Man In The Vault Page #4

Why not finish the job?

I'm fed up with Trent myself.

I can fix it up

so we can both be out of town...

before Trent even knows

what's happened.

- What do you say?

- Get out of here.

- Look...

- I said git!

All right.

Okay, if you wanna be a lousy locksmith

all the rest of your life, that's up to you.

Now listen to me. All I'm asking

is that you leave Tommy out of this.

Just who do you think

you're talking to, Miss Turner?

- Take it easy.

- Shut up!

If it wasn't for you

and your drunken mouth...

none of this would have happened.

She only came up here

to get you to lay off the kid.

Isn't that touching?

Did it ever occur to you to think

what would've happened...

if she'd gone straight to De Camp?

That's the trouble with you,

you never think at all.

Now wait a minute.

Without me you wouldn't...

Without you

I'd have been much better off.

And as for you, Miss Turner...

I hired your boyfriend to do a simple job.

If it's turned out to be difficult,

it's because he's made it that way.

There is a risk involved,

but he's being paid to take that risk.

Being well paid.

Now, I suggest that you go home, or

wherever it is young ladies like you go...

and forget about this whole thing.

That is, if you care anything about

that precious locksmith of yours.

- Get her out of here.

- All right, all right.

You're being played

for a sucker, Tommy.

I get anything I want. You know.

There's $200,000 in that box.

When you've been a locksmith

as long as I have, Tommy...

you'll realize

just how much $200 really is.

You're taking all the chances, Tommy.

I didn't come up here

to talk about Earl Farraday.

Okay, if you wanna be

a lousy locksmith all your life.

A lousy locksmith.

Why not finish the job?

A lousy locksmith!

- Mr. Murphy, isn't it?

- Yes.

I've got some more letters for my box.

May I have your key?

Tommy, you got time for a game?

- No, not today, Andy.

- I'm paying.

- No, maybe tomorrow, huh?

- Okay.

- What will it be, Tommy?

- I'll have a bourbon straight.

Bourbon it is.

- Kind of early today, aren't you, Tommy?

- Yeah.

Thanks, Mike.

What are you thinking about, darling?

You.

I was thinking how beautiful you are.

- Thank you. Is that all?

- No.

I was wondering where you would be

if you weren't here with me.

That's a strange thing to be wondering.

- Is it?

- Well, of course it is.

Do you love me, Flo?

Does that answer your question?

- Can a man ever be sure?

- Can a woman?

- Does that answer your question?

- Paul.

Oh, Paul, it's lovely.

It's yours.

It's beautiful!

It's amazing what a beautiful woman

does for diamonds.

I have a confession to make, however.

I bought that necklace

for another woman.

Yes, she was beautiful, too.

- Did you love her?

- Very much.

But I found out she didn't love me.

She was running around

with another man.

I'm sorry.

I suppose it's silly,

but I've kept that necklace ever since.

Sort of a reminder, you might say.

But today I said to myself...

a diamond necklace has no business...

wasting its beauty

on a safety deposit box.

So I went down to the bank and...

- Is something wrong, dear?

- No, why should there be?

The safety deposit box,

that's all there was left in it.

Paul, you're hurting me.

The box number, Flo.

Who did you give it to?

No!

- Who did you give it to?

- Nobody!

You're lying!

- Who did you give it to? Tell me.

- I swear I didn't.

So help me. I'll kill you if you don't.

It was Farraday.

He didn't want to, but it was Trent.

He made him. It was Trent.

Trent.

Hello, Tommy.

- The door was open so...

- Next time I'll lock it.

Tommy.

Tommy, now, I know

that you're angry with me.

And I don't blame you. Really, I don't.

I wouldn't have broken our date

for anything, only...

Date?

- Don't tell me you forgot.

- I didn't forget.

- I didn't forget anything.

- Tommy.

I went to see Willis Trent this afternoon.

- With Earl Farraday.

- Yeah, I know.

You know?

It's been good,

doing business with you, all of you.

- Now if you don't mind...

- Now, Tommy. Now you listen to me.

Last night after I left you,

Earl was waiting for me.

He'd been drinking.

He told me everything.

About you, De Camp, Trent,

the keys, everything.

- So you decided to go back to him.

- Of course not.

Oh, Tommy, now look at me.

I admit that I thought

I was in love with Earl once...

and if you hadn't come along

I might have gone right on thinking that.

But you're the only real thing

that's ever happened to me.

That's why I went to see Trent.

To make him leave us alone.

Us?

I love you.

I love you.

Tommy.

You know,

you could be wrong about me.

I could be wrong about anything...

everything, but I could

never be wrong about you.

Look, what if I told you

I had to get out of town?

What if I told you

I double-crossed Trent?

That I opened De Camp's

deposit box myself?

- No.

- What if I told you I got $200,000...

stashed away in my locker

at the bowling alley?

Does that sound like the first real thing

that's ever happened to you?

- Why, Tommy, why?

- I don't know. I don't know.

I've been trying to figure

that out myself ever since I did it.

Maybe because I was

tired of being kicked around.

Maybe because of you.

- Maybe because of a lot of things.

- Tommy.

- Look, you got to get out of here.

- No, they'll kill you.

- I know it. They'll kill you.

- Not if they don't catch me.

I got at least until tomorrow when

the bank opens before they find out.

Then what will you do?

- I'll run.

- No.

- There's nothing else I can do.

- You could put it back.

Yeah.

Back. Why not?

I can go down to the bank

first thing in the morning and...

And what, Tommy?

I came by to see if the keys were ready.

From what I could gather

of your conversation...

it seems I won't be needing them now.

Actually, I suppose

I should thank you, Tommy.

It'll be much safer taking

the money from you than from the bank.

- Where is it?

- Find it yourself.

Where?

Tommy!

- Stop it!

- Get her out of here!

- Where is it? Where?

- Stop it!

Where?

Do you hear me, Tommy?

I'm taking the girl with me.

If you're not at my house

with the money within one hour...

I'll be forced to kill her.

Better get her inside.

And now for the latest weather report.

Louie. Wait a minute.

... covering most of

southern California today.

Slightly rising temperatures

were reported...

and continued pleasant weather

was forecast for tomorrow.

Some low cloudiness

in coastal areas this morning...

was expected to return tomorrow.

Winds brought clearer air

and maximum visibility.

It's you, Farraday.

Yesterday's temperatures generally

were in the 70s, gusty winds cleared...

Louie, get her inside.

... afternoon visibility extended 20 miles.

A sharp temblor rattled windows...

in scattered Southern California areas

yesterday at 10:
08 am.

Pedro, go to 8314, Marmont Lane.

Tell a Mr. Trent that

I'll be there in a few minutes.

- Now go on.

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