Shockproof Page #7

- Just let me out of here.

- Don't move!

Stay where you are! I'm warning you!

You're this guy Marat,

the guy with the murderess!

- No, it's a basketball trophy.

- Get out of the way!

- How much you want for this?

- Get out of... You fool!

Stop him! Stop him!

Yeah, like I said, they can give you the book

for carrying a heater,

but a knife?

Even a woodcarver carries a knife.

Get it, Jack? Woodcarver.

Ain't answered me yet.

What racket you two in? Badger game?

With a smart-Iooking tomato like her,

it'd be a cinch.

Well, what's the matter?

You so hot you're scared to talk?

I ain't exactly cold myself.

- Have a little slug, baby?

- No, thanks.

I borrowed this on my last job.

Twenty-year-old whiskey.

I only go for the best.

Report tomorrow morning.

Gang number four.

- Name?

- Buddy Smith.

- Address?

- 1256 Emalita.

Social security number?

What's your social security number?

- Ain't you got a card?

- I forgot it.

- I didn't bring it.

- Sorry, bud.

Next. Name?

Griff, I'm so glad you're back.

There's nothing in this paper, either.

- We haven't been in for days.

- Good.

Griff, I never knew you could be so hungry.

I guess these aren't from the Waldorf,

but they're wonderful!

- Where did you get them?

- From a joint down the road.

I hope they didn't cost much.

We'll need money for dinner tonight.

How much have we left, darling?

Griff, we spent all our money yesterday.

You had only enough

for bus fare this morning.

- How did you get these?

- I borrowed them.

All right, I stole them.

What are we supposed to do, starve?

I stole them because there's no other way.

So eat them.

You haven't had anything all day, Jenny.

Eat.

- Please don't cry, Jenny. We have...

- I'm not crying.

It's just for you to have to steal, for you...

- How much is all this stuff worth?

- It cost you more than it's worth.

Jenny, there's a policeman watching us.

Let's go. I've had enough.

Hey, you! Wait a minute. Come here.

I've been watching you.

What's the idea of littering up the park

with your garbage?

You raised in a pig pen or something?

Coming in here

and throwing this trash all around.

I ought to run you in.

Now, clean up that mess.

What do you think this thing is for?

Decorations?

Now, tidy up everything so it's shipshape,

or so help me, I'll write you up both a ticket!

This is my wife.

How do?

There's an empty house right next

to where I live.

- The manager said you could have it.

- Fine.

- Keep the rain off you.

- It'll be fine.

Florrie, my wife.

Hey, Mr. And Mrs. Parker,

wasn't that the name?

- Yeah, that's right.

- Hi!

- How do you do?

- Hello.

Where you folks say you came from?

- Colorado.

- Montana.

Well, we just came down from Montana.

Originally, we're from Colorado.

Be back in a few minutes.

Show you where you work.

Go on in.

What's the matter with you, Jenny?

I told you it's Colorado. Colorado!

The last place, you said it was Montana.

Just before we got off the bus,

I told you Colorado.

- I couldn't remember.

- Well, I have to remember everything.

Fake names, fake social security numbers.

Remember to leave

before they get wise to me.

And you don't even remember

the name of a state.

I'm sorry, Griff. I made a mistake.

Well, we can't afford mistakes.

You know how much depends on it.

Now that guy probably suspects

something's phony.

It's no good, is it, Griff?

- Lf you just use your head.

- Yes, heads instead of hearts.

Forgive me, Jenny. I didn't mean it.

Griff, why do we quarrel like this?

Sometimes I start it, sometimes you.

We're not getting on with each other,

or with other people.

- What's happening to us, Griff?

- Nothing, honey.

We're under strain. I'm sorry I was irritable.

I... I don't know what's the matter with me.

- I'm just tired, I guess.

- That's not it.

We're both jumpy and cross

and all mixed up.

We're not ourselves.

We haven't had a happy moment since...

Four weeks of this life

would do it to anybody.

We're living like pigs.

Other people have been happy

in a house like this and doing work like this.

Then we'll be happy, too. We will.

I get 40 bucks a week on this job.

They won't catch up

with that phony social security number

for seven or eight weeks.

By that time, we'll have some money

to get a long way from here.

- Hey, Parker!

- That's for you, Mr. Parker.

Come on. The boss wants me

to show you where you work.

Yeah, coming.

Yeah, it's about time.

How do you like working here

after two weeks?

It's okay.

- You ever been in California?

- No.

My wife's brother lives there.

He owns his own house.

You know how he got the money

to pay for the house?

He turned in a crook and got the reward.

Maybe I'll live in California pretty soon.

I hear it's a pretty nice place.

- Your wife ever been in California?

- No.

My wife wants to live there.

I told her, get a crook, turn him in,

get a big reward,

you buy house, live in California, too.

She wants to be waitress

in drive-in restaurant.

Waitress! Your wife got ambition like that?

No.

- Hello, dearie.

- Hello.

Oh, dear! I broke them.

Put the things on top. I do that every time.

Thanks, dearie,

for picking up the paper for me.

First delivery we've had in a week.

Joe said he was going to give

that paperboy a piece of his mind.

Looks like everybody got a paper

on time today.

They can thank Joe for that.

You ought to subscribe.

Thanks, honey. Just put them on top here.

Yeah, that's it. The paper, too.

- Paper?

- Yeah, sure.

Joe always reads it after dinner.

Would you mind opening the door for me?

It isn't locked.

Thanks, honey.

Hello, darling.

I'm sorry I'm late, honey.

- I came through town.

- Griff...

Got something for you, Jenny.

A little present for my girl.

- Present?

- Go on, open it.

It's an awful little present, but...

Griff.

Hey, hey. Hey, now, it isn't that bad, is it?

You know what they say.

It's not the gift, it's the thought that counts.

Yes, Griff, that's what really counts.

Go right ahead. Don't let me stop you.

I'm just paying you back the eggs

I borrowed.

There's no hot water again.

I was going to wash my hair and...

Your hair's dyed, isn't it?

- Yes, you see, I...

- I can always tell dyed hair.

I noticed the first day you got here.

I bet you used to bleach it.

Now it's dyed back to its natural color, huh?

Yes.

That's Joe. He's home.

Wait till he sees there's no hot water.

He'll yell like a bull.

- Fixing to go someplace, dearie?

- No, I...

- Florrie!

- Yeah, what is it?

- There's no hot water!

- What did I tell you?

Yelling like a bull.

That heater, it's so corroded.

Once corrosion starts with those things,

they're finished.

- Florrie!

- All right, I'm coming!

- Come on, I'm hungry!

- Wait a minute.

- Jenny, tell me if there's...

- Corrosion.

- What?

- That's what'll happen to us.

What about it? Were you planning

to go somewhere without me?

- No...

- Be back in a minute.

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