The Gift Page #2
than a Jew or a n*gger.
Do you know
what this is?
It's a voodoo doll.
I'm going to use this voodoo doll
on you, some of your own medicine.
If you don't stop
seeing my wife,
I'm stickin' me a pin
in this thing every night...
till you learn
Go back to bed.
Everything's fine.
I bet you love those
little children, don't you?
And I bet they need
their mama, don't they?
- What's your name?
- Get your ass out of my house!
Don't you threaten me or my kids.
Now, what I do here is my business.
If your wife has any sense,
she'll leave you so far behind,
you'll never find her.
Now you get out of here
before I have you thrown in jail.
Messing with the Devil
is gonna get you burned.
Everybody knows that.
I'll see you soon, boys.
Go back to bed.
Come on.
- Something smells like cat pee.
- It's perfume, Ben.
And you're not supposed to cuss
in front of appointments.
Something smells like cat pee.
Something smells like cat pee.
- Something smells like cat pee.
- Be quiet!
He's got a great sense of humor.
Oh, he loves you.
Valerie. Oh, honey,
you know, you should 't be here.
I'm sorry about
the other night.
Oh, that's okay.
I can take care of myself.
And I hate
coming over here, but...
I really need
to talk to you.
Maybe you could read for me.
Under a bridge or something.
All right, I'll read for you. But
you got to start listening to me.
I can't leave him.
Don't you understand?
Hon, he's gonna keep hurting you
till he puts you in the hospital.
I don't have anything
to look forward to.
Maybe you can
give me some hope.
Oh, Valerie, hon, I don't know
how to make myself any clearer...
- Valerie!
- Oh, Annie! Annie, it's him! No!
- Calm down. I'll call the law.
- No. No.
No, Annie, no! If you're
my friend, you won't! No!
I'll deal with you later,
you goddamn b*tch!
You witch!
Get your ass in the truck!
That ain't fast enough!
I told you not to come here!
- You let her go!
- All right! All right!
- Get in!
- Mike, you stay there!
What did I f***ing tell you?
All right!
Sweet Jesus.
Mike? Y'all bring
Miss Francis her clothes.
Thanks, hon.
Granny.
Hey, Annabelle.
Gran... Granny,
what are you doing here?
I brought you
some persimmons, hon.
Remember how you liked persimmons
when you was little?
Granny, you're not
supposed to be here.
How... How'd you get here?
Oh, it ain't far to walk.
That boy's got
your granddaddy's eyes.
Well, hon,
I better get back.
Looks like
there's a storm coming.
No, Granny,
it... it's clear.
Annie, always use
your instinct, honey.
Now you tell Miss Francis
I'll be home by 9:30, okay?
- Bring back something.
- All right, I promise.
- I love you too, Mama.
- I know. And I love you too, hon.
- Be good. Bye.
- Bye, Mama.
You ready?
I don't know why
I let you talk me into this.
'Cause it's time you quit
living like a nun, that's why.
Don't worry. You're going to be
the prettiest girl here, next to me.
I don't know about that.
- Oh, thank you.
- Thank you very much.
- Do we pay him now or...
- I sign for it later.
Is it good?
- Annie, there he is.
- Who?
That guy I... That guy I was
telling you about. Look at him.
He's right over there by the bar.
Don't he look like Antonio Banderas?
Oh, my God! He saw me! Sh*t!
He saw me staring at him.
All right, get your cards out. Tell
me if he's gonna come over here.
I don't have my cards with me.
I am off-duty.
Hello, Mrs. Wilson.
- It's Annie.
- Sit down. You're blocking my view.
- Sorry. You remember Jessica?
- Hi, Annie.
I didn't know you were a member
of the country club.
I'm not.
I kind of tagged along with Linda.
- How nice. It's a great outfit.
- Thank you.
- What's Mike up to tonight?
- Moping around his baby-sitters.
Yeah? He's...
He's a great kid.
I was actually thinking you should
have him come down to school and...
Come on, Wayne. Let's not talk
shop tonight, all right?
- Let's just have fun.
- Okay.
- Hi there, fun-seekers.
- Hey, there.
- How about a dance with Daddy?
- Of course I will, handsome.
Mr. King, I don't know
if you know, Annie Wilson.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
I think I've seen you at church.
- That is quite a dress, Miss Linda.
- I'm glad somebody noticed.
- You want to give it a try?
- Oh, no. No, I don't think so.
No, thank you.
Come on. I asked you to dance,
not walk on hot coals.
When was the last time
you danced?
I think it's so long,
I've forgotten how to do it.
Well, I'll make you look good then,
'cause I'm a terrible dancer.
Wayne.
I'll dance.
- Good luck.
- Yeah.
Missed your big chance.
Thank you.
Somebody
might come in here.
I guess you
better f*** me fast.
You having a good time?
Me neither.
You seen Jessica around?
She up and disappeared on me again.
She's got a way of doing that.
- What do you think of Jessica?
- She's... She's very beautiful.
Yeah, the main thing
about her, she's just...
so full of life.
We're a little different
in that respect.
Oh.
I'm used to tennis shoes.
This kind of reminds me
when I was a kid.
I'd sit out on that porch.
I'd have so many thoughts,
just couldn't count 'em.
How'd you
wind up in Brixton?
My husband. He got a job here
at the cable plant.
Right.
What?
Did... Did you know...
something was going
to happen to your husband?
In an E.S.P. kind of way?
- Well, I don't know...
- You don't believe in it.
I don't know.
I guess I just...
I don't believe there
are any great mysteries in life.
I kind of figure what
you see is what you get.
Well,
I didn't know that there
was going to be an explosion.
But... the night before,
I had this real bad,
bad dream, you know.
I dreamt that I was all by myself.
That Ben...
He wasn't
around anymore and...
tried to stop him going to work
the next day, but...
So you can't keep
a good man from work, right?
You kind
of remind me of him.
Wayne?
- I've been looking for you.
- I've been right here.
I see.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Let's go talk to Daddy.
He's feeling real depressed tonight.
That big deal
he's working on went bad.
Oh, we got a major crisis
here, Annie. Excuse us?
- Okay.
- Bye.
See you later, alligator.
- In a while, crocodile.
- Good night, boys.
Go to sleep for Mama.
- What's that, hon?
- Blueberry muffins.
Whatcha doin' with muffins
in your pockets?
Yeah, but what are they
doing in your pockets?
They're in my pockets 'cause I put
'em there when she wasn't looking...
so I didn't
have to eat them.
Her blueberry muffins is terrible.
Y'all wait here a minute.
Take Ben, hon.
When God's fighting for you,
every soldier's important.
When God's fighting for you,
every soldier's important.
God does not give
one to the Devil.
If every child of God
obeyed God,
the Devil cannot
wipe you out.
He cannot take you out
before your time.
If you obey God,
I don't care what the Devil...
has placed upon your life,
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