Benny & Joon Page #3

OK.

Stupid. Stupid.

- 18-15.

- 17-16.

- 18-15!

- It caught the corner.

- It was a foot off the table.

- It was not.

- Juniper...

- Benjamin...

Don't underestimate the mentally ill.

We know how to count.

- OK, fine. 17-16.

- You can't give me what was mine.

- You're trying to cheat.

- I'm not.

- You're cheating.

- Joon, you're the one who's cheating.

You're all trying to cheat me.

You're trying to cheat.

Yeah. I spoke to some of the guys

on the staff, Benny.

Nobody wants to be a housekeeper.

I will. I'll keep tryin'. But I gotta

tell you honestly, I don't think so.

Yeah. OK. Thanks.

Bye.

OK, Stevie.

I mean, I can't even keep a goldfish alive.

What chance do I have with Joon?

If somethin' bad happened to her, I'd...

I'd never ever be able to forgive myself.

A group home

is the right thing for her, Benny.

Yeah. This is definitely for her own good.

Hey, it's for both your own good.

How much longer

can you do this to yourself?

Your life is literally passing you by.

You're right.

You're right.

What am I doing with myself?

I spend my life workin' on cars

and takin' care of my sister.

I can't have a relationship without havin'

to worry about how Joon is gonna fit in.

Once she gets settled in,

you could actually take a vacation.

Travel a little. I can hold down the fort.

Travel?

- Travel?

- Benny, there's a whole world out there.

I mean, picture yourself on the open road.

Wind in the hair in the El Camino.

Highway stretchin' out...

What's that, up ahead?

A lovely motorist, stranded.

Carburetor trouble. Better investigate.

Yeah, right.

I'm gonna be stoppin' every 15 minutes

to call Joon to see how she's doin'.

OK, let's see. Black Sabbath, over there.

- Is that a flashlight?

- It's a brush kind of a thing.

Here's a hat.

- Where's the batteries?

- You didn't win batteries.

- Those are mine.

- OK. Hey, guys, hurry it up!

Or we'll start without you.

I've been known to play a little cards.

Box of 30-aught-6 cartridges.

Medium-sized, green-haired troll.

Soap-on-a-rope, slightly used.

- Cards?

- Three.

- Cards?

- Two.

And the dealer takes...

three.

Pass.

Re-grout my shower. Blue grout.

I fold.

Shampoo my dog.

Lava lamp.

Paint the exterior of my house.

Hey, come on, slow down.

This is supposed to be reasonable stakes.

That's a see and a raise. You follow me?

- You take my cousin off my hands.

- Wait, wait, wait. Just stop.

- Benny's gonna strangle you guys.

- Chill out, Thomas.

- Joon, we gotta go.

- Flush!

Full house.

Yes. Yes!

- Benny, tonight's your lucky night.

- Mike warned her it was for keeps.

What? What was for keeps?

I lost.

- What's in the pot?

- A cousin.

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