After Dark, My Sweet Page #2

WELL...

YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW

ANYTHING ABOUT ME.

I KNOW PEOPLE.

I KNOW WHAT THEY'LL DO

AND WHAT THEY WON'T DO.

I FIGURE YOU'VE HAD

A TOUGH TIME,

BUT YOU'RE SHARP, NERVY,

KNOW A GOOD ANGLE

WHEN YOU SEE IT,

AND YOU HAVE WHAT I TAKES TO FINISH IT OUT.

YEAH, SURE.

I USED TO BE:

A DETECTIVE.

I WAS.

PUT A LOT OF GUYS

NEXT TO SOME:

GOOD DEALS.

SOME OF THEM:

HAD EXPERIENCE.

SOME DIDN'T.

A LOT NEVER:

EVEN DONE A DEAL,

DIDN'T KNOW

THEY COULD,

UNTIL YOUR:

OLD UNCLE BUD HERE

SHOWED THEM HOW.

YOU'RE NO A DETECTIVE NOW?

I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHEN YOU NEED:

TO KNOW IT.

I WAS--

ONE MORE THING.

MAKE SURE:

YOU SLEEP ALONE.

MAYBE I BETTER:

CLEAR OUT OF HERE NOW.

DON'T TAKE I PERSONALLY.

I, UH...

I'M GOING TO LEAVE

YOU AND FAY ALONE.

WELL, COLLIE,

MY BLUSHING BOY,

WHAT DID I MISS?

PLENTY.

REALLY.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

GO AWAY, COLLIE.

THIS LITTLE SCHEME'S

BEEN COOKING FOR MONTHS,

AND IF YOU LEAVE,

IT'LL GO ON COOKING

TILL IT BOILS AWAY.

I'D ASK YOU

TO STAY THE NIGH IF IT WASN' FOR UNCLE BUD.

I DON'T WANT HIM TALKING

YOU INTO THIS MESS.

IF HE SAW YOU...

FAY.

HERE. TAKE THE BOTTLE.

YOU LOOK LONELY,

AND A BOTTLE CAN BE

A LOT OF COMPANY.

WHAT'S GOING TO

HAPPEN TO YOU, FAY?

NOTHING.

SAME AS BEEN HAPPENING

SINCE MY HUSBAND DIED.

OH, NEVER MIND, COLLIE.

JUST GO AND KEEP GOING.

GO. GO. GO.

FLY AWAY INTO THE NIGH UP TO THE MOON.

WHETHER SHE WAS:

WATCHING ME OR NOT,

I DON'T KNOW.

I ONLY KNEW:

THAT I WAS MOVING AGAIN,

AWAY FROM HER:

AND UNCLE BUD.

I FELT KIND OF SAD

IN A WAY,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

I FELT GOOD.

DON'T FLASH THAT BOTTLE

AROUND SO MUCH, HUH?

SOME HIGHWAY PATROLMAN

COME IN HERE AND PFFT!

UM, MAN. HOW ABOUT--

HOW ABOUT A RIDE?

SORRY. THE COMPANY

SAYS NO RIDERS.

MAN, I COULD--

I COULD RIDE:

IN THE BACK,

JUST TILL DAYLIGHT.

WE'LL PROBABLY

RUN INTO THAT CRAZY

JACK BILLINGSLEY.

PLEASE, MAC.

CLEAR OUT, WILL YOU?

WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK,

FOR GOD'S SAKE?

THEY COME HERE, AND YOU

JABBER AWAY ON THEM.

I'M SORRY.

I WON'T SAY

ANOTHER WORD TO ANYONE.

I'LL JUST, UH,

WAIT HERE QUIETLY

TILL IT GETS:

A LITTLE LIGHTER.

LEAVE THE COUNTER.

SIT IN THE BACK.

CERTAINLY.

I'D BE GLAD TO.

UGH.

SORRY.

FEEL OK?

LIKE ME TO:

ORDER YOU SOMETHING?

