The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Page #4

Is that not enough for you?

- Yeah.

- (chair scrapes)

- I gotta go.

- (Pippa) Bye, sweetheart.

- Love you.

- See you.

- (Ben) Back home.

- (Pippa) OK, sweetheart.

(hammering)

What's happening here?

OK. If I'm losing my marbles,

so be it, but I need proof.

(Pippa) How long

before he loses his mind completely?

- The half-baked son is moving in!

- Wonderful.

(piano music)

# After the ball is over

# After the break of morn

- # After the dancers' leaving

- (man) Pippa!

Glad you could come by.

A little eye candy.

Thank you for having me.

That's for you and Dot.

I... wish you would keep an eye on Dot.

She's having a hard time.

I know she talks to you.

- Well, sure. Erm, where is she?

- He won't come out!

Can you believe it?

A 35-year-old man hiding in his room

when his parents

are throwing a party for him?

I told her this was a bad idea.

He's right down the hall.

- OK.

- Spare bedroom.

Get her to drink a Pepsi Cola

or something.

- OK.

- (man) I'm not going out there!

(Dot) You can go out there for five

minutes. You've got to eat something.

(man) Why are you crying? Stop crying.

- (man) Yeah? Who is it?

- It's Pippa Lee. I'm looking for Dot.

(Dot) Oh, dear.

Erm, hi, Dot.

Johnny asked me to find you.

(Dot) Well, look at me.

- I can't go out there.

- (applause)

I'm Pippa Lee.

Chris.

Oh, why are you putting that on? I...

I ironed you that shirt I got you.

(Chris) Excuse me,

but there's something I need to do.

(Dot) Where are you going?

Where are you?

He was the sweetest little boy.

I mean, you just can't imagine.

When you adopt, you just

don't know what you're gonna get.

(engine starts)

(TV) Look out!

Thank God she didn't fall in.

(Pippa) Amazingly, it took me 16 years

to figure out what was

behind Suky's personality.

- She's taking Dexedrine.

- Who is?

Mom.

- What's Dexedrine?

- Speed.

It's why she never sleeps,

why she acts so weird.

Mom doesn't act weird.

- Mom, why do you take this stuff?

- Hmm?

- These pills. What do you take 'em for?

- It's my medicine.

Can you put it back, please?

Chester told me it was speed.

Chester doesn't know

what he's talking about.

- What happens if you don't take them?

- I'd get fat, like Grandma Sally.

Is that what you want? You all want me

to walk around like some sick walrus?

- No.

- Why don't you just let me do my work?

Better yet, why don't you help me?

Why doesn't anybody around here

help me?

(man) The cross is made of

a vertical and a horizontal beam.

The vertical beam

points to the sky, to the spirit.

The horizontal beam is the line

of the earth, of life on earth.

That's what's neat about Jesus.

He wasn't just the son of God.

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