Macao Page #6

Let the rest of it ride.

Two sixes and a two.

You owe me $20.

Thats what happens

when you press your luck.

Would you like these for a souvenir?

-Any other ideas to liven up the evening?

-Possibly.

Mala, 50 cents on three sixes.

What can l lose?

Arent you taking the advice

l gave you this afternoon?

About going back to Hong Kong?

What do l use for money?

-lf youd won that last throw of the dice...

-lf is the story of my life, Mr. Halloran.

You know, you could have kept $12,000.

-Half of that ought to interest you.

-lt does.

The money and your ticket to Hong Kong

will be here in my office tomorrow.

ln time to take the noon ferry.

Alone.

Rickshaw!

-Hi.

-Hey.

-How did you do?

-l dont know yet.

Did you catch my act?

l didnt exactly fracture the people, did l?

Oh, ld say

you were doing all right for yourself.

How about a lift? Hop in.

Now what would Mr. Halloran say?

Look, lll choose my own friends,

if you dont mind.

All right, l apologize.

Skip it.

Why dont you take

that chip off your shoulder?

Every time l do

somebody hits me over the head with it.

l said l was sorry.

l never got around to thanking you

for giving Sebastian that body block.

-You dont have to thank me.

-l know l dont.

lt was my money in the first place.

Thanks, anyway. What made you do it?

l dont know.

When he started throwing his weight

around, l guess l felt sorry for you.

lve been in jams like that myself.

You got anything special to do tonight?

Why dont we go for a ride around

the harbor in a sampan?

Why not?

So then you decided to become a singer?

No. No, l didnt start singing professionally

until after l quit being a fortune teller.

-Fortune teller? Youre kidding.

-No.

l worked in the night clubs in Miami.

First as a photographer

and then as a cigarette girl.

You know, long black mesh stockings

and a short velvet skirt.

Then they told me l could make

more money as a fortune teller, so...

What did you know about telling fortunes?

Nothing. Here, give me your hand.

l see that youve been very lonely

and that youre worried about money

and theres something in your past

that you regret very much

and youve been looking for something

for a long, long time.

-Guilty.

-Not just you, everybody.

Everybodys lonely and worried and sorry.

Everybodys looking for something.

-You, too?

-Sure.

Yeah.

Yeah, when lm in action,

l manage to push it out of my mind.

But every now and then, like right now l...

-What are you looking for?

-l dont know.

l dont know whether

its a person or a place,

-but l go right on looking.

-Well, there are lots of places.

l found one on an island

called Rangdavi in the Melanesians.

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