Familieweekend Page #5

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Can I tell you something silly?

When I was in hospital,

I thought I might die.

And then I prayed,

for everything to turn out okay.

And then I met Pieter.

That just can't be a coincidence.

Or does that sound silly?

No, I think it's beautiful.

-Oh great. You're a very good listener.

Congratulations, dad.

You did well for yourself.

Bonnie. She's a babe.

I'm almost jealous.

Now now, that's your future stepmother.

I've been meaning to ask,

but yesterday, with Bonnie and all...

I wondered, could I borrow some cash?

-Cash?

Not much. A few thousand, is all.

-Can't it wait until your show?

That's the thing. I need to buy materials.

Go big, make a bang.

Could I see some ID, Mr Meijer?

Sure.

I'm just going to...

Hey, mister.

Mr Severijn.

-We'll talk about this later.

Hello, Father.

-So nice to see you.

And you. Beautiful little church.

-Yes, I'm rather pleased with it.

Meijer, you said?

-Yes, Bonnie Meijer.

Well?

No, nothing.

-I just gave you 100 euros.

There's no Bonnie Meijer.

Just an Els Meijer, but she's 85.

And some guys. But no Bonnie.

She doesn't exist.

Bonnie doesn't exist. I've been by

the hospital and they'd never heard of her.

At the hospital?

-I told you something didn't add up.

Maybe she changed her name.

Like how I'm Salinda.

She's a con artist. She read that dad

was ill and thought: I'll have that.

Roderick? What are you doing?

You can't touch her stuff.

-She's touching ours.

If she were that ill,

she'd have some medication, right?

Here, this is medication.

-That's nothing.

How would you know?

-it's not even labelled.

What's going on?

What are you doing with my case?

Bon?

Your son has decided

to go through my stuff.

What the hell are you doing?

She's conning you.

-What?

Oh, she was so sick, remember?

At the hospital? Poor Bonnie.

She met you, by sheer stroke of luck,

a wealthy older man with heart problems.

So she took some pills,

since she was so very ill.

Bonnie, I'm sorry.

I went to the hospital.

And guess what? No Bonnie Meijer

has ever been admitted there.

And these pills?

Multi-vitamins. I'd know them anywhere.

Bonnie was admitted.

-Really? So why is there no record of her?

I had it erased.

Oh really?

-Yes, really.

There was a problem with her insurance.

She didn't have any.

So I rang the administrator. We play

golf together. And he took care of it.

Okay, but...

-No buts. You listen to me.

If you have a problem with this marriage,

just tell me. Don't vilify Bonnie.

And as for those pills...

Those are mine.

And they are not vitamins.

Searching through people's things.

I'm so embarrassed.

How was I to know?

If only you'd shown some interest

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