After Dark, My Sweet Page #3

UNLESS YOU NEED THEM.

THEY MAY BE NICE AND

FRIENDLY LIKE YOU WERE,

BUT IF:

THEY DON'T NEED YOU,

THEY REALLY CAN'T BE GLAD.

THEY REALLY CAN'T CARE

WHETHER YOU'RE

ALIVE OR NOT.

AND WHEN:

NO ONE ELSE CARES,

AND WHEN THAT GOES ON

YEAR AFTER YEAR, DOC,

WHEN NOBODY CARES...

ALL RIGHT, COLLIE.

I'LL AGREE TO YOUR

STAYING ON HERE,

BUT SHE'LL

HAVE TO BE TOLD:

ABOU YOUR CONDITION.

I CAN DO I IN SUCH A WAY

THAT SHE:

WON'T BE ALARMED.

WON'T BE ALARMED? WHAT?

YOU'RE GOING TO TELL HER

I'M ON THE LOOSE FROM

AN INSANE ASYLUM?

YOU DON'T THINK

SHE'LL BE ALARMED?

I THINK I CAN POSE

THE SITUATION:

MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.

I'D BE VIOLATING MY DUTY

IF I DIDN'T DO IT.

DON'T DO IT, DOC.

BECAUSE IF:

YOU DO THIS TO ME,

IF YOU MAKE ME LOSE HER...

WELL, ALL RIGHT,

MY FRIEND.

FOR THE TIME BEING,

UNTIL YOU CAN GE A LITTLE BETTER SETTLED

AT LEAST,

I WON'T SEE HER.

I...

I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO THANK YOU.

I WENT BACK:

TO TRYING TO GE THE TREES WORKING AGAIN,

BUT NOT FOR LONG.

I WAS TOO WEAK.

THE STRAIN I'D BEEN UNDER

WHEN I THOUGH HE WAS GOING TO SEE FAY

HAD TAKEN TOO MUCH

OUT OF ME.

KID.

KID.

KID.

YOU'RE CLEAR

ON ALL THIS, RIGHT?

YES.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

I WAS JUST THINKING.

YEAH?

I WAS WONDERING:

IF MAYBE:

THERE'S SOME WAY

WE COULD DO THIS

WITHOUT ACTUALLY

GOING THROUGH:

WITH THE KIDNAPPING.

WE'LL FAKE IT,

START TO,

AND THEN YOU COME IN

AND RESCUE THE BOY,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WHAT?

FAMILY PROBABLY:

GIVE YOU A REWARD.

LESS MONEY TO SPLIT,

BUT FAY AND I COULD

GET ALONG WITH LESS.

YEAH, UM...

HOW DO I:

BECOME A HERO, THOUGH,

IF, UH...

NOBODY GETS CAUGHT?

DON'T KNOW.

NO, IT'S...

NOT GOING TO WORK.

JUST CAN' BE DONE THAT WAY.

YEAH. I GUESS

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT CAN'T BE.

WE'LL JUST, UH...

STICK TO:

THE ORIGINAL PLAN,

AND, UM...

TOMORROW AFTERNOON

THIS TIME,

THE THREE OF US ARE GOING

TO BE SITTING PRETTY.

WELL...

HOW DO I STACK UP

AS AN ADVERTISEMEN FOR SOBRIETY?

YOU STACK UP. PERIOD.

YEAH?

YOU REALLY THINK SO?

YOU OUGHT TO MAKE SURE,

DON'T YOU THINK?

I GUESS:

WITH YOU SO, UH...

CLEAN AND PRETTY

AND EVERYTHING, I, UH...

YEAH.

WHATEVER YOU THINK.

I'LL JUST WASH UP

AND BE BACK:

IN A MINUTE.

WELL, YOU KNOW

WHERE I'LL BE.

IN FACT...

I MAY AS WELL...

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

OK.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

HELLO?

COLLIE.

COLLIE?

LOOK, FELLA,

WHERE ARE YOU?

RIGHT WHERE:

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN.

