Ray Meets Helen Page #2

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all that loose mail

blowing in the air?

Bought some gifts for the

little ones on the block

with the bill I found.

But this is worth the same.

Or call Uncle Sam.

- You keep that, ma'am.

- Belongs to your company.

- Uh, you spend it

on the little ones.

We don't need it.

- Then why come around?

- What?

- Am I speaking

with Raymond O'Callahan?

- Yeah, that's me.

- This is

Empire Hospital

regarding a blood test result.

- Well, is it serious?

- This is

the appointment desk.

I don't know.

- Well, who does know?

- Sir, it's urgent.

Spell your last name.

- O'Callahan, O, apos--

- Hold on.

- No, no, don't put me on hold.

Sh*t.

- Whoa.

Do you know this?

- Taxi.

- Swanky.

- Yeah, that's a restaurant.

You're across the street here.

- How much?

- 40 even.

- $40?

- Yeah, and

that's American, not pesos.

- Here.

- Oh, gee, thanks, now I

can get that operation.

- Oh my God, Mary, Mary.

Oh, baby, tell

me we're through

How could I think

that I'm losing you

You say you love me,

you say we gotta meet

How could I be so

wrong, I'm never wrong

How could I be so wrong

- Are you gonna come

in for a little bit?

Just for one drink?

One drink, honey, for old times.

- We're just

here to talk, Ginger.

- We'll just talk

and then maybe we'll

dance a little and then

maybe we'll f*** a little,

I don't know, we'll just

see how it goes, you know.

You say you love me

- 512.

Five, one, two.

Hello?

- Let's move

those two out.

We've got a big party

of big spenders coming.

Thank you.

- Always company, Ginger.

What?

- May I take your hat?

- No.

- Would monsieur like

a drink before dinner?

- Bourbon.

- We have bourbon,

idle flower supreme.

- Straight.

- D'accord.

Bourbon, give him

the cheap stuff.

- You got it.

- Did madame

leave room for dessert?

- Um, pie.

- We have guava rum pallet

or pomegranate meringue.

- Oh, just, chocolate

ice cream and cookies.

Who?

- What?

- Your

bourbon, monsieur.

- Give me the check.

- Oui, monsieur.

This clown wants his check.

- Figures.

- Rock bottom.

- Madame.

- That man over there,

he needs some help.

- He's impatient.

- That's all?

- That's enough.

- Merci,

Madame McCloud.

- Oh, I knew it.

Madame.

You didn't service this

non comprede, madame.

Would you like to add it?

- What?

- The tip.

- Oh, how much?

- Well, it's entirely up to you.

Did we please you?

- Just, how much,

I gotta get going?

- Well, 25% is normal.

More if you like, 30, 35.

- How much is that?

Tell me how much.

- 105, total.

- $105?

- Deal.

- This is Mary, thank

you for calling.

I won't be home for a while.

Leave a message if you like.

Ta.

- Yael!

Unbelievable.

Look, Mary, I know

you've been calling.

I don't need to call

you twice, okay, Yael?

You have a pen?

Have I got to do

everything myself?

Seriously, woman.

Car ready?

The bag?

Okay, thanks, go,

go, go, go, go.

Mary.

I know you've been calling.

But, frankly, I haven't really

felt like speaking to you.

Honestly,

I would very much like

to forgive you, Mary,

for what you did

to me, but, sadly,

I can't.

So, I guess, now this

is going to have to be.

Although I sincerely tried.

Goodbye.

Yael!

Oh, baby, I treated

you so right

You gave me sugar every

day and every night

But now you're leaving

and making me feel blue

It's such a heartbreak song

- Are you a friend

of Jimmy's, 208?

- No, I don't know Jimmy.

- Are you sure?

'Cause if you don't know

Jimmy, you are lucky.

He had to have his

jaw wired shut.

Wired shut.

He lost over 50 pounds.

And not the good 50.

He got ugly.

Didn't stop him from trying to

write me love poems, though,

the way he kept

pronouncing it was meh.

It really turned me

off out in the jaw.

Hey, hey.

You know, I'm really

the only true romantic

left in this building.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Bye.

- Bye-bye.

What a strange little rabbit.

But when it's over

and you think of me

- And some men,

all they want to do

is get married and have babies.

And then other men, men

you really want to be with,

I mean, they just, they

can barely spend the night.

I think, do you know what,

I think Harley has to go.

- How do you know?

- Because he does

this little wiggle.

- Hunter just goes.

Goes wherever he wants.

Wow, that's a big one for him.

Betty, why do you have a glove?

- They're fantastic,

what do you mean?

- Use my bag.

What's wrong with you?

- Oh, oh, wait.

I have an idea.

- Betty, that's disgusting.

- Oh, no, this is

perfect, what do you mean?

- Betty, that's

why you're single.

- What are

you talking about?

This is so much more sanitary.

- Walking around

wearing masks seems suspicious.

- No, not them.

That's community watch.

It's that insurance

guy, he's dirty.

- I don't know.

- It's better

you don't know,

it's better you don't know.

- Hey, you want to open up?

Hey.

- Hey.

- Parents home?

- No.

- Aunt?

Older brother?

I work for an insurance company.

What's your name?

- Andre.

You wanna see something?

You can drive up to the bank.

They give it to you.

- Andre, I'm gonna ask

you some questions.

- Okay.

- That big crash,

truck was hauling

what they keep in

your bank there.

That's why I'm here.

I work for the

insurance company.

- What's a surance company?

- You don't know

what insurance is?

- No.

- Game.

Business game.

Shouldn't be saying that.

- Why not?

- All I mean is bad things

happen on their own.

Come right at you.

Right out of it.

So you want to stay

on your toes, ready.

Dukes up, head

down, keep moving.

- Elbows in.

- You play that?

- Sometimes.

- I was Navy light

heavyweight champ.

Then turned pro.

Harve managed.

Piano took the

sting out of a bout.

Best time of my life.

Chicks dig boxers.

Nobody ever beat me

in the ring, not once.

Right in there.

Where your fortune gets told.

- Does it hurt?

- Hurt?

Stray bullet, block away.

Shattered my club,

bore into my power.

Then out again.

Who knows where.

Blink of an eye.

No more boxing.

No piano.

No chicks.

Wasn't even 30.

Feels like yesterday.

- Look what I found

in the street!

A bird.

- Fell out of a tree?

- You can have it.

- Me?

Jewelry type?

Good turning this in.

Now, let me ask you

something serious.

Man to man.

Hm?

Come sit down.

You'd tell me if you found

any cash lying around?

Like when I saw you yesterday,

'cause you hit on the money

in the street, keep it,

lotta trouble.

- Why?

- Breaking the law, big time.

That dough belongs

to the company.

Harve says they don't

even care about it, but

you make your own luck.

How?

When there's nothing where

something used to be,

something you

thought hung around.

Count's late, gotta get

to your feet, or you lose.

Loser.

- Want a popsicle?

I was in Peru on a job.

Sick after my first meal.

Hospital won't say anything.

Poorly run place.

Amazing anybody comes out alive.

This place is a dump.

I should talk.

Haven't talked to anybody.

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