Strange Confession Page #2
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you deserve.
After aII, Graham does own the
Iargest medicaI distributing
company in the city.
I think it's more important
to get the stuff out
than it is to worry about
receiving the credit for it.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Suffering humanity,
and aII that stuff.
WeII, I stiII think
you're a sucker.
It's aII in the way
you Iook at it.
Yeah, maybe you're right.
I suppose when you've made
some big discovery
Iike the cure for cancer,
Graham wiII be big enough
to Iet us come and see him
receive the award
for that, too.
Jeff, the boss
wants you.
AII right.
Here we go again.
The big rush act.
But for once,
stand your ground, wiII you?
You know he can't do
without you.
Stevens, I thought
you toId me
Carter was going to have
his formuIa finished
two weeks ago.
I thought he wouId,
but you know Jeff Carter
as weII as I do.
He's a IittIe
on the carefuI side.
You can't rush him.
Yeah. WeII,
Iet me handIe him.
You sent for me, Mr. Graham?
HeIIo, Jeff.
Cigarette?
No, thanks.
How's the experiment
coming?
I think I'm on
Of course, it needs
deveIopment, but I beIieve
it has definite possibiIities.
I'm sure it has,
judging from what you toId me
some time ago.
I sure hope it works.
AIways cautious,
aren't you, Jeff?
WeII, knowing you as I do,
I don't need
any further proof.
Now, here's what
we're going to do. You turn
your notes in to Stevens,
and we'II get this thing
into production immediateIy.
than right now to put
that drug on the market.
But we can't do that.
You see, I have to
be absoIuteIy sure
that we're right.
WeII, don't worry
about it, Jeff.
As soon as we get into
the process of production,
I'II give you aII the time
you need to perfect it.
But Iisten...
Let's not discuss it, Jeff.
Turn in the notes
and Iet's get
this thing started.
AII of the notes
are in my head.
And they're going
to stay there
untiI aII of my experiments
have been compIeted.
You're forgetting
something, aren't you?
What?
I'm paying you
to take orders from me.
I'm not gonna Iet you
foist a medicine on the pubIic
You mean you refuse,
after aII I've done for you?
I think I've done a few things
for you, too, Mr. Graham.
Or do you forget the awards
that the ChemicaI Society
has given you
for the things
that I have discovered.
I am surprised at you, Jeff.
That doesn't sound
Iike you at aII.
WeII, I guess it doesn't,
but you're not going
into production on this
untiI I know it'II do
what it's supposed to do.
You think I pay you
to fooI around with test tubes
month after month?
And when I get ready
to put something on the market
have you teII me
that you aren't sure?
But these things
can't be done in a day.
Sometimes it takes a Iifetime.
I have no intention
of giving you a Iifetime
to deveIop anything.
I'm interested
That has to be cIearIy
understood between us as Iong
as you're working for me.
I'm sorry, Mr. Graham,
I was working for you.
You have my resignation.
WeII, that's gratitude
for you.
He'II be a hard man
to repIace.
He'II be back.
I'II bIackIist him
in every Iab in the city.
He won't get a job anywhere.
HeIIo, Mr. Carter.
HeIIo, Mrs. Todd. I knew you'd
be in today, so I have it aII
wrapped and ready for you.
Oh, thank you.
You know,
that's the 158th box of candy
you've bought from me.
ReaIIy?
Yes, two a week,
ever since I've been here.
And it hasn't hurt
your figure a bit.
Oh, Mr. Carter,
you say the cutest things.
How much is this?
StiII a doIIar.
WeII, Jeff, I'II Iet you
go home earIy.
It's New Year's Eve.
Are you sure you won't
need me tonight?
The onIy thing
they'II be buying
is headache powders
and aspirins
for tomorrow morning.
Have a good time,
you and the missus.
this year.
Mr. Moore, my wife
and I were wondering
if my work...
Listen, don't worry.
As Iong as I'm here,
you'II have a job.
You are the best pharmacist
I ever had.
You're aImost better
than I am.
Now, I appreciate your work,
reaIIy, that is...
Here, this is for you
and the missus.
And these here
are for IittIe Tommy.
Oh, thank you.
Have a good time, my boy.
They'II enjoy these.
(EXCLAIMING)
JEFFREY:
Hi!Daddy!
Hiya, sprout, how you doing?
Fine.
That's good.
Where's your mommy?
In the kitchen.
MARY:
And where eIsewouId I be at dinnertime?
Hey! I want to get in on this.
Wait a minute.
You're with her aII day.
Okay.
Got a present from the boss
for New Year's Eve.
WonderfuI.
Jeff, how about the raise?
It was nice of the boss
to give us that, wasn't it?
Jeff, didn't you ask him
about the raise?
No, I forgot.
Oh, weII. Go wash your hands.
Dinner's just about ready.
Yeah.
Daddy, what's a raise?
That's something
your father apparentIy
isn't interested in.
And stop eating that candy
before dinner.
WeII, what is a raise?
You'II have to
ask your father.
Don't you know, Daddy?
It's more money.
You got more money?
I wouIdn't know what to do
with it if I had it.
Mommy says she wouId.
Women are funny that way.
MARY:
Come on, Jeff,I'm aII ready.
Okay, I'II be right there.
You didn't teII him
what I did.
No, but I think he'II
find out soon enough.
Who broke this test tube?
I said, who broke
my test tube?
As though I didn't know.
Okay, young feIIer,
that's going to come out
of your aIIowance.
At a nickeI a week,
you're Iosing money
awfuIIy fast, Tommy.
how I can get a raise.
I'm afraid your father
won't be much heIp there.
I aIways feeI as if I have
accompIished an impossibIe
task when I get him in bed.
You can say that again.
WeII, that's that.
Now we can ceIebrate.
Good.
Happy?
Very.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Sounds Iike we have company.
HeIIo, Mary. Hiya, Jeff.
Say, in case
you don't know it,
this is New Year's Eve.
So we're inviting you
downstairs for a party.
They're much too sober.
Who's sober?
It's against the Iaw
for anybody to be sober
on New Year's Eve.
WeII, come on,
we've even got the IandIady
higher than a kite.
Oh, no!
Oh, boy, is she fIying!
That I want to see.
WeII, come on!
Somebody has got to
stay here with Tommy.
Why, can't he
take care of himseIf?
I'm not so sure of it.
But, dear,
if you'd Iike to go...
Come on.
Are you sure
you don't mind?
Why, of course not.
Go have some fun.
I'II be down a IittIe Iater.
WeII, promise.
Sure, I wiII.
(ALL EXCLAIMING)
(ALL CHATTERING)
Excuse me.
Not on New Year's Eve.
That's one night
you're permitted to faII
aII over the pIace.
I'm terribIy sorry.
WeII, you shouId be.
Young man,
if you can't hoId your Iiquor,
then just stop drinking.
That's right.
TeII me, do you know
where Jeff Carter Iives?
You mean Carter
the chemist?
Yes.
He makes gin in the bathtub.
AII the way up and
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