Before I Disappear Page #3

What do you mean it's

your one phone...

Maggie?

She said to take me to your place.

She what?

- Oh, no, no, that's not gonna work.

- That's what Mother said.

Yeah, well, she's not

my mother, okay?

My apartment isn't exactly

suitable for guests right now.

Well, that's what she said.

She told me to take you

out of the apartment.

There was no directive as

to any certain destination.

There certainly was. I'm not

budging until we sort this out.

Are you gonna picket me?

I'll tell her you find

the terms unacceptable.

You do what you gotta do, okay?

We are not going to my place.

That is an indisputable fact.

She's not picking up.

What are you looking for?

I don't know. I got a headache.

Something with electrolytes.

- Electrolytes?

- Where's your bathroom?

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Why? Who does this?

You know who does this?

Animals do this.

Huh? I don't understand.

Why would you do that?

Alright, I'll check the security

footage see who's responsible.

Here's some emergency money

for you to spend on me.

- Let's go, come on.

- Let's clear those out.

Hill. H-I-L-L. Margaret Hill.

One moment please.

Yes, we do have Margaret

Hill in our system.

You do? Okay, so, what,

what is she doin' there?

I can't tell you what she

was brought in for, Sir.

I can tell you she was transferred to

central booking about 2 hours ago.

Central booking, okay.

What... what happens there?

She's placed in a holding cell and

she's waiting for her arraignment.

- She's in a holding cell?

- Yes.

Okay, what-what... Do you know

what time the arraignment is?

Let's see. Her arraignment

is scheduled for 4 a.m.

4 a.m.? Are you f***ing kidding me?

What am I gonna do

with the kid till 4 a.m.?

I don't know how to respond...

Holy crow, I'm f***ed.

I'm so f***ing f***ed.

Let's go.

What the hell is this?

It's called a bowling alley.

I work for the guy who runs the place.

We can bowl for free.

- I don't bowl.

- You don't bowl?

Well, this is all that I can do

for 10 o'clock at night, okay?

It's either this or the bar.

You know what I mean?

What are you doing?

What does it look like I'm doing?

I'm doing homework.

Alright, so you don't bowl. Okay,

I get it. There's other things to do.

There's food. There's arcade games,

there's other activities.

What don't you understand

about homework?

Alright, fine, but you know...

do you not ever have... fun?

- I mean, don't you ever let loose?

- Gymnastics is fun.

Gymnastics. Okay. So you did a

triple-backflip whatever you call it

but you did it with the

face of an assassin.

- I mean, where are the smiles?

- You don't smile.

What about your friends?

What do you do with them?

I don't have many friends.

Is that what you wanna hear?

Just me and Mother,

and that's just fine.

You and Mother?

You ever heard of the movie "Psycho"?

You know, there's always

a test, by the way.

Your whole life is gonna

be a test, alright?

I mean, sometimes I'd skip out,

I'd not do my homework.

Yeah and look how you turned out.

Gideon wants to see you.

- Gideon would like to see me?

- Yeah.

- What for?

- I don't know.

Well...

I have... I have my niece here,

you know? I mean, I'm gonna...

- We need somebody to watch her.

- It'll only be a couple of minutes.

Get somebody to watch my

niece or I'm not moving.

I'll watch her.

Get somebody else.

Look, I,

I have to go for a couple minutes

I'll be right back, okay?

You'll be alright?

- Richie!

- Gideon.

Who's the, who's the girl?

Oh, that's... that's my niece.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

- Brother or sister?

- Sister.

Yeah? How's she doing?

- She's in jail.

- Now that's cool.

Calls me tonight, out of the blue.

To torture me, I guess.

I haven't spoken to her in years.

You worked in The Devoe last night?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I got this...

I got this problem, Richie.

I... I met someone recently,

who changes the way that I see things.

The way that I operate.

It's a... it's a girl.

It's not just any girl.

She's, you know, she's red-hot.

I wake up sweating thinking she

won't be lying next to me.

Maybe I'm thinking I

might get burned.

Whatever it is, it's the

worst-case scenario, you know?

I've dreamed up all the bad scenarios.

I mean, this girl, Richie.

This girl has me under a

f***ing spell, you know?

I just can't shake it. It scares me

sometimes, the things I'd do for her.

I know the feeling.

I know you do, Richie.

That's why I can talk to you.

Because unlike these other a**holes,

you have been in love.

Am I right? With that girl?

What's her name?

- Vista.

- Vista. Right. Vista.

You're probably gonna

be surprised by this

since you and I don't talk so much,

but when I met my girl...

I kinda thought of you guys.

I thought of what you guys had.

Well, what's your girl's name?

See, that's the thing, man.

She's, she's gone, you know?

She's been ignoring me for

the past 24 hours or so.

She completely disappeared, you know?

Here. Take a look at her.

Beautiful, right?

Anyway, she doesn't

come home last night.

There's no call, no text, no e-mail.

There's nothing.

I ask around when was the

last people heard from her.

I don't like the responses, you know?

Something about the tone

of a person's voice.

So, day keeps moving on without her and

my imagination starts running wild, Richie.

And I start thinking about other

guys I've seen her look at.

I started thinking about her friends

that she doesn't know I know about.

I started thinking what I'd do to

someone if I found out he bedded her.

I would shackle the f***er up

for a year and I would slowly

and systematically torture him every

day until he finally shuts down.

I would burn off all his f***ing

skin is what I would do.

These are the kinds of things

I'm thinking about, Richie.

I'm thinking about bad things.

Right.

So, do you recognize her?

- Richie.

- Yeah?

You do?

Yeah, no, I mean, I, I...

I see her, I see her around

The Devoe sometimes.

I mean, I don't know her, but...

- Hard to miss, right?

- Right.

It's the arguments about the

little things that get you.

We got in some little

spat about something.

I don't even remember about what, and then,

poof she's gone. She's out the door.

You know where she goes, Richie?

She goes to The Devoe.

- Really?

- Yeah.

She marches over to that shithole club she

texts me that she found her friend Flora

and that was it. That was

the last I heard from her.

I got friends over there.

I keep tabs on the competition.

The bouncers tell me that she

goes into the club around 1 a.m.

and then she doesn't come out.

She goes in, but she doesn't come out.

At least, not through the front door.

You did the late shift last night, right?

So I wanna know.

Did you see anything?

- Did I see anything?

- Yeah.

Did I see anything?

My late shift is later than most.

As you know, I don't... I don't

see much of anything ever.

You know, most days,

nobody even talks to me at all.

I mean, nobody sees anything in me

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