WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.630 align:middle line:90% 00:00:13.630 --> 00:00:16.845 align:middle line:90% Thank you so much, Cybele. 00:00:16.845 --> 00:00:18.220 align:middle line:84% Well I've been laboring very hard 00:00:18.220 --> 00:00:23.590 align:middle line:84% to produce something without any hope of redemption for. 00:00:23.590 --> 00:00:25.210 align:middle line:90% Oh yeah. 00:00:25.210 --> 00:00:25.710 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:00:25.710 --> 00:00:31.650 align:middle line:90% 00:00:31.650 --> 00:00:32.900 align:middle line:90% We're going to make this work. 00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:33.400 align:middle line:90% We are. 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:44.890 align:middle line:90% 00:00:44.890 --> 00:00:49.840 align:middle line:84% I think I was saying I was impressed by this notion 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:53.440 align:middle line:84% that underneath the ugliness in some of my work, 00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:56.230 align:middle line:90% there's hope of redemption. 00:00:56.230 --> 00:00:59.440 align:middle line:84% I've been trying to make a book without that in it, 00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:00.310 align:middle line:90% just all ugly. 00:01:00.310 --> 00:01:03.880 align:middle line:90% 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:09.040 align:middle line:84% And this book is called "Nobody Move". 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.737 align:middle line:84% I just got this the other day and apparently, there's 00:01:12.737 --> 00:01:14.070 align:middle line:90% going to be some stuff for sale. 00:01:14.070 --> 00:01:15.280 align:middle line:90% Look, it has bullet holes in it. 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:16.870 align:middle line:84% I think there're going to be copies for sale 00:01:16.870 --> 00:01:18.610 align:middle line:84% but I'm going to show you this anyway. 00:01:18.610 --> 00:01:23.950 align:middle line:84% You get the bullet holes, and look here. 00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:25.255 align:middle line:90% It's like Grand Theft Auto. 00:01:25.255 --> 00:01:29.970 align:middle line:90% 00:01:29.970 --> 00:01:32.190 align:middle line:84% I know that sounds like a joke but actually, I 00:01:32.190 --> 00:01:33.690 align:middle line:84% don't know what Grand Theft Auto is. 00:01:33.690 --> 00:01:36.900 align:middle line:84% They told me they were going to do an illustration like Grand 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:38.850 align:middle line:90% Theft Auto. 00:01:38.850 --> 00:01:42.390 align:middle line:90% Apparently, you know what it is. 00:01:42.390 --> 00:01:49.680 align:middle line:84% Anyway, what this book is is kind of a shoot 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.160 align:middle line:84% them up that was written in four installments 00:01:53.160 --> 00:01:56.700 align:middle line:90% for Playboy magazine. 00:01:56.700 --> 00:01:59.715 align:middle line:84% 10,000 words and so I don't think 00:01:59.715 --> 00:02:01.590 align:middle line:84% it's entirely inappropriate to read something 00:02:01.590 --> 00:02:05.070 align:middle line:84% like this at a Poetry Center because there 00:02:05.070 --> 00:02:11.790 align:middle line:84% are certain formal pressures operating on the composition 00:02:11.790 --> 00:02:14.790 align:middle line:84% and sometimes that does produce poetry. 00:02:14.790 --> 00:02:17.890 align:middle line:84% Maybe not in this particular case, 00:02:17.890 --> 00:02:23.460 align:middle line:84% but I think free verse poets are always making up little. 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:26.130 align:middle line:84% I mean for instance they decide, well, I'm 00:02:26.130 --> 00:02:29.207 align:middle line:84% going to have a four line stanza and only four line stanzas, 00:02:29.207 --> 00:02:30.540 align:middle line:90% or I'll have three or something. 00:02:30.540 --> 00:02:32.520 align:middle line:84% We're always trying to put ourselves 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:36.960 align:middle line:84% under some kind of formal pressure. 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.600 align:middle line:84% And I don't think that happens so much in prose. 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:44.100 align:middle line:84% You just sort of be a big fat slob if you want. 00:02:44.100 --> 00:02:47.700 align:middle line:84% Later on, they find out and they tell you you are 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:52.275 align:middle line:84% but you can just do whatever you want really. 00:02:52.275 --> 00:02:54.150 align:middle line:84% And in this case, I was unable to do whatever 00:02:54.150 --> 00:03:00.900 align:middle line:84% I wanted and it made for a novel without any redemption in it. 00:03:00.900 --> 00:03:08.330 align:middle line:90% 00:03:08.330 --> 00:03:09.500 align:middle line:90% Dammit. 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:11.030 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:03:11.030 --> 00:03:12.980 align:middle line:84% So I'll just start at the second. 00:03:12.980 --> 00:03:18.470 align:middle line:84% You understand this was a serial and I just 00:03:18.470 --> 00:03:21.350 align:middle line:84% imagine that many people open the magazine 00:03:21.350 --> 00:03:25.940 align:middle line:84% not having seen part one and saw the first page of part two. 00:03:25.940 --> 00:03:28.580 align:middle line:84% And so although I don't know anything about writing serials, 00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:32.270 align:middle line:84% I thought it would be good if the beginning of part two 00:03:32.270 --> 00:03:35.180 align:middle line:84% had some of the exposition of what went on in part one. 00:03:35.180 --> 00:03:38.120 align:middle line:84% So I'm going to start reading part two. 