Simple Men Page #3

selling computer software designs.

Sounds like a rough way

to make a living, bill.

F***.

I mean, who are

these people, frank, vera?

How can you be

in love with a woman

and not know she's the type of person

that will turn on you like that?

- She was beautiful.

- She was that beautiful?

Yes.

Here, hold this.

- I was in love, i guess.

- You weren't in love.

You were thinking

with your prick.

What's the difference?

Seems okay.

Just unconscious.

Do you live around here?

Up the road a little.

- That girl epileptic?

- Excuse me?

Seems like epilepsy to me.

Oh, yeah. I think so, too.

I had a cousin like that.

Be fine for months

and then bang.

Not a lot you can do

about it, is there?

What do you do

with those fish guts?

Fertilizer.

She wants to plant trees.

Everything okay?

Yes.

So you run this place

yourself, huh?

Yes.

How about a beer?

Thanks.

- Where you guys from?

- Why?

I'm expecting someone and i don't know

if they're coming alone or not.

- We're from new york.

- On vacation?

We're looking for a place

called sagaponeck.

- What's in sagaponeck?

- A house my father once lived in.

If you guys need a place to stay,

there's that bungalow out there.

I wouldn't want to be

in the way or anything.

You wouldn't be.

I'd like you to stay.

- She's pretty, huh?

- You going to f*** her?

- Maybe.

- I think we should push on.

- Now?

- Yeah.

I'm tired.

I think i'm going

to rest for a while.

- Is this thing broken?

- Yeah, it's shot.

There's a gas station

up the road a few miles,

maybe we can get

some money for it.

Good idea.

- What are you doing?

- Looking for an address.

You know they organized that

book in alphabetical order.

Oh, i know. All i have is the number,

i don't know who i'm looking for.

You going to go through

the whole goddamn book?

There aren't many numbers in it.

Let me help you.

You work here?

No, i got a charter boat

down at the pier.

- You known kate long?

- I've known her for a while.

Her ex-husband jack,

he used to own this place,

but then he got in trouble

with the law.

When she divorced him

the judge gave the place to her.

Where's this guy now?

- Jack?

- Yeah.

In jail.

Came back a couple of years ago

threatening to kill or something.

- Really?

- Jack's nasty.

I mean he's my best friend

and all but sh*t, enough's enough.

What happened?

Somebody called the cops and they

came and dragged him out of here.

Then they found out he was wanted

for something in pennsylvania.

Wow!

That's your brother out there?

- Yeah.

- Your older brother?

- Yeah.

- You do whatever he says.

- No, not always.

- He looks bossy.

- He's okay.

- He likes kate.

- You think so?

- Most men like kate.

- Do you?

- Yes, i do.

You ought to see her

in a bathing suit.

But she won't have

nothing to do with me.

She seems kind ofjumpy.

Jumpy women are great.

Yeah, well, i wouldn't

know about that.

No, i guess you wouldn't.

There you go.

See you later.

They don't move

by themselves, you know.

There's geometry involved.

Listen, i've been thinking...

you're right.

Maybe we should ditch

the bike somewhere.

Kate says we can stay on here

a couple extra days.

T. Mulligan.

Where did you find this?

The telephone book.

Maybe we can get her

to take us out there.

- Who?

- Kate.

Oh...

- what?

- Nothing.

Look, you stay here.

I'll try to find it myself.

Don't be an idiot.

Could be miles away.

You don't know where you're going.

Six ball, corner pocket.

That is a stupid shot.

It's easy to make,

but it won't leave me anywhere.

Look, bill, you can have sex with every

woman between here and new york.

But it's not going to make

you feel any better about vera.

How do you know?

We're supposed to be

trying finding the old man.

And you're running aroung

trying to get laid.

We're supposed to be what?

No, you're the one trying to find

the old man. I couldn't give a sh*t.

Then why the hell

have you come all this way?

- Because you asked me to.

- Because you had nowhere else to go.

Look, i'm out here because mom

told me to keep an eye on you.

- Bullshit.

- It's true.

Look, i'm moving on.

Give me that address.

Look, go take care of

that motorcycle, will you?

F*** you. I want to play pool.

You don't play pool,

you shoot pool.

- What's dennis study in school?

- Philosophy.

What do they grow

out here anywhy?

- Those are potatoes.

- Really?

Used to be all potato and

duck farms out this way years ago.

Used to be famous for that.

- For ducks?

- Yeah, ducks.

Ducks are funny animals.

I think the hockey team

is called the ducks.

- They have a hockey team?

- Yeah, i think so, the long island ducks.

I don't know, maybe it's soccer.

I'm from pittsburgh myself.

- Long island's a terminal moraine.

- It's a what?

It's the dirty dumped

by a glacier when it melts.

- Bon jour.

- What?

That's french.

- Out of gas?

- No, it's busted.

Qu'est ce que qui ne veut pas?

- You mean what's wrong with it?

- Vous parle le francais?

Un peu.

- Excuse me?

- Just a little.

Far out, man.

Far as i can tell,

the clutch is simply shot.

You'd have to leave it

a couple days.

I was thinking you might

want to buy it... cheap for parts.

- We'd have to talk to the boss about that.

- Is he here now?

Naw, he's getting divorced.

He'll be back later.

Can i leave it here

and come back when he returns?

D'accord.

I hate fire.

Don't worry about this.

When i look at something like this,

i can't help but wonder

if there were people sleeping

when it happended.

No, i'm sure no one was hurt.

- Really? How do you know?

- This was a professional job.

What do you mean?

It looks to me

like an insurance scam.

- Really? You think so?

- Yeah.

You can tell by the type of damage

what sort of fire it was.

This was an easy,

nobody-gets-hurt, professional insurance.

You seem to know a lot

about all this.

- I used to do it for a living.

- You were in the insurance business?

Well, yeah, sort of.

- Hi.

- Hello.

You want a cigarette?

Where is everyone?

Bill, left with kate.

They'll be back soon.

- Bill who?

- My brother.

- And who are you?

- I'm dennis.

My name is elina.

- How are you feeling?

- I'm feeling fine.

- We met up the road. You had a...

- yeah.

- I carried you back here.

- Thank you.

- It's okay.

- It's epilepsy.

I thought so.

Come inside.

I think you should know

about my husband.

- Husband?

- Ex-husband.

He was released from prison

a few days ago.

Prison, huh?

I just thought

i should say something.

I mean, to be perfectly honest,

i'm a little nervous about being alone

at the place right now.

That's why i invited you to stay.

Does he live around here?

No, he called yesterday

from someplace in pennsylvania.

What do i need to know?

Just that i appreciate your company.

And you and him, you don't

get along real well, huh?

No, we don't.

What's he like?

He's psychotic.

- Do you live here?

- No.

- Just visiting?

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