Stone Page #8

with me anymore, man?

I'm gonna miss shootin'

the sh*t with you.

Not me, boy, not me.

Time for you to go.

I've enjoyed choppin' it up

with you, man.

Anybody here yet?

Hey, just keep listenin', Jack.

That's all I'm saying, 'cause I think

something's coming for you,

but when it comes, man,

just stay open to it, you know.

~ Don't close it off.

- Here we go.

In there.

Well, happy day.

So, well, can I kiss her?

Ready?

Yeah.

Well, good luck to you, Stone.

Hey, I want to thank you.

Seriously, I appreciate everything

that you've done for me.

Yep.

Good luck to you too, Mrs. Creeson.

Lucetta, Jack.

I mean, we're all friends here, right?

Lucetta.

Take good care of him.

(whispers ) I will.

And you take good care too, old man.

- See you later, Jack.

- Mmm.

Oh, hey, you know, I meant to say,

Lucetta, she did tell me

that you f***ed her.

I know that must be against

some kind of rules around here, right?

I knew what you two were doing.

Oh, did you know what you were doing

when you let my wife suck your cock?

- Good luck to you.

- I'll see you out on the bricks.

Good luck to you.

Radio host #1:
Right now we enjoy

the Constitutional freedom

to keep and bear arms.

If that were ever infringed,

if that were ever repealed

or just flat out violated and...

Madylyn?

Radio host #1:
As a Christian,

would we be within our rights,

because Thomas Jefferson says

these rights are inalienable

because they come from our creator...

Madylyn?

...within our rights as Christians

to revolt against the government

and its denial of those fundamental

Constitutional rights,

or would a Christian

have to respond differently?

- Some mail.

- Host #2:
We would have to respond.

And we as Christians

would have to rise up

against any government that said

we didn't have a right

to protect ourselves, because--

I guess I would ask the question,

why do they want

to take our guns away from us?

(locks clicking)

Lucetta's voice:

I like you.

I like you, Jack.

I would never f*** you

if I didn't want to.

(Lucetta laughs)

(urinating)

(thumping in distance)

Madylyn!

Wake up! Wake up! Madylyn!

Madylyn, wake up! Wake up!

Come on!

- I got to get to a phone.

- Where are you gonna go?

~ What about Steve and Helen?

- No, they're away.

- Well, what about David?

- it's too far. it's too late.

Ah!

(Jack sobbing )

Look at this! Oh my G--

Jack:
Oh God.

You motherf***er!

God damn it. God damn it!

- Don't say that.

- What?

Taking the Lord's name--

stop that.

- Jesus, Madylyn, please.

- Stop it! I won't stand for it!

What are you talking about,

for Christ's sakes?

This means something to me.

It may not mean anything to you anymore,

- but it means something to me!

- Jesus, Madylyn,

we just almost

got incinerated in our sleep

by some f***ing nutjob

who I let out,

and you're f***ing bothering me

about my f***ing language?

- Nobody did this to us!

- Give me a f***ing break!

- Nobody did this to us.

- What?!

It wasn't anybody.

It was an act of God.

I've got a pretty good

f***ing idea who did this to us.

This was an act of God.

I'm going to tell the firemen that.

What are you talking about, Madylyn?

About the frayed wiring

in the kitchen wall.

What are you talking about?

What wire?

In the kitchen wall.

And the-- the basement.

~ What?

- There are all those rag--

rags down there,

all those old rags.

I'm gonna tell them to go down there.

Why would you say that?

Because it's as good

a story as any.

(sirens blaring)

Madylyn:

it's not that sunny out.

Candace:

Everybody knows

you can still get sunburned

on a cloudy day.

Madylyn:

Ah, look at the barns.

Remember that?

Not really.

I don't know how you

stuck it out as long as you did.

I think you'd have done this sooner.

I almost did once.

So what happened?

What happened?

Man:

He's free! Yeah! He's free!

( laughs )

That's a free man there, huh?

(soft conversation )

(slurring )You do not want to make it

a two-way conversation with them,

because they have

nothing on their minds but--

well, they may have

nothin' but time

to just think about ways

to work on you

and to get under your skin.

You cannot make yourself

a person to them.

Oh, believe me,

I've learned that lesson.

Well, I mean,

they'll test you for sure.

A good lookin' woman like you...

Oh, Jack.

Well, I'm--

I'm retired,

I'm not dead, you know.

Come on, Jack, we're friends, okay?

You're the best.

I wanna have a little fun.

Send me off into the sunset.

Huh-uh.

Let's just keep it pro, okay?

You want to be a pro?

F*** pro. They're gonna f***ing

chew your ass up in there.

- Okay, Jack, that's enough.

- No no, it's bullshit.

Jerking my chain like that,

you f***ing c*nt.

- Gimme some respect.

- Hey, buddy, let's throw some darts.

Yeah yeah, I'm in.

- Up yours.

- Whoa whoa whoa, buddy, hey.

Jack:

I'm just f***ed up. I should go.

- No, ride with me.

- No, I'm-I'm gonna get a cab.

I'm good, I'm good.

I'm gonna get a cab.

I'm good, word of honor.

I'm good. it's a cab.

Radio:
...get us to the reality

that God has already deemed

is going to happen,

and nothing is going to change that.

And so it's not like

there is this cosmic battle

between good and evil,

and good might not triumph.

The reality is that

there is a battle going on

where you would see

a huge boxer

holding a guy's head back,

and the little scrawny guy

is flailing his arms,

waving at the guy,

trying to beat him.

That's exactly what God--

God has Satan subdued,

but in the flailing of his arms--

and this is particularly brought out

in Revelation, chapter 12--

Satan flailing his arms

is able to do an awfui lot of chaos

and damage and bad things happen.

And it's because he is enraged

because he knows his time is short.

Revelation 12 said that.

Jack:
Hey!

Stone:

This is some sh*t, man.

Wait whoa!

You ruined my whole life. Why?

F***ing why? Why?

Why what?

Why did you do if?

Why did you...

Okay okay okay okay.

Hey, man,

you ain't gonna do this.

You think I won't?

You think I won't?

( chuckles)

You think I won't?

You think I won't?!

No.

No, I don't.

Woman on radio:

Yeah, at first, I thought I was crazy.

Was this really happening to me?

Was it all in my head,

or is there really a God

who can breathe life into me

and make me feel his presence?

So this is actually what

encouraged me to write the book.

And honestly it completely changed

the way that I look at life...

Man on radio:

Assume that there was a Higher Power,

that It created the universe,

until God set a bush on fire...

Man in room:

And maybe I did.

Man on radio:
...and said,

"Oh, by the way, you were right."

(overlapping radio and dialogue)

( laughs)

You know, and...

I think-- I think I'm ready to get out.

Male radio host:
Next up here is

Gerald from southwest Detroit.

- Welcome, Gerald.

- Stone:
I just want to say,

I got this book and they say that

when you experience a spiritual truth,

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