It's so good to see you.
It's good to see you too.
Hey, come, come, come.
Okay.
Jack, this is my husband, Dave.
Hi.
How are you doing?
Good, how are you?
Good, good, good.
Have a seat.
Thanks.
We ordered you some water.
I didn't know what else you might want to drink.
Water's good.
You got some calamari coming too.
You like calamari, right?
Oh yeah.
I love it.
So seriously, it's been forever.
What, like five years?
Oh, no, more than that.
Seven, probably.
You're kidding?
Oh gosh, I feel so old.
You seem different.
I do, really?
It seems the same to me.
Oh, cut it out.
You're such a joker.
Sue me.
You got a sense of humor.
Yeah, huh?
Yeah.
About everything.
That's why she fell for me.
So tell me, guys, what brought you to town?
Well, I'm, um, I'm brokering a little business deal.
Ah, very nice.
Actually, I'm brokering a huge business deal.
Yeah, it's all business with this one.
She brings in the big bucks.
Which is why you fell for me, huh?
Oh, that's cute.
It's great to see that you're doing so well.
So what about you?
Oh, me, I'm fine.
Do you still paint?
Of course, I mean, that's all I ever do, really.
That's it.
You make a living doing that?
I do.
I mean, I get by.
Wow.
I admire you for that, Joe.
Thank you.
You're one of those abstract painters, right?
I mean, like, if I was to go into a gallery
and find something you did on a wall,
I mean, would I just spend hours looking at it,
having no idea what was going on, it's like all black,
or it like gives me a seizure, or something like that.
Is that one of those?
They'd be nice.
I just want to know what he paints.
Well, I paint portraits, mostly.
Oh, that's right.
I remember you used to, um, used to draw faces.
That's right, I did, absolutely.
In fact, I think I remember actually drawing one of you.
Really?
You should do another one.
It's a great idea.
That's a great idea.
I could do that.
No, I mean, wouldn't you want to have a painting
for one of your dearest college friends?
I'm sure he doesn't have time to do something like that.
Oh, I have time.
Yeah, it'd be great.
See?
It's settled, he wants to do it.
Hmm.
We'll just pay you whatever your normal rate is.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no money.
I'll just be happy to do it.
That's nonsense.
We'll pay you whatever your normal rate is.
Thank you, but I won't do it unless it's for free.
That's sweet.
Um, do you think that you could do one of the two of us together?
Oh, that's, we don't need to do that.
I mean, I want you guys to have your bonding time
and everything I don't need to be in the middle of your painting.
Babe, don't you think it would be nice
to have something with both of us in it?
Okay, sure.
You don't mind, do you, Joe?
No, it's fine.
It'll be good.
I'm looking forward to it.
Good.
Yeah.
Oh, Mary's not here.
I don't know what time of the meeting.
Oh.
She's gonna be here for a while, actually,
so I figure you can just do my hat.
Oh.
Yeah.
Sounds like a great idea.
Just, uh, come on in.
So is it what you envisioned?
So, I'm actually cleaner than I thought it would be.
It's great work.
All right, so where do you want me?
Right there.
So how long does something like this usually take?
About an hour, at least.
Sometimes more.
I could try to speed it up for you if you want,
but you might not look good.
No, I'm all yours.
So what's this call you have later on?
You really want to know?
Sure.
There is no call.
No, I've got a dinner date.
Don't freak out over there. I'm not cheating on Mary.
No, I, uh, I completely believe in fidelity.
I wouldn't have gotten married if I didn't.
But, you know, sometimes a man just got to do something,
get his blood pumping.
So every once in a while, I'll take out a beautiful woman for a drink.
I suppose if I really wanted to, I could fuck the shit out of her all night
in some hotel room, but I don't.
And honestly, I do it for Mary.
She's gorgeous, and I love her, but, uh,
sometimes I just get restless.
And the truth is, men were not meant to just focus on one thing.
I mean, we were meant to move around, to prowl.
That's our nature.
How about you, Jeff? You seen anybody?
You don't have a whole bunch of art groupies locked in a closet somewhere?
No. Nobody at the moment.
Hmm.
Try to remain still, please.
Would you mind if I put some music on?
Let's hear some.
Let's hear some.
Hey, Jeff, it's Mary.
Lauren, in your excuse to laugh when you don't understand.
Lauren, to your self.
It's not dark, it's blindness.
It's not dark, it's blindness.
It's not dark, it's blindness.
It's not dark, you got it wrong.
I'm early. Yeah.
Is that it?
How was it?
He wasn't there.
He wasn't there?
I knocked on the door and he didn't answer.
That's odd.
Yeah, I tried calling his phone too, but he didn't answer that either.
Hmm.
Now, does he have a look?
I guess.
Do the honors.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
