Garden of Evil Page #3

Let's make the coffee.

- She put you in your place.

- All of us.

At first I thought

she was one of those women

who come along and fascinate men

without trying or knowing why.

And now what?

She tries and she knows why.

Tell me some more

about this White Man's Moon.

It's an open season.

- On what?

- On you and me.

What do you want?

What you said about quitting

and leaving with the money.

You didn't mean me,

did you?

I didn't come along for that.

They did, but I didn't.

That's all they're after,

but not me.

And don't be afraid of them

because I'm watching them.

I'm with you, Leah.

I know what's going on,

but I'm not with them.

It ain't the money with me,

it's you, you know that?

Take your hands off me.

You animal!

You scum!

Go to bed. We got enough trouble

without your problems. That's all.

- Is it? Is that all?

- You heard me.

What if I say it ain't all?

What if I say it ain't?

- Say what you want.

- All right. I'll say something.

Yeah, I think I'll say something.

I've had a gutful of you,

Hooker.

And I'll say it

the way I talk the best.

- Put that way, Daly.

- I've killed men like you before.

Yeah. I know about you.

You killed them

for rewards on their head

when nothing could be done

except give you the cash.

You shot them at tables

or in their beds.

Wherever their eyes were shut

or their backs turned.

I know about you.

I'll let you square yourself.

- Killing a man face to face.

- I'm telling you, Hooker.

I'm telling you!

I'm telling you!

Stop it.

Blame yourself.

Don't blame Daly or me,

or anybody but yourself.

- What do you think you're saying?

- I know what I'm saying.

And so do you.

If you want to get where

you're going, get some rest. Go on.

Here. Wash your face.

You'll be all right.

You just made a fool out of yourself.

Don't think it hasn't happened

to anybody else. All of us.

You just didn't understand it.

There's only one thing in her head.

That man out there.

Nothing else.

Now you know.

- Why didn't you kill me?

- I need you.

You don't need anybody, Hooker.

You don't need any of us.

I will.

We'll all need each other.

Come on, now.

Get to bed.

You got everything fixed now?

It'll hold for a while.

You see how it is? Now she's got

you fighting for her honour.

She's got you going unharmed against

a man she turned into an idiot.

- A boy.

- It was very heroic.

I admired you enormously.

I'm sure she did, too.

Some day, like Salome,

she'll have you bringing her

the head of Vicente in a frying pan.

- Or yours.

- No, not mine, Hooker.

Mine belongs to you.

- And you know what they say.

- What do they say?

Two heads are better than one.

Take one.

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