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One with sugar, one without.

Oh, which one's mine?

The one with.

Which one is it?

You know something?

I think that counselor is right.

Stephanie can't handle things the way you can, so I think you ought to do

whatever the counselor told you to do.

That's what I say.

Yeah, but she said that I ought to let Stephanie help me go through all of

Edith's stuff, you know, and maybe let her keep something that belonged to her.

Look, that's a good idea.

I kept my Aunt Josie's amethyst rosary beads.

It's over a month.

It's time.

Yeah, well, I guess it's got to be done.

Who else is going to do it? Veronica.

What?

No, no, no, no.

I know what you think. You want me to go over to your place tomorrow and help

pack up all Eden's clothes and stuff.

You wouldn't have to do it alone, you know. I could get our neighbor Polly

Swanson to come in and help you.

Oh, Archie.

Archie.

All right.

All right. Forget it. Forget it.

I'll do it. I'll do it.

I just got to do this fight.

Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Where were you going? I'm going inside to

cheer her up in the ladies' toilet.

One other thing the counselor told me.

That it would be good if Stephanie had a heart -to -heart talk about how she

feels about all of this.

Well, that's an excellent idea.

Good. Come over tonight.

I can't do it. You have to do it. Oh, no, no.

No, the counselor said that I was the very last person who should try to do

that. She said I should get a close family friend. She made a particular

die.

That doesn't sound right to me. Oh, come on. What do you mean it don't sound

right to you?

Hey, fellas, this problem's getting to be well known out here.

You just told me to do everything the counselor told me. Well, all right, I'm

doing that, and let me tell you something.

She was a very brilliant young woman.

Jewish, I think.

What has that got to do with anything? Do you want to be a close family friend,

or don't you?

the ice cream, eh? Oh, no, Arch, no more for me. I'm full up. No ice cream? Boy,

that dinner was, that was good.

Oh, well, there's nothing to it. All you need is the time, the talent, and the

colonel's phone number.

Okay, when you're finished, I'll do up the dishes here, eh? Can I help? No, no,

no, let me do this. I'll do this myself, you know. I bought this new detergent I

want to test out. It's supposed to make your hands as smooth as a baby's behind.

That chicken was good, wasn't it?

Fine.

Good night.

That coleslaw was tasty, wasn't it?

It was creamy.

Hey, wait, wait, wait. Where are you going?

To my room.

You know, Beth, you and I haven't had a good talk for a long time.

How about a little talk right now?

What do you want to talk about?

Well, let's talk about you, huh?

How have you been feeling lately?

Okay. Okay, huh?

Come here, sit down.

You know, you can tell me if you haven't been feeling good lately, you know

that?

Here you go.

I heard that you missed school for a couple of days there.

You know, Steph...

A couple of years ago, when my father died, I remember not

wanting to talk to anybody about it.

Then one day, I decided to talk about it.

I want to tell you, I felt so much better.

I want to talk to him about my Aunt Edith, but he won't let me.

No. Every time I mention her, he changes the subject because he's mad.

And he's been acting so weird.

How do you mean?

He won't answer the phone.

He won't open all the cards we've been getting.

And he's sleeping on the couch now.

Every night?

Uh -huh.

Ever since Annie just died.

Can I go now?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Good night.

Crush my ear, Lord.

Well,

I didn't think you were eavesdropping. I was an eavesdropper.

What were you doing?

I was trying to eavesdrop.

You were talking too low.

So? Well, we had a very nice little talk.

And how are you getting along?

What do you mean, me? I'm fine, fine.

How come he's sleeping on the couch?

You wasn't supposed to be talking to her about me. Oh, we did.

Well, didn't you ever fall asleep in front of the TV some night, huh?

You know, I mean, every once in a while.

Yeah, every once in a while. Yeah, sure, it happens.

I'll tell you something else. You'd be surprised the interesting stuff you pick

up on them late TV talk shows. Hey, they're better than the National

Arch, will you level with me now? You've been sleeping on that couch every

night. Now, come on.

All right, I'll level with you.

I could never get a decent night's rest on that bed up there.

Now, that's the truth.

You know, Edith always liked that bed.

But I never did.

And now that I'm alone, you know, I'm...

I'm really thinking about selling it. I'll tell you something you won't

Yeah, I don't doubt that.

That old sofa there is way more comfortable.

Why didn't you sign the death claim?

Hey, Mr. Murray, you know, I think we talked enough.

I want to thank you very much for coming over and helping me with the kids, but

from now on, you know, stay out of my business. Okay.

All right.

One more thing, though. Tomorrow. Now.

i came over here to find out about stephanie's problem i did the problem is

Oh, that's nice you're doing your homework.

Uh -huh.

