In the Cut Page #4

Midway along the journey of our life

I woke to find myself in a dark wood...

...for I had wandered off

from the straight path.

Thanks.

Thank you.

I fell over.

-Truly?

-Yours truly.

You don't never talk.

-It's always just jive.

-Well, I like to be ironic.

I'm looking for Miss Avery,

Francis Avery?

-She's gone. Her class is finished.

-It's over?

-Which one is it? This one down here?

-She might still be in the staff lounge.

I've been thinking on Gacy, you know?

Pogo the Clown?

I've been thinking

that it wasn't his fault, you know?

Like, he were the victim.

What do you know

about Cornelius Webb?

Of what?

Desire.

-Aren't you gonna help carry my bag?

-No.

You're an Amazon, Miss Avery.

That's like an insult.

-So we're here?

-Yeah.

-Hey, Papi.

-Hey, baby.

-I'm gonna help you upstairs.

-No, I got it. Thank you.

-No, let me help you upstairs.

-I really don't-- Okay, bye.

Good night.

-Let me get this for you.

-I got it. Thank you, Cornelius.

-You okay?

-Yeah.

You sure?

Oh, that was very smooth, Daddy.

Oh, that turned me on.

That was nice. Give me a kiss.

-Go away, man!

-Don't do that. Come here.

-Don't do that.

-Sit right here. Oh, you are so sexy.

Help me put my earring back in.

Come here.

In 1 97 8, Mr. John Wayne Gacy

was in trouble...

...when the police dug up

a dead body under his cellar.

When the police were done,

they had 2 7 dead bodies.

Most of them from under the house.

He said he was innocent

of the crime...

...and sometimes he said

that he loved those boys.

He never said he was sorry.

Not even at the end, when they

gave him his lethal injection.

"He was chatty, " his guard said.

He wanted to discuss the Chicago

Cubs and eat fried chicken.

I'm gonna take a sleeping pill.

Two, in fact.

Do you want one?

No.

It's so f***ing noisy I can't sleep.

I have to move.

I mean, clearly, I have got to move.

Why don't you see him again.

You're brave in so many ways.

You're thinking about him, right?

-About sex.

-So?

You wouldn't be thinking

about the sex if you didn't like him.

Well, at least call him.

He doesn't know where you are.

I go to court tomorrow...

...because of the tan suit.

They're trying to get

a restraining order against me.

Probably won't be allowed

within 500 miles of Dr. Cass' office.

Yeah, laugh it up.

-You know what I'm thinking?

-What to wear.

No, I'm imagining

that when he sees me...

...he's gonna realize that

he's in love with me, and, you know...

...one thing will lead to another,

and after a love child or two...

...we'll get married.

Have I ever told you how

our father proposed to my mother?

No. Tell me.

Well, when he was very young,

he was...

...very handsome

and an excellent skater.

And she was the new girl in town,

barely able to skate.

She was very, very innocent.

Very beautiful.

Of course.

And he was already engaged, but he

couldn't stop watching my mother.

This is my song.

And finally...

...his fiancee got very jealous and--

I would too.

And threw that engagement ring

right back at him.

-Whoa.

-And that very same day...

...he took my mother by the hand...

...he danced her out to the middle

of the forest-fringed lake...

...he got down on one knee...

...and offered her

the very same engagement ring.

Oh, that's nice.

And at that precise moment, which

is the thing my mother always added...

...it started to snow.

That's very romantic.

I don't quite believe it.

But that's my mother's story.

That's the way

she always told it, you know.

He killed her.

When he left, she just went

crazy with grief.

You know, she didn't understand it.

She just couldn't believe it.

How many times

has Dad been married?

-Four.

-Four? He never married my mother.

Yeah, he was already plotting

the fifth.

I want to get married once...

...just for my mom.

Is a husband too much

for me to ask for?

It's too hot.

Even Angela Sands had a fiance.

Yeah. Well, he probably

cut her head off.

That's sad.

-I'll see you later on, doc.

-Sure.

I'm gonna start

opening up the machine.

Open her slightly, let some fluid out,

and we'll catch it at the catch basin.

On three. One, two, three.

I'm taking out the first article

of clothing. I've got--

It appears to be a woman's left hand,

and on it is...

...a ring with a white stone in it.

Do me a favor. Get a close-up of that.

It appears to be--

Possibly a serrated blade.

Come over here with me, and what

I'd like to do is get another shot.

Over here, give me a close-up

on that.

Thank you. You got the close-up

on the ring, correct?

-Got it.

-Okay.

-We're gonna start taking out....

-Detective Malloy.

-Hi.

-Frannie, hey. Hold on a second.

-I'm stepping out.

-All right, no problem.

Hey, where you been?

I've been calling you all week.

You know, you're supposed to look

at some photos, remember?

-I've been staying with Pauline.

-Yeah, where she's staying?

She has a place

above the Baby Doll Lounge.

So.... Hey, I must have

called you like 10 times.

Do you think you can make it to

the precinct tomorrow? It's important.

Why?

Well, another girl's been murdered.

A med student.

Oh, no.

-What happened?

-She was cut up. Can't find her head.

The f***ing press is all over us.

It's a megillah.

We're all doing overtime. Even

the house mouses are on the street.

Do you think it's the same guy

who killed Angela Sands?

If you're asking me, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

-I'm getting out of here.

-I came to look for her.

-What time?

-I don't know.

Hold on a second.

I'm not gonna sleep tonight.

Do something for me, will you?

-Are you standing?

-Why?

Are you alone?

Where's your sister?

Sit down.

Are you sitting?

Put your hand between your legs.

lnside your panties.

That p*ssy that I like.

And you slip your middle finger in.

It's deep. It's soaking wet.

You run your finger up,

and your clit's right there.

It comes down to meet you.

It jumps in your hand.

When you touch a woman

and her clit's like that...

...you know she knows

about sex like you.

I gotta go.

It's off in the distance

It came into the room

It's here in the circle

-Hold on one second. Can I help you?

-I'm here to see Detective Malloy.

-Malloy!

-Yeah.

-Your visitor's out here, man.

-Who the hell?

It's my sister.

How you doing?

Why don't you take a hike.

-Yeah.

-You sleep all right? I missed you.

Come on. Over here.

Look at this. We got leaks

in the ceiling.

They shoot down on us with

.22 caliber rifles from the rooftops.

Detective Rodriguez,

you remember Miss....

Avery.

Yeah, I know your name.

-Hey, how you doing?

-Fine. Thank you.

-Hey, you got anything on that ViCAP?

-Nothing.

Detective Malloy.

Stand by, please. Malloy.

-Malloy!

-Yeah.

I'm glad I got a chance to talk to you.

I want to apologize.

The other night, I was drunk.

I was out of line.

-I hope you didn't get the wrong idea.

-No. I didn't get the wrong idea.

We're square, then?

Malloy wants me to look at pictures.

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