The Face of Love Page #4

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No.

I hid most of it or,

you know, chucked it,

boxed it up right when I got back.

I just purged the whole house.

Just too painful.

I like thinking about her.

Yeah?

Roger?

Mm?

I think I might have

found somebody.

What do you mean?

I met a man.

That's terrific, Nikki.

I'm ecstatic for you.

What? You sound mad.

Yeah, yeah, I guess I am.

I am mad.

Why?

I've been asking you out for years.

I realize I'm just your neighbor.

Roger, you were Garrett's friend.

So what? He's dead.

Susan's dead.

Roger, I-I'm sorry.

So is he, uh, younger?

Some boy toy?

- He's my type.

- Hmm.

Congrats.

So you've fallen in love

with somebody else.

No, I-I think I'm still

very much in love with Garrett.

I...

I'm more in love

with him than ever.

You know what I remember

most about him...

I mean, about finding

him when he drowned?

There was sand on his lips...

these little grains,

these little crystals.

Isn't that weird

that that's what I would remember?

Annie, Annie, quite contrary.

How your garden grows.

With silver bells and cockle shells

and one pathetic petunia.

What brings you this

far east, Picasso?

I was wondering if you still had

any of my old painting stuff here.

Ten years later?

What's the inspiration?

New student?

I'll have you know I graduated

from students years ago.

I moved on to adjunct faculty.

I saw the sign out front.

Are you selling the house?

The price of cancer went up.

- Seriously?

- I know.

- I should have told you, but...

- No, no. It's your house now.

It's just...

Where are you guys gonna go?

I don't know.

The flats, I guess.

Someplace cheaper.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Clean as a whistle.

Good.

- You?

- Yes.

So far, so good.

Wow.

They're beautiful.

We could paint them,

but I thought they'd be

nice just to look at.

Our last house had them all over...

that and banana trees.

God, that was a while back.

Where was this?

- Los Feliz.

- Oh, yeah?

- I used to live up there.

- Yeah?

We had to move because

of the big earthquake.

- Remember that?

- '94. I sure do.

It was pretty scary.

Yeah. All the power went out.

Yeah.

It was early, right?

Still dark out.

Iran up to the roof,

and I looked up,

and I could see the

entire Milky Way.

I had run into Summer's room

right when it happened.

I was so scared.

Oh, her room was just destroyed.

All of the books were on her bed,

and then I remembered

she was at a sleepover.

Who's Summer?

My daughter.

Oh.

Nice pool.

Thanks. Are you a swimmer?

Yeah. I like to swim.

As a matter of fact, I was

going to the Y after this.

Oh.

I used to love to swim.

But not anymore?

No, I... I don't go in the water.

I don't know. I'm not

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