"#Though I know this Hurt I've felt before #" "#I'll be back to take Another chance #" "#Though I know this Pain I had before #" "#I'll be back to take Another chance #" "#If loves comes knocking The second time around #" "#I know I'll greet it With open arms #" "#If loves comes knocking The second time around #" "#I know we'll make it We'll make it this time #" "#Loving you I have Been hurt now #" "#Loving you I've been Treated like dirt now #" "#Loving you the Pain that I felt #" "#Loving you oh Deep inside my soul #" "#With the tears I n my eyes #" "#Just wanted you Oh how I wanted you #" "#When I decided Going all alone #" "#Just needed you Oh how I needed you #" "#If love comes knocking A second time around #" "#I know I'll greet it With open arms #" "#If love comes knocking A second time around #" "#I know we'll make it We'll make it this time #" "#Loving you #" "Oh, Mr. McKay?" "Letter came for you in the mail yesterday afternoon." "#Loving you the pain Deep inside of me #" "#Oh I want you So desperately #" "#If loves comes Knocking at my door #" "#I'll just love it Ten times more and more #" "#If loves comes knocking A second time around #" "#I'll just love it Ten times more and more #" "#If loves comes knocking The second time around #" "#If loves come my way I'll love it every day #" "#Baby I love you #" "#I love you Love you baby #" "#Baby I need you #" "#I need you need you Need you baby #" "#Baby I want you # I want you little darling #" "#Baby I love you I want you so bad #" "#Baby I need you #" "#It's about to Drive me mad #" "#Baby I want you #" "#I want you Want you baby #" "#Baby I love you I love you I love You baby #" "#Baby I need you #" "So, where... where are you from?" "I'm from here." "You live over there on Berry Street?" "No." "I'm visiting." "Well, how long you staying for?" "I don't know." "What... what's that you say there?" "I said I don't know." "W... what is it you don't you know about?" "About how long I'm staying for." "' Bout what?" "Well, have a good visit." "If you need a cab or something, just ask the dispatcher for, uh, Samuel." "That's me." "Thank you." "Uh-huh." "Take care, Don." "How did you know my name was Don?" "You told the dispatcher your name was Don, Don." "May I help you?" "Yes, I'm here to see Sonny Ross." "Sonny's sleeping right now." "Perhaps you can come back after a little while." "Oh, well, I... my name's Don McKay." "She sent me a letter." "Don McKay." "Come on in." "Is that real?" "It's an antique." "It's beautiful, isn't it?" "I Like the symmetry." "The way it hangs on the wall." "Besides, you never know when you might need an ax." "She's upstairs, first room at the top." "But knock before you go in, dear." "She might be sleeping." "Thank you." "Don?" " You got my letter." " I did." "I didn't know how to reach you, so I sent it to the high school." "I hoped that they could find you." "They didn't have to try very hard." "I've pretty much worked there for the last 25 years." "God, is that how long it's been?" "Yeah." "Would you sit down?" "I'm so sorry, for everything." "I'm sorry, too." "What do you have to be sorry about?" "I don't know." "Oh, God." "Forgot my wallet." "It's $21." "Don't worry I got it." "You've only been here an hour and already I'm taking your money." "It's quite alright." "It's the least I can do." "Thank you." "Sonny, here I am." "Help?" "No, no, I'm okay." " Oh!" "Sonny!" " God, my legs are so weak." "Are you here to help, or are you just here o have a good time?" "Up we go." "Oh, no, no, I'm fine." "I mean it, Marie." "A little bath will do you a world of good." "Sit down." "There you go." "Put this in your hair." "All right." "Would you give us a moment here?" "Oh, uh, ye..." "Of course." "I'm sorry." "She'll be out in a minute, Don." "What are you doing?" "Um..." "Yeah, I just saw this, uh, you know, yearbook, and Sonny and I went to school together." "I admit I don't fully understand the extent of your relationship with Sonny, but I would appreciate it If you didn't go pilfering through her things." "Right." "I'm..." "I'm sorry, I..." "Come down to the kitchen, Don." "Make you a cup of tea while Sonny is taking her bath." "Sonny seemed quite pleased at being able to track you down." "How exactly is it you two know each other?" "Well, we're old friends." "Um, we were boyfriend and girlfriend in high school." "Haven't seen each other in a long time." "Why not?" "Well, it, uh, didn't end very well." "Young love never does, Don." "You attended high school at Winston Framer?" "I did." "Uh, I..." "I grew up here." "Hello?" "Yes." "Well, she has a guest here." "Well then, we'll expect you soon." "Okay." "Okay, then." "Bye." "Don," "Sonny doesn't have much time left." "I've learned to love her like a daughter since I moved in here." "I don't want you to hurt her in any way." "Oh, no." "No, I would never hurt her." "Just had to be said." "I'm sure you understand." "Sonny needs right now is a friend, hm?" "Not