"previously" "Damn, damn, damn, damn, Rudy." "Hi, Herman." " Rudy, son." "Look closely, André." "This is quite a surprise, huh?" "I want to work in the butcher's." "Too bad." "You should have thought of that ten years ago." "You haven't been in touch for three years." "Granny?" " Mum?" "Don't think:" "Rudy's back, now it's all over for me." "No." "Don't do that." "You're my guy, okay." "We're very happy you're back." " Especially dad." "Welcome home, son." "In hospital, uncle." " I don't like that." "Do you have a will?" " Maurice." "We'll drill two small holes, over here and over here." "Then we put in the wires, the electrodes." "She has to have a lot of money, with a butcher's." "I just wanted to come back." " Everything will be alright, sir." "You don't understand." "If mum dies, everything will be divided in three." "One part for us, one for Luc and one for you." "Everything is in mum's name." "Normal?" "That depends on what you call normal." "Butcher's Vangenechten, good morning." "No, I don't want you to call me at work." "No, I don't want to hear you're sorry." "I don't want to know." "Hi, Anke." " Hi." "What's wrong?" " Nothing." "Yes, there is." "What was up with the phone?" "He cheated on me." "Who?" "Bart?" "Mike?" "Mike?" "Here, that's the order for...." "Luc, cut it out." "Dear, oh dear." "André, my condolences, mate." "I wish you lots of strength, man." "Butcher's Vangenechten, good morning." "Yes?" "What are you saying?" "Is it sure?" "Yes?" "Alright then." "Okay." "Bye." "It was our Gerda." "Mum can come home this afternoon." "That's good news." "It's just, I saw her standing there, and I thought..." "No, that's excellent news, Luc." "Your mum can come home this afternoon." "Hey André, that's good news." "A good start of the day." "Flesh and Bone 2" "He said he had drunk too much." " Right." "He wasn't thinking straight." " He was thinking with his dick." "Yes, and then it turned out it had been going on for months." "That asshole." " Oh, I'm intruding." "Never mind, son." "Did you sleep alright?" "Yes, fine." "I must have fallen asleep again, because..." "I was awake, but..." "I thought dad was going to wake me." "Do you want some too?" " Granny can come home this afternoon." "That's great news." "It is, isn't it?" " Sure." "Can you go to your father and ask him if you can help him out?" "Downstairs in the workshop." " Yes, I will go... downstairs and help out." "Right." "You can take those inside, Luc." "Everything under control, uncle?" " Yes." "Is something wrong?" " No." "It seems you're waiting for something." " Yes." "Hey, why can't uncle put the meat in the counter himself?" "Because." "It's better this way." "What do you mean, better?" "People can tell that Luc isn't quite..." "And they don't like seeing him touching the meat." "That's how it is." "By the way, you know mum is coming home?" "Yes, great news." " For mum, but not for you." "How so?" " You'll have to pack up and go, mate." "The hotel is full, you'll have to go elsewhere." "Check-out before noon, please." "Thanks." "Hello, André." " Mrs Verspoor." "You want some chops?" "Yes, I'm really in the mood." " I'll get them." "I think you're new here." " New?" "I'm the son." "The son?" "I had no idea André had a son." "That's what they told me, or mum told a lie." "Here you go." " Gosh, André." "You have a son." "Yes, yes." "A son, yes." "Yes, but he'll be gone again this afternoon." "He just came for a quick visit." "Right?" "How nice." "One thing you won't understand any better as you get older, I tell you." "I've been trying for years to understand André." "It just gets harder and harder." " Oh, but I thought you guys..." "I mean..." " No, no, no." "People think that." "That's just the outside." " But I could have sworn..." "One can sense that there is some tension between you two sometimes." "Especially now, with Maria, and Rudy coming back home." "But we've known each other for many years." "We were married when we were 18." " You don't say." "It was a shotgun wedding." "We had had sex just once, and I was pregnant already." "Downstairs, in the workshop." " In the workshop?" "We were so young." "Too excited." " Come on, Liliane." "Nothing is so much fun as having sex." " Cut it out." "That urge doesn't go away with the years." "Not in my case, anyway." "Hey, suppose