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Hi, Professor Wilder?

Okay. David, then.

Feels weird.

Um, so I'm done here.

Is-- Is it okay If I still stop by?

Okay, well, I'm just about To get on the "t", so...

I'll see you in a bit.

Bye.

Hey.

Hey.

I didn't mean to scare you or anything.

Well, you did, so...

So, where you headin'? Home.

Where's home? None of your business.

Ooh, snotty. I like-- Hey.

I'm not gonna mug you or anything,

if that's what you're worried about.

Good to know.

And I'm not about to force myself on you.

I can get my own dates. Thank you very much.

Don't look so relieved.

As far as potential gapists go--

I don't mean to be rude, but--

Hey, hey, I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, who is this guy?

Why is he violating my envelope of space?

Well...

Truth is, I was wondering

If you had any money that I could borrow.

No.

No? you're not even Gonna think about it?

I've thought about it and I said no.

See, this-- This...

Is the problem with the world.

I mean, you put yourself out there.

Y-- You make yourself vulnerable.

They shoot you down without a second thought.

Listen. Sorry. I don't have any money, okay?

Seriously, you're scaring me,

and I ju-- I just want to get home.

Okay. fair enough. I'm sorry for the hassle.

Want me to walk you home? No.

That's understandable, but you know,

you should be careful, sweetheart.

I mean, it's late.

Next guy you come across,

he might not be as nice as me.

Be good.

Actually, you know what?

Uh, I've given it some thought,

And I'd rather if you did lend me that money.

How's that work for you?

What? You think I'm just gonna let you walk off

once the handgun's made an appearance?

Give me a break.

Let's go over here.

Come on. Just give me what you got.

I assure you this will end reasonably well.

Look, I don't have anything to give you.

First of all, hon, you just walked out of an ATM.

Secondly, rich little college girl like you...

Where do you go? Harvard?

Wellesley? Worthington.

Ha, ha. see? That's very nice.

Doesn't make me any less broke at the moment.

Are you gettin' scared?

Don't be scared.

That's easy for you to say. You're holding the gun.

Okay, be scared,

But just so you know,

I really don't have any intention of using it.

Right. This from the guy who five minutes ago said

He had no intention of mugging me.

Just trying to put you at ease.

Maybe you should ave thought twice about,

I don't know, mugging me.

What's done is done. Water under the bridge.

I think we're gonna have to get past it.

I mean, if we're gonna have

a successful mugger/muggee relationship here.

Don't you?

Is there any chance

that gun may accidentally go off in your pants?

That would be great. You know what?

You, young lady, are a wise-ass, you know that?

And I may just have to shoot you yet.

Let's go.

Gimme what you got.

Come on.

20 bucks. You scored.

Come on. You gotta be kidding me.

This is barely bus fare.

I left my wads of hundreds in another jeans.

Well, you got a cell phone or something.

Right? No.

Telling me the truth? Yes.

So it's okay if I pat you down?

'Cause that might be kind of fun.

Oh, cool.

I hope you get a decent signal in prison.

Tone. Watch it.

Oh, wow. This is a nice one.

This is, like, really light.

Aesthetically pleasing.

Can I go on the internet with this thing?

Aah! aah!

Ha ha ha. That was not cool.

Sorry. Are you crazy?

How do you know I'm not gonna kill you for that?

Is that what you're gonna do?

Kill me? I don't know.

I haven't made up my mind yet.

In the meantime, get the hell off of me!

Give me that damn cell phone.

What is your name?

None of your business.

What is your name?

Joey. I like Joey.

I've always liked boys names for girls.

It's cute.

My parents will be thrilled. Are we done?

What do you think, Joey?

You have my money and my cell phone.

What else do you want?

Well, you're gonna have to kill me then.

Don't flatter yourself.

You got a credit card? ATM card?

One of those jazzy little check cards

that are all the rage these days?

If you have it, give it to me.

Don't screw around.

Give it to me. Unless, of course,

You want me to pat you down.

Thank you.

Well, credit card's useless.

You'll just cancel that first chance you get.

Unless of course, I kill you.