NO, THANK YOU.

YOU OUGH TO EAT SOMETHING

OR AT LEAS HAVE SOME COFFEE.

I THINK I'LL SIT HERE

AND WAIT FOR MY FRIEND

JACK BILLINGSLEY.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARY

WITH ME.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

WELL...

I SEE.

BEEN GETTING ALONG

ALL RIGHT?

ABOUT LIKE ALWAYS.

PRETTY GOOD,

I GUESS.

NOT REALLY GOOD,

YOU KNOW,

BUT ALL RIGHT.

HOW LONG SINCE YOU

WERE UNDER COMMITMENT?

IT'S BEEN A FEW, UH...

MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.

WOULD YOU LIKE:

TO GO BACK?

DON'T YOU THINK

YOU SHOULD GO BACK?

YEAH. I GUESS I SHOULD.

KIND OF.

I HAVEN'T BEEN IN

ANY TROUBLE OR ANYTHING.

YOU A DOCTOR?

YES. AND I THINK

YOU SHOULD GO BACK,

UNLESS, OF COURSE,

YOU'VE GOT SOME FRIEND

OR FAMILY MEMBER

WHO CAN HELP YOU.

I HAVEN'T.

I WISH I COULD HELP YOU,

BUT THERE ARE LIMITS

TO HOW MUCH EACH OF US

CAN GIVE OF OURSELVES.

WELL, DON'T WORRY

ABOUT ME, DOCTOR.

I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU SURE YOU'LL BE OK?

YOU LAY OFF THE BOOZE

AND BEHAVE YOURSELF.

YES, SIR.

YOU ARE, LIKE HELL.

HOW CAN YOU?

WHY THE HELL:

SHOULD YOU?

COME ON.

HE HAD A NICE HOUSE.

MY OWN ROOM.

NOBODY STARING AT YOU.

EXCEPT THAT I KEP THINKING ABOUT FAY

AND WORRYING ABOUT HER.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

TAKE CARE:

GETTING HOME NOW.

HEY.

COLLIE, I WAS

GOING TO ASK YOU,

IN CASE THE HOSPITAL

SHOULD REFUSE:

TO SEND FOR YOU,

IF THEY DON'T FEEL

ABLE TO, THAT IS,

BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE...

YES, DOC?

COLLIE,

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL

ABOUT STAYING ON HERE

WITH ME?

YOU'D BE

A BIG HELP TO ME.

I'D BE OF HELP TO YOU.

IT WOULD BE:

A FINE ARRANGEMEN FOR BOTH OF US.

WELL...

DOC...

YOU SEE, MY FRIEND,

YOUR JUDGMEN JUST ISN'T GOOD.

A MAN IN YOUR CONDITION

IS EASILY INFLUENCED

AND, BROADLY SPEAKING,

DEPENDENT ON:

THE GOOD WILL OF OTHERS.

WELL, YOU CAN SEE

THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAGEDY.

I DON'T KNOW, DOC.

I NEVER:

REALLY HURT ANYONE.

I NEVER DID ANYTHING

REALLY BAD.

WHAT DO YOU REALLY

CALL BAD, COLLIE?

NEVER MIND.

I'M SURE

YOU'VE DONE FINE,

HARD AS IT WAS.

AND FROM NOW ON,

YOU'LL DO EVEN BETTER.

YOU STAY HERE:

FOR A YEAR OR SO,

HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES,

AND, UH...

YOU'LL SEE.

COME ON!

OH, COLLIE.

YOU CRAZY, SILLY SWEET.

WHAT HAPPENED:

TO YOU, HONEY?

I JUST HAPPENED TO BE

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I BROUGHT YOU:

A PRESENT--SOME WINE.

WELL, COME ON IN,

AND WE'LL

DRINK YOUR CLOTHES.

I'M GLAD YOU

CAME BACK, COLLIE.

I WISH YOU HADN'T.

I PRAYED YOU WOULDN'T.

