Handsome Harry Page #4

WE WERE IN DRY DOCK IN NORFOLK.

YOU AND KELLY CAME INTO THE SHOP

VERY ANGRY.

YOU SAID KAGAN HAD MADE A PASS

AT YOU IN THE SHOWER.

HE TRIED TO GRAB YOU.

KELLY SAID,

"LET'S GET THE COCKSUCKER."

AND WE DID.

- WHO PICKED UP THE ARMATURE?

- I ASSUMED IT WAS KELLY.

- DID YOU SEE HIM?

- NO.

IT WAS CHAOS.

WE WERE ALL ACTING LIKE SAVAGES.

IT WAS THE MOS REPREHENSIBLE THING

I'VE DONE IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

BUT WHY DENY:

THOSE YEARS EVER HAPPENED?

- TO THE GHOSTS OF OUR PAST.

YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE

A PLEASANT MEMORY OF THOSE DAYS.

SITTING BELOW DECK

LISTENING TO KAGAN'S RECORDS.

THE HUM OF THOSE TRANSMITTERS

MIXING WITH OSCAR P.

FLYING ON THE 88s,

AND CHET BAKER:

ON THE SNARE TRUMPET, MAN!

WE WOULD BE DOWN THERE

FOR HOURS.

UNTIL THAT LIEUTENANT--

WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

UH...

CRANE CAUGHT US.

MM.

- SO YOU'RE

KIND OF A BIG SHOT NOW, HUH?

- OH, YEAH.

BIG FROG IN A SMALL POND.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?

- I'VE BEEN VERY BUSY

BEING A FAILURE.

- A FAILURE.

"FAILURE" IS A BIG WORD, HARRY.

- I DON'T WANT TO FOOL MYSELF.

- YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IN

WHAT MOST PEOPLE CALL GOD,

BUT I DO BELIEVE

THAT THERE IS A PURPOSE

TO ALL THIS.

- YEAH.

TO BEAT THE SH*T OUT OF US.

YES.

IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.

WE'RE HERE TO LEARN.

- WHAT ARE YOU HERE TO LEARN?

- TO FORGIVE WILLIAM PORTER,

U.S. NAVY,

ELECTRICIAN'S MATE THIRD CLASS.

- YOU CAN'T FORGIVE HIM?

- I CAN'T FORGIVE...

WHAT WE DID.

YOU KNOW, HARRY,

THE TRUTH WAS STARING AT US

RIGHT IN THE FACE.

WE JUST COULDN'T SEE IT,

COULDN'T SMELL IT.

YOU AND I,

BEING FROM WHERE WE CAME FROM,

BEING AGAINST VIETNAM,

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN...

UNTHINKABLE.

AND IF WE HAD KNOWN BETTER,

WOULD WE HAVE BEEN

COURAGEOUS ENOUGH

TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, HUH?

AND YET,

WE WERE SURE AS HELL

BRAVE ENOUGH:

TO NEARLY KILL A FRIEND.

- YOU MARRIED?

- I HAVE A LOVELY WIFE

AND A WONDERFUL SON.

HE'S A LIEUTENAN IN THE U.S. ARMY

FINISHING HIS THIRD TOUR OF DUTY

IN IRAQ.

- HE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME.

STUPID WAR.

AND YET,

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, HARRY,

I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM.

SO...

YOU GOT PLANS?

YOU WANT TO COME OVER

TO THE HOUSE FOR DINNER TONIGHT?

- THANKS, BUT, UH...

NO, 20 MINUTES SEEMS TO BE

ABOUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME

FOR THESE LITTLE REUNIONS.

- WHOA.

- HEY, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

- I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOUR SON.

- THANK YOU.

YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF,

HARRY.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- AS YOU WERE, SAILOR.

AM I TOO EARLY?

- NO.

PERFECT TIMING.

I WAS HALF EXPECTING

A CLERICAL COLLAR.

- IT NEVER HAPPENED.

- YOU'RE STILL WELCOME.

COME ON IN.

I WANT YOU TO MEET MY WIFE.

SARAH?

- GOOD MORNING.

- MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE.

- GOOD MORNING.

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

- DIDN'T I SAY I WAS HOPING

THE LORD WOULD GRACE US

WITH SWEENEY'S PRESENCE?

- YES, YOU DID.

- WELL,

I'M GLAD HE DIDN'T OBJECT.

- HEY, DID YOU EVER

TAKE UP GOLF?

- EH, FOR A WHILE BACK WHEN--

- WELL, I'M GONNA ASK YOU

TO INDULGE ME A LITTLE.

- HELLO.

- GOOD DAY, MARY.

- PRAISE THE LORD.

- PRAISE THE LORD.

- SARAH.

- WE'RE GONNA GO, DEAR.

NO, SARAH INSISTED THA I GET OUT ON THE LINKS WITH YOU.

I MEAN,

IT'S BEEN A WHILE FOR ME.

KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE,

SO TO SPEAK.

I DON'T MIND

BEING THE SECOND BIRD.

- THAT'S WHY WE SETTLED HERE

'CAUSE WE BOTH

LOVED THE GAME SO MUCH.

THEN SARAH:

GOT HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER

RIDING HER BICYCLE.

- OH, MY--

- YEAH.

IT BROUGHT US:

CLOSER TO THE LORD.

- YOU WERE THINKING

OF RE-UPPING LAST I SAW YOU.

- WELL, I DID.