Kidding.

Oh! ATM card.

Okay. here's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna go to the little ATM vestibule over here.

You're gonna take out all your money and give it to me.

I only have $27 in my account.

I don't buy that for a second,

Joey who goes to Worthington. Well, it's true.

Prove it.

All right. Work your magic.

I won't look.

47 bucks.

I get kicked in the gut for 47 bucks?

No. don't forget the cell phone.

What about your savings?

Disco.

Hee hee hee!

Don't worry, sweetie.

I'm sure daddy'll cut you a check

First thing Monday.

You wanna punch me in the face right now, don't you?

I understand, I really do,

But I got bills to pay.

Sorry if that's slightly more important to me

than you buying a new pair of Manolo Blahniks.

Did you ever think of getting a job?

Hey. I have a job. Oh, yeah? doing what?

Not that it's your business,

but you could say I'm in sales.

Let me guess. Telemarketing? Ha. funny.

More like pharmaceuticals.

Oh, you're a drug dealer.

Ohh, you say that with such disgust.

Oh, I didn't know your industry was worthy

of such honor and respect.

You know, I've got clients that go to Worthington.

Hmm. You should stop by Sometime. we can catch up.

You know, call me crazy, but I like you, Joey.

I mean, except for that little kung fu kick out there,

you've made this experience very pleasant.

A lot of people, they would have

pissed their pants by now,

But you, you held it together, kept your sense of humor.

You know what? I'm not even gonna hold

that violent little outburst of yours against you.

Gee, thanks.

I mean, another time, another place...

What?

You and me might make a scorching couple.

You must be dipping into your supply.

You cannot tell me you don't find me

the slightest bit attractive.

Yeah. You're a real catch.

Except for that part about you

being a lowlife criminal.

That's original. Pick on the drug dealer.

That's an easy target.

Can I go now? No, you can't.

I have another question for you.

What?

Are you a virgin?

Could you be any more of a dick right now?

Yeah. I could kill ya, or worse, even.

Uh, uh, uh, uh!

Just screwing with ya.

I do have another question, if that's okay.

What?

Okay. you're a girl. Yes.

Do you have a boyfriend? No.

Have you ever had a boyfriend? Yes.

Okay. So if you had a boyfriend right now

and you were mad at him,

What might be the best way

to get back in your good graces?

Somebody actually dates you?

Hey, somebody actually married me.

Sorry to hear that, for her sake.

Somebody's gotta fall in love

with the drug dealers of the world.

I mean, are we not human, Joey? Are we no less divine?

I guess you're right. Even Hitler had a girlfriend.

Exactly. Eva Braun,

And she was one smitten kitten.

I can't believe I'm even participating

in this conversation,

but...did you ever think of getting her something?

Flowers? Well, how pissed is she?

She's really pissed. Nature of the crime?

My dabblings in the underworld.

You're gonna have to do Much better than flowers.

That's a nice jacket.

Thanks.

Where'd you get it?

It was a gift, I think.

Can I have it?

Are you kidding me? No.

Uh, uh, uh!

Wasn't really a question.

You're stealing my coat?

I can't believe you're Stealing my coat!

What difference does it make at this point?

I don't think it-- It's freezing outside!

Yeah. it sure is.

Tch tch. That's not my problem.

Gimme the coat.

Oh, my god.

Oh, wow. this is a really nice one.

Well, this is just her size.

She's gonna love this. Thank you.

Glad to be of service.

Well, I guess This is goodbye.

Oh, by the way,

you can go to the cops and all that,

but trust me, it's a waste of time.

Thanks for the tip. Yep. Okay. well...

You take care.

♪ Alone again ♪

♪ I sigh often ♪

♪ Candles burn ♪

♪ Slowly at both ends ♪

♪ Who am I ♪

♪ Why am I here ♪

Don't. I'm calling for help.

Yeah, right. you're gonna call the cops.

Of course, but I'll ask 'em to bring a band-aid. You need help.

I'm fine.

You look like hell. I thought you were dead.

Well, I'm speaking. I'm clearly not dead.

Yet. Give me it. Give me it.

