The Stepfather Page #3

Your senior year is

gonna be very important.

You could maybe get a

college scholarship swimming.

You should be

training this summer.

lt's kind of hard to

train in a backyard pool.

Maybe. But l hear your old

school has a summer swim program.

lt does, but l can't

use that pool anymore.

That's the past.

Here is to the future.

Remember, l have to go see

my grandparents tomorrow.

Yeah, that's right. But l'll be

back the day after. l'm sorry.

No, that's all right. l

mean, it's the day l get back,

but that's fine.

l'll call someone else.

Shut up. l'm sorry.

Listen, l want to

get my license.

So, can you take me

by the DMV?

Maybe.

l'll think about it.

Why not?

l kind of like having you

dependent on me, actually.

All right, get in the car.

Good night.

Good night, Leah.

Bye.

Glad you're home, Michael.

Thanks, Aunt Jackie. l'm so glad

to be home. Thank you for coming.

Do you think

David meant what he said

about getting your

mom to let you stay?

He said he was gonna make

it happen, so we'll see.

Sweet. Bye.

A lot for one day, huh?

No, no, it was...

It was nice. Thanks.

l'm trying too hard.

You can say it.

Look, Michael, l know it's difficult to

come home to another man in the house.

l just need you to

try and get along, okay?

Mom, can we just hold

the lectures, please?

l've been home

for two seconds.

Okay.

He's a really good guy.

And he cares about me and we're

trying to start a new life together.

And you don't want

me to mess that up.

Well, that's not fair.

No, no, no, l get it. l'll try not to

inconvenience you and your new life.

Michael.

l'm sorry. l, um...

l'm pretty tired, Mom.

Okay. Okay.

Good night.

Maybe he should

stay there his senior year.

But his place is

here with his family.

Yeah, but you don't

know what he was like.

The kids he was hanging

out with, the lying.

His temper was

out of control.

Believe me, l want him here

more than anything in the world.

l just hope he's ready.

You're right.

Are you ready?

Well, it depends.

Are you ready for it?

# The same sick place

that we keep falling on

# The safest place

is here in my head

# It's where l get lost #

Wow, that smells good.

Hey.

How was work? Work was

great. These are for you.

Thank you.

Michael.

What's this? Your locker

key to the boys' gym

at your old high school.

The swim team starts

training first week in July.

Wait, how did you

swing this?

l had a little chat with Mrs.

Rivers, the athletic director,

a very open-minded woman.

David, that was so sweet.

Yeah, that's incredible.

lt's just a probationary

period for now.

There's no guarantee they'll

let you back in the fall.

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