some demon from her past." "Sonny?" "Come in." "Is everything all right?" "Oh, I'm fine." "I'm fine." "I want to ask you something, but I'm really scared of how you're gonna react." "I want to spend the rest of my very short life with you." "And I know it sounds crazy, and I completely understand if you don't want to do it or if you can't do it." "But I need you." "I've spent the last 25 years of my life knowing that I needed you." "I've known it every single day." "That's been a little bit of a problem." "Career sort of hit a wall." "Sonny I Dr. Pryce is here for your checkup!" "Hi, Dr. Pryce." "Oh, how are you feeling, Sonny?" "Oh, I'm..." "I'm good, considering." "Dr. Pryce, may I get you something to drink?" "A glass of water would be great." " Hi." " Hello." "Oh." "Your pulse seems good." "Take a deep breath." "Again." "Again." "One more time." "Deep." "Oh, good." "Your, uh, lungs seem fine." "Have you had any more sudden pain?" "Headaches?" "Her legs collapsed today." "Well, yeah." "Other than that, I've been feeling fine." "Well, Sonny, I think you should be using a cane now." "I know you're stubborn about these things..." "No, I..." "I don't think I need a cane." "I mean, at least not yet." "I think it's the right thing." "Doctor, is it going to be more than a month?" "Until you can't walk at all?" "No." "No, no, no, that's not what I'm asking." "You... you seem to be, um, feeling better than you could be, but these illnesses, uh, can, uh, progress quickly, uh, towards the end." "Marie will keep me posted, and we'll do everything we can to make this as easy as it can be." "Hello." "I'm, uh, Dr. Lance Pryce." "Uh, Don McKay." "You're an old friend of Sonny's." "I am, but how did you know?" "Sonny told me she was having a guest." "Well, I said that I was hoping that I would have a guest." "Well, I'm glad you're here." "How long you in town?" "Well, I..." "I'm not sure." "Uh, you know, just here for Sonny... sir." "Well, I hope this doesn't make you feel uncomfortable." "I was gonna put you in the guest room, but, um, Marie's in there." "So, is this okay?" "Yeah." "Oh, good." "She's been wonderful, Marie." "She's really wonderful." "I mean, she seems to really care a lot about you." "Is she a nurse?" "Yeah." "Who else would she be?" "She's a blessing." "Mm." "You know, when... when this was your parents' room, the bed was against that wall, wasn't it?" "God, it's been such a long time." "Do they still live here?" "Oh, no." "They died." "They're dead." "Gosh." "There was a carbon monoxide leak in the house when they were asleep." " In this house?" " Yeah." " Were you here?" " No." "God, no." "No, I'd been gone for years." "So they left me the house in their will." "I was gonna sell it, but then I thought, well, be nice gesture to them, and reminds me of them." "That's sweet." "Did you ever end up getting married?" "Hm-mm." "No." "I could never find love after you." " Really?" " Yeah." "Isn't that what you wanna hear?" "Well, if it's the truth." "Well, it can be if you want it to be." "Do you want it to be?" " Yeah." " Well, then it is." "I think you're handsome." "Sonny?" "Sonny?" "God!" "Oh, jeez, I didn't mean to startle you." "Is, uh, Sonny here?" "Um, no." "Uh, Dr. Pryce, do you know anything about bee stings?" "Uh, allergic reactions?" "Of course I do." "How'd you sleep last night?" "Fine." "Well, it was cold, that's why I ask." "I know the heat is broken down here, and I was just curious if you were able to handle it." "I hate cold nights." "I can never sleep when the heat doesn't work." "Well, I..." "I appreciate your concern, but, honestly, I slept upstairs, you know, with Sonny." "You little cock sucker." "Pardon me?" "You piece of shit." "I'm gonna kill you, you fuckin' weasel!" "Stop it!" "Dr. Pryce?" "Fuckin' weasel." "I'm gonna kill you!" "Die!" "Die!" "Die!" "Die!" "No!" "Die!" "Dr. Pryce?" "Dr. Pryce?" "Stop, Dr, Pryce!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop." "Oh, shit!" "Alright, I've got it." "I've got it." "I've got it." "Home sweet home." "Don, what's wrong?" "Don?" "Oh, my God I" "Where am I?" "You're in the hospital." "You had an allergic reaction to a bee sting." "How's Dr. Pryce?" "Um, well, I just spoke to him." "He's very concerned about you, and he said to give you his best." "You spoke to him?" "I was so worried I was gonna lose you today." "Uh, what happened to him?" "Don?" "Will you marry me?" "I'm sorry, uh..." "Did... did you talk to Dr. Pryce on the phone?" "Did you hear what I just said?" "I wanna be married to you at the end of my life." "You're serious." "I thought you were gonna die today." "And all I could keep thinking when I saw you lying on the floor, bleeding..." "I had a nosebleed." "This is a wonderful man." "This is a man of pure good." "And a man that I wanna spend the rest of my life with." "As short as that may be." "Don McKay." "You feeling all right?" "You mind if I ask you a couple of questions?" "Um, no, I don't mind." "First time you've been back in a while, huh?" "Yes." " How long is it been?" " Since I was 18." "What's your business here right now?" "I'm sorry, but Don needs to get his rest." "You'll have to leave." "What did you say your name was?" "God!" "Copy that." "So, um, how long you in town for?" "I don't know." "It's, uh..." "I gotta get out of the hospital." "Okay, well you have a nice visit." "And keep your nose clean, Don McKay." "What was that all about?" "Are you okay?" "I feel pretty good, yeah." " I want you to sit down on the sofa." " Okay." " I'm gonna get you a glass of water." " Thank you." "Thank you." "Here you go." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "Um, so, the, uh, these pictures, they... it's... it's like it's two." "They're very peculiar." "Oh, my God, I just forgot." "The nurse gave this to me when you are unconscious." "It's called an epinephrine pen." "And if you ever get stung by a bee again, you stab it into your thigh." " Really, it could save your life." " Thank you." "Is that some sort of art?" "What are you asking?" "I mean, are you accusing me of something?" "No." "No, I was just curious, because it's..." "Don, I was married." "Are you happy?" "I... what are you talking about?" "I am talking about the fact that I was married!" "Married?" "When?" "It was a long time ago." "He's such a bastard." "After he left, I cut him out of all the pictures." "I should have told you." "I'm sorry." "I was just so embarrassed." "I'm sorry." "Does he know you're dying?" " He's dead." " He's dead, too?" "Hm." "I'm sorry." "You don't have to be sorry." "That guy got what he deserved." "Oh, that is a terrible thing to say." "But it's true." "He was such a bad man." "You're such a good man." "I'm so lucky I found you." "I think this might be a little rude." "She'll live." "I won't." "I want you to take me upstairs." " Really?" " Yeah." "Right now." "Ow!" "Oh, my God!" "Ow." "Ow." " Oh, God, my back." " Are you okay?" "I think the disease is spreading." "To your back?" "What can I do?" " I want you to lie down next to me." " Okay." "Will you hold me?" "Okay." "Um, my bladder's full, and I have to go upstairs." "I wanna lie on the floor with you like we used to." "Okay." "But I really need to pee." "I'll..." "I'll be right back." "All right, go." "You'll be okay?" "Take your epinephrine pen." "Just in case." "I got it." "Thanks." " Hurry up!" " I will." "Don?" "Yes?" "I love you." "I love you, too." "Dammit." " Hello?" " Hello, Otis?" " Yeah, this is Otis." " It's Don McKay." "I told you, I'm not buying whatever you're selling!" "I told you to take me off your Goddamn list I" "No, no, it's Don McKay, Otis." "Wha..." "I..." "Don McKay?" "Oh, my God." "Don, you told me you were gonna call me back in five minutes." "It's been 25 years." "You told me you were gonna get a sandwich." "Yeah, well, service was kind of slow." "I'll say I" " How've you been, Donny?" " Oh, pretty good." "How have you been?" "Do you still have the tire shop?" "Oh, no, no, no." "I, uh, I sold it about two years ago." "I'm retired now." "How about you?" "Where you livin'?" "Oh, I'm living in Boston." "But, um, today, and for the next few days, I'm actually here." "No shit!" "You're here?" "I was wondering, If you're not too busy, I could come by for a visit." "Uh, sure, man, of course." "How long you gonna be?" "Oh, say, 25 years?" "All right, man." "Hello, Marie." "Oh." "You care to help with the gardening?" " No, I, uh..." " Of course not." "Besides, I think you've already spilled enough seed in the house already." "I don't suppose I could borrow your car." "You're right about that." "That's what I thought." "But I can take you someplace if it's not too far." "I could use a break." "Really?" "Really." "Marie, do you enjoy gardening?" "Gardening was my mother's favorite hobby." "At least that's what my father says." "I never actually mattered, myself." "It's very therapeutic." "I know many love to garden, men even." "Dr. Lance Pryce, in fact, loves to garden." "Marie, did you happen to know Sonny's ex-husband?" "Ex-husband?" "Sonny was never married." "At least she never told me." "Thank you." "How are you gonna get back?" "Um, I'll find way." "Don't worry." "Hey I" "I'll be damned." "I never thought I'd see it." "The day Donny Mac came home." "Oh, man." "Hey, sorry Don, but, uh, these days you never know who's out to get you." "Good to see you, man." "Come on in." " Good to see you, Otis." " Come on in." "Man!" "It's exactly like I remember." "Look at this." " Where'd you get that jukebox?" " Well, you know me, I have my ways." "But the motherfucker only plays one song, so it's not entirely a win-win situation." "But, it's a good song, at least." "Sorry about that!" "There are times I could just look at this thing and it goes off." "I think it must be haunted or something." " Oh, listen, you want a drink?" " Sure." "There you go." "Thank you." "Bring back