Hard Eight Page #3

I can make a call for you,

tell him you're a friend...

and we can work this thing out.

If you need help paying for

your mother's funeral...

we can work it out.

I want you to see...

that my reasons for doing this

are not selfish, only this...

I'd hope that you would

do the same for me.

I would.

Thank you.

It's always good

to meet a new friend.

I'll see you later.

Are you gonna gamble?

Yeah.

Can I come down with you?

If that's what you want.

Just to watch.

Cupid has found its way.

Good to see you.

If there's anything you want,

please don't call me.

Keno?

- How are you?

Keno?

- Things are going well?

- Keno?

Yeah.

Play two dollars, please.

Hello, Captain.

Hello again.

Do you remember my name?

Clementine.

That's right.

Just like the movie.

Exactly.

- Do you remember my name?

Sydney.

Then why do you call me "Captain"?

Because you seem like

the captain of a ship to me.

I see the way John follows you

and worships you...

like you're his captain.

John is a very old friend.

Good luck, sir.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

Well, you're

a good tipper, Captain.

Tell me something.

Are you required to flirt...

to behave as you do

toward those men over there...

as some part of your job?

They don't say to do it.

But if you don't?

Well, then I get questioned.

Like, "Why were you so rude

to them?"

And

I mean, I can't talk back.

I can't tell 'em

to f*** off and leave me alone.

As a rule.

I'd also lose the tip.

Sounds like

an occupational hazard.

You don't have to do that

with me.

Jimmy paid for your drink.

Thank you.

Thank you, Captain.

Hey, thanks.

- You want another?

Yeah.

Whatever Syd's having.

- Hi.

Hello.

Syd, you remember Jimmy.

He's a friend who lives up here.

Thanks for the drink.

My pleasure.

Have a seat.

Jimmy works at the Sand Dunes.

Oh, yeah. I remember.

What do you do?

I do some consulting over there.

Security on busy nights.

Parking lot?

No, I work inside the casino.

He saw you play in Vegas

a few years back. Tell him.

Yeah, yeah.

See, I used to live there.

I saw you playing craps

over at the original Dunes.

You bet the hard eight for a thousand

and pressed it for two.

- Did I hit it?

No, you didn't.

But it was a big balls bet,

and I remembered your face.

Stupid bet.

You were with that old dude

with the voice thing.

He talked like that.

What's his name?

Excuse me.

Say, partner, let me get

one of them cigarettes.

Damn.

You ain't got no menthol?

No, man, I don't do menthol.

Sh*t.

Let me get a light too.

So you gave up big balls bets

on the hard way...

to play keno, huh?

What's that,

a sign of aging?

It passes the time.

Syd and I saw a guy win 38 grand

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