Last Man Club Page #3

- Well, don't worry about me.

Well, how do you expect

to find him?

Well, he's a decorated war hero. I'm

sure everybody in town knows him.

Oh, boy. All right, look,

I got an idea.

A small-town bar

is better than the phone book.

Can I buy you a beer?

- No, thanks.

- Lighten up, will you? Live a little.

- Hey.

- Hi.

Two beers, whatever you got.

How about a shot?

Two shots of Tequila.

Do you know a man

named will Hodges?

Will Hodges...

No, I don't believe I know him.

- Do you live around here?

- No, no, I'm from out of town.

You see that?

He doesn't even live here.

Do you know a man

named will Hodges?

Yeah, he used to come here all the time.

I haven't seen him in a while.

Hey, Mike. Does will Hodges still

live behind diamond Jim's?

Yeah, last I heard

he was still there.

You can find him at diamond

Jim's. It's just out of town.

About half a block past the train station.

Just go round the back.

How about a toast?

Hey, you didn't take your shot!

You need me to stick around,

make sure he's here?

No, no, you've done enough.

Well, then, I guess

I'll get going.

Hey, Romy.

You gonna be ok?

I'm always ok.

What do you want?

Will, it's me, eagle. Open up.

Eagle? What do you mean,

eagle?

Go away! Leave me alone.

Will, we flew together during the war.

The duchess. Don't you remember?

Will, open up!

Will?

Eagle.

Morning. We're closed.

- Can I help you?

- No, I was just leaving.

Is that your car over there?

If it belonged to me, I'd be driving it.

It's a friend of will's.

Will don't have no friends.

Well, he does now.

That son of a b*tch needs to

be cleanin' this parking lot.

I can't do it, eagle.

- Will, I need you.

- I'm catching a train out of here.

- I got my bag packed. I'm leaving.

- Where are you going?

- South, where it's warm.

- We're going south.

I open in two hours.

I need you out there sweeping

that parking lot, you old lush!

- Hey, I didn't touch you.

- - Hey!

- Are you ok?

- Yeah.

It's ok, will. She's with me.

Come on, let's get out of here.

I wanted to say goodbye to Jeff.

I've never been there, you know.

- What's he talking about?

- His son.

Well, you know where he is?

Yeah. You feel like driving?

Yeah.

Come on, let's go.

Hey, he's gotta pay me back

for that liquor

he stole from me.

The man's paid enough.

Listen here, you little white-trash

whore, this is between me and will.

What was that?

Shooting two people in 24 hours

might draw some attention.

I swore I'd kill the next man

that talked to me like that.

There will always be

rats in this world, Romy.

Doesn't mean

we have to kill 'em all.

Bummer.

All right, you need anything

out of your trailer?

I got a little package

on the bed.

- Oh, and there's... there's that bag.

- All right, you take him to the car.

- You, get in.

- What?

You know, you might

wanna find something to read.

Oh!

Smells like old man's sh*t.

Mangy dog!

Oh, it stinks.

Let me out of here!

- How's he doing?

- He's sleeping it off.

It's good to have friends,

you know?

- I've never known anyone for very long.

- Oh, you're still young.

Yeah, I haven't been young

for a very long time.

I'm afraid I'll be an old woman with

my past still chasing after me.

Your past will be your future

if you keep running from it.

Is that what happened to you?

I never ran from anything...

Until now.

Will? Will, wake up.

We're here.

Easy.

Whoa. I got you.

Easy.

Oh, it's right over this way.

- I need a drink.

- You're ok. I'm here for you.

How did you get like this?

Life didn't quite turn out

the way I expected.

Why didn't you let someone know?

We could have helped.

I could have done something.

What could you have done,

or anyone for that matter?

We waited for Jeff to come

home for 30 years.

Ella never gave up hope.

It finally killed her.

After she died,

I gave up on everything.

A few bad decisions later, I found

myself living behind a bar.

Or under one, if I had enough

money in my pocket.

58,000 just seems like a number until

you put a name to each one of these.

Here he is. 37e.

Here he is.

My boy.

Jeff was shot down over Hanoi

and went missing in 1972.

Will blamed himself.

Why did he blame himself?

Jeff volunteered for one of

those secret suicide missions.

He died trying to be the hero

his father was.

Good night, grandpa.

Taylor, are you asleep?

Are you still mad at me and mom?

Are you and mom

getting a divorce?

Why would you ask that?

- Well, are you?

- No.

If you and mom ever get a divorce,

I'd wanna live with grandpa.

- Then I could take care of him.

- Taylor, we're your parents.

It's our job

to take care of you.

- I'm not a job, dad.

- I didn't mean it that way.

You and mom act like it's a

job having grandpa live here.

- I never said that.

- It's the way you act.

You never listen

to either one of us.

I think it's time to get

some sleep. Good night.

Hey, Taylor, are you sure you

don't know where grandpa is?

Good night, dad.

Did you talk with Taylor?

- He resents us.

- No, he doesn't.

Oh, yes, he does,

and so does dad.

That's why they spend

so much time together.

They have a common enemy, us.

Dad spends more time with him.

Didn't spend a lot of time

with me when I was a kid.

And now I'm doing the same

thing with Taylor.

It's not too late

to change that.

Hey, Romy, I really appreciate

you helping us out like this.

If you wanna take off,

I understand.

I'm starting to have some fun. Think

I'll stick around for a little while.

- Really?

- Yeah.

I'm actually learning a little

something from you old farts.

Morning, will.

Coffee.

I need... a little something

added, if you know what I mean.

Cream or sugar?

- That's not what I had in mind.

- It's all you're gonna get from me.

- Breakfast.

These your glasses?

Oh, damn.

I brought you some things.

Use it.

Thought you might wanna get cleaned

up and look like a real airman.

Mr. Pernell, this is special

agent blessings with the FBI.

We have confirmed that your

father was not kidnapped.

Thank god. You found him?

Agent blessings needs to ask

you some questions.

Did your father make a lot of phone

calls prior to his disappearance?

- Not that I'm aware of.

- We need a copy of your phone records.

What for?

Did he disappear

for periods of time?

What is this about?

Has he been

to Atlantic city recently?

How would it get there? No.

- Does your father have a female friend?

- Definitely not.

Mr. Pernell, your father, his

female accomplice and another man

allegedly beat and robbed the owner of a

dance hall in Pennsylvania last night.

What?

We have a positive ID on a woman

that he was traveling with.

Who is she?

It's not good.

Well, what do you think?

Hey, there, handsome.

- You don't mind if we take a look inside?

- No, go ahead. Be my guest.

Cops have already been here. They

went through the whole place.

I don't think you're gonna

find anything.

Ugh. Man, it reeks in here.

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