[She corrects him: gentle but unyielding, urging him to look into her eyes, forcing him into having this conversation he wants to avoid. He needs to understand, she's not doing this to be cruel, and hurting him is the last thing she wants. But dwelling on the past never changes a thing, and now, it's time for him to stop acting like a little boy, and to be a man. He will thank her for it, one day, she knows. All of this will be put behind them. He just needs a little tough love, whether he appreciates it or not.]
Jimmy, darling. [She perches one slender hand on his knee, sympathetic, but her generosity can only stretch so far. The sparkling kingdom of Atlantic City awaits him, it needs a king to claim it. And no skinny waitress or cheating wife should be distracting him from that grand vision of his. Of theirs.]
You don't want to hear this.
[Because she can listen to him mourn his wife all day, but it's got nothing to do with not wanting to listen, it's not about wanting him to forget (really, he makes he sound so heartless). It's about taking responsibility at the right time, which he needs to do, for his family as much as himself. Surely, he can realize that?]
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[She corrects him: gentle but unyielding, urging him to look into her eyes, forcing him into having this conversation he wants to avoid. He needs to understand, she's not doing this to be cruel, and hurting him is the last thing she wants. But dwelling on the past never changes a thing, and now, it's time for him to stop acting like a little boy, and to be a man. He will thank her for it, one day, she knows. All of this will be put behind them. He just needs a little tough love, whether he appreciates it or not.]
Jimmy, darling. [She perches one slender hand on his knee, sympathetic, but her generosity can only stretch so far. The sparkling kingdom of Atlantic City awaits him, it needs a king to claim it. And no skinny waitress or cheating wife should be distracting him from that grand vision of his. Of theirs.]
You don't want to hear this.
[Because she can listen to him mourn his wife all day, but it's got nothing to do with not wanting to listen, it's not about wanting him to forget (really, he makes he sound so heartless). It's about taking responsibility at the right time, which he needs to do, for his family as much as himself. Surely, he can realize that?]