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and she thinks that, like,

she doesn't deserve

to have friends.

I'm sure I didn't

help with that.

No, oh, my God,

it's not your fault.

She should have

f***ing apologized.

So Wendy from the plant?

Yeah.

I always liked Wendy.

Yeah, me too.

[machinery clanking

and squealing]

[man]

Is your mother asleep?

Uh, I think so, yeah.

Almond milk?

Did she say that it was okay

for you to stay over tonight?

[man] What difference does

it make if I'm here tonight

or tomorrow morning?

You know, me keeping you updated

about what's happening here

is not a cry for help, right,

you know that?

Yeah,

yeah, I just thought

it would be better

if I was here.

[clears throat]

Who let him in?

[Eleanor] Mom did.

And... and you think he's...

I don't think that he thinks

it was an accident.

Unfortunately.

Have you talked to her?

[Eleanor] No.

She said that she wants to,

but I don't know

what she expects me to say

"Hey, Mom,

you made it worse for me"?

What she's done

shouldn't be on your conscience,

not... not for a second.

[scoffs] Okay.

That's a relief.

Well... if she had

telephoned the police,

Mr. Loekner would be getting

out of prison now.

She's never even admitted to me

that she killed him on purpose.

[sighs]

Sometimes I do feel happy

that he's dead.

But there are other times

when I would just

like to talk about it.

I'd just like

to have that option.

I don't know,

I've read it's...

valuable.

You can talk to me about it.

Do you actually want to listen

to me talk about it?

[footsteps approach]

- Am I interrupting?

- [clears throat]

I had it in my head that

we agreed you'd come tomorrow.

Yeah, yeah.

We had agreed on that, yeah.

Um... I don't have to sleep

here if it bothers you.

[Zoe] No, I don't want

to trouble you.

What time is the Internet

guy coming tomorrow?

Um,

between 10:
00 and 12:30.

Okay.

[garage door rattling]

Hi.

It's a... a frittata.

I figured you'd be hungry

after all the work

you've been doing.

I didn't get a chance

to bake it,

so it needs about 25 minutes

at 350, and it should be fine.

I was going to bake it,

but I didn't want

to miss my chance

to give it to you.

That's very nice,

thank you.

I, um... I thought it was

uncomfortable at breakfast.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I gotta say,

I just don't understand

your fascination with the dog.

That's okay.

You know,

if it was to embarrass me, I...

I'm not trying

to embarrass you.

Well, what then?

You know...

my mom was on a lot

of medication before she died.

But she told me that she thought

she understood what you did.

What do you think that means?

I think it means she was on

a lot of medication.

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