Brokedown Palace Page #3

Nor is there a plane reservation

in his name.

No Nick Parks.

But that's impossible. Check again.

We're quite thorough,

and of course we'll keep at it.

At this point, I must advise you

to consult with an attorney.

I'm sorry.

If you repent, plead guilty

and ask for mercy...

...the judge will be lenient.

No more than 40 years.

I'm not guilty!

If you plead not guilty

and don't prove...

...you get life sentence.

It's just until the trial.

You wash.

Dar, come on.

I wasn 't even that scared at first.

I'd had worse haircuts.

I believed if we could hold on

until the trial, it'd be over...

...like a nightmare.

I didn 't know it was all rigged here.

Like those birds you buy to set free.

They're really trained

to fly back to their cages.

Because that's all freedom is:

An illusion.

Waiter, there's a bug in my snot.

The fruit looks okay, though.

You like? Go take.

Thanks a lot.

Kneel down.

- Like you're praying.

- She...

Do the down-facing dog.

Make it super-size.

She said we could get some fruit.

- You have to earn the food.

- How do you earn it?

Put in your time. Take one of those.

I was so high, I didn't notice

my visa had run out.

I couldn't pay the fine to leave.

A bloke I met said he'd pay the fine

and give me some pocket money.

I just had to take some packets

and stuff them inside me.

You're telling that

smack-in-the-box tale again?

Yankee girl.

- What's with her?

- She thinks you're fun to piss off.

You're the new show

at the brokedown palace.

- When's checkout time?

- Check out anytime, man.

You find freedom here

and in here...

...and in here.

- What's with her?

- She thought she'd get pardoned.

Everybody thinks they'll get a pardon

from the crown. Makes me sick.

Addicted to fantasy. That road

leads straight into the ground.

It happened at least once.

The old mama-san...

...she was here one day

and gone the next.

- The guards were in a proper lather too.

- What happened?

Nobody knows.

We think a certain guard opened

the gate, and she just walks away.

Which guard was it?

Velie. We think Velie.

So someone bribed Velie? With what?

I heard it was $ 100 for the gate

and a car waiting.

Please. If they catch you escaping...

...they add 15 years to your sentence.

Mama-san could have been shot

in the street.

All this talk is a waste of time.

You should get in touch

with Yankee Hank.

- Who?

- Yankee Hank.

- He's a barrister. That's a stretch.

- Yankee Hank's a damn good lawyer.

If he's so good,

how come you never called him?

An impoverished soul like myself?

He like American folding money.

You're not lying.

Of course, if I had the dosh,

I'd try Velie first.

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