the c-list?
why do you say that?
i had to come. i work at the met. what's your excuse?
with wills keane, right?
just by reputation.
that's what they say. i'm lisa.
anyway, i should keep mingling. but it was nice to meet you.
sorry to disappoint you.
well, i didn't expect you to show up at my job.
my boss thought you were a stalker.
but you did.
so you got my letter. what'd you do? freak out? burn it?
i was just blowing off some steam, okay? i think i have the right.
no. i didn't plan to come. peter.  my husband.  he agrees. he thinks it's a futile exercise. but it turns out i'm pregnant. just a few months, but --
thanks. anyway, i guess it made me want to meet you. i've been a little sentimental about parent-hood.
in a lousy absentee sorta way, sure.
great. nuts. she moved to costa rica last summer.
a guy, what else? he owns a charter airline and wears sunglasses indoors. i think he might be a gunrunner.
you know, you're much better looking in person than in photographs. i always assumed mom was exaggerating, but she wasn't.
anyway.  i should go.
i really just wanted to meet you and.  maybe.  i don't know.
nothing earth-shattering. maybe just to hear you say you were sorry.
okay. thanks.
before.  when you came in.  who did you think i was?
you must like her an awful lot.
what is it?
i'd be happy to do it.
dad, i'm really sorry she's sick.
i've got him!
his name's tom grandy. harvard undergrad. columbia medical school. he's at the cleveland clinic. i know, i know. but don't laugh. it's one of the best in the world.
he did his residency at the brigham in boston.  his cardiac surgery training at cleveland.
he was so good they kept him on and within three years he was chief of the program.
he travels a lot. spends lots of time lecturing. i got you an appointment tomorrow at twelve-thirty. don't be late. he only has fifteen minutes.
the surgeon that recommended him said, and these are his words not mine, "don't let his appearance fool you. he's brilliant and has balls the size of your head."
actually, to be honest, peter's more than a little freaked. i mean, how could he not be? he's twenty-six. his first child. a baby girl, no less. nothing really prepares you for it.
he said it's the first time since we got married that he's actually realized what marriage is. that it's forever. that he can't just pick up and run away to nepal or something if we have a fight. that he's part of the cycle of things now. that he's gonna die some day. that it's the next generation's turn to take the stage.
so what about you, mr. keane? you ready to be a grandpa?