Curly Sue Page #3

and they give you the sweetest,

most wonderful dreams you'll ever have.

- Is this true?

- Sure, it's true.

You sure?

Yeah. Now, come here and give me a hug.

Come on.

- I love you, Bill.

- Oh, baby.

I love you, too, honey.

You know, we're very lucky today.

- You go to bed.

- Okay.

- All right? Get some rest.

- Okay.

Go on.

We have now come to the end

of our program day...

and we'll join you tomorrow

at the regular time. Good night.

Play ball.

Shoot, she's mad.

- You're nuts!

- Will you keep your voice down?

Am I hallucinating?

You have two derelicts in your apartment.

- It's a long story.

- And a weird one...

which I'm stopping

as soon I can focus my eyes.

I'm sorry I hit you. I didn't recognize you.

That speaks well for our relationship.

I was ripped from my sleep

by a screaming child...

That damn urchin

gave me a pop you wouldn't believe.

Knuckle punch, in the nose.

I asked you to keep your voice down!

I told you last night you were itching for it,

buying those two food.

How the hell did they end up here?

I hit him with my car again.

Exactly what time

were you born yesterday?

It's crazy, but it's true.

Did you ever think that this monkey

is throwing himself in front of your car?

Jig's up, Bill.

You are an educated woman

in a position of responsibility...

in major law firm,

making a tremendous living.

What happened to you?

What caused you

to invite vagabonds into your home?

I'm not stupid!

I had my bedroom door locked.

Oh, then you were perfectly safe.

I didn't sense any danger.

If I had, I wouldn't have done it.

No danger? I got slugged twice

in five seconds!

That was an accident!

I'm sure when you got into bed

you scared the hell out of Curly Sue.

Curly Sue? That's cute!

What is she, the lost Stooge?

I don't know what the hell

is going on here...

and I can't explain so you'd understand.

English, French, Hebrew, Mandarin,

it'd be the same.

You're nuts!

And you're abusive and insensitive!

Don't get holy because

you've endangered your life for no reason!

You can let yourself out.

No! I'm not leaving you here alone

with them in the house. No way, babe.

Then sleep on the sofa.

The guest rooms are taken!

Hi.

Anise?

Could you call my housekeeper and tell

her I have guests, so she's not alarmed?

All right, just to make this fair...

to make sure there's no suspicion...

I'm going to allow the little lady to deal.

Okay?

- Okay.

- Deal, honey.

That seems fair.

Shuffle them up.

She's gotten better.

Okay. Why don't you deal?

- I'm going to raise $10.

- $10, okay.

I'll stay, you've taken half my paycheck.

But if you win, I'll work for you for a week.

Crybabies never win, lady.

Shut up. You can barely see over the table.

I may not be able to see over the table,

but I have the other half of your paycheck.

- Bill?

- It's the missus!

Trina?

Trina, I'm home!

What is going on?

Open the door, please!

Open the door!

Why was the door locked?

- The child must have done it.

- Yeah.

- How's the gentleman?

- He's really sick.

Yeah, he's really...

I only saw him for a second this morning.

And, I went in there, and he was just...

God, he's all sweating and everything.

I just kept running by there today.

I wouldn't even go in.

I'd just run by, and he'd be groaning

and making all sorts of noises...

Kind of freaks me out.

- Do you smoke cigars?

- Yeah.

- I wish you wouldn't in my home.

- Yeah. I understand that.

That's reasonable.

See, I don't usually smoke cigars.

It's just that my friend had a baby.

Your dad sure ate a lot

for someone who doesn't feel well.

Well, he's like a camel with a hump.

You know how camels

keep food and water in their humps?

Only his hump is his stomach.

I'm sure he feels awful, but

when you've a chance to load the hump...

you load the hump. That's our philosophy.

You're a smart little girl.

I'm very smart. I know a lot of stuff.

Do you know how to read?

Sure.

I can also do math

and spell extremely large words.

Like "asphyxiate?"

- Yeah. A-S-P-H-Y-x...

- Try a small one.

Excuse me?

Spell "cat."

I will later.

How about right now?

I can't.

Just as I thought.

- Hi.

- What's going on?

- I'm recuperating...

- Knock it off!

- What are you doing with that little girl?

- What do you mean?

Has she ever been to school?

- Briefly, from time to time.

- She's completely ignorant.

She's not ignorant.

- She's illiterate.

- That's not ignorant.

You're using her, aren't you?

- No, ma'am.

- Liar.

You use her in your little cons.

It's pathetic. It's criminal.

I guess it's time to go.

Go ahead. You're not taking her.

- You're going to stop me?

- The police will.

You're going to call the police?

You're not taking her out of here.

You're leaving, and she's staying.

- You don't know a thing about this.

- I know neglect when I see it.

- She's not neglected.

- She's abused.

- I am very serious, Mr. Dancer.

- Kiss my ass, lady.

I've raised that kid from a baby.

We've beat worse things

than some do-good, high-rise legal eagle...

with a jones for arms-length social reform.

Now step aside, before I throw

your pampered ass in the closet.

You don't scare me.

I've got nothing to lose but that kid.

You try taking that kid away from me,

I'm going to knock your damn head off.

If you love her...

give her a chance.

Okay. How?

Does the state of Illinois

know what's right for her?

Sure, they'll teach her how to read,

and how to be a freak.

And when people b*tch about welfare,

they'll be bitching about her.

Bill, you can't feed her.

You can't clothe her.

How do you know

she won't freeze to death...

or get beat up or kidnapped?

What if something happens to you,

and she ends up in the middle of nowhere?

I get by. I survive.

I've been doing it her whole life.

Where's her mother?

She's buried in Florida.

You want to know the rest of the story?

I'm not her father.

I met her mother one night in a bar.

Some people get VD

from a one-night stand, I got a baby.

She knows all about it.

We've got no secrets.

If there was another life for her...

I'd cut my throat to give it to her.

I didn't come in here to ruin your life.

Our paths crossed, and you ended up here.

You're right.

You got scammed. I got a knock

on the head, and the rest is bull.

I've got a lot of tricks.

I've been at it a long time.

You play something until it's over...

and this is over.

No tears.

I must be crazy.

Stay as long as you like.

I'm sorry.

You better go to sleep.

- Did Bill give me to you?

- No.

He's always looking for somebody.

A father always looks

for the best life he can give his child.

There's nothing wrong with my life.

I didn't mean that.

It's just that as you grow up and become

a young lady, there are going to be...

things...

and situations that will be...

difficult for a man.

All the stuff that happens to women,

I already know.

The b*obs, the kissing,

the babies, the crabby time...

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