you found out that André was cheating on you..." "You'd kick him out, right?" " In a heartbeat." "I have to do it, Luc." "Honesty is the basis for everything." "In business as well." "That way you gain someone's trust." "You see?" "André trusts me, you trust me." "Right?" "Only Anke is left." "It's not that easy with women." "It quickly gets all emotional." "You should just remain businesslike in these matters." "Mum will be back soon." " Right, I mustn't forget about her." "This is really incredible." "The things they can do nowadays." "Science has accomplished rather a lot." "But on the other hand, it hasn't." "When you think how many mysteries remain unsolved..." "Those doctors think they can get away with anything." "I'm self-employed." "I'm pissing my time away like there's no tomorrow." "What did he say?" "Just that he would stop by sometime this morning." "Morning?" "It's noon, damned." " If you can't wait, you can leave." "I thought you wanted to hear the explanation from the doctor himself." "We can drop her off, if you want." " No, I'll take her home." "You can go." "Go on, get out of here." " Forget it." "I want to hear what the doctor has to say." "What are they thinking?" "Where is that doctor?" "There you are." "Where have you been?" "You try and find your way here." "The directions are terrible." "The doctor couldn't wait for you." " But she can go home?" "With two antennae on my head." " Come on." "Hold on, my bag." "That's fine." "Okay, bye." "Hello." " Hello." "They close one hour at noon." " Yes, but I have an appointment." "Don't worry." " But people will worry anyway." "If you like it or not, there's always things on your mind." "Not exactly cheap, huh?" " Sorry?" "But it must be great fun." "We're closed at noon." " I have an appointment." "Sorry?" " An appointment." "I have an appointment with your husband." "I'm notary public Vrijdags." "Gosh." "Is she dead?" "Liliane, my condolences." "Is something wrong?" " Anke, I..." "I've always thought you were really nice." "I'm always happy to see you." "And I know..." "You might be surprised by what I'm about to say." "Maybe I shouldn't tell you yet." "It might be too soon, or you're not ready yet." "Or I'm not." "No, that's not true." "I'm really convinced that we..." " No, no." "Not right now, Mike." "Sorry." "The doctor said she might get tired easily at first." "She has to stay calm." "Next week, there's a check-up." " Do those wires stay visible?" "For the time being." "Later on, they put them under her skin." "They have to know how her body reacts." "That's normal." "You think it's normal I have wires coming out of my head?" "Be glad, mum." "You don't need to take any pills anymore." "She doesn't need any pills?" " Just for the fluid in her legs." "They put it all clearly on paper." "Wait, it's this way." " No, Gerda, we have to go back." "I told you the directions were hopeless." "Not at all, look at the symbols." "We have to go back." "Come on." "I have to go to the loo." " You just went, mum." "It's because of those pills." " Hold it in, we're late." "Gerda, didn't the doctor say I shouldn't get excited?" "Yes, mum." " Tension and stress are bad for me." "Yes, mum." " So I need to stay calm." "In that case, I would like to have a wee now." "Yes, mum." "You're welcome to take some." "That's from the pig's head." "Everything is in there." "The pig's nose, its cheeks, its tongue." "But also it's legs, its tail..." "You can put everything in there." "Luc is crazy about it." " True." "You can have it with pickles, or some mustard." "That's nice." "No, thanks." "Just a little while and you're back home." "In your own home." " Yes." "It was quite a scare, mum." " What was?" "I'm right in saying that, I think." " What gave you such a scare?" "It can be over just like that." "We have to put things in order for the future." "You never know, do you?" "We hope not, of course, but..." "You just don't know, do you?" " What are you trying to say, André?" "The whole house, the shop, the workshop..." "It's all in your name." " Yes." "Well then?" " I live there, it's mine." "So it's only normal it's in my name." " Normal, normal." "That depends on what you call normal." "What you're doing now, I don't call normal." "Michel Vrijdags?" "Rudy." "Rudy?" "Rudy, of course." "It's been a very