Palmetto Page #2
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- 1998
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I aImost forgot.
Yeah. WeII, I didn't.
UntiI tomorrow then?
-Hi.
-Hi.
I noticed your sign there.
It said you needed... HeIp was wanted.
What kind of, you know, heIp do you need?
The $6 an hour kind,
to pump gas, cut bait...
Wow, Iook at that boat. Rhea M.
Who owns that?
FeIIa by the name of MaIroux.
Got an ''x'' on the end of it.
-''X'' on the end of what?
-His name. It's French or some such.
Oh, yeah, French.
His Christian name is FeIix.
That's got an ''x'' on the end of it, too,
by the way.
I bet you were, maybe,
a speIIing bee champion in schooI.
He owns that boat and he owns
that big house out on CranIeigh Key.
He bought that pIace?
What's a feIIa with aII that money doing
in a one-horse town Iike PaImetto?
Sorry.
WeII, he's a Iung cancer case.
He's here for his heaIth.
He ain't got that much Ionger Ieft to Iive,
from what I hear.
-And the bIonde?
-That's Mrs. MaIroux.
Got another boat named Odette.
That's named after his daughter.
-Two ''t's''?
-Yeah.
But he don't keep her here.
The boat, I mean.
MaIroux.
Must be worth a fortune.
WeII, I wouIdn't trade pIaces with him
for aII the tea in Chinee.
He's a Iung cancer case.
WeII, mister,
you stiII interested in this job?
No thanks, oId-timer.
I think I might have a better offer.
Hi, baby. I'II see you in about an hour.
-Where are you going?
-I've got a deIivery to make.
-Let me do it for you.
-No, no, no. After yesterday, no way.
Let that go, first of aII.
It'II make me feeI Iike I'm contributing.
-Are you sure?
-I'm sure.
Here.
Can I heIp you?
-SpeciaI deIivery for Mrs. MaIrow.
-I'II take it.
WeII, no. She has to sign for this herseIf.
It's a teIephone order.
Okay, wait right here.
Hope I'm not disturbing you, Mrs. MaIrow.
It's MaIroux.
No, you're not disturbing me at aII.
I was just gathering some rosemary.
Hey, you!
It's aII right, DonneIIy, I'II handIe it.
Listen, do me a favor.
The next time you have a deIivery,
can you wait outside?
Yes, sir.
I Iike your initiative, Mr. Barber.
-Just checking my facts.
-And what are your facts?
That you're Rhea MaIroux.
You're married to FeIix MaIroux.
You have a daughter named Odette,
and that you Iive in the biggest house
in CranIeigh Key.
Anything eIse?
You have a job for me.
Your facts seem to check out, Mr. Barber.
So, Iet's taIk.
Not here.
-Do you know East Beach?
-I know it.
You know the bungaIows for rent
by the water?
-I've seen them.
-Rent one.
Then what?
Meet me tonight.
Give me one good reason why I shouId.
I can do better than that.
You have a phone caII, ma'am.
Let me pay you for that then. $100, was it?
Two.
Give the man his money
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