Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Page #4

No, no. I mean, you're

very impressive in it.

- You're easily impressed.

- Not at all.

These are the best scrambled

eggs I've ever tasted.

Thank you.

See, that's how you take a compliment.

I'll try to remember.

Toast.

I wish you didn't have to go back to LA.

- It'd be nice, wouldn't it?

- Yeah.

- I left a message in your office.

- Hi, Jim. You could have beeped me.

- I hate those things.

- What's up?

I need to talk to you.

- Do I have two minutes?

- No rush.

You know when I hired you, Grethe,

I told you you were way

overqualified for the position.

I was grateful for the job.

Seattle's always been a tough market.

I was afraid I wouldn't

be able to keep you.

You knew I had my kids up here.

I hate to see people

underutilizing their abilities.

Are you letting me go?

No, I'm promoting you.

I got enough money in the

budget for a new position.

I want you to be the Neuro

Coordinator of the Seizure Clinic.

I want you to run it. I

mean, why would I fire you?

- You're my best nurse.

- Thank you, Jim.

It comes with a raise

and all that, you know?

- You sound tense.

- No, I don't.

Definitely a little wound up.

I'm just tired, this

research for my thesis.

Then say good night.

I got a letter from my father.

He's coming to live with me.

He's old, but he's not blind,

Diane. He's gonna notice.

Well, do you talk about

everything he does in private?

Sometimes I don't understand

how you think at all.

No, I'm just saying it

doesn't have to come up.

- Do I need pillow cases to go with these?

- I'm not going to pretend.

Yes, you said that all ready. Here.

Maybe I should get him solids.

Why force somebody to hear something

they don't wanna hear, you know?

- Your family knows.

- They do not.

Well, okay, they've probably

figured it out by now,

but we don't talk about it.

There's lots of things I

wouldn't tell my family.

- How about blue?

- No, it's too cold.

- He'll feel right at home.

- Like what kind of thing?

- Am I prying?

- Yes.

White. You can't go wrong with white.

He's only coming for two years.

He works his way around the family.

- So, you want to call me in two years?

- No.

No, I just haven't decided what to do yet.

He has some neurologic problems.

He hasn't been able to manage

by himself since my mother died.

He doesn't need to know, Grethe.

- I need him to know.

- Well, I think that's selfish.

We have a complicated relationship.

Which "we" are you talking

about? You and him, or you and me?

Both.

- You'll probably like each other.

- Yeah, well, I get on with most people.

Well, so do I. My father's the exception.

- Now what? Now what?

- No, okay, okay, you're in drive.

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