long time." "A long time." " We already started." "You two know each other?" " From school." "Right, from school." "The little butcher." "Why didn't I make that connection when I was coming over." "Rudy Vangenechten." "Do you want to drink something?" "Sorry, it's an old habit." "No problem." "What do you have?" "I'd like a beer." "Pardon me, ma'am, for..." " No problem." "Two beers?" "So how have you been?" "Sorry about before, Mike." "But it came as such a shock." "I just didn't expect it from you." "Me neither, Anke." "It came as a surprise to me too." "But looking back on it now, it's not that strange." "Maybe not, but still, I never expected that from you." "But you're up for it, aren't you?" " Look, I think you're..." "At first it will be strange, but I stay in the workshop, you in the shop." "André will talk to you about it." " André?" "Sure." "Some day he'll want to make it official, for the customers as well." "Mike, I'm sorry, but I really don't want that." "I really don't want that." "Liliane, go see if everything is alright in the shop." "We're open." "But Anke is downstairs." "Rudy, why don't you go and see if you can help in the workshop?" "You don't want me to help." " What gave you that idea?" "That's what you said this morning." " You misunderstood." "No, check it out." "There are enough things to do." "And then we can..." "No, you can go." "Luc, you too." "There's a big pile that needs washing up." "Let him stay here for a while." "He's had to miss me long enough." "He'll do the washing-up later." " Yes, later." "Well then." "Mrs Vangenechten, let's hear it." "Do I have to say anything?" " I'll start, mum." "Well then, Mr Vrijdags." "I was hoping to discuss everything with your father." "Your father knows our family very well, so..." "I thought he would come over, but that's not the case." "It's the son." "But that's fine too." "The times are changing, it seems." "Is this Vrijdags's son?" " Yes." "The notary public's boy?" "From notary public Vrijdags." " Vrijdags and son." "And I'm the son." "Michel Vrijdags." "What is that boy doing here?" " What I was telling you in the car." "What did you tell her in the car?" "About the house, the butcher's and the workshop." "What?" " No, forget about it." "Did you discuss this with Luc and Gerda?" "No." "Well, yes..." " Yes or no?" "Luc?" " I know nothing about it." "Are you going to eat that?" " No, you can have it." "So that's a no." "I think we have nothing to say to you." "Why do you have wires coming out of your head?" "Apparently I have a short circuit in my head." "So they had to replace the wiring." "New wires?" "You've never had wires in your head." "You know I had to take pills." " Yellow ones, white ones, blue ones." "As it turns out, they don't work anymore." "So that's why they put those wires there." "If they weren't there, I would hurt all the time." "And they're really inside your head?" " Yes." "In my brain." "Weird, huh?" "I think you're prettier without those wires." "You clean up here, and then you can go home." "I'm already home." " I mean you can stop working then." "Yes, this is always the last job of the day." "You'll have to get used to it, Luc." " To what?" "That I tell you things like that." "See you tomorrow then." " Till tomorrow." "Dig right in, son." "You like it, I trust." "Shouldn't we wake granny?" " Let her sleep." "It'll do her a world of good." "Before you finish that, you should take a look." "Can you pay this yet?" "That's the bill for your stay here." "You thought I was joking this morning." "What did you say this morning?" " When granny gets back, I have to go." "Can I pay with a credit card?" "And a tip for the friendly service." "Clever, very clever." "Where are you going?" " I'm taking Joepie for a walk." "Now." "Come on, Joepie." "Do I have to pay as well?" " Of course not." "Hey, what's wrong?" " I'm leaving." "I shouldn't have come back." "That was really stupid of me." "Dad and I, we'll never make up." "It just doesn't work anymore." "I've tried, but it just doesn't work." " Calm down." "Take it easy." "Come here, sit down next to me." "Such a shame you never knew your grandpa." "He could fly into a rage as well." "Exactly like you." "Exactly like your dad." "Your dad loves you." " Yeah, right." "I mean it." "I remember how proud he was when