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:40.310 align:middle line:90% Am I just babbling now? 00:03:40.310 --> 00:03:44.330 align:middle line:84% Like have I said part two like 12 times? 00:03:44.330 --> 00:03:45.950 align:middle line:90% All right. 00:03:45.950 --> 00:03:48.470 align:middle line:84% The title of the book is "Nobody Move" 00:03:48.470 --> 00:03:52.913 align:middle line:84% and that's as much background as we need I think. 00:03:52.913 --> 00:03:54.080 align:middle line:90% Can you hear me in the back? 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:54.860 align:middle line:90% Now you can. 00:03:54.860 --> 00:03:57.000 align:middle line:90% Could you before? 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:57.500 align:middle line:90% All right. 00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:03.590 align:middle line:84% Well if it gets weird, I'm going to try and stay close 00:04:03.590 --> 00:04:06.590 align:middle line:90% to this mic. 00:04:06.590 --> 00:04:09.060 align:middle line:84% But you know I see you back there. 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:11.120 align:middle line:84% And if you start going like that, 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:15.440 align:middle line:84% I'll assume that you want me to speak up. 00:04:15.440 --> 00:04:19.430 align:middle line:84% "Jimmy Luntz woke at the Log Inn Motel 00:04:19.430 --> 00:04:22.610 align:middle line:84% and spent 20 minutes sitting upright in his bed, 00:04:22.610 --> 00:04:26.840 align:middle line:84% smoking a Camel and staring at the woman asleep beside him, 00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:29.180 align:middle line:90% just watching her breathe. 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:31.100 align:middle line:84% Very gently, he lifted the covers. 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:33.890 align:middle line:84% She was dark skinned all the way down. 00:04:33.890 --> 00:04:35.090 align:middle line:90% "Oh, that's right," he said. 00:04:35.090 --> 00:04:36.920 align:middle line:90% "You're an Indian." 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:39.950 align:middle line:90% The woman didn't stir. 00:04:39.950 --> 00:04:42.800 align:middle line:84% He carried his shaving kit into the bathroom. 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:44.390 align:middle line:84% Before he emptied his bladder, he 00:04:44.390 --> 00:04:47.300 align:middle line:84% fished the woman's cell phone out of the toilet 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:49.430 align:middle line:90% and set it on top of the tank. 00:04:49.430 --> 00:04:50.420 align:middle line:90% Anita. 00:04:50.420 --> 00:04:53.360 align:middle line:84% She hadn't told him her last name. 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:56.270 align:middle line:84% He took his time shaving, grooming, getting good. 00:04:56.270 --> 00:04:57.710 align:middle line:84% He couldn't remember the last time 00:04:57.710 --> 00:05:00.560 align:middle line:84% he'd awakened beside an unfamiliar woman. 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.340 align:middle line:84% As for when this good looking, never. 00:05:04.340 --> 00:05:06.800 align:middle line:84% He came out naked and found her wide awake, 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.830 align:middle line:84% sitting on the bed's edge also naked, holding 00:05:09.830 --> 00:05:12.170 align:middle line:90% a revolver in one hand." 00:05:12.170 --> 00:05:15.890 align:middle line:84% Now this, I should tell you that I became very interested in how 00:05:15.890 --> 00:05:17.930 align:middle line:90% you write these things. 00:05:17.930 --> 00:05:20.030 align:middle line:84% And I read what Raymond Chandler had to say 00:05:20.030 --> 00:05:22.520 align:middle line:84% and he said, when you're in doubt, 00:05:22.520 --> 00:05:24.770 align:middle line:84% have a man walk through the door with a gun. 00:05:24.770 --> 00:05:28.328 align:middle line:90% 00:05:28.328 --> 00:05:29.870 align:middle line:84% Which is fine, you know, that happens 00:05:29.870 --> 00:05:31.340 align:middle line:90% like eight times in part one. 00:05:31.340 --> 00:05:33.980 align:middle line:90% 00:05:33.980 --> 00:05:37.340 align:middle line:84% But so then, part two, the person has to be naked. 00:05:37.340 --> 00:05:41.020 align:middle line:90% 00:05:41.020 --> 00:05:44.452 align:middle line:84% And I'm sure Chandler would have approved. 00:05:44.452 --> 00:05:46.910 align:middle line:84% Actually, he was a bit of a prude and lived with his mother 00:05:46.910 --> 00:05:48.900 align:middle line:90% all his life. 00:05:48.900 --> 00:05:50.000 align:middle line:90% Oh. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:51.980 align:middle line:90% All right, I'm back. 00:05:51.980 --> 00:05:54.860 align:middle line:90% Thank you. 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:56.240 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:57.800 align:middle line:90% Are you following it so far? 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:58.580 align:middle line:90% Yes. 00:05:58.580 --> 00:06:00.270 align:middle line:84% Jimmy Luntz has woken in a hotel room. 00:06:00.270 --> 00:06:01.520 align:middle line:90% He's with an unfamiliar woman. 00:06:01.520 --> 00:06:05.480 align:middle line:84% She's now naked and holding a gun and pointing it at him. 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:08.780 align:middle line:84% "With the other hand, she held up a credit card. 00:06:08.780 --> 00:06:10.220 align:middle line:90% "What's this?" 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:11.030 align:middle line:90% "Wow," he said. 00:06:11.030 --> 00:06:12.650 align:middle line:90% "You tell me." 00:06:12.650 --> 00:06:14.180 align:middle line:90% "What is it?" 