Elektra Page #3

What? Everything's closed.

You're on an island.

Come on. Please?

It's just

the two of us every night...

and I'm bored out of my skull.

What are you doing?

Nothing. Why?

- Were you counting?

- No.

So, will you come? Please?

Because if you don't, I'll just keep

breaking into your house. Hmm?

Hmm. I have to

change my clothes.

Great!

I'm Abby.

Elektra.

Elektra. Cool.

I told you not to leave the house.

- You didn't even know I was gone.

- Abby.

Chill, Dad.

We have a guest.

I'm sorry.

She told me that you'd invited me.

I don't want to...

- I'll just...

- Hmm. Uh-uh.

- No. Please, stay.

I'm... I'm glad you're here.

Uh, can I get you a beer?

Wine?

Water.

Her name's Elektra, Dad.

- Elektra.

Like the tragedy.

Your parents must have had a sense of humor.

Not really.

So when she sees all the cute guys

who like me... just as friends, Dad...

she accidentally spills poster paint

all over my model of the Taj Mahal.

So I put glue on her shoes.

I got suspended for that,

and then I got expelled for fighting.

But that was way back

in the day in... in, um...

Baltimore.

So, I was a little surprised

to see you take the Wheelwright place.

Not many renters

this time of year.

It's just for the month, for work.

What do you do anyway?

Oh, layoffs, payroll reduction.

- That sort of thing.

- Hmm.

- Sounds boring.

- Abby.

No, it is boring.

I like your bracelet, by the way.

Do you know

what those are? Here.

They're warrior beads.

They're from Indonesia.

Centuries ago, you had to be the best fighter

in your village to earn them.

Wow.

I bought 'em off eBay.

Is there a school here

on the island?

Uh, we're trying home schooling

for a while.

I read at college level.

And I'm doing algebra one on my own.

She's a good student.

It's the, uh, behavioural stuff

that's been a problem.

I have authority issues,

and I don't take bullshit well.

- Don't speak in that...

- Hey, Abby!

It's okay.

Suddenly I got

a teenager on my hands.

- She's hard on herself.

- You can tell, huh?

- Most people think she's a slacker.

- No, I shouldn't.

Merry Christmas?

Where's her mother?

She died... a couple of years ago.

Back in Baltimore?

Yeah. Drunk driver.

My mother died when I was young.

I should go.

- I have work.

- Come on, it's early.

Thanks for dinner.

Hmm.

- What?

Good morning. You just got a delivery.

- It's a double.

- Which makes double the money.

Yeah, that's why the big bucks.

- What's the matter?

- Nothing.

Good. Then there'll

be no problems.

I'll call you when it's done.

How's math going?

How do you think it's going?

What do you mean, you're not doing it?

Not now or not ever?

- Too many variables. Not enough background.

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