Criss Cross Page #4

Start goin' around again?

We could try,

couldn't we?

Maybe even

get married again.

It happens.

Lots of divorced people...

then we start fightin'

like cats and dogs.

The same old business all over again.

What's the use, anna? You know you.

Steve!

We tried it once before.

It didn't work out.

Wait a minute.

I'm not blamin' you.

Maybe it was my fault.

Maybe it was nobody's fault.

Whatever it is, why don't we

let it go and call it a day.

Every time we get together,

there's nothing but trouble.

All right, steve.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, i know.

You're sorry.

Good-bye.

So long.

Can't you see what

you're doin' runnin' around

with people like dundee?

Sooner or later,

he'll breakyour neck.

Thanks for taking an interest.

You're welcome.

Wait a minute.

- What?

- I got the day off saturday.

I'm goin' swimmin'.

Are you?

I'm goin' up

to azuma beach.

Azuma? Where's that?

Up the coast,

past malibu.

What's the difference

where it is?

You wanna go along?

Oh, sure, sure.

We'll fight on

the beach at azuma.

Don't get so funny.

I'm leavin' early.

For once in your life

you'll have to get up early.

Don't worry.

I can get up early.

Be ready at 6:
00.

I'll be ready, steve.

You know i'll be ready.

Hello, mom.

Well, that's

a nice thing to do.

Make believe

you didn't catch me.

What are you all

excited about?

I'm goin' out.

You been goin' out every night

since you got back.

What happened?

Get yourself

a new girlfriend?

You're my girlfriend.

That's very sweet.

Thanks.

But i don't see you

taking me to the nightclubs

and to the movies lately.

You gotta wait your turn.

You know, steve,

you're a very nice-looking boy.

Out of all the girls

in los angeles,

why did you

have to pickon her?

Who?

Who? Anna.

Oh, do you think

you can fool me?

Don't i know why you came back

in the first place?

Don't worry, mom.

If i wasn't your mother,

i wouldn't worry.

She's all right.

She's just young.

Some ways she knows

more than einstein.

- You sit around watching me

like i was a ten-year-old kid.

- How old do you think you are?

I've voted for two

presidents already.

Aw, look, mom.

You don't understand.

What makes you think

i don't understand?

I understand.

A girl puts on a piece of silk,

and the next thing that happens

a young fellow like you is sure

he knows what he's doing.

You don't know

anything about her.

You had trouble

with her once, didn't you?

Let's forget it.

There's nothing

you can do anyway.

Nothing?

I spoke to pete.

Well, what can he do?

Plenty.

He's a detective.

Look. You, pete,

the whole los angeles

police department...

are not gonna do

anything about it.

I'll make my own decisions.

Better hurry. I got a date.

Well, hurry.

Make your own decisions.

Here, wipe your nose.

[Rhumba]

Hello, frank.

She here yet?

No, mr. Thompson.

You sure?

Oh, positive.

I'll wait down here

at the bar for her.

Well, now, here's a girl

you can always find

when you want her.

I don't think

i quite like that.

The innuendo.

I think i resent it.

Bad taste.

I beg your pardon.

But he won't need

the table tonight.

Why keep it for him?

I realize that,

but i don't know

how to tell him about it.

It's simple. Just say

i had to take the liberty.

Say i had to

give the table away.

But you don't understand.

He only just came in.

He don't know yet.

Nobody's told him.

Then tell him.

Tell him.

I should tell him?

What do you want me to do?

Get stuck with an empty table

on my hands all night?

Tell him

i took the liberty.

The average fellow,

just because a girl takes

a drink now and then,

right away

he jumps to conclusions,

won't treat her with respect.

Well, i treat everybody

with respect. I have to.

I'm on the public payrolls,

remember? I'm a checker.

Aw, get lost.

[Snickers]

I didn't order this,

frank.

On the house,

mr. Thompson.

Well,

what's the occasion?

Have one with me.

You?

I thought you fellas knew

all about this stuff and never touched it.

What's happened?

Oh, nothin', nothin'.

Only, you see,

i'm in sort of a spot.

Yeah?

Well, i guess it's up to me

to break the bad news.

You see, the headwaiter, well,

he went ahead and gave your table away.

Wait a minute! I want it!

I'm waitin' for her.

Where is that headwaiter?

That's just the point,

mr. Thompson.

I don't think she's going

to be here tonight.

That's why he took

the liberty.

You see, she went to yuma.

[Chuckles]

But you got it all balled up.

I'm meetin' her here.

I got a date!

I know it's something of a shock.

I could hardly believe it either, but...

she really did go to yuma, mr. Thompson.

You see...

[nervous chuckle]

Well... she got married.

I think what it must be,

nowadays a girl'll marry

anybody that asks them.

Imagine!

A man like slim dundee.

A man with

his known character.

I'm sorry about

that table,

mr. Thompson, but...

[steve]

He kept on talkin',

jabberin'away.

I didn't hear a word of it.

I couldn't think.

So she went to yuma.

So she married slim dundee.

Of course.

He had all the dough,

and that's all she ever wanted.

I told myself,

"fine. It was a lucky break. '"

Probably the best thing

that ever happened to me.

I told myself that someday

i'd lookbackand realize it.

But i was wrong.

It was in the cards, and there

was no way of stopping it.

A month went by,

a second, a fourth.

It was all finished.

Done with. Water over the dam.

Only it wasn't.

You know how it is. You don't

know what to do with yourself.

You want to travel,

get away, anywhere.

Every place you go,

you see her face.

Half the girls you pass are her.

Did it ever happen to you?

If i hadn't been hangin'around

the union station that day,

if the clerkat the newsstand

hadn't picked that moment

to run out of cigarettes...

to reach down

for a fresh pack...

[car horn honking]

I just saw you leavin'.

You did?

You got on the train.

I saw you.

You and him both.

I just saw him off,

that was all.

Oh.

Well, i can't stay.

Why not?

Vincent'll see us together.

Vincent?

Yeah, he's driving me home.

Might get

the wrong idea, huh?

That's right, he would.

He leave vincent

to keep an eye on you

while he was outta town?

If you wanna

put it that way.

Shame i can't stay.

What a shame.

[Car horn honking]

There he is. Don't turn.

Don't let him see you.

You don't have to worry.

He won't see me.

Thanks a lot.

Good-bye.

Here i am, vincent.

I can't take ya home.

You can't?

They gotta drive the car up there,

meet him at las vegas.

I thought ya knew that,

didn't ya?

Yes, i did,

but it can wait, can't it?

He wants the car up there.

He wants it fast.

You know how he is.

Yes, i know.

You can take a cab.

All right.

There's a bunch of them

right over there.

All right, vincent.

I'll take a cab.

Okay.

[Playing piano,

humming]

You smoke a lot, don't you?

You pass the time.

You happy?

Oh, i love it.

He gives you everything?

Diamonds.

- You want me to go?

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