Re: FT: Sam A/Cris M
[He smiles.] I can teach you 'come,' si quieres. I know you know the one with the two fingers, right? [He takes a breath in sympathy or something.] You ain't turnin' into Lou. Havin' feelings about something don't make you selfish, and it don't mean you're making it about you. I told you I wished I could help you more, didn't I? Was that me makin' it about me, like some selfish Scot? [He shakes his head before he remembers she can't see him.] Nah, it ain't. It'll be okay. With Teresita. I got a new goal. Christmas. [Another sympathy breath.] Baby, that don't make you sound materialistic. I... See, now watch me make it about me, 'cause I wish I could bring in that money and not make you have to face your fears—like you gotta endure it all, just 'cause I don't wanna be a cop. [He does sound guilty, but it beaks when she says what she does 'bout Joey.] That ain't true. You do real good with her. You gotta remember, I been takin' carea kids in some way or another since I was eight or nine. I got a lotta experience. It don't mean you're bad with her. [He grunts as he releases Joey back into the wilda the floor.]