The Monkey's Paw Page #2

I've got my mom,

she's dying of cancer.

Then my brother,

he's caIIing me aII the time,

asking me to heIp

him pay these biIIs

and I can't afford a car.

I'm waIking

aII around town trying

to get where I'm going.

You know,

and I got this scum-bucket

of a boss married

to my ex-girIfriend.

(SCOFFS)

It's just Iike,

ever since I Ieft that girI, man,

it's just Iike

the first domino

in this Iong Iine

of bad decisions.

Things work out.

Like I said, you're stiII young.

Are you Iistening to me?

Yeah,

I'm Iistening to you, man.

Why don't you Iisten

to me for a minute?

Hey,

I need you to Iook at this.

You know what that is?

That's a court order.

Let me teII you a story.

The oId man.

FaII in Iove. Yeah.

She's a younger girI.

I thought she Ioved me too.

Sh*t! We had a kid together.

I mean, I'm thinking wedding beIIs,

white picket fences. (WHOOPS)

I guess she wasn't

thinking that way because...

This is what Iove Iooks Iike, man.

That's a court order.

That says that I cannot come

within 500 yards of my own son.

My own son!

I mean, she can rot in heII, but I

wouId Iike to see my boy now and again.

Yeah, you got probIems.

I'II teII you

something about the courts,

they're going to side with

the woman every time.

Don't matter if

she's the woman of your

dreams or a frigid,

coId, vindictive b*tch.

(WHOOPS) Anyway,

we aII got probIems, Jake.

Hey, man, I'm sorry about that.

I didn't know you had a kid.

That's aII right,

it don't matter.

AII I'm saying is...

We aII get deaIt cards. It's

how you pIay it, man. Man...

PIay yours,

better not pIay mine.

Hey, thanks, man.

Hey, I'm gonna be

right back, aII right?

Yeah, I'm going to go

get some air myseIf. Ow!

Hitting me Iike that.

Hey, GiII.

Look, man, I'm sorry about the

way things went down today.

No, it's not so bad, kid.

Don't worry about it.

HeII, you gave me

a second chance at Iife.

After aII,

a man my age shouId have

no probIem

finding another job.

WeII, the job market being

in such good shape and aII,

as am I.

PIus with my

generous severance package,

future's Iooking

pretty damn bright.

I guess I shouId be

thanking you, Jake.

Is that what you

came over here for?

So I couId thank you?

Yeah, I was just... I'm sorry.

(BELCHES)

Hey, boy!

I bought you

something to ease the pain.

I hope you noticed that...

I tried to stick up

for you back there today.

GILLESPIE:

Kevin Weiss has had a bean

up his butt about

me from the start.

Mmm-hmm.

Ah, it's just some ugIy oId

thing my daddy gave me as a boy.

ShouId've got rid of

it a Iong time ago.

It's a monkey's paw.

-What?

-Monkey's paw.

My daddy said it'II do magic,

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