you finished butcher's school." "He told everyone." "His successor." "The butcher's would get a new name." "He wanted new containers and bags." "Everything." "It should all read:" "Butcher's Vangenechten and son." "But then something happened that your father didn't expect." "Nobody had expected it." "You didn't want anything to do with the butcher's." "You wanted to explore the world." "And away he went, our successor." "We thought:" "He will be back, but no." "He didn't come back." "Well, now and again, just a short while." "Then, your father started to change." "What did you expect?" "He lost his own father way too soon." "And now he lost his only son as well." "His successor." "Don't go, son." "Don't." "Stay here." "Besides, it's still my decision who lives under my roof." "And you live under my roof." "Do you know why?" "Because I love you." "What are you doing?" " Cleaning out our Rudy's room." "But why?" " Because he needs a decent room." "Why?" " He's staying." "He's not staying." " André, he's staying." "Go and have a chat with your mother." "Close the door." "You know where to put that stuff?" " In the basement, mum said." "Right." "Throw it in the basement." "Listen, I had a talk with granny." " Me too." "Well, then we just have to try to make it work, I guess." "It's not to my liking, but I haven't got any say..." "If it's not to your liking, I can go." " No, I just mean..." "You just said you don't want me here." " Let me finish." "Excuse me." "I just meant, don't go and think..." "I mean it." "We start at half past six." "Father?" "Thank you." "Yes, that's it." "Her legs." "Yes, that's it." "Come on, we're ready." "Some fresh air will do her good." " Be careful." "Everything is taken care of." "See you tonight." "That's what you like, isn't it, mum?" "Driving around." "She's asleep." " Really?" "She's off to Bedfordshire." " We're off too." "And what did you say then?" " That I didn't want to." "I just tried to explain to him that I'm really not in love with Mike." "Then he started talking about André." "André would talk to me about it because it had to become official." "You're joking." " It's ridiculous." "I really don't feel anything for Mike." "Does he know Bart left me, and that's why..." "I don't know, but I really don't want that." "That Mike." "At any rate, he has good taste." "Even so..." "Luc, you hand Rudy the heads." "Rudy, you put them in there." "But gently." "Don't throw them around, and no lame jokes." "So, get on with it." "Gently." "Luc, the next one." "Not so slow, guys." "Come on, Luc." "Give him the head." "Yes, go on." "Mike, can you come with me?" "Come on." "Follow me." "I was that close to putting his head in there as well." "In love?" "With Anke?" " Yes." "No way, Liliane." "Does she think..." " You told her yourself." "Oh, she thought I...." "No, no way." "I get it now." " I don't." "She completely misunderstood." "I tried to explain about the butcher's." "What about the butcher's?" " André asked me to take over." "You stay right here." "She doesn't want to?" " How come?" "I told you so, Maurice." "Mother, we're going to get some fresh air at the beach." "Fresh air?" "Getting a cold, more like." "The wind blows like crazy." "Come on, mum." "It's such a nice day." "Let's keep it like that, please." "We have a surprise for you, come on." " Yes, you really will be surprised." "You won't drive me around in that wheelchair." "Imagine we meet someone we know." "Go on then." "Just a short trip to the beach and back." "Mike, did André ask you if you wanted to take over the business?" "Yes..." "No..." "Well..." " Go on, spit it out." "He said I was his guy, and Rudy shouldn't assume..." "There you go." "I didn't say he would become the boss here." "We both know that's what you meant." " What did I mean?" "Well, that I would take the butcher's..." "You trained me." "Because..." " I needed good help." "Yes, but also..." "In view of the future..." "So that you could be sure..." "And you can be sure, André." "I will..." "I will be there, because I'm..." " Great help." "Help?" " Yes, Mike, help." "But no..." " And a really excellent help, Mike." "Maurice?" "She's asleep again." "Why don't we take mum for pancakes?" "Then we can tell her about the flat." "We have to be there at two o'clock." " Your mum has two