No Way to Live Page #2

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and two strawberry milkshakes?

Baby, please answer me

remember, don't make me cry

Don't say good-bye,

don't leave me

Don't say good-bye,

baby of mine, don't leave me

Hello?

I said, we don't have

strawberry milkshakes.

Oh, then make it vanilla.

You'll have to take it to go.

I know.

Yum!

Hey, where'd you go before?

- What's that? -I looked

out and you weren't here.

Oh, yeah.

I got this.

I also got this.

Get a condom.

My greatest mistake

was holding you so near

tell me a happy memory

that you have.

My greatest mistake

- no.

- Oh, come on.

Just pick one.

The first one

that pops into your head.

Okay, how about when I met you?

That doesn't count.

Well, I don't have too many

others to choose from,

so maybe it can count for me.

Where'd you grow up?

Orphanage.

A small town in Texas.

What about your parents?

Never met my father.

And my mother left me

when I was just a baby.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah.

The home had mostly white boys,

so I got into my fair share

of fights growing up.

I always dreamed of running

away, but I never did.

I guess that's why I wanted

to help you leave so bad.

You can't control

what kind of life you get,

what kind of messed up

parents you got.

It's like a big lottery

and you either get

a great one or a rotten one.

Unless you change it yourself.

That's right.

My greatest mistake

was to fall in love

I want this one.

And this one,

and this one, and this one.

I want this one.

And this one.

I love this one.

I want this one.

You're my driver.

You're permitted.

- I love this one.

- I don't know.

Well, what's the fun

in having a bag full of money

if you can't go shopping?

You're just gonna spend

all the money, huh?

What do you think?

It's a little flashy, no?

When you said let's get a hat,

I didn't exactly

have this in mind.

Like Montgomery Clift.

Why, how do you do, ma'am?

I'd be better if you'd

come on in here with me.

What it's like

sometimes make me, make me,

make me want to cry

Ah, you can't break

oh, a broken heart

lie and cheat,

pretend you're sweet

Use your lips to tell lies

Flirt around

to break my heart

But you can't stop it

hey. Hey!

Y'all get out of here.

Come on, come on, now.

Is there a problem?

Yeah, there's a problem.

There's a big problem.

We don't cater to

n*gger lovers 'round here.

What'd you say?

I said you can

get out of my store.

That son of a b*tch!

N*gger lover?

Who does he think he is, huh?

- I should knock his teeth...

- Monty! Calm down.

I'm not gonna calm down, Nora.

I've been dealing with folks

like that my whole life.

I'm tired of it.

Why should I calm down?

Everything's okay.

It's okay.

I know I always ask for

more excitement in this town,

but I sure as heck could've

done without seeing this.

Homicide's here.

Bunch of a-holes.

I'm detective Giddins, homicide.

My partner, detective Bradford.

- The body in there?

- It sure is.

And the wife's

nowhere to be found?

Not nowhere.

How about suspects?

Anything catch your eye

around here lately?

Hey, baby.

Where are we?

Can you explain exactly

what's going on? Huh?

He was your husband?

And he's dead?

Are you some kind

of sicko or what?

- Hey, just calm down.

- No, I'm not gonna calm down!

We're in the papers!

It's true. I haven't been

completely honest with you.

Yeah, no kidding!

But that's 'cause I was afraid.

I was afraid

that if you knew the truth,

you'd never want

to see me again.

I told you he was my father because

I needed to get out of there.

He was still abusive.

Everything is still the same.

No, it's not.

There's nothing wrong

with a husband f***ing his wife.

He bought me.

What you mean, he bought you?

I was just 13.

My mama didn't have any money...

And then Earl came along and...

While the other girls were

kissing their Elvis posters...

I was being sold

as a child bride.

And I didn't want

to do any of it.

He took my virginity and any

bit of innocence I had and...

I hated him for it.

So you killed him.

Not on purpose.

I didn't do it on purpose.

Monty, please,

you have to believe me.

He woke up while

I was trying to leave...

And he grabbed me

and he had his hands

around my throat,

and I couldn't breathe.

And then there was a letter

opener on the bedside table,

and I took it in my hands,

and I stabbed him in the neck,

but it was only

to get him off of me.

I didn't mean to,

and I was just so scared,

and I didn't know what to do,

so I just ran out of there

as fast as I could.

Monty, please. You have to know I

would never do something like that.

You know me.

Monty, please.

I just love you so much

and I never meant to lie to you.

Can you ever forgive me?

You... you really love me?

Yeah.

Hey, what's this?

Just thought it might be useful.

Let's see.

"Cunto cuesta?"

Know what that means?

It means

"how much does it cost?"

Come on, try it.

Cunto... cuesta?

See? You're a natural.

You'll be a Caballero

in no time.

A what?

It means "cowboy".

Even I know that.

Dnde... est... los...

You okay?

Mm-hmm.

Come on, man. Oh.

Oh, you got to be kidding me!

The tire's flat.

- What about the spare?

- That was the spare.

Well, someone's bound

to show up here eventually.

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.

You know you're not supposed

to drive on the spare...

Thank you. I know.

What seems

to be the problem, miss?

My driver got a flat.

You wouldn't happen to know

a shop nearby, would you?

There's a mechanic

just down the road a while.

You wouldn't be so kind

as to take us there?

Why don't you just come with me?

Actually, I thought

we could all go.

Don't you want to stay here

and watch the car, boy?

It ain't going nowhere.

Besides, I'm the driver.

I know what it needs.

All right, that's fine.

You ride in the back.

Where y'all headed?

I'm glad you asked that, Jerry.

We're heading to Mexico.

Man, that's nice.

No, it isn't nice.

I can't go to Mexico.

I'm coming into an inheritance

back in Florida.

Listen, I'm gonna open

this suitcase up.

I want you to look inside,

but be real discreet

about what you see.

All right.

Wow, that's a lot of money.

Sure is. That's $10,000.

That's more than I've seen

in my entire life.

What's a pretty little thing

like you doing with all that?

That doesn't matter.

Let's talk about your gun.

My gun?

Judging from the deer

in the back

with the bullet

between its eyes,

I can only assume you know what

you're doing with this thing.

I'm a good shot.

What's that got to...

Jerry, I want you

to listen to me.

I'm gonna ask you

a very serious question.

You don't need

to answer right away.

I want you to think

about it, okay?

Okay.

I will give you this suitcase

and everything in it...

If you kill

that man in the back.

Hey.

Hope it wasn't too bad

back there.

I'll go get the tire.

Don't be too long.

Okay, time's up.

We in business or not?

I don't know.

Um...

I mean,

I guess I need the money.

- Sure you do.

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