The Ledge Page #4

"If a man lies with a man

as one lies with a woman,

"both have done

what is detestable

and shall be put to death."

Jesus Christ,

I let them hold my hands

and pray for me.

- I don't think she's that bad.

She apologized when I left.

- Did she?

- "The object

that's most sacred to me

"is a small fluffy bear

my dad gave me when I was nine.

"He left when I was ten,

and I haven't seen him since.

"I try not to blame him

for what he did

"and remember that he loved me.

"At least he did then,

"because he told me so

with tears in his eyes.

"I guess he knew he was leaving

"and this was

his good-bye present.

"It is sacred to me

because it represents

my capacity to forgive."

- Good job.

How many beds

you get done in a day?

One?

Two?

- I get my work done.

- Just making a bed

in our own little room.

It's okay to laugh, you know.

It's in the employee manual.

In fact, it says when

the management makes a joke,

you have to laugh.

- Ha-ha.

- Actually, I just came by to

thank you for dinner last night.

- Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

- What are you sorry about?

- The gay thing.

- I'd like to say I'm sorry

I reacted the way I did,

but I'm not,

so I won't.

I read your essay.

It's pretty good.

You want to grab lunch

and talk about it?

I'll promote you

to room service.

- How corrupt you are.

- All right,

forget about it.

I'll see you later.

- I'd like to.

It's just one of the maids here

goes to the same church

as me and Joe.

- I'm inviting you to lunch,

Shana, not to a hotel.

In fact, we'd actually be

leaving a hotel.

You'd be a lot safer.

- He was a truck driver, my dad.

He had this huge red truck.

He was gone a lot,

and then he'd come back,

and me and my mom

would be waiting for him.

And the first thing

he'd always do

was find fault in something.

You know, like he had

to remind us who was boss.

- Did he hit you?

- Yeah.

Both of us.

But I don't think

he could help it.

- Maybe he left

'cause he was scared

he'd really hurt you

one day.

- I'd like to think so.

- Want a beer?

- Beer at lunch?

Quite the role model, Boss.

- You never drink?

- Almost never.

- You want to make an exception?

- Why would I?

- I don't know.

'Cause it might be fun.

-Well, in that case...

You got an opener?

- It's not a twist-off?

- It's okay.

- Holy sh*t.

Note to self:

Decline blowj*b if offered.

- Oh, my God.

So your friend Chris,

he's into that Kabbalah thing?

- Yeah.

- What's it about?

- I have no idea.

Some new age crap like,

E.G.O., ego:

Everyone's Got One.

It's a total crock of sh*t.

- Wow, you're kind of

an angry person, aren't you?

- Me?

How can you not be?

I mean, take this homophobia

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