Dialog

"I have something to tell you that you aren't going to like."
"Hmmm. OK. Tell me."
"No, I don't think I should."
"I think you should, and I think you should right now."
"No, I think I'll tell you later."
"Please don't play this game with me. You know I don't like it. Just tell me."
"Promise you won't get mad?"
"No."
"Then I better not tell you."
"Why are you screwing around with me like that?"
"Don't get mad. You always get mad when I try to talk to you."
"I'm not mad. I'm frustrated by this game."
"What game?"

"Just tell me, ok?"
"OK. I am going to work with my dad at night, from 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning."
"Why do you want to do that? You know how he is."
"What do you mean 'how he is'? Besides, we need the money."
"Do we? I didn't know that. I thought we were doing all right. Isn't the hotel doing well?"
"The hotel is doing fine. We are selling a lot of rooms. It's just that I think we need the money."
"I'm making good money at the school and you're doing all right at the hotel. Why do we need the money?"
"OK. We don't need the money. I just want the money."
"How much is he going to pay you? What do you have to do?"
"I go there and stop the stealing and make sure everybody is doing their job. He's going to pay me $200 a week."
"How many nights a week?"
"Every night."
"Every night for six or seven hours for $200 a week? As soon as you walk in there, you'll save him $200 a night. He can pay you better than that."
"No, it's OK. It really isn't about the money. He needs my help."


"I understand he needs help. He's surrounded himself with drug addicts, hookers, beggars, and thieves. And he pays them jack shit. Hell, even his own sons fall into one or more of those categories. I bet he needs help."
"So you're not mad?"
"I'm not mad. I'm worried."
"Oh, don't worry. I'll be safe."
"I'm not worried about you being safe. I know you're going to be safe."

"I'm worried that you and I already don't spend enough time together, and now you are going to start working nights, too. You'll be asleep when I get up, and I'll be asleep when you get home. We won't ever see each other."
"Oh, don't worry about that."
"I am worried. I don't want that to happen. I want us to spend more time together. We don't already and if you start working there, it won't be good for us."
"You can come with me. We can spend time there."
"That's not what I mean. We won't be spending time together. You'll be working with drunks and hookers, and I'll just be watching. It's just not the same."
"So you don't want me to help my father, that's what you're saying..."
"I'm saying that we won't ever see each other if you do."
"Are you telling me I can't?"
"No, I'm not. I don't like the idea at all and I'm asking you not to do it."
"Well, I'm going to do it anyway. We need the money."
"I wish you wouldn't."
"Awww. Don't be that way! You worry too much about stupid things."
"No, I don't."