I SEE.

YOU REMEMBER,

I ONLY AGREED:

NOT TO SEE HER.

I DIDN'T SAY

I WOULDN' TELEPHONE.

YOU'RE A MAN

OF YOUR WORD, DOC.

I DIDN' SAY ANYTHING

THAT SHOULD:

HAVE ALARMED HER.

ON THE CONTRARY,

I WAS CAREFUL:

TO REASSURE HER.

THAT MAKES HER:

KIND OF CRAZY,

DOESN'T IT?

SHE SHOULDN' HAVE BEEN ALARMED,

AND SHE SHOULD:

HAVE BEEN REASSURED.

BUT IT TURNED OU THE EXACT OTHER WAY.

SHE DIDN' REACT PROPERLY.

SHE'S ABNORMAL,

ISN'T SHE, DOC?

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY

IT'S TURNED OU THIS WAY, COLLIE,

BUT YOU HAVE:

TO UNDERSTAND:

MY ONLY INTERES IS IN DOING

WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU.

REMEMBER, COLLIE,

WE'RE FRIENDS.

HA! YEAH.

YEAH.

I REMEMBER THAT, DOC.

YOU'LL

STAY THERE THEN?

GIVE ME A CHANCE

TO STRAIGHTEN:

THIS OUT?

NO. I'M LEAVING NOW.

NO! NO, COLLIE.

IF YOU DON' FEEL THAT YOU

CAN STAY THERE,

YOU MUST COME BACK

OVER HERE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD

JUST AS WE PLANNED.

I'M HITTING

THE TRAIL NOW, DOC.

DON'T TRY TO

PICK UP THAT TRAIL,

BECAUSE IF YOU DO...

HI, KID.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

[RING]

HI, UNCLE BUD.

YOU KNOW,

FAY CALLED ME.

WAS PRETTY UPSET.

I'M NOT SURE I REALLY

GOT IT ALL RIGHT.

I KNOW:

WHAT HAPPENED.

HELL OF A NOTE.

TWO OF YOU WERE:

HITTING IT OFF SO WELL,

AND THEN SOMETHING LIKE

THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

BUT SHE'LL

GET OUT OF IT.

SOON AS SHE GETS

USED TO THE NOTION,

SHE'LL SNAP

OUT OF IT.

JUST LIKE YOU,

UNCLE BUD?

YEAH. JUST LIKE ME.

NOTHING BOTHERS ME.

YOU KNOW,

A MAN'S A MAN.

ALL THAT.

BET YOU'D LIKE A DRINK.

HE LET ME KNOW THAT AFTER

THINKING IT OVER,

HE DECIDED WE SHOULD

GO AHEAD WITH EVERYTHING

JUST AS PLANNED.

FAY WOULDN'T BE IN THE CAR

TO HELP WITH THE KID,

BUT HE WAS CONVINCED

I COULD HANDLE IT.

I SAW HOW,

FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW,

THE SITUATION:

HAD ACTUALLY IMPROVED.

I'D NEVER MEAN ANYTHING TO HIM,

AND NOW THAT I DIDN' MEAN ANYTHING TO FAY,

AND SINCE HE REALIZED

HE COULD FAKE THE JOB

AND STILL CASH IN...

YOU'D HAVE TO BE BLIND NO TO SEE WHAT WAS COMING.

I WAS DUE TO GET KILLED,

AND UNCLE BUD WAS DUE--

OR THOUGHT HE WAS--

TO BE A HERO.

HEY!

1...

2...

3...

4...

5...

6...

7...

8...

HE'S PUNCHING

HIS BRAINS OUT!

IT'S MURDER!

[CRYING]

KNOWING WHAT I DID,

I COULDN'T SAY WHY

I WAS GOING AHEAD.

JUST SEEMED LIKE

SOMETHING I HAD TO DO,

LIKE I'D BEEN

SET IN A RU AND HAD TO

FOLLOW IT TO THE END.

I WAS HURT, OF COURSE,

HURT AND MAD:

AT THE WHOLE WORLD.

