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Tad: Well, that was one heck of a night on the town. Where'd you go after Nexus? I was worried. Dixie: Walking and thinking. We're not going to be able to go anywhere without being seen, are we? Tad: Hey, where the hell did you go after Nexus? I was worried. Dixie: I just went walking and thinking. No matter where we go, we're never going to be alone again. Tad: Come on. Let's not drive ourselves crazy. Running into Myrtle and Phoebe at Nexus was just unfortunate. Dixie: It was stupid. It's my fault. It was a dumb idea to go there in the first place. Tad: It's just a close call. That's it. Dixie: It's one of many, Tad don't you think that possibly fate is trying to tell us something? Tad: No. I think we hit some bad luck. Dixie: Bad luck? Tad: Yeah. Dixie: Ted comes over, practically catches us in the act. Edmund comes over, asks me a million questions -Mr. Nosey himself -- to which I am lying like a rug. Tad: Well, you know what they say about lying. It's like jumping on a bicycle. Once you learn, you never forget. Dixie: It's not just them. It's Junior. I'm lying to my own son -- the boy who trusts me to be there for him, to be honest with him. I'm deceiving my child. Tad: Dixie, come on. Telling your 6-year-old boy the whole story about - tonight or this weekend is not lying to him. Dixie: It's not just about tonight. It's everything. Every time I turn around, I'm telling him another one. I mean, I feel like such a fool. Tad: You're not a fool. You're a very beautiful and very honest won that happens to be in love with a married man. You can't blame yourself for that. Dixie: I can blame myself. He's my son, and I'm lying to him. We can't do this anymore, Tad. We have to stop. It's over. Next scene Tad: It's not over, and it's never going to be over. Don't you get it? After everything that's happened -- after everything we've been through -- I still love you, and I still want you. And no matter what happens from now on, I always will. Dixie: I know. And I feel the same, but tonight just made me see that I can't do this anymore. I can't be the other woman. I can't be the woman that you choose out of guilt, and I can't be the thing that causes you to lose your child. I'd hate myself. We're stuck, tad. We're not going to find happiness, and I don't want to because of that for you. I want you to be happy, and if you can't be happy, I at least want you to have peace. Tad: Listen to me. When I'm with you I am at peace. Dixie: I love you. I always have, and I always will. And I know that I'm the one that setup the boundaries for this whole affair. I said that I could take whatever that you had to give until that you were ready to make your choice. But can't do this anymore. And I'm not trying to force you to make a decision. I'm not. I'm just seeing things clear1y for the first time. Tad: I don't think that either one of us has been able to see things clearly since Napa. Dixie: Look, this is not an ultimatum, and I'm not blaming you. It's just tonight -- it just nailed it for me. This isn't working, Tad. And I think deep down you must feel it, too. Next scene Tad: Can we at least talk about this? Dixie: No, I'm sorry. We have, ok? I just -- I can't change the way that I feel. Tad: Dixie, this is ridiculous. Dixie: No, it's not ridiculous, ok? You feel the same way, don't you? Can't you feel it? Like everything is falling apart around us? I can't stand it anymore, and I just want to get out of here. Tad: Running back to Pine Valley is not going to do any good. Dixie: I just have to go home, Tad. Next scene Dixie: No, I'm not leaving you for good. I can't. Tad: Thank god for that. Dixie: But having this affair is not helping either one of us, ok? I know you don't like the lying and the deception any more than I do. Tad: I don't like not being able to make a choice. Dixie: Well, you're not ready, all right? For something as important as this, you have to take time. I just think -- I just don't think that us being together is helping. Tad: You've got to believe me when I am with you, you are everything I could ever want. Dixie: I know. Tad: But when I'm with Jamie -- when I look at my little boy and I think about the kind of home I want to - Dixie: You don't have to explain it to me, ok? I understand. Only too well. In the beginning, I thought it would be anything that you could give me, any time that we could spend together, would be wonderful. It would make me happy. But it's not everything that I need. I need more. I'm not happy. So, until you decide, I don't think that we should see each other. Tad: One thing's for sure. I sure as hell can't continue to play both sides against the middle. I just have to make a decision. Dixie: You will, in your own way and your own time. Tad: Alone. I feel like I've got to be alone somewhere, you know, so I can figure it out. Someplace quiet. I mean, who knows? Maybe Ted was right. Maybe the best thing for me wou1d be to go traipsing off to the north woods on some hunting trip Dixie: A hunting trip? Tad: Yeah. Ted wanted to take me on some kind of expedition to Canada. He says up there, you know, where the air is clean and the men are men and -- Dixie: Are you serious? Tad: Yeah, very serious. I turned him down. Maybe I shouldn't have. Dixie: You and Ted in the north woods on a hunting trip? Tad: Yeah. Don't laugh. You now, maybe it would be the best thing for me. I mean, it's exactly what need. And with any luck, I won't have to eat anything like pan-fried muskrat. Dixie: Well, a hunting trip with Ted is a little unexpected. Tad: You don't think I can cut it? I've always wanted to see Canada. Who knows? Like I said, if I'm lucky, maybe I can pick up a clue about my future -- our future -- because that's exactly what I have to do, and as soon as possible. Dixie: Well, if it's what you need to do, that will help you I'm all for it. Whatever you do, whatever you think, I mean, that's what you should do. And I think I should take the next train out. Tad: One more question. About this separation -- I understand that it's necessary, but -- can it wait till morning? Next scene Dixie: I think you know the answer to that. Tad: After all, I did promise you the kind of night in New York that you deserve. Dixie: It's a little late for anything glamorous. Tad: We don't have to leave to be glamorous. We can be glamorous right here. After all, the mystique of New York surrounds us. Beautiful view, soft lights, - soft music [music starts], hell of a good-looking woman, and me. Can I have this dance? Tad: You know something? There are a million naked stories in the city. Dixie: Shh. Tad: You don't want to hear a naked story? Dixie: I want to dance. Next scene Tad: Dixie? You know that I never meant to hurt you, right? Dixie: We never meant to hurt anybody. Tad: I don't know what comes next. Dixie: Look, you did the best you could, ok? And so did I. That's all that matters. Tomorrow we'll think about what comes next. Right now , I don't want to think at all.
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