The 24th Day Page #7

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Well, if I just knew

the relevance of the question...

Listen to yourself.

You sound like a lawyer.

I only want to know when was

the last time you had sex?

I had sex four months ago

with a guy named Bob.

-Bob.

-Bob Taylor.

Bob Taylor.

-You're sure of that?

-Very.

its always ''very'' with you.

Very sure, very safe.

Yeah, I like the word.

You know what the worst thing

about adultery is?

Once you do it,

you're always an adulterer.

-Life is harsh like that.

-You're a f***in' saint, aren't you?

You f*** once, you can never

be a virgin again.

You steal once,

you're always a thief.

And if you've lied once,

then you're always a liar.

But Im not a liar, am I?

When was the last time

you had sex?

Bob Taylor. Last summer.

You f*** once, you can never

be a virgin again.

Bob Taylor.

Lie once and

you're a f***ing liar.

When was the last time

you had sex?

Im f***ing telling you!

What about that guy you met

at Shampoo the other night?

-You know, the skinny blond kid.

-What?

What about him?

How do you know about that?

That wasn't Bob, was it?

You were following me?

How long have you been

following me?

When you were all over him...

are you telling him how

you were a ''big scaredy cat''?

You f***ing followed me.

When you went to his place did you

tell him how you were ''safe''?

''Very safe''?

We kissed. Nothing else.

That's it.

You were up there

a pretty long time.

We watched TV.

-Oh, yeah, what did you watch?

-I don't know, I don't remember.

But nothing happened.

That's it, nothing happened.

I mean, we were up there

only kissing, you're sure?

You weren't in the room.

That's not the story I caught Blondie

telling at the bar a few nights later.

Ronald was pretty graphic.

Well, he's lying.

He's a liar.

-Who?

-Ronald.

is that his name?

I made that up.

Well, he's lying.

You know kids, you buy them a few

drinks, they'll tell you anything.

You're lying.

its so hard to get

the truth around here.

-I did nothing wrong.

-You see this lie?

You could have said this

last Tuesday...

but you wanted to

appear pure.

But you're not, are you?

You're not pure.

I watched you

for a short time...

and I caught you in a lie.

I didn't come looking to do this,

but after seeing the way you are...

it only made sense

what I had to do.

I can imagine the other five years.

How many Blondies have there been?

I never forced anyone

to be with me.

What about all the others

you got sick? They don't count?

Im not sick!

You played God with that kid.

Why would you want to do that?

You do whatever you want...

and if people get hurt,

too bad for them.

Oh, so now Im responsible

for everyone?

-Why not?

-F*** you. People make choices.

You made a choice.

I owe you nothing.

Then why so many tests?

lf you felt no responsibility

to protect other people...

-then why so many tests?

-For me. For me.

lf I was sick, I'd want to know

so I could take care of myself.

But how is it possible for someone

who's always safe to get sick?

A Lot of safe people

get tested.

And a Lot of unsafe

people don't.

Why is that?

I didn't trick anyone.

You cheated on your wife.

No one but you.

You said you needed a bond,

you said you needed trust.

We f***ed after only two hours

after meeting each other.

That's not a deception,

that's not a trick?

You just gonna keep

twisting it around?

I followed you. I saw you.

Yeah, I'd like to follow you,

you f***in' cretin...

see where you go, what you do.

See how much of this sh*t

is ''the true truth''...

and how much of it

is your truth.

How many guys have there

really been, Tom?

Five, ten?

How many drunken nights did you stop

at the park and give someone head?

And am I here because

Im the only one...

or because Im the only one

you could find?

And now you want to know

how many men Ive f***ed.

What about five years ago? You

didn't give a sh*t then, did you?

All you cared about was

one dick up your ass...

before you slipped into

your pretty little wife's bed.

Im ready to let you go.

I will. Ill let you go...

but I want you once, I want this

one time, you tell me the truth.

Ive told you the truth.

No, no. Not some bullshit

you think I want to hear.

Admit to me that

you've made mistakes.

You haven't worn rubbers

sometimes, maybe a Lot.

You've gotten drunk

and can't remember.

Tell me always means sometimes

and Ill let you go.

its not true.

Ill end it

but I need the truth.

Tell me you never took a test

before and you walk.

-I can't do that.

-Tell me how sorry you are...

that you didn't realize

what you were doing.

Tell me you were

with all those men...

because you were lonely.

I could understand that.

Tell me that.

Ill let you go. I will.

No, it's not true.

You're lying to me.

Lying.

You're lying to me.

That's one more lie.

Tell me you've killed people.

Tell me you never took a test 'cause

you don't give a sh*t about anyone.

Tell me you killed me.

Tell me you killed my wife.

I should kill you right now.

I should.

You don't f***in' care.

You don't care.

I don't care?

Every day of my life I think

about this. Everyone I touch...

and you sit there

and say that I don't care?

When every day...

every day someone says, ''You've

got to be safe and careful, Dan.

Don't make a mistake, Dan.''

And you think you understand?

You don't understand anything.

I just want to be with someone

and don't think about it.

For one second, I want to know

what it feels like not to care.

You sit in your little f***in'

house with your little wife...

and your baseball games and you

think nothing's gonna touch you.

Well, f*** you, it did.

What do you think's gonna

happen now?

Even if it comes back positive,

there'll be doubt if it was her.

And that's the good news.

Because when that comes back

negative there will be no doubt.

She ran that red light because she

couldn't live with what she'd done.

She gave it to you, Tom.

She gave it to you.

And your whole world is over.

You're free to go.

Dan, before you go

I need to know something.

Were you ever really

tested before?

What does it matter now?

It doesn't.

-No, I wasn't.

-Why?

-I guess I was afraid.

-You guess?

I was afraid.

-You didn't want to know.

-No, I didn't.

I just knew...

I just knew I didn't have it.

I really am sorry

about your wife.

I hope you find some help.

It was positive.

The test was positive.

No, it's not possible.

Im sorry.

Why are you doing this?

Why are you lying to me, Tom?

You wouldn't have let me go.

Today is Day Twenty-six

and it seems different.

Stacey would have every right to

do to me what I did to you.

I promised things to her,

I loved her.

And I was supposed to

protect her...

and in the end Im the responsible

for what happened to her.

But with you, I put my life

in your hands...

someone I didn't even know,

and I got what I deserved.

And you're probably

getting what you deserve.

No, you don't deserve this.

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