Mississippi Grind Page #7

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with a tiger that you

won from an Arab prince.

You know Curtis?

Yeah. Yes. Yes.

I know Curtis.

He's a close personal friend of

mine. He's a great friend of...

Curtis with you?

No, couldn't make it, but he

wanted me to let you know

you really should let me in.

Let you in.

Yeah, okay. Full disclosure.

Yeah.

I'm a little short on

the buy-in. A little short.

You seem like a

good guy, I'm sure we can come

to some arrangement, you

know financial arrangement-

say sixty-forty...

Seventy-thirty?

What did you

say your name was?

I'm Gerry. I'm Gerry.

Ooo f***!

F***ing...

What the f*** was that for?

Awww I had it comin'.

Shot B. You hit him quick.

There you go.

Bingo. Jackpot.

What's wrong whith you, man?

I have intimacy issues.

There a couple stacks in here.

You a crazy

sonofabitch, you know that?

Why didn't you take the rest?

Good game guys.

That's two-hundred free!

Hey.

How's it going?

Can I get you a drink?

What happened to ya?

You should see

the other guys' hand.

Get me a bourbon.

- What kind?

- Cheap stuff.

Ohh,

thanks Pete, cheers.

Cheers.

You have my smokes?

Thanks darlin'.

Happy Birthday, mom.

You a little late, aren't cha?

Just a day or two.

Are you playing sir?

Trade the one-hundred.

Good luck sir.

Sir are you sure you wanna

put that on double-zero?

Well, good luck to ya.

Where you

been hidin', darlin'?

Not hidin'.

Just traveling.

Travelers have a destination.

Oh, the journey is...

The journey is the destination.

The destination.

I think I know

where you heard that.

Anyway, it's good to see you.

You bring me anything?

Oh, I didn't have time to stop.

I know the feeling.

You came alone?

All by my lonesome.

You should find somebody, baby.

A man alone's half a man.

Ehh, I think I'm doin' alright.

Sure you are.

Listen.

This year's been

unkind to your momma.

That's a good tone.

I gotta get back to work.

Why don't you stick around

for the next set and

I'll buy you a drink. Alright?

Pete, take this for me.

Life's a long grind, innit?

Alright, this one's for

my little boy over there.

Pete.

Make sure she gets this.

Double-zero.

Change, one-hundred.

Bust.

Dealer bust.

Dealer bust.

Two woodfords.

Oooooo!

Okay, here we go, here

we go, here we go.

Hey, I got Simone.

I'm gonna take this.

Oh make it quick!

Hey baby. Listen to this.

Listen to this.

Hooo, baby did you hear that?

Did you hear that?

That right there is the

sweet sound of success.

We made it.

We made it okay.

Just pack your bags,

we're getting outta here.

We're gonna go I don't

care where we're gonna go.

W-w-we're going somewhere.

Pack your bikini, you pack

your boots, your dress, whatever

you want and we're outta here.

I'm sor-it's it's loud okay,

we can go, salt lake city.

We can go to f***ing, Las Vegas.

We can go to f***ing Monte

Carlo. I don't give a sh*t we'll

go wherever you want to go.

Okay? I want to tell you

something, I love you.

I love you.

You hear me?

Huh? I love you.

We'll talk tomorrow.

Alright, okay.

Call me tomorrow.

We can't lose.

No, we can't lose.

Let's bet it all.

Double or nothing.

Yeah.

Bet it all.

Wait. Wait. W-w-w-w.

N-n-no no no. It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

- We can't lose.

- We can't lose.

- We can't lose.

- We can't lose.

- We can't lose.

- We can't lose.

- We can't lose.

- We can't lose.

We made it.

Hey, we made it.

I'm not afraid.

We're gonna bet it all.

Everything.

On the floor.

On the field,

everything on the field.

Everything.

Hundred-thousand.

A hundred and fifty thousand.

Two-hundred,

eighty-five thousand.

Two-hundred,

eighty-five thousand.

Okay.

Your roll.

I love this country.

I just bet two-hundred

and eighty-five thousand dollars

on the roll of a dice.

A hero is nothing more

than the guy who pulls off what

the rest of us are scared to do.

I was wrong about you Gerry.

I thought you were a sick pony,

I thought I was gonna

have to put you down, but no.

You're a hero.

A new American legend.

What's wrong?

Somethings not right with this.

- The steak?

- Yeah.

Here, try a little bit.

- Oh my God.

- Right?

No, that's delicious.

There's nothing off

about that steak Gerry.

Scuse me.

Gerry.

Can I get a cheeseburger?

I'm sorry, is

something wrong with your steak?

N-n-no. Don't worry about it.

It's perfect.

I'm gonna eat it.

Thank you very much.

- Okay. Cheeseburger?

- Yes, please.

- I'll be right back.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

What, I-I-it

didn't taste right.

What's the matter with you?

You just won half

a million dollars.

Cheer the f*** up.

You know what I'm

gonna do tomorrow?

First thing tomorrow

morning I'm gonna wake up and

I'm gonna go see the Cadillac

man and I'm gonna buy me

a shiny, new, white Caddy.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

What do you want, man?

You want a Cadillac?

After you pay off your

debts, your ex-wife.

Tell me whatchu want.

First thing that

pops in your head. Go.

What do you want Gerry.

Tell me. Hit, me.

One, two, three. Lay it on me.

Boom! What do you want.

Do something nice for Wendy.

Good. Great.

Who's Wendy?

Daughter. My daughter.

You have a-sh*t you never

told me that you had a kid.

I didn't?

Nooo. That's great. I-I-

wh-what-how old is she?

Aww, she's seven.

Six. I think.

She's six.

Well there you have it.

Tomorrow's a new day.

So's the next.

Gerry.

I had a dream that we were

on a steamboat and the river

bandits took all our money.

Ger?

Machu Picchu.

- Hello.

- Hi.

I'd like to check out of my

vip penthouse suite, Alice.

It looks like everything

has been comped Mr. Vaugh.

How was your trip?

Spectacular,

thank you very much.

Are you headed home today?

- Peru.

- Peru?

- I'm off to Peru.

- Wow. That sounds nice.

Yeah, yeah.

You wanna go with me?

I got lucky.

Number one ninty-nine.

Relaxed and squared.

Shoulders that are suddenly

relaxed and squared are saying,

"I am confident."

If someone goes from slumped

shoulders to squared relaxed

shoulders I would be concerned

as they are likely to be strong.

Number two hundred...

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