MADE MASTER CHIEF.

NO SH*T!

- YEAH.

- I NEVER TOOK YOU FOR A LIFER,

GEB.

- THERE YOU GO.

- SHOW ME THE WAY, GEB.

- OH, NO, GUEST HAS HONORS.

- ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS GONNA BE ABSURD.

- NO, JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN,

LEFT ARM STRAIGHT,

AND DON'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING

BUT HITTING THAT LITTLE BALL.

- HOW MUCH TIME WE GOT?

- MARY CAN STAY FOR THREE HOURS.

- YOU DON'T WANT ME

TO GO TO YOUR HOUSE.

- I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE

ABOUT AS MUCH FUN OUT HERE

AS WE'RE GONNA HAVE.

clink!

- YOU WANT TO

PUT SOME MONEY ON THIS?

- I DON'T BET ANYMORE.

- TOMMY KELLY DIED

THE OTHER DAY.

- SH*T!

- SORRY, GEB.

I GOT A LO I GOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

- CAN I TAKE MY MULLIGAN?

- YOU USED TO BE

A GOOD LISTENER.

- YOU KNOW,

I'LL LISTEN ALL YOU WANT...

BUT IN THE CART.

clink!

OKAY.

START TALKING.

- YOU REMEMBER THE NIGH WE GANGED UP ON KAGAN?

- I FIGURED THAT MIGHT BE

ON YOUR MIND WHEN YOU CALLED.

- WHY'D YOU FIGURE THAT?

- 'CAUSE IT'S ON MY MIND A LOT.

- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED

ONCE WE STARTED HITTING HIM.

- IT'S PURE EVIL WHAT WE DID.

JUST KEPT PUNCHING, KICKING.

THEN KELLY PICKED UP

THAT ARMATURE OFF THE WORK BENCH

AND CRUSHED KAGAN'S RIGHT HAND

TO A BLOODY PULP.

AND THA TOOK THE FIGHT OUT OF US.

- YOU SAW KELLY DO IT?

- YOU THOUGHT IT WAS YOU?

- I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

WE WERE ALL SO GODDAMN DRUNK.

WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT I AFTERWARDS.

RHEEMS SAYS HE DIDN'T DO IT.

KELLY DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE.

- KELLY.

KELLY ALWAYS:

HAD A MEAN STREAK IN HIM.

HE HATED HOMOSEXUALS.

YOU KNOW, I HATED YOU FOR YEARS

FOR SICCING US ON HIM.

WHAT WE DID WAS A TERRIBLE SIN,

AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED

IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.

- BUT NOW THA THE LORD'S FAVORED YOU,

YOU DON'T HATE ME ANYMORE,

RIGHT?

- I DON'T HATE ANYONE.

PRAISE GOD.

YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD

GIVE YOURSELF TO JESUS, SWEENEY.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE

THAT CAN HELP US SINNERS.

WELL, HELL, LET'S JUST KNOCK

THIS LITTLE F***ING BALL

AROUND HERE:

AND PRETEND IT MATTERS.

- WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME,

YOU COCKSUCKER?

- SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SOMETHING REAL!

- WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER

ANYMORE, SWEENEY, OKAY?

I DID 30 YEARS IN THE NAVY.

AND NOW I'VE GOT A WIFE

CAN'T MOVE A MUSCLE,

CAN'T EAT BY HERSELF,

CAN'T CLEAN HERSELF.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN LIKE,

BUT IT AIN'T NO WAY LIKE MINE.

WE'RE DIFFERENT FOLKS,

YOU AND ME, SWEENEY.

WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE

WHAT WE HAD 30 YEARS AGO.

IT'S JUST--THERE'S JUST...

TOO MUCH WATER OVER THE DAM.

BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT--

THAT DIFFERENT-MINDED FOLKS

CAN HAVE A PLEASING

GAME OF GOLF TOGETHER.

AND IN THIS WORLD,

THAT'S SOMETHING.

- CAN I HUG YOU, GEB?

- NO FUNNY STUFF.

- SOMEBODY MIGHT COME IN.

- WE NEVER GET A CHANCE

TO BE NAKED TOGETHER.

- SOME DAY.

- LET ME TOUCH IT.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- ARE YOU TRYING

TO PLAY HARD TO GET NOW?

- WHAT THE F***

IS GOING ON IN HERE?

- HE TRIED TO GRAB MY COCK.

- THAT'S WHA IT LOOKED LIKE TO ME, KAGAN.

- ARE YOU JEALOUS, KELLY?

- YES?

- YES, I WONDER

IF I COULD SEE DAVID KAGAN.

- UH, I'M SORRY, HE'S NOT HERE.

- DO YOU KNOW WHEN HE'LL RETURN?

- MAYBE ONE MONTH.

- COULD I LEAVE HIM A NOTE?

- YES. SURE.

- I DON'T, UH...

I DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A PEN.

- UH, OH, OKAY.

COME IN, PLEASE.

- THANK YOU.

UH, WAIT HERE, OKAY?

OKAY.

- THANK YOU.

COULD YOU MAKE SURE

THAT MR. KAGAN GETS THIS?

- YES.

I MAKE SURE, OKAY?

DON'T WORRY.

- DO YOU HAVE A RECENT PHOTO

OF MR. KAGAN?

- UM...

- I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM

IN A LONG TIME.

- OKAY, ONE MOMENT.

ONE YEAR AGO, A BIRTHDAY.

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