GUESS THAT WAS WHY.

ALL I KNEW WAS:

I HAD TO GO AHEAD.

[BABY CRYING]

YEAH? WHAT ARE YOU

GONNA DO ABOUT IT?

HEY!

HEY, GIVE HIM BACK

HIS BALL.

I NEEDED A PLAN--

SOMETHING THAT WOULD

PULL THEM INTO THE DEAL

AND HOLD THEM IN IT.

ROGERS,

HELP SAVE MY ASS.

MAYBE A QUICK:

AROUND-THE-BLOCK?

APPRECIATE IT,

BUDDY.

BESIDES,

I WANTED TO TALK

TO YOU ABOUT CHARLIE.

WHAT'S HAPPENED

TO HIM ANYWAY, ROG?

WHAT KIND:

OF SHOVING AROUND

ARE HIS PARENTS:

GIVING HIM?

SHOVING AROUND?

I GUESS I DON' KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

NEVER MIND. I KNOW

HOW THEY TREAT HIM.

HE'S BEEN SICK FOR YEARS,

AND HE'S GETTING SICKER.

THE WORSE HE GETS,

THE TOUGHER:

THEY MAKE IT FOR HIM.

IF I WAS BIGGER,

I'D GET A CLUB AND...

SOMETHING WRONG,

ROGERS?

WANT ME TO DUCK DOWN?

THESE ARE JUS SOME FRIENDS OF MINE.

JUST SIT UP--

I GET IT.

YOU WERE TOO EARLY

FOR CHARLIE,

SO YOU'RE KILLING TIME

WITH A PAL.

WHAT ARE YOU:

DOING OUT HERE?

THAT BOY.

THAT'S

THE WRONG BOY.

WELL, HE LOOKS--

HE'S NOT.

A BLIND MAN COULD SEE

THAT'S THE WRONG BOY.

I'LL JUST TAKE

HIM BACK AND GE THE RIGHT ONE TOMORROW.

JUST LIKE THAT?

THAT'S STUPID.

I'LL MAKE HIM THINK

IT'S SOME GAME.

BUT IT'S TOO LATE.

YOU'RE A CINCH

TO RUN INTO:

THE OTHER CHAUFFEUR.

I CAN MAKE IT.

THEN DO IT.

GO ON, GET MOVING.

I'LL SEE YOU

BACK AT THE HOUSE.

NO, NO. GET BACK

IN THE CAR.

COME ON.

COME ON.

ABOUT THIS LITTLE

RIDE OF OURS.

I'D APPRECIATE I IF YOU DIDN' SAY ANYTHING.

I WON'T.

DON'T YOU SAY

ANYTHING EITHER.

JUST GIVE ME:

A MINUTE TO SNEAK INSIDE,

AND NO ONE:

WILL BE THE WISER.

OH, HELLO, ROGERS.

YOU'RE EARLY

FOR A CHANGE.

CHARLES.

CHARLES VANDERVENTER.

HERE YOU ARE.

RUN ALONG:

WITH ROGERS NOW.

IS...THAT ROGERS?

IS IT?

MY GOODNESS.

AND WHO ELSE:

WOULD IT BE?

ROGERS!

ROGERS!

CHARLES HAS HAD:

A PRETTY TRYING DAY.

PLEASE TELL:

MRS. VANDERVENTER

THAT I SUGGEST HE

STAY HOME NEXT WEEK.

HEY!

JUST RELAX,

CHARLIE BOY.

JUST BE REAL NICE

AND QUIET,

AND EVERYTHING:

WILL BE ALL RIGHT.

DON'T HURT ME, MISTER.

I WON'T, AND NO ONE

ELSE WILL EITHER.

...AS CROWDS

OF ONLOOKERS:

GATHERED:

TO WATCH THE:

POLICE PROCEEDINGS.

NO LEADS HAVE:

BEEN UNCOVERED:

AS OF THIS TIME.

THE ONE PERSON:

WHO MIGHT BE ABLE

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