The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Page #5

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I'm gonna go.

No.

All I want...

...is a chance to just talk it out.

Then after that,

after that you can disappear,

- to wherever it is you disappear to.

- You ready, sir?

Yeah... yeah, I was born ready.

Nice and easy. Watch your step.

I'll see you around.

All right, watch your head coming up.

- You got him?

- I got him.

Now, take it easy.

- Strap in for me.

- OK.

May I keep stalking you?

- Are you awake?

- Mm.

- Auntie Em, are you awake?

- No, Philip.

Your eyes are open.

Apparently.

Why do you have your shoes on in bed?

Morning, sunshine.

Mom's making French toast.

All right, I'll be right down.

OK.

You came in late last night.

What's with the feast?

We have a special guest star.

Outside.

But it's been hard.

There's a barrier...

Good morning.

- No f***ing way.

- El...

You sandbagged me.

He chairs the Psychology Department.

Good for him.

Well, I just thought he'd be

a bit more qualified to...

...to deal with your circumstance.

- What's my circumstance?

He was my grandson.

I lost him, too.

None of us know how to help you.

Well, neither do I.

I'm so glad they delegated

the speech to you.

He's not a stranger

that some hospital referred you to.

He's a colleague of mine.

I don't think one session

a week would hurt.

Why can't you talk to me

once a week, Dad?

- Why outsource it?

- I'm not outsourcing it,

and I don't really think you want

to talk to me about it.

I don't need to talk

to another therapist.

Eleanor...

Please, stop reminding me

that something's wrong.

That's... not my intention.

Then... please let me

stop thinking about it.

Tragedy is a foreign country.

We don't know

how to talk to the natives.

What are you talking about?

You know, there's this

really cool thing called chairs.

Yeah, I heard about those.

It's actually not too shabby down here.

You OK?

Sure.

Liar.

Sure.

When's your next class?

It's yours.

Oh.

Do you like hamburgers?

I used to be a vegan.

Mostly 'cause my husband was a vegan.

Not that I don't agree with most

of the tenets of vegan ideology, but...

...he was one

of those reformed socialists

who seemed sexy

before the '60s started to fade.

Does he teach?

He won tenure at University of Oregon,

and I got it here.

He went soft, I stayed hard.

That was that.

- You have kids?

- A son.

I'm not sure why people have kids.

You know, first there's

the nine months of agony,

your body hurts, it's hot, it's cold,

you crave pickles,

and there's no words to describe

whatever the f*** labor is.

And then this little stranger comes out,

sucking every bit of life

you have left in you,

and as soon as you're ready to jump out

of a window, all of a sudden he smiles.

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