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We'll be fine.

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BOBBI:
Check out the poster. Fancy.

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Okay.

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We're gonna need some drinks.

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LUCY:
Thank you so much for coming out tonight

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to launch Melissa Baines'
second collection of essays,

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<i>Fit for Purpose.</i>

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I know I'm biased, but I can promise you
this is a really special book

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from one of our foremost writers.

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A writer <i>The Irish Times</i> has called,

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"Exquisitely irreverent."

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Melissa Baines.

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MELISSA:
Thank you, Lucy. Thank you, everyone.

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When my grandfather died...

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Thank you.

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BOBBI:
So, what do you think?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, it was, um--

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They look good together, don't they?

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- I mean, they're a good-looking couple.

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They look right.

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If I was in a burning building
and it was only me, Nick, and Melissa,

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he'd save her, wouldn't he?

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I don't know, Frances.

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It's just a hypothetical question.

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Okay, I'm gonna go get a copy.

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Come here.

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-Is it difficult?
- Yes.

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- I think so.
- Hi, Frances.

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-Hi.
- Hi, lovely.

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Oh, my gosh.

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-Hey.
- How are you?

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- Congratulations.
Thank you.

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Well, it's over at least.

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Where's Bobbi?

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Uh, she's just buying a copy.

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WOMAN:
Melissa. That was amazing.

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-Thank you.
-More wine?

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MELISSA:
How are you?

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-I'm good, thanks, Ev.
- Thank you.

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DEREK:
It's lovely to see you again.

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- You too.
So how have you been?

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- Hey.
Hey.

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DEREK:
Hey, man. Great turnout.

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NICK:
Yeah, it's pretty good crowd.

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DEREK:
Wine isn't bad either.

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-Here you go.
-Thank you.

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EVELYN:
Nick, you look so well.

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You've still got
that Croatian glow about you.

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EVELYN:
Melissa seems really happy.

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DEREK:
You both do. Well done, man.

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-That whole experience.
- Show us some time.

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Where at?
Hey.

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Yeah, more than you think
for that kind of thing.

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BOBBI:
Put out fliers at school.

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EMER:
Yeah. You should come.

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EMER:
Yeah. Okay.

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BOBBI:
How many shows do you do?

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Can you send me a link or something?

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Yeah, I could send you a link.

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-Yeah?
- Yeah.

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Don't fucking use me, Frances.

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For the show,
do you have a link or something?

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I don't know...

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BOBBI:
Gently, gently, gently, gently.

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EMER:
Oh, hey. Hi.

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You're flatmates.

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Uh, yeah.

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This is Frances.

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-Hi.
- Hi.

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Uh, we didn't get
to meet properly. I'm Emer.

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FRANCES:
Nice to meet you.

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I'm just gonna go to bed.

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- Sorry.
- Sorry.

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ROSSA:
So you're doing English, right?

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Cool.

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And, um, are you in players or debating
or anything like that?

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No. Why?

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- It's just you had
a photo of you on stage, on your profile.

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Sorry, yeah. Um... I do.

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Spoken words, uh...
uh, with my friend sometimes, but, um--

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- Well, I quite like
poetry myself, actually.

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Oh, yeah? Okay.

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Uh, who are you into?

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ROSSA:
Well, Heaney, of course.

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Of course.

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And I, I love Yates.

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Uh, my grandfather has--

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It's like a signed letter
from Yates in his home.

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-Mm-hmm.
-It's pretty cool.

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- Hmm. If there is one thing
you can say for fascism,

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it had some good poets.

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- Yeah, well, early Yates
is hardly fascist, is he?

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Not like the romantic stuff.

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- Do you like any poets
that aren't on the Leaving Cert?

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Uh--

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And you're studying medicine?

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I am. Yep.

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- Have you started doing placement
and stuff like that yet or--

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- Placement, yeah.
Uh, yeah, we had a few--

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So, you know,
my dog comes bounding on over

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to the little dog, the poor lad,

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like, his whole face
went completely white,

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and... and I was there
just giggling away to myself.

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Like, I found the whole thing hilar--

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Where do you live?

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Yeah?

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-That looks disgusting.
-Mm.

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So where were you last night then?

