Before I Disappear Page #6

- You gotta come to work tonight.

- No, not tonight.

You know the wonderful

thing about you, Richie?

It's that death isn't just

a destination for you.

It's a part of you. It lives in you.

It's woven into the fabric

of your soul.

There's nothing you could

do but embrace the fact

that every day of your life

ought to be your last.

Let's go.

Let's go. Come on.

Come on. Come on.

Did you brush your

teeth and everything?

You brushed your teeth? Okay, good.

- You're not leaving me, are you?

- No, I'm gonna be in the next room.

Promise?

I promise.

Oh, I... I read your letter

when you weren't looking.

I was curious. I hope you don't mind.

It's a love letter, right?

Right?

You forgot to tell her you love her.

That's why it doesn't work.

Why you keep rewriting it.

That's the word that's missing.

We're gonna need you

to come with us, sir.

You wanna explain this to us

before we call the police?

- I'd love to hear this one.

- I don't remember this at all.

You don't remember this

happening a few hours ago?

No, I do not. No, I do not, sir.

At the time that this

incident took place

I was under the influence

of a menopausal medication.

I don't remember much of

anything that happened.

- Let's take a walk.

- Until a couple...

Maybe you'll remember this.

Listen, my niece is up there, okay?

You gotta let me back up.

If we ever see you here again,

we'll call the police.

- Please let me back up there.

- You have 2 minutes to get outta here.

Come on. Come on!

Dear Vista,

I have stumbled upon a part of me that

wants to see the sun rise tomorrow.

A part of me that has been buried

deep inside for so many years.

I wonder if it's better to

go through life thinking

that a loved one who's missing could

still be alive out there somewhere.

I'm guessing the answer

to that question is no.

But I've been asked to do a favor that

I don't feel like delivering any longer.

It's a debt that I need

to settle before I go.

Hey, hey, have you seen...

Gideon around?

Yeah, man, he's f***ed up.

Do you know where he is?

- No, I haven't seen him in like an hour.

- Yeah, thanks.

- Rich, Rich.

- He invited me here.

He-he invited me.

Devin, it's important.

It's important.

Richie! Hey, come here!

It's good to see you, man.

Hey, I'm real sorry about before.

I f***ed up. I overreacted, okay?

- You don't have to apologize.

- No, no, no. I f***ed up. Okay?

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- You don't have to be.

Come on, let me get you a drink.

I've been thinking about it, man.

I've been thinking about a lot of things.

And I... I gotta stop

losing my temper, you know?

I gotta approach things in a

positive and constructive way.

Because when I think

about it, I was 18 years old

when I first got into this business.

I didn't know what the f*** I was doing,

but I had a positive attitude.

I took this abandoned

warehouse dumbo.

I turned it into the hottest party in

New York. I was cleaning 60 Gs a night.

I was 18, on top of the world.

You know how I did that?

You know how I did that?

I seized the moment.

I seized the moment.

Anyway, enough of that sh*t.

Did you say your sister

was in jail earlier?

- Or am I just making that sh*t up?

- It's not jail, it's called Central Booking.

- She's in Central Booking.

- Yeah.

It's on Center Street, right?

- She gets out in a few hours.

- Good.

I was thinking about

maybe picking her up.

- You should.

- I don't know what to say to her.

- What do you mean?

- I don't know what to say.

It's easy. You just tell her

you love her. That's it.

Who else is gonna pick her up?

She got a husband?

- She has an ex-douchebag.

- A douchebag?

Ex-douchebag. He knocked

her up when she was 17.

You gotta go there.

Here's what you gotta do.

You gotta go there and be supportive.

- Right.

- She's your sister.

She's had a rough night. I'm real glad

you came by to my little gathering

- I didn't think you were gonna come.

- I'm not here for the gathering.

I'm here to see you, to talk

to you about something.

I think I know what you

wanna talk to me about.

I don't think you do.

People come to my gatherings not to

see me they come for other things.

No, that's not it. I'm not here for

other things. Gideon, I'm not...

I got uppers, downers,

I got whatever you want.

You don't have to lie.

I don't give a f***.

No, listen, I don't lie.

I don't lie. Okay?

Relax.

I don't lie. I want you

to know that about me.

- Okay, okay. Okay.

- No, it's not okay.

Because I was dishonest

with you before.

I was dishonest with you.

It's been eating me up all day.

And I try never to lie. I hurt someone

once by lying and it just, it...

I wanted you to know

that about me. I don't lie.

- Okay?

- Okay.

It's important that you

know that about me.

Alright. It's duly noted.

Now that we've cleared that up,

I need you to do me a favor.

- Alright?

- Alright.

Ask me what I know

about your girlfriend.

- You f***in' with me?

- No, I ain't f***in' with you.

I ain't f***in' with nobody,

but I wasn't very truthful before.

So if you wanna redo that thing,

you wanna go ahead

and ask about her,

you go ahead and ask.

- Okay.

- Okay?

What do you know about my girlfriend?

I know that she came into

The Devoe sometimes. I met her.

I met her a few times.

She was a real sweet girl.

- Yeah.

- But she's gone.

She's gone.

- What do you mean she's gone?

- I mean she's dead.

She's dead. Do you

hear what I'm sayin'?

Hold on. I don't know what

you're doing right now.

Why you saying this?

Let me tell you something.

You're talking about

the love of my life.

- I know. I know.

- If you are f***ing with me...

- I'm not.

- If you are f***ing with me...

The love of your life died of a drug

overdose in the fourth bathroom stall

of the ladies restroom

in The Devoe last night.

- I was there. I found her.

- What? What?

She's beautiful. She was beautiful

to you, and she was beautiful to me.

But to Bill... I guess she

was bad for business.

- Where is she?

- I don't know.

- Where is she?

- I don't know!

- Why are you doing this to me?

- I'm not doing it to you!

- Why you telling me this?

- I'm sorry I lied to you.

I'm sorry I lied.

I didn't know what to say.

I didn't know what to do.

Whatever you do to me, I forgive you.

- I forgive you.

- Why are you doing this to me?

- I'm sorry.

- Why are you telling me this?

I forgive you. I forgive you.

Pull over.

Get out.

Get the f*** out.

Your sister's f***ing my husband.

What was your plan?

I don't know.

Stab her in the eye

with a pen, maybe.

I'm so sorry.

I'm never gonna leave you

like that ever again, okay?

What happened to your eye?

Go back to bed for a couple

of hours before school, okay?

Be right back.

- I love you.

- I love you too.

- Goodnight.

- Night.

I can see it in her face.

She's changed since last night.

You got her liking you now.

10 hours and suddenly

you're Mr. Wonderful.

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