Man In The Vault Page #5

I going to be in television.

You are?

You Bet Your Life.

What's the name of the show?

I'll look for it.

You Bet Your Life.

Grover lock and key.

Tommy, this is Betty Turner.

Well, hi.

Hi.

I was just wondering...

are you busy tonight?

I've got a date, naturally,

but I can break it.

Could you?

Well, I'll see if I can arrange it.

Good, then I'll pick you up about 8:00.

- Good-bye.

- Bye.

Why did you decide to come up here?

I don't know,

it's kind of peaceful and quiet.

Gives you a chance to think.

The Hollywood Bowl.

Twenty thousand seats carved

in a majestic hillside.

Concerts under the stars.

I read that once in a travel folder.

You come up here very often?

Not very often.

I made a key for a violin player once

and he gave me a ticket.

I sat way over there.

Could hardly hear a thing.

Do you like classical music?

I guess so.

Don't know too much about it.

My father says that all you have to know

to be a music lover is...

when to cough and where to applaud.

He used to bring me up here

when I was a little girl.

I remember...

I used to close my eyes when the music

was playing and pretend.

I was always pretending. Always

thinking I was something I wasn't.

Kids are like that.

Yes, but some kids never grow up.

They want to, but they never do.

Did you ever want something?

You know, just want it,

because you knew you shouldn't have it.

Who hasn't?

- Well, yes, but...

- Look, I didn't bring you up here...

to talk about Betty Turner.

Then why did you come?

Is something wrong?

No, I just had a hard day, that's all.

Do you know how much I make a week?

$75.

Minus tax and social security...

take-home pay, $67.63.

- So?

- Well, that's not very much, that's all.

I guess a lot of people get along

on a lot less.

Would you?

I get anything I want.

- You know.

- Yeah.

I know.

There's nothing wrong

with wanting to get ahead.

And besides, you won't be making

$75 a week the rest of your life.

Someday, I may own my own key shop.

And then I'll make $90, maybe $100.

That's really something, isn't it?

We are alike.

Aren't we?

You know, wanting things we shouldn't.

You mean I'll be nothing more than

a lousy locksmith all my life.

That's what you mean, isn't it?

- I never said that.

- But that's what you meant.

I think you better take me home.

Wait, wait a minute.

Wait a minute. I'm sorry.

I mean, I haven't got the right

to talk to you like that.

It's just that I...

think I'm falling in love with you.

I guess you're right about

my wanting things I can't have.

Am I, Tommy?

I love you.

It's getting late.

It's late.

Who cares?

You have to go to work.

- Tomorrow?

- Yeah, tomorrow.

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