A Thousand Junkies Page #2

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- [Tommy] Yeah.

[TJ] You know,

I think Jimmy's a good father.

[Blake] What?

[TJ] I do, man.

I think he's a good father.

[Blake] He's a heroin dealer.

[upbeat music playing]

What if his wife does into,

like, a 12-hour labor?

So what? What do you think, he's gonna hold

her hand the whole time like you would?

He's f***ing Mexican.

He'll make her have the baby and carry

her own bags to the car. Call him.

If he's in the delivery room, he's

probably got his phone turned off.

- Yeah.

- I know.

[phone ringing]

Oh, f***!

I'm sorry. I know I should

have called you back.

Mom. Of course I'm not dead, I've just

been busy, all right? It's a good thing.

Hey, let me ask you

a personal question.

Sure.

All right. Really think about it, okay?

Don't just answer.

Okay.

- You think you could rob a bank?

- No.

Come on, man! I told you

to really think about it.

I don't have to

think about it.

But you steal

all the time.

From my girlfriend.

I don't burst through the front

door of a bank with a shotgun,

yelling, "This is a hold-up."

Why was that

a personal question?

I could do it, man. I'm telling

you, I could definitely rob a bank.

That kind of sh*t just comes

down to one thing, you know?

Are you willing to

kill someone?

You don't have to do it,

but you have to be willing.

Yeah, well, I'm not willing.

Killing someone is something

everyone should do.

I'm being serious.

Everyone should know

what it feels like

to kill someone at least once

before they die. Everyone.

What about the person

you're killing?

What about them?

Well, what if you kill them before

they have the chance to know

what it feels like

to kill someone?

I'm not back on drugs.

I've been clean for months.

No, don't do that.

Mom, it's just

gonna sit there.

Can't you just send me

the money instead?

Fine. Fine. No, fine. Send me the subscription

for The New York Review of Books.

- [car horn honking]

- [TJ] He's here.

Mom, look, I gotta go.

My producer just showed up.

Okay, talk to you later. Bye.

[woman groaning in pain]

[TJ] Hey, man.

Jimmy.

Jimmy.

What happened?

[woman] Oh, no, no, no.

[TJ] Yes, okay, thank you.

- [Tommy] Did you get two?

- [Blake] Did he give you coke?

Gotta go to

that Swap Meet place.

[Tommy] What Swap Meet place?

[Blake] Dude,

don't f*** with us.

[TJ] I'm not f***ing

with you.

[Tommy] The Swap Meet

on Avalon?

- You have it right there in your hand.

- I don't have it.

- Swap Meet on Avalon?

- Open your hand.

I don't f***in' have it.

God damn it. How could you just

let him drive off like that?

They got into a fight

with the doctor,

and his wife's in there,

hysterically crying.

What f***in' Swap Meet?

[TJ] The place with

the pinatas.

In Vernon?

He's making us go to Vernon?

[upbeat carnival music playing]

Did you check with

the churro guy?

He's usually by

the churro guy.

Yeah, I know.

This is retarded, man. We should have

put some money together yesterday.

What?

Hey, why is this all

happening today?

Are you sure

he said Vernon?

[TJ] "The place with

the pinatas."

[music continues playing]

[Tommy] Where the f*** is he?

- [phone ringing]

- [Blake] It's him.

Calling you?

Answer it.

Hey, man.

Wait. We're at the place with the pinatas.

That's where you told us, right?

Dude, that's f***ed up.

No, no, no, no. I mean,

I get it. I understand, man.

That's your kid.

That's your nino.

- Is he here?

- Where is he?

Don't you think that's

a little dangerous?

What if she has the baby

in the car?

Dude, what is happening?

Jimmy, Jimmy. I'm sorry.

One second. One second.

Dude, his f***ing wife is freaking out.

She wants to have the baby in Mexico,

and they're headed there

right now.

What?

Jimmy, it's me. Listen,

that is crazy, bro.

You gotta go back to Kaiser for

your wife's sake and the baby's.

No, I'll talk to the doctor, man.

I'll straighten the whole thing out.

Jimmy, she's going into labor.

You're not gonna make it to Mexico.

She can go to any hospital.

My sister's a nurse.

Where are you right now?

Great. Go to Gardena, get off, go to the

emergency room, we can meet you there.

They can't turn her away.

It's against the law.

They can't turn you away.

It's against the law.

TJ's sister is a nurse.

TJ's sister is a nurse.

Jimmy... He wants to

talk to you.

What?

Hey, man. How are you?

No, they can't

turn her away.

My sister is a nurse,

I swear to God.

Well, how far apart

are her contractions?

Just get him off the freeway.

Jimmy, can we talk about this

somewhere calmly?

Jimmy, can the three...

Can we all... Jimmy.

Can we all meet

and discuss this calmly?

No, Jimmy, please.

This baby needs to be

born in America

and I'm telling you this as a

friend, not as a customer.

Jimmy?

Hello. Jimmy?

He f***in' hung up.

Oh, f***!

[TJ] This is crazy!

[Tommy] Why can't we

reach there?

- [Blake] Just what the hell?

- [TJ] Are you sure he's on the 5?

[Tommy] We're gonna find him.

Yes, he's on the 5.

The 5's an East side freeway,

the 405's the West side freeway.

[Blake] Yeah, but come on,

man, the 110 goes to the 405!

I need a decision!

Yeah, but he's 20 minutes

ahead of us.

We're coming for you, Jimmy.

We're coming for you, Jimmy.

We're coming for you.

[Blake] We're not gonna f***in'

find him on the freeway, man.

This is crazy.

[Tommy] Shut the f*** up and

look for a f***ing highway, man.

We'll find him,

I can feel it!

Slow down! You're gonna get

pulled over. I've got warrants!

Yeah, for traffic tickets!

Not mine, man. I got cases, I'm lookin'

at three years if we get stopped.

[Tommy] Call him. Call him. See

if you can get him to slow down.

- He's not here.

- No, he might, man, he'll slow down.

If you get him on the phone,

he won't be able to drive...

[both talking over each other]

[TJ] Just hold on.

Hold on, okay?

- I'll call him.

- [Tommy] Call him.

[TJ] It's not calling...

[Tommy] We're gonna

find him, man.

I can feel it.

I can feel it.

[Tommy] What's that noise?

[TJ] It's the f***ing engine.

[Tommy] It sounds awful!

[Blake] That's how

it always sounds.

[TJ] It's going

to f***in' die.

[Tommy] Will you stop?

Just look for Jimmy.

[TJ] Listen to that.

[Tommy] The engine is fine!

[TJ] It's not fine, Tommy.

It's f***ed.

[Tommy] It's fine!

[engine sputters]

[Tommy] Oh, f***!

[Latin American song playing]

[dog barking]

This is it?

Look, I'm gonna tell you

straight up, man.

There's some serious compression

issues with this car.

The camshaft is flat and the

timing chain is all f***ed up.

I'd sell it for scrap, but I need

the bread to publish my novel.

Hey, that means

the car is f***ed.

Man, I just told this man

the car was f***ed up.

You want the car or not, man?

I got sh*t I got to do.

You got to give me

a minute, okay?

I just got here and you tell me

the cars you got sold for scrap?

Does this car run?

Yeah, it runs.

Can we drive it?

Yeah, you can

drive the car, man.

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