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DAPHNA doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

DAPHNA

Well I guess we have some things to discuss then.

LIAM

Nope.

DAPHNA

Yeah, we have to figure this out—

LIAM

There’s nothing to figure out.

DAPHNA

Well I want Poppy’s chai but I’m obviously not going to murder you for it. I hope that’s obvious. So that means we need to work this out like—

LIAM

There’s nothing to work out because I have it, ok?

DAPHNA

You have it?

LIAM

I have it.

DAPHNA

How’d you get it?

LIAM

Poppy gave it to me.

DAPHNA

You’re lying. You’re lying. My Mom saw it around his neck a week ago in the hospital. He still had it a week ago.

LIAM

What, did you send your Mom in to spy on Poppy?

DAPHNA

No but I asked her to check and see—

LIAM

Oh my god—

DAPHNA

if he still had it on when she came up to visit him a week ago and he did.

LIAM

Holy shit.

DAPHNA

So if you have it how did you … how could you? You couldn’t. Your Mom even said— What, did she just give it to you now when you stopped in the apartment tonight?

LIAM

Nope.

DAPHNA

But you haven’t been home since last— you were skiing in Vail. Your Mom was with him more than anyone, she’s been there every day, you’ve been in Chicago, so the only way it could have even gotten to you is if your Mom …

Holy shit.

Holy fucking …

She didn’t …

She mailed it to you?

She mailed it to you?

LIAM

She didn’t mail it. She fed-exed it.

DAPHNA

Fed-ex?!? What’s the difference?

LIAM

You can track the package.

DAPHNA

I don’t believe you. I don’t believe you. I don’t—

LIAM

Stop, I was always getting it, you know that.

DAPHNA

What??

LIAM

Poppy always said I could have it—

DAPHNA

Poppy never said anyone—

LIAM

And I’m the oldest grandson. It was never up—

DAPHNA

The oldest grandson?

LIAM

And plus, you got Grandma’s necklace.

DAPHNA

Grandma’s necklace? Grandma was a bitch!

LIAM

And you got her necklace.

DAPHNA

You want her necklace? You can have it. No one wanted any of her shit no one liked her.

LIAM

She had nice stuff—

DAPHNA

Poppy never specified who could have the chai, all he ever said was, this is for the grandchildren, he never—

JONAH

Daphna. He has it.

DAPHNA

But—

JONAH

He has it.

DAPHNA

But … Jonah? Then why didn’t you say something?

JONAH

I don’t—

DAPHNA

When I brought it up, why didn’t you say something?

JONAH

I told you I don’t want to … be involved, in … this.

DAPHNA

No when I asked you if you thought Liam would be cool with me having it, why didn’t you tell me he already did?

JONAH says nothing.

That is maybe the shittiest thing anyone has ever done to me. And I thought we were …