California Suite Page #3

Or do they call you Billy?

That's right. Jenny told me.

Everybody calls you Billy.

- That's me, Billy.

- It's just adorable.

Forty-four-year-old Billy

standing there

in his cute little sneakers

and sweater.

Better sit down, Billy.

You're making me feel

like your math teacher.

I promised myself driving

over here I would be pleasant.

I am now being pleasant.

You drive everywhere, do you?

- Everywhere.

- Even to your car?

If we're going,

I think we'd better get started.

You have changed, Billy.

You know, you don't get rattled

as easily as you used to.

Well, they don't have

as many rattlers out here.

Maybe this lunch won't be

as dull as I thought.

Marvin!

Hey, Marvin!

- Harry!

- Hey!

Hey, boy!

Harry.

You-you got so bald.

How did you get so bald?

You don't see your brother in five

years, that's all you gotta say?

I didn't even know it was

you, you got so bald.

- Where's Millie?

- She's coming in on the morning plane.

We don't like to fly together

on account of the kids.

You got so bald!

Hey, Marvin, take a gander.

Hmm? Oh, I'd give up two years of my

life for one hour with each of them.

You still haven't changed,

have you?

Let's say "hello."

Let's see how far we can get.

Hey, don't start in

with me, Harry.

I'm here one night without Millie.

Don't get me into trouble.

Would I do that to you?

You did it to papa when

he was 82 years old.

Don't do it to me.

- Oh, miss? You...

- Stop already with the girls!

Your kid is getting

bar mitzvahed tomorrow.

Hey, stop it. What is this,

a jogging outfit?

That's what we do here.

Jenny tells me you've moved.

You're not in

Hardy canyon anymore.

Laurel.

Laurel canyon.

Laurel, Hardy, what the hell.

She says it's sort of

a small French farmhouse...

With a little water mill

in back...

- And the sweetest little tennis court.

- That's right.

Sounds awfully rugged.

Well, we're from pioneer

stock out here in the west.

There's a glass house

two blocks down the road

if you want to throw

some more stones.

Maybe I'll just drop something

from the plane

when I leave tonight...

With Jenny.

This is very familiar.

Yeah. The house we rented

the year before Jenny was born

is just down the road there.

That wasn't

a bad summer, was it?

I thought it was terrific.

Yes, well, the pacific ocean

was a lot more interesting

in those days.

- No, thank you.

- No cigarettes either?

No, I gave them up

eight years ago.

Don't you miss the coughing

and the hacking in the morning?

It woke the dogs up.

I have dogs now.

Isn't divorce wonderful?

You have changed, Billy.

You've gone clean on me.

Tell me, what else do you do to

keep that winsome adolescent look?

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