Kiss Me Goodbye Page #5

I'm not agreeing with yo...

I'm just saying yes after

everything you say.

- You think I'm crazy.

- Yes, he does.

- I don't.

- Would you be quiet?

- What?

- What?

You were talking to the ghost.

Rupert.

Rupert.

Rupert.

Rupert.

Rupert. I didn't search him out.

Honestly.

He contacted me when I

reopened the house.

Tell me, exactly who is this...

Oh, no, let me guess. I bet he

did this with his feet.

I never did anything like that with

any part of my body. It's disgusting.

- It's Jolly.

- God help me.

Yes. Well, explain to him

that I live here.

He lives here.

- Because he died here.

- You told me.

What am I doing? I'm standing here,

talking about a ghost.

- Rupert!

- A ghost!

Rupert!

- Can't you prove yourself?

- What?

- What?

- What?

No, I was talking to Jolly.

Can't you prove yourself, Jolly?

Can't you move a chair or

make a noise or something?

- Yes, something. A vase.

- A vase.

- Yeah, I'm not picky.

- I told you no cheap tricks.

No cheap tricks.

Rupert!

Jolly, don't do this to me.

Rupert!

Kay, if you don't want to marry me

just say so.

It isn't that, I promise yo...

No big deal. It's only a marriage.

You should ask your mother. She

goes through 'em like Kleenex!

Probably runs in the family, hmm?

- Jolly, Say something. Jolly!

- Denise del Florio.

- What?

- Say quickly:
Denise del Florio.

- Bye, Kay.

Denise del Florio!

What did you say?

- Denise del Florio.

- Why?

I don't know. Jolly just

told me to say it.

Well, what about her?

New Year's Eve.

- Caterer's daughter.

- Caterer's daughter.

New Year's Eve!

Caterer's daughter!

She is the one, isn't she?

Denise del Florio.

I can tell by the look on

your face, that's right.

How else would I have known her

name except that Jolly told me.

Thanks Jolly.

- That's all right, hon.

- Uh... Lucky guess.

- Lucky guess?

Denise del Florio is a lucky guess.

Not in a million years!

Okay, well, maybe I said it in my

sleep or something. I don't know.

Oh yeah, sure!

In between the Guy Lombardos.

Maybe I did, Kay.

Good night!

Well, that's a nerd.

Well, I guess I've sort of

complicated things.

- I guess so.

- I guess I should go.

Yes! You should go. Go away and

leave me alone.

- Forever.

- And ever.

There's just no room in your life

for me now?

None!

- Okay, I'll go then.

- Do that.

Jolly?

Jolly?

Please don't go.

Five, six, seven, eight!

- Doctor Baines.

- Mr. King.

What are you doing here?

- Research.

Do you believe in ghosts?

Depends.

My fiancee has a ghost.

Here.

Her first husband.

We're about to get married...

...she conjures

up the ghost of her dead husband.

Can you believe it?

- I believe it.

I don't believe it.

- Come on, let's go in.

- I gave back my key.

Key? What key?

Don't you remember?

- Break in?

Break in? Sneak in.

Right here.

- Here?

- Yes, just kick it.

- Yes, I remember this. Just...

Just a...

- Little jab.

Little jab.

This Rupert.

Did, uh, did you just chase him

like you chased me?

- Like I what?

- Chased.

I mean, I've had women set their

sights on me before but you...

...you were desperate.

I was not desperate. I was

determined.

Little higher.

And for your information, Rupert

chased me.

- Was he determined?

- Desperate.

This, yeah. I mean you sure you

should marry him?

Well, of course I'm sure.

I'm almost sure.

I mean, you can never really be

sure about a thing like that.

No, I'm not sure.

Who the hell knows?

Why do you ask?

Her husband was a famous...

...Broadway

choreographer.

Jolly Villano.

I always wanted to be

able to dance.

Can you dance?

- That's pretty good.

- That's dmn good.

Well, let me, how,

how do you do that?

Here.

Hey, that's right, loosen up.

- What am I gonna do Henry?

- 'bout what?

About the ghost.

Maybe they should get a divorce,

like everybody else.

That's right.

You're a genius. A divorce!

That's brilliant.

A divorce!

Keep that left foot moving.

- You miss me?

- Of course, I miss yo...

I was married to you for six years.

But I got over yo...

You make me sound like a disease.

You are.

An incurable one.

What did you do when I died?

I buried you.

I thought.

- Were you sad?

- No.

I was never sad.

It's funny. First, you're too busy.

Too many things to do.

Too many details.

And then, I guess, it was like

three weeks later, maybe a month...

...I was sitting in my study and

I was reading something.

I don't know what it was.

It was just something I thought

you'd be interested in, and...

...and I got up.

And I ran towards your

rehearsal hall and...

...I stopped in

the middle of stairs.

And it wasn't until that minute...

...that I realized you were dead

and what that moment.

And...

...you were sad.

- No I was angry.

- Angry?

At what?

At yo...

What did I do?

You died!

You went and died!

God I hated you for that.

I hated you for going off and

leaving me.

And just when I thought I had you

out of the way behind me, you...

...had to go and show up

here again.

I didn't, I didn't want to die.

Well, I wouldn't have

put it past yo...

You were always grandstanding

for attention.

Jolly.

It's just since you've moved back

in that he's appeared?

Since I reopened the house.

I think you and Rupert ought to

get away for a couple of days.

And in the mean time I can

ask my shrink what he thinks...

...we ought to do to get rid of

this.

Emily, Emily!

You don't understand. I don't need

a psychiatrist. I've accepted him.

- Accepted who?

- Jolly.

I'm not asking someone to

make him disappear.

My problem is, I can't decide.

- Decide what?

Between them.

Rupert or Jolly.

- Kay?

- They have certain qualities.

Certain things about both of them

I like.

Together they make the perfect man.

I have to choose.

Kay, listen to me.

Jolly is dead.

Okay, that's one thing in

Rupert's favor.

He's alive.

Well, I've come to ask for some

advice about a divorce.

Trouble with your wife, eh?

No, no. No trouble at all. In fact

I'm not married.

- You're not.

- No, but I'm, I'm getting married.

- Congratulations.

- Thanks.

No, this is a divorce

for a friend.

- Someone you know?

- Very well.

My fiancee, in fact.

The one you're marrying

next saturday?

That's the one.

You see I want her to divorce her

first husband, then marries me.

That's good thinking.

- It's important to me.

- It's important to lots of people.

I don't care about them.

This may seem odd to you...

...but it's more of a hypothetical

divorce that I'm after.

Hypothetical divorce?

Right. I see... I want...

...her to divorce her first

husband to make a point.

What's the point?

Well, you see...

There's an aspect to this case you

probably didn't come across before.

Doctor Baines,

let me assure you, I have...

...come across every concaivable

twist to a divorce case.

Her first husband's dead.

I was wrong.

I had not come across everything.

It's an interesting twist,

don't you think?

Lawyers!

You pay them good money to sit

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