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:16.010 align:middle line:84% "It looks like American Express," he said. 00:06:16.010 --> 00:06:20.090 align:middle line:84% "Wow, you said your name was Franklin." 00:06:20.090 --> 00:06:21.770 align:middle line:90% "Well, it's not. 00:06:21.770 --> 00:06:23.900 align:middle line:90% It's Ernest Gambol." 00:06:23.900 --> 00:06:25.790 align:middle line:90% "It's not that either." 00:06:25.790 --> 00:06:27.620 align:middle line:84% She spun the credit card from her fingers 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:29.150 align:middle line:90% and it sailed across the room. 00:06:29.150 --> 00:06:31.760 align:middle line:84% "Then what is your name, if you don't mind my asking? 00:06:31.760 --> 00:06:34.350 align:middle line:84% Since we recently fucked and all."" 00:06:34.350 --> 00:06:34.850 align:middle line:90% Oh yeah. 00:06:34.850 --> 00:06:38.210 align:middle line:84% There's a lot of dirty language in this too. 00:06:38.210 --> 00:06:44.300 align:middle line:84% A shitload of dirty language, so I apologize to my aunt 00:06:44.300 --> 00:06:47.690 align:middle line:84% Evelyn who looks down from heaven. 00:06:47.690 --> 00:06:50.900 align:middle line:90% 00:06:50.900 --> 00:06:51.480 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:51.980 align:middle line:90% Oh. 00:06:51.980 --> 00:06:54.638 align:middle line:84% "Since we recently fucked and all. 00:06:54.638 --> 00:06:55.430 align:middle line:90% What is your name?" 00:06:55.430 --> 00:06:56.660 align:middle line:90% "Jimmy Luntz." 00:06:56.660 --> 00:06:58.670 align:middle line:90% "Who's Ernest Gambol?" 00:06:58.670 --> 00:07:01.220 align:middle line:90% "Gambol is a great big asshole." 00:07:01.220 --> 00:07:03.170 align:middle line:90% "As big an asshole as you?" 00:07:03.170 --> 00:07:05.720 align:middle line:90% "Bigger, just my opinion." 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:10.760 align:middle line:84% "In my opinion, the asshole is the one who steals the wallet." 00:07:10.760 --> 00:07:15.050 align:middle line:84% "The thing about a gun," Luntz said, "Is it can just go off." 00:07:15.050 --> 00:07:16.700 align:middle line:90% "I'm not pointing it at you." 00:07:16.700 --> 00:07:19.070 align:middle line:84% "I'm talking about this other gun." 00:07:19.070 --> 00:07:20.180 align:middle line:90% "What other gun?" 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:22.610 align:middle line:90% "The one I shot Gambol with." 00:07:22.610 --> 00:07:25.400 align:middle line:84% She closed her knees together and took hold of the blanket 00:07:25.400 --> 00:07:27.110 align:middle line:90% and pulled it over her crotch. 00:07:27.110 --> 00:07:29.385 align:middle line:90% "Now, it's pointing at you." 00:07:29.385 --> 00:07:30.510 align:middle line:90% "You don't have to tell me. 00:07:30.510 --> 00:07:32.960 align:middle line:84% That's all I can look at, is that gun." 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:34.760 align:middle line:84% "That's what I thought yesterday. 00:07:34.760 --> 00:07:36.590 align:middle line:84% I saw you at the Feather River, remember? 00:07:36.590 --> 00:07:39.080 align:middle line:84% I thought, hey, that guy has a gun. 00:07:39.080 --> 00:07:42.530 align:middle line:90% Then spoof, no more gun." 00:07:42.530 --> 00:07:44.540 align:middle line:90% "I saw you too." 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:48.230 align:middle line:84% She aimed her weapon at him a long time without speaking. 00:07:48.230 --> 00:07:49.640 align:middle line:90% She stood up. 00:07:49.640 --> 00:07:51.830 align:middle line:84% Luntz stepped backward until his shoulders 00:07:51.830 --> 00:07:53.683 align:middle line:90% collided with the wall. 00:07:53.683 --> 00:07:55.850 align:middle line:84% With her purse in one hand and her gun in the other, 00:07:55.850 --> 00:07:59.330 align:middle line:84% she headed for the can and shut the door behind her. 00:07:59.330 --> 00:08:00.440 align:middle line:90% The lock clicked. 00:08:00.440 --> 00:08:02.480 align:middle line:90% Luntz heard the shower start. 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.060 align:middle line:90% He let the air out of his lungs. 00:08:05.060 --> 00:08:07.280 align:middle line:84% He lit up and burned through half a Camel, 00:08:07.280 --> 00:08:10.035 align:middle line:84% inhaling smoke with every breath. 00:08:10.035 --> 00:08:11.660 align:middle line:84% With the cigarette clamped in his lips, 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:13.700 align:middle line:84% he went on his hands and knees and pulled 00:08:13.700 --> 00:08:17.630 align:middle line:84% Gambol's white duffel bag from under the bed and opened it. 00:08:17.630 --> 00:08:20.510 align:middle line:84% He found his last clean set of socks and underwear. 00:08:20.510 --> 00:08:23.330 align:middle line:84% He didn't touch Gambol's shotgun. 00:08:23.330 --> 00:08:25.548 align:middle line:84% He got on his socks and shorts and opened his door 00:08:25.548 --> 00:08:27.590 align:middle line:84% and tossed the last burning inch of his cigarette 00:08:27.590 --> 00:08:30.380 align:middle line:84% into the parking lot and observed a county squad 00:08:30.380 --> 00:08:33.620 align:middle line:84% car pulling up to the motel's office. 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:36.710 align:middle line:90% A green Caprice, mid-90s. 00:08:36.710 --> 00:08:40.130 align:middle line:84% Luntz sat on the bed and wrapped himself in his own arms 00:08:40.130 --> 00:08:43.909 align:middle line:84% and closed his eyes and sat there shaking his head. 00:08:43.909 --> 00:08:47.090 align:middle line:84% As soon as the knocking came, he started for the door 00:08:47.090 --> 00:08:49.160 align:middle line:84% but three feet short of it, he stopped. 00:08:49.160 --> 00:08:52.370 align:middle line:84% He cleared his throat and said, "Who is it?" 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:54.110 align:middle line:90% "Sheriff's deputy. 00:08:54.110 --> 00:08:56.150 align:middle line:90% Two seconds." 