JANET: Yes?

ALEX: Planet Janet?

JANET: Alex?

ALEX: Look at you.

JANET: Oh my God, you’re a cop.

ALEX: And you’re . . . all grown up.

Beat.

APPA: What’s happen?

JANET: Appa, this is Alex. He . . . he was a friend of Jung.

ALEX: Hi, Mr. Kim.

APPA: Oh, yah, I remember you, yah. Hi, Alex. (Beat.) You is now police?

ALEX: Yeah.

APPA: Real police?

ALEX: What can I say, Mr. Kim. People change. (ALEX shows APPA his badge.)

APPA clears his throat and gestures for the badge. ALEX gives it to appa. APPA checks to see if it’s real and then returns the badge.

APPA: You daddy must be very proud of you.

ALEX: Yeah, he was. He passed away two years ago, but he was very proud.

APPA: I’m sorry.

ALEX: That’s okay.

APPA: How’s you mommy?

ALEX: She’s good, very busy at church, as usual. Wow, can’t believe you guys are still here. Is Jung here?

Beat.

APPA: Alex, you want something drink? Janet, take to back, give him something drink.

ALEX: No, it’s okay.

APPA: Not okay.

ALEX: No, I’m fine.

APPA: Not fine.

ALEX: Please —

APPA: Please take something.

ALEX: No, it’s really okay, Mr. Kim —

APPA: Not really okay, Alex.

ALEX: Mr. Kim —

APPA: Alex! You in my store, you is my business! Take drink, give to you energy. (Gives an insam drink to him.) Janet, take to back, give him snack. Police is hungry job, need energy. (JANET and ALEX go to the back of the store.) Peanuts. Take peanuts. Peanuts is good snack. Janet, give to him peanuts. Salty peanuts. Honey-roasted peanuts. Chocolate-cover peanuts, that’s good taste. (JANET and ALEX are chuckling.) It’s true.

JANET: Okay, Planters cocktail peanuts. How about a Clif Bar?

APPA: Yah, okay.

JANET: You like Crispers?

APPA: Good.

JANET: Gotta be ranch. Oh, and Pringles, pizza-flavoured. Definitely a couple of Combos Cheddar Cheese Pretzels. That’s for sure.

APPA: Okay, that’s good enough.

JANET: Peek Freans Shortcake. Gatorade Cool Blue.

APPA: Okay, that’s last one.

JANET: Hubba Bubba Strawberry —

APPA: Janet!

JANET comes to the front. ALEX has his arms full of stuff.

JANET: What?

APPA: What you doing? He is back to working time is now.

JANET gets ALEX a plastic bag for the snacks.

ALEX: He’s right, I gotta go, Janet. This is more than enough. Hey, could I get Jung’s number? I’d really like to hook up with him.

APPA: What? Oh, sorry, no, we don’t having that kind. Okay, bye, Alex.

ALEX: Yeah. Okay. Bye, Mr. Kim. It was really good seeing you, Janet.

JANET: Yeah, same here.

ALEX: Yeah, me too.

JANET: Yeah.

Beat.

APPA: Okay, bye, Alex, see you.

ALEX exits. Bell. JANET watches alex exit.

APPA: Checking his watch. Okay, Janet, I have to take big ddong now. We continue training after. Watch store.

APPA takes the cordless phone and exits to the back; JANET resumes looking for her Day-timer behind the counter.