[Pete thinks that his mother and her live-in nurse are having an affair; Bob is trying to calm him down]
Can I ask you something? Did she seem happy?
[admittedly] Yes, she did.
[Bob takes a drink and a deep breath]
Is it really so impossible to imagine?
What?
Couldn't it be that, if someone took care of you, very good care of you... if this person would do anything for you... If his well-being was his only thought... that you might begin to feel something for him? [smiles at Pete] When there's true love, it doesn't matter who it is.
[Bob nudges his leg up against Pete's. After a very uncomfortable silence, Pete moves his leg away]
Tell him I'll give him a month's pay, and tell him it's disgusting!
[embarrassed] Of course.
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