it was a difficult decision because claude has so many friends at school now, but it is expensive and bronx science is a great public school.
josh is a great test taker, but claude thinks more abstractly. he's more creative. right?
i saw the one armed man who really has two arms at the bodega.
i did. i tripped him up with some nickels. and a canadian quarter.
no. no.
it's fine.
margot, open your gift.
i remember last year in vermont you said your feet were freezing. her eyes find claude who watches his parents carefully. she leans across the table to jim and they kiss chastely and briskly on the lips.
well, that's okay. two sets are fine, right?
why?
what's wrong with your ear?
we need time alone to sort this out. you can't just run away --
well, now you're putting too much pressure on me. jim smiles crookedly at her. she half-smiles back. he takes a moment, preparing to speak. then:
what is that? his headlights catch a woman cowering at the roadside. they pass.
let me just.
margot.
she didn't have her purse with her. it wasn't so expensive. roger's going to live.
of course you would've.
margot, i'm not.  i can't talk to you when you're this fucked up.
what's wrong?