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brother and sister.

It was a special tiny universe

that excluded other people,

as if they had been chosen

for an unusual destiny.

They drifted apart

as they grew older.

Different friends,

different lives.

But it was a fact

that could neither be

ignored nor forgotten.

She tried to bind him

to her with reminders

of a shared past that

could never be erased.

When they died we

both knew it without

being told, didn't we?

Remember we called each

other at the same time?

I dialed the phone and you

picked it up before it rang.

You were trying to call me.

You pretend it's

more than biology.

Then we both called

home and it was true.

There's something stronger

between us, you won't admit it.

I hated being treated

as though I were part

of a vaudeville team.

It was a relief to

go away to college.

I could breathe at last.

When I was in that

car crash, you knew.

You were in pain too.

Haven't you got

anything better to do?

You knew without being told.

That's the way twins are.

Only identical twins.

Forget the past.

When's the estate

going to be settled?

Selfish heart of stone.

Here come the violins.

In a minute you'll be

in tears, I'm leaving.

Why do you let him

talk to you like that?

It's the way we

talk to each other.

I'd teach him some manners.

He could use a

fewmonths in boot camp.

Don't butt in, you

don't understand.

It's something we do.

It's the only way he

can show his love.

You're very generous

when it comes to him.

What does that mean?

What do you think?

Do you want to

know what I think?

Uh oh, I've got the

horrible feeling you're

going to tell me.

No don't say it, I know already.

I even know that you know.

I know that you

know that I know.

I think you have

something on your mind

and it's not me,

that's for sure.

I want something.

I don't know.

No I want something else.

But I don't know what it is.

Be sure to let me

know when you find out.

You bet.

You'll be the first,

you can count on it.

Do you want to

know what I think?

Do you really want

to know what I think?

I think we don't make love

as much as we used to.

No, that's not it.

I can't even remember why

I wanted to marry you,

you know what I mean?

Between the two of them,

Scylla and Charybdis,

do I ever have a moment's peace?

I'm trying to hold things

together in the only

way I know but the old

methods don't work anymore.

I've become a martyr on the

altar of outmoded sentiments.

No.

I need a new lover.

That'll do the trick.

[Voiceover] Lil would have

liked to be Debbie's mother

but Debbie wouldn't permit it.

When she tried to act like

a friend, Alvin warned

her that her solicitude

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