Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? Page #4

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Bob...?

That's who's coming

to dinner, right?

(doorbell rings)

No, Mom,

it's not Bob.

Who is it?

(door opens, closes)

Mom... this is Pearl.

Hi.

Hey.

Thank you for

making dinner.

Yeah, no problem.

We have some of Mom's

homemade pie later.

You know, to be honest,

I, um... I kind of thought

Leah was bringing

a boyfriend over tonight.

Oh.

Sorry.

So, Pearl,

what do you study?

Um...

Pearl's

a photographer.

Really?

PEARL:
Yeah.

Yeah, she practically lives

at the photo lab at school.

It's my second home.

(chuckling)

Is that what you

want to do or...?

Yeah, it is.

Wow.

Mom.

What?

No, no, I... I think it's cute.

You guys all want to be artists.

(laughs)

My parents were actually

photographers.

I'm sure they're

very proud of you.

Mm.

They're gone... now,

but... they were.

Pearl, I'm sorry.

That's... that's unfortunate.

I'm sorry about that.

No, it's... totally okay.

It's fine, it happened

a long time ago.

Well, I'm sure Leah's

told you about her dad.

We're no strangers to loss.

No, she didn't.

He was murdered six years ago.

It was in Florida,

this psycho was

on the loose with a gun,

and it was Thanksgiving,

and he went to the grocery store

to get some

last-minute things...

...and the guy came in

and started shooting.

I had no idea.

I'm so sorry.

That's why we moved

to California.

Right.

Um, how about

we lighten the mood?

Why don't I, uh, go get

that homemade pie

I've been working

so hard on and some coffee?

Yeah?

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, thank you.

Be right back, girls.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

This is just so weird.

You didn't tell her?

Not really.

LEAH:

I'm so sorry I didn't

tell you about my dad.

I don't talk about it.

PEARL:

I get it.

It's okay.

Thank you.

(insects trilling)

PEARL:
Well, you must be

a pretty incredible woman

to have raised

a girl like Leah.

Aw, thank you so much.

Think I got pretty

lucky. (chuckles)

Thankfully, she's had

so many great friends

to help her out

along the way.

This is great.

Now we can add you to

that list, Pearl, right?

(chuckles)

You know, it's funny.

Between us girls,

I'm actually really

nervous for the day

that Leah brings home

a boyfriend from college.

(chuckles)

LEAH:

Mom?

What?

The reason I told you

someone special was

coming over is because...

...Pearl is special,

to me.

Pearl is my

girlfriend.

This is just news to me,

you know?

I, uh... I don't know.

LEAH:
I didn't know

how to tell you.

Yeah, you just did.

Yeah.

I'm sorry, I, uh, I'm just...

I'm feeling a little tired,

and I think this is just...

just too much for me

to handle right now.

So, uh...

Mom.

Leah, please.

Thank you

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