Who do you think I am? You think I want you dead? I’ll be broken when you die.
Hmm. How’s the boy doing? Is he getting better?
He’s…He’s fine. So, look… my thing is… I want out. I think I thought I was a knight on horseback, but, yet, that isn’t-
Life’s not knights on horseback. It’s a number on a piece of paper. It’s a fight for a knife in the mud.
Like, I don’t really know… where my life goes from here. Uhh, maybe, I…could… I don’t know, but I can’t do jack shit. So, here it is, I want a premium payout from the holding. Two-bill, and a chunky asset. Something you can realize without shareholder input. Maybe... outdoor advertising, podcasts. I keep Fikret, Jess, and I'm gone. I'm a ghost, divested, off the board, complete disinheritance. I won't even speak at your memorial. We're done.
Well, I need to think about it.
Well, you... you already... you offered at my birthday.
That was, uh, for fun.
Dad... we can't do this bullshit forever.
Maybe I want you close. You can do the mail, keep you rattling around.
I can't. I tried, but I... I thought that I could change things. But I'm not as... There are things you're able to do that I can't. Maybe.
Maybe.
You've won... because you're corrupt and so is the world.
Hmm. Well...
I'm better than you. You're... You know, I... I... I hate to say this, 'cause I love you, but you're kind of... evil.
Don't talk about things you don't understand.
Well, you're smart, but what you've done is you... you've... you've... monetized all the fսcking... the... the... American resentments of class and race...
And I thought I was just telling folks the weather.
You've turned black bile into silver dollars.
Oh, you just noticed, did you?
Yeah, maybe I did.
Oh, fսck off.
Fine, you know what? (Scoffs) I don't give a fսck.
Not everyone can live this life. I'm a great revolutionary. A bit of fսcking spice. Bit of fun.
Fun?
A bit of truth.
Okay. Truth, okay.
I fսcking know things about the world, or I wouldn't turn a buck.
Maybe.
Not necessarily nice things.
Look, whatever. Let me out. Okay? Pay up and let me out. I don't wanna be you. I'm a good guy.
How long was that kid alive... before he started sucking in water? Couple of minutes? Three, four, five? Long time? Two minutes? What were you even doing, huh? Chasing a bit of tail? Hey, are you queer? Did you try to fսck him? Or was it just the drսgs?
I’m better than you.
Sure. You're my son. I did my best... and whenever you fսckеd up... I cleaned up your shit. And I'm a bad person? Fսck off, kiddo. Good night. We're out of here.
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