Tension Page #5

Hello?

Hello?

Uh...

- Probably some drunk I took a poke at.

- What's the matter?

- Nothing. Forget it. Whose trick?

- Yours.

Sothern.

You know anybody named Sothern?

Hey, Narco, if that man Sothern

phones again, let me talk to him.

Yes, Mr. Deager.

Hey. Popcorn. Two of them.

How about some peanuts, Paul?

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Huh?

Well, how about some peanuts?

Oh, yeah, sure, sure.

Uh. Uh, two peanuts.

Malibu 5818, please.

Hello?

Hello?

Hey, mister.

- Hmm?

You like?

Yeah, it looks like my Aunt Agatha.

It does, huh?

Well, it happens to be only me.

Do you see it?

- Hmm?

- What?

- That faraway island.

I see it.

It's beautiful, but you're not on it.

I've been looking for it all my life.

You don't know how to look.

Let me show you.

See it?

Yeah.

Yeah.

You see, it's easy. There we are.

- We happy?

- Only on weekends.

The rest of the week you traipse around

from island to island selling cosmetics.

- Ha-ha, out there too? Ha-ha.

- Yeah.

I gotta cut that out.

Be sure that you do.

- How long is it that we've been out there?

- Oh, let's see.

- Ten years, 20.

- And you still love me?

I still love you.

We could make it real.

Yeah. Real.

If this were an island.

You...

...and me...

It's the right girl with the wrong guy.

Sorry. Wrong guy.

It can be real, Paul.

It can be real.

But nothing could be real in Warren's life...

...as long as Barney Deager lived.

He was through with waiting.

He would put Paul Sothern

to work now.

Right now.

Only one thing:

He would have to be sure that

Warren Quimby would never be suspected.

He would have to prove

there was no bad blood...

...between himself and Barney Deager.

Warren, you better get out of here.

You've gotta talk to me.

Listen to what I have to say.

We'll be ready to eat in a few minutes.

Okay, Warren, say it. Say it

and get it over with once and for all.

- Don't break up our life this way.

- What life?

We could have had a nice home.

I had a good job. I made a good living. I...

Look, Warren,

we've been through this all before.

- Think it over.

- We had our chance.

It didn't work out. That's the way it is.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

Come back. You'll see. I'll...

I'll never bring up what's happened.

You can have anything you want.

- I've got everything I want.

Okay, Warren? Anything else?

I guess that's it.

- There's no way to force you.

- That's right.

You know what you want.

You always did.

You know, I don't have to tell you...

...but if you ever change you mind

the door's open.

I know. I know.

A man doesn't give up his wife

without a try, Deager.

Sure.

- Can't blame me.

- Sure. Sure.

Funny guy.

He's not a bad little guy at all.

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