The Panic in Needle Park Page #3

BOBBY:
No. Not me.

Tell her.

Go ahead, tell her.

Well, you see, uh, when I go into an apartment,

I, uh, I jam the lock,

...stick some toothpicks in the

keyhole and break them off.

That way,

when people come back,

I can hear them trying to get in,

make it out the fire escape.

- I copped a television yesterday.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- What'd you get, 10 bucks?

Twenty-five.

Six hundred bucks

last night alone.

Aw, terrific.

BOBBY:
What's he going for there?

Little treat.

( money crinkling )

Why don't you get a decent meal?

Aw, Hank.

Ten dollars.

BOBBY:
I'm gonna keep this.

What a brother I got.

Bobby?

Bobby?

- Miss Montez.

- Room 41.

Thank you.

Hey.

- Sonny said you were here.

- Yeah, I told him to tell you.

- I was worried. I didn't know where you were.

- Oh, man. What a night.

What's that?

- What's what? What we got here?

- Yeah.

- Coffee, man.

- Yeah.

- We saw them sitting outside a delicatessen.

WHISPERS:
There's a cop.

Sh*t.

Quick. Under here.

Damn.

Poor cop, just sitting there all day,

watching the germs go by.

- Carrying coffee.

- Carrying coffee.

You want to go up?

Two rings for up.

( chuckles )

( groans )

I don't know. I'm just nervous. What?

(KNOCKING)

There he is.

There he is.

BOBBY:
Come on!

Did you get the stuff?

- You're beautiful.

- Did you get the stuff?

BOBBY:
Come on. Move your ass. Yeah.

Easy, man, easy.

Instant. Hey!

This is Helen.

Listen, there's a Pic 'n' Pay grocery store on 74th Street.

Get the number, all right?

Hey, man, I had to go

up to 112th Street to score.

- Some kid said he'd cop for me, but I didn't want to get beat.

- Nobody does, baby.

- Nobody ever does.

- Hardly.

Bobby, get me some water,

would you?

WOMAN:
How much is it going for up there?

BOBBY:
Seven bucks for a nickel bag, and it's sh*t.

- It certainly is.

- Enjoy.

- Oh. Thanks.

Did you get the number?

555-3092.

You shouldn't have worried.

I had to go uptown to score.

It's all right.

Is he okay?

BOBBY:
He's just a little sick. Hey, Mickey, you all right?

WOMAN:
He's all right. Mickey boosted a vet's office and shot himself full of worming medicine.

Hey, Mickey,

how's the worms?

( mickey groaning )

( imitates groaning )

Here.

Hold that for me.

Doing all right.

I took this guy for 48 cartons

of cigarettes once.

I told him I'd leave him alone

if he bought our stuff.

Hey, Penny,

look what Daddy's got.

BOBBY:
Yeah. Two cartons of instant.

No, man.

I didn't boost any cat food from you.

What would I want

with some kitty litter?

All right, you want it or not, man?

All right.

Okay, I'll be by then.

How do I know when?

I'll get there when I get there.

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