(The woman stares him
down. Mac enters with the pie.)
Joe
(To Mac, confidential.)
Didn’t know you ordered a new frid-ga-dare. A real icebox, that one.
Mac
Better eat your pie before it gets cold.
Joe
And the little greenies start moving around again, huh?
(Mac smirks.)
Joe
Hey, no offense.
Didn’t mean nothing. Just
trying to past the time here.
(Mac busies himself behind
the counter. The woman finishes
reading and puts down the book.)
Mac
You want fresh coffee?
Woman
This was a good book.
Mac
Yeah?
Woman
Action-adventure.
You would like it. There’s
a character in here, the hero in fact, who sorta reminds me of you. A lotta heart, but he was quiet, you
know?
Mac
Yeah?
Woman
Yeah, sorta like you.
Here, take it. I’m done
with it now. Who reads them twice,
huh? Take it, my gift to you.
Mac
Yeah, okay. You
want some pie, or something? We
got apple, rhubarb, lemon meringue, strawberry tort, and, uh... pound cake.
Woman
You know what I would like? A nice scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Mac
You want something on that? Chocolate syrup, whipped cream, a nice cherry. Or butterscotch. We got butterscotch, already
heated. Just pour it on.
Woman
No, thank you. A
simple scoop of vanilla in one of those old fashioned metal dishes they used to
have. You know the ones.
Mac
Sure, we got those.
(Mac takes her sandwich
plate, and leaves to get ice cream.)
Joe
(Mocking.)
“A simple scoop of vanilla.” (more)
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