options, really." "Either she gives us an advance on the inheritance." "Or she officially gives André the butcher's." "Either way, we get paid." "What do you think a butcher's like that, the shop, the house are worth?" "I think you'd be surprised." "I think our part alone will easily be 150.000 euros." "Easily." "Isn't that a bit much?" "Even so, that's still not enough." "That's not enough to pay for the flat." "So we'll sell our house, Gerda." " And move here permanently?" "We will be very happy here." " Yes, sure, but..." "But that's so final." "And mum?" "She's really getting worse." "And André won't take care of her on his own." "Well, your mum can stay in the guest room." "From time to time." "What are those kids doing over there?" "Hey, cut that out." "Leave them be." " They're throwing rocks at the gulls." "Hey." "And where is their supervisor?" "That's no problem, apparently." "And they won't quit." "Come on." "Goddamned." "Hey, what's the meaning of this?" "Why are you throwing rocks at the gulls?" "Give me that." "Do you think that's funny?" "Where is your supervisor?" "I can't believe it." "Mum?" "Maurice." "Hurry up, do something." "Calm down, relax." "You're looking at it the wrong way." "Each king has a..." "A lackey?" "A servant?" " No, a minister." "Each king has a minister by his side." "And you're a minister." "The prime minister." "You have to make sure everything is running smoothly and the king..." "Stays happy?" " Precisely." "My driver is waiting." "Hello." "How nice the sun came out today." "Gerda, the cool box." "Do you have the cool box?" "The cool box, damned." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Sorry." "They're staying out late." "I hope nothing has happened." "Of course not, mum." "We should be happy they're taking care of your mother." "They hardly ever do." "And to the beach at that." "What do they want with mum at the seaside?" "The woman washes in the washbasin because she gets ill in the bathtub." "They wanted to look at a flat." " What's that?" "So what?" "What's up with you?" " So what?" "Goddamned." "Don't get excited." " Don't you understand?" "Understand what?" " They want me to buy them out." "Then they have money to buy a flat by the seaside." "Goddamned." "That fake friar again." "Maybe we should try putting the wires back in her head." "Maybe then it'll be over, Gerda." "That's what they're there for." "Do you have a better idea?" "Let's go to the hospital." " And tell them what exactly?" "Just what happened." " That we let sea gulls shit on her?" "Leave it, son, I was watching that." "There they are." "Here we are." "We're back." "I'm back." "But we had such fun today, mum." "Didn't we?" "It was great fun." "Rudy, I don't think we'll see her back again." "You just have to keep your mouth shut." "We know nothing." "It was a very nice day at the beach and we had fun." "Maybe a bit too exhausting for mum, but still, fun." "I can't lie like that." " You don't have to lie." "You just have to... shut up." "So, Gerda." "You're thinking of buying a flat by the seaside?" "Did you take mum to the seaside for that?" "Because you need money." " André, this is hardly the time." "What's wrong, Gerda?" "Aren't you allowed to speak?" "Or does he want you to lie?" " André, come on." "Does he want you to lie?" "Good evening." " Good evening." "Can someone tell me exactly what happened to Mrs Vangenechten?" "Well, my wife and I took her to the seaside." "We thought, some fresh air will do her good." "Lots of iodine in the air and..." "And it did do her some good." "We had lots of fun." "She as well, I mean." "She was very cheerful, right, Gerda?" "Very contented and..." "She was really happy." "She was really enjoying herself and..." "And she laughed... too..." "No, no, no, Maurice, no." "It wasn't fun at all." "It was horrible." "Mum was attacked by a flock of birds on the beach." "And I called out:" "Maurice, Maurice." "Maurice chased the birds away." "Then mum started shaking heavily." "Then we noticed the wires had fallen out of her head." "Probably a herring gull." "What were we supposed to do?" " Yes, what could we do?" "Then you put the wires back yourself?" " That was his idea." "Well yes, we had to help her, didn't we?" "Do you realize you put her in mortal danger?" "Liliane, hold me back." "Hold me back."