BUT I'M GLAD.

I'M GLAD, TOO.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO.

IT JUST SEEMED:

LIKE I HAD TO.

AFTER I MET YOU,

AND, UH...

AND EVERYTHING...

I JUST, UM...

COULDN'T...

COULDN'T WHAT, COLLIE?

COULDN'T KEEP DOING

THE SAME THING.

IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW

WHAT IT IS...

THAT YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO DO.

BUT, UH...

YOU KNOW IT'S

GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.

FEELS GOOD:

WITH YOU, FAY.

YOU FEEL GOOD.

WHAT DO:

THE WORDS MEAN, KID?

WHAT'S GOOD? WHAT'S BAD?

I'D SAY IT'D BE BAD

FOR A NICE GUY LIKE YOU

TO HAVE TO GO ON

LIKE HE'S BEEN GOING.

IT'D BE GOOD

IF YOU NEVER:

HAD TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

I GUESS IT WOULD BE.

ACTUALLY, YOU WOULDN' WANT TO HURT ANYONE.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO.

JUST BE A CASE:

OF PUTTING PRESSURE

ON CERTAIN PEOPLE,

PEOPLE THA HAVE MORE MONEY

THAN THEY KNOW:

WHAT TO DO WITH.

MAKING THEM COME ACROSS.

THAT'D BE OK,

WOULDN'T IT?

DAMN SHAME.

WHAT?

ALL THAT MONEY.

THEIR KIDS HAVE TO MAKE

AN APPOINTMENT TO PLAY.

OUR BOY VANDERVENTER,

BOOKED HERE SATURDAYS

1:
00 TO 4:00...

PUTTING PRACTICE.

CHAUFFEUR'S HERE

AT 3:
45,

NEVER A MINUTE EARLIER.

THAT MEANS BY 3:
40,

YOU'VE GO TO BE AIRBORNE.

AIRBORNE?

IT'S A QUICK

IN AND OUT.

YOU SHOW UP DRESSED

IN THE UNIFORM,

TIP YOUR HA TO THE PLAY SUPERVISOR,

SCOOP UP LITTLE CHARLIE,

AND AWAY YOU GO.

YOU'VE GOT IT PRETTY WELL

ORGANIZED, UNCLE BUD.

DOWN TO THE TEE, KID.

WITH MY CONNECTIONS

INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT...

I'LL KNOW EVERY MOVE

THE COPS ARE MAKING

BEFORE THEY MAKE THEM.

I'M SORRY, DOC.

I JUS COULDN'T STAY THERE.

YOU KNOW I COULDN'T.

JUST WOULDN'T BE RIGHT.

I WOULD HAVE WORRIED

ABOUT IT.

THAT'S NO VERY STRAIGHT-THINKING.

THAT'S THE KIND

OF MIXED-UP,

ONE-SIDED THINKING THA CAN GET YOU IN TROUBLE.

I'M NOT MIXED UP.

JUST SOMETHING:

I HAD TO DO, SO I DID IT.

WITH A GALLON:

OF RED WINE?

THAT WASN'T FOR ME.

IT WAS A PRESENT.

I BOUGHT I FOR THESE PEOPLE

THAT I'M WORKING FOR.

I MADE A FEW:

DISCREET INQUIRIES.

I KNOW WHO LIVES

IN THIS PLACE.

SHE'S A WIDOW,

ISN'T SHE, COLLIE?

SHE NEEDS ME, DOC.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

TO HAVE SOMEONE:

REALLY NEED YOU:

FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN YOUR LIFE?

I KNOW.

BUT, COLLIE, I STILL ISN'T RIGHT.

OH, IT MUST BE

BECAUSE WHEN I WOKE UP

THIS MORNING,

I WAS GLAD.

I WAS GLAD:

TO BE ALIVE, DOC,

BECAUSE:

I KNEW SOMEONE ELSE

WOULD BE GLAD...

AND...

PEOPLE:

JUST AREN'T GLAD...

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