After Dark, My Sweet

I WONDER WHERE:

I'LL BE TOMORROW.

I WONDER WHY:

I DIDN'T STAY

WHERE I WAS A WEEK AGO

AND A THOUSAND MILES

FROM HERE.

I WONDER WHETHER

I SHOULDN'T GO BACK.

THEY REALLY WEREN' DOING ME MUCH GOOD THERE.

IT WAS TOO OVERCROWDED,

TOO UNDERSTAFFED,

TOO HARD UP FOR MONEY.

BUT THEY WERE:

NICE TO ME,

AND IF I HADN'T GOTTEN

SO DAMN RESTLESS,

IF THEY HADN'T MADE I SO EASY TO ESCAPE...

I'VE BEEN WALKING AWAY

FROM THINGS:

FOR A LONG TIME,

EVER SINCE I COULDN' WALK AWAY FROM HIM.

HE WAS FOULING ME

AND GETTING ME:

IN THE CLINCHES.

I COULDN' GET HIM TO STOP,

AND I COULDN' WALK AWAY.

ALWAYS COMES BACK

THE SAME.

ABOVE THE ROAR:

OF THE CROWD.

THAT ONE:

WILDLY SHRIEKING VOICE.

HE'S PUNCHING

HIS BRAINS OUT.

IT'S MURDER.

IT'S MURDER.

PERSONALIZED.

THAT'S NICE.

SOMETHING LIKE THA EXPENSIVE?

I SUPPOSE WITH THE VOLUME

IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT BAD.

THAT'S WHA IT'S ALL ABOUT--

VOLUME.

YOU SURE KNOW HOW

TO SERVE A BEER RIGHT.

ICE COLD.

NICE CLEAN GLASS.

YOU RUN A PRETTY TIGHT SHIP

HERE ALL AROUND.

I CAN UNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE PROBABLY

A LITTLE TIRED.

HIYA, FAY.

RATHER WARM DAY.

REALLY DEVELOPS:

A PERSON'S THIRST,

DOESN'T IT?

HERE YOU GO, FAY.

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH

WITH THIS FRIEND OF MINE,

JACK BILLINGSLEY.

BIG REAL ESTATE FAMILY.

AND, UM...

ANYWAYS,

OUR CAR BROKE DOWN,

SO I GO TO GE A TOW TRUCK.

I CAN FIX:

LOTS OF THINGS,

BUT, UH, CARS...

DARNED IF OLD:

CRAZY JACK WASN'T GONE

WHEN I GOT BACK.

I IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED

WAS HE--

JACK GOT THE CAR

STARTED HIMSELF.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

NOW YOU'RE IN HERE

LOOKING FOR HIM:

WHILE HE'S OUT THERE

LOOKING FOR YOU.

YEAH.

DARN OLD CRAZY JACK

OUGHT TO KNOW:

I'D COME INTO A PLACE

LIKE THIS LOOKING FOR HIM.

PROBABLY:

HAD AN ACCIDENT.

IN FACT, I THINK

I READ ABOUT IT.

WHAT?

UH-HUH.

HE AND A GIRL:

NAMED JILL.

YOU READ ABOUT IT,

DIDN'T YOU, BERT?

YEAH.

THEY FELL DOWN A HILL,

AND THEIR BUCKE GOT BROKE.

THEN THEY GO THEIR HEADS BUSTED.

WELL, I GUESS

I JUST DON'T REALLY

GET THE POINT.

REACH TO THE TOP

OF YOUR HEAD?

MAYBE YOU'LL FEEL IT.

OK, MAC.

DISAPPEAR.

I HAVEN' DONE ANYTHING.

I'VE BEEN ACTING

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT NO RIGHT--

BEAT IT.

I SAID I WAS WAITING

FOR A FRIEND.

ALL RIGHT?

I'VE BEEN POLITE.

YOU KNOW?

LOOK,

I'M AN EX-SERVICEMAN.

I'VE BEEN TO COLLEGE.

I'VE BEEN TO JUNIOR COLLEGE

FOR 1 1/2 YEARS.

HEY, HEY, HEY.

TAKE IT EASY.

KEEP YOUR HAIR ON.

ALL RIGHT.

HEY.

GET IN.

LOOK, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

BERT'S NOT GOING

TO MAKE TROUBLE.

YEAH?

HE'S NOT GOING

TO GET THE CHANCE.

I'M MOVING ON NOW.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

BERT'S THE LAST PERSON

TO CALL THE COPS.

ANYWAY,

WE'RE NOT GOING

BACK THERE.

I'M TAKING YOU HOME

WITH ME.

HOME WITH YOU?

