Eat a Bowl of Tea Page #4

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Let's go home.

We can't.

You go too slow. No good.

- You go too slow. You gotta move fast.

- Okay. All right.

What a klutz!

The guy's another loser.

Goddamn it!

Sh*t!

You could've been

more discreet about it.

We wouldn't have had to come here.

- I thought we weren't gonna talk about...

- Since we're on the subject...

...I'm a little disappointed

in your taste.

- I told you, it's over.

- I mean, the guy is a bum!

For you to be taken in

by a heel like that...

I don't know, it's beyond me.

- What'd you do?

- I didn't do anything!

Yes, you did! Goddamn it!

- At least he pays attention to me!

- Where's the flashlight?

Something just ran over my foot.

You married me to please your father!

Well, maybe you just wanted

a ticket to the U.S. A!

That's what you thought...

You could have any woman

for the price of a ticket.

Wait! Calm down!

You really played me for a chump.

I can't stay with somebody

who despises me!

As mistakes go, this was a doozy.

You don't want a wife,

you want a slave!

You just wanna get back

to your boyfriend.

At least he's a man.

If you think he's going to marry you,

think again!

I'm married! I hate marriage!

I marry and look what it gets me.

How you doing, fellas?

You miss me?

Nobody gonna say,

"Welcome home"?

How was Florida?

Slow horses. Fast women.

I lost at the races...

...but I won at cards.

So I broke even.

Hey, I had a vacation!

F*** you.

Play, don't talk.

What's the matter with you?

If you don't wanna play,

get the hell out of here.

I'm kidding.

I'm not kidding.

I want you to get

the hell out of this place.

You are not welcome here anymore.

Leave now,

or I won't be polite any further.

Okay.

You know all the news.

What have they been saying about me?

Don't push your luck!

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Hey, Wah Gay, how's your boy?

Still working at Grand China?

Hell of a job. Really long hours.

Screw you!

Your mother!

Let's play.

Lee Gong, take over.

I'm gonna take a walk.

Where are you going?

Coming back from Jersey

on the train...

...she just sat there.

And I just sat there.

Like a million miles apart.

Look, Ben...

...she's right down at the Y,

right down the street.

I really blew it.

Here's a nickel.

Call her.

Tell her to come home.

What home?

We lost that too.

My dad gave up our apartment.

I mean, I don't even have a place to stay.

Hi, sweetheart.

Is it busy tonight?

Forget it.

Sugar-foot!

Go check it out.

Fine, I'll do it.

That's somebody's ear.

Where's the rest of him?

It's me.

Have you seen your father tonight?

Tonight, no. What's going on?

Nothing.

I think your father

is a little bit upset.

Where's my daughter?

We're gonna get a divorce.

I'm sorry to tell you about this.

She is my daughter,

but she is a fool.

No. If anyone's to blame, it's me.

Ben Loy, don't try to save my face.

She had no idea

what she was getting into.

If you're gonna stay,

I'm going to look for your father.

I must tell you.

Your father is a proud man.

Whatever he does,

he does for you. No?

Maybe this is just

between Mei Oi and me.

Doesn't anyone ever think of that?

Do you know

what happened out there?

- Someone got chopped into pieces.

- Chopped into pieces?

A guy just got killed.

Who got chopped into pieces?

Ah Song, the gambler.

His head was cut off.

His head was detached

from his body.

Who killed him?

Ben Loy, the manager

at Grand China.

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Your name Wang?

You're under arrest.

- What for?

- Attempted murder.

Ah Song is in the hospital.

He will be all right.

In fact...

...he was the one

who called the police.

We don't want the police

to handle this...

...but it's very serious.

Very serious.

We have to leave this town.

Everybody gonna laugh at us.

I'm not too old.

I can always find a job.

There's gamblers everywhere.

I'm looking into some business

opportunity in the Caribbean.

- Caribbean.

- Oh, yeah.

I'm sailing at midnight.

I guess this is goodbye.

I get you a taxi.

Who needs a taxi?

- I'm gonna take the bus.

- Bus?

This could be a while.

And at our age...

...who knows?

Wah Gay, you look like a boy.

I'll see you again, Grandpa.

See you again, Grandpapa.

Dad?

Dad?

Ben Loy. Pack up my things for me.

I'll send for them when I settle down.

Take care of yourself.

You're on your own now.

Ben Loy?

Pop should have killed

that son of a b*tch while he was at it.

Dad's starting all over again in Havana.

Can you beat that?

My father went to Chicago.

So...

Where have you been?

Do you want to get

a cup of coffee or something?

I'll do what I can to help out my father.

But I'm gonna get out of here.

Maybe you should do the same.

Well...

For the baby's sake, you know,

you can't stay around here.

- Where you gonna go?

- San Francisco.

- That's where we landed, wasn't it?

- Yeah.

I'm not gonna be a waiter, either.

An old Army buddy of mine

is getting me a job at a radio station.

Chinatown operation,

but I get to cover ball games and...

It's the kind of job that could

lead someplace, you know?

I can't wait to get started.

Good for you.

- Mei Oi.

- Let me go.

You've got a chance to start over again.

Take it. It's what you want.

No, I want you to come with me.

I need you.

I wanna see our baby.

I love you.

I love you, for crying out loud.

I wanna start over with you.

It's just, I don't know

how you feel about me.

I just don't want

to let you down again, that's all.

No problem.

This is very special tea,

all the way from China.

It's guaranteed.

Guaranteed?

Hey, we should do this

again next year.

Okay. One, two, three:

Cheese!

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