Waking Up in Reno Page #8

Stop now!

No!

Wake... up, Darlene.

You've got a nice house,

your bills are paid,

you've got healthy kids,

you've got friends who care

about you if you only let them.

And, damn it,

you've got a husband

who thinks

you're worth fightin' for!

He so desperately

wants to find

the woman he fell in love with.

God damn it,

you could really enjoy life.

If you open your eyes,

you'd see that I'm right.

All I'd see are your legs

up over my husband's shoulders.

[Elevator doors open]

Oh.

- Don't go there.

- [Clears throat] Ladies.

The only thing

I'm still wonderin'

is how a spoiled brat like you

f***ed Lonnie Earl

without your daddy's

permission.

[Both screaming]

B*tch!

BELLHOP:
No! Not in here!

Hey, come on!

Roy, let's talk.

Oh, shut up.

They're gonna kill each other.

[Elevator bell chimes]

Hey, just a sec.

- I just need to tell you...

- Stairs.

...I'm sorry about all of this.

- Later.

- Roy...

Let go of me!

[Indistinct shouting]

Stay out of it!

- Darlene!

- Let me go!

- Get off of me, you b*tch!

- Why won't you just let me...

Oh! Ow! Ow!

I hope that hurts you

like you hurt me.

[Both breathing heavily]

[Grunts] Darlene!

[Panting]

RO Y:
Y'all stop it.

No! No!

No! Let go of me!

Get off her!

Don't tell me I'm goin' home!

Lonnie Earl, let go of me!

Will you calm down?

Don't tell me to calm down!

Roy! Let go!

Put me down!

Ooh!

I'm with child, you idiot!

Let go of that.

What are you...

Give me my wallet!

Give me my...

[Coins rattling]

Is this what you want?!

- No, honey, please.

- This is what I want!

- Give me that.

- Bastard!

[Tires screech]

She's on her deal, you know?

[Slot machines clanging]

["These Boots Are Made

For Walking" plays]

[Door rattling]

Aren't you going to have

the oysters?

They are aphrodiliacs,

you know?

[Laughs]

[Music continues]

So, can I buy you a real drink?

Yeah. Yeah. Why not?

You keep sazin'

zou've got somethin' for me

Somethin' zou call love

but confess

You've been a'messin'

Where zou shouldn't

have been messin'

Now someone else

is gettin' all of zour best

These boots are made

for walkin'

And that's just

what thez'll do

One of these dazs these boots

are gonna walk all over zou

[Machine beeps]

Yeah

You keep lzin'

when zou oughta be truthin'

You keep losin'

when zou oughta not bet

And zou keep samin'

when zou oughta be a'changin'

What's right is right

but zou ain't been right zet

These boots are made

for walkin'

And that's just

what thez'll do

One of these dazs these boots

are gonna walk all over zou

Are you ready, boots?

Start walking.

[Laughing]

TONY ORLANDO:

All right, lay it on me...

Oh, mz darling

ALL:
Knock three times

On the ceiling

if zou want me

Now you're talkin'.

Keep those hands together, now.

Twice on the pipe

If the answer is no

Whoa, mz sweetness

Means zou'll meet me

in the hallwaz

Keep it comin', Reno.

Come on, now.

Twice on the pipe

Means zou ain't gonna show

Oh, wait a second.

Don't tell me that beautiful

lady's sittin' alone.

Whoo!

[Audience cheers]

Welcome.

Read how manz times

I saw zou

I can see zour bodz swazin'

You're one floor below me,

zou don't even know me

But I love zou

Whoa, mz darlin'

Knock three times

On the ceiling

if zou want me

All right.

I can't take it anymore.

I can't be alone.

I'm gonna throw myself

out the damn window.

I gotta talk to somebody.

You don't understand, Candy.

Ever since I was a little kid,

I didn't like to be alone.

And I can't be alone right now,

and you got to talk to me.

Let me sit here just

for a minute, just talk to you.

I promise, I swear to God,

I won't try to get that monkey.

I swear to God.

[Panting]

[Sniffles]

He's cheatin' on me.

- Huh?

- Roy is cheatin' on me.

What are you talkin' about?

Can you believe it?

[Sighs]

That a**hole.

I saw him dancin' with some

Puerto Rican skank at the bar.

I know he is.

Did she have a hairy lower back?

Yeah.

And long, black hair?

Uh-huh.

A little piece of deerskin

coverin' her titties?

Yeah.

That ain't no big deal.

That's just this hooker that's

workin' the bar down there.

[Crying] A hooker?

[Sobbing]

I guess I said the wrong thing,

didn't I?

[Sobbing]

He doesn't love me anymore.

No, that's not true.

- Honey, he loves you.

- No, he doesn't.

My Roy is banging

a Puerto Rican hooker.

[Sobs]

I doubt it.

I think she's a lesbian

anyway, hon.

She's not a lesbian.

I saw her with him.

Oh, now...

You want to know why?

[Panting]

'Cause we're shitty people,

Lonnie Earl.

Oh, baby,

we're not shitty people.

- We're not.

- We are.

We're not either, baby.

We're not shitty people.

- We're not.

- We're shitty people.

Hon, I was kind of here

- to talk about my problems.

- Jesus H.

We're shitty people.

Why the hell did I come back?

Why don't you two just get

a room of your own?

Or would you rather me just hang

out in the hall and wait?

Why don't you come in, Roy?

We was just talkin' about you.

Wasn't we, Candy?

Oh, yeah.

Well...

[Panting]

...did you do her?

Do what?

Did you...

and your hot-tamale Puerto Rican

dancin' partner... do it?

For your information,

she prefers to be called

a lady of the night.

I don't care

what she prefers to be called!

God damn it! Queen of Sheba!

I don't f***in' care!

- Did you do her?!

- Oh, now, you wait a minute.

How dare you get

your panties in a wad

when the two of you started

this mess in the first place?

I'm just gonna go

back over to the room.

I thought you said

you couldn't stand bein' alone.

Well, this ain't none of

my business, really, you know?

Oh, the hell it ain't.

It became your business

when she pissed on that stick

and turned the damn thing blue.

Okay. I'll stay.

I'll sit over here in the chair,

and y'all can just yell at me

anytime you want to.

Abuse me.

[Candy breathing heavily]

Roy... [Sniffles]

...you have every reason

to be mad at me.

[Inhales sharply]

But did you have to go

and find

some Puerto Rican skank

to get back at me?

Lord knows what kind of diseases

she might have,

and now I'm gonna have 'em!

Oh, sweetheart.

Get back at you?

I wasn't tryin' to get back

at you.

I wasn't even thinkin' of you.

And do you have any idea

how good that felt?

How much does a girl

like that run you, Roy?

God damn it, Lonnie Earl!

It's none of your business!

- I tried to leave.

- [Exhales deeply]

I'll tell you...

she didn't cost me a damn dime.

And you know why?

'Cause she really liked me

for me.

She thought I was

a real good guy, you know?

And that I did not deserve

a wife and a best friend

to do me the way you two did.

She thought that I deserved

a hell of a lot more respect,

and, by God, she was right.

'Cause I've had it up to here.

I'm sick and tired

of bein' treated

like everybody's

little punchin' bag.

I know you know

what I'm talkin' about.

And I ain't gonna stand here

and take it no more.

As of right now,

Roy Kirkendall is demandin'

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