IT'S NOT FAR FROM HERE.

COME ON.

THERE'S A GOOD BOY.

I WONDERED WHY SHE'S

ACTING SO FRIENDLY

ALL OF A SUDDEN.

SHE WAS NICE TO YOU

ONE MINUTE,

NEEDLING YOU THE NEXT.

SEEMED TO DEPEND

ON HOW SHE FELT,

AND HOW SHE FEL DEPENDED ON HOW MUCH WINE

SHE HAD IN HER.

TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK,

TICK, TICK, TICK.

BY THE WAY,

I'M MRS. FAY ANDERSON.

VERY HAPPY TO MEET YOU,

MRS. FAY ANDERSON.

I'M HAPPY

TO MEET YOU.

IT'S A UNIQUE

PRIVILEGE:

TO MEET A MAN:

WITHOUT A NAME.

EXCUSE ME.

I'M, UH, KEVIN COLLINS.

NO.

NOTTHE:

KEVIN COLLINS.

YEAH,

I GUESS MAYBE I AM.

DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT IT.

IT'S YOUR STORY,

SO STICK WITH IT.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

YOU WAN A PIGGYBACK RIDE?

ACTUALLY,

I WAS WONDERING:

ABOUT MR. ANDERSON.

HE'S DEAD, KEVIN.

GONE TO HELL.

COLLINS.

COLLINS.

COLLIE.

MIND IF I CALL YOU

COLLIE?

ALL RIGHT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE:

CALL ME COLLIE.

THAT'S BECAUSE

YOU LOOK LIKE ONE.

STUPID AND SHAGGY

WITH A BIG, LONG NOSE

TO POKE IN OTHER

PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.

I WASN'T, UH...

FORGET IT.

CHEERS.

YOU'RE VERY FAS WITH YOUR MITTS,

COLLIE.

FAST AND EFFICIENT.

YOU EVER FIGH PROFESSIONALLY?

I HAD A FEW FIGHTS.

WELL, WHAT HAPPENED,

STOP A FEW TOO MANY

WITH YOUR HEAD?

I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING,

MRS. ANDERSON.

I'D LIKE TO CORREC AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION

YOU SEEM TO HAVE ABOUT ME.

I'M NOT AT ALL STUPID.

I MAY SOUND LIKE I AM,

BUT I'M NOT.

WELL, YOU SWEAR

TO THAT, COLLIE.

HAVE IT SIGNED:

AND NOTARIZED,

AND I'LL TAKE I UNDER CONSIDERATION.

I'M NOT STUPID,

AND I DON'T LIKE

FOR PEOPLE:

TO TREAT ME LIKE I AM.

MOST OF MY LIFE:

I'VE BEEN IN PLACES

WHERE--

I'VE WORKED IN PLACES

WHERE IT'S DIFFICUL TO CONVERSE WITH SOMEONE

ON EQUAL FOOTING.

IT'S HARD TO CARRY ON

AN INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION,

SO AFTER A WHILE,

YOU LOSE THE KNACK.

SHUT UP.

BUT I'M--

SHUT UP.

SOMEONE'S COMING.

THINK YOU COULD FIX

A FEW THINGS UP:

AROUND HERE, COLLIE?

WHO WAS THAT?

NOSY, NOSY.

YOU CAN USE:

MY HUSBAND'S WORK CLOTHES.

YOU'RE AROUND HIS SIZE.

I DIDN'T SAY

THAT I'D STAY.

YOU SEEM TO FORGE I'M WAITING

FOR A FRIEND--

JACK BILLINGSLEY.

YOU MIGHT EVEN GET THESE

OLD TREES WORKING AGAIN.

WHAT ARE THEY?

DATE PALMS, COLLIE.

MY HUSBAND IMPORTED THEM

DIRECT FROM THE ARABS.

GET-RICH-QUICK-SCHEME

NUMBER 302.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM?

THEY'VE ALL DRIED UP,

WITHERING AWAY:

FROM LACK OF ATTENTION.

IT'S NOT MUCH,

BUT IT'S PRIVATE.

DON'T GET THE WRONG

IDEA ABOUT ME, COLLIE.

WE JUST MET.

I DON'T HAVE

ANY IDEAS YET.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

I FORGOT.

IN ANY CASE, YOU CAN

START WORK TOMORROW.

YOU GET CLEANED UP,

AND I'LL BUY YOU DINNER.

I'M IN THE MOOD

FOR A DRINK.

OH, AND COLLIE, DARLING.

DO YOUR FAY A FAVOR

AND DON'T SHAVE.

I LIKE:

THE SHAGGY DOG LOOK.

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