Том вызывает Эшли на разговор, стараясь узнать побольше о ней и ее семье. И осторожно подводит разговор к Глории.




Tom: So how's your father doing? You never did say, you know, what kind of surgery he was having exactly.
Ashley: Oh. He's doing well, and it was hip replacement surgery.
Tom: Heck, is that all? They're getting so good at those, that's like having your teeth cleaned or something.
Ashley: What are you, a doctor?
Tom: Yeah, right. No, but I mean, I read a lot.
Ashley: Oh. So what is it you do?
Tom: Well, ladies first, please.
Ashley: I'm a chemist.
Tom: You're kidding. Oh, well, what kind?
Ashley: Cosmetics.
Tom: Well, that is, uh, that's really cool.
Ashley: Well, I'm glad you think so. I enjoy my work, so...
Tom: Yeah. That must be why you smell so good. I mean, I noticed at the hospital the other night.
Ashley: Are you coming on to me?
Tom: What if I was?
Ashley: What is it you do?
Tom: I didn't say.
Ashley: Oh. So you do what?
Tom: Oh, a little of this, a little of that.
Ashley: Oh, boy. You sure are being evasive, aren't ya?
Tom: Well, dang, woman, I'm just trying to be mysterious here.
Ashley: Well, you're successful at being mysterious. I still have no clue as to what it is you do.
Tom: So how's that, um, that stepmother of yours? You seemed kind of upset with her at the hospital.
Ashley: I don't really think of her as my stepmother. My father's only been married to her for a few months.
Tom: Oh, I take it you don't approve.
Ashley: She's not my favorite person.
Tom: Sure, I got that. But, you know, she did seem awfully concerned about your Dad.
Ashley: Um, I don't think it's his health that she's concerned about.
Tom: Ooh. You really resent the lady.
Но Эшли совершенно не склонна обсуждать Глорию, и ему приходится удовольствоваться минимумом информации.


Ashley: You know, I'd really rather not talk about my "stepmother." The truth is, I just don't like her. That's all.
Tom: Yeah. You said you don't think she's really concerned about your Dad's health, huh?
Ashley: Uh, no. I think she's after his money, actually.
Tom: You sure?
Ashley: Yes, I'm sure.
Tom: You don't believe there's any chance at all that her feelings are sincere?
Ashley: They're very different people, okay? They come from very different places. No, I don't think her feelings are sincere.
Tom: You know, sometimes people with money, they kind of think that everybody's after it, you know? It's not necessarily so.
Ashley: This is none of your business.
Tom: You're right. You're right. Well, it's just I can't help thinking, you know...
Ashley: What?
Tom: Well, how nice it would be to have somebody care for you if, you know, you were in the kind of position that your Dad's in.
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