Hey!

You stay or die.

You're not gonna shoot me.

I'm not? You sure? Yeah. You like me, remember?

I've made this very pleasant.

That's all well and good,

but I ain't going to jail.

No, you're going to the hospital.

Then jail.

Not if I have any say in it.

Okay.

I'm gonna walk over there,

pick up my phone, and if it still works,

I'm gonna dial 911,

and I'm gonna get you an ambulance.

You want to shoot me,

Go right ahead.

It was never loaded?

I never actually got around to buying bullets.

Looks pretty cool, though, huh?

I'm calling.

Hey, come on. Just go home.

I'm fine.

Yeah. you look fine. Wait.

I'm fine.

Fine.

How about that ambulance?

Sure. why the hell not?

They're on their way.

Cops too?

Of course.

How happy are you right now?

Yeah. this is how I like to spend my nights.

You can't deny the poetry of it all.

What are you talking about?

You think this was an accident?

This was no accident, sweetheart.

I get hit by that car

after I do something crappy to you.

Kicked in the ass by karma.

Who'd have thunk it?

Is there something I can do?

You have any heroin?

Not on me, no.

Then shut up and leave me alone.

Tone. watch it.

Mmm.

You smoke?

No.

My mom, lung cancer.

Swore I never would.

What's so funny?

My old man. Lung cancer too.

Didn't stop me, though.

So is that what you deal? Heroin?

No. "X," mostly. You ever tried it?

No. I'm not really into drugs.

Yeah, I don't like 'em, either.

They just really seem to like me.

Can I ask you a question?

Does it look like I'm going anywhere?

You're a drug dealer.

Fairly lucrative profession, right?

So, why do you go around terrorizing college girls

in the middle of the night?

Well, Joey,

The industry in which I toil,

It goes through periodic dry spells.

This just happens to be one of them.

Plus, I have a high-maintenance wench of a wife.

How does the little lady feel about your line of work?

She's not a big fan, actually.

In fact, she finally kicked my ass out last month.

I've been trying to worm my way

back into her heart ever since.

You want me to call her?

No.

Well, I'm sure she'd probably like to know about this.

Yeah, well, I don't want her to know, okay?

How'd you guys meet?

High school.

Tenth grade.

She liked me.

I never even saw it.

Never gave her the time of day.

Then one day, she smiled at me.

No particular reason.

It was the end of me.

It's funny how things

are always shifting like that.

One day, you have the upper hand,

You're in control,

And...the next,

you're totally at somebody's mercy.

Kind of like me and you.

There is no me and you.

Can I ask you something?

Does it look like I'm going anywhere?

Why are you being so nice to me?

It doesn't take a doctor

to know you're in pretty bad shape.

But most people

probably would've left me for dead by now.

Most people don't want to see you put in jail

as badly as I do.

That's a good point.

My father used to deal drugs.

Really?

That's right.

I think I saw him at a union meeting once.

How's he doing?

He went to prison.

He's there right now.

My whole life, I was trying to figure out

Why someone would do something like that.

He had a wife,

two daughters that thought he was a damn superhero.

Maybe that's why I'm being so nice to you.

I want to know why.

You okay, miss?

Oh, yeah. I'm fine.

So, this guy mugs you, then gets hit by a car?

Those are the Cliff Notes, yeah. Wow.

That happened more often, I'd be out of a job.

Come on.

You should take a ride to the hospital.

Have 'em take a look at you. It's okay.

I just...

I just want to go...

Well, all's well that ends well, Miss Potter.

I'm okay?

Yeah, you're fine. You were in shock,

which, given what you've been through, is understandable.

Have you spoken to the police?

Well, go home and get some sleep.

Anybody we can call for you?

No. I'll be fine.

Okay, then, young lady.

You take care of yourself.

Excuse me.

Mm-hmm?

How's the guy?

The creep who mugged you?

He's great. He's in surgery right now.

Lots of internal bleeding.

Hi, sweetheart. Hi.

Where's your mom and dad?

You have pretty hair. Aw, thank you.

You have pretty hair too.

