Romeo Is Bleeding Page #4

Which is it, Jack?

Toes, take two.

You said Wednesday!

Take one, I'll get the rest tomorrow.

No! Listen!

Wait a minute...

Goodbye, Jack.

Natalie, get a suitcase.

Go upstairs, get dressed!

- Jack?

- I f***ed up!

What happened?

I stole some money!

There's $350,000 here. It's ours!

It's free money, Natalie!

Now, you go somewhere...

Out west, Phoenix.

Nat... Nat...

I took... I...

I played both sides against the middle.

I got caught. I'm sorry.

Take the money. It's yours.

You settle somewhere...

Arizona, New Mexico.

Get yourself a job. Nothin' fancy.

You know, like a waitress or something.

Use your maiden name.

Don't bank the cash. Keep it handy.

Meet me May 1st.

That's a year, Jack.

That's a year!

I'll get you a new place.

Some place real nice...

It's a f***in' year, Jack!

I promise! Fill it full of stuff you like!

Phoenix, the Holiday Diner.

It's off the interstate. Here.

Route 10.

What if you're not there?

Try every six months.

May 1st, December 1st.

May 1st, December 1st.

Will you be there?

We're married, aren't we?

That's no answer.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I do love you.

I'm sorry.

I can't, uh...

I can't live without you, Natalie.

Don't leave me.

I just wanna be sure that you'll be there.

I left you something at home

so you'll know for sure. It's in the...

It's in the bureau in the top drawer.

I promise, I'll do anything.

I love you anyway, Jackie.

Hey.

See ya when I see ya.

I'll do anything.

Do what, exactly?

Can I tell you

what makes love so frightening?

It's that you don't own it.

It owns you.

Why don't you just say it, Jack?

Say it, Jack.

It's over.

And you're sorry, right?

You're so f***in' sorry.

Dear Natalie, I'm sorry.

Like I told you at the airport,

I mean that.

You're the sweetest thing I ever had.

Please, Nat, don't give up on me.

I'm so sorry.

I keep makin' the same mistakes.

But, everything's gonna

be different from now on.

I promise.

I just need a little time

to settle a couple of things here,

and then we're gonna

be back together. You know, Nat?

I was thinkin' the other day

about you wantin'

one of those new gas barbecues.

I saw one this mornin'

and I put a little deposit on it.

You know, right?

Hey, we'll take it with us.

Ditto for the furniture.

We're gonna need all new stuff.

Wait. You'll see.

It's gonna be just like I said.

And remember, May 1st, December 1st.

You'll see.

Jack.

He loves those toes, doesn't he?

The money!

What did I die of?

Haemopericardium.

You took one in the chest.

New ID card.

Driver's license.

Wanna count it?

You ever been in love?

I'm just askin'.

I don't remember.

Next it was that voice in my head.

It was driving me nuts.

- She's gone.

- She was gone. I...

She's got the money. Where was the money?

But it ain't the money, is it?

It wasn't the money.

It was something else.

They'd torn up the place.

Done a good job. Get in, get out.

Hear that? Those f***in' bells.

You need some time.

You're not thinkin' right.

- You need to relax.

- I needed to relax.

- You can't go back home.

- I couldn't go back home.

You gotta stay away from the usual places.

Sleep in the car.

Yeah, sleep in the car.

Hello, Norm?

You've been sick...

Nah, I've just been sick.

It ain't serious...

Nah, it ain't serious.

- What about her?

- Demarkov?

The b*tch is gone, boss.

She must be all the way

to Buenos Aires by now.

I tried to stop thinkin'.

Tried to get my head straight.

If I could just get my head straight,

then everything would be all right.

I slept in the car.

I stayed away from the usual places.

Something was eatin' at me.

Where was Sal in all of this?

Who was payin' his rent?

I had no f***in' idea.

I tracked him, thinkin' I could

figure a way to stop all this.

But inside, I knew there

was only one way to stop it.

And when she showed...

I almost could've called it.

Like I used to say, whoever you shoot,

you may as well marry 'em,

'cause you're tied to 'em for life,

till the end of their life

or the end of yours.

F***! Sh*t!

Hey, buddy! Come on, get outta here!

Hey. Don't make me call a cop.

Give me some Tylenol.

Let's go!

Go around the other side!

- Get outta the way.

- Get back.

Hmm.

I love summer.

Did you miss me, sweetheart?

Don't worry, Jack.

I'm not angry at you.

You'll let me go?

I didn't say that.

You're a murderer.

Wanna buy yourself some time?

With or without?

Without.

I was 16. What did I know?

I wanted to, you understand.

He was young too.

The hardest part was getting

a place alone.

You know what it's like when you're 16.

Everybody always lookin' at you.

20 years later, you wish they were

lookin' at you again, but, hey,

that's life.

- Yeah.

- So, we finally went off by ourselves,

down to the beach,

one of those lifeguard chairs.

Middle of the winter.

You know you're crazy when you're a kid.

It was freezing in that chair.

But it was nice. Quiet.

Later on, I just...

I... just left him there.

I closed his eyes,

climbed out and went home.

They were beautiful blue eyes.

Like yours.

I guess,

you never forget the first time.

Okay, let's get him out.

Let's get who out?

Who?

Jack? Jack!

What are you doing?

We're gonna bury him.

Right there, deep. Dig.

Mona,

don't ask me to kill him.

I don't want you to kill him.

I just want you to bury him.

If he dies in the process,

that's his problem.

Whoa. No.

You settle us both right now,

you walk away a free man.

You can dig one grave...

Or you can dig two.

It's hard diggin' a grave

when the guy it's for

is starin' straight at you.

But I kept thinkin', this was it.

When he was gone, all this'd be over.

Dear Natalie,

I hope this letter finds you well.

I guess you've guessed that my joining you

has been delayed a little bit.

I'm still coming, right after

I finish taking care of this thing.

I gotta finish.

You know what we're gonna do?

We're gonna find a little place,

maybe up the mountains.

I've been looking

into finding us this place on this lake.

I've been making a few calls,

checking into a couple of places.

Here?

In a hole?

In Brooklyn?

It wasn't so far from here

I first took you in.

What's life without good friends?

We could've shared everything.

We did.

Anyway, Nat, like I said,

I've been looking into these places,

places I think you'd like.

I think I found the perfect spot.

Blue skies every day.

You could smell eucalyptus

trees everywhere.

It's paradise.

Just like we always dreamed about.

And don't forget what I told you.

Phoenix, Holiday Diner.

May 1st, December 1st.

It'll be heaven.

Congratulations, Jack. You're a free man.

You ever wonder what hell is like?

Maybe it ain't the place you think.

Fire and brimstone?

Devil with horns poking you

in the butt with a pitchfork?

What's hell?

The time you should've walked,

but you didn't.

That's hell.

You're lookin' at it.

Goodbye.

Jack.

Come on, Jack.

Just one last dance.

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