My Blueberry Nights Page #3

No, just eight

Do you have a pen?

Yeah

I don't recognize you

You new around here or something?

I just started a few nights ago

Oh

Have you got a name?

Lizzie

Lizzie

Well, it's been a pleasure getting

to know you Lizzie

What do you mean?

You won't be seeing much more of me

from now on

Why's that?

Well I don't have much reason

to come back here anymore

Tonight was my last night of drinking

Oh

Yeah

So, you just give that to Travis

Tell him I'll cut him a check

Ok

That's for you

Thank you

Bye

Oh, hi

Do you have a twin sister?

No

I wish I did

Yeah? Well, I'm glad I don't have a twin

One of me's plenty

Well, let's see I'm just gonna

have the chicken fried steak

and a side of string beans

Ok

Coming right up

Hey! Knock that crap off over there!

This is a restaurant, not a damn dancehall!

How come you're working so hard, Lizzie?

I'm trying to save up for a car

Where are you going?

Well, I don't have any specific destination

in mind, but

I'm just gonna go until

I run out of places to go

I wish I could do that

Here's your change

You put that towards a Buick

Thank you

Hi

Wait what are you doing here?

What?

What are you doing here?

Oh, I'm celebrating

What are you celebrating?

My last night of drinking!

He's not giving you a hard time, is he?

I think he just wants to talk

That's funny,

'cause he almost never wants to talk

He's not hitting on you, is he?

No. I don't think it's like that

It's too bad

Be nice to see him take an interest in a woman

I thought he was married

Yeah, that's precisely the problem.

He still thinks he is

Holy sh*t

Travis, how's it hanging?

Always a pleasure, Sue Lynne

You always say that to me

and I never know whether you mean it

I'm just dropping in to use the ladies' room

Do I have to buy a beer first?

Your money's no good here, Sue Lynne

Have you got a moment?

I got nothing to say to you

Arnie?

Arnie?

Yeah?

I know its none of my business

but have you ever thought about cutting back.

Have I thought about it?

What are these?

A group I go to sometimes, Lizzie,

has this system.

After a meeting,

they invite the new people to come down and

pick up a white chip.

You take it as a symbol of your intention

to stay sober.

And if you

slip up and drink again

you got to come back and pick up another chip.

This one is for ninety days.

I got that far.

Once.

See all those white chips, Lizzie?

I am the king of the white chip.

Dear Jeremy.

I thought about what Arnie said

about the sobriety chips,

how to focus your attention on something else

in order to cure your addiction.

If I was an addict, I'd choose blueberry pie

as my chip.

Writing to your boyfriend?

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