tougher than this?!? what did he say? what did they say about him? will you get in here--for god's sake? it's on right now. right now. right this second! you will miss it!! shit! fuck! shit! shit! shit! shit! fuck! shit! look, he even showed up. of all the pathetic questions. we've been going back and forth on our status for so long. i was hoping that if you won, it might mean something for us. please go fast. i can't take you dragging it out. i promised myself i wouldn't be so bossy. take your time!! was that bossy too? do i get to vote? i'm going to tell you something i never told you before. your feeling towards your work is one of the things i love most about you. maybe the most. stinker, i almost gave up on you. my mother said you were flirting with the doctor during the delivery. no, i have a lot to do tomorrow, too. i have to borrow on our christmas club, i have to. boy, am i reassured. what good news. isn't that a load off? i can't stand this anymore. you're taking her. you're taking her. you're taking her. hello--did you two meet? i just have to say goodbye. you have no idea how difficult that is. it's not three weeks. no, it's not. you are not taking her for a visit. you are taking her for a while. i don't have a choice. you don't have a choice. i loved, helped and supported in every possible way a business man who committed the terrible crime of being financially imaginative with a pension fund. good. now, concentrate with all your muscles and remember everything i'm about to say to you. don't talk to strangers. they may be killers. take your vitamins so the poison in the food can't hurt you. what else now? what? i'm giving jeannie her reminders. no. don't. no. don't dare. don't criticize the way i mother or i think i'll start to scream and never st. yes. you're not going to criticize me, are you? not in front of him--because all he's done is send jeannie these long, stupid letters. he doesn't even realize she can't read. he sends letters to someone who can't read. it's almost funny. oh. typical cop talk. but i understand what you're trying to say. thank you. can i have another minute with her? okay, love, mommy's going to help others who need her for a few years, and you're going with daddy as i explained. we'll all have to help with the luggage. beginning now, you must give less value to your own happiness and well- being, then hopefully, you will reach the point where you give that no value whatsoever. give her everything. there's no such thing as spoiling a child. you don't really want to mess with me, do you? can't, pretty-heart. i'm sorry. the compromise will be that you don't have to ride in back; you can ride up front with the driver. okay?