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- You came in late.
- Just in town.

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- Who were you out with?
- No one you'd know.

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I went on a Tinder date.

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-Really?
-Hmm.

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When did you get on Tinder?

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PHILIP:
What'd you write in your bio?

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FRANCES:
Okay, it doesn't matter.

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It was stupid.

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Bobbi brought someone home
after the book launch.

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- Let's hear about that.
- Oh.

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- The bartender.
- Emer.

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- She introduced me as her flatmate.
- I did not.

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So how's living with your ex?

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- Yeah, well, Frances has
a secret boyfriend, so it's fine.

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PHILIP:
Oh, yeah?

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Who is it?

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Was it that Tinder guy?

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No?

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- Alright, rude. Don't tell me.
- I was just joking.

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I'm very confused.

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It's Nick.

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- Nick--

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What, Melissa's Nick?

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- Yeah.

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Is this a joke?

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I've been sleeping with Nick.

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Right. Wow. Okay. Uh, he's married.

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- Oh, don't be a moralist, Philip.
That's all we need.

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PHILIP:
Does Melissa know?

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Is he gonna leave her?

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I doubt it.

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- Didn't think you'd let someone
take advantage of you like that.

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That came out wrong.

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Hey. Uh, sorry if I sounded judgmental.

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I'm just a bit surprised, that's all.

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Yeah, I know, it's fine.

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Okay. I'll see you tomorrow?

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Yeah.

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See you, Bobbi.
See ya.

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Four minutes away.

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- Do you think I'm being
taken advantage of, too?

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Am I just being a complete fucking idiot?

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Philip doesn't see the whole picture.

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And ultimately, Nick's responsible
for his marriage.

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Thanks for saying that.

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But, Frances?

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I don't know, lately I feel like
I'm watching you disappear.

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NICK :
<i>Hey, it's just me.</i>

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<i>Just wanted to see</i>
<i>if you wanna come out here tomorrow.</i>

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<i>Um, let me know.</i>

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You left early the other night.

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Yeah.

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I just had work to do.

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And... you were busy with your wife.

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I was.

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It was her night.

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FRANCES:
I know.

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She was good.

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NICK:
Yeah, I thought so too.

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I slept with a guy I met on Tinder.

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Oh, yeah?

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FRANCES:
Yeah.

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Do you mind?

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- You can sleep with other people
if you want to.

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FRANCES:
I know.

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Who is he?

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FRANCES:
A med student who loved Yates.

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Is that bad?

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- I practically had to stop him from
reciting <i>The Lake Isle of Innisfree.</i>

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Wow, I feel terrible

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for you having young men
recite verse to you in bars.

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And the sex wasn't good.

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- Well, of course, no one who likes Yates
is actually capable of human intimacy.

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Do you think I'm being superior?

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- I don't know, Frances,
I didn't meet him.

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FRANCES:
Can we go upstairs?

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NICK:
No, you-- You can't do this, Frances.

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You can't just take it out on me
whenever you feel bad.

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What am I doing?

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- That's not--

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How would you feel if I were
sleeping with other women

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and then coming to your house
to go on about it?

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You're married.

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-Yeah, I know that.
- Jesus.

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Does the fact that I'm married

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mean you can just treat me
however you want?

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- I can't believe you're acting
like you're the injured party.

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You said you were gonna
tell Melissa about us,

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what happened to that?

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What do you think it's like for me
having to pretend all the time?

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- I don't think that part
really bothers you that much.

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Sorry?

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- I said that I wanted
to tell her, and I will.

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But I think you'd just
like to see us fighting.

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- If-if that's what you think of me,
why are we even doing this?

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What are you doing?

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I'm getting dressed so I can leave.

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Okay.

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Frances, look--

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The problem
isn't that you're married, Nick!

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The problem's that I'm in love with you
and you obviously don't feel the same!

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Fuck you.

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Bobbi?

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FRANCES:
<i>After we broke up,</i>

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<i>I didn't cut holes into my skin</i>
<i>like I might have done.</i>

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<i>It just didn't seem necessary.</i>

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<i>I hurt enough as it was.</i>

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<i>And besides, my head was too full of her.</i>

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