Party of Five1994

Julia Salinger:
Did you tell Jake that he could live with us?

Claudia Salinger:
Yeah, why? Is he here?

Julia Salinger:
No, he's not, I sent him away. That man is not moving in with us.

Claudia Salinger:
Charlie and Bailey said it was okay.

Julia Salinger:
I don't care!

Claudia Salinger:
I don't have to listen to you.

Julia Salinger:
What is the matter with you, Claudia. Why are you being so nice to him?

Claudia Salinger:
Because he's our grandfather.

Julia Salinger:
[grabs Claudia] No, he is not! He is nothing to you! He is the selfish man who walked out on our grandmother and our Mom. So you're just going to forgive him for that? Is that it? God, what gives you the right to forgive him for her? Do you have any idea what it was like for our mother growing up without him? Do you? Did she ever tell you what it was like?

Claudia Salinger:
No.

Julia Salinger:
Well, she told me. She told me that when she was seven years old he left her and our grandmother by sneaking away in the middle of the night. She told me what it was like to have him leave her without a goodbye or a note. Without ever visiting her or even calling her or writing her to say just once that he loved her or thought about her. And what it was like to think that it was her fault! It broke our grandmother's mental health, and our mother's view on life. And you! Just because you want someone to take you out for some ice cream or to some stupid swap meet. I can't belive you! I can't belive how selfish you are... like that man is! Why don't you just go to the cemetery and spit on Mom's grave, because that is what you are doing!