The Girl Can't Help It Page #6

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Made it, huh?

[Chuckles]

"At the Tree Anon,

Tom Miller pubbed it with a new find.

Her name's a secret,

but the rest of her isn't."

I saw her yesterday.

She's somethin'.

She's a girl, Barry.

Just a girl.

If she's a girl,

then I don't know what my sister is.

[Horn Honking]

- You ready up there?

- I'm ready!

Oh, hi.

How are you, sonny?

"Sonny."

That's what makes

juvenile delinquents.

- Leave the papers here, Barry.

- Thank you. Listen, Mr. Miller.

Take me on for a client.

That would impress her. I can sing.

- Honest, Mr. Miller.

- Sorry, Barry.

I got my hands full.

There's gotta be an answer to that.

He has a place out here too?

The place used to be

the gambling casino.

He likes it there

because of the memories.

The old ancestral home, huh?

Oh, no.

Mr. Murdock wasn't born there.

But most of his best friends

were killed there.

You know, the police

used to raid it and everything.

Oh, don't worry.

Mr. Murdock put new carpets in all over.

Well! [Squeals]

How's this for a picnic?

- Picnic?

- It's a surprise. I'll get the lunch.

Won't Fats be surprised?

He's expecting us.

I picked you up an hour early.

We have lots of time.

You get the basket, I'll undress.

Undress?

Uh, Jerri, now, wait a minute.

There are blankets in here too.

- Blankets?

- To sit on.

[Giggles]

Come on. Bring the lunch.

If I have the strength.

So, my mother would say...

"Be nice to Mr. Murdock, Georgiana"...

and my father would say,

"Be nice to Mr. Murdock, Georgiana."

So I'm nice to Mr. Murdock.

Georgiana.

I like that.

Now I'm a Jerri.

You think a boy's name fits me?

- Hardly.

- I sure don't think it does.

You like how I fry fried chicken?

Delicious.

I thought you were gonna say

I should bottle it.

Yesterday, you wanted me

to bottle everything.

- Okay, bottle it.

- [Laughs]

When did you first meet Fat-

Mr. Murdock?

I was just a kid. You know, young,

but developed early.

Where did you meet him?

In Atlanta on visiting day.

- At the penitentiary?

- Mm-hmm.

I went there with my father.

You see, Mr. Murdock and my father

were former business associates.

I hope you don't mind.

It's just lemonade.

But I didn't use

any of that frozen stuff.

I squeezed fresh lemons

early this morning.

Early?

Before you had your base on?

You should've seen me.

I was a mess.

I don't believe it.

Then when did you and Murdock

get together again?

Well, he finally got out of jail.

Now I could come and visit

my father for a change.

By that time, I'd grown up.

One night, Mr. Murdock

looked at me funny, and it happened.

- I see.

- Oh, nothing like that.

What happened was that

Mr. Murdock looked at me funny...

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