You Can Count On Me Page #2

I was a little worried

I've been a lot of different places. I was down

in Florida for a little while

I was doing some work

in Orlando. I've been all over the place

Well I just wish

you had just let me know you were okay

Yeah, I just didn't realize it had been so long

You staying in town for a little while

Well I don't know

I got all these things

I got to do back in Worcester

Oh

Yeah, so I'm probably not gonna

be able to stay more than a day or so

Oh...

I'm kind of trying to keep to a schedule of sorts

Oh, that's alright

It's a long story and I don't want

to trouble you with it right now

Are you expecting someone?

Who would I be expecting here?

You just keep looking around, that's all

No, I was just wondering if we could

get some more refreshments, that's all

I actually got to confess to you, Sammy

That's the reason

you may not have heard from me for while

is I've been unable to write on the account

of that

I was in jail for a little while

You were what?

I sort of did a little time, I guess

down in Florida, it was just bullshit

What?

It was bullshit!

What did you do?

I didn't do anything! Maybe I was wronged?

No! Could I please... Oh my god!

Please let me tell you what happened

What happened?

I got into a fight in a bar in Florida

I was not the one who started it

But they worked up all this bullshit against me...

and they threw me in the pen for 3 months

I didn't write you because...

I didn't want you to get all upset about it

I thought, you would figure that

I was on the road for a while

It was stupid, I'm sorry

I didn't mean to make you worry

But you know what. I can't run around

doing stuff for not doing stuff

because it'll make you worry

Because I come back here

and tell you my f***in' traumas

and I get this wounded

I've let you down, bullshit. Over and over again

It just cramps me

I just wanna get out from under it

And now I'm back in this f***ing hole

explaining myself to you again!

Please stop cursing at me

I mean, I realize I'm in no position

to basically say anything

but it's not like I'm down there

in some redneck bar in Florida

having an argument with some stripper's

boyfriend

and I suddenly say to myself, hey

this would be

a good time to really stick it to Sammy

and get myself locked up for a few months

You don't write me for 6 months

I don't know where you are

I don't know if you're alive or dead

Then you show up out of nowhere

and you tell me you were in jail!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Sammy

I'm really sorry

Sammy...

What?

I'm in the midst of a slight predicament

What do you need, money?

Um, yeah. I'm broke

I gotta get back to Worcester tomorrow

I got this girl there

and she's kind of in a bad situation

So... I just need to borrow some money

Whatever you can spare

I'll pay you back, man

I'll pay you back

I just...

I really wish mom was here

So do I, man

No one knows what to do with you

I know how they feel, man

Terry, can I ask you a question?

Sure

I mean, do you ever go to church anymore?

Sammy can we not talk about that sh*t?

Do you?

No, Sammy. I don't

Can you tell me why not?

Yeah, because I think it's ridiculous

Well, can you tell me without denigrating it?

It's primitive, okay, it's a fairy tale

Well have you ever considered maybe that's

what's making things so difficult for you?

No

That you've lost hold...

not just your religious feeling

but lost hold of any kind of anchor

Any kind of trust in anything

No wonder you drift around so much

I mean...

what's to stop you. How would you ever know

if you ever found the right thing

I'm not looking for anything, man

I'm just trying to get on with it

Here we go

Thank you

Thanks, Sammy

I'm really going to pay you back

Where we going?

Pick up Rudy

Well, do you even want me to visit now?

Because I can catch the bus at five o'clock

if that's what you want

Of course I want you to visit, you idiot!

I've been looking forward

to seeing you more than anything

I've told everybody I know that

you were coming home

I cleaned the whole f***ing house

so it would look nice for you

I thought you'd stay at least a few days...

I had no idea that you were just broke again!

I just wish you'd send me an invoice!

Hi, is that, is that Malcom? Hi...

this is Terry Prescott

I've been trying to get a hold of Sheila...

and the phone isn't picking up

And I was wondering if...

She what?

Well is she alright?

Can I talk to her, please?

Okay, could you please give her a message

And tell that I...

That girl I'm with tried to kill herself

What?

She tired to kill herself

You have everything you need?

I think so

What are you going to do?

I don't know. Send her the money I guess

Maybe you should stay home for a while

Yeah, maybe a good idea

This 15 year old says

she's sick of her brother trying to control her

Dropped out of school, she's doing drugs

says there's nothing he can do about it

I'm going to bed

You have everything you need?

Ahh, yeah, thanks

Goodnight

Goodnight

Terry, I'm really glad you're home

Yeah me too, Sammy

So we'll drop Rudy off at the bus, then all

you have to do is drop me off at the bank...

and then pick Rudy up at 3:30

and drive him over to Carol's house

And that's it, she lives on Harvey Lane

Okay

Rudy knows where she lives

Okay

God, Mabel, don't those colors hurt your eyes?

Oh no, keeps me fresh

Yeah?

Hi Sammy, what can I do for ya'?

Umm, Brian, did you want us

to hand these time sheets...

in at the end of the day or

at the end of the week?

Oh, yeah. The end of the day will be fine

Just seems like an awful lot of extra paperwork

I like paperwork

You showed up

Looks that way

Put on your seatbelt

It pushes on my neck

What?

It pushes on my neck, it's uncomfortable

Well, when somebody slams into us

and you go sailin' through the windshield

that's liable to be uncomfortable too

Now put on your seatbelt

Mom's parents died in a car accident

Yeah, I know. They were my parents too

They are?

Yeah, your mom's my sister

Yeah, I know

So that means we have the same parents

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

Umm, Carol just called

She said Terry and Rudy

never showed up at her house

You've got to be kidding

It's supposed to filed by number

the account number, not alphabetically

Sammy? Sammy!

Hey. Look, if you hold it further down, you're

gonna get a lot more power

You should be able

to hit that nail in with two or three hits. Look

See? Go ahead, try it

That's not the way I hold it

Well they way you hold it, is wrong

Why can't I just hold it my own way

You can...

Alright, good, that's good

Sammy, please see me, ASAP!!! Brian

Brian, did you want to see me?

Yeah, I was kinda wondering

what happened to you today

Didn't Mabel tell you

I had a false alarm about my son

Yeah well I kind of thought

you were gonna work that out?

I did work it out. More or less

Then what are you doing

leaving here in the middle of the day

Without so much

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