They Drive by Night Page #5

There you go,

singing the same old song.

- You know we can't afford a kid.

- It's the same old song from you.

How long do you think

I'm gonna stay young enough?

The girls I went to school with

have two or three kids now.

The girls you went to school with

were smart to marry guys with real jobs.

Paul, I'm not blaming you.

I'm complaining for both of us.

We've got a right to a better life

than this. You could get a job...

...and though there wasn't much money,

you'd get it every week, be home nights.

- Yeah, try and tell that to Joe.

- Who are you married to, Joe or me?

I can't leave him out on a limb as long

as he thinks we got a chance in this.

And there he is now. He must have

burned the rubber off that rig.

Well, I'll see you in a couple of days.

- Paul, be careful.

- Don't worry, honey.

Everything's gonna be all right.

Listen, we'll have so many kids,

we'll run out of names.

Hiya, Fabrini.

- Oh, hiya.

- Your truck around?

Yeah. I got it parked

under the kitchen sink.

There's no use getting smart.

I'm acting within my legal rights.

You're three installments behind.

Either you pay or I take the truck!

- You and who else?

- Me.

And don't try to get tough about it,

buddy. Where's the truck?

- I don't know.

- It'll be along.

- He and his brother ride together.

- I ain't riding with him anymore.

He may not be by here

for a couple of weeks.

That's all right.

We'll wait.

If you get thirsty,

come on in and I'll give you a mickey.

I'm going out the back

and head Joe off at the highway.

If you didn't do anything,

we'd be out of the business.

You'd get that job with regular pay,

and be home nights.

- It's what we both want.

- Yeah, that's what I want, all right.

But I don't want to get it

by double-crossing Joe.

If I can save the rig, I gotta save it.

Keep rolling!

Farnsworth's at the house with the law.

Well, he ain't got us this time.

What's the difference?

He'll get us the next.

- What are we hauling?

- Lemons.

- Who for?

- Ourselves.

What do you mean?

I bought the load with the money

we got from Williams.

- All of it?

- All of it.

Except 2 bucks for rolling dough.

- I bought the stuff for 80 cents a box.

- Are you nuts?

Relax, will you? When we sell the load,

we'll have twice what we started with.

You mean, if we sell the load.

Hey, don't I rate in this outfit?

What am I, just a stooge?

Half of that dough was mine.

Mine and Pearl's.

Don't I even get asked

about anything?

A guy's gotta be around

before you ask him.

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

I shouldn't have walked out on you, Joe.

That's all right.

I almost threw in the towel myself.

Well, did you see

any of your old girlfriends in L.A?

Nope.

Didn't have time.

What do you mean?

Joe Fabrini didn't have time

to see even one dame?

You heard me.

It's just like I've been saying.

This business is really tearing us down.

- Hiya, boys. What do you got?

- A load of lemons. Wanna see them?

I really don't want no lemons,

but I guess it won't hurt if I take a look.

You can have a look.

- How's the market?

- Oh, only fair.

Drop it right down there.

- Hear you got married.

- Oh, forget that.

- Nice stuff, eh?

- This ain't no lemon, this is a lemonette.

Don't try to kid us.

- We know good stuff when we see it.

- I hate lemons, even if they're good.

Quit stalling, George.

How do you like them?

It all depends

upon what you're asking, boys.

- Well, we'll leave that up to you.

- Since you come to see me first...

...I'll give you $3.50 a box.

- Oh, no. No deal.

Come on, give me a hand, Paul.

Wait a minute, boys.

I'll treat you right, you know that.

Name your own price.

Well, we hauled this stuff a long way

and we paid a good price for them.

- We figure they're worth 5 bucks a box.

- You got me mixed up with Santa Claus.

Okay.

No hard feelings.

Come on, Paul. We'll take them down to

Riley's. We might even get 6 from him.

I tell you what I'll do, guys.

I'll give you $4 a box,

but I want you to throw in some fill-ins.

We bought 145 boxes,

and that's what we're selling.

Okay, robber.

145 boxes...

...at $4 a box is 580 simoleons.

That's all you'll get.

I don't know, George, I...

All right, it's a deal.

Hey, Junior, Harvey!

Dump that load.

- I'll get you your money.

- All right, George.

Here, you always liked apples.

I hope I never have another 5 minutes

like that again.

We made 500 profit on the deal. We

should have a lot of 5 minutes like that.

- Well, we're finally rolling.

- It looks that way. What next?

We'll buy another load.

Then we'll buy some more loads.

Then we'll buy another truck.

Then buy some more trucks.

Whoa, wait a minute.

Maybe we better pay for this one first.

Don't worry.

We'll send Farnsworth dough tomorrow.

One, two, three, four, five...

...twenty, forty, sixty, eighty.

- 580.

- Thanks.

If you guys got any more good loads,

don't forget I treated you right.

We'll come straight to you.

Come on, I wanna use the phone.

- Give me a flock of change, Leo.

- Say, who you calling?

- Cassie.

- Cassie? Who's that?

That gal we picked up on the road.

I just wanna find out

how she's doing.

I thought nothing happened

with that dame.

Nothing did.

But I ain't saying nothing won't.

Give me long distance.

Hello. Hello, Joe? Did something happen

to you? You weren't in a...?

No, nothing happened.

Nothing bad, anyway.

I was scared when she told me

San Francisco was calling.

- I knew it was you or about you.

- How did you know?

Oh, I just knew.

Is everything all right?

Everything's great. We got more dough

than we ever seen before.

Say...

...this is a funny time

to call up a girl, ain't it?

Oh, I don't mind. I'm glad you called.

I was worried about you.

Oh, Cassie...

...do you believe in

love at first sight?

Well, it saves a lot of time.

- When are you coming back?

- I think I wanna get back and see you...

...as fast as we can buy another load.

- Be careful and don't drive too fast.

I want to see you quick,

but all in one piece.

Your three minutes are up. Deposit

50 cents for an additional minute.

Don't spend any more.

When you get back we can talk

all you want, and it won't cost a...

Hello?

Hello?

Give me a cup of coffee, Leo.

That was great talk.

Pearl and me used to have them same

conversations before we got married.

Who said anything

about getting married?

Nobody, but you can't horse me.

I know that rash when I see it.

It all depends on how smart

the dame is.

Oh, your brakes are dragging. L...

Our rig's moving!

- Hey, where do you think you're going?

- Out of the truck!

- But...

- You, out the other side!

Now, fellas,

I'm strictly within my legal rights.

You'd look pretty silly with a monkey

wrench out of your head.

- I'll call a policeman!

- If I touch you, you'll call an ambulance.

- How much do we owe you?

- $300 plus $50 interest.

- Sure you ain't gypping yourself?

- Where's that loan paper?

- Right here.

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