memories?" "Yeah." "Yeah, yeah, it does." "Do you remember Sonny?" "Your girl Sonny?" "Of course." "Last time I saw you, you were pretty heartbroken over that girl." "Are you all right now?" "Yes and no." "It..." "Otis, um, yesterday I accidentally killed a man and threw his body in the woods behind Sonny's house." "What the fuck were you doing behind Sonny's house?" "Why you tellin' this to me?" "Is this what you came here to tell me?" "Because if it is, you can get out of my house." "But something's not right!" "You're damn right, it's not right!" "I'm sorry, but it's the truth." "I don't give a rat's dick how sorry you are." "The point is you should have never brought that shit into my house." "You don't know me that well anymore." "It was self-defense." "It was a crime of passion." "Were you fuckin' him before killed him?" "A crime of passion for him!" "You've gotta believe that." "I don't have to believe shit!" "Who else have you told this to?" "Nobody." "There's nobody else I can trust." "Why you trust me?" "I mean, you don't know the first thing about me!" "Not anymore!" "You gave up knowing me decades ago." "I know you're a good man, Otis." "Oh, you don't know anything!" "I'm sorry I brought this into your house." "It's good seeing you." "If it was self-defense, you did nothin' wrong." "Why don't you just tell the cops?" "You know why." "Donny, you walk into my house after decades, and you tell me that you've murdered someone, and you need my help, presumably with the dead body I" "What do you need from me?" "Help me with the dead body." "Thank you." "Don't thank me, yet." "Hello there, Don." " Midnight." " Midnight." "Midnight." "My boy used to play in that tree house." "The one that burned down." "Real pity what happened down there." "Poor families." "Can you imagine, McKay?" "It is you, isn't it?" "You're Don McKay." "Don McKay, right in my cab." "Who would have thunk it?" "Jesus Christ." "Come on!" "Answer the phone!" "Pick up the phone." "Argh." "Come on!" "How long have you been standing there?" "Who were you on the phone with?" "Oh." "That was Dr. Pryce." "He's very concerned about you." "Is he?" "What's going on here, Sonny?" "What do you mean?" "Where is doctor Pryce?" "He's at the hospital." "He just asked about you." "Do you want some tea?" "No, thank you." "What's wrong?" "You're so serious." "Why won't you kiss me?" "Did I do something wrong?" "I don't know." "Bullshit!" "Did you?" "Fuck you for coming in here when I'm sick, and I'm dying!" "I'm sorry." "I..." "I didn't mean to upset you." "You have to stay calm." "You calm down!" "I'm the one who's fucking dying here." "Sonny, I don't think this is right." "Get out I Get out." "Get out of my housel" "Don, I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I didn't mean it!" "Please, come back!" "Please!" "I'm really sorry that I've been acting so crazy." "It's just that..." "Dr. Pryce is very jealous about you being here because he's had feelings for me for a really long time." " Oh." "Have you ever been with him?" " No, he's my doctor." "No, he..." "God." "He's been with me from the beginning of my sickness." "But he told me that he loves me." "But I told him that I love you." "And then, oh, he just got crazy, and I got so overwhelmed, and..." "Will you please stay?" "When is the last time you saw Dr. Pryce?" "Do you remember?" "Why do you care so much about Dr. Pryce?" "You don't have to worry." "Please stay." " All right, I'll stay." " Thank you." "I wanted to anyway." "I'm almost ready." "I'm so sorry for the way I acted before." "That was so embarrassing." "It's alright." "Why are you looking at me?" "You're so beautiful." "At least I'll look good in the open casket." "So, Marie, we'll be back in a few hours." "Try not to be too late." "Dr. Pryce is coming by in the morning for a house call." "Did she hear me?" "Um, I'll make sure she knows." "You do that, Don." "Oh, and Don." "Found a shirt of yours today." "I tried to wash it, but some of the stains seemed pretty permanent." "Had to throw it out." "But I tried, hm?" "I mean, it's the thought that counts, right?" "Yes, the thought." "Goodnight." "Night night!" "Wow, this... this is a nice place." "I'm really glad that we came here." "Yeah, me, too." "Thank you so much." "I never stopped thinking about you." "Never." "Me, neither." "God." "You read all of my letters?" "Yeah, every single one of them." "More times than you know." "How come you never wrote back?" "Well, your letters were so explicit." "I felt like I really didn't miss out on anything in your life." "It was kind of like I was watching you from a far, without being there to hurt you anymore." "That's why I didn't write you back, because I didn't wanna mess everything up," "And then, God, what if you didn't write to me?" "I'd lose the only part of you that I had left." "I must have gotten a letter from you every single year for the last 20." "Twenty-five." "Wow, 25." "To be quite honest, I never expected