Faithful Page #3

Yeah. The people I kill are

mostly killers themselves.

I don't wanna know

nothing about them.

All I wanna know is their name

and where they live.

I wait by their house.

I watch every move they make.

What time they leave,

what time they come back.

Good evening.

Did you watch me?

Yes.

I go into a trance.

I get inside their heads.

I see the whole killing in

my mind before it happens.

Taking out my gun.

Squeezing the trigger just

an eighth of an inch. Yeah.

I watch their life just disappear

in front of me.

I collect my money

and I wait for the next job.

You know,

my shrink told me that...

Sht, that reminds me,

I gotta call him.

I gotta call him.

- You gotta do what?

- My shrink.

I got to call him. Hey, listen,

your husbands gonna call...

- Do you have call waiting?

- Excuse me?

Call waiting! You know, if

your husband calls, I'll hear it.

- Yeah, we have it. I hate it.

- I hate it, too.

You pay five dollars a month

to get fcking interrupted.

It makes no sense.

I never killed anybody

before where I had to wait for...

...a phone call.

- Hello?

- Doc? Yeah, hi, Doc.

Yeah, it's Tony. Listen!

I need a session right now.

All right! Tony! I've got

20 minutes. You're on the clock.

All right, listen Doc,

don't get mad. I took that job.

- That's a terrible mistake.

- What the fck do you know, huh?

You've been making

real breakthroughs.

You know I was making

breakthroughs. Youre right.

- This is a setback.

- I know it's a setback, but...

I gotta pay them back the money or

I'm dead. They're gonna kill me.

You hear me?

This is all because of your Maria.

Just shut the fck up

about my sist...

My sister was pure.

You hear what I said?

My sister never did nothing

to nobody, you hear me?

- You just shut up about my sister.

- You can't talk to me like that.

I've always been there for you.

Whenever you needed me...

...Doctor Howard Susskind

has been there.

I know. You have been there.

I know, I know.

But it's just that

this job is different, Doc.

This time it's a woman, and she's

standing right in front of me.

I never whacked a woman out, Doc.

And, you know, her husband...

I'm supposed to wait for

this phone call. I don't know.

What phone call?

Her husband's gonna call

and let the phone ring twice.

That's what I'm supposed to do.

Would you believe this?

Tony, listen to me.

You get outta there right now.

Let the woman alone.

This is wrong. You can't do it.

You don't understand. Listen her

husband's gonna call any minute.

- Lemme help you, Tony.

- I gotta go, Doc.

Don't hang up. Don't hang up.

Give me the number.

Give me the number.

I'll Call you back.

I can't. I'm not gonna give you

no number, Doc.

Tony this is Doctor

Susskind talking. Calm down.

The number's...

look, look...

...when you call me,

you gotta let the phone ring once.

Then hang up, call back so

I know it's you, okay?

Ring once, hang up, and

you'll know it's me. Okay, Tony.

All right, Doc,

the number here is...

It's 555-4516.

- 1-5.

- Thanks.

1-1-1-5. I'm sorry.

555-4515.

- We were making such progress.

- I know we're making progress.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

What was the number?

The number is 555-4515.

I don't believe it. 515.

The last three numbers.

- What about it, Doc?

- May is the 5th month.

- The 15th is my birthday.

- So what, Doc?

5-1-5. Have your cousin play

all week. It's my lucky number.

- Just call me back.

- Call your cousin.

Does your mother know

what you do for a living?

No.

Well, she wouldn't like it.

My mother and father

are both dead.

They died in a car accident

when I was ten years old.

I try not to think about it.

So you're all alone?

Everybody's alone.

You die in your own arms.

Remember that.

What about your sister?

- What do you know about my sister?

- I don't know anything.

I heard you talking to

the doctor about that...

Well, next time you mind

your business about my sister.

My sister was dating some young

wise guy who got outta line.

Just like you. Certain people

decided to have him killed.

My sister got in the way.

It was just business.

So they killed your sister, too?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

- Could you give me a cigarette?

- No.

Why?

Because that secondhand

smoke'll kill you!

That sht'll kill you.

They can prove it!

You're going to kill me.

At least give me a cigarette.

- I said no!

- I have to go to the bathroom.

- You're worse than a kid.

- I have to pee.

- Which way's the bathroom?

- Down the hallway.

Go ahead. Go to the bathroom.

You know, this is ridiculous.

I'm gonna untie you.

But if you try anything,

I'm gonna kill you right here.

I'm not gonna wait for

no phone call. You hear me?

You hear what I said?

I'll kill you right here.

You gotta go to the bathroom,

you want a cigarette.

- You're very compl...

- Shut up!

I don't wanna hear

your mouth right now.

- Come on.

- All right.

All right, I can handle it

by myself from here.

I'm not leaving you alone!

I can't pee with you

standing in the room!

I'm not a pervert or nothing.

I'm gonna be right out here.

Just keep talking.

Just a minute ago

you told me to shut up.

Never mind what I said.

I wanna make sure...

...you're not trying anything.

Just keep talking.

I'm not...

All right.

But I don't know what to talk to

you about...

...because you're really

touchy about so many...

You're giving me headache,

you know?

I don't know what to say.

I'm thinking!

All right.

Is it...

...is it different killing a,

a woman than it is killing a man?

I don't know.

I never killed a woman before.

Well, I mean, why me?

I stood up for a guy who

turned out to be a piece of sht.

I gotta pay them back the money

or I'm dead.

Your husband gave me

a lot of money to do this.

I'm sorry it had to be you.

You know what?

You're not sorry, okay?

You're selfish and

you don't care anything about me.

You just care about the money.

Big tough guy, gonna kill a woman.

That's right.

Because fifty years from now

when I'm dead and buried...

...and somebody throws that last

piece of sod on my face...

...you know, and they say,

"Let's break for lunch,"...

...who's really gonna care?

Who's really gonna give a sht?

Faithful, it's all bullsht.

Do you think I'm pretty?

- What?

- I said, do you think ni pretty?

Yeah, you're all right.

You know, when I was in high school

there was this girl in my class...

...and she was really beautiful.

She had, long blond hair and

blue eyes and black eyelashes.

And she had this gorgeous body.

And men just wanted to be

near her.

I mean, they just wanted to be

close to her.

Not because she was sincere

or intelligent or even nice.

Just because she was beautiful.

Every guy in my school was

after this girl, except for one.

And he liked me.

And we had no money and he drove

around in this awful old car.

But we were so happy

just being together.

And then one day,

I caught this girl looking at us...

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