After Dark, My Sweet Page #4

TO GIVE A DETAILED

DESCRIPTION:

OF THE KIDNAPPER

REMAINS UNCONSCIOUS

IN INTENSIVE CARE.

[TURNS OFF RADIO]

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I DIDN'T SURPRISE YOU,

DID I?

SURPRISE US?

SURPRISE US!

OH, COLLIE,

WHY IN THE WORLD

DID YOU DO IT?

WHY NOT?

IT'S WHA WE PLANNED ON,

WHAT I WAS:

SUPPOSED TO DO.

NOT AFTER YOU MADE

A MISTAKE AND...

I GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU.

I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER GUY

IN THIS COUNTRY...

PULLS A STUNT LIKE THA AND GETS AWAY WITH IT.

OH, UNCLE BUD,

SURE, THERE IS.

JUST PICK YOURSELF

A GUY WHO'S

A LITTLE BIT OFF

AND THROW HIM A CURVE.

YOU HOLD THE SHORT END

OF THAT STICK JUST SO LONG,

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING

TO START SWINGING IT.

SHUT UP.

WHAT?

I SAID SHUT UP.

WHAT'S THIS

"CURVE" STUFF?

WHO'S THROWING

WHO A CURVE?

HUH?

HOW ABOUT IT?

YOU WERE SET TO USE

THAT GUN AN HOUR AGO,

SO WHY DON'T YOU

USE IT NOW?

CAN'T YOU MAKE UP

YOUR MIND?

YOU'RE SCARED.

STUPID AND SCARED.

LET ME HELP YOU.

STOP IT!

I JUST WAN TO KNOW WHA THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

NO.

I TOLD YOU, FAY,

RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING,

THAT I WASN'T STUPID,

AND I DIDN'T LIKE FOR PEOPLE

TO TREAT ME LIKE I WAS.

WHAT'S THA GOT TO DO WITH IT?

DOES IT HAVE:

SOMETHING TO DO:

WITH YESTERDAY?

LOOK, I'M REALLY

SORRY ABOUT THAT,

DARLING,

BUT IT CAME AS SUCH

A SHOCK TO ME.

I DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT I WAS DOING.

I RAN OFF AND:

STARTED DRINKING

AND MADE SUCH:

A MESS OF MYSELF

THAT I WAS ASHAMED

TO FACE YOU.

FORGET IT.

I KNOW EXACTLY:

WHAT YOU FELT.

THEN IS I ABOUT TODAY?

I WANTED TO BE:

IN THE CAR WITH YOU,

BUT THE WAY:

I WAS FEELING,

I WOULDN' HAVE BEEN MUCH HELP.

BUT YOU FELT GOOD ENOUGH

TO RIDE WITH UNCLE BUD.

CONVENIENTLY SHOW UP.

I STILL FELT SICK,

BUT I WAS WORRIED

ABOUT LEAVING YOU

TO DO EVERYTHING.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY

IT WAS, KID.

IF WE WEREN'T THERE,

YOU WOULD'VE TAKEN

THE WRONG BOY.

HASN'T I OCCURRED TO YOU

THAT MAYBE I PICKED UP

THE WRONG KID ON PURPOSE?

WHAT?

I AM GETTING FED UP.

WHAT THE HELL:

IS HE TALKING ABOUT?

THE KID'S JUST GO THE WRONG SLANT ON THINGS.

OH, DO I?

DOES HE?

YEAH. DON'T YOU

REMEMBER THE OTHER DAY?

WE TALKED ALL ABOUT IT,

YOU REMEMBER,

ABOUT WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY

GO THROUGH WITH THE JOB.

I'D STEP IN A THE LAST MINUTE

AND BE THE BIG HERO

AND COLLECT THE REWARD,

ET CETERA.

BUT I COULDN'T BE DONE.

SOMEONE WOULD HAVE

TO GET CAUGHT OR--

SO THAT'S

WHAT YOU THINK?

THAT'S WHA YOU THINK OF ME?

WHY NOT?

