Last Man Standing Page #2

when this runs out...

and I'll give you some more.

You got girls for hire

in this town?

Hell, yes.

You in west Texas.

Round the corner,

third door on the left.

You can certainly afford them.

You remind me of this guy

that used to come see me...

when I worked in New Orleans.

He looked a lot like you.

You ever been to New Orleans?

He was nice.

He wasn't as quiet as you,

though...

but you two almost

look like brothers.

Except he had tattoos.

I think that he was

in the navy.

And he used to come and see me

every Friday or Saturday night.

His name was Clarence.

I had a lot of fun

in New Orleans.

Sorry I ever came

to this lousy town.

There's nothing to do here.

...So I took every kind

of dance class imaginable...

because

I wanted to be a dancer...

and so I came here

because it's off-season...

Get out of here, girls!

Go!

I didn't have nothing

to do with it.

What?

I didn't have nothing...

Who set me up?

They forced me!

They said they'd kill me.

I didn't have no choice.

Give me a name.

Give me a name, goddamn it!

It was a guy that worked

for Doyle.

It was Doyle's bunch.

Please don't tell them

I told you.

Shut up!

Please. I'm sorry.

Her name was Wanda.

Crossing me

was nothing personal.

She was just trying

to make a living...

in a world

where big fish eat little fish.

Come on.

By the time the law showed up,

I was long gone...

but the sheriff

didn't let me down.

He investigated

the whole thing...

then arrested the hooker.

I went down to the Red Bird

and asked that old geezer...

who runs the place

where I could find you.

Where are we headed?

A juke joint outside of town.

Strozzi wants everybody there.

He's going to make

another speech?

He don't keep me

too well informed.

Giorgio's always acting

like he's in charge...

because he's the son

of somebody important...

Strozzi's boss in Chicago.

Strozzi and Giorgio

are really cousins.

Strozzi don't admit it, though.

Not a family man.

Where does that leave you

and him?

Celina's was a fast 20 minutes

out across the desert.

Two stories of wood

in the middle of nowhere.

It was the kind of place...

that looked like the special

was chicken-fried steak.

Strozzi told me that Giorgio

and the other guys...

got a hot head

about the money you're getting.

Giorgio don't like you too much,

in case you haven't noticed.

Why does a guy send

his girlfriend to come find me?

Strozzi figures

I wouldn't be dumb enough...

to do anything out of line,

so he sent me.

That must make you feel

real proud.

Quit being a shitheel,

all right?

I get enough of that

from Strozzi, thank you.

You sure you're not dumb enough

to do anything out of line?

I'm just curious.

Your boyfriend got a first name?

Only in the bedroom.

As usual,

she was trying to act tough...

but anybody could see

it was paper-thin.

Even with a second-rater

like Strozzi...

she was in way over her head.

For Christ's sweet sake.

It took you two long enough.

Kiss my ass.

It's raining outside.

Hard to drive in the rain.

Like he said,

what took you so long?

Maybe you don't hear too good...

it's raining.

You're getting to be more of

a wise-ass Polack every day...

and it ain't so cute no more.

You know what happens

to wise-ass Polack dames?

They get their wise asses

kicked!

When I was in this whorehouse...

Doyle sent a couple guys

to visit me.

I had to kill them both.

You killed

two more of Doyle's guys?

Is that bullshit,

or is that true?

I don't give a damn about Doyle.

If he lost two men tonight,

that's good news.

This Doyle, he's trying to

outbid me with my own suppliers.

I try to do business with him,

it's bullshit.

We got a shipment coming in

from Monterrey next week.

Mr. Doyle has got one coming in

tomorrow.

This is where you're going

to start to earn your pay.

That's five trucks.

Maybe 200 cases.

We deliver at 200 bucks a case.

That's 200 grand in our books.

Plus, you know

what's really the frosting?

We get Doyle's trucks.

You know how hard it is

to buy a truck in Mexico?

We crossed the border

a couple hours before dawn.

Strozzi had a plan he thought

would make him look good...

to the big boss

back in Chicago.

It involved hijacking, murder,

corruption of the military...

and sticking me

right out front.

Who in the hell are you

supposed to be?

This might be a good time

to give up.

What the hell's this?

I told you we couldn't trust

these Mexicans.

I'm going to send Smith

back with Santo...

to keep an eye on Doyle.

You stay with the trucks

till they get to Matamoros.

It was a massacre.

Couldn't say

I was real sorry...

but it was a rough way

to check out.

I don't know how reliable...

she's ever going to hold up

as a witness.

She's some kind of a vagrant.

Might even be here

for immoral purposes.

How much to get her out?

right away.

I've been thinking about

how Doyle's men knew...

I was at that whorehouse.

I figure your deputy heard me

last night at the Red Bird...

came over here

and told you about it...

and you sold the information

to Doyle.

How am I doing so far, Sheriff?

You are one suspicious fella.

Ain't he, Bob?

Maybe I was a little

rough on you last night.

Maybe I shortchanged you.

If I was you,

I'd get out of here.

Doyle's men are going to think

you tipped me off.

You got a bus

comes through this town?

Yeah. At noon every day.

Make sure she gets on it.

I got some information you may

want to sell to Mr. Doyle.

He's going to find out

soon enough...

but you might be the one

to give it to him.

A shipment of booze

he had coming up from Mexico...

got hijacked by some bandidos.

A tip like that ought to be

worth at least a grand.

You better be right...

because if Doyle should send

Hickey after me...

he's coming directly for you.

I keep hearing about Hickey.

Sounds like a real scary guy.

Let me tell you just how scary.

It goes that when

he was 10 years old...

gets a butcher knife

and cuts his father's throat...

from ear to ear.

Then they stick him

in an orphanage.

he burns it to the ground.

You just make sure you mark me

down for half of that thousand.

Think maybe

you and I should talk.

I don't think

these people appreciate you.

You going to be my hero?

I thought you were just a guy

who did things for money.

I'm just a guy

that does everything for money.

Anybody see you come up here?

Appreciate me?

You don't know the half of it.

I don't have to take it

from these bastards.

Going back to Chicago

on the first thing out of here.

What's so funny?

You're not going anywhere.

You're just blowing off

a little steam.

You hear the way Strozzi

talked to me?

That grease ball?

To hell with him.

Strozzi's out of town

for the day.

So is Giorgio.

So?

Did Strozzi tell you

he's paying me a lot of money?

There may be a way

to get your hands on some of it.

You going to tell me why

you would do such a nice thing?

Because I'm a nice guy...

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