Twilight Page #5

They're dead...

I gotta check on that.

You expect anybody to believe this?

OK.

So, just between us, the truth!

For old times' sake?

Did it ever strike you

this is a lousy way to make a living?

Start out thinking you'll win a few,

but... mostly it's just like tonight.

Watching people run out of the...

...little bit of luck that they got left.

You think you'll beat the odds,

but you don't... not very often.

Lieutenant, just to let you know

the Captain's on his way.

God help you, Harry.

- Let me go, Verna.

- Not a chance!

Give me 24 hours. I will find

the son-of-a-b*tch, I promise.

Hear that?

That's my career,

if I let you walk out of here.

I screwed up right from the beginning.

Two people are dead because of it.

You gotta give me some time,

so I can find whoever did it and...

...I dunno, square things up

at least a little bit.

What's-your-name,

get him out of here.

- But the Captain said...

- I said get him out of here.

Harry...

Reuben, I need you to meet me.

36001, Mulholland Highway.

How soon can you get there?

OK. And...

...Reuben, bring my gun,

I might need it.

You mind telling me what

we're supposed to be looking for?

Well, I guess not.

Listen, boss...

...I gotta tell you something, OK?

- Sure.

I hope you won't be mad at me, but...

...the thing is...

...after we crack this case,

I'm thinking of finding

another line of work, if that's OK?

- That's OK with me.

- I dunno, man...

Watching that lady die tonight,

I can't get it out of my head.

Yeah.

- I know you've been counting on me...

- I said it was OK.

You don't think I'm like... a coward?

Not for a second.

I guess we can still be friends.

We can still...

Harry...

What do we do now, Harry?

Cover it up.

I know I keep flunking

the PI exam, but...

...aren't you supposed to call the cops?

- Cover it up!

It's a bullet hole!

Don't you wanna know who it is?

I know who.

The thing you don't get about Jack and

Catherine is they live for each other.

They have the starring roles

in their own lives.

And you're just a bit player.

Me, too.

It's their love story, not yours.

You don't get to kiss the girl in the end.

She's somebody else's girl.

I've decided to go ahead

with the chemotherapy.

It worked before, so...

You never know.

I thought you'd be pleased.

We found Billy Sullivan last night.

What's left of him.

I guess I've been expecting

that for 20 years.

You can think what you like.

It wasn't murder,

not like you... murder somebody.

Catherine and I had fallen in love.

As you know, Catherine's easy

to fall in love with.

Eventually, Billy found out

and came after me at the ranch.

Suddenly, I turn around

and there he is, worse for drink,

swearing he's gonna kill me.

The swimming pool was empty.

You should've heard the sound

of his head hitting the bottom.

The way he just lay there

and didn't move.

One second is all it took,

and the man's life was snuffed out.

You are good.

You are very good.

I'd have believed you

except I saw the corpse.

- What are you talking about?

- The bullet hole in his head.

- That's impossible.

- No.

Did you go down to look

and see whether he was alive?

Of course not.

'Cause there was blood and a body,

you just wanted someone to...

...come along and make it go away.

So you called Raymond Hope.

And he said?

- "Get the hell outta there."

- And he'd clean up the mess.

But Raymond lived

in Los Feliz back then.

It'd have taken him...

an hour to get there?

Who else did you call?

If you harm her in any way,

I swear I'll come back from the grave

and not in a wheelchair either!

Quick, come look at the sun.

See it hanging just above

the horizon?

Looks like it'll be there forever.

- You look tired.

- Yeah... I am tired.

I'm tired of people getting killed,

I'm tired of being lied to.

- When have I lied to you?

- When you acted like you loved me.

Whereas I love my husband? I never

made it a secret that I loved him!

- Enough to kill for?

- You bet!

You feel better

we've cleared all that up?

- I don't feel worse.

- Well, then...

Why don't you ask me

more questions? Feel free.

- And you'll tell me the truth?

- Yes!

- Did you kill Lester Ivar?

- No. Next question.

- Did you have him killed?

- No. Next question.

- Did you kill Jeff Willis?

- No. Next.

20 years ago, when Jack told you what

had happened to Billy Sullivan...

Did I drive to the ranch, find Billy

alive and put a gun to his head?

No.

I said I loved my husband enough that

I would kill for him. Not that I did.

Now let me ask you something.

Do you believe me?

I'll tell you what I believe.

I believe that you're smart.

And you're beautiful and rich.

Life has worked out for you in ways

that it doesn't for most people.

I think people like you get used

to having it work out for you.

After a while, you begin to...

think you're entitled to it all.

You think I care about anything

in this house but my husband?

You think...

You think people like me

care so much about things...

...that we would kill for them?

Is that what you think?

That I just care about things, Harry?

Is that what you think?

That I care about all these things?

All these f***ing goddamn...

Maybe people like you shouldn't

get close to people like me.

You want to come inside

or do you like it out there?

When did we last go fishing?

- You tell me.

- It's too long.

Let's go. Right now, you and me,

head down to Baja.

Fine. Let's have a drink first.

I got some ginger ale in the fridge.

I'll take bourbon.

Things that bad?

You told me I'd learn something

I didn't want to know.

Catherine.

- You going to turn her in?

- I thought about it.

Then I decided to go fishing instead.

That would be the sensible thing.

I mean, screw it!

Everybody got what they deserved.

If we leave soon, we can be deep

in Baja by morning.

Let's take the Explorer,

yours'll never make it.

And Lester Ivar was crooked.

I figure he was trying

to shake Jack down.

The marlin will be out and I know

a guy who'll take us for $80 a day.

But the funny thing...

...is that Lester lived

in a rat hole.

You'd think

if he was on the take, he'd...

You'd think he'd have

a place that would be more like...

More like this.

You haven't touched your drink.

Raymond, this is not easy.

But you did a lot more than clean up

Jack's mess, didn't you?

Not a lot more.

Billy was going to end up

in a wheelchair for life.

I ended his misery.

I did him a favour.

You see, I think on that long drive

out to the ranch,

you began spending that money

Jack was going to pay you.

I think that...

...you bought this place

in your head on that ride.

And then when you got there,

you found out Billy Sullivan wasn't dead.

You were going to lose it

before you had your chance.

They really got to you, didn't they?

A woman like Catherine could twist

a man's pecker into a knot.

And Jack's a charming guy,

but I gotta ask you...

...don't you ever tire

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