Fighting Page #3

I'm good, thank you.

No, I was thinking

maybe sometime

something without

a counter. That's all.

That's good. I like that,

without a counter.

I just heard somebody

say that upstairs.

You heard somebody

say that. Okay.

No, look, I just feel

bad about the book,

kind of want to, I don't

know, make it up to you. Hey.

Hey. Thank you. Looking

beautiful as usual.

I'm Shawn.

Zulay.

Zulay.

That's pretty.

Thank you.

I believe in fate, so...

I don't.

Oh, no.

What do you think?

If I see you again,

then we'll call it fate.

Okay. One more time.

Okay.

Goodbye.

Counting on it. All right.

Okay.

Zulay.

Bunch of losers

in here, man!

Someone tell that idiot the

whole place is filled with losers.

Right, Harvey?

Hey, so we got

another fight, huh?

Yeah, we are, but we're gonna

talk about it in a second.

I'm going to meet you

over there.

So what did you say,

$10,000, right?

$10,000, that's like

a hundred $100s.

There he is.

Shawn, this is Jerry.

Jerry.

Nice to meet you.

This is Jim.

And that's Joel right there,

and these are their dates.

Look, I'm going to

meet you over there

and we're going to

talk about everything.

Shawn.

You know, we lost a lot of money

betting on your ass to get beat tonight.

Well, maybe you'll bet

the right way next time.

And what's the

right way to bet?

'Cause, you know, I wipe

my ass with a hundred $100s.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hey, hey. Just have a seat.

I'll be over

there in a second.

Come on, Jerry.

Excuse me,

we're sitting here.

You're Evan Hailey,

right?

Yeah, and you're

wearing contacts.

Holy sh*t.

Shawn MacArthur.

I'm sorry,

man, is this your girl?

No. Uh-uh.

So what brings you

to New York, man?

Well, just...

Martinez.

How you doing, man?

Hi, bud, I know who you are. But

you have to excuse me for a second,

I'm just... I'm bugging

out a little bit right now.

You all two

know each other?

I know who you are.

Yeah. Yeah,

we know each other.

I used to wrestle for Shawn's

father back in Birmingham, Alabama.

So how is your father?

Yeah? I'm sure he's fine.

Mmm-hmm.

You know, I'm going to let you

all have a good night, okay?

I'm gonna go ahead

and get out of here.

Hey, come on, man.

Relax, man,

come on, sit down.

Hey. Don't touch me.

"Don't touch."

You know what...

You worried about your jacket?

Huh? That's the problem?

I'll buy you a new one,

how's that?

I don't need your jacket. No?

Hey, is everything

okay over here?

Harvey.

These two guys are

old friends, man.

Evan just was offering

to buy him a new jacket.

I said I didn't

need a jacket.

Come on, Shawn, look.

You guys.

I'm Harvey Boarden.

Harvey Boarden,

go wash my car, man.

You know, somebody

might hurt you

for doing something

like that.

That somebody

going to be you?

Come on, let's go.

MARTINEZ:

You should go, Harvey.

You're bad, man.

Yeah, Harvey,

you can go now.

Neolithic-looking idiot.

Always saying my damn name.

My daddy used to tell me, "Nothing

good happens after 10:00 p. M."

It's got to be damn

near 2:
00 now.

Right?

Yeah.

You knew that guy, huh?

Yeah, he used to wrestle

for my dad's team.

Really?

You know,

I'm gonna go, okay?

Well, where you going?

What, you need

a friend now?

What?

I'm just gonna

go for a walk.

Okay.

Good night, Zulay.

Good night, Zulay.

Good night.

Zulay. Like July?

Yeah, that's right.

I say that right?

You did.

I figured I'd take fate

into my own hands, you know.

And you did.

I have to go. I...

Nice seeing you, Shawn.

Oh, you called me

Shawn. That's cool.

Hey, you make sure

she gets home okay.

Okay. Thank you.

All right?

Thank you, Shawn.

Uh-oh! Don't use it again.

My name. That's good.

Good night.

Hey, King Arthur,

it's Merlin.

Hey, man.

What you doing here?

That's what I was

gonna ask you.

What time is it?

You fell asleep

on the bench.

You look like a crackhead.

I just sat down

for a second. And...

Wow.

I can't believe you just

saw me sleeping on the...

I just sat down,

just for a minute

and I don't know, I just

kind of went to sleep.

I can't believe it.

I've got an extra room at

my place. You can stay there.

Hey, hey, hey.

Look, I'm okay.

If you like.

No, you're not okay.

I was just about to

go to a hotel, man.

Yeah, 7:
00 in

the morning.

They don't even check

you in until 1:
00.

You don't have to

stay at a hotel,

I've got a place

right around the corner.

But you can stay there

until you find another place.

All right, look,

I'm gonna pay you.

Yeah, you're going to

pay me back for sure.

Come on,

grab your stuff.

If somebody saw you sleeping out

here, you know what they'd think?

We wouldn't make

no more money.

Nothing's free

in this world.

I just was there

for a minute or two.

Well, you're in deep

with Harvey Boarden now.

So we're going

to work it out.

Make sure you wipe your feet

on that carpet right there.

I'll shut the door.

Okay, so here we are.

Fresh paint job, new lamps.

It's all right for now.

Yeah?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

You know, for now, at least.

But anyway, here's your area.

That's a Sealy ostropedic.

I got that new.

You like Broadway? You know? Yeah.

'Cause I got tickets, you know,

like Legally Blonde and Wicked.

Wicked's a very good one.

I don't go too often,

but when I do,

I go and see that one.

Is that you?

Yeah, don't mind those,

that's me, Jack and

Martinez, you know, and...

Well, we were going to be

these moguls, you know?

We used to sell tickets

at the Garden.

It was when

we first got here.

So you ain't

from here, either?

Are you kidding me? I'm from

a place with some culture.

Chicago, you know?

But I guess you've got

your own story, too, right?

You left your suitcase

out here.

What, you got

gold in there?

My father used to always say, "Stay

business, ready for business."

Well, you got to...

So you got a plan

or something?

You know, like a big plan

with this fight stuff?

Yeah, I didn't travel all the way

to New York just to be some hustler.

I figured I'd save up some cash,

play some professional ball.

Open up a IHOP. You know,

with an office in it

and my name on the door.

What, like an International

House of Pancakes?

Turns out all I ever was

was a two-bit hustler.

Well. Guess that's not

so bad though, right?

Well, by definition, that's just

somebody who can't win, that wins.

We just won.

I'm just saying.

You know, if that's...

Get you some rest,

Shawn MacArthur.

Go to sleep. We got

a big fight coming up.

$10,000, right?

Yup.

Jerome. This

is Jerome, right?

Looks like

we're here.

Yeah. Look at this tough.

I bet they won't complain about somebody

putting up new buildings

around here.

Come on, you guys,

get in.

It took you

long enough, man.

That guy's

waiting on you.

Shawn, ready to

get your ass busted?

This is where you take me,

Harvey? That's for suckers, man.

Hello, ladies. This is

what I'm talking about.

What's up, girls? Yeah.

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