Mississippi Grind Page #5

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're a regular Oprah.

Doctor Phil. Right?

I'm just sayin' that

that look, my experience has

given me certain insights

into the human condition.

Your experience.

How old are you?

Forget it.

- No, come on.

- No, forget it.

How old are you?

'Lright. Bullshit. I know what

you're doing, alright.

Age is not the only indication

of life experience.

See, I'm forty-four.

- I'm thrity-nine.

- Bullshit.

But I bet you for a hundred

bucks I can guess your age.

You are on.

Okay, take your glasses

off just for a second.

Let me have a look.

Let me have a look.

Oh, that's thirty-five.

You're thirty-five.

I am thirty-five.

How'd you know that?

I told ya, I'm good with ages.

My ass you're good with ages.

How'd you know that?

I read your drivers license.

When?

This morning.

You were in the bathroom...

Why?

I wanna know you

are who you say you are.

And what did you learn?

Curtis Vaughn.

Thrity-five.

Expired north Dakota

drivers license.

Well holy sh*t.

That it?

Well anything

else you wanna share?

Nah.

Muddy waters,

howlin' wolf, B.B. King,

Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes,

there's even some famous

white folk from Memphis

you might have heard of.

Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis,

Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash.

All those people from Memphis?

And don't forget

about Justin Timberlake.

Very impressive, my friend.

Hey.

- Hey.

- How we doing?

I'm gonna get a burger.

You want one?

Naww, I-I-I gotta get ready.

I gotta got to this game.

Alright.

...And bet

on midnight run, why? Why?

What happened?

How long

were you married?

Eight years.

That's a long time.

Supposed to be longer.

I like women

too much to marry one.

Hey, you married pops?

I've been married six

times but not at present.

Here's to lucky number seven.

- Thank you.

- If you want it.

Miss the married life?

Do I miss it?

Well, let me put it like this...

I just know it's

better to not be alone.

Amen.

Ohh, sh*t.

Ohhh,

Hawaii beat Gonzaga.

Big time upset.

I didn't even know

they had a basketball team.

Rainbow Warriors.

Re-raise.

Six-hundred.

Raise, six-hundred.

Call.

Heads up.

Fifteen-hundred.

Call.

I check.

All in.

She's all in at

ten-thousand, six-hundred.

I'll call.

She's got you covered.

Heads up.

Woahhh...

Wow.

That's a night.

I did not deserve that.

Sorry Gerry.

Let's go again.

Let's go again.

Gerry, call it a night.

Oh, come on, give me a,

just give me a thousand dollars.

Dennis tell her I'm good

for a thousand dollars.

It's a bad beat, Gerry.

Throw in the towel.

One-hundred-thousand

dollars, right?

The deal was that

slim had to get c-cup breast

implants and leave them

in for exactly one year.

Not only did he win the bet...

...he met a woman, a

straight woman who loved

his fake tits so much

that she married him.

Get the f*** outta here.

He's still got

'em. Perky as ever.

There's someone

out there for everyone.

Gerry, hey!

How'd it go?

Good.

I won seven thousand...

You sonuvabitch. That's great.

Come sit down with us, here.

Have a, have a, have a

drink lets celebrate.

And meet some

meet some people.

Actually, if I could just

take moment of your time,

and have a word with...

- Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

I'll be right back,

you beautiful losers.

I don't know what it means.

I don't know what it means.

What, what means.

Okay.

This is gonna sound crazy.

I was all-in, on this

monster pot, okay?

I was down in the river.

I was gone.

I mean I was wipped out and

all I needed was a queen.

A queen.

Only thing that could save me.

And I made myself a promise-

I know this sounds so stupid-

but I made myself a

promise that if I got a queen,

I'd go and I'd go and I'd go,

I'd go, I'd go to little rock.

I'd make things right.

Yeah, with my queen.

You know what I mean?

Your ex-wife.

You were right.

Course I'm right. A woman.

Whad I tell ya, huh?

It's always a woman.

But I don't know what to do.

I know what to do.

We go to little rock

that's what we do.

Noo, it's out of the way.

It just seems crazy.

Am I crazy?

Oh, you're a f***ing

lunatic. But I love it.

You don't mind?

Gerry, I don't-a

beautiful woman, right in there,

asked me to go home

with her tonight.

- And?

- I turned her down.

You did?

- Yeah

- why?

When you come to a

fork in the road, you take it.

Let's go to little rock.

Gerry.

Hey, Dorothy.

What are you doing here?

I was just

driving through little rock.

Thought I'd stop by.

Oh, you were just

stopping through little rock.

Look, I don't

have to stay. I just-

thought it would be nice to

see you know just for a minute.

Come on in, I guess.

I was just making some tea.

- You want some?

- Yeah, sure. Sure.

Hey, darlin'.

Did I wake you? I'm sorry.

That's okay.

Where are you?

We're, uhh, we're on a

little detour, in little rock.

- Little rock?

- Yeah.

What happened to New Orleans?

No, I'm sitting in a

car right now outside Gerry's

ex-wife's house and he just

went in there to win her back.

And it got me

thinking about you.

And me.

And St. Louis.

Kansas City.

All kinds of places really.

Where is she?

School.

That's good.

How are things with Gary.

We got married.

Oh. Oh.

Congratulations.

Did you ever think

it was funny that you

traded me in for a Gary?

You know, Gerry, Gary.

Wh-where is he?

- Working.

- What's he do?

He's an electrician.

It's a good job.

Wait a minute. Wait.

I, that, that...

I used to be in this photograph.

That's my hand.

You cut me out of this picture.

Didn't want

you on my wall, Gerry.

Well, okay but you,

you have to cut me out of

my daughters life?

Is that a joke?

You cut yourself out years ago.

- No.

- Yeah.

When is the last

time you visited?

Or sent a present

on her birthday?

Well I have been having some

money difficulties, does that...

It's not about the money.

How about checking her homework

or making dinner, or, uhh,

calling... To say "hi."

You...

Thank you for the tea.

May I use the bathroom

on my way out please?

You know where it is.

Teach me something.

I'm tired, Curtis.

C'mon, I just want to hear

your voice. Sing me a song.

I'm not going to sing

you a song right now.

Please. Please? Pretty please?

Alright, how about this.

A, b, c, d e, f, g,

h, I, j,

k, l, m, n, o, p,

q, r, s, t, u,

v, w, x, y and z.

Now you know

your "a" "b" "c"s

next time won't

you sing with me?

Hello?

What if I came back?

Get out.

I, I, I was...

Gonna pay you back.

Leave it!!

Wanna talk about it?

No, it's fine.

I love this place Gerry.

The moe Greene of

Tunica, Mississippi.

We're gonna be comped for days.

I'm not gonna let

anyone stab you.

Welcome back

to players town.

Thank you, Dora.

I'm sorry, this expired

in two-thousand and nine.

- Mm-mnnn.

- I'm afraid so.

I don't see how that's possible.

Can you try that again.

Go easy now.

I'm sorry sir.

Well I have to say I am

very disappointed in you Dora.

Well, we do have some

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