The Paperboy Page #6

[laughter]

Wake me up.

Come on.

((Yardley)

You look terrible, Ward.

Those mosquitoes eat

you for breakfast?

Yardley found

the golf course.

You found the golf course?

What's he doing in my clothes?

The car broke down.

we had to walk

into town,

stopped by the motel

to freshen up.

Get out of my clothes now.

(Charlotte)

Come on.

Come on, Jack.

What are you doing?

(Ward) Miss Bless. Come on, stop it.

Jack!

(Yardley) On the morning of the murder

the grounds superintendent

of the Ormond Beach Golf Course

phoned the

Police Department

to report that four of his greens

had been stripped

in the night.

You talked to the superintendent? No.

He died, but I found

another guy who remembered

that the club

called the governor

to ask him to declare

them a disaster area

so they could get

federal funds

to replace the greens.

It gets better.

I found the builder, too,

the guy who bought

the stolen greens.

He remembered

Hillary and Tyree.

They showed up

at 6 AM in a truck.

He took one look at them

and what they had

and thought they'd stolen

it from a cemetery.

But of course, he doesn't want to

be connected to this in any way.

And who was he?

Well, the only way

he'd talk to me

is if I promised

to keep him anonymous.

Come on now.

What's his name?

No, no, no.

I've got to keep it

anonymous. I gave him my word.

He's got, well,

he's in a position

to get some work from

the state, so you know.

(Yardley)

But good, huh?

Outstanding.

How'd you find him?

Building permits.

Damn building permit.

Time to get out of Lately.

[sigh]

(Jack) Did you sleep with Yardley?

You know, people like

Yardley, you just...

got to get him

on your side.

You know what I mean?

[sigh]

You f***ed him for that?

F***ing a man is the most

natural thing in the world, Jack.

It is.

It is.

??????

I kind of like it

out here.

[music]

This was

a good idea.

??????

[laughing]

Oooh!

Come on!

Let's dance.

Come on!

No!

Come on, Jack.

Got to have fun!

[laughing]

??????

You wanna dance?

Yeah! I wanna dance

with you!

[music]

Woo! You're good!

??????

This is not me

apologizing, you dig?

I just don't like

to see you sad.

??????

(Anita, off) Yardley told their

editor about the new evidence

from Ormond Beach.

This was enough to show injustice

in the legal system of Lately

and enough for a good story.

Yardley wanted to get

out of town

and Ward knew it.

All these peanuts

on the floor.

Pigs. Bunch of pigs

living around here.

Sick of this sh*t.

I can't find

Mama's ring.

Oh, well, a n*gger

must have come

in the middle of the night and stole it.

I'm sorry, Anita.

I didn't mean to say...

[sigh]

I didn't mean

to say that.

And I'm really sorry.

You know, Jackie, you

got to watch your mouth.

Somebody'll cut your little

ass over some sh*t like that.

You understand me, boy?

Yes, ma'am.

And you miss

your mother?

Sometimes.

It's a dis-damn grace

the way she left you.

And I been here.

[sigh]

Well, let's find

this ring, I guess.

N o, that's all right.

I can find it.

Ohhh.

Sorry.

All right.

Okay.

I ' m really sorry.

Okay.

All right, Jack.

(Ward) What's makes

this story any different?

What makes your story

different than the others, John?

What makes this case so different

that you want to pull the plug now?

(John, on phone) The

facts. What's left to do?

You've been up there

a month and a half.

I want

your ass back here.

Save that sh*t

for someone else.

I'm not comfortable with it

and you shouldn't be either.

I'm going to Ormond Beach

to get the facts.

[phone bangs

in cradle]

(Ellen) I want to get

some alligator shoes.

(W. W.) You run this article,

this sh*t could hurt me.

I got advertisers

to think of.

(Ward) Advertisers? You

want me to be concerned

with the advertisers

for your newspaper?

Ward, you don't

know everything.

H e knows

what he's doing, Pa.

Shut up! I'm not

talking to you.

H e knows

how to get stories,

but what he doesn't

fully appreciate

is that the stories

go out into a community.

They resonate.

Oh, like the jellyfish?

Like getting pissed on?

You notice Anita's been

acting mighty bossy recently?

She's always been that way. Yeah.

[glass smashes]

Oh, sh*t.

Darling, let it go.

Don't get yourself hurt.

Sit down.

I'll get Anita. Anita!

Hey, I'll take

care of it.

Anita will get it. Anita! Does she

have children? I can't remember.

She got two kids. (W. W.) Oh, yeah.

How you doing, baby

doll? Where you going?

Hoo.

A baby shower.

um, Anita, uh,

before you go,

could you clean

up this mess.

I said I got it. It's

all right. Anita's got it.

I got it.

I got it.

We're going

to Ormond Beach.

Oh, just come right

out and tell them.

I've named Ellen

editor-in-chief.

And...

we 're getting married.

[door opens]

It's an antique.

I know it is.

This belonged

to my mother.

(W. W.) It was a gift from

me. Give it back, Jack.

Just give it

back to her.

I t's all I got.

(Anita, off) Ward never

believed Yardley's story.

Building permits

and anonymous sources.

He took Charlotte and Jack

back to Ormond Beach

to get

to the bottom of it.

Yardley went back home

to Miami.

??? That man is dangerous???

??? Loving him is dangerous???

??? That man is dangerous???

??? Loving him is dangerous???

??? That man is dangerous???

??????

What is that builder's name,

Charlotte?

What builder?

You know

exactly what builder.

The one Yardley

says bought the sod.

I don't know.

He went alone.

I went

to the hairdresser's.

Takes a lot

to look like this.

Charlotte Bless,

you is a mess.

And you'd do anything

to get your man

out of jail...

wouldn't you?

??????

(Charlotte)

Thirsty, huh?

Oh, yeah.

??? That man is dangerous???

You keep staring

like that,

we're gonna have

a problem.

What really happened

down there, Charlotte?

After you went to the

hairdresser, what happened? Hm?

Jack, would you tell your brother

to get his hands off of me?

Come on, man. Let's go somewhere

else. Easy, little brother.

Just f***ing relax, boy.

Miss Bless ain't got

no answer, huh?

??????

I didn't think so.

Your brother's

acting strange.

Not used to drinking

like this.

??? Is this love affair for real

Or is it just one and done????

??? I'm telling you???

(Charlotte) A little more than that.

??????

[song ends]

Why is Ward doing this?

We got 50 places

to be tomorrow.

??????

What is that?

??????

It's beautiful.

??????

Don't turn it down.

No one's ever given me

something like this before.

Well, you just tell me

when you want it back, huh?

It's beautiful.

(Charlotte, distant) You

want me to f*** you, Jack?

Then I'm gonna f*** you

any way you want.

[echoing]

Jack.

(Charlotte, nearby)

Jack!

(Ellen, distant) I want to

get some alligator shoes.

(distant)

Mmm, Jack.

(male voice) You

wanted your ass whipped.

Is that what you wanted?

Tell me

what you want.

You're a dirty pig.

I'll f*** you

any way you want.

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