They Won't Believe Me Page #5

Remote restaurants.

A game I never had a chance of winning.

Just a moment, sir. Just a moment.

I'll be right back.

Janice!

I've been meaning to look you up.

What for?

To talk with you...

Well, to say hello.

You could've said hello

when I called you.

I've been so darn busy, Janice.

You know talking on the phone

is no good.

You know you're acting just

as I imagined you would.

As though nothing had happened.

A few weeks ago, I might

not have understood.

You didn't come that night,

I tried to make excuses.

You could've taken a nail off. Called

away on business. Or had an accident.

Anything.

When the magazine transferred

me to the West Coast,

I still hoped you'd explain it.

Last month I saw Greta.

She said she never even

considered breaking up.

It was a pretty shoddy lie of yours,

wasn't it?

I don't suppose you feel quite

as cheap about it is I do.

Who was that?

The girl I used to know in New York.

She's pretty.

An old flame of yours?

Hardly.

For the next week or so,

I got home later each night.

Or maybe I should say each morning.

Until one particular morning.

A rectangle of light

from the library door caught my eye.

That must be an interesting book.

I wanted to check with you

before you went to bed.

Sorry. I got mixed up

with some customers.

Sit down, Larry.

Why so serious?

I just couldn't get them to go home.

Larry, do you remember Janice?

Why, sure.

- I saw her a couple of weeks ago.

- So did I.

Do you realize how much she hates you?

Well, I have a faint idea.

You must've had a cozy talk with her.

How come?

I was silly enough to think

that you'd taken up with her again.

Janice?

Of course that was before

I found out about Verna.

What are you talking about?

In away, I could understand

about Janice.

She's a nice girl. Attractive. Smart.

But, Larry. A little tramp.

Who's been giving you all this dope?

Trenton?

What difference does that make?

Not any, I guess.

What do you intend to do?

I bought a ranch near Owens Lake.

Up in the mountains.

Away from everything.

I'm going to live there for a while.

With or without me?

It's up to you.

You sort of run in a pattern, don't you?

One quick move after another.

Tell me something.

When you found what Janice...

Did you already have this

house and train reservations?

No, Larry. I didn't.

Oh, I will say one thing.

When you do move, you move fast.

Not fast enough to break the pattern.

I must've lost my self-respect

the day I married you.

I can make all the moves

but the one that has any reason.

I can't walk out, Larry.

You'll have to do the walking.

You can come to the ranch with me.

Or you can start off

on your own with your girlfriend.

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