Suicide Kings Page #6

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Is using

an inside player.

What do you mean ?

Like somebody who knew elise

helped kidnap her ?

Not somebody who knew her,

somebody in this house.

That's insane.

I don't know where you're

getting your information,

but it's unreliable.

Isn't it ?

That phone call i got,

it comes from outside

high walls and fancy gates.

It comes from a place

you know about

maybe from the movies.

But i come from out there.

And what everybody

out there knows...

Everybody lies.

Cops lie,

newspapers lie,

Your parents lie.

The one thing

you can count on:

Word on the street.

Yeah, that's solid.

You're a smart kid.

You'll make

a good doctor someday...

If you live.

Yeah. I'm gonna go see

what's keeping Brett

with your water.

Hey. Charlie wants

his water, Brett.

You left him alone ?

Where were you ?

You were coming right back.

I'll get it.

Jesus Christ.

Max, just water,

okay ?

How's he doin' t.k. ?

Oh, he's good.

He's good.

We got a problem,

i think.

What's up, bud ?

What's the problem ?

Uh, Charlie may be

an alcoholic.

Get out !

So what ?

Well,

an alcoholic's liver...

Does not produce

vitamin k.

Which means ?

Vitamin k is essential--

it is a factor that is

essential for blood clotting.

Yeah ? So ?

Blood clotting ?

Well, it's fairly significant.

What, is he gonna

bleed to death ?

Yes,

Eventually.

His blood pressure's

dropping.

Oh, f***.

F***ing great.

F***ing great.

A dead mobster

in the living room.

Great. That'll be

good too. F*** !

Why didn't you think of this ?

Why didn't you ?

'cause i'm not

a doctor.

Yeah, well,

Neither am i.

You're lookin' good.

I'm talkin' to you !

I'm goin' out.

Well, then how 'bout

you get your new daddy

another beer ?

Now, you ought to learn to

control that temper of yours.

You're gettin' more like

your f***in' mother

every day.

- What's good enough for her

ain't good enough for you ?

Hey, jennifer.

Lono, what are you

doin' here ?

What happened to you ?

Wait here, okay ?

Who the hell are you ?

Why don't you just

think of me as, uh,

A friend of the family.

Get the f*** out of

my house, a**hole.

Well,

If you'll give me

a couple minutes

of your time,

I've got a few things

i'd like to talk to you about.

You know, uh,

what you did

wasn't really your fault.

It's what they call

a genetic defect.

Mom called it "the gene."

My grandfather

had the gene.

He, uh,

Came over on the boat

from ireland in 1912.

And i guess he passed it on

to my old man.

My old man was a great guy.

A real pussycat.

A hard worker.

Big sports fan.

But sometimes,

On his way home

from the docks, he liked to

stop in with the guys,

And have a couple

of beers, you know.

I remember comin' home

from school one day,

And the whole house

was dark.

Couldn't figure it out.

I heard my mom cryin'

off in the dark someplace.

I was old enough at that point;

i could reach

the light switch...

And turn the lights on.

And i saw...

What he did to her.

So i went to my room

and i got the baseball bat--

Mickey mantle model

my old man gave me

for Christmas--

And i found the old man

passed out in the bathtub.

And i tattooed him.

Needless to say,

when i came home every day

from school after that,

The house was lit up

like ebbetts field.

The old man, uh,

never drank again.

So,

All i'm sayin' to you is

if you want to drink,

go ahead and drink.

But if i ever find out

that you laid your hands

on that little girl again,

Me and mr. Mantle

are gonna pay you a visit,

my friend.

- Are you done ?

- Yeah, i'm done.

Good.

Oh,

On your way out,

send that little whore

back in here.

I haven't finished

with her yet.

Sorry about

the toaster.

Any time.

There were a couple

of your friends at the bar

this afternoon.

Do you know their names ?

Yeah, avery,

Max, Brett.

Oh, yeah.

That better ?

Yeah, yeah.

Thank you.

She must be

some kind of woman.

- Who's that ?

- Elise.

Beautiful, huh ?

Oh, she's more

than beautiful.

She's got this way she looks

at you that can just...

Stop your heart,

you know, and make it

start back up again.

- You know any girls

like that ?

- Yeah.

All of them.

So, what's her father

got against you ?

You didn't by chance

chop his finger off ?

Kidnap him ?

No, no.

Elise's old man,

He's such

a f***ing hypocrite.

He's like this rich,

fat bastard who's never around,

you know ?

He'll f*** anything warm.

Meanwhile, his wife's at home

hammered on pills and booze...

And can't remember

who she's f***ing.

You ever see that movie

the graduate?

I loved that movie.

Mrs. Robinson--

that's elise's mother.

The one time her husband comes

home early, she's finally gotten

around to banging my father.

Father number three,

but who's countin' right ?

After that,

everybody hated everybody.

I was no longer

allowed to see elise.

But get this,

i'm like-- i'm like

nine years old at the time.

Does that make

any sense to you at all ?

Life don't make sense.

It's not fair.

It doesn't follow logic

or obey orders.

Max, you got a chance

right now.

Stop this

from goin' further.

I know you got no reason

to trust me, but...

You let me walk,

i'll see what i can do

for elise.

My word,

you've got it.

Honestly,

mr. Barret,

I never wanted to

cut your finger off.

Easy for you to say.

But i can't let you go.

What is that ?

- Sh*t.

- Oh, that's spooky.

What's goin' on ?

Must be the storm.

Ira, where's the fuse box ?

I don't know.

- Ira, you live here.

- It's outside... Somewhere.

- How 'bout you check it out ?

- What, alone ?

- I'll go with you.

I don't believe you don't know

where your fuse box is, Ira.

So sue me, all right ?

What do you do

when it goes out ?

Do you hire somebody

to find it ?

What was that ?

Ira, i heard somethin'.

I gotta run it

by somebody, okay ?

Yeah.

Hey.

T, come on.

Tell me.

What is it ?

Mr. Barret thinks

there might be

an inside player involved...

In elise's kidnapping.

Oh.

That one of us

might be in on it.

Oh, Jesus.

Just calm down.

It could be bullshit.

It's gotta be, right ?

The fact of the matter is,

he's probably trying to

throw us off guard. Fact.

Wait. Wait, though.

Hey, this is good.

Now, just hear me out.

If it is true,

We could figure out

who the rat is.

And then--

listen.

Then maybe we could

score some points

with Charlie, you know ?

Then maybe

he won't kill us.

He'll just let us off

with a-a-a...

Warning or something.

What ?

Ira, don't even think about

telling anyone

until i figure this out.

Hey. Hey. Buddy,

it's me, all right ?

T.k. And i have

discussed this...

"inside player" notion.

And i just want

you to know that...

I am on top of it.

Okay ?

I am on top of it.

I'm counting on you.

Yeah ? I won't

disappoint you.

Kiss-ass.

So anyway,

don't worry.

If there is

a snake in the grass,

I will smoke him out,

because that is

just intolerable.

Ira,

you are the man.

Thank you, sir.

Stop !

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