THE PAST
“He keeps looking over here, that guy in the Bluey jacket. He’s looking at Susie.”
“Relax, Dom. What are you gonna do? Start a fight?”
“You think I couldn’t take that guy?”
“Listen to you. Take that guy. You’re not De Niro. This isn’t Taxi Driver.”
Susie starts to laugh and says, “Oh no, Dom is a tough guy. Can’t you see his muscles bulging out of that black skivvy he wears seven days a week?”
I shrug. I’m not even sure why I’m upset. Everyone looks at Susie. Bridget sits quietly like always and Mario has one last go.
“Hey, you know in Taxi Driver that the De Niro character takes Cybill Shepherd to see a p**n movie? On their first date, he took her to a p**n movie. Is that where you took Susie?”
They all laugh; even Bridget breaks out of her shy smile and laughs out loud.
