Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Page #2

Marakeesh Apartments,

Marakeesh, 101.

She goes by the name

of Caldwell.

Caldwell.

Well, I'm glad

you got here.

So am I.

My truck broke down

and put me behind schedule

a half an hour.

Morning, Joe.

Good morning, Mr. Hartford.

Sorry I'm late.

That's okay,

we're both late today.

What time do you

usually get here, Joe?

Oh, about 9:
30

if the truck

don't break down.

What do you want?

Lots of things.

Well, you're not going

to find them here.

You'd be surprised

what a man can find.

Food, for instance.

Will you please leave?

Leave?

Just got here.

Seen the papers?

Yeah, I've seen the papers.

And I don't want

to talk about it.

No, neither do I.

As far as I'm concerned,

it's all past and done with.

Yourbrother wasn't killed.

No, that's right,

that's right.

Oh, uh, speaking

of brothers

where was he

going to live?

I took a room for him here,

across the hall.

Good.

What do you mean, "good"?

Well, since he won't

be using it, I will.

Oh, incidentally, uh...

uh, Mason tells me you're an

honest-to-goodness nice girl.

I never did anything wrong

before today.

Well, it takes

only once, you know.

As it stands,

the police would love

to get their hands on

whoever shot that guard.

And now, would one

fugitive from justice

care to fix another

fugitive from justice...

a sandwich?

Will you go if I do?

Fix it, and we'll see.

Tell me, where can I

get in touch with Jinx?

Shop's in the phone book.

Ace Radio Repair. Why?

We got to do

a little business.

Get you out of hock.

No, thanks.

I wouldn't like the way

you'd get the money.

I'll pay it off

myself when I can.

Oh, it won't work out that way.

You see,

you owe Mason something;

I owe you something.

After all, you did get me

off that prison farm

and I like to pay

my debts, too.

You don't owe me anything.

If I could have one wish

in my life come true

I'd wish today

had never happened.

The fact remains...

ithashappened.

You, uh... you assisted

in a prison break

which makes you

just as much of a criminal

as the people you helped.

Now, you can keep

that holier-than-thou attitude

as long as you like

but, uh, right now

I would say

there must be, oh,

13,000 policemen in this state

who would love to put you away

for a long, long time.

Now, I'd bear that in mind

if I were you...

and act accordingly.

Now, what do you make

of this stuff

they're saying

about your brother?

That he was

a mad-dog killer?

It's a lie!

He wasn't!

They never are.

He was railroaded.

They framed him.

I suppose your brother never

did anything wrong in his life.

He was wild, yes

and he did a lot

of silly things

but he never

killed anybody.

Well, maybe you're right.

After all,

he quit cold on me.

He wouldn't have been hit

if he hadn't stopped.

Yeah, maybe hewasinnocent.

He certainly didn't act

like a killer.

Of course,

he was innocent!

Nobody knew him any

better than I did.

Why do you think

I tried to help him break out?

I've never done anything wrong

like that before in my life.

I'll tell you why.

Because he was going

crazy up there.

He knew he'd been framed

and he was just sitting

there, brooding about it

month after month.

If it had gone

on much longer

he'd have ended up

in an insane asylum.

I couldn't stand to

look into his face

when I'd go up there

and visit him.

Don't you see?

I had to try and

help him break out

even if it

meant that I...

Okay, all right,

all right, all right.

He was innocent.

Innocent as a newborn babe.

Go ahead, be jealous.

Be jealous

because you're a...

a criminal,

and he wasn't!

Jealous?

Jealous of that popcorn thief?

That yellow pup?

No! No! No!

Oh, Ralph, please, please!

Oh, I'm sorry,

I'm sorry...

...but he's all I had!

And I haven't got anybody.

I just haven't got anybody.

I'm so alone.

I'm so alone...

so alone...

You're not alone, baby.

You're not alone at all.

Not at all.

Everything's fine outside.

$3,000, $3,500, four

five, six.

Get me another checkbook,

Miss Staines.

Miss Staines is

going to be busy.

Stay away from the switchboard,

and lay on the floor.

Now, clasp your hands

behind the back

of your neck.

Look...

we've got a good police force

in this town.

They'll get you before you even

have a chance to spend it.

Relax, Mr. Hartford.

It's only money.

Now, are you going

to clasp your hands

behind the back

of your neck

or do I have to

liquidate you?

You think you're pretty cute,

don't you?

Nowyou'recute.

She's all taped up.

What about him?

Won't need it.

$6,142, not counting the checks.

Where'd you get it?

From a recently deceased

maiden aunt.

Hartford's.

Hartford's!

Right down the street.

Why didn't you tell me

where you were going?

Oh, I'm awfully sorry,

old man.

I would've been delighted

to tell you

except for one little thing:

it was none of your business.

Why'd you have

to stick up a place

in this neighborhood?

Oh, stop bleeding.

The damage has been done.

Now, one quarter of $6,142

is $1,535.

$200 for the automatic, $1,735

plus the thousand

that Holiday owes you...

$2,735-

as round a sum

as you ever saw.

Just a minute.

What about my cut?

I'm coming to that.

Yeah, but you're

coming to it too late.

I got nothing to do with that

thousand dollars Holiday owes.

I'll take

two grand.

All right, Jinx.

You want two grand?

You get two grand.

Do we have to stand here

with all this money

in plain sight

and argue about it?

Somebody might walk in here

any minute.

Let's go back

in the battery room.

I wouldn't want to be the man

that walked in here.

Then hurry up and split

the stuff, and get out!

And don't ever come back.

I don't want

any part of you.

If I'd known

what I was getting into...

Why, you're

stark-staring nuts.

Don't you ever say that

to me again, do you hear?

Don't ever say that again.

You beat it.

Beat it!

Get out of here.

Oh, a trifling detail:

I had to slug Hartford.

Hit him a little hard.

Very regrettable.

Surprised

he's still alive.

Reckon he is, too.

What a way

to start a morning.

Hmm.

How is she, Doc?

All right. Her pulse is up

a little, that's all.

Excitement, I guess.

Can we talk to her?

Sure.

Now, Miss Staines,

this is important.

I want you

to think carefully

and give the best

description you can

of the two men.

I... I don't know.

You don't know?

I was looking at the guns,

that's all.

All I saw are the guns.

Miss Staines,

we can't look for guns.

We have to look for faces.

We have to have something

to go on.

I told you.

I only saw the guns.

The guns, that's all I saw!

The guns, the guns,

that's all I saw...

All right, Miss Staines.

She's got a little case

of shock.

She better rest today.

You can talk to her tomorrow.

Tomorrow, the guys who did it

could be in the next state.

I can't help that.

I've got my job;

you've got yours.

Come on, Tom.

Let's go downstairs.

Maybe somebody

saw them leaving.

Yeah. Stay where you are, Bob.

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