Henry's Crime

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(CAR HORN)

# Answer me

# Sweet Jesus,

don't you hear me calling you?

# I need you, Lord

# Answer me

# Sweet Jesus,

don't you hear me calling you?

# I need you, Lord

# Lord, I've run out of words to sing

# All I can do right now is moan

# I may not pray,

lik e all of a sudden

# But let me know

my prayer's being heard

# Answer me

# Sweet Jesus,

don't you hear me calling you?

# I need you, Lord

# Lord, Lord, answer me

# Sweet Jesus,

don't you hear me calling you?

# I need you, Lord

# Lord, I've held on a long time

# And all my action depends upon you

# I've been patient

and highly understanding

# Now I don't know

what there is left to do

# Answer me

# Sweet Jesus,

don't you hear me calling you?

# I need you, Lord

# Answer me

# Sweet Jesus,

don't you hear me calling you?

# I need you, Lord

# Answer me

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- Wow.

- Sit down.

Thanks.

How was your night?

Good. How was yours?

Good.

This is great.

Your shift's at 8.30?

- You're not eating?

- I already did.

You OK?

Are you going to go with me

to Cindy and Bill's this weekend?

Sure. What time?

For the baby shower?

Right.

- I don't want to go.

- (COUGHS)

You don't?

I want Cindy and Bill to come here.

Cindy and Bill are welcome here

whenever they want.

Henry.

Don't you think it's time?

You're talking about kids.

Of course I am.

- OK.

- "OK", you want kids?

I love kids.

Henry, do you still love me?

Of course I do.

Cos I know that you used to.

- What happened?

- (KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Henry Torne.

Eddie Vibes.

So how you been?

- I'm OK. What's going on?

- (GROANING)

Ah, we got a man down here.

I was wondering

if we could come in for a second.

Joe! Joe. Come on.

- (GAGGING)

- Oh, oh, oh.

- (GASPS) You feel really hot.

- I'm sorry.

Come with me.

Just get right to the back.

- Straight back to the kitchen.

- I'm sorry.

- Goddamn sausages at Pinwheels.

- Yeah?

So, er...

we're in a bit of a bind here, Henry.

We got a big play-off game

in the next half-hour

and buddy boy there's

our first baseman.

But as you can see,

he's not exactly game-ready.

So what do you say?

(GROANING)

Feel like playing a little ball?

It's November.

Yeah. They keep the field

in pretty good shape.

- Oh.

- (RETCHING)

Oh, God. OK. OK.

(RETCHING)

So what do you say?

(COUGHING)

Henry?

(SIGHS)

So where's this game?

Near Kaisertown,

about er... 15 minutes away.

Appreciate you driving, Torne.

Sure.

Just pull over here.

Stop and get some beer money

at the ATM.

Good.

So, er... hang tight.

We'll be right back.

Keep the engine running, OK?

- Le petit caf, Frank.

- Merci, merci.

- A bientt, Pierre.

- A demain, Frank.

(ALARM)

Hey, you! Freeze!

Freeze!

We know this wasn't your deal, Torne.

These people aren't your friends.

Why stick up for 'em?

You got a wife, you got a job.

Don't you care?

You're looking

at three to seven, Henry.

All you gotta do is say something.

The court sentences Henry Torne

to three years in prison

for the crime of

Felony First-Degree Armed Robbery.

Hey. Excuse me.

(FLUSHING)

I'm Max.

- Henry.

- Henry, good.

Um... what are you in for?

- What?

- What are you in for?

Bank robbery.

Nice. Clean, simple. I like it.

- I didn't do it.

- No, of course not.

Mistaken identity.

What are you in for?

Life.

Just...

Put it anywhere. It doesn't matter.

It's not like you got much choice.

(ALARM)

Come on, hurry up, it's breakfast.

Come on.

Monday is wholewheat bun day.

What are you thinking?

- Nothing.

- You can't be thinking nothing.

Let me guess. You're thinking,

"How in hell did I get here?"

How do you think we all got here?

I don't know.

We committed crimes, Henry.

But we committed to the wrong thing.

See, that was a mistake.

We never fulfilled our potential.

See this guy here in the middle?

Don't stare at him.

Name's Hector.

He wanted to be a doctor.

Thanks.

And he could have been a good one.

Well, good or bad, I don't know.

But he chose not to fulfil

his potential. Now look at him.

So I'm talking about bad choices.

I recommend these potatoes.

They're really terrific.

Give him a little extra,

please, Charlie. Thank you.

See, the real crime

is not committing to your dream.

What is yours, anyway?

- My what?

- Your dream.

Not sure I ever had one.

Never had a dream?

I mean, what kinda life's that?

I don't know. A pretty good one.

Hm.

I don't er... mean any offence, Henry,

but you're in jail.

Are you going to eat

the rest of this wholewheat?

- No.

- Thanks.

- Hi.

- Hi.

How are you?

I'm OK.

How about you?

I'm good.

You look beautiful.

Henry...

...there's something

I have to talk to you about.

OK.

(SIGHS)

I fell in love.

Oh.

I just... I mean, it just happened.

I'm really sorry.

- It's all right.

- You're not mad?

No.

I want you to be happy.

Hey, Max, when's your next review?

November.

Show us

what you did last time for the board.

I'm working. Stop.

- What? One time.

- Come on, show us.

- Show us!

- Leave me alone, OK?

- Just once, come on.

- Come on!

Pain in the ass. All right.

So last time, um... I'm sitting there,

and um... the Head of the Board

comes and says,

"OK, Max, what are you going to do

for us this time if we let you out?"

I get the old twitch working,

and I go...

"Well, um...

"I'm going to break into your house

"and then I'll kill your dog

and set the house on fire.

"Then I'll dance through your garden

"naked like some

mad, crazed werewolf.

"And I'll bite and I'll mangle

"and I'll tear the tongue

out of everything that's breathing.

"Then I'll hurl myself into the sky,

"the ethereal sky, flaming,

"like God's darkest angel.

"And I'll explode

into a goddamn heavenly fireball.

"Boom.

"Boom! You guys wanna see this?

"I can't wait. Boom."

What? What?

You scared the sh*t out of me,

I tell you.

Well, believe me,

I ain't going anywhere, thank God.

- (RAZOR BUZZING)

- When's your review coming up?

- Next month.

- You gonna twitch like your cellie?

- Nope.

- You don't like it around here (?)

Everyone knows Henry's innocent (!)

- (LAUGHTER)

- Board doesn't like you denying it.

- I didn't do the crime.

- But you got the time.

So you might as well have done it.

I kinda like that.

That's funny, know what I mean?

If you did the time, you might as

well have done the crime. It's cute.

You're cute too, kid.

Get up. You're finished.

- Get out of here.

- Thanks, Max.

(RUNNING WATER)

You never did tell me

what your dream was, Max.

What?

You never told me your dream.

- I'm living it.

- Really?

Well, yeah.

I mean, it's easy, living in here.

I got nothing to prove,

all you really gotta do is show up

and they even do that for you.

So, er... it's nice. It's good, yeah.

This place is horrible, Max.

Well, that makes me wonder

why er... Why didn't you ever talk?

- When?

- Back then. When you had the chance.

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