When a Man Loves a Woman Page #6

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Your hair is so pretty.

You know, Mommy can't wait

to get back just to brush it?

I got it. Alice?

I'm Dr Mendez.

I'm a counsellor.

You know you're supposed

to be in community now?

Your nurse said you've

got a problem?

No problem.

I don't have any problems.

- You think I have a problem?

- Yeah, at least.

I just want to make a phone call. I just

want to make a phone call to my husband.

If you wanted to make a phone call to your

husband, would you call that a problem?

No, but I'm not in detox

dealing with an addiction.

- Look, we'll let you make a

phone call, as soon as- - Now!

- Now is when I want to call him!

Now! Can you understand that? - Alice-

- Alice, look-

- Can you understand f***ing anything?

Yeah.

I can.

Two more days, hon.

You can do this.

Hang in.

Come on.

Hello.

- Michael.

- Alice?

- Alice?

- Yeah.

You can call.

Yeah. What do you know?

They let me use the phone.

How was detox?

It was nifty, you know.

- I threw up like a good girl.

- Great.

Hard part's over, baby.

Yeah, the hard part's over.

Party time.

Well, so, uh...

basically, I just, uh,

sit around and...

think of you naked because,

you know, you have this...

amazing body.

You still do, don't you?

State of the art.

So, you'd be, what,

65 pounds now?

Honey.

Alice.

Honey, you there?

Alice.

Yeah.

Everyone here is

pulling for you.

Alice, they say they tear

you down the first two weeks...

so they can build you back up.

- Alice.

- God, I'm sorry, baby.

It's just so hard.

- Honey, are you there?

- Yeah.

I'm here, baby.

I love you.

I miss you.

Listen, I'll see you, um,

I'll see you on Sunday.

- Okay?

- The kids are so excited to see you.

I can't talk for too long

because there's, um...

one phone and a whole line

of people, so-

Can you bring

my grey sweatsuit?

Yes.

I'm just, uh, running down

my list...

of dumb things to say

right now.

Good for you.

You're supposed to wrap it.

- What?

- In a newspaper or a paper bag.

So nobody sees it or something.

Mommy tell you that?

Hey.

You wanna do one?

Come on. Take your pick.

Vodka, huh?

All right.

Let me see.

Now if Mommy cries

when she sees you...

it's because

you're beautiful.

Okay?

Piggyback?

Oh, the purse. Ready?

- Where is she?

- I don't know. We'll see.

She said she'd be out here.

There she is.

Do you see her in the hat?

Mommy! Mommy!

Mommy.

Mommy.

Hi, baby.

Hey.

Say hi to Mommy.

- Hi, beautiful girl. Hi.

- Hi.

You want to take 'em for a walk

and I'll catch up later?

- Hmm? Bye-bye.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

- Come on, you guys. Let's go.

Art Braun left alone.

- Nice shot.

- Excuse me. Can you get some coffee in here?

What do I look like,

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