After Dark, My Sweet Page #6

AND WHAT HE SAID

WAS MEANINGLESS.

I'M BEGGING YOU.

I'VE GOT A BAD

FEELING ABOUT THIS.

IF THE COPS:

DON'T GET ME...

WELL...

SHUT UP!

GET UP AND START MOVING.

I AM SO SICK:

OF LOOKING AT YOU.

HOW'S OUR BOY DOING?

OUR BOY IS SICK.

THE WHITE ZONE:

IS FOR PASSENGER LOADING

AND UNLOADING ONLY.

COLLIE, WHAT ARE

THEY DOING, HUH?

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

WELL, DO SOMETHING.

LET'S GO.

COME ON. LET'S--

COLLIE, I'M SCARED.

I'M SO SCARED.

HEY.

UH, SOMETHING

THE MATTER, OFFICER?

I'M SITTING HERE

WITH MY WIFE, AND, UH--

WHAT ARE YOU:

WAITING FOR?

MY FRIEND:

JACK BILLINGSLEY.

HE'S COMING IN

FROM THE EAST.

WHAT'S

YOUR NAME?

THIS YOUR CAR?

LET ME SEE YOUR:

REGISTRATION.

YOU'VE GO THE REGISTRATION,

HAVEN'T YOU, HONEY?

HAVEN'T I SEEN

YOU BEFORE?

WHAT DID YOU SAY

YOUR NAME WAS?

COLLINS.

I'M WAITING FOR MY

FRIEND JACK BILLINGSLEY.

I'VE SEEN YOU.

YOU EVER BEEN:

IN TROUBLE?

HOW YOU DOING ON

THAT REGISTRATION,

MA'AM?

I THINK YOU:

HAVE ME MIXED UP

WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.

I'M, UH, RETIRED NOW,

BUT I USED TO--

I AIN'T GOT YOU

MIXED UP.

I SEEN YOU.

LET ME SEE YOUR:

DRIVER'S LICENSE.

HOLD IT.

COLLINS.

KID COLLINS.

WHY, SURE. I WON

100 BUCKS ON YOU.

YOU'RE RETIRED

NOW, KID?

I DIDN'T MEAN

TO GIVE YOU:

A HARD TIME,

BUT WITH:

THIS GOING ON.

WHATISGOING ON HERE,

SOME TROUBLE?

YOU SAID IT. YOU

SHOULD COME GE YOUR FRIEND LATER.

LET'S SEE.

YOU BACK IT ON UP.

I'LL WAVE

YOU THROUGH.

OK.

AAH!

HE'S GOT A GUN!

FREEZE!

DROP YOUR WEAPON!

YOU'D STILL BE

BETTER OFF:

COMING BACK LATER

FOR YOUR FRIEND.

THIS PLACE:

IS GOING TO BE:

A LITTLE CRAZY.

PULL IT ON OU THAT WAY.

I'LL SIGNAL

FOR THE GUYS:

TO LET YOU THROUGH.

THANK YOU.

[RADIO]

SO FAR THE KIDNAPPING

HAS STYMIED THE POLICE.

HOWEVER, THE AUTHORITIES

ARE OPTIMISTIC:

BECAUSE MR. ROGERS,

THE VANDERVENTER FAMILY

CHAUFFEUR,

WAS ABLE TO TALK

WITH POLICE THIS AFTERNOON.

WHILE STILL:

IN INTENSIVE CARE,

HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE

THE FIRST DETAILED

DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT.

WAIT. THIS JUST IN.

THE POLICE ARE REPORTING

A SIGHTING OF THE SUSPEC AS HE FLED THE SCENE

OF A SHOOTOU AT THE AIRPOR MOMENTS AGO.

HE'S IDENTIFIED AS

KEVIN "KID" COLLINS,

AN EX-BOXER WHO RECENTLY

MOVED TO THE AREA.

HE WAS LAST SEEN TRAVELING

WITH A WOMAN:

POLICE BELIEVE MAY HAVE

BEEN ABDUCTED:

BY THE KIDNAPPERS.

IN WHAT MAY BE:

A RELATED DEVELOPMENT,

THE BODY:

OF LONGTIME RESIDEN DR. JAKE GOLDMAN

WAS FOUND THIS MORNING

BOUND AND GAGGED

IN AN ISOLATED DESERT HOME.

THE 50-YEAR-OLD BACHELOR

APPARENTLY DIED:

FROM A SINGLE BLOW

TO THE HEART.

THE VALLEY PLANNING

COMMISSION IS MEETING...

WHEN A MAN STOPS CARING

WHAT HAPPENS,

ALL THE STRAIN:

IS LIFTED FROM HIM.

SUSPICION AND WORRY

AND FEAR,

ALL THE THINGS THAT TWIS HIS THINKING OUT OF FOCUS,

ARE BRUSHED ASIDE,

AND HE CAN SEE PEOPLE

EXACTLY AS THEY ARE

AT LAST...

AS I SAW FAY THEN--

WEAK AND FRIGHTENED,

BUT BASICALLY AS GOOD

AS A PERSON COULD BE

AND HATING HERSELF

FOR NOT BEING BETTER.

SUDDENLY THE ONLY THING

THAT MATTERED:

WAS THAT SHE LIVE.

IT WAS THE ONLY WAY

MY HAVING LIVED:

COULD MAKE ANY SENSE.

IT WAS WHY I HAD BEEN

MADE LIKE I WAS--

TO DO SOMETHING FOR HER

SHE COULDN'T DO

FOR HERSELF,

THEN TO PROTECT HER

SO THAT SHE COULD GO ON--

SO THAT SHE WOULD HAVE

THE REASON FOR LIVING

THAT I'D NEVER HAD.

