents

in the drug treatment program.

- Why do you wanna know?

- It's not important.

It's important to

me. I'd like to know.

Look, why don't you just

leave me alone, okay?

What do you bother me for? Go

home, take care of your own kids.

- You think I have kids?

- I don't know. Maybe you don't have kids.

Maybe it's just you. Maybe

that's why you're here.

You know how to play cards?

Solitaire, gin, poker, anything?

This is a ace, stupid

Now we got a war going

Two of spades beats

everything, including aces.

- Do you know aces?

- I don't know.

This is a ace, stupid.

Now we got a war going.

- War.

- War.

All right. Cut the deck.

- You know the rules?

- I don't know your rules.

Everybody's got their

own rules for war.

Two of spades beats

everything, including aces.

Got it.

Do you want to know my rules?

I don't do sessions

in the game room.

You have to show up to my

office, every day, on time.

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