Marge!
Mike!
Geez! You look great! [Mike hugs Marge]
Yeah, easy there, you do too! I'm expecting, ya know.
I see that! That's great! What can I get ya?
Just a Diet Coke, please. This is a nice place.
Yeah, ya know it's the Radisson, so it's pretty good.
So, you're livin' in Edina, now?
Oh, yeah, couple years now. It's actually Eden Prarie, that school district. So Chief Gunderson, then! So ya went and married Norm Son-of-a-Gunderson!
Oh, yeah, a long time ago.
Great. So, uh, what brings ya down. Are ya down here on that homicide if you're allowed, ya know, to discuss that?
Oh, yah, but there's not a heck of a lot to discuss. So what about you, Mike? Are you married? You got kids?
Well, uh, I was married. I was married to--You mind if I sit over here? [Mike slides out of his side of the booth and eases in next to Marge] I was married to Linda Cooksey.
No, I--Mike, why don't ya sit over there, I'd prefer that.
Huh? Oh, okay. [Mike slides back to his original seat across from Marge] I'm sorry.
No, just so I can see ya, ya know. Don't have to turn my neck.
Oh, sure, I understand, I didn't mean to--
No, no, that's fine.
Yeah, sorry, so I was married to Linda Cooksey--ya remember Linda? She was a year behind us.
Yah, I think I remember Linda, yeah. Oh yeah. So things didn't work out, huh?
And then I, and then I been workin' for Honeywell for a few years now.
Well, they're a good outfit.
Yeah, if you're an engineer, yeah, you could do a lot worse. Of course, it's not, uh, it's nothin' like your achievement.
It sounds like you're doin' really super.
Yah, well, I, uh--it's not that it didn't work out. Linda had leukemia. She passed away.
Oh, no.
It was a tough, uh--it was a long. She fought real hard.
I'm sorry, Mike.
Oh, ya know, that's, uh--what can I say? Better times, huh?
Better times.
And, oh, then I saw you on the news and I remembered. I always liked you.
Well, I always liked you, Mike.
I always liked ya so much!
No! No, I'm sorry! It's just-- shouldn't a done this. I thought we'd have a really terrific time, and now I've--
It's okay, Mike.
You were such a super lady! And then I--I been so lonely--
It's okay.