WELL, SURE.

WHY NOT?

IF A PERSON:

WON'T STOP

AT KIDNAPPING,

WHY SHOULD SHE:

STOP AT MURDER?

FAY.

BECAUSE:

PEOPLE WHO'VE

BECOME WHAT WE HAVE,

WE WERE BOUND:

TO ARRIVE AT I SOONER OR LATER.

YOU ARE DAMN WRONG

ABOUT NO BEING STUPID.

YOU ARE, I AM,

AND UNCLE BUD DECIDED--

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

YOU KNOW, UH,

WE SHOULD REALLY STOP

THIS MOPING AROUND.

LOOK, WE HAD A LITTLE

MISUNDERSTANDING.

AND IT'S ALL OVER NOW.

WE GOT WHAT WE WANTED.

WE ARE ABOUT TO COLLECT.

YES, GENTLEMEN AND LADY,

NOW WE CAN COLLECT.

WELL, THAT'S

JUST WHAT I SAID.

I GOT AN IDEA, KID.

I'VE BEEN THINKING.

IF IT'S OK WITH YOU,

THE FIRST THING:

I OUGHT TO DO:

IS THE CAR.

I CAN HAVE:

IT SCRAPPED:

IN ONE HOUR.

IN THE MEANTIME,

I SEND:

THE RANSOM NOTE.

LOOK, WE'VE BEEN

THROUGH ALL THIS.

I JUST DON' WANT YOU TO GE ANY MORE

WRONG IDEAS.

DON'T GIVE ME

ANY REASONS, AND I WON'T.

OK.

DID HE:

EAT ALL RIGHT?

DON'T TELL ME

YOU DON'T KNOW.

HE MUST HAVE:

BEEN PRETTY HUNGRY.

IT HADN' OCCURRED TO ME.

I SEE NOW THA HE MUST HAVE BEEN.

I'VE BEEN

THINKING THINGS OVER.

I THINK MAYBE I:

WAS WRONG ABOUT TODAY.

YOU THINK SO?

MAYBE?

ABOUT YOU,

NOT ABOUT UNCLE BUD.

I KNOW WHA HE PLANNED ON DOING.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN

YOU HAD TO BE IN ON IT.

WELL...

I MIGHT NOT HAVE.

I MAYBE DIDN'T.

IT'S ALGEBRA,

ISN'T IT?

TWO MINUSES:

GIVE YOU A PLUS.

LOOK.

DID YOU:

OR DIDN'T YOU?

JUST TELL ME.

IF YOU HAVE TO ASK

FOR THE ANSWER,

IT DOESN'T COUNT.

WELL, THEN YOU

TELL ME THIS.

ABOUT YOU FINDING

OUT ABOUT ME,

WOULD THAT HAVE:

BEEN ALL RIGHT?

BEFORE THIS:

AFTERNOON, I COULD

HAVE ANSWERED YOU,

AND YOU WOULD:

HAVE BELIEVED ME.

BUT AFTER YOUR:

FLAT ACCUSATION...

ALL RIGHT!

WHY DO YOU:

HARP ON THAT?

WHAT WOULD YOU:

HAVE THOUGHT IF YOU

WERE IN MY PLACE?

EXACTLY WHA YOU DID, MY FRIEND.

THAT DOOR:

LEADS TO A WALK.

AT THE END OF THE WALK,

THERE'S A LANE.

AT THE END OF THE LANE,

THERE'S A HIGHWAY.

THIS DOOR'S WIDE ENOUGH

FOR TWO PEOPLE.

THESE TWO?

WE COULD END:

ALL THIS RIGHT NOW.

YOU AND ME.

THEN WHAT?

THEN WE FIGURE:

IT OUT TOGETHER.

YOU AND ME,

TOGETHER FOREVER?

YOU REALLY BELIEVE

THAT, COLLIE?

YOU REALLY BELIEVE

THERE COULD BE:

A YOU AND ME?

I KNOW IT, FAY.

COLLIE AND FAY.

THROUGH THAT DOOR,

DOWN THE LANE...

