Little Fish Page #3

A speech, Ray.

Get f***ed. I want a big bit.

I'd like to say a few words.

Just a few, mom?

Ray's 30. My baby's 30.

Five years ago on this night,

I stayed in a hospital emergency room

not knowing if you were gonna live.

I never wanna go through another

night like that in my life.

It was a bad night.

Bad night.

And three years of rehab for Ray and me.

People from the past

knocking at the door.

I suppose you think

about it. The accident.

Every day, Janelle.

So, when do you start work?

Friday. I n the city.

So I suppose now you'll be moving

out to Stratfield, somewhere.

I don't know.

I'm just staying with

Kim and June for now.

You probably have noticed this but

people have been running from this place.

Almost everyone. All the

houses have changed hands.

Or kicking themselves. Prices

around here have gone up.

People just want the best

they can for their families.

Oh, right, and I don't!

That's not what I meant.

Five years ago one's nearly

killed in a car crash.

Other one is about to become a fully

blind junkie or find himself in jail.

Or maybe bloody both! So, what do I do?

Can I send them off to

a rich family overseas?

No.

Can I get Tracy into the

clinics to get her clean? No!

Mom, sit down.

It'll be alright. No matter what you do,

always someone's there

to smooth it over.

Need it? Get it, sign the check.

That would be alright.

Maybe you shouldn't have married

such a loser a**hole then.

You gonna blame your dad

for the rest of your life?

Probably yeah.

Janelle, you would have done the

same things if you had the money.

But I don't. I didn't, I never did.

You say you don't

understand these people.

They're doing what you

would do if you could.

Oh, I've had enough.

Happy f***ing birthday, Ray.

Should I take it?

So you can be all in.

Yes, thank you. That will be very nice.

I'm fine, thank you.

Okay, there you go.

Darling.

It's alright now. Ray.

Thanks for the shoot.

Good night.

Good night.

Ray.

I'm gonna bed.

Trace, are we gonna fit

12 computers in here?

Yeah, easily.

Yeah, good. This is cool.

Fix the place up. Make a bit of money.

And you can refinance and buy me out.

What would you do?

Oh, I'll be up at businesses.

Other things I wanna do.

No, no, no.

C'mon, Trace! Why not?

You've been doing it for four years.

You're a bloody great manager.

You know, it's bad luck for tears to

fall in the ground of a new business.

Bullshit.

Just think about it, ey?

Yeah, right.

Thanks.

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to be in any danger.

But National Parks will stand

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give the mammals plenty of room to move.

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