00:08:56.150 --> 00:08:58.760 align:middle line:84% Luntz put his hand on the doorknob and bowed his head 00:08:58.760 --> 00:09:01.850 align:middle line:84% and waited for a thought that didn't arrive. 00:09:01.850 --> 00:09:03.590 align:middle line:90% Four more knocks. 00:09:03.590 --> 00:09:05.660 align:middle line:84% He opened the door and said good morning 00:09:05.660 --> 00:09:07.940 align:middle line:90% to a young guy in uniform. 00:09:07.940 --> 00:09:08.780 align:middle line:90% "Good morning. 00:09:08.780 --> 00:09:10.070 align:middle line:90% Mr Franklin, right? 00:09:10.070 --> 00:09:11.340 align:middle line:90% How are you?" 00:09:11.340 --> 00:09:11.840 align:middle line:90% "Me?" 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:12.620 align:middle line:90% Luntz said. 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:14.330 align:middle line:90% "Better and better." 00:09:14.330 --> 00:09:15.047 align:middle line:90% "That's good. 00:09:15.047 --> 00:09:16.880 align:middle line:84% Do you know anything about a Cadillac parked 00:09:16.880 --> 00:09:18.600 align:middle line:90% over there at the airstrip?" 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:19.100 align:middle line:90% "No. 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:20.480 align:middle line:90% A Cadillac?" 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:22.580 align:middle line:84% "There's a Cadillac Brougham parked over there 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:25.580 align:middle line:84% and Mr Nabilah tells me you checked in without a car." 00:09:25.580 --> 00:09:26.150 align:middle line:90% "Me?" 00:09:26.150 --> 00:09:26.700 align:middle line:90% "Yeah." 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:28.790 align:middle line:90% "No, I mean, that's right. 00:09:28.790 --> 00:09:30.590 align:middle line:90% Who's Mr Nabilah?" 00:09:30.590 --> 00:09:31.760 align:middle line:90% "The manager. 00:09:31.760 --> 00:09:34.280 align:middle line:84% He thought it might be your Caddie over there." 00:09:34.280 --> 00:09:34.790 align:middle line:90% "Right. 00:09:34.790 --> 00:09:35.290 align:middle line:90% Oh. 00:09:35.290 --> 00:09:36.012 align:middle line:90% Yeah." 00:09:36.012 --> 00:09:37.970 align:middle line:84% "And it looks like blood on the left rear tire. 00:09:37.970 --> 00:09:38.810 align:middle line:90% A lot of blood. 00:09:38.810 --> 00:09:40.710 align:middle line:90% Did you maybe hit a dog?" 00:09:40.710 --> 00:09:41.210 align:middle line:90% "No. 00:09:41.210 --> 00:09:42.170 align:middle line:90% It's not my car. 00:09:42.170 --> 00:09:43.820 align:middle line:90% I don't have a car." 00:09:43.820 --> 00:09:45.800 align:middle line:84% "There's a hole in the left rear quarter panel. 00:09:45.800 --> 00:09:47.720 align:middle line:90% It looks like a bullet hole." 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:50.210 align:middle line:90% "For goodness sake," Luntz said. 00:09:50.210 --> 00:09:51.950 align:middle line:90% "Can I see some ID?" 00:09:51.950 --> 00:09:52.910 align:middle line:90% "ID? 00:09:52.910 --> 00:09:53.570 align:middle line:90% Sure. 00:09:53.570 --> 00:09:56.240 align:middle line:90% Gee, where's my pants?" 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:58.760 align:middle line:84% At that moment, Anita came out of the bathroom 00:09:58.760 --> 00:10:00.020 align:middle line:90% wrapped in a towel. 00:10:00.020 --> 00:10:02.180 align:middle line:84% Her black hair slicked back and flashed 00:10:02.180 --> 00:10:06.050 align:middle line:84% a smile that would have blown the doors off Jesus Christ. 00:10:06.050 --> 00:10:07.820 align:middle line:90% "Deputy Rabbit!" 00:10:07.820 --> 00:10:09.170 align:middle line:90% "That's me," the deputy said. 00:10:09.170 --> 00:10:11.450 align:middle line:90% And then, "Oh, Mrs--" "Right. 00:10:11.450 --> 00:10:13.610 align:middle line:84% It's still Mrs. Desilvera," she said. 00:10:13.610 --> 00:10:15.505 align:middle line:90% "For six more months." 00:10:15.505 --> 00:10:16.880 align:middle line:84% "Oh, all right," the deputy said. 00:10:16.880 --> 00:10:18.527 align:middle line:90% "That's your Camaro out there. 00:10:18.527 --> 00:10:19.610 align:middle line:90% I mean, it looked like it. 00:10:19.610 --> 00:10:20.360 align:middle line:90% I mean, yeah. 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:21.740 align:middle line:90% That's your car." 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:24.080 align:middle line:84% He turned to look at her car, which was parked sideways 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:27.230 align:middle line:90% across three spaces behind him. 00:10:27.230 --> 00:10:27.950 align:middle line:90% "All mine. 00:10:27.950 --> 00:10:29.300 align:middle line:90% Is there a problem?" 00:10:29.300 --> 00:10:29.960 align:middle line:90% "No problem. 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:31.502 align:middle line:84% I was just checking about this Caddie 00:10:31.502 --> 00:10:32.820 align:middle line:90% out there at the airstrip. 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:35.460 align:middle line:84% If nobody claims it, I'll have to get it towed." 00:10:35.460 --> 00:10:36.840 align:middle line:84% "Tow it to the moon," Luntz said. 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:38.310 align:middle line:90% "It ain't my car." 00:10:38.310 --> 00:10:40.920 align:middle line:90% "He's with me," Anita said. 00:10:40.920 --> 00:10:42.600 align:middle line:84% "OK, that clears things up a little. 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:44.430 align:middle line:90% Thanks." 00:10:44.430 --> 00:10:45.870 align:middle line:90% "Glad to help," Anita said. 00:10:45.870 --> 00:10:47.280 align:middle line:90% "Can I get dressed?" 00:10:47.280 --> 00:10:49.710 align:middle line:90% "That's fine," the deputy said. 00:10:49.710 --> 00:10:51.300 align:middle line:90% "Are you going to watch?" 