The Maid's Room

I can only pay you $400 a week, plus room and board.

That is what I understood.

We're only here on the weekends or the occasional week in the summer.

The rest of the time, we live in the city.

Oh.

Except for Brandon, our son. He's going to Princeton in September,

so we thought we'd let him stay out here for the summer and have some fun.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

What do you think?

Well, I think she's good. I mean, she's better than the others.

Her English is certainly better.

- Oh, do you drive? - I don't have a driver's license.

You're not gonna find everything that you want. She seems fine with me.

Do you want her or not?

Otherwise we'll go through the agency again.

Well, you're certainly very pretty, aren't you?

Thank you.

And you're friends with Carmen?

She's a friend of a friend.

You like her, right? Can you move in tomorrow?

Yes.

Great.

It's Drina.

The maid.

Remember?

We don't use this room very much, unless we're entertaining,

which we don't anymore.

It tends to get very dusty in here, so every couple of days,

you need to dust.

The pillows all need to be fluffed up, okay?

And the paintings need to be lightly dusted at the top of the frames.

Never... nunca ... dust or touch the paintings.

I don't mean to state the obvious, but...

the last maid we had, if you weren't very clear with her...

it was a disaster.

I'd like it if you took a little initiative.

Like the silver.

I can tell you every time it needs to be polished,

but it would be nice if you knew when

it needed to be polished and then did it yourself.

You want me to Polish the silver.

Yes.

I understand.

This is Brandon's room.

It's not usually this bad.

We just haven't had anybody to clean for awhile.

What can I say? I try to get him to clean it. He's a teenager.

If you see it on the floor, consider it dirty.

Don't throw anything away.

Just stack it. It could be a whole drama if there's one magazine missing.

He likes two clean towels every day.

He's a good kid. He won't bother you.

I love to cook.

This kitchen is my pride and joy.

You can't... I repeat... cannot leave anything out overnight.

We have ants.

Anything you leave out will be

literally covered the next morning.

You'll see.

No, no, that's the garage.

Your room is in there.

Feel free to decorate it or whatever you want.

Make yourself at home.

It is very nice.

Why don't you settle in and relax? I'm gonna start dinner.

I hope this works out. You seem very sweet.

Thank you.

And it's so nice that you speak English and so well.

My mother thought it was important.

She was right.

Drina?

Drina!

I need your help in the kitchen.

Yes, Mrs. Crawford.

Dinner!

Hello, Drina.

Everything all right?

Settling in?

Yes, Mr. Crawford. Thank you.

Is the prince coming down to dinner or what?

Brandon!

It's dinnertime.

Brandon, have you met Drina?

Uh, what's your name? Drano?

Drina.

Oh, I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Can I get you anything else, Ms. Crawford?

No, thank you very much.

Uh, actually, Brandon would like some cream soda.

Yes, miss.

Thanks.

Drano.

Drina.

Would you like me to fix you a plate? There's plenty.

When you are finished, it's fine.

Thank you.

All my numbers are by the phone in the kitchen.

And this is if you need anything in town.

Brandon will take you to the store.

Brandon. You'll take Drina to the store if she needs anything.

Sure.

Okay, I put a little extra in there in case of an emergency.

Take care of yourself. Have fun.

I love you.

Love you, too.

Hi.

I was looking around.

It's so nice here.

Yeah.

Can you get to the beach?

Is there a path?

Yeah, yeah. You just... you have to drive, though.

I mean, you could walk on the road,

but it's a really long way.

My dad was too cheap to buy a place on the beach.

Oh.

I need to get some things from the store.

Yeah, just make me a list, okay?

Okay. Thank you.

Hey, you like Kitkats?

Oh.

Here.

No one else eats them around here.

I mean, I don't even know why we have them.

What time is it?

- Dude, did you just get up? - Yeah.

I knew you were sleeping, prick.

We were supposed to hang by the pool today.

Hello? Brandon?

Brandon.

Are you there?

Drina?

Where are you?

Drina, Drina!

Pick up, okay?

Um, I guess you're somewhere where you can't hear the phone.

Scare you?

In here. Brandon's room.

No.

All right, then. In here.

All right?

He won't be mad?

It's his parents' room.

Come on.

Hey, come on. Just stay.

No, I don't want to. Don't be like that.

Okay, well, what about tomorrow?

You're drunk.

I don't like you like that. Stacy's the one who liked you.

I'm sorry.

You're nice.

Mierda.

Hey.

Uh, someone's at the gate for you.

For me?

Hey. Who was that?

Nobody.

You going to town?

Yeah.

Here.

What is this?

You told me to make a list.

Oh, yeah.

Forgot to go to the store.

Oh.

Yeah, you want to go now?

No, no, no. That's okay.

No, let's go.

Let me get dressed.

No, you... yeah, you look nice.

Come on.