Why don't we see if we can find your mom and dad, huh? Okay.

Mama!

She has brown hair, blue eyes.

She has to be here somewhere.

Oh, baby. I'm so sorry.

Mama got distracted.

Thank you so much.

No problem. She's a cute one.

She's a cute one, all right,

especially when she wanders off like that.

Thanks again. No problem.

Could you do me an enormous favor?

I'm sorry. Forget about it.

No. what?

Could you maybe sit with her for a minute?

I'm trying to find my husband. Absolutely.

You're a doll. Thank you.

Come on.

It's way past my bedtime.

I know. You must be tired.

Yeah. My daddy's sick.

I'm sorry about that.

Sometimes he takes me to the movies.

Yeah? That's nice of him.

Yeah. he's not feeling so good.

He got hit by a car.

Here.

Oh, thank you.

I can't thank you enough.

Oh, it's my pleasure.

I just hate the way they look at me, you know?

Can't she just take care of her kid?

What's your name? I'm Joey.

It's nice to meet you, Joey.

I'm Grace.

And this little pain in the butt is Sammy.

Guys' names for girls. That's cute.

You sound like her father.

So is he gonna be okay?

I don't know.

He's in surgery.

Car accident or something.

They won't give me all the details.

We're not together.

Well, I hope everything turns out okay.

So, um...

What brings you to this special place

in the middle of the night?

Uh...

I got mugged, actually. Are you okay?

Oh, I guess so. I'm still a little shook up.

I can imagine.

I'm sorry, Joey. That must've been horrible.

Yeah, it pretty much sucked.

Well, at least you're alive to tell the tale, right?

That's true.

So tell me about your husband.

He's...

What you'd call a loser.

Sorry.

He wasn't always that way.

We just got married way too young.

Hadn't figured out who we were yet.

You know, long story. Blah, blah, blah.

Are you in school?

Yeah. Good for you.

Keep it that way.

I dropped out to follow him to the city.

He was gonna be Kurt Cobain,

and I was gonna be his Courtney.

Didn't quite work out that way.

The worst part is,

This little one loves him to death.

Little girls and their daddies.

Breaks my heart.

I finally kick the creep out a month ago.

We finally have some peace in our lives,

And she wakes up crying for him

In the middle of every damn night.

I mean, how do you look in those big blue eyes

And tell her she's better off without her father?

Well, is there any chance

you two will work things out?

Yeah, maybe...

If you know a couples therapist

That specializes in liars, thieves, and junkies.

I'm sorry.

This is so not your problem.

No. hey, I asked.

This guy who mugged you,

did he get away?

Uh...

Not exactly, no.

Did they catch him?

Uh, he, uh...

He held me up at gunpoint.

Um, he emptied my bank account,

stole my jacket, and said goodbye.

But as he was crossing the street,

Um...he was hit by a car.

Wow. how's that for justice?

Where did this happen?

Downtown crossing.

Of course.

I think I owe you an apology, Joey.

I think the scumbag who mugged you

was probably my husband.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, he was--

He was nice about it. Great.

Maybe they can put that on his headstone--

That he was nice about it.

He screwed up his daughter's life,

but he was really nice about it.

I think I'm about done here.

You're not gonna stay?

No! why the hell would I?

To see how he is.

I don't care anymore.

Whether he lives or dies,

what difference does it make at this point?

For her sake. Trust me.

She is better off without him.

Look, I'm sorry about everything.

I wish there was something I could say or do

to take away what happened to you tonight,

but I can't.

So please, let's just move on, okay?

Look, I'm sorry.

I know this is none of my business,

but for some reason, I somehow feel like it is

and so I'm just gonna say it.

I've been that little girl.

She doesn't know her dad's a loser.

She thinks he's pretty much the greatest thing

in the entire world,

So if things don't go exactly his way tonight,

Wouldn't you like to give her the chance to--

To what?

To say goodbye?

You're right about one thing, Joey.

This is none of your business.

Hey. what are you still doing here?

Uh, good question.

Um, if you're looking for his wife, she just--

You, actually.

He's asking for you.

This guy's in bad shape.

