Bleed for This Page #5

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everybody in here.

You won't know anyone. It's a Tuesday.

Only skanks and hos work Tuesdays.

Oh, you may know everyone.

Surprise!

Hey.

Vinny!

Happy birthday.

He had no idea!

Why do they call it an island?

It's not an actual island.

It's named after an island.

- Yes, Rhodes.

- Yes, the island of Rhodes.

Yes. See? Like Cape Cod.

I mean Nantucket.

- Hey!

- That has nothin' to do with it.

Here you are, champ.

This is it.

Huh?

Vinny!

This is it.

- Yeah.

- Vinny!

Oh.

- Yeah.

- Look at that.

- Huh?

- Beautiful.

Really nice.

"WBA junior

middleweight champ."

All right.

Uh, yeah, thanks, guys.

It really means a lot to me

everybody showing up here

and supporting me.

I just want to say thank you.

It really means a lot.

And to Vinny!

Yeah!

- Salute! Salute!

- To Vinny!

What's the cake like?

This whole thing's a machine.

When the machine runs,

it feeds everybody.

When it's down, when it ain't runnin',

nobody eats. Do you understand?

The machine...

It don't stop for nobody.

Not for me, not for Don

King, not even for you.

We know you still have three

months to defend your title.

We're asking you

to give that up now, vin.

Defending your title in march

is just not a possibility.

Sometimes you gotta cut your losses

to count your gains. Am I right?

You got your belt. Everybody

knows you're the champ.

It ain't personal.

Hey.

Happy birthday.

Thanks.

What'd those two dum-dums

want from you?

Ah, nothin'.

Huh?

Nothin'.

You all right? Yeah. I'm fine.

What's up?

Hey.

We're not done here, Vinny.

We're not?

No.

We just need to, you know,

figure out what's next for you.

There's a whole world

outside the ring.

You know, Kev...

I'm getting pretty sick of people

talking about me like I'm dead.

Like I died in that car wreck.

Like it's just over for me.

Kev, I'm gonna fight again.

No, you ain't, Vinny.

That's what everybody

here knows.

They're afraid to say it

to your face.

You're not gonna fight again.

It's over.

You gotta let it go.

Make sure my folks

get home all right.

Twin river.

Jesus, Vinny.

Hey. I know.

And I can't even park

in the handicap spot.

How you feeling, honey?

Ah, I'm feelin' good.

Yeah. Thank you.

You look good.

Good to have you back,

Mr. Pazienza.

Hey. Hey, guys,

how we doing?

Hey, how are ya?

I'm Vinny Paz.

Oh, yeah? Hi.

- Can you take this off the table?

- Yeah. Sure.

Twenty-two.

Easy. Easy, Kevin.

Easy, easy, easy.

Your cab's coming. Wait right here.

I don't want a cab!

I know you don't, but you're gonna get one.

Just stand here...

All right! I'm not

gonna get in the car!

Stay away from that car, Kevin!

Don't go in that car!

Kevin, don't do it!

- Yeah, right.

- Come on back.

Ah, Jesus Christ!

Come on.

Hit me.

I'm sorry, Vinny.

Yeah.

It's coming up right up here.

- Vinny?

- What?

What are you doing down there?

I don't know.

Come on, Pazman.

Let's go.

Ow!

F***!

Ah.

Let's go. Come on.

Come on!

Come on, Vinny.

Come on, Paz.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on, Paz. Let's go, baby.

Let him sleep.

He was probably up readin'.

Readin'? Why are you

this stupid?

Three seconds to go

in the third.

It has been all so far.

- The crowd erupts in Providence.

- Hey.

- Hey.

What you watching? Just watching

the fights a little bit.

So, you get any action

at county or what?

F*** off.

Jesus.

When'd you get out?

Nah, I never went in.

I got released,

after twelve hours.

Friggin' lost my license. On probation.

F***ing stupid.

- I'm glad you came over.

- No, I should've come by sooner.

Be right back. Gonna say

hi to your mom. Hold on.

Let me, uh... let me talk to you

about something real quick.

What?

I need your help.

What happened?

You in trouble?

What, gambling?

Nah, nah. You need money? What?

Nah, none of that stuff.

Vinny, come on. What? Say it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I know. I'm just

gonna show you.

Vin, come on.

What, you buy a new Jean jacket?

I need you to start

training me again.

F*** you.

Right?

Stop it.

I'm serious.

I see that.

Come on. Sooner or later, you got

to start accepting that maybe...

Look, I already started, Kev.

Started what?

With just the bar.

Now, I've been going real slow,

and I haven't rushed through

anything, just like you taught me.

Vinny, Vinny, ho, ho, ho, Vinny.

Vinny, no. No!

What? What are you doing?

This is insane.

You looked in the mirror lately?

You see that thing on your head?

You heard what the doctor said.

You're risking your life here.

What life?

Upstairs?

No, I can't do it.

- This is a f***ing hail Mary at best.

- No, it's... no, it's no...

It's a gamble.

Yeah, I know that.

But if there was a time to

roll the dice, this is it.

- You just don't know how to give up.

- No, I do.

Trust me, I do. I know

exactly how to give up.

You know what scares the sh*t out

of me, Kev? It's that it's easy.

Something goes wrong

and I'm involved,

I couldn't live with that.

Whose turn? Doreen, it's your play.

Come on.

Doreen.

What?

It's your turn.

I know it's my...

Give me a second. I gotta

figure out what I'm doing.

Doreen.

What?

Come on. You're up.

Oh, my god.

Your turn.

I know it's me.

I gotta figure out something to do.

Put this down there.

You're awfully quiet

tonight, Kevin.

- The nine. Oh.

- I'm fine, Mrs. Pazienza.

Jon?

It's your turn.

Yeah. Uh...

Isn't Vinny doing great?

Put that there.

He's doing great.

It's you, vin.

What's this?

This is all...

Kev, you think drinking's

such a good idea right now?

You're gonna lecture me

on moderation?

- Balls on this kid.

- Yeah, vin.

Yeah, since forever.

All right. Kevin, you're welcome

to stay here on the couch.

- Maybe you shouldn't be driving.

- No, I'm fine.

- Ma, he can't drive. He

lost his license. -Jesus.

Vinny!

- Louise? -There we go.

Okay, I got my card.

All right. Kevin, your turn.

Come on. Kevin, you're up.

- I'm done.

- What do you mean? No, no.

Kev, what are you doing?

Go upstairs.

I'm comfortable.

I don't think I could

make it up the stairs.

Where's the bench press?

I threw it in the garbage.

Why did you do that?

Leave it. You're a big

dummy, you know that?

Bench...

Good old bench-pressing.

How's that a good idea? You

should be doing shoulder work.

At least that would help

with your injury.

This way, you're gonna just look

like some ital on Venice beach.

You put me in a hell of a spot.

Had to decide if it'd be worse to watch

you kill yourself or... Help you do it.

That's, like, the nicest thing

anyone's ever said to me.

Sit down, a**hole.

There you go.

Give me 50 of those.

There you go.

Straighten up the back.

You get cable with that thing?

Yeah.

Is this making too much noise?

Nah. We're good.

Come on.

Vinny?

Vinny, I gotta get

the Christmas box!

Get that box

right there. Yeah, ma!

Yeah, Kev's bringing it up to you.

Oh. All right.

Here you go, Mrs. Pazienza.

Yeah, he's got it.

All right.

Thank you.

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