Against All Odds Page #3

I hope you don't mind.

Not at all.

Bob, are your friends

from the Sierra Club?

Yes, as a matter of fact.

Quite a few.

I hope they're welcome.

I've supported them for years.

Not only financially...

...but also in my heart.

Please join us.

I really don't think so.

Please.

All right.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, Ben. He promised me.

Soames thinks he's a smart-ass.

I'm not laughing.

Cute little stores.

"Zoning variances don't

count. " I say, " Come on... "

What's it been, three weeks?

Could you excuse me for

just a second?

What are you doing here?

Free eats, right?

It's Mrs. Wyler's party.

- You don't wanna be here.

- That was bullshit...

...in your office, wasn't it?

You don't care about me.

You work for Caxton.

You wanted to play pro football.

Every year, there's a chance

you'd lose your job because of injury.

You players never grasp, it

is not a very secure job.

A lot of us made you

rich, didn't we?

That's right, Brogan. I got rich.

I'm getting richer all the time.

That's good, Steve.

Come on, come on.

You can afford it

when I kick your teeth!

Do it, see what happens!

You're a has-been!

- Cool it, man.

- Come on, goddamn it!

That's intelligent.

Will you cool it?

You know Caxton's here.

Hey, come on.

Relax!

You're finished in football!

- Get him out!

- I'm out of here!

- You're not playing this right.

- I could give a f***.

Wyler never mixed his

other businesses with the team.

We played football.

We didn't sell real estate.

You're saying I'm lucky

to be off the team?

It's a new goddamn ball game.

That's all I'm telling you.

It's all bullshit!

I don't belong here either.

It's a goddamn circus!

I'm hearing weird things about you.

Like what?

Like you might go

to work for Jake Wise.

He offered me a job.

But you turned him down.

You're a smart kid. Wait!

You're worried about money, but

don't screw around with Wise.

I'm gonna get you a coaching job.

Just for the year.

I'm not ready to do

what you do. I'm a player!

There's nothing here

for me now but sh*t!

They won't pay me.

My shoulder's screwed up.

Know what I'm telling myself?

Take Wise's money.

Take a damn vacation!

I'll find his rich girl for him

and lay in the sun.

Have a good season, Hank.

I'm on my own.

Keep away from Wise, damn it!

Jessie?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry!

Jessie?

You're Jessie Wyler, aren't you?

I'm Terry Brogan.

I played ball for the Outlaws.

The Outlaws don't interest me.

I'm not playing this season.

There's not much going on here.

Where can I go to have a good time?

The ferry leaves every morning.

Can I buy you a drink or something?

How about a taco, huh?

I guess you can have anybody do that

for you in L.A., huh?

- What's that?

- A football player...

...buy you a couple tacos and a beer.

There are a lot better

things to do. Even in L.A.

What don't you like?

Football players...

...tacos or beer?

I like tacos and I like beer.

I should take the ferry, huh?

I figure if I keep talking,

you won't disappear.

Bye!

You sure about that?

Hey, Jake. How's it going?

No, nothing yet.

I didn't expect to have signs

telling me where she is.

Maybe I'll be outside

having a drink...

...I'll look and out of nowhere

she'll be buying some fruit.

I'll call you in a few days.

All right.

See you. Bye.

Pretty slick, Roberto.

Okay, senor. Cerveza, no glass.

I've been hanging out here a lot, huh?

Some hangout.

Damn it!

Where's that boat going?

Tulum.

- When's the next ferry?

- Six hours.

Sh*t!

Should I be afraid of you?

I don't know.

It's beautiful, huh?

If this were L.A., my stepfather

would've bought it.

Torn it up and built condominiums.

Here, the land intimidates them.

They leave it in peace.

Some spot.

It's nothing like the great

Maya cities of the Yucatan.

Chichen Itza.

Should have hidden there.

Is that what you're doing?

Hiding?

Yep.

From you, right?

What do you mean?

Jake sent you.

Maybe your mother did.

I wouldn't know which one

had more to threaten you with.

You wanna know the truth?

I came for the hell of it.

I wanted to get out of L.A.

A Caribbean island didn't sound too bad.

Only trouble is, now I'm here

I find myself...

...in the middle of something

I've no feeling for.

Well, you're not doing this for free.

You're getting paid well,

aren't you?

Which one are you working for?

Which one knows you found me?

Nobody knows anything, okay?

Oh, sure!

I figure, f*** them. You know?

F*** you too, lady.

I loved your drawing.

I wanna talk to you.

Talk.

Why should I believe

you won't tell Jake where I am?

There are people who care what you

believe. I don't see them here.

I have a broken shoulder,

both my knees are shot...

...guys are crippling themselves...

...so you can act like a

13-year-old runaway from Bel Air.

I could give a sh*t what you believe.

- How's Sam?

- Who?

My dog.

I don't know.

Looks like he's fed.

I shouldn't be afraid of you.

When you leaving?

I think 4:
00.

I wish it were sooner.

Never found where I live, did you?

I don't think anybody could.

It's the prettiest place

on the island.

Don't leave without saying goodbye.

You take the highway out of town

to kilometre 19.

When you see the three Tecate cans...

...it's the first dirt road

on the right.

Don't leave without saying goodbye.

Don't leave without saying goodbye.

You don't have to worry about

the neighbors.

They were building homes here

when a storm hit.

They all fell down except this one.

Waited for you, huh?

Like a drink?

All right. That'd be great.

- Tequila okay?

- That's great.

It's Maya.

Third century, I think.

No ice.

That's all right.

You don't have any electricity here?

Propane.

How'd you end up with Jake?

The Palace, I guess.

I wanted to be a

rock 'n' roll singer.

Jake convinced me that rich girls

don't have the soul for it.

Sounds like Jake. Always convincing

somebody of something.

It seems I have the soul to

live with him, be his girlfriend.

He never had anybody

like you before.

You're a whole different class

for him.

Not really.

My family didn't get to own most

of Bel Air by being honest.

Jake always thought I was his luck.

I helped him outthink people

like my family.

I know why he wanted you.

But why were you with him?

I liked that my being with him

made a lot of people crazy.

Like your mom?

It even frightened her.

And that was really something to

finally pull off.

If only my brother had done

that and not by killing himself.

Your brother killed himself?

I guess.

He got into drugs

for the same reason I did.

To get away from our terrible life.

Did his dying make you stop?

Jake did.

Jake did?

After I was with him awhile, it became

very important to him that I stop.

Wouldn't leave me

alone until I quit.

The truth is I wanted to quit.

When I did, I didn't need

Jake anymore.

Bet that kind of threw him.

He said the only way I could

get away was to kill him.

Well, you almost did.

Not really.

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