That car banged him up pretty good.

You know what a sucking chest wound is?

Nah, never mind.

We did what we could.

Now we're just waiting to see

If he needs more surgery.

You're well aware you don't have to do this, right?

How do I look?

Pretty bad.

Hideous, actually.

You know, I'd say I'm sorry to you,

but, uh... Yeah, what's the point?

It's not like I'd forgive you or anything.

Fair enough.

I met your family.

They're here? They were.

Your wife and I got talking.

She left.

That's my Gracie.

Your daughter is, uh,

really beautiful.

It's a shame she has such a dickhead for a dad.

Well, sounds like your dad was a bit of a dickhead too.

Look how well you turned out.

You don't know anything about me.

True, but from what I can tell,

you're pretty smart...

and funny...

and reasonably hot,

and I imagine most of your friends

like having you around...

Most of the time, when you're not smartin' off

with that little mouth-- What do you want?

You asked me to come in here.

What do you want?

Well, you asked me why.

I wanna tell you. Why what?

Why, with all the good things in this life,

Your father would choose the bad?

I mean, I figure it's the least thing I can do

For shoving that gun in your face tonight.

I'm listening.

You wanna know why I needed that money so bad?

A couple of weeks ago,

Gracie let me walk Sammy to school.

Why the hell she did, I have no idea.

Must have been a moment of weakness.

She gave me 500 bucks

to pay for her day care.

What do I do?

Drop my daughter off at school

and spend the money on dope.

Heartwarming story. What's your point?

Well, the point is, I love my wife.

I love my daughter,

But...

I am who I am.

Nothing's gonna change that.

I mean, you wanna know why people do

the things that they do.

There is no why, sweetheart.

They just do.

That's crap.

If you really loved your daughter,

if you really loved her,

You wouldn't do those things.

No, you're wrong. I do love my daughter.

I love her very much.

I love her so much

it's easier just being stoned.

You know, it's not like I can overcome

every tragic flaw I have.

It's just not possible, You know?

So let me ask you a question.

She comes to you in 15 years and asks

why you couldn't get over yourself for her,

and what do you say? Grow up.

Get on with your life.

Don't blame me.

I really admire that tough-guy bravado.

You know what? It just doesn't track.

You obviously cared enough

to want to get that money back.

And now it looks like You're gonna die alone.

How does that feel?

Big deal.

Everybody dies alone.

Great. good answer.

Well, I'll let you get to it.

Have a nice afterlife.

Hey.

Do you think she'll ever forgive me?

Your daughter?

Yeah.

My tenth birthday,

my father takes me to the park,

and if you knew Mike Potter,

you'd know that was a pretty big deal.

I mean, he never really had time for stuff like that...

But he took me and we played for hours--

Jungle gym, swings, everything--

And I was so happy.

He was so popular with the people there.

And everyone seemed to know him.

And I was so proud to be his daughter.

I mean, he was, like, the mayor or something.

It wasn't until years later

that I realized he was dealing drugs to them.

Heartwarming story.

What's your point?

My point is...

My dad did a lot of crappy stuff.

This is the guy who cheated on my mom

with a cocktail waitress while she was dying of cancer.

He let me and my sister down

time and time again,

so many times and in so many ways,

it became funny.

But you know what?

That day at the park...

It still goes down in the books

as my favorite day ever.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Hey, sweetie.

Did my daddy do something bad to you?

No.

He did something really nice for me.

He did? Yeah.

I was crossing the street,

and I wasn't paying any attention,

and there was this car coming,

and it was gonna hit me,

but then your daddy came out

and pushed me out of the way.

He saved my life tonight.

Did you hear that, mama?

Daddy's a hero.

Thank you.

♪ I'm alone again ♪

♪ I sigh often ♪

♪ Candles burn ♪

♪ Slowly at both ends ♪

♪ Who am I? ♪

♪ Why am I here? ♪

♪ Can I learn ♪

♪ To overcome this fear? ♪

♪ Or will it cripple me ♪

♪ The way it's crippled you? ♪

♪ Just one simple thing ♪

♪ Is all I believe of you ♪