Where God Left His Shoes Page #6

- That's not the point.

So, what is your point?

The point is you have on a sweater

that doesn't belong to you.

I told you why, man.

I was in

the dressing room putting it on,

and I heard the commotion.

- Relax.

- I came out to protect my son.

- I am relaxed.

- You don't seem relaxed.

- I'm just trying to work this out.

- Your voice doesn't seem relaxed.

I'm trying to work this out.

I said I'll pay you.

- Back off right now.

- You are not going anywhere.

- I'm going...

- You're coming with me.

What the hell is the matter with you, huh?

What the hell's wrong with you?

What are you, stupid?

You stealing jewelry for your girlfriend?

No, it was for Mom.

It's for your mom?

VENDoR:
Two fifty.

- For your mom?

WoMAN:

All right, I think I'll...

I think I'll give you some change...

All right, just forget it, all right?

Forget it.

- At least I got the new clothes, right?

- Yeah.

Now, come on. Let's go look for a job.

Come on.

What's the matter?

- Tell me. What?

- Oh, man.

I left my money inside the pants

in the dressing room.

- What are we gonna do now?

- I don't know. I don't know.

If I go back in there,

I'm gonna get arrested.

Jesus Christ. This is great, man.

This is great.

- Hey, excuse me, do you have the time?

It's 2:
15.

Two-fifteen, great.

Now I gotta get the deposit and a job.

That's just great.

- All right, come on, man. Let's go.

- No. I can't walk.

- What?

- I can't walk. My stomach hurts.

Your stomach doesn't have to do

with your legs.

No. I'm not going anywhere

until I get something to eat.

- We'll get something to eat at the shelter.

- No, no, no.

- Don't be a p*ssy, man.

- I'm not a p*ssy. I'm not a p*ssy.

Hey, don't do this to me now.

Come on, man.

No, no. I'm not... No.

I'm not going anywhere

until I get something to eat.

I've been walking miles and miles,

and my stomach is growling,

and my stomach is empty.

I feel like I'm gonna pass out.

Justin, come on, man.

I swear to God, I...

- I want you to get up right now.

- No.

Justin, get up right now.

Right now, you hear me?

No. I'm done. I'm done.

I don't care what you say anymore.

Anymore. I'm hungry,

and I want something to eat.

All right. I'll get you something to eat.

Are you happy? Come on.

Finally.

I'm not eating sh*t from there.

- Are you listening?

- Yeah, yeah, I'm listening to you.

- Why can't we go to a restaurant?

- This is a restaurant.

It's the back of a restaurant.

Try to find something that's wrapped.

Yeah, I'm looking, I'm looking, man.

Oh, bingo. Look.

Look what I got. Look what I got.

Look at this. Look at this.

A perfectly good little jelly doughnut.

Here you go.

- It's fricking hard as a rock.

- Yeah, it's just frozen, that's all.

This is disgusting.

Maybe if I hadn't

listened to you and stolen clothes,

we could have

bought something edible.

I've been asking to get something to eat

for the last five hours.

I knew I should have

left you at the shelter, man.

Yeah, you should.

Leave me right here.

- I'll get back to the shelter myself.

- Trust me, I'd like to, man.

- This isn't my fault.

- Whose fault is it, man?

Who got paint on my pants,

and I had to get new clothes?

Was that my fault, huh?

Was that my fault?

- It's your fault we live in a shelter.

- What?

What did you say?

You do this all the time.

What'd you say?

- I said it's not my fault.

- No, that's not what you said.

You said, "It's your fault

we live in a shelter. " I heard you.

You think I'm a loser, don't you?

You know how many families are

struggling, trying to make it? A lot, okay?

Wait till you have kids, boy.

You're gonna see how damn hard that is.

I'm not gonna have kids

unless I can afford them.

You got an answer for everything.

Yeah, I have more answers than you do.

You think I needed you in my life?

Think I needed the responsibility?

- You think I needed you?

- Yeah, you did. You did.

Or would you rather be with

your real pops? Huh?

Think you're better off with him?

Go back,

so he could beat you up

for no reason every day.

Shut up. Just shut up.

What, now you don't have an answer,

big man?

You had a big mouth,

but when somebody fights back,

- you have nothing to say?

- I'm a bigger man than you.

- Is that so?

- Yeah, it is so.

I can make more money begging

in an hour than you can in a whole day.

Ooh. You're a big man. Ooh.

I can read.

And I can walk all over the city

for five hours with a broken ankle,

and you can't even get out of the corner

and at least lose a fight like a real man.

Give me that. You don't want

the doughnut? You don't want it?

Excuse me,

can you spare some change?

Spare some change?

Excuse me,

can you spare some change?

Excuse me, sir,

can you spare some change?

Excuse me, sir,

can you spare some change?

I'm not talking to you, man.

You're not gonna get anything like that.

Merry Christmas. I'm not talking to you.

Go back to the shelter, man.

Go back to the shelter.

You're not gonna get anything that way.

Yeah? Hey, see,

I'm not talking to you, man.

Excuse me,

can you spare some change?

Excuse me, can you

spare some change?

Excuse me, can you spare some change?

Excuse me. Spare some change?

Excuse me, ma'am, can you

spare some change, please?

WoMAN:

Sorry.

Excuse me, sir,

can you spare some change, please?

Thank you.

Excuse me,

can you spare some change?

Excuse me, ma'am.

- Excuse me, ma'am.

- Excuse me, spare some change?

Can you spare some change?

Merry Christmas.

Excuse me, can you spare

some change, please?

Excuse me, can you spare

some change?

- Thank you, sir. Merry Christmas.

Yeah. Merry Christmas.

Count your money

as fast as you can, all right?

Hey, look, I wanna thank you

for helping me out there, okay?

Whatever.

Remember when I was at the park

trying to tell you something this morning?

Yeah.

I'm gonna tell you...

I'm gonna tell you the most important thing

that I'm ever gonna tell you.

This is the secret to life.

You listening to me?

Like I got a choice.

There's nothing to fear.

Okay, come on. Say it.

Why?

Because I don't wanna waste my breath.

I wanna make sure that you heard me.

There's nothing to fear.

Right, because fear

is the worst weapon in the world.

The most powerful weapon.

People are gonna try to scare you

into doing a lot of things

that you don't wanna do, trust me.

I mean, look where it got me, right?

Look where I am today.

Anyway, just know people

are gonna manipulate you,

and that's how they're gonna do it.

You got me?

- Yeah.

- Good. Good.

- So how much you got?

- Hundred and forty.

- Wow.

- How much you get?

It's none of your business.

- Do we have enough?

- Yeah, yeah, we got enough.

We got enough.

As long as I get a job, we'll be fine.

All right, man. Come on, let's go.

Excuse me, sir. Excuse me.

I'm sorry I'm late. Traffic.

But I'm looking for a job.

- We're closed now.

- I know, I know, but the trains...

- Try another day.

- Two hours. Two hours.

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