Pushover Page #2

Might mean

something.

She's waiting for

someone all right.

Doesn't know what

to do with herself.

Smoked a pack of cigarettes

in the past two hours.

Coffee if you want it. Thanks.

All the comforts of

home. She get any calls?

Nope. Everything's

in the log there.

Have fun.

See you.

At 7.00 a.m.

Yeah.

2:
46, called in for...

For nothing.

Have you got her? Uh-huh.

What do you think?

You're right.

He'll be around.

To me she's still a babe,

like 30 million others.

Want me to take

the phone?

No, I'll take it.

She's going

to make a call.

The time is 7:
10

and 40 seconds.

New car, mink coat, and

no clocks in the joint.

Probably the story

of her life.

You just don't

like women, Rick.

What keeps

you single?

Maybe I like

them too much.

We've seen all kinds

since we joined the force.

B-girls, hustlers, blackmailers,

shoplifters, drunks.

You know I think I'd still get married,

if I could find

a half-honest woman.

Must be

a few around.

Watch yourself. Those

few might just be smarter.

I don't know what makes a dame like

that tie up with a guy like Wheeler.

Money. What else?

She's scared. Scared of being

hungry and scared of being alone.

You can wrap up her whole

life in that one word.

Money?

Hmm.

It's nice, but it doesn't

make the world go round.

Doesn't it?

Do you know anybody that's happily married

that hasn't got

plenty of it?

My old man was. And he had to

stand the wolf off all his life.

Yeah, my folks

hated each other.

Fighting all the time.

It's about the only thing

I can remember about them.

One long, endless quarrel.

And always

about money.

Never about

anything but money.

When I was a kid, I promised

myself that when I grew up,

I'd have plenty

of dough.

Plenty of it.

I'm doing all right.

I owe the China-man $2.30

on last week's laundry bill.

How'd we get

on to this?

I think I made a nasty crack about women.

Paul, she's going out.

I'll take it.

Change your mind about going out of town?

Yeah.

I took my car to have it serviced today.

Happened to mention the

trouble I had with it,

so the mechanic looked

at the distributor.

He said it hasn't

been touched in months.

My car didn't start the other night

because you did something to it.

Why?

Can't think of

a fast answer?

Yeah, I can think

of an answer.

I saw you walk

into the theater.

I liked the way

you walked.

As simple as that?

Sure, why not?

You're a liar.

You're also a cop.

You need a drink.

What do the police

want from me?

I wouldn't know.

Harry wanted me

to keep an eye on you.

Harry?

Wheeler.

He's a friend

of mine.

Harry Wheeler

has no friends.

He did me

a favor once.

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