00:10:51.300 --> 00:10:52.500 align:middle line:90% "Oh," he said. 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:53.340 align:middle line:90% "All righty. 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:55.980 align:middle line:90% Have a nice day, folks." 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:58.230 align:middle line:84% Luntz said "You too," and shut the door in his face 00:10:58.230 --> 00:11:00.570 align:middle line:90% and sat down on the bed. 00:11:00.570 --> 00:11:03.930 align:middle line:84% Anita dropped her towel and stepped into her skirt. 00:11:03.930 --> 00:11:05.610 align:middle line:90% Luntz stared at her breasts. 00:11:05.610 --> 00:11:07.620 align:middle line:90% She got her bra fastened. 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:09.840 align:middle line:90% "That was Deputy Rabbit. 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.480 align:middle line:84% Maybe his first name is Jack, huh? 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:15.990 align:middle line:84% Deputy Rabbit conducted my firearms training class." 00:11:15.990 --> 00:11:18.420 align:middle line:84% "You actually have a carry permit or something?" 00:11:18.420 --> 00:11:20.970 align:middle line:90% "I did, but it's revoked." 00:11:20.970 --> 00:11:23.190 align:middle line:84% She found her blouse on the floor. 00:11:23.190 --> 00:11:26.010 align:middle line:84% "Deputy Rabbit was talking about your Caddie." 00:11:26.010 --> 00:11:27.553 align:middle line:90% "It's not my Caddie." 00:11:27.553 --> 00:11:29.220 align:middle line:84% "It was your Caddie when I saw you throw 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:31.020 align:middle line:90% that gun in the Feather River." 00:11:31.020 --> 00:11:32.850 align:middle line:90% "I just borrowed it." 00:11:32.850 --> 00:11:34.650 align:middle line:90% "The gun or the car?" 00:11:34.650 --> 00:11:36.090 align:middle line:90% "Both." 00:11:36.090 --> 00:11:38.130 align:middle line:84% "What did you say your name was?" 00:11:38.130 --> 00:11:39.270 align:middle line:90% "Jimmy." 00:11:39.270 --> 00:11:41.550 align:middle line:84% "Can I borrow the Cadillac, Jimmy?" 00:11:41.550 --> 00:11:43.710 align:middle line:84% "What's wrong with that Camaro of yours?" 00:11:43.710 --> 00:11:45.450 align:middle line:90% "Too many people know it." 00:11:45.450 --> 00:11:47.670 align:middle line:90% "Like Deputy Rabbit, you mean." 00:11:47.670 --> 00:11:49.378 align:middle line:90% "Can I have the keys?" 00:11:49.378 --> 00:11:50.670 align:middle line:90% "The door's unlocked," he said. 00:11:50.670 --> 00:11:52.290 align:middle line:84% "I put the keys under the floor mat, 00:11:52.290 --> 00:11:55.200 align:middle line:84% but I wouldn't advise driving around in that thing." 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:56.760 align:middle line:90% "Is it stolen?" 00:11:56.760 --> 00:11:58.020 align:middle line:90% "Not legally, I guess. 00:11:58.020 --> 00:12:00.300 align:middle line:84% Gambol doesn't deal with the police." 00:12:00.300 --> 00:12:00.900 align:middle line:90% "Gambol? 00:12:00.900 --> 00:12:02.400 align:middle line:90% I thought you shot him." 00:12:02.400 --> 00:12:04.890 align:middle line:90% "He didn't die." 00:12:04.890 --> 00:12:06.900 align:middle line:84% "Is he running around looking for it?" 00:12:06.900 --> 00:12:08.370 align:middle line:90% "Probably not yet. 00:12:08.370 --> 00:12:11.670 align:middle line:84% If he is, he's running around on one leg." 00:12:11.670 --> 00:12:13.470 align:middle line:84% Luntz stared while she sat on the bed 00:12:13.470 --> 00:12:15.810 align:middle line:84% and stuck her toes into the legs of her pantyhose 00:12:15.810 --> 00:12:17.670 align:middle line:84% and stood up straight and hiked her skirt 00:12:17.670 --> 00:12:19.830 align:middle line:84% and wiggled her underwear all the way on. 00:12:19.830 --> 00:12:22.290 align:middle line:84% She dropped the hem and smoothed her skirt. 00:12:22.290 --> 00:12:24.810 align:middle line:84% One at a time, she kicked her black pumps into position 00:12:24.810 --> 00:12:27.870 align:middle line:84% on the floor and worked her feet into them. 00:12:27.870 --> 00:12:30.420 align:middle line:84% She got her coat on and opened the door. 00:12:30.420 --> 00:12:31.712 align:middle line:90% "Wait a minute," Luntz said. 00:12:31.712 --> 00:12:32.670 align:middle line:90% "I want to talk to you. 00:12:32.670 --> 00:12:35.280 align:middle line:90% I mean, about last night." 00:12:35.280 --> 00:12:36.960 align:middle line:90% "What was your name again?" 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:38.550 align:middle line:90% "Jimmy Luntz. 00:12:38.550 --> 00:12:40.890 align:middle line:90% I had a good time last night." 00:12:40.890 --> 00:12:42.960 align:middle line:90% "It was kind of a fluke, Jimmy." 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:44.370 align:middle line:90% "I get that, yeah. 00:12:44.370 --> 00:12:47.190 align:middle line:84% But maybe we could have coffee or something." 00:12:47.190 --> 00:12:49.440 align:middle line:84% Leaving the front door ajar, she went into the john 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.840 align:middle line:84% and came back and handed him her cell phone. 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:53.730 align:middle line:90% "Hang on to this phone. 00:12:53.730 --> 00:12:56.730 align:middle line:84% If it still works, maybe I'll call you." 00:12:56.730 --> 00:12:58.710 align:middle line:84% She gave him a little salute and walked out 00:12:58.710 --> 00:13:00.180 align:middle line:84% and he sat there holding her phone 00:13:00.180 --> 00:13:02.670 align:middle line:90% in his hand for 10 minutes. 00:13:02.670 --> 00:13:04.890 align:middle line:84% Then he set the cell phone aside, clapped his hands 00:13:04.890 --> 00:13:06.840 align:middle line:90% together twice and stood up. 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:08.790 align:middle line:84% He got dressed and got his gear together. 