to get anything in return." "I wanna get married next week." "Who was that girl?" "You know the one that looked like an 80-year old man?" "What was her name?" "Um, Sally Boyd." "Yes." "I did not like her." "I always thought you liked her." "Well, you thought wrong." "I hated her." "Hate." "That's a strong word." "Make a right." "We're gonna take a shortcut." "That way." "But you... you indicated a left, but we'll go right." "God, your laugh is so different now." "What do you mean?" "It's just, you used to laugh like a, like a, um, a happy bird." "It was just the death of me." "I like your new laugh, too." "My new laugh." "Oh." "My new laugh is gonna have to be the death of you." "I don't feel so good." "Are you okay?" "Oh, what are you looking at?" "A very beautiful woman." "Come to bed." "I have to take a shower." "You just took a shower before dinner." "Yeah, well, I feel dirty." "I'll get cleaned up." "If you come to bed, I'll make sure that you need a shower." "Uh-huh." "Why don't you get some rest?" "You need your sleep." "Okay?" "Okay." "Otis?" "I really appreciate this, man." "If it weren't for old times sake, you would have nothin' to appreciate." "Okay, like, what you're gonna see is truly horrible." "I don't want you to think that I'm a monster or anything." "I'm not asking you any questions." "I don't wanna know why you have somebody buried in Sonny's yard." "I just wanna grab that body, put him in my truck, and burn him." "After that, I never wanna see your ass again." "You understand me?" "Yes." "I do." "What the fuck are you doing?" "You don't have a flashlight?" "No." "There's gotta be a flashlight in the house." "It's too risky to go rooting around for one in the house." "Then what do you wanna do?" "Well, have your eyes adjusted at all?" "What do you think?" "I left him somewhere in this vicinity." "Okay?" "Are you serious?" "I can't wait to get the body, okay?" "Because if I do, he's gonna start to stink." "And if I get caught doing something suspicious in this town, they're gonna put me away forever." "Now, just help me." "We'll just have to feel for him." "You first." "All right." "Get anything?" "No." " You see him?" " No." "Do you see him?" "I feel something!" "No, it's just a piece of wood." " Try a little further back." " No, you try further back!" "What is going on back here?" "Don, I thought you were taking a shower." "I was." " Who the hell is he?" " Do you remember Otis?" " I'm calling the Police." " No, no, no, no." "Don't call the Police." "What are you doing?" "I..." "I left something out here." "What?" "Something." "Don, you scared the hell out of me back there!" "I thought you were robbers." "If you thought we were robbers, why did you come outside?" "Will you please start explaining?" "Sonny, it... it's complicated." "I honestly, I don't know how to explain it to you." "I'm sorry." "Well, figure it out!" "You're too drunk." "What the fuck are you doing back there!" "Oh, God." "No, no, no." "Don't look at that." "Give me the picture." "Oh, God, no." "No." "I'm sorry." " What are you doing?" " I can explain, I swear." "You're lying to me." "I know it seems that way, but I swear I'm not." " Look at that!" " I can explain." "I swear, I can explain." "Forget it." "Don!" "Don't go." "Please." "I need you." "No!" "No!" "No!" "Come back!" "Come back." "Mr. McKay!" "It's good to have you back." "Ah!" "Well, this just came for you." "Perfect timing." "#Sunny #" "#Yesterday my life Was filled with rain #" "#Sunny #" "#You smiled at me and Really eased the pain #" "#Now the dark Days are gone #" "#And the bright Days are here #" "#My sunny one Shines so sincere #" "#Sunny one so true #" "#I love you #" "#Sunny #" "#Tank you for the Sunshine bouquet #" "#Sunny #" "#Thank you for the love You brought my way #" "Where's Samuel?" "Samuel?" "Uh, he's on another job, I guess." "Why?" "You a friend of his?" "I don't know." "#Sunny #" "#Thank you for the Truth you let me see #" "#Sunny #" "#Thank you for the Facts from A to C #" "#My Life was torn Like a windblown sand #" "#And the rock was formed When you held my hand #" "She's inside." "Marie?" "Is everything okay?" "You got my letter." "I did." "Can I have it?" "Don, I lied to you because I didn't wanna to put you in the middle of everything." "I wanted what we had to be ours." "I just..." "I..." "I didn't know what to say." "Are you still married?" "God, no." "No." "I got divorced last year." "You know, I..." "I shouldn't have lied to you." "But I didn't want you to feel like you were gonna be a replacement for me, because you're not." "God, you're anything but." "And, you know, Lance, Lance, he asked that I not tell you." "And he's violent." "And I needed to protect you." "Was he, I mean, is he even really your doctor?" "Yes, God, of course he is." "That's why the whole thing is so difficult," "Because on one hand, he's a such an important part of my life, and then he's also my..." "Husband." "My ex-husband." "I