I have to do a report.

Do you know anything about Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe?

Uh, that's, uh, a forward for the next big talk. Never

mind.

Did you have a nice talk with Marie?

Huh?

Do you want to talk?

Well, I don't want to bother you while you're doing your homework there, you

know. And that's the important thing.

You keep it that.

And I'll holler goodnight through the door a little later.

Well, this looks like the last of it.

You know, I must have seen Edith wear this dress a hundred times.

I can just picture her in it.

Running like crazy to the door.

Or running up the stairs.

Or running to the kitchen.

You know, your Aunt Edith was into jogging long before anybody else.

You know, it feels real strange going through a thing.

Like she's still here.

Yeah, it does feel funny.

I almost expect to see her come walking right in the door.

There's nothing left of her things in the dresser.

This is it for the closet.

Steffi, did you find something you want to keep?

Uh -huh.

I'm going to keep this pen.

And Edith said that she was going to give it to me for my 16th birthday.

So I'm going to keep it and not wear it until then.

It'll be like she's still here to give it to me.

That's very sweet, Stephanie.

All right, where does all of this stuff go? Does it go over to Jersey or where?

Oh, no. Stephanie and I talked about it, and we decided that Edith would want it

to go to the Sunshine Home.

That's what my aunt needed to work for the old people who don't have any money.

Let's take the stuff down to the car.

Here, let me help you.

No, I got it, Polly.

I suppose it's wishful thinking that Archie would be back in time to help us.

Oh, he may be back.

Just in time to hold the door open for us.

God, gee, look at this door.

Barney's dog could get in here and all over the kitchen.

Hey, who left the back door open?

I did. I'll go close it. Well, never mind. I already done that, honey.

Hey, you're just in time.

This here's the last box.

Oh, hey, I'd have been back sooner if it was like a madhouse at the supermarket,

you know. A hundred old ladies going crazy. It seems they got a new bag, boy.

Looks like Mike Griffin.

That's the last of it, huh? That's it. Yeah.

I'll accept the best.

Oh, thanks, son.

Okay.

Look what I've decided to keep.

This pen.

Yeah, okay. That's very nice.

Yeah.

Well, I want to thank both of you for helping. You're welcome.

Anytime, Arch.

Hey, let's get going.

Yeah. Hey, I can help you there.

I'll hold the door open for you.

What did I tell you?

Bye, Polly. Bye, Veronica.

So long, honey.

Bye. See you down at bar, Veronica.

Yeah. Hey, Polly, I'll be yelling to you over the back fence. Okay, Arch.

Why don't you run upstairs and hide that, you know, so that I don't... I

that you don't lose it.

I won't lose it. Do what I tell you.

Will you please do what I tell you?

leave it to them to forget something.

So what did you forget?

Oh.

Hello. I'm Marlene Shipp from Ultra Lady Cosmetics.

Oh, well, I don't need no cosmetics.

I'm sure you don't. Is Edith at home?

No. Oh, she knew I was coming by today.

Yeah, well, yeah, she's gone.

Do you know when she'll be back?

No.

Well, I have the cosmetics she ordered last month. I'll just come back

Oh, no, no, don't do that.

Step in, step in.

I suppose there's something going on, huh? Yeah, she has a balance of $13 .47.

Oh, well, I got a $20 bill. Oh, let me get you some change.

Well, I tell you what, don't bother with that. Keep the change.

Oh, well, thank you.

Listen, my number's there. Tell her if she has any questions, she can call me.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Thank you.

Yeah, yeah, don't mention it.

You never could say no to nobody.

Never could turn nobody away.

It wasn't supposed to be like this, you know.

I was supposed to be the first one to go.

I know I always used to kid you.

Are you going first?

You know I never meant none of that.

And that morning when you was laying there, I was shaking you and

yelling at you to go down and fix my breakfast.

I didn't know.

You had no right to leave me that way.

Without giving me just one more chance.

Shane, I love you.

She was the one who was supposed to stay down here with you, you know.

Of me.

Because I ain't no good at none of this.

I'll tell you what we'll do.

On Saturday.

I'll borrow Murray's car.

And you and me, we'll take a little ride up to the cemetery.

Can we bring flowers?

Yeah, sure.

What kind?

Carnations.

Oh, yeah.

She was always crazy about carnage.

Are you all right now?

I'm all right.

Should I start cooking dinner?

Yeah, you can do that.

But first, I think you better go to Linen Chest out there and get some stuff

the bed here. Who the hell stripped this bed?

Aunt Mabel from Hackensack.

Oh, Aunt Mabel from Hackensack.

How did she think I was ever going to use my bed without no sheets and

and pillowcases here?

God, them people from Jersey is brutes.