Marilyn: Hi, big guy.
Ellen: That must be Rita Mae.
Ellen: She sure got here quickly.
Ellen: That's a good sign.
Ellen: She must like you and your work, Marilyn.
Marilyn: I think she's just anxious to see Max.
Marilyn: She loves children.
Rita Mae: Hi, Marilyn.
Marilyn: Welcome.
Marilyn: It's so nice of you to come.
Rita Mae: Oh, I just wanted to see your baby, Max.
Ellen: Hello, Rita Mae.
Ellen: I haven't seen you since the hospital.
Ellen: I'm Ellen Stewart, Marilyn's mother-in-law.
Ellen: We met at the hospital.
Rita Mae: Hello.
Rita Mae: How are you?
Rita Mae: I remember.
Rita Mae: How are you?
Rita Mae: Oh, and there is Max!
Rita Mae: Oh! My, how he's grown!
Rita Mae: A little present for Max.
Marilyn: Oh, it's beautiful, Rita Mae!
Marilyn: You shouldn't have.
Rita Mae: It's nothing.
Rita Mae: It's just a little present for Max.
Marilyn: Can I get you some coffee or tea or a cold drink, Rita Mae?
Rita Mae: Oh, nothing, thank you.
Ellen: Well, I will leave you two to talk.
Ellen: Come on, you big guy.
Rita Mae: Yes, come on.
Rita Mae: That's it.
Ellen: It's nice seeing you.
Ellen: Let me know if you need anything.
Marilyn: Thanks, Ellen.
Rita Mae: Thanks, Ellen.
Rita Mae: OK, Marilyn.
Rita Mae: You sounded like you've made a decision
Rita Mae: when you called me.
Rita Mae: I'm all ears.
Marilyn: I have made a decision, Rita Mae.
Marilyn: I've decided to stay at home and be a full-time mother.
Rita Mae: I'm disappointed, but I respect your decision.
Rita Mae: If I had a child as cute as Max,
Rita Mae: I might do the same thing.
Marilyn: But I haven't finished telling you
Marilyn: the other half of my decision.
Rita Mae: The other half?
Marilyn: Yes.
Marilyn: I think I can stay at home
Marilyn: and take care of Max and continue my career.
Rita Mae: Sounds interesting.
Rita Mae: Let me hear it.
Marilyn: Do you remember
Marilyn: our talks about custom-designed dresses for the boutique?
Rita Mae: I sure do.
Marilyn: Why can't I design dresses for you here at home?
Marilyn: And make them here.
Marilyn: Have the fittings here, too.
Rita Mae: And I could do the selling and the pricing at the boutique.
Marilyn: Exactly.
Rita Mae: Oh!
Rita Mae: What kind of dresses would you design?
Marilyn: I've thought about that for some time.
Rita Mae: Yes?
Marilyn: Wedding dresses.
Rita Mae: Brilliant idea!
Rita Mae: There a big market today in wedding dresses.
Marilyn: That's what I thought.
Rita Mae: I like the idea very much.
Rita Mae: And if it's successful,
Rita Mae: we can expand to all kinds of dresses.
Marilyn: That's what I thought.
Rita Mae: As a matter of fact,
Rita Mae: I have a customer for your first wedding dress.
Rita Mae: My niece is getting married,
Rita Mae: and I've been trying to find just the right thing for her.
Rita Mae: Marilyn, you're going to design my niece's dress.
Rita Mae: That'll be our first one,
Rita Mae: and then we'll use it to sell others.
Marilyn: Do you really mean it?
Rita Mae: I really mean it.
Rita Mae: It's a simple idea, and it will work.
Rita Mae: You can certainly design dresses.
Rita Mae: I know that.
Rita Mae: And there's no reason why you can't do it from your home.
Marilyn: I'm so excited!
Marilyn: I can't wait to tell Richard!
Rita Mae: If I had a baby like Max,
Rita Mae: I'd want to stay home and be near him all the time, too.
Rita Mae: You're making the right decision
Rita Mae: for Max and for yourself too, Marilyn.
Marilyn: It all sounds so easy.
Marilyn: Now the hard work begins.
Marilyn: Would you like
Marilyn: to see some of my designs that I've been working on?
Rita Mae: I'd love to.
Rita Mae: Ooh! Oh, that's wonderful!
Rita Mae: Ooh ...