The Night of the Following Day Page #5

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bathtub, crashed out of her skull.

She's on junk.

She's usin' it again.

Vi's been straight for months. You oughta

know that. You've been with her, haven't ya?

She was out of

her skull on junk,

and she should've been there

pickin' us up at the airport.

Did you talk to her? Of

course I talked to her.

She said she took

a sleeping pill.

She was probably

telling you the truth.

You know how Vi gets all tensed up.

So she took a pill. She konked out.

That doesn't mean she's gonna

cave in when it gets rough.

Bud, ya know Vi.

She's family.

She... Wally! That was a cop.

That was a cop last night

that took us home here.

So what? He's only one of a lot of cops who

are gonna be lookin' for us after tonight.

because this genius pimp that you found in

Miami, or wherever you got him, is psycho.

I hear some racket. I come down. He's

rollin' around the floor with the kid,

Knockin' her around, throwin'

her head against the wall.

I wanted to smash his face right then.

That was the end of the caper. That's it.

Now, come on, Bud. He'll be all

right. He's gonna do his job.

You know what they do in this

country if you kill somebody?

They chop your head off.

They chop your head off!

He's not gonna kill the kid.

How do you know, man? He was in

Paris, sittin' in front of you and me,

and he said, "I think we

oughta knock the kid off."

Right? Yeah, yeah, but, but, but...

you and I said, "No good.

No rough stuff." Right?

And he went along with us,

didn't he? Please, listen.

This guy is not responsible.

He's crazy, Wally.

He's, he's, he's

psycho. Really.

He's, he's not so crazy that

he doesn't want to stay alive.

We all want to stay alive.

Now come on, Bud. Come on.

He's my responsibility. I brought him

into this and I'll take care of him.

You don't understand

this kind of an operation.

You don't... You don't understand

the whole operation, man.

Look, this isn't

your caper.

This isn't your caper. You

don't understand. This is, uh...

I mean, it's not like

stealing oranges, man,

or knockin' over a bookstore

or kicking a safe in, man.

This is something else, man. I know that.

You've got

international police.

You've got publicity. You got

millions of people involved.

You've got, uh, television,

uh, radio, newspapers.

They're gonna be lookin' for us like

flies lookin' for a piece of dead meat.

That's what I mean.

It's big!

You dumb bastard.

You goddamn son of a b*tch!

I want out of this thing,

man! You're crazy!

You're gonna

get us all killed.

I want out of it.

This is it, man.

No, no, Christ. This is...

It's finished, man.

You're nuts.

You're absolutely nuts.

Layin' it into me

just like that.

Twelve hours

before the payoff.

Thanks, Bud.

Okay, what is it?

There isn't gonna be

any payoff, Wally.

You're gonna

get yourself killed.

You think that's the worst thing that could

happen to me in my life is to be killed?

Look at me.

I'm fat and 40, Bud.

I'm sick of stickin' my hands in people's

pockets for a dollar bill or for...

I'm sick of it, Bud.

I'm goin' all the way

this time.

Yeah.

Okay, if...

you want out,

I'd be doin' 35 years in Sing Sing

right now if it weren't for you, man.

Aw, that's all right.

Wait a minute.

That's what it is.

But, Wally,

there aren't gonna be

any rainbows, man.

I don't know, Bud.

You know, the funny thing is that kid

up there is gonna identify us anyway.

Once she puts the finger on us, I'd just

like to have a little car fare, that's all.

Wouldn't you?

Let's go the route.

Come here a minute.

Come on in. Let me run

and give this to her.

Sit down.

What do you want,

sweetheart?

I just wanted to know

where you were last night.

Well, I know that. I

mean, but you weren't here.

So where were you?

Where do you think I was? I was

talking to your brother Wally.

You talked to my brother

until 6:
00 in the morning?

Oh, no, we... I went down

to the whorehouse first,

and then, uh, we had a lot of girls

downstairs, had some beers and... Oh, I see.

Which whorehouse? The one

across the hall? I don't know.

Liar!

Don't you hit me!

You...

What the hell's

the matter with you?

Don't you... Look, kid.

Listen, I'm gonna break your...

Don't you touch me! I'm

not the one who wasn't here!

I didn't go to the other

bedroom! Now shut up!

Damn it!

Oh! You beast!

You bastard!

Sis, what's the matter?

I'll kill you!

You're through,

you dumb b*tch.

You've had it.

I've had it?

Yeah. You're finished.

I am so...

You've had it!

You wanna know why?

Because I'm leaving!

Bud.

Five years!

You know how she is. Come on.

I've had it. What the

hell's the matter with you?

I'm not gonna do it, man, so forget it.

Forget it.

Forget it!

But you're the only... Leave

me alone. Jesus Christ, will ya?

But you're the only one who can

talk to her. Please, Bud, please.

Don't make me get on my knees

to ya. We're ten hours away.

Please, Bud. All right! Shut up.

All right, listen, I'm

gonna cool her this time.

But, Wally, when

we get to Portugal,

she's your sister and she's

just another cheap broad to me.

Because I've had it.

I've had it with her.

I have had all those scenes that

I'm gonna take, and this is it.

I don't want

any more. Right?

You lying son of a b*tch.

Don't you get

near me with that.

Don't... Don't you get... Don't you...

Vi, I love you.

I've never loved anybody

else, and I'm sorry I hurt you.

Go ahead and cut.

Go ahead.

Go ahead and cut my face if that's

what you feel like. I deserve it.

I love you, baby,

and I wasn't...

I didn't do anything

with that kid.

Really?

Believe me.

I didn't, baby. I didn't.

I didn't, sweetheart.

Don't let anything happen

to my little girl, hmm?

Mademoiselle.

Uh, bonjour. Uh,

un Scotch, s'il vous plait.

Un Scotch.

Bonjour.

Vous etes.

Ca va.

Il certain?

Bonjour.

- Bonjour.

- You see? We meet again.

Terrible. How is your husband?

I drive the doctor

to your house last night.

Oh, yes, that's right. Yes, he told

me. Uh, thank you. He's much better.

Excuse-moi, donne-moi

I'americain.

Oui.

Pas de tout.

Merci.

Well, off to work.

Ya hungry?

Is there

something wrong?

Is there

something wrong?

My windshield wipers.

They stopped working.

Ah. Let me see.

Open the hood.

Try it now.

Very good. It was a bad

contact... uh, connection?

Well, thank you very much.

You be careful driving because of

the rain. The road is dangerous.

Au revoir.

Au revoir.

The cafe?

And then on the road?

And all of those questions?

I don't like it!

He's just a hick cop tryin'

to get a little nookie.

Wants to pinch-hit

for your sick husband.

All he saw was a friend and a doctor

that came to see my husband by plane.

Now if that doesn't seem

strange, I don't know what does.

Oh, listen.

Shut up.

If it was a cop and if he was

suspicious, he'd knock on the door...

and that'd be the end

of it, so just cool it.

Come on.

Hey, turn on the telly.

We may miss the news.

Whoever you are

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