Sonny Page #6

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Look at me. What do you see?

Don't you know Jewel wanted

the same thing you want right now?

-Don't you see the insanity of it?

-Don't play me, man.

Jewel didn't want you. You were

a f***ing accident and you know it.

I'm sorry, baby.

I didn't mean that. I'm sorry.

Come on.

Let's get out of the rain.

Sonny, why don't we square up?

We can get married.

Everybody else seems pretty

up and doing it.

We can't just pretend

we're like other people. We're not.

Then lie to me!

It's what we've been doing all our lives,

anyway.

No matter what we do to stop it,

we just get better.

Why couldn't we just pretend?

I could make myself believe it. I could, baby.

How are we going to know

what honesty between two people means?

I don't care about honesty.

I just want to be like everybody else.

Let's go.

Please, Sonny.

Tell me someday it's going to be different.

Please, baby, tell me that one thing.

I need that.

Please, baby, tell me.

Come on. Let's go.

I want to talk to you about something.

Yeah, what is it?

Troy asked me to marry him again.

-So?

-I'm going to take him up on it.

Why?

I feel like my life's passing me by.

I've got make some kind of move.

We just started working together.

Things will pick up.

They never will, Sonny.

All we're ever going to get is older,

and you know that.

It's like you told me yesterday:

we can't change what we are.

I want to try.

I guess I can't stop you.

We can leave this place, if you want to.

I'll come with you.

Then I got to do what's best for me.

Yeah, I understand.

So no hard feelings?

No. I understand what you're doing

and why you're doing it.

Baby.

I have to go.

Troy's taking me out to dinner.

Have fun.

I won't.

Congratulations.

I'll see you.

Sure you want to play that?

Gin! I beat you, you son of a b*tch.

I beat your ass.

Had to happen sometime.

I won, God damn it.

So what?

I won. Don't you understand?

Yeah, I understand. You won.

Now I have to close up.

Late for dinner.

I don't think you're getting it: I won.

Henry, I get it. You won.

It's been a long time, okay?

But we'll play again tomorrow.

Aren't you forgetting something here?

Triple schneider and $60.

Swinging.

You know, Henry...

when you're right...

you're right.

When you're wrong, you're right.

Tonight, you're right.

$60.

Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.

Going to win some of that money back

you've been taking from me all these years.

-That's good. But I still have to close up.

-Sure.

See you tomorrow, sucker.

You don't have to get personal about it.

I'm not getting personal.

Things are just turning around for me.

I can feel it.

This is Henry's day, Albert.

I still have to close up.

You know, somehow...

I never seem to get myself ready for this.

Ain't nobody ever can.

Henry was a good man, Sonny.

I want you to know that.

Yeah, I know he was, Mama.

He was your father.

What?

Henry...

was your father.

I first met Henry about 30 years ago.

I'd just been turned out.

Henry was in the Army, home on leave.

We set up a house down in Galveston.

And I tried to square up but it was hard.

I left him after a while...

when he got transferred up north.

A**hole.

Couple of weeks later...

I found out I was pregnant.

Ten years later...

Henry was passing through.

He looked me up

and that's when he found out.

Kind of hung around after that.

You didn't tell me, Mama.

He wouldn't let me, baby.

He didn't want you to know

that your father was a failure.

We're all failures, Mama.

That's easier to say than to live with.

Sonny baby, please....

You could've told me, Mama.

Sonny? What do you want?

I want to talk to Acid Yellow.

Just a minute.

Acid Yellow says it's okay. Come on in.

That is, I'll sit here.

I'm looking out across yonder.

And I see those black boys over there

looking at my body.

My bosom's heaving out of my corset.

Pumping out of my corset,

and all I can think is:

"They can't put a croak on it."

I'm watching those n*ggers and

they're watching my lily-white boobies....

Sonny, my God, sweetheart!

What're you doing here,

knocking on my door?

Mark, get Sonny here

something sweet to drink.

Oh, God, it's so good to see you....

Because Daddy's gonna suck Sonny's dick!

Excuse me,

I haven't been feeling well lately.

I think I got that new bug.

Boy, we certainly are delicious.

Can you give me a date?

F*** me, man. You never worked me before.

I tried to get you to work me, but you....

Sit.

I want some rough trade.

I got a lot of energy.

Sure, honey, I can get you something...

but first, tell me why you switched

after all these years.

Can you give me a date or can't you?

-What are you going to do for me?

-F*** you.

There is a gentleman

who'll be over in a few minutes.

John's one of Rick's steady tricks.

But I suppose I could let you have him.

Rick hasn't been feeling well lately, either.

I love coca!

Do you know what's expected of you?

Yeah, I know. Just show me the room.

Now look, Sonny...

John is a very prominent

insurance executive.

A steady customer of mine.

You've got to be fun but kinky.

I know what to do.

Wait in here.

It'll probably just be a minute.

You sure you know what you're doing?

Just shut up and get out of the room.

You do have some energy tonight.

Come in.

I've been a bad boy.

I need to be...

punished.

How would you like your punishment?

In any manner that you see fit...

master.

Why do you feel like

you need to be punished?

Because...

I've been mean

to the people who work for me.

Did you know your father?

Why do you want to know that?

Just answer me, you f***ing squid.

Did you know your father?

My father's dead.

So is mine.

-I'm sorry.

-It's not your fault.

It's not your fault.

Oh, my God!

I'm sorry.

You sorry motherf***er,

that was my best trick!

-Sorry.

-Shut up, b*tch!

Cut his face!

Cut his motherfucking face!

You f***ing c*nt!

How're you feeling?

I heard about Henry.

I'm sorry.

I just came by for a suitcase

and some of my things.

Troy's outside.

Came in a cab.

I got to take the Pontiac back.

We're driving it down to Mexico

to get married.

Where's Jewel?

In the kitchen.

You're going to be okay?

I need to talk to you, baby.

Sure.

Outside.

-Why?

-Because I don't want her to hear.

Come on.

Get out, Sonny.

-Get out of what?

-You've got to get away from here.

Right now, you've got to get away.

It's my life.

I chose it. I'll live it.

It's not your life.

And you didn't choose it.

She chose it for you.

-And she'll drag you down with it.

-I can't leave her now.

-I'm taking care of her.

-F*** her, man!

Think about yourself for a change.

She's always going to find girls

to work for her and you know it.

We could've made it, you and me.

It would've been tough,

but we could've made it.

Now you see what I got to settle for?

But I'm going to do it, man.

I'm going to quit now.

Right f***ing now!

Even if it means with him.

You got to quit, too. Right now.

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