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AND THERE YOU WERE.
IT WASN'T EVEN A BLIND DATE. IT WAS A MERGER.
IT WAS JUST SHY OF PROSTITUTION.
THEY SOLD YOU TO ME.
THEY MADE A DEAL, AND THEY SHOOK HANDS.
I OFTEN WONDER, DID YOU KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING?
WAS I THE ONLY ONE NAIVE ENOUGH TO THINK
THAT YOU BEING THERE WAS A COINCIDENCE?
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
BIG JERRY GOT WHAT HE PAID FOR.
(exhales) SCHEME WORKED LIKE GANGBUSTERS.
WE DID MEET AT FRANK'S TAVERN. THAT MUCH IS TRUE.
WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
DOES IT EVER BOTHER YOU?
THE LIES, ALL THE PRETENDING?
AND THAT'S NOT AN ACCUSATION, 'CAUSE I DO IT, TOO.
I DO IT WELL.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOTTEN SO EASY.
I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.
PRETENDING IS WHAT'S REAL.
WHAT?
EVERY MARRIED COUPLE ALIVE PRETENDS.
THEY PRETEND THEY DON'T HATE THEIR IN-LAWS
OR THEIR HUSBAND'S STUPID JOKES
OR THEIR WIFE'S REAL LAUGH
OR THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY LOVE ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN
MORE THAN THE OTHERS.
MARRIAGE IS... (sighs)
WELL, IT'S ALMOST ALL PRETEND...
FOR EVERYONE.
THAT'S THE REALITY. THAT'S WHAT'S REAL.
BUYING INTO THE DELUSION
THAT THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY TO LIVE TOGETHER,
TO GET THROUGH AN ENTIRE LIFE TOGETHER--
THAT'S...
(breathes sharply)
WELL, THAT'S THE FANTASY.
THAT'S PRETENDING.
DID I DO THIS TO YOU?
OR HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS?
BECAUSE IF IT WAS ME...
I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
FITZ, WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT'S BOTHERING YOU?
NOTHING.
(sighs)
NOTHING.