Born Guilty Page #9

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for the rest of my life!

- Calm down.

- I can't calm down.

If I'm calm, people

just walk all over me.

I just let them walk all over me

and I can't be

walked over anymore.

I've got to do this.

I want Midway, I need Midway,

and I don't know why I just

couldn't f***ing do it!

- Grow up!

God's sakes.

You're great with

the kids stuff.

So you hit a wall.

It's not the end of the

world, it's not defeat.

I've seen people waste

their entire lives

trying to become something that

they're never gonna become.

So maybe this is who you are.

Maybe you're the little kid guy.

- No, no, you're not

getting me, Mr. Milk.

- I get that you are

out of your depth here

and that you're off of Midway.

- I'm either off

Midway or I'm fired?

Then I guess I'm fired.

- Talent is a harder thing

to ride than pity is.

It's your call.

- How about I take my

vacation time next week

and I earn back

the Midway account?

- Oh, what the hell.

Everybody fucks up once, right?

I know I did. (LAUGHS)

Thanks for the driving

directions to Palm Springs.

I will have my cell, but

I am not checking email.

- Okay.

Well, I will be available

24-7 to bounce ideas off of.

- I might just take

you up on that.

But please, please do not

give out my hotel information

to anyone, especially my mom.

- Okay.

Go, mad man, go.

(PHONE RINGING)

- [RECORDING] You got

Marty's home phone,

tell me something good.

(CRYING)

- Mom, are you okay?

- I'm not okay.

I'm not okay, I'm

not okay, I'm not

- Rawl?

What the f***?

- She said if I truly loved her,

I'd understand and

I'd stop bugging her,

but I don't understand,

I don't understand.

I mean, I want to see her.

I need to see her.

You must have told

her about our deal.

- I didn't tell her sh*t.

- I've never needed

anyone before.

It hurts.

I can't take it, I

need to make it stop.

- You're overreacting.

She's probably just

playing hard to get again.

- She put call

blocking on my number.

- Oh.

- Can't take it.

I can't take it, I can't

take it, I can't take it,

I can't take it!

- So don't take it, man.

- Okay.

- Okay what?

- I won't take it.

(SIGHS)

- How you gonna do that?

- Sorry, Marty.

I've ruined everything.

- Not your fault.

It's mine.

- I will make these

feelings stop.

- Rawl, you're not gonna do

anything stupid, are you?

- I'll make them stop.

(DIAL TONE)

- What?

( CALM MUSIC)

(KNOCKING)

- Come on, come on, come on.

We are f***ed, we are f***ed.

He's been gone

since you got off the

phone with him yesterday.

I have no concept

of where he is.

- I do.

- The laundromat?

- Why, does he stink?

- No, actually I liked

the way he smells.

It smells like baseball cards

fresh out of the package.

It's nice.

The laundromat,

that's a good place

Something about all those clothes

are going round and round

and they're sudsy.

And the more they

spin, the more you see.

The more you see, so, okay,

he thinks he's in love, right?

- No.

I've been there before.

It's not love anymore.

- Alright, you're right.

Maybe love has a way

of tilting into crazy.

- F***, man, we gotta find him.

In college, I had to talk

him out of killing himself

almost every semester.

- Oh.

Well, I checked the laundry

room and the basement,

I called the laundromat

down the block.

- He's not at a

f***ing laundromat!

- Then he doesn't know

what he's missing.

- Look, he's probably just

lurking around my mom's place.

- You think he's

gonna drop the bomb,

tell your mom he's your whore?

- I don't think so.

I mean, that's what

I love about him,

he'd never hurt anyone.

- Or pay them to.

- Thanks.

I guess that's what

I'm born to do.

- Come on, buddy, I'm sorry.

I've seen those bananas

for brains ads you wrote.

Bananas for brains,

bananas for brains

You can think all you want

but it's bananas the same

- It's cute, you're

a sweetheart.

- Rupert, I know you're

afraid to leave this apartment,

but I need your help

searching for him.

Can you handle the outside?

You can.

- I used to be afraid,

but now I'm like afraid

of not being afraid, it's

a whole other level of

- Right, are you coming or not?

- Yes.

Yes, yes.

I'm coming, but I'm gonna

need you to hold my hand

because I haven't left

this building in 27 months.

Please hold my hand.

- [MARTY] You okay?

- Yeah, yeah.

Oh, do you think we can

get some ice cream later?

- Hey, guy.

Guy.

Buddy, over here.

- What?

- It wouldn't kill you

to order something.

- If only suicide was that easy.

- We're fresh out of cyanide.

How about an espresso?

- Why not?

- So you keeping your eyes

peeled on the other side

of the street, man?

- Yeah.

It's nice being out.

I'm really set being inside.

It's just a solid feeling,

not needing anything.

- So does this mean I can

let go of your f***ing hand?

- No!

No, no, no, no!

No.

- Okay.

Come on.

(CLINKING)

- Hey, easy, maestro.

Hey, relax.

You slugged back enough

caffeine to wire a small city.

Hey, you're done.

I'm cutting your

ass off, this is it.

$37.12.

- Why not?

(CHEERS)

- No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Get down, get down.

Come on, man, get

off the counter.

Not on the walls!

- Why not?

- Don't touch the customers.

- Why not?

- Don't touch the customers.

No, come on, no, no.

Hey, what did I just say?

Hey, I just said no

customers, no customers.

Alright, show's over, okay, pal?

Show's over, you're done,

you're done, you're out of here.

Go home, take a powder, buddy.

- Why not?

Why not?

Why not!

- Yeah, and people say

"Oh, it's a bad thing,"

the internet making it

easy for guys like me

to stay at home.

I think they're right, you know?

It's kind of fun getting

out in the world.

(LAUGHS) I really like it.

- Because if you do, I'll

knock your ass backwards.

- Why not?

- Rawl in his undies.

Rawl in his undies!

That's Rawl, Rawl in his undies!

- I gotta put you down.

- Oh, oh.

- Sh*t.

Oh, I'm outside.

I'm touching the ground,

I'm touching the ground!

- Got another a**hole.

- Let's get this nutjob.

- Then he goes like this.

Come on, cut him on that side.

Son of a b*tch.

- Rawl.

There he goes.

- Stay right there.

Up against the car, let's go.

- Wait, wait!

- [RUPERT] Police brutality,

police brutality!

- What happened, what happened?

- She took the love away man.

- Police brutality!

- Hey, stay the hell back.

- Okay, okay, okay!

- Where are you taking him?

- He's going to second precinct.

- It's alright, Rawl.

- No peace, no justice.

No peace, no justice!

- Shut up.

Just shut up.

Shut up.

- [RUPERT] No peace, no justice!

- Shut up!

(PUNCHES)

- I needed that.

- [MARTY] So he's

gonna be okay, right?

- He seems fine for right now,

but we're holding him overnight.

If he passes the

psych evaluation,

the judge will let him

out with counseling.

If he can pay the $1,800 fine.

- I got that covered.

So where do I pick

him up tomorrow?

- Tomorrow?

He's gotta go

through the system.

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