Peep World Page #4

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Well, I really hope so, Joel.

Yeah.

And I'm gonna retire at 40.

You're 38, Joel.

You're broke.

Well, that's...

see, that's negative.

How do you expect me

to be positive

with all the negativity

raining down on me all the time?

And I'm gonna tell you

something else.

I have a new girlfriend,

and she is wonderful.

She believes in me,

and she's trying to make me

a better man.

And she's not some whore either.

Well, that sounds good...

Joel.

Yeah. It is great.

It is great.

So what I'm gonna do is,

I'm gonna just put you

on the phone, um,

With, uh, What's your name?

Maduk..

Ma... Maduk?

Maduk?

Maduk..

Uh, where are you from?

Sudan.

Sudan? Ooh.

Sexy. Grr..

Uh, Maduk from Sudan

and, uh,

all you have to do is give him

your credit card number.

Thank you so much, brother.

Thank you.

Hello?

What's this gonna cost me?

$483.

Hey, Jack.

Your father called.

He said he wanted to know

about Thomkins

We really needed that one.

I know.

I'll be in my office.

- And don't forget,

Laura's stopping by at 1:00.

He's a good guy,

my brother, right?

My brother would have told me

to go f*** myself.

Families. Right?

Okay.

Wait, do I ride with you?

I ride with you.

Maduk..

Come in.

Sorry, Jack, but, uh,

we have to go over this.

We can pay the rent,

the electricity,

and the phone bill.

But that's it.

There's at least $17,000

in other bills.

Jack.

Your brother's on the phone.

I need to take this

in private.

What do you need now, Joel?

No, no, no.

It's not Joel.

It's Nathan,

your successful brother.

Oh. Hey.

Jesus.

Every developer in this city

is going out of business,

but leave it to Dad

to make money.

Yeah.

That's what he's good at.

Hey, so how's Laura

holding up?

She's, uh...

she's great.

Despite

being betrayed

by Nathan

in his book Peep World,

Jack had

an almost masochistic desire

to open up

to his youngest brother.

I'm not sure, but she's been

talking in her sleep.

Should hear her.

"You f***er."

"F*** you."

"Liar."

How long has this

been going on for?

Uh, that's enough.

I can't believe

I told you that much.

Come on.

You can trust me.

Look, I'm through being fodder

for your imagination.

Please, okay.

We have...

Jack, I gotta take this, okay?

I'll talk to you tonight

at Dad's party.

All right.

Hello?

Yeah, this is he.

Fantastic. Cancellation.

At what time?

I will be there.

I am on my way right now.

I will be there.

Uh, where?

Hey, drop me off

at Mariposa and Sixth.

You have a 1:
30 book reading.

If I'm late, I'm late.

That's rude.

Well, the world

isn't always polite.

Or didn't they teach you

that over at UCLA?

I must have missed that class.

You obviously didn't miss

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