Shannon Sturges: Reese Burton

Quotes 

• Edward Burton : [on car phone]  Yeah?

  Reese Burton : [excited]  I couldn't wait to see you in person!

  Edward Burton : Reese?

  Reese Burton : Daddy, I have the most incredible news!

  Edward Burton : What?

  Reese Burton : Tom and I are engaged.

  [he sits next to her, smiling] 

  Reese Burton : Isn't that wonderful? Oh, Tom wanted to tell you in person, but I jumped the gun. Here's Tom...

  Tom Massick : I didn't mean for you to hear it this way, Edward.

  Edward Burton : [grinning darkly]  On the contrary. It's the perfect day to hear the news.

  Tom Massick : I love your daughter very much, Sir, I'll do everything in my power to make her happy.

  Edward Burton : Oh, I'm sure you will, Tom.

  [nods ominously, puts down the car phone] 

• Peyton Richards : [admiring ring]  Oh, Reese,

  [laughs] 

  Peyton Richards : you know it is not fair. You are on your second engagement, I haven't even had one.

  Reese Burton : It isn't anything like my engagement to Travis. Tom is completely different, thank goodness. He's too good not to marry.

  Vincent Massick : [from behind bar]  You're too good not to marry. Tom's a lucky dog.

  Peyton Richards : [both girls murmur appreciatively]  Where is Tom anyway? I wanna congratulate this groom-to-be.

  Reese Burton : Oh, he's working on the books. All the gaming equipment is arriving on Thursday, and he's going to throw a big bash to open the casino.

• Tom Massick : [on phone]  If that equipment isn't here by Thursday, I'll see you in court.

  [Reese is outside] 

  Tom Massick : Then give me my deposit back!

  [throws down the receiver] 

  Reese Burton : [entering]  What happened?

  Tom Massick : The boat my equipment was on, it sank.

  Reese Burton : There must be insurance.

  Tom Massick : The retailer didn't buy coverage.

  Reese Burton : Well then, they have to give you your money back.

  Tom Massick : It's like getting blood out of a turnip.

  Reese Burton : You can sue.

  Tom Massick : No, that will take years. I need the gambling equipment now.

  Reese Burton : Buy it from someone else.

  Tom Massick : Cash flow problem, Reese. My capital's tied up in other investments.

• Edward Burton : [as they walk to his study]  Ah, I had no idea that Tom was in financial trouble.

  Reese Burton : Well, it's only temporary.

  Edward Burton : Well, that's a relief.

  Reese Burton : But you have to promise to keep it a secret.

  Edward Burton : I will.

  Reese Burton : Because Tom is too proud to ask you for help himself.

  Edward Burton : [ironic tone]  Tom is a... proud man.

  Reese Burton : So I was hoping you could loan me the money, and then I could give it to Tom.

  Edward Burton : Hmm. Well, honey, I would, if I could.

  [sits down behind his desk] 

  Reese Burton : If you could?

  Edward Burton : You know I don't keep my money in cash.

  Reese Burton : You could sell some stock.

  Edward Burton : I'd take a beating with the way the stock market is now.

  Reese Burton : Is that true, or are you just brushing me off?

  Edward Burton : I would think twice before you start accusing me, young lady. You're always getting on your high horse about wanting to earn your own money, and every time one of your friends gets in trouble, you come whining to me to bail him out!

  Reese Burton : Well, I won't make that mistake again.

  [turns, goes off] 

  Edward Burton : Just like you wouldn't pick the wrong man again?

  Reese Burton : Tom is not the wrong man!

  Edward Burton : [sighs, then rises]  Honey, he is not who you think he is.

  Reese Burton : [turns back from door]  I am not gonna stand here and listen to you criticize Tom.

  Edward Burton : Reese...

  Reese Burton : I mean it!

  Edward Burton : Use your head! The man acts like he's as rich as Donald Trump, but he's telling you he has a cash flow problem?

  Reese Burton : Isn't that the excuse you just gave me? Or are you telling me that you're not the man you say you are?

  Edward Burton : Fine! You have a lot of lessons to learn yet, young lady! I guess you're just gonna have to learn 'em all the hard way!

  Reese Burton : Tom and I will do just fine, thank you very much.

  [turns to leave] 

  Edward Burton : And I'm telling you, Tom Massick bit off more than he could chew when he came to Savannah!

  [Reese leaves] 

• Reese Burton : I've called every distributor and manufacturer of gaming equipment in the fifty states. I've found one that could outfit us in time, but... it's gonna cost an arm and a leg.

  Tom Massick : How much?

  Reese Burton : Fifty thousand.

  Vincent Massick : [from behind bar]  It's more than an arm and a leg. It's a whole damn body.

  Peyton Richards : Well, forget the casino. How about bingo night?

  Tom Massick : I think I might just have to let this little boat go under, because, uh,

  [crumples bar tab] 

  Tom Massick : I'm not going to disturb my other investments.

  [rises, leaves] 

  Reese Burton : [sighs]  I can't stand to see him get burned. I've asked Daddy for a loan, but he doesn't have any money.

  Peyton Richards : [skeptical]  Your Dad doesn't have any money?

  Reese Burton : Not available money.

  Peyton Richards : That's more like it.

  Reese Burton : I should have learned by now that the only way to get money out of my father is to pry it away with a crowbar or to catch him in bed with a sheep.

  Peyton Richards : [scoffs, surprised by her normally sedate friend]  Wicked, Reese.

  [then gets inspired...]