don't know." "I feel like I don't know anything." "I don't even know..." "Where is Lance?" "Do you know?" "I don't know." "I think he may have run off or something." "Maybe he was really jealous." "Please, stay with me." "Tell me you'll stay with me." "Don't you still love me?" "God, some of those are as long as books." "How long did it take you to write them?" "Some of them just poured out of me in minutes, others took months." "Can I ask you a question?" "You promise not to get angry?" "Sure." "I wanna know what you were doing in the yard that night." "The night you left." "I was looking for something that, um," "I buried a long time ago." "It's a box of photographs, of you and me." "Did you find it, Don?" "No." "I wonder if it's still there." "Me, too." "I buried it too well." "Maybe you didn't bury it well enough." " Hello?" " Hello, Don." "This is Don." "Don, this is Lance Pryce." "Shit." "What do you want?" "Sonny's settling you up." "She's gonna make you burn for this." "What do you mean?" "Call a cab, take it to the bus station, and leave town." "You ever come back, you can consider yourself a dead man." "Just Like me." "I need a cab." "What are you doing?" "Um, I have to leave." "I'm sorry." "What?" "Where are you gonna go?" "I'll call you tonight." "Don, who was on the phone?" "You all right, Don?" "No." "No, I'm not." "What... what's that?" "I..." "I got a bad ear." "Well, you're headed back to the city?" "I hate that city." "Never been there, but I hate it." "Well, you have a good time out here with us?" "Is this your first time back since, uh, the accident?" "I..." "I know it, you know, really wasn't your fault or anything." "Mistakes happen, you know?" "They happen to everyone." "Yeah, maybe." "Don, you can't live your whole Life in the past." "What the hell?" "I gotta stop at this thing, now." "Yeah." "Okay, fella, okay." "What the hell?" "Wait here." "I'll..." "I'll get back." "Hey, fella." "What's the problem?" "Hey, come on." "This is the real deal." "Come on." "You have any bags?" "Anything?" " I have a toiletry bag." " Get in." "All right." "Toiletry bag, huh?" "What's that for?" "Oh, you know, toiletries, sundries." "What's going on?" "Get in there." "All right." "Now, we can do this the easy way, or we can do this my way." "Hi, Don." "Marie." "What's going on?" "What happened to the driver?" "He's in the trunk." " Please, tell me he's aright." " Oh, he's fine." "Don't be scared, Don." "We're gonna get this taken care of in no time at all." "Get what taken care of?" " She's fine, Don." " Who?" "Sonny." "She's fine." "She's not dying." "She's not sick at all, except maybe in the head." "Make no mistake though, Don." "Your problem right now isn't her." "It's me." "And it's Mel." "We're blackmailing you." "We both know you murdered an innocent man." "What are you talking about?" "He wasn't innocent." "He attacked me." "I don't have to sit in here and discuss this with the two of you." "You've been had, Don." "I know it sounds preposterous, but it's true." " What do you want, Marie?" " Your money." "I don't have any money!" "Yes, you do." "I want your inheritance." "What inheritance?" "What is going on here?" "Just settle down and listen." "I need you to listen." "Don, she needs you to listen." "I'm listening." "Don, I want your grandfather's money." "When he died, he left you an extremely large amount of money in his will." "Are you speaking in code right now?" "Does this look Like the legacy of wealth?" "To you, Marie?" "My grandfather was a shoe maker." "He left you everything." "And everything is a lot." "The catch is, you weren't to be told about it until you were married." "He didn't want anyone taking advantage of you." "Where are you getting this crap?" "Sonny did her research on you." "Research." "Mm-hm." "Did it ever occur to you, Marie, that Sonny..." "Don't even try." "I'm helping you, Don." "This money we're blackmailing you for," "Sonny and Lance were gonna kill you for." "She's acting all deathly ill so you would come here and marry her." "And then Lance was gonna kill you." "And we were gonna split the winnings." "You, and Lance, and Sonny were gonna kill me." "But don't worry." "I realized I wasn't capable of that." "That's reassuring." "Thank you for that." "You're welcome." "And then I found Lance's body in the garden." "And I knew he must have gotten jealous and gone crazy and jumped the gun." "And that's when you must have killed him." "Mm." "And then I found your bloody shirt in the trash." "It wasn't too difficult to put two and two together." "But thank goodness you did kill him!" "Don't you see?" "You've given us a way out of this." "Now we can make everything okay!" "Okay." "Okay, yeah." "It's never gonna be okay, Marie!" "Shut up!" "If you can make Sonny think you're still in the dark, you can still marry her." "Then you collect the inheritance, write me a check, and we can pretend none of this ever happened." "What, the two of you