Johnny Handsome Page #2

So it was probably somebody

who thinks that murder's cheap.

Maybe like the guy

that just took over Mikey's bar.

Cowboy named Rafe.

You know this badass.

You know what he did.

All right, Johnny.

Maybe I'll see you around,

but I kind of doubt it.

I don't think Rafe will

mess up on you a second time.

Then nobody will be getting even

for Mikey.

Not me. Certainly not you.

Nobody.

Can you hear me, John?

Do you understand me?

You are in the lockdown ward

at St. Matthew's Charity...

...and you are back

in the city now, John.

I'm Dr. Steven Resher,

Department of Corrections...

...and liaison

to the medical community.

I am not your regular doctor.

I run a program that deals

with reconstructive surgery.

How would you like a new face?

Patient may need

mandibular procedure, period.

However, comma,

patient may benefit more...

- Dr. Resher?

... from maxillary intrusion, period.

- Yes.

- A.Z. Drones, New Orleans Police.

Yes, I see. What can I do for you?

How's your patient, doctor?

- Which patient might that be?

- John Sedley.

You know, the pretty boy.

That is not a very nice thing to say.

Well, he's not a very nice man, doctor.

Now, how is he?

Look, doc, let's not let you and me

get off on the wrong foot here.

I'm the case officer

assigned to this boy.

Any information pertaining to him

is my business.

Now let me ask you again.

How is he? Is he going to be all right?

I see.

His chances of a full recovery

are excellent.

If you like, you may get a full report on

his progress daily from the staff nurse.

She gets off duty at 7.

Now, if you'd excuse me,

I have work to do.

Goddamn. Thanks, doc.

There's a theory, John...

...that surgical rehabilitation can be

a deterrent to criminal recidivism.

Like any theory, it needs to be

validated with facts...

...statistical evidence.

You won't be the first, John.

But if you say yes,

you will not be the last.

Granted, it'll take me a while...

...but you could end up

looking almost normal.

Maybe even better than that.

The point is, I need your consent.

You know the prison rules

as well as I know the prison rules.

But let me assure you, I'm not talking

about experimenting on you.

These operations

are not experiments.

Do you know that they started doing

these procedures on children...

...with massive cranial disfigurements

some 15 years ago?

These operations work, John.

Now, I know that your childhood

operations ended in failure...

...but this is entirely different.

This will be fine surgeons...

...doing procedures that haven't been

available for the last several years.

Anyway, this is not

an abstraction for you.

You can come out of this

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