Robby Preddy: Marion

Quotes 

• Dean Collins : [door opened]  Hi, Marion.

  Marion : Hi, son. Come on in.

  [he enters] 

  Marion : Where's Jason?

  Dean Collins : I left him with a neighbor.

  Marion : You left him? There's not a problem, is there? Jeannie's okay, isn't she?

  Dean Collins : Yeah, Jeannie's fine.

  Marion : What's the matter, Dean?

  Dean Collins : When Jeannie was gone... I came here looking for her.

  Marion : Yes.

  Dean Collins : And for Jason.

  Marion : Uh-huh.

  Dean Collins : But Jason told me last night that the whole time Jeannie was away, he was here with you.

  Marion : That's right.

  [nods] 

  Dean Collins : How could you not tell me? Couldn't you see how awful I was feeling when I couldn't find her?

  Marion : But Jeannie made me promise not to tell you.

  Dean Collins : Why?

  Marion : She was afraid...

  [goes to couch] 

  Dean Collins : She was afraid of what?

  Marion : That in one of your binges you might hurt Jason.

  Dean Collins : One of my binges? What are you talking about?

  Marion : You don't have to hide things for my benefit, Dean. Jeannie's told me about your drinking problem.

  Dean Collins : My what?

  Marion : When it all got to be too much for her, she confided everything to me, and she said she needed to be by herself. She asked would I look after Jason for her, because she couldn't trust him in your care. Now I couldn't very well say no.

  [Dean looks at her dumbfounded] 

  Marion : I'm just glad you're in counseling now.

  Dean Collins : I'm not in counseling, 'cause I don't have a drinking problem. Your daughter is the one with the problem.