00:13:08.790 --> 00:13:11.550 align:middle line:84% He had no jacket other than his white tuxedo. 00:13:11.550 --> 00:13:14.640 align:middle line:84% He put it on and pocketed the cell phone. 00:13:14.640 --> 00:13:16.740 align:middle line:84% He picked up Gambol's duffel by the handle 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:20.010 align:middle line:84% and looked around for anything else he might have forgotten. 00:13:20.010 --> 00:13:22.080 align:middle line:90% A knock came at the door. 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:23.520 align:middle line:90% He opened it quickly. 00:13:23.520 --> 00:13:25.770 align:middle line:90% It wasn't Anita. 00:13:25.770 --> 00:13:28.470 align:middle line:84% Two very clean cut men stood side by side 00:13:28.470 --> 00:13:31.290 align:middle line:84% in the doorway, one of them holding up a badge. 00:13:31.290 --> 00:13:34.020 align:middle line:84% "We're with the Federal Bureau of Investigation." 00:13:34.020 --> 00:13:37.530 align:middle line:90% Luntz said, "Wow." 00:13:37.530 --> 00:13:40.230 align:middle line:84% The man put his badge away and told Luntz both their names 00:13:40.230 --> 00:13:41.640 align:middle line:90% but Luntz didn't hear. 00:13:41.640 --> 00:13:42.600 align:middle line:90% "Wow," he said. 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:46.320 align:middle line:84% "For a second, I thought you were Jehovah Witness people." 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:48.270 align:middle line:90% "Can I ask your name, sir?" 00:13:48.270 --> 00:13:49.230 align:middle line:90% "Franklin. 00:13:49.230 --> 00:13:52.200 align:middle line:84% But listen, I'm about to hop on a bus. 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:53.820 align:middle line:90% I'm late." 00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:56.550 align:middle line:84% "Where's Mrs. Desilvera, Mr. Franklin?" 00:13:56.550 --> 00:13:57.840 align:middle line:90% "Mrs who?" 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:00.240 align:middle line:84% "The lady staying here with you." 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:01.620 align:middle line:90% "Oh, I didn't get her last name. 00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:03.150 align:middle line:90% Just her first." 00:14:03.150 --> 00:14:04.920 align:middle line:84% "Are you two pretty good friends?" 00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:08.370 align:middle line:84% "They're on a first name basis," the other one said. 00:14:08.370 --> 00:14:10.080 align:middle line:90% "I just met her last night." 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:12.070 align:middle line:90% "Yes, we're aware of that." 00:14:12.070 --> 00:14:15.450 align:middle line:84% The other one said, "What's in your bag? $2 million?" 00:14:15.450 --> 00:14:16.493 align:middle line:90% "What?" 00:14:16.493 --> 00:14:17.910 align:middle line:84% "Didn't she tell you she's sitting 00:14:17.910 --> 00:14:20.250 align:middle line:84% on a pile of other people's money?" 00:14:20.250 --> 00:14:22.050 align:middle line:90% "We barely got introduced." 00:14:22.050 --> 00:14:24.360 align:middle line:84% "We understand that," the nicer one said. 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:27.210 align:middle line:84% "Did she say where she was going?" 00:14:27.210 --> 00:14:27.750 align:middle line:90% "No, sir. 00:14:27.750 --> 00:14:30.250 align:middle line:90% Destination unknown." 00:14:30.250 --> 00:14:33.150 align:middle line:84% "Let me tell you what this is about, Mr Franklin. 00:14:33.150 --> 00:14:34.800 align:middle line:84% In just a few days, your friend will 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:38.340 align:middle line:84% plead guilty to embezzling $2.3 million." 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:40.800 align:middle line:84% He waited for a reaction and seemed satisfied 00:14:40.800 --> 00:14:43.110 align:middle line:90% with Luntz's speechlessness. 00:14:43.110 --> 00:14:45.360 align:middle line:84% "You didn't know about it? the other one said. 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.080 align:middle line:90% "No, sir. 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:46.830 align:middle line:90% No. 00:14:46.830 --> 00:14:47.580 align:middle line:90% Embezzlement? 00:14:47.580 --> 00:14:49.470 align:middle line:90% That's a federal thing." 00:14:49.470 --> 00:14:51.720 align:middle line:84% "She'll plead guilty to state charges. 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:53.760 align:middle line:84% But until the money goes back where it belongs, 00:14:53.760 --> 00:14:55.270 align:middle line:90% we're very interested in her. 00:14:55.270 --> 00:14:57.360 align:middle line:84% Federal charges aren't out of the question. 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:00.120 align:middle line:84% Can you show us some identification?" 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.390 align:middle line:84% Luntz dug out his driver's license and handed it over. 00:15:03.390 --> 00:15:05.890 align:middle line:84% "I thought you said your name was Franklin." 00:15:05.890 --> 00:15:08.910 align:middle line:84% "Yeah, but that's when I didn't know who you were." 00:15:08.910 --> 00:15:11.640 align:middle line:90% "I told you who we were." 00:15:11.640 --> 00:15:12.390 align:middle line:90% "Oh," Luntz said. 00:15:12.390 --> 00:15:13.440 align:middle line:90% "That's correct. 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:14.710 align:middle line:90% I guess I got confused. 00:15:14.710 --> 00:15:17.370 align:middle line:84% I thought you guys were Jehovah's Witnesses." 00:15:17.370 --> 00:15:18.600 align:middle line:90% "Really?" 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:20.910 align:middle line:84% "Look, I have to catch a bus South in 15 minutes. 00:15:20.910 --> 00:15:22.710 align:middle line:90% I mean, now it's 10 minutes." 