Wonder Wheel Page #7

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and it's close to school.

Remember, it's nothing

but a rented hole.

Wow.

Well, it's cozy.

That was very tactful.

These beautiful gardens.

How do you find these places?

My fantasy is that

is you write a play

with a character in it

I could play.

"Making her triumphant

return to the stage...

-"Miss Virginia--"

-Virginia DeLorean

Virginia DeLorean--

Not Ginny Javelin.

-Wow.

-"In tonight's performance...

"the part of Juliet

will be played by

Virginia DeLorean."

I love it. That was

your maiden name?

No, my real name

was Westlake but-

but I took DeLorean as a-

as a stage name.

Hm.

God, all that summer stock

and hard work so

so I could afford acting

lessons just so I could

just so I could wind up

playing the part of a waitress

in a clam house.

I am playing a part.

You know, its not me.

It's not me-you think-

what-you think it's me?

-No, I...

-Oh, God.

I-I mean, I act it everyday

but I'm acting.

I'm not a waitress in a-

in a clam house.

There's more to me than that.

I-I-I mean, I-I'm just playing the

thankless role of-of the waitress.

Hey, hey.

Ginny, wha--

I'm sorry, I'm unraveling.

Promise me

we'll come back here.

She had less trouble

slipping away

after Humpty's

daughter showed up

because he was so happy

to see Carolina back.

Guess which number

came in today.

Ooh, which?

Mine's.

300 bucks.

This is for your night school.

Good, because

I have one picked out.

Good, 'cause I don't want you

waitressing all your goddamn life.

Soapsuds all around

Little bubbles on the ground

Rub a dub a dub

in her little tub

All those tunes she found

The little thimbles on her

fingers made the noise

She played Charleston

on the laundry for the boys

She could rag a tune

Right through the knees

of a brand new suit

Of Easy Breezers

Coney Island Washboard

roundelay

Hey, you Humpty?

Yeah.

Frank Adatto says hello.

He's very upset because

his wife's gone missin'

and we're tryin' to find her.

Ah.

Since uh, she's you daughter,

we thought we'd check with you.

Well... I haven't seen

Carolina in years.

We're not in good terms.

Frank must've told you that.

I haven't spoken

to her in five years.

I don't know.

I lost track of her after

she ran off and got married.

-Uh-huh, really?

-Yeah.

Do me a favor, I'm talkin' to you,

stop workin' all right?

You try California?

She was talkin' about livin' in

San Francisco or Los Angeles.

I don't know, I wouldn't

even recognize her.

We just thought

maybe she'd turn up here.

Yeah. Well.

She wouldn't find me.

I moved three or four

times in five years.

I mean, how the hell

you find me?

Frank's very worried about her.

Well...

She'll never turn up here.

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