FUNNY HOW SOMETIMES

THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE

ARE MORE TRUE:

THAN THE TRUTH...

BECAUSE IN A WAY

FAY HAD BEEN ABDUCTED.

NONE OF THIS:

WOULD'VE HAPPENED

IF I HADN'T COME ALONG.

AS SHE SAID,

THIS SCHEME HAD BEEN

COOKING A LONG TIME.

NOW WITHOUT ME, IT WOULD

JUST BOIL AWAY TO NOTHING.

SHE HAD SENT ME AWAY ONCE,

BUT I CAME BACK.

I HAD TO.

AND NOW FAY WAS THE ONE

PAYING THE PRICE.

I NEEDED A WAY.

ONE LAST PLAN TO MAKE

THE WHOLE THING RIGH AND LEAVE HER

IN THE CLEAR.

WE KNOW WHAT TO DO.

LET'S GET IT OVER WITH.

MIGHT AS WELL.

ONE LAST THING, COLLIE.

WE'VE DONE SOME PRETTY

INEXCUSABLE THINGS.

I KNOW YOU WEREN' RESPONSIBLE.

YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD TO

PROTECT THE BOY FROM ME.

WHATEVER I SAID,

I'M SORRY.

FORGET IT.

IT WAS MY FAULT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS SMAR TO KEEP THE BOY ALIVE.

NOW I SEE IT WAS

ABOUT THE DUMBEST THING

I EVER DID.

WELL...

REGARDLESS WHO WAS

AT FAULT, I...

WHAT?

WHY, COLLIE,

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

DON'T YOU GET IT?

YOU CALL ME STUPID,

AND YOU DON'T SEE

WHAT I MEAN?

NO, I DON'T SEE.

YOU'VE GOT TO.

UNCLE BUD:

COULD BE BLAMED:

FOR PRACTICALLY:

EVERYTHING:

I'VE DONE,

COULDN'T HE?

AND YOU--

WHAT ARE YOU:

GETTING AT?

YOU'VE GOT I JUST ABOUT PERFECT.

IT LOOKS ABOUT 100%

BETTER FOR YOU:

THAN FOR ME.

YOU'RE A WOMAN

LIVING ALONE.

UNCLE BUD:

THREATENED YOU.

YOU WERE SCARED:

TO DEATH OF ME,

SO YOU WENT ALONG

WITH THIS.

I ASKED YOU WHA YOU'RE GETTING AT.

YOU REALLY DON' GET IT, DO YOU?

THEN I GUESS:

YOU WOULDN'T AT THAT.

IT WON'T HURT YOU

IF THE BOY TALKS,

BUT IT WILL:

HURT ME PLENTY.

SO...

THERE'S YOUR ANSWER.

ALL SPELLED OUT FOR YOU.

YOU'RE NOT GOING

TO DO ANY TALKING.

YOU DON'T MEAN THAT.

YOU CAN'T MEAN IT.

YOU'VE HAD EVEN MORE

THAN A NORMAL PERSON

COULD TAKE,

AND YOU'RE EXCITED

AND FRIGHTENED.

YOU DON'T MEAN IT,

DO YOU, DARLING?

I KNOW MY COLLIE.

OOH.

I REALLY HAD YOU FOOLED,

DIDN'T I?

WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD.

ALL THIS PRACTICE.

I WAS UP FOR MURDER.

IT WAS THE ONLY THING

I COULD THINK OF,

SO I WENT INTO THE ACT,

AND IT GOT ME OFF.

IT LOOKED LIKE:

SUCH A GOOD DEAL,

I STARTED WORKING I FULL-TIME.

WHAT ACT?

THE CRAZY STUFF, FAY.

HELL, IT'S BETTER

THAN A PENSION.

I CAN JUST ROAM AROUND,

DOING WHATEVER I WANT,

ACTING STUPID.

WHEN I GE A LITTLE TIRED,

I JUST CHECK INTO AN

INSTITUTION FOR A WHILE.

HELL, I TELL YOU,

SOMETIMES THEY GIVE YOU

A PRIVATE ROOM,

ANYTHING YOU WAN TO EAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY

PEOPLE DON'T GET WISE.

YOU DO ALL SORTS

OF THINGS:

TO GIVE YOURSELF AWAY,

BUT SOMEHOW,

THEY NEVER CATCH ON.

THEY KEEP FALLING

FOR THE SAME AC AND FEELING SORRY

FOR YOU.

GOD.

LET'S JUST GET THIS

OVER WITH.

I WON'T KILL YOU.

I'LL JUST MESS YOU UP,

MAKE IT LOOK LIKE

THERE WAS A STRUGGLE.

I TRIED TO KEEP YOU

FROM KILLING THE BOY.

THE GUN ACCIDENTALLY

WENT OFF.

DO ANYTHING TO ME,

BUT DON'T KILL HIM.

THERE'S AN IDEA.

INSTEAD OF:

BUMPING OFF THE BRA AND LEAVING HIM ALONE.

I LIKE YOU, CHARLIE.

I LIKE YOU VERY MUCH.

[GUNSHOT]

IT'S OK, FAY.

YOU DID:

THE RIGHT THING.

YOU AND ME:

TOGETHER FOREVER.

YOU REALLY BELIEVE

THAT, COLLIE?

YOU REALLY BELIEVE

THERE COULD BE:

A YOU AND ME?

I KNOW IT, FAY.

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