Moonlight Mile Page #3

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lt's not your car.

Exactly.

Nice people.

So, what, you live there?

No.

Uh, sort of.

-- You don't?

-- Y-Yeah, for now. Yeah.

Just the three of you?

Yeah.

lsn't that kind of weird?

Yeah. lt is.

How long are you staying?

I don't know.

Do you call them Mom and Dad?

No.

-- Do they call you son?

-- Not yet.

What do you talk about?

Mostly?

Diana.

God, doesn't that

make you sad?

So, commercial real estate.

Commercial real estate.

What the hell

does that mean?

I have no idea.

And this

is what you want to do?

-- Not really.

-- Oh.

And what do you want

to do?

I want to figure out

what I want to do.

So you're kind of in escrow

at the moment.

Real-estate term.

Yeah,

I recognize that one.

Yeah.

Hey, you know what, Joe?

-- What?

-- You just passed my stop.

This?

You coming in?

Oh, no, no, no.

I can't.

I'm buying.

No, really.

I've gotta get back.

Well.

Good luck in escrow,

Joe.

Good luck to you, too.

Bert.

# lf I told you a secret,

you won't tell a soul #

# Will you hold it

and keep it alive? #

# Cause it's burning a hole #

# And I can't get to sleep #

# And I can't live alone

in this lie #

# So look up #

Damn it! Ohh!

# Don't look da-da-da down #

Listen, why don't you just keep

the deposit from the wedding,

and we'll let that

take care of it, okay?

That's fine, that's fine.

Okay, then.

A little tighter.

Okay, here, Joe,

you get up here next to me.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

He's not gonna sit?

Uh.partners stand.

I'm -- I'm --

I'm not so sure I can.

Just point yourself

right up here.

Wait, wait.

Huh? Perfect.

# Oww! #

ALL:
Hey!

Aaah!

# Friends say it's fine,

friends say it's good #

# Everybody says

it's just like Robin Hood #

I think we should have

those nametags.

And that way, we could --

Hey. Tanner.

lt's good to see you,

Ben.

I got to say, I'm glad to see

you're doing so well.

Oh, ready to get to it,

Tan.

What do you hear

about Mulcahey?

Uh, anything last week?

-- Oh, he's serious.

-- Oh?

Word is,

his appetite's growing.

Mm-hmm.

This thing sounds big,

whatever it is,

and from what the guys tell me,

he's liking your area --

demographics

or some such bullshit.

He was asking about you.

Me?

Not the turncoats?

You.

What do you think --

Greek?

ltalian -- Northern.

That kind of thing just

scares the hell out of me.

I've got a daughter myself,

her age.

I can't even imagine if.

Young man, all I can say is,

I'm just --

I'm just very, very sorry.

Well, Joe helped me

come to a decision.

lf work can give us

just one more reason

to get up in the morning,

then damned if we aren't

gonna jump in full-steam.

What's your, uh, what's your

interest in all this, Joe?

I beg your pardon?

This business.

Well, um, actually, um,

Ben actually

came up with the idea

that I would, uh,

collaborate with him

after we, uh --

after Diana decided

that we should.

come back and live.

lt was her idea --

their idea.

lt was your idea.

lt was my idea.

You study the market

in school?

Uh.no, ultimately.

Hmm.

You just feel like, uh,

this is your future, right?

I think so.

I hope so.

Um, uh.actually, sir,

I haven't really had

the chance to think through

the ramifications of a life

in commercial real estate.

Well, no,

I.can understand that.

My God, you've had your mind

on a lot of things lately.

Which is why

Joe and I are both anxious

to jump in

and roll up our sleeves.

lt's time to -- to channel

all this scattered energy

toward something

more.positive, Mike,

like this project of yours

we keep hearing about.

Joe, what kind of man

do you take me for?

Prisoner of history?

Not on appearance.

Mired in -- in convention

or.

Uh I'm guessing "no".

Joe, we are brothers.

I'm younger than you are.

I'm a man of your time.

What do we brothers.

lack?

S-- uh, so many things.

One thing -- one --

time.

Hmm.

See, when I purchase

something at a wineshop

and then I get back

in my car,

drive one city block

to the hardware store,

only to find that I'm right back

behind that steering wheel,

scratching my ass,

I'm being robbed --

denied convenience.

My town

is now my prison.

The solution?

Be a man of the times,

not a thief of it.

Service my needs

and be gracious enough

to house them under one roof.

One roof.

One roof, one vendor,

one point of purchase --

an entire town's needs.

You're talking

all of Main Street retail.

Reborn.

See, Mom and Pop went to sleep

with the gas on.

They're over.

That's done.

To save a town like yours,

there's got to be a revolution.

I think

Joe understands this --

he and his brothers

on the streets.

Now, I, on the other hand,

am sitting here

because I can't tell those

Next Century bastards apart.

I don't get it.

We don't either.

But don't let me down.

There's a piece of it in there

for you if you're up to it.

The only question is,

can you deliver?

Now, guarantee --

they won't all fall that easy.

We have to do our homework --

tax rolls, comps --

get a pretty quick picture

of who's vulnerable.

Huh?

Plan of attack.

I never had one of these.

Me either.

-- Nice, huh?

-- Mmm.

Oh, God, whatever you do,

don't tell JoJo.

I've been on her

for years about her smoking.

I'd never hear the end of it.

This is how I had it --

in my head.

ln your head?

Pictures, you know --

son-in-law, first cigar,

a couple of beers

once in a while.

Sometimes, y-you just need

a little break, you know --

a new face, someone

to bounce it around with.

Hmm?

Jo and I, we don't really

socialize too much anymore.

lt's just us,

just on each other, you know --

same face in your face.

Forget what the other pillow

even looks like empty.

And let's face it --

Jo, well, she's really

the more verbal one,

likes to.

fill the air up a bit.

And I like

to give her that.

Sure. Yeah.

And then

you guys come along.

I figure I finally got a shot

at someone to talk to.

She ever, uh.

she ever talk about me, Joe?

Diana?

Yeah, sure.

Nothing really

in particular, but.

I know

something wasn't right.

She asked me to meet her.

I was supposed to be there

at the counter.

You were --

She said she had to talk.

We really needed to talk.

I don't know, I.

I haven't.

Please don't tell JoJo this.

lt'll kill her.

See, I -- I was across the

street there in the office,

and then.

some phone call --

Did she say anything?

I just know

something wasn't right.

I know there was

something wrong with us.

Had been for a while,

ever since

she was a.teenager.

Please

don't tell JoJo this.

Please.

I'm glad you're here, Joe.

Jo?

Honey?

Jo?

Telephone, Benjamin.

I need help, Joe.

I'm blocked.

I can't write a thing. Sit.

Hello?

Now, I've been hearing so much

sh*t lately, so much fluff,

I've started to lose sight

of her already, and.

a phrase like

"filled with goodness"

actually passed

through my mind today.

So I need to purge,

Joe.

Yes, Benjamin?

That was Cheryl.

She's on her way over.

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