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Bobby, pissed, wipes the spittle from his face.

BLIND MAN (finishing)

...but they gotta know you don't f***

around with Indians.

BOBBY:

I thought you said you lost your eyes in

the war?

BLIND MAN:

So now you're going to tell me where I lost

my eyes. You don't think I know where I

lost my eyes? I was there when I lost them.

I lost them in the war. The war in the

joint. There's always wars in the joint.

Cause I was a code talker in the joint and

in the war too.(sniffs) Mmmm, nothing like

the smell of a naked lady. Be careful, boy.

BOBBY:

Musta been some bad ass nuclear tests here

in the 50's. This town's all inbreeding.

BLIND MAN:

Well, people gotta get by somehow. That's

the curse. The mines done it. All that

uranium, plutonium, fuffonium, fuckononium,

assononium, all that "om"! Everybody's got

a mother. You don't rip up your mother. You

don't rip up the Earth and take everything

out. It's like the Cracker Jack box says,

"the more you eat, the more you

want...."...

BOBBY:

I got things to do.

BLIND MAN (offended)

Oh well, go do 'em. You don't see me

stopping you...

Bobby starts to walk away. The Blind Man rattles his tin cup.

BLIND MAN:

...But ain't you got a little something for

the infirm?

BOBBY:

I'm a little short Pops. I'll catch you

next time.

BLIND MAN:

Your lies are old, but you tell 'em well.

EXT. STREET - DAY

BOBBY, depressed, is heading towards Harlin's gas station,

passing JENNY sitting on a corner drinking a soda, almost as if

waiting for him. She runs to him, and follows him, as somewhere

a POLICE RADIO crackles and buzzes.

JENNY:

Hey mister. Mister, I just... I just wanted

to thank you.

BOBBY:

For what?

JENNY:

For defending my honor this afternoon.

BOBBY:

I hate to bust your bubble honey, but I

wasn't defending you.

JENNY:

But you was going to fight for me.

BOBBY:

I wasn't going to fight for you. I was

just going to beat the sh*t out of your

boyfriend.

JENNY:

He's not my boyfriend. I mean, I let him

take me out and stuff, but I ain't spoken

for. Not yet that is.

BOBBY:

Get it through your head, little girl; I'm

not going for you. If this Toby likes you,

then if I were you I'd marry him. You're

not going to get much better in this town.

JENNY:

That's what I thought until you came riding

in. I saw your car over at the gas

station. It's a cool car. Want to take me

for a ride? Desert's kind of lonely this

time of day.

BOBBY:

How old are you?

JENNY:

(beat)

Eighteen... Well, I'm gonna be eighteen in

two years, but that don't mean you can't

take me for a ride if you want.

BOBBY:

No, I don't want to take you for a ride.

What I want is for ... Hey, you don't

think you can get $150 from your parents,

could you?

From OFF CAMERA we hear TOBY.

TOBY(O.C.)

Mister!

BOBBY:

Oh, sh*t!

Toby moves menacingly up the street towards Bobby.

TOBY:

That's right, Mister. You better be

afraid. I told you it wasn't over, but you

didn't listen. Now I find you sneakin'

around with my girl behind my back.

BOBBY:

I wasn't sneaking around with your girl.

Would you please tell him?

JENNY:

You're too late, Toby. We're going to get

in his fancy car and ride off and leave you

behind.

BOBBY:

What the hell are you talking about?

JENNY:

What's your name anyway?

TOBY:

Oh, that tears it, Mister. I'm gonna bust

you up but good. I'm gonna bust you into a

million pieces and then ... and then bust

those pieces up, and then ... and then

spread them all around. That's what I'm

gonna do. You don't know what you're

dealing with, Mister. I'm crazy. I'm

psycho crazy.

BOBBY:

Yeah, I know. You're TNT. Just like

dynamite. When you go off somebody gets

hurt. (at his wit's end) All right. Let's

do this.

JENNY:

Toby Tucker, it don't matter to me if you

beat him all up and knock out all his teeth

and he's just drooling and bleeding all

over hisself, 'cause we love each other and

we gonna run off, and I'm gonna have his

love child.

BOBBY:

Will you shut up!

TOBY:

You gonna pay for that, Mister.

Toby and Bobby square off, sizing each other up and preparing

for a violent confrontation. Just as the two are about to clash

we hear the voice of SHERIFF POTTER from OFF CAMERA.

SHERIFF(O.C.)

Toby!

The two men freeze in their tracks, as Potter drives up fast.

TOBY:

Hey, Sheriff Potter.

SHERIFF (tough)

Toby, I just came from your mother's place.

She's worried sick about you. She says she

ain't seen you since this morning.

TOBY:

That ain't true, Sheriff. I was home for

lunch.

SHERIFF:

Boy, I'm not trying to hear nothing from

you except that you're heading home. Now

run along.

TOBY:

Yes, sir. Come on, Jenny.

JENNY:

I want to stay.

TOBY:

I said come on!

Toby grabs Jenny by the wrist and literally pulls he along. As

she goes she yells back to Bobby.

JENNY:

Bye, Mister. Don't go nowhere without me.

I wanna have your love child.

Toby points a vicious finger at Bobby.

TOBY:

Next time, Mister. Next time.

Toby and Jenny exit leaving Bobby and the Sheriff alone. Bobby

would also like to exit fast.

SHERIFF:

Where ya goin'?

BOBBY:

Harlin's.

SHERIFF:

Get in.

Bobby has no choice. He gets in.

SHERIFF:

Seen you popping up a little bit of

everywhere today. You're not planning on

staying are you?

BOBBY:

No, sir. I'm not going to be around long if

that's what you're worried about.

SHERIFF:

That's a nasty cut you got there.

BOBBY:

Yeah, fell down and hit a rock. Not as bad

as it looks.

SHERIFF:

There was a young fellow over at Jamilla's

today when it got hit. Way she tells it he

got whacked around good by one of the

robbers.

BOBBY:

Sounds like it. I wish I could help

Sheriff, but I just want to get my car and

get on up the road.

JAKE drives up in his GOLD CADDY. His windows whirr down.

JAKE:

Everything all right, Virgil?

He eyes Bobby.

SHERIFF (a little nervous)

Just fine, Jake. Where you going?

JAKE:

I was just up at Darrell's. How's the wife?

That little eskimo baby walkin' yet?

SHERIFF:

Oh just fine.

JAKE:

You haven't seen Grace around, have you?

I'm looking for her.

SHERIFF:

No. But if I do, I'll tell her you're

looking for her, Jake.

JAKE (looking at Bobby)

Whatcha got there, some trash?

He drives off. The Sheriff drives on.

SHERIFF:

Peculiar, how things happen. A man's car

breaks down. There's a hold up. People die

and all that money -- and now old Jake out

looking for his young wife. And then you

show up...

The Sheriff looks right through Bobby, who knows this is more

than a conversation. He pulls up to Harlin's garage. Bobby gets

out.

SHERIFF:

Time's running out, son. I'll be seeing you

in the morning...

With this thinly veiled threat, the Sheriff drives on. As Bobby

watches, feeling the pressure to get out now while he can.

EXT. HARLIN'S GARAGE - LATER DAY

DARRELL is cleaning his tools. Bobby's MUSTANG sits prominently

in the car bay, washed and gleaming, as BOBBY walks up.

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