ABBIE Chronic pneumonia. Smoked for fifteen years. She's been sick for a while now. It makes her so happy that I make this salary so I can support us. It's a little scary. SETH And your Dad? ABBIE Rather not talk my father either. SETH Boy, I'm so glad we had this conversation. I really feel like I've gained this insight into your life. ABBIE And me into yours. They both laugh. ABBIE (CONT'D) Tell me something real. SETH What do you want to hear? Tell me a about your dad. SETH Well I have so many great ones. Tell me. SETH Okay. I'm ten years old. I just got this new bike. A red Mongoose. You know, BMX. So I'm skidding out in this puddle -- Starsky & Hutch style. My foot slips, and the pedal spins around hard enough to break my leg. Real bad too. But I don't fall off the bike. I keep coasting down this hill. So finally I get scared and I jump off. Fell right behind a parked car. Laid there for half an hour. Finally, I hear my father screaming my name from up the block. I was so happy that he
ABBIE Chronic pneumonia. Smoked for fifteen years. She's been sick for a while now. It makes her so happy that I make this salary so I can support us. It's a little scary. SETH And your Dad? ABBIE Rather not talk my father either. SETH Boy, I'm so glad we had this conversation. I really feel like I've gained this insight into your life. ABBIE And me into yours. They both laugh. ABBIE (CONT'D) Tell me something real. SETH What do you want to hear? Tell me a about your dad. SETH Well I have so many great ones. Tell me. SETH Okay. I'm ten years old. I just got this new bike. A red Mongoose. You know, BMX. So I'm skidding out in this puddle -- Starsky & Hutch style. My foot slips, and the pedal spins around hard enough to break my leg. Real bad too. But I don't fall off the bike. I keep coasting down this hill. So finally I get scared and I jump off. Fell right behind a parked car. Laid there for half an hour. Finally, I hear my father screaming my name from up the block. I was so happy that he
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