The Cake Eaters Page #3

I know that I f***ed up.

You asked me to marry you.

- And I meant it.

And then you took off

without even saying good-bye.

I'm here now.

I'm...

good for you.

Okay, now, honey,

imagine the organs

in your body floating

in the different colors

I project on you, okay?

Green is the alchemy

of consciousness,

with its spiraling energy

and DNA.

Purple opens

the body's energies.

Yellow strengthens the nerves

and the brain.

It's a little bright, Mom.

It has to be

to have healing energy.

Silver removes diseases.

Beagle.

Sh*t.

Wh...

Hi.

Are you expecting someone?

I'm sorry.

I tried the front door.

Come in.

Your name is Beagle?

Yeah.

Judd.

- Hey, nice to meet you.

Yeah.

Hi.

Uh, Georgia asked me

to come over

and take dictation for her.

I'm a little bit late, though.

Well, um, we're in the middle

of a treatment, so...

oh.

We're just finishing up,

though.

It's okay.

But gold

is the most important one.

There's no point in doing it

if you skip the gold.

Mom, it's getting late.

I got to get my homework done.

Hey.

You don't go to Lincoln,

do you?

Uh, no.

I work there.

Well, we've met

all of Georgia's teachers.

We've never met you before.

Yeah, I'm not a...

I-I'm more like a temp.

Oh. What subject?

Well, what difference

does it make?

It's dictation.

Come on.

Beagle,

why don't you help?

We'll be right down here

if you need us.

I got it.

There you go.

Close the door.

Okay.

Cool room.

Thanks.

Come here.

Okay.

Is that your, uh, homework?

Yeah.

Okay, just read it.

Okay.

"What American poet wrote,

'hope is not found in a way out

but a way through'?"

Robert Frost.

Just write it right there?

"What poet wrote,

'hope is thing with feathers.

"'It perches in the soul

"'and sings the tune

without the words

and never stops at all'?"

Emily Dickinson.

"What famous poem did

Welsh writer Dylan Thomas pen?"

Do not go gentle

into that good night.

Okay.

What?

You can kiss me

if you want to.

Okay. Felt.

Gonna have

to start looking sharp.

Nobody made any money today,

so let's just take

a second look.

Aha.

Whoa. What's up?

Oh, what the hell?

Coming, coming.

Why, easy.

What a surprise.

Mm-hmm.

- Mm-hmm.

Mmm.

You started without me.

Hey, there's always something

to celebrate in my family.

How about celebrating this

in there?

Let's go.

- Ooh, ooh.

Straight ahead, now.

- Mmm.

You want to be helpful?

- Mm.

Slice up a couple

of these onions here.

Sir, yes, sir.

Ooh-ooh.

Can we have some

of those twice-baked potatoes?

Really?

- Mm.

You want to wait that long

for them to bake...

twice?

Once is fine.

Twice might kill me.

I don't think so.

Hey, ease.

- Hmm?

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