The Caretaker Page #4

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This thing's disintegrating.

My god.

Who's Gilberto, babe?

It was her last caretaker.

What's this room, Mal?

Staircase to the parlor.

That's basically a storage room.

Storage?

That's a waste of space.

It should be a game room.

Or a teepee room.

She needs haloperidol.

If not, relapse is certain.

You do remember

what happened last time.

Yeah, this is all in Spanish.

Upside-down exclamation points

all over the place.

She hasn't always

been like this.

She did try hard

when I was younger.

She'd bake me a cake

every birthday.

Each year the cake would get

a little bigger than the last.

By the time I was a teen and

wanting nothing to do with her,

she'd baked enough cakes

to feed the entire town.

On my sixteenth, I ditched her

to spend the day with Taylor.

When I got home the next day,

I found her in here.

She baked cakes

all through the night.

She said,

"do you love me now?"

I never knew what that meant.

That was a day of many firsts.

The first I learned

of her psychosis

and what happens

when she skips her meds.

And the first I learned

of her obsession

for this make-believe clown.

And the first time

I turned my back on her.

I lived with Taylor

through high school.

You're here now, Mal.

Be kind to yourself.

Jim.

What'd he say?

1.3. Was he joking?

Well, I hope so.

Please send him home.

I miss you.

Whose dress is that?

Isn't it beautiful?

Birdie, can you please

take these for me?

I'm not taking

those goddamn pills!

No!

Mallorie.

Sweetheart.

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

I'm sorry, darling.

Mallorie.

- Think you can hold her down?

- What?

No way.

Nope.

I refuse.

Nobody blows horn

like him anymore.

Birdie!

This is beautiful, birdie.

Please, would you have this

dance with me, please, birdie?

- I'd love to!

- Please?

One, two, three.

- Mal, now. Now, now, Mal.

- My goodness!

Now.

Swal... get it in there.

Get it all in. Get it all in.

Swallow it, birdie.

How could you do this?

As for you...

It's for your own good, bird.

- Hi.

- Es la casa?

Are you here

for the caretaker position?

Si.

Okay, um, come in.

- Hi.

- Hi. Come in.

Did you bring references?

Yeah, yes.

Esta casa es muy rara. Um...

Excuse me?

Creo Que fue un error.

Me tengo Que Ir.

- Excuse me?

- Yeah, I...

I brought some references.

You know, I think this was

a mistake. I'm sorry.

- I think I have to go.

- You just got here.

Mamacita, mamacita, por favor.

Translate this, please.

August, the position is a little

more important right now.

Babe, two seconds, two seconds.

"Viente dos, March.

No hoy meds.

Pildoro en El tea."

Viente dos De Marzo.

No Medicina en El tea.

"Viente nueve, March.

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