The Gift

Hi, you must be Casey?

Yes, I am. Hello.

- How you doing? Simon. - Hi, Simon.

My wife, Robyn. Sorry we kept you waiting.

No, it's no problem.

It was a little tough getting up here, but...

- Yeah? - We made it.

- But worth it. - Yeah.

Look at the koi pond in the entryway.

I absolutely think it is fantastic.

But no fish?

No fish. You will have to bring your own fish.

- This is a mid-century modern home. - Right.

And so it has a very open floor plan.

Lots of light,

which I love myself, personally.

And this fire place, oversize fireplace.

So what brings you to California then?

Well, I've got a new job.

- Congratulations. - Yeah. Very excited.

So you guys are from Chicago?

My wife is.

I actually grew up a little bit south of here.

We are making a fresh start.

So there's your office.

It's not exactly what we're looking for, but kind of interesting, right?

Good view?

- You like it? - What do you think?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Stupid sop.

You want to see the bedrooms?

Yeah, I want to look.

- A quick shop, and then... - No, then we'll get it done really fast.

A quick shop, and then the store's closed.

Yeah, because what time does the...

Okay.

- How is your day today? - It's good.

All-righty.

Is that all for you today then?

Except for one thing my wife's going to bring down

- soon, I hope. - No problem.

I'll just look for a delivery date then.

Yeah, please, and is the end of today too ambitious?

- It's late, isn't it? - Yeah, our truck already passed.

Tomorrow work? I have a window from 7:00 to 9:00?

Sounds good to me.

Hey, excuse me.

- Hi. - Hi.

I am sorry to bother you.

I'm... I think I know you.

Yeah? I'm sorry, I don't... Can't place you.

Is your name Simon? Simon Callem?

Yeah, Simon. Hi.

- How do we know each other? - I thought...

We went to school together.

- Really? - Yeah.

- Which one? Fairmount... - Fairmount Park.

- Really. - Yeah.

Same grade? What year did you graduate?

Hey, honey.

Excuse me, one second.

- They close in 15 minutes. - Okay, sure. We will rush.

This is my wife, Robyn.

This is... I didn't get your name, sorry.

Gordon Mosley.

Hi. Gordon?

- Robyn. - Gordo?

- Right. - Wow, buddy,

I did not recognise you.

Gordon Mosley.

Oh, my gosh, honey.

Gordo and I went to school together like...

- I don't know, what, 80 years ago? - Oh, really?

- Oh, my God. - Almost.

- Sorry, excuse me, I just... - You look very different.

- Yes, sorry. - I need your address for the...

Yeah. 32 Castlewood.

- That is so crazy. - Just one word.

We just moved here from Chicago.

Great city.

So he's moved home then?

- Well. - Well, almost home.

Close to. Close to, not quite.

- You're going to love it. - Yeah.

- You know. - Well, yeah.

We have to get going, but we...

We should...

Why don't you get Gordo's phone number.

- Sure. - And we'll call and catch up, right?

We've got a lot of ground to cover.

- Right? - Great, that's perfect.

- Here, do you want to... - All right.

Gordo, I'm so sorry we don't have time to catch up.

Here. Great.

But life good though?

Yeah, you know, I can't complain.

- That's great to hear. - You know? Yes.

Really, really good to see you. I am glad you said hi.

- See you. - Okay.

- We'll call you. - Nice to meet you, Robyn.

Good to meet you too.

Super awkward. Whole first half of the conversation,

I had no idea who that guy was.

- Really? - Yeah.

- Seemed like a nice guy. - Yeah.

We're not going to be late. Stop worrying.

- I'm not worrying. - Hey. Hi.

- Hello. - Hi.

Lucy and Ron.

Hi. I'd be Ron.

Robyn.

Welcome to the neighbourhood.

- Thank you. - Are you settling in okay?

Yeah.

If you want to come by for a cup of tea or a glass or wine, you know.

I'm here all the time, so...

- Sounds good. - Okay.

- Take care. - Good to meet you.

Bye.

Sweetie, hold on a second.

I'll be right there.

- Hi. - Hi.

House looks nice.

Oh, yeah.

- Is that it right there? - Yeah.

Go, take a look. Wait, here, this is the note.

"Welcome home," smiley face, "Gordo."

How did he get our address?

I have no idea.

I suppose we should thank him.

She's beautiful.

Oh, thank you.

What? You are.

You want to say hi to Robyn?

You want to go say hi?

Here you go.

Thank you.

Hey. It's okay.

Hey.

Hi. Hi.

You're a natural.

Do you want one?

Yeah.

Yeah.

We're trying.

I was pregnant, actually, last year, in Chicago.

It wasn't a very happy ending.

It sent me into a bit of a rough patch.

I will bore you with the details some other time.

Yeah, no, I revised the plan to include the open staircase.

If you want, my assistant is in Chicago.

She can get you a hard copy.

Okay.

Great.

Hi.

- Hello. - Gordo.

Yeah, yeah, yes.

Gordo, hi.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Hi.

- Hey, Gordo, how are you? - How are you?

- Hi. - It's nice to see you.

Oh, hello.

Hi. How you doing?

Good. How are you?

- Good. Yeah. - Yeah?

Is Simon home?

No. He's at work.

Yeah, setting up the new office.

Hey. Thank you for the lovely gift.

That was very sweet,

but I'm sure that you spoke to Simon about that.

Well, he might have left me a message.

Well, maybe we wrote the number down wrong.

Well, you see I made you a list.

Local people, like plumbers,

gardeners, maids...

- All that good stuff. - That's very considerate.

- Thank you. - And that's me.

There you are. Gordo.

And...

- Here you go. Yeah. - What is it? Glass cleaner?

- For cleaning glass. - Right.

- I saw how much you had. - Yeah.

- There you go. - Thank you.

Welcome.

Very sweet of you. Thanks, Gordo.

I gotta say, I really, I love this house.

You do?

Yeah, I really like this style of architecture.

Well, you should come in and take the tour then.

I'm sure Simon will be back soon.

- Come on in. - All right.

- Yeah. Come on in. - Sure?

- Yeah. It's fine. - Okay.

He's so excited not to be cooped up in a condo any more.

That's the laundry room slash Jangles' room.

Down there is some storage.

That is going to be Simon's office.

Bedroom, or studio for me, I'm hoping.