come up with that?" "You and Mel?" "Mm-hm." "Why do we need Sonny?" "Why don't I just marry you?" "Aren't you the hopeless romantic?" "I'm married." "Thanks for the offer." "Let me make this perfectly clear." "Lance Pryce is hanging on a meat hook in a freezer right now." "If you don't Like our offer, he goes right from the freezer to the Police station, and your fingerprints are all over him." "I beg you, Don." "Don't test me." "Mm." "Why is she still pretending to talk to Lance on the telephone?" "Because she probably doesn't want you to get suspicious." "She has no idea Lance is dead." "For her, the plan is still intact." "I was gonna go to Boston in a few days and look for you." "Sonny couldn't just let sleeping dogs lie." "She had to write you that second letter." "You know, Don, she is a very selfish girl." "And how you put up with her." "All right, enough." "You, put this on." "What is this?" "It's a wire." "Strap it on." "What exactly is it you expect me to do?" "Whatever it takes, but I want you married by tomorrow." "Marie, that's crazy." "It is absolutely not crazy." "She's wants to tie the knot as much as you do." "Don't forget that." "If you let on to her anything, the body goes to the Police." "If you remove the wire, the body goes to the Police." "If you fuck us up in any way, the body goes to the Police." "I got it." "I hope you do, Don." "Because I wouldn't want anything to happen to you." "Don!" "What the hell is going on?" "Well, what, uh, what arewhat are you doing?" "I, uh, just took a roast out of the freezer to defrost, and, um, I'm going to curl my hair." "Why did you run out Like that before?" "And who was on the phone?" "Um..." "Sonny?" "I want you to marry me." "Tomorrow." " What?" " Today." "So that we'll be married tomorrow." "I love you." "Please?" "Oh." " Oh, I see." " What do you see?" "What did she say to you?" "She?" "Uh, who, she?" "You ran out of here like a chicken with your head cut off." "Then you come running back two hours later with an emergency marriage proposal?" "Don't you think I'd be a little suspicious?" "No." "I..." "I clearly love you, and I wanna commit." "Long term." "What did she say to you?" "Well, she, she didn't say anything." "What do you say, you wanna get married?" "Let's just take a chance on Life." "What's?" "You're wearing a wire?" "What do you say?" "You wanna..." "She made you wear a fucking wire?" "Thank you." "You've ruined my life." "You've ruined my life!" "Hello." "Marie, what a pleasant surprise." "And who is this?" "This is Mel." "He's my private dick." "And why would you need a private detective?" "I'm not sure if I can trust you." "Well, isn't that nice." "Well, come on in." "Open up!" "Don!" "Open up!" "Don I Help me!" " Let's settle this now." " Settle what?" "Enough of these games!" "We'll split the inheritance three ways." "You, me and Mel, and Don." "No." "Don, what did she tell you?" "Well, basically that you wanted to marry me and then kill me for my inheritance, which doesn't exist!" "She's lying!" "I am not lying I They were gonna kill you for that money." "You have no money." "Nobody is trying to kill you." "Don't listen to her!" "You apparently already had your turn!" "Now it is mine!" "Don, listen to me." "Lance lost his job at the fire house." "Dr. Pryce is a fireman?" "We needed the extra money, so we rented out our guest room out to Marie here," "Everything was fine, until one day she walked in on me reading your letters!" "She started acting strange and a Little obsessed." "You're crazy!" "They rented me a room, Don, that much is true." "She threatened to blackmail me!" "She was gonna show Lance the letters you had written to me." "You know how crazy he is." "He's jealous, and he would've killed me, and she knew it." "How can you make up so much up so quickly?" "I didn't have any money to give her, so I had to make up a story about inheritance." "I know it sounds crazy." "It does sound crazy." "I didn't know what to do." "She made me write that first letter." "You lying, conniving maniac!" "He doesn't have any fuckin' inheritance!" "So why the hell did you tell us he did?" "Come on, Mel, let's just get out of here." "We'll find the money for the place in Miami somehow else." "Please." "These people are fuckin' crazy." "We don't..." "Oh I Holy shit I" "What the hell did you do?" " I need you to kill my husband." " What?" "Whatever she's paying you, I'll pay you double." "Your husband's already dead, you crazy fuck!" " What?" " He's dead!" "How is he dead?" "Uh..." "Don, you killed Lance?" "Yeah, I did." "You did?" "Yes!" "He killed him!" "He's in the fucking freezer on the porch!" "The freezer." "I..." "I didn't, uh..." "I didn't know he was in the freezer." "Ninety-nine Berry street." "A maniac just tried to kill me." "He said he was a private detective." "he murdered my friend I Please, hurry I" "You did it." "You killed him." "I love you." "I was hoping that you would kill him, once you knew