Last Cab to Darwin Page #4

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I will hold your hand.

- I will clean your mess.

- Oh, you hate mess, Pol!

You told me so a thousand times.

And it doesn't get any messier

than a black woman

holding the hand of a dying whitefella

who can't even wipe his own arse!

We had some fun.

On the sly.

The cab driver

and his gin across the road.

But that's it now. Finished!

Miserable old bastard!

I left some stuff for you inside.

Oh, Rex.

You stupid bastard.

You stupid, stupid, bastard.

Yeah, so... so, when are you thinking?

But that's tomorrow!

Then I'll have to fly back to Sydney.

Oh, look, hang on, would you?

- Dr Farmer.

- Hi, Doc. It's me. Rex.

Rex! I'll call you back.

I have been calling that number

you left me, Rex, but...

I'm about two hours out of Broken Hill.

About to cut across country,

through the Flinders Ranges,

hit the Oodnadatta Track,

then straight up the guts to you.

You're driving?

But, Rex, we haven't even...

- Where do I find you when I get to Darwin?

- Hang on a sec. Sonja!

- Do you have a pen?

- Yep. Hold on.

- It's 238... Bagot Road.

- Yeah. Bagot Road.

- Casuarina.

- Casuarina.

You're really driving, Rex?

Yeah. Should see you

in four or five days, I reckon.

Wait, Rex. Could you please call me?

Just let me know

where you are and... and, Rex?

- Keep your fluids up.

- Right.

Jesus.

Call that bloke from The Territorian.

I think we might finally have

a story for him.

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Welcome back. We're having a chat with

right-to-die campaigner Dr Nicole Farmer.

Dr Farmer, tell us about this machine

you've developed. It sounds scary.

No, Tom. No, it's not scary at all.

It's just a laptop computer

attached to a simple machine.

- How exactly does it work?

- Well, perhaps I could show you, Kylie.

Could you give me your arm? There we go.

So, the computer speaks to the machine,

which is attached

to the cannula in your arm.

Now, here we have

a lethal dose of pentobarbital.

But the plunger can only be activated

after the patient has answered yes

to three simple questions,

which will appear here

on the screen of the computer.

Okay, so, why the machine?

Why not just ask the questions yourself?

It's a safeguard for the patient.

It means that the final decision

is the patient's and the patient's alone.

- So, are you ready, Kylie?

- I think so. I'm a little scared.

Sure you want to do this?

We've only just... renewed your contract.

- So, first question.

- "Do you wish to proceed?"

Second question.

"Do you understand that

if you proceed, you will die?"

And the third question.

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