ONTO THE HIGHWAY.

WE COULD DO IT, FAY.

I CAN TAKE CARE:

OF YOU REAL GOOD.

OH, I ALMOST FORGOT.

THE CAR KEYS, COLLIE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

IT'S RATHER SIMPLE.

I WANT THE KEYS:

TO THE CAR.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

WHY, I'M GOING OUT.

MAYBE THIS WAS HER PLAN,

A WAY OF CUTTING ME

OUT OF THE DEAL.

SHE'D POINT ME

IN ONE DIRECTION

SO SHE COULD:

MOVE IN ANOTHER.

RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING,

SHE'D BEEN ABLE

TO GET ME SO MIXED UP

I DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT I WAS DOING.

SHE SENT ME AWAY

THAT FIRST TIME,

BUT SHE KNEW:

I'D COME BACK.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANYPLACE

ELSE TO GO AND--

MISTER?

MISTER.

I'M SICK.

I THINK:

I'M GOING TO--

SORRY. I'LL CLEAN

IT UP, MISTER.

DON'T WORRY

ABOUT THAT.

JUST CUT LOOSE:

AS MUCH AS YOU:

WANT TO.

YOU'RE--YOU'RE

NOT MAD AT ME?

WHY WOULD I BE MAD

AT A LITTLE BOY:

FOR BEING SICK?

HONEST, YOU'RE

NOT MAD AT ME?

NO, I'M NOT MAD.

NO ONE ELSE:

IS GOING TO:

BE MAD EITHER,

BECAUSE IF:

THEY DO GET MAD...

THEY JUST BETTER

NOT. THAT'S ALL.

I LIKE YOU, MISTER.

I LIKE YOU VERY MUCH.

COLLIE, WAKE UP.

WAKE UP, COLLIE.

AAH!

PUT THE GUN DOWN!

IT'S THE BOY, COLLIE.

HE'S...

WHAT DID YOU:

DO TO HIM?

DO TO HIM?

HE'S SICK, THAT'S WHAT.

HE LOOKS:

LIKE HE'S DYING.

DAMN IT,

SAY SOMETHING.

DO SOMETHING.

TURN ON THE RADIO.

TURN ON:

THE RADIO?

THERE'S

PROBABLY SOMETHING

ABOUT HIS CONDITION

ON THERE.

I THINK:

I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

THERE WERE SOME GUYS

IN THE HOSPITAL.

TURN IT ON.

HEY, CHARLIE BOY.

YOU'LL BE OK.

GOOD NEWS, KID.

THE FAMILY'S READY

TO PAY UP.

THEY TOLD THE POLICE

TO STAY OUT.

THEY JUS WANT THE BOY.

THEY AIN'T GOING

TO BE PICKY:

WHETHER HE'S

ALIVE OR NOT?

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

HE'S GOT DIABETES.

IT SAYS SOMETHING

ABOUT THAT IN HERE.

WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT HE'D

HAVE A THING LIKE THAT?

ALL THAT STARCH AND SUGAR

WASN'T GOOD FOR HIM.

WONDER I DIDN'T KILL HIM.

MAYBE:

IT WILL YET.

MAYBE I'LL GE HIM NEXT TIME.

SAY WHA YOU MEAN.

NOW, NOW.

COME ON.

SO, KID, WHA ARE YOU DRINKING?

HE NEEDS INSULIN.

HE'LL DIE IF HE

DOESN'T GET IT.

I KNOW:

A COUPLE OF PLACES,

BUT WITH IT BEING

IN ALL THE PAPERS

AND EVERYTHING,

IT'S LIKE ADVERTISING

THAT WE HAVE THE BOY.

I SEE YOUR POINT.

BESIDES,

IF YOU LOOK AT I FROM ONE ANGLE,

IT'D BE LESS RISKY

FOR US IF HE DIED.

WE GET THE MONEY

BEFOREHAND:

IN ANY CASE.

WITHOUT HIM:

AROUND AS EVIDENCE

OR SOMEONE WHO CAN

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