00:15:22.710 --> 00:15:25.500 align:middle line:84% "When will you be seeing Mrs. Desilvera again?" 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:26.100 align:middle line:90% "Never. 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:29.610 align:middle line:84% I got the impression it was a fluke." 00:15:29.610 --> 00:15:30.780 align:middle line:90% "A fluke?" 00:15:30.780 --> 00:15:33.970 align:middle line:84% "That's the description I'm giving it." 00:15:33.970 --> 00:15:35.200 align:middle line:90% "What's in the bag? 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.700 align:middle line:90% That's not her bag, is it?" 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:37.440 align:middle line:90% "It's mine. 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:38.920 align:middle line:90% It's my luggage is all. 00:15:38.920 --> 00:15:41.320 align:middle line:84% I bet you wish it was her luggage." 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:43.690 align:middle line:84% "So she still has the money, huh? 00:15:43.690 --> 00:15:46.570 align:middle line:84% Was she carrying anything, Mr Luntz?" 00:15:46.570 --> 00:15:50.500 align:middle line:84% "You mean like a satchel with a big old dollar sign on it?" 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:52.330 align:middle line:90% Neither of them laughed. 00:15:52.330 --> 00:15:53.620 align:middle line:90% "Just a purse," Luntz said. 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:55.220 align:middle line:90% "About yay big." 00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:57.430 align:middle line:84% "You mind if we look around the room?" 00:15:57.430 --> 00:15:58.150 align:middle line:90% "Help yourself. 00:15:58.150 --> 00:16:01.750 align:middle line:84% I'm all checked out and I'm really late, so yeah." 00:16:01.750 --> 00:16:03.700 align:middle line:84% The nicer one raised an index finger. 00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:05.440 align:middle line:90% "Call coming in." 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:08.080 align:middle line:84% He took a few paces backward and the other one 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.090 align:middle line:84% joined him and stood with his back to Luntz. 00:16:10.090 --> 00:16:12.910 align:middle line:84% The first one with his phone to his cheek, talking. 00:16:12.910 --> 00:16:15.520 align:middle line:84% It seemed the other might be talking too. 00:16:15.520 --> 00:16:17.200 align:middle line:90% Fake phone call. 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:20.500 align:middle line:84% Luntz lit a cigarette while they reached an agreement. 00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:22.420 align:middle line:90% "OK if I get moving?" 00:16:22.420 --> 00:16:26.590 align:middle line:84% "That'll be fine, we'll make a note of your name, Mr Luntz." 00:16:26.590 --> 00:16:27.370 align:middle line:90% "OK. 00:16:27.370 --> 00:16:29.347 align:middle line:90% I sure hope I make that bus." 00:16:29.347 --> 00:16:31.180 align:middle line:84% They stepped aside for him and the nicer one 00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:33.010 align:middle line:90% said, "good luck." 00:16:33.010 --> 00:16:34.900 align:middle line:90% "I was born lucky." 00:16:34.900 --> 00:16:38.020 align:middle line:84% Luntz set out at a good pace without a backward glance. 00:16:38.020 --> 00:16:40.840 align:middle line:84% He had no idea where he was going. 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:43.375 align:middle line:84% In his pocket, the cell phone started ringing." 00:16:43.375 --> 00:16:47.440 align:middle line:90% 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:52.510 align:middle line:84% This will be the signal that we're at a section break. 00:16:52.510 --> 00:17:03.700 align:middle line:90% 00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:07.630 align:middle line:84% I feel compelled to sum up the plot for you 00:17:07.630 --> 00:17:11.200 align:middle line:90% but I think you get it. 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.200 align:middle line:90% I'm going to resist. 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.510 align:middle line:90% I'm going to resist. 00:17:13.510 --> 00:17:15.520 align:middle line:90% All right. 00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:18.790 align:middle line:90% "Gambol closed his eyes. 00:17:18.790 --> 00:17:21.849 align:middle line:84% He felt his head nodding forward and rode a ferris wheel down 00:17:21.849 --> 00:17:24.369 align:middle line:90% into violent cartoons. 00:17:24.369 --> 00:17:27.010 align:middle line:84% He shivered, but he didn't feel cold. 00:17:27.010 --> 00:17:30.430 align:middle line:84% When he shivered, the pain filled his right leg. 00:17:30.430 --> 00:17:32.920 align:middle line:90% "I want another shot." 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:34.990 align:middle line:84% "No more for two hours," the woman said. 00:17:34.990 --> 00:17:37.300 align:middle line:90% "This isn't an opium den." 00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:38.560 align:middle line:90% He opened his eyes. 00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:42.850 align:middle line:84% He wore a frilly blue nylon robe, probably the woman's. 00:17:42.850 --> 00:17:44.830 align:middle line:90% "Where's my clothes?" 00:17:44.830 --> 00:17:46.930 align:middle line:84% "How many times are you going to ask me that?" 00:17:46.930 --> 00:17:48.280 align:middle line:90% "Fuck you." 00:17:48.280 --> 00:17:51.280 align:middle line:84% "Your stuff went out with the rest of the bloody trash." 00:17:51.280 --> 00:17:53.440 align:middle line:84% Gambol's head drooped and he looked down 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.790 align:middle line:90% into Jimmy Luntz's face. 00:17:54.790 --> 00:18:01.750 align:middle line:90% 00:18:01.750 --> 00:18:05.620 align:middle line:84% The landscape had that blonde Central Valley look. 00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:10.330 align:middle line:84% Some pine trees, oaks, orchards, farmland, sunny and still. 