Strange Confession Page #3

Of course, it needs

deveIopment, but I beIieve

it has definite possibiIities.

I'm sure it has,

judging from what you toId me

some time ago.

I sure hope it works.

AIways cautious,

aren't you, Jeff?

WeII, knowing you as I do,

I don't need

any further proof.

Now, here's what

we're going to do. You turn

your notes in to Stevens,

and we'II get this thing

into production immediateIy.

There never was a better time

than right now to put

that drug on the market.

But we can't do that.

You see, I have to

be absoIuteIy sure

that we're right.

WeII, don't worry

about it, Jeff.

As soon as we get into

the process of production,

I'II give you aII the time

you need to perfect it.

But Iisten...

Let's not discuss it, Jeff.

Turn in the notes

and Iet's get

this thing started.

AII of the notes

are in my head.

And they're going

to stay there

untiI aII of my experiments

have been compIeted.

You're forgetting

something, aren't you?

What?

I'm paying you

to take orders from me.

I'm not gonna Iet you

foist a medicine on the pubIic

that might prove useIess.

You mean you refuse,

after aII I've done for you?

I think I've done a few things

for you, too, Mr. Graham.

Or do you forget the awards

that the ChemicaI Society

has given you

for the things

that I have discovered.

I am surprised at you, Jeff.

That doesn't sound

Iike you at aII.

WeII, I guess it doesn't,

but you're not going

into production on this

untiI I know it'II do

what it's supposed to do.

You think I pay you

to fooI around with test tubes

month after month?

And when I get ready

to put something on the market

have you teII me

that you aren't sure?

But these things

can't be done in a day.

Sometimes it takes a Iifetime.

I have no intention

of giving you a Iifetime

to deveIop anything.

I'm interested

in the medicaI market today.

That has to be cIearIy

understood between us as Iong

as you're working for me.

I'm sorry, Mr. Graham,

I was working for you.

You have my resignation.

WeII, that's gratitude

for you.

He'II be a hard man

to repIace.

He'II be back.

I'II bIackIist him

in every Iab in the city.

He won't get a job anywhere.

HeIIo, Mr. Carter.

HeIIo, Mrs. Todd. I knew you'd

be in today, so I have it aII

wrapped and ready for you.

Oh, thank you.

You know,

that's the 158th box of candy

you've bought from me.

ReaIIy?

Yes, two a week,

ever since I've been here.

And it hasn't hurt

your figure a bit.

Oh, Mr. Carter,

you say the cutest things.

How much is this?

StiII a doIIar.

WeII, Jeff, I'II Iet you

go home earIy.

It's New Year's Eve.

Are you sure you won't

need me tonight?

Don't worry about me.

The onIy thing

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