You Only Live Once Page #2

If you attended your chores instead

of reading detective periodicals...

you wouldn't be so suspicious

of everybody.

I'm right to be suspicious.

When he asked me for a room...

I said "What's your name?".

I looked him right in the eye.

His woman gave ma

a funny look.

I'll be hog tied if I ain't seen

his face in one of them magazines.

Well, find it, or I'll burn that

trash first thing in the morning.

Burn them?

Burn them?

I'll find it...

if I have to sit up

all night.

Listen. They sound

just like crooners, don't they?

Crooners.

When I was a kid we used to

catch them in the sewer drains.

Some of the kids would pull off

their legs and fry them in bonfires.

Used to make me sick.

I got my first rap

protecting a frog's life.

I beat up a kid for doing that,

his mother sent me to reform school.

There's another one.

Come on.

You know something about frogs?

If one dies, the other dies.

That's funny. Why?

I don't know, except they

can't live without each other.

Like Romeo and Juliet?

No kidding, that's how they are.

How do you know so much

about frogs?

I thought everybody knew that.

I guess they see something in each

other that no one else can see.

Maybe.

Eddie, what made you

fall in love with me?

Me with you?

What made you

go for a mug like me?

When I fell in love at the dance,

I didn't know you were a mug.

I told you I was a phoney

and a bad guy to get stuck on.

I didn't believe you until you asked

Stephen to defend you for robbery.

I'll never forget how you slapped

my face and ran out crying.

I hated you so much, I cried

for 3 days and 3 nights.

Why did you come to the prison

to see me?

To tell you how much

I hated you.

Only I got mixed up and told you

how much I loved you.

Are you still mixed up?

What do you think?

You're one in a million.

- Careful, Ethan, he may be dangerous.

- I ain't afraid of that.

When I'm around, I'm...

I'm around.

No jailbird is going to spend

the night in Valley Tavern.

- Well, if you're gonna do it, do it.

- Hold your shirt on, I'll do it.

We better wait until morning.

Yes?

Well, Mr. Taylor...

my wife wants to tell you something.

Go ahead, Esther.

Tell him yourself.

Well, Mr. Taylor...

you see, this room

was reserved...

some folks from Battleboro.

Convicts and their wives

ain't welcome in this tavern.

So we're asking you, in a nice way,

to leave at once.

Okay.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Did you hear what they said?

Darling, you promised you wouldn't

let things like this bother you.

I'm thinking of you.

I told you something

like this would happen.

What do we care about these people?

What do we care about anybody...?

Yes?

Yes, we're leaving

just as soon as we're packed.

And to think I spent 3 long years

looking for this place.

- Has 37 reported in yet?

- No.

How can I keep up a schedule if you

can't keep track of the drivers?

Don't pick on me for that jailbird

being late. I didn't hire him.

Never mind that.

Check the gas station. Get him.

I think it's the swellest place

I've ever seen.

It's a dump.

It's not. It's terrific.

Anyway, no one can throw us out

at four o'clock in the morning.

You've come a long way,

I knew you would.

You're the only one who did.

What about Stephen, the people

you work for, and Father Dolan?

They don't count, what they did

was because of you.

Ajax gave me a job because

of Whitney. Father Dolan...

He's for everybody.

Let's be practical,

what about it?

It's a big responsibility.

I'm not going to be

a truck driver all my life.

Besides, this home owner racket

lets you pay off for nothing a week.

In 20 years, it's yours.

Look.

Here's a receipt for

the deposit I made.

Do I give them the rest

or don't I?

Of course you do.

It's a swell place

for kids.

What are you laughing about?

Nothing.

There's your bus.

See you Saturday.

Yes, darling.

Light, 5 dollars.

Water, 3 dollars.

Gas...

Taylor, call your office.

Fill her up.

Truck 37 reporting.

Yes, Mr. Williams.

Taylor, you're an hour

and 35 minutes late.

I know, Mr. Williams,

I'm sorry, but...

I don't want to listen to lies about

running out of gas or blowing a tyre.

Wait, Mr. Williams. Don't accuse me

until you hear what I have to say.

I don't want to hear what you've got

to say. You're fired.

Fired?

You can't fire me just like this.

You can't.

I can't?

Listen, jailbird, leave that truck

there and don't take anything...

or I'll put you back in the pen

where you belong.

No ex-con is gonna

jazz up a schedule for me.

You're fired, finished, canned.

Get it?

Yeah, I get it.

Ex-con.

Okay, I'll get another job.

Let the guy who's gonna drive

sign for it. I got fired.

What am I gonna do with this truck?

That's your worry,

not mine.

Taylor.

Some dame's calling you,

long distance.

I'll be over at Tony's.

Hello?

Gee, I'm glad you called.

What?

You're phoning from the new house?

I moved in this morning.

He's so surprised,

he can hardly talk.

If only he'd stay that way...

Eddie? Eddie?

I can't hear you.

I'm just excited that you've

moved in already, that's all.

He's tickled pink.

He'll be hysterical when he finds out

I'm not going to live here with you.

What's that? What?

The real estate man?

Don't worry. He said it was

alright for me to move in.

As long as you give him the rest

by next week. You can make it?

The payment?

Sure, I wasn't even

thinking about it.

The housewarming?

Sure.

Sure we'll have one.

I can't wait to see the place.

Don't you dare show up before

Saturday, I'll have everything fixed.

Don't forget to tell him

the sink leaks.

Eddie, Bonnie says

the sink leaks.

We'll go into that later. This long

distance stuff costs plenty.

Sure I'm happy.

Don't worry.

It's in the bag.

Goodbye, babe,

I'll see you Saturday.

I know I was wrong,

Mr. Williams, and I'm sorry.

Please give me another chance.

You don't realise what it means

if you don't give me my job back.

Hello?

Yes, May.

Yes, I'll be home for dinner.

Sorry, I can't do

anything for you.

Why don't you invite the Murphys?

We'll play a little poker.

Okay.

It's no use, Taylor.

You've got to help me, Mr. Williams.

My wife's moved in already.

I can't let her down,

she believes in me.

I've tried to get a job

everyplace.

The only people who'll give me one

are my old gang.

Easy money too, Mr. Williams.

Bank jobs that are foolproof.

But I turned them down,

I'm trying to go straight.

Hello?

Yes, May.

Well...

Have the O'Donnell's over,

they play poker.

Just a minute, dear.

If you don't mind, I'd like

to speak to my wife.

Won't you even give me

a recommendation?

No. How can I?

Nobody will talk to me

without one.

Hold the line a minute,

honey.

Listen.

I'm not running a reform school...

I'm running a business, and I can't

waste any more time on you. Get out.

And I wanted to go straight...

Open up.

Stand back.

Hold it.

Wait there, please.

- Nice day for it.

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