The Good Girl Page #6

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I'm proud of myself.

F*** them.

F*** all of'em.

Hey! They think that

I'm in on it, too, OK?

Corny has got a camera

in that storage room.

That Bible-thumping pervert

has been watching us

the whole time.

Well, we're out of here!

Justine... God.

I got over $20,000.

I got a gun. What else?

Oh, God,

I'm getting all goosey.

I think

I'm gonna crash.

I'm pregnant, Holden.

It's my baby.

Not necessarily.

Yes, it is.

You know it is.

Even if it is...

you cannot raise

a baby on the run.

Yes, you can.

I mean, you can't

raise a baby here.

You know that.

Justine.

You hate your husband.

You hate your job.

You love me, let's go.

I can't go tonight.

I gotta pack my things...

and I'd have

to get more money.

Well, then tomorrow.

I'll go to the motel,

and I'll wait for you.

Just be there by noon.

Oh, this is just

all going too fast.

Justine,

what do you have to lose?

Nothing.

Well,

then be there by noon.

OK.

I love you, Justine.

This is all

gonna work out.

I know it.

Oh, geez, wait.

I almost forgot.

Here's a story

of your life.

You inspired me.

Hey, Teeny.

Hey.

Getting worried about you.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Justine,

this is Floberta.

Floberta,

this is Justine.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Congratulations

on your expectation.

Thanks.

Well, you think

it's a girl or a boy?

It don't make

no difference

as long as it

plays quarterback

for the Cowboys.

Well, I hear

Senor Tuna calling.

Yello.

Yeah.

Well, it's not right.

What is that

supposed to mean?

Hey, look... No.

You... No, you look.

You... You don't know sh*t, OK?

Justine's pregnant.

You got that?

Yeah, well, look...

you better check

your records again, pal...

then you call me.

Dumb doctor says

my sperm's no good.

Does that mean

Justine's not pregnant?

No.

It just means

they messed up, is all.

They don't know

everything.

They just got it wrong,

is all.

It looks like

that wind's

picking up again.

How it all came down

to this, only the devil knows.

Retail Rodeo was

at the corner on my left.

The motel was

down the road to my right.

I closed my eyes

and tried to peer

into the future.

On my left,

I saw days upon days

of lipstick

and ticking clocks...

dirty looks

and quiet whisperings.

And burning secrets

that just won't ever

die away.

And on my right,

what could I picture?

The blue sky,

the desert earth...

stretching out into

the eerie infinity...

a beautiful,

never-ending nothing.

Hey, Justine.

I know where

you can find him.

Holden?

He's at

the Motel Glen Capri...

and he'll be there

till noon.

You done good.

You're a good girl.

Hey.

Hey.

What's going on

in the bedroom?

Looks like

a twister hit it.

Oh, yeah, I was, uh...

I was doing laundry.

I thought we'd been robbed.

A spokesperson

from the sheriff s office

will be joining me.

Why aren't you at work?

They gave me the day off.

This is Ken Rudolph reporting

from the Glen Capri Motel

where a standoff between

police and a local man

has just ended in bloodshed.

Police had been given a tip

that a man suspected

of burglarizing

a local Retail Rodeo

discount store

had been staying

at the motel.

had been staying

at the motel.

The man was

a Retail Rodeo employee

named Thomas Worther.

Worther allegedly began

brandishing a handgun.

He then fired one shot,

taking his own life.

Inside the motel room...

police say they found

$15,000 and a handgun...

Oh, man.

Retail Rodeo...

You know that guy?

Thomas Worther

was 22 years old.

Mm.

That is all the information

we have at this time.

Of course,

details are rather sketchy.

We'll continue to monitor

the situation...

...a spokesperson

from the sheriff s office

will be joining me

in a few moments with an update.

But for now, I can tell you

what we know.

Attention,

Retail Rodeo employees...

this is Jack Field,

your store manager.

As most of y'all

know by now...

we lost another employee

yesterday.

Holden was a thief

and a disturbed young man...

and what happened

was a sad thing.

Perhaps we can learn a lesson

from this tragedy...

like don't steal

and don't be disturbed.

The important thing

is to move on.

Life does, and so should we.

This one's for you, Holden.

I thought we were

gonna get a day

to grieve

and go to the movies.

What?

What is it?

I was just at your house,

and the mail came...

and Phil was opening letters.

And he opened this bill

from a credit card company.

And, f***...

please don't tell him

about us, Justine.

Please. Please.

I love Phil.

I love him

more than myself.

Please have mercy on me.

Hey, Phil.

Have you been

sleeping around

behind my back?

What?

I said, have you

been sleeping around

behind my back?

Yes.

Why?

Why?

I don't know why.

Don't you love me?

Don't you love me

at all?

Yes.

You're the only

man alive

that I love.

Oh, God,

please don't tell me

it's not my baby.

It's your baby.

Are you sure?

It is. I swear.

I swear to God.

Who was he?

Oh, that doesn't matter.

Yeah, it does.

Was it someone from work?

Yeah, I know who it was.

It was that

Bible-study guy...

wasn't it?

That Nazarene.

That's why you're

acting so spooked.

Yeah. It was him.

I'm gonna beat his ass.

Phil, don't.

Ah, you're getting

all swollen.

I'm sorry

I hit you, baby.

I'm sorry, Phil.

I need to get stoned.

OK.

Get stoned.

I just gotta escape,

you know?

Yeah.

Do you ever

feel like that...

like you gotta escape?

Yeah.

Yeah, I do.

What are those?

Fake eyelashes,

extra long.

J-Just do it

normal for once.

You want me to make

the other cheek purple

to even it out?

No.

Did you

hear about Corny?

He was going home

after Bible study

last night...

and 2 beefy guys

with painted faces

pulled up in a truck

and jumped him.

That's terrible.

Yeah.

That day, I read the story

Holden wrote for me.

It was kind of different

from the other ones

but kind of the same.

It was about a girl

who was put upon...

whose job

is like a prison

and whose life

has lost all meaning.

Other people

don't get her...

...new places

all the time.

especially her husband.

One day she meets a boy

who's also put upon...

and they fall in love.

After spending

their whole lives

never getting got...

with one look...

they get each other

completely.

That's my big baby.

In the end,

the girl and the boy

run away together

into the wilderness...

never to be heard from again.

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