what a terrible man he was." "And you loved me that much." "I didn't know you would do it this soon." "That's why I wrote you the letter in the first place." "I needed you to kill my husband." "Why?" "Because I'm gonna collect $200, 000, which is our $200, 000." "What the fuck is going on here?" "Oh, my God." "This is about Lance." "He's the one that had the inheritance." "He was the one with the inheritance." "But he didn't even know that he had it." "See, his mom was gonna give it to him as a present for his 60th birthday." "Why would you do something like this?" "Okay, I want the money." "All of it." "Or I'm going to the cops." "Kill him." "Kill him now and we'll blame it all on him." "Then we'll split the money and we'll forget anything ever happened." "No!" "I'm not gonna kill Mel." "You, kill him now." "We'll blame it all on him." "Don't do it." "Take it easy." "Come on." "You can do it." "Mel." "Don't even think about it." "Time out I You're not telling the truth." "How could you convince Lance that you were gonna marry me if you were still married to Lance?" "I wasn't married to him, 'cause my divorce went through the day before I sent you that letter." "I did lie to him." "I told him I would remarry him after it was all over." "But it doesn't matter!" "Married or not, I am on the top of his will!" "Do it!" "Kill him!" "No." "All right, Mel, we'll just figure..." "Enough already." "Take a stand!" "Do it!" "No!" "Now come on, Don, no." "Listen, I'm not going to do anything." "It's only money, man." "He only wants the money." "Kill him." "Put the fucking ax down, okay?" "Or fucking hit her with it." "No!" "Give it to me, I'll fucking kill her." "I'm not gonna kill anybody with an ax." " Goddammit." " Mel?" "You shouldn't kill anyone with an ax either." "Mel!" "Mel!" "Stop!" "Okay!" "Oh, my God." "You beat Mel to death." "I did it for us." "There's no us." "I don't even know who you are." "But I know you're not Sonny Ross." "What do you mean?" "She's dead." "She's been dead for 25 years because I killed her, in an accident." "I n a fire, with two other of my best friends." "And I lived." "God." "You sure keep a lot under that uniform." "And that's why I wrote those stupid letters." "Those letters." "I found them the day that I moved into the house." "They were in the closet." "When they kept coming year after year," "I knew that you thought she still lived here." "I guess I thought I knew." "And you want to pretend to be her." "And I let you." "How did I know that I was gonna fall in love with you?" "I don't even know your name." "It's Joanne." "You're never gonna get away with this." "Yeah, maybe." "But I can't, I can't worry about that." "What's going on?" "Go!" "Go, go, go, go, go, go!" "Get the hands up!" "Freeze!" "It's Like a fuckin' slaughterhouse in here!" "Okay, ma'am, I need you to come with me, ma'am." "Its' all right, ma'am." "Let's go." "Witness secure, back of case." "Two dead bodies, beaten to death with a goddamned frozen roast." "I didn't do it." "Oh." "I suppose it was her." "Joanne Bailey did all this?" "Do you want my story?" "No." "Save that for your statement." "Hey, who's in charge of canine?" "Okay, let's go, sir." "Let me out of here!" "You hear that?" "Stay with him." "Let me out of here!" "Let me out of here!" "Let me out I Come on I" "What the hell took you guys so long?" "Are you all right?" "I got a bunk ear." "Don!" "Take it easy, sir." "What the hell's going on here?" "Samuel, just go with these police officers, tell them everything you know." "Why are you handcuffed?" "What in the good lord's name going on here?" "It's a long story." "What?" "What's that?" "It's a long story!" "But you'll be fine." "Let's take him in." "Come with us, sir." "Hey, hey, hey!" "It's all right!" "Come this way." "All right." "We just wanna talk to you." "And?" "I like that." "And on account of the damn cabby's recollection and the recording we got from that wire you were wearing, we're not able to charge you with anything right now." "Bullshit policy." "For the record though," "I want you to know that I think your cabby's a rotten apple." "And I think you're one, too." "And I'm gonna find a way to pick you from your tree." "I can guarantee you that, McKay." "We found all your letters at Joanne's house." "You got yourself into this mess knowing she wasn't Sonny Ross?" "You are one delusional, crazy bastard." "I'm not crazy." "No?" "You're not?" "No." "I was just lonely." "Well, I guess this is the end of the line." "Or the beginning, I suppose." "Yeah." "You gonna be all right?" "I don't know." "If you ever need anything..." "I'll call the dispatcher." "This is my home phone." "If you ever need a place to stay, or anything." "I don't know how soon I'll be coming back this way, though, Samuel." "Yeah." "Don't blame you." "Well, it's been a pleasure, Don McKay." "That is, up until the end there." "Yeah." "Thanks." 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