00:18:10.330 --> 00:18:14.050 align:middle line:84% They drove south past Oroville looking for a shopping mall. 00:18:14.050 --> 00:18:16.060 align:middle line:90% The speed sign said 65. 00:18:16.060 --> 00:18:17.320 align:middle line:90% Luntz stayed legal. 00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:20.170 align:middle line:84% He kept his window crack to suck his cigarette smoke away 00:18:20.170 --> 00:18:22.690 align:middle line:90% from Anita's face. 00:18:22.690 --> 00:18:25.960 align:middle line:84% Luntz said, "Dude who worked in a casino in Vegas 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:28.180 align:middle line:90% told me about this hippie. 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:32.200 align:middle line:84% This hippie comes in out of the desert night."" 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:33.460 align:middle line:90% Sorry. 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.600 align:middle line:90% Damn it. 00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:37.690 align:middle line:84% I know what page I'm on but I lost everything else. 00:18:37.690 --> 00:18:38.485 align:middle line:90% OK, sorry. 00:18:38.485 --> 00:18:41.590 align:middle line:90% 00:18:41.590 --> 00:18:42.505 align:middle line:90% So they're in a car. 00:18:42.505 --> 00:18:45.070 align:middle line:90% 00:18:45.070 --> 00:18:47.530 align:middle line:90% Destination unknown. 00:18:47.530 --> 00:18:49.720 align:middle line:84% Luntz said, "Dude who worked in a casino in Vegas 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.950 align:middle line:90% told me about this hippie. 00:18:50.950 --> 00:18:52.990 align:middle line:84% This hippie comes in out of the desert night, 00:18:52.990 --> 00:18:56.020 align:middle line:84% creeps into the casino all scraggly and scratchy sandals 00:18:56.020 --> 00:18:58.575 align:middle line:84% and tie dye shirt and Hindu balloon pants, 00:18:58.575 --> 00:18:59.950 align:middle line:84% and he goes to the roulette table 00:18:59.950 --> 00:19:02.200 align:middle line:84% and reaches into this little pouch tied to his belt 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:05.800 align:middle line:84% and comes up with one US quarter. 00:19:05.800 --> 00:19:07.750 align:middle line:90% Lays the quarter on black. 00:19:07.750 --> 00:19:10.600 align:middle line:84% Little ball comes down on 22 black. 00:19:10.600 --> 00:19:13.510 align:middle line:84% He lets it ride, doubles again, switches to red, 00:19:13.510 --> 00:19:16.120 align:middle line:84% doubles his dollar, takes his $2 to the blackjack 00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:18.700 align:middle line:90% and wins 10 in a row. 00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:20.020 align:middle line:90% Doubling every time. 00:19:20.020 --> 00:19:21.250 align:middle line:90% 10 in a row. 00:19:21.250 --> 00:19:22.690 align:middle line:90% True story. 00:19:22.690 --> 00:19:25.270 align:middle line:90% $2,048. 00:19:25.270 --> 00:19:28.038 align:middle line:84% He pulls his chips and heads for the craps and starts 00:19:28.038 --> 00:19:29.080 align:middle line:90% betting with the shooter. 00:19:29.080 --> 00:19:30.455 align:middle line:84% Double whatever the shooter bets. 00:19:30.455 --> 00:19:33.340 align:middle line:84% Inside for two hours, the house is clacking his action 00:19:33.340 --> 00:19:36.100 align:middle line:84% and he's comped with free meals and he's drunk on free booze 00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:38.410 align:middle line:84% and he's still at the craps with a crowd around 00:19:38.410 --> 00:19:40.600 align:middle line:90% and betting a throw. 00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:43.840 align:middle line:84% By 3:00 AM, he's stacked up over six grand 00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:47.260 align:middle line:84% off an initial investment of $0.25. 00:19:47.260 --> 00:19:50.780 align:middle line:84% And suddenly in four or five big bets, all gone. 00:19:50.780 --> 00:19:52.030 align:middle line:90% He busts out. 00:19:52.030 --> 00:19:53.620 align:middle line:90% Stands there thinking a minute. 00:19:53.620 --> 00:19:54.910 align:middle line:90% Folks around him watching. 00:19:54.910 --> 00:19:55.750 align:middle line:90% He stands there. 00:19:55.750 --> 00:19:58.030 align:middle line:84% Everybody's shouting, one more quarter! 00:19:58.030 --> 00:20:00.160 align:middle line:90% One more quarter! 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:02.410 align:middle line:84% Old hippie shakes his head, staggers 00:20:02.410 --> 00:20:05.410 align:middle line:84% back out into the desert night after one hell 00:20:05.410 --> 00:20:07.240 align:middle line:90% of a night in a Vegas casino. 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:09.370 align:middle line:84% A night they're still talking about. 00:20:09.370 --> 00:20:11.860 align:middle line:90% Total cost was $0.25. 00:20:11.860 --> 00:20:14.800 align:middle line:90% A night you'll never forget." 00:20:14.800 --> 00:20:17.740 align:middle line:84% "For a person who doesn't drink coffee," Anita said. 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:20.620 align:middle line:90% "You sure run your mouth." 00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:22.840 align:middle line:84% "It keeps me from thinking about things." 00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:24.130 align:middle line:90% "Like what?" 00:20:24.130 --> 00:20:29.440 align:middle line:84% "Like who you are and what the fuck you want."" 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.230 align:middle line:90% Oh, a minute. 00:20:30.230 --> 00:20:30.730 align:middle line:90% Sorry. 00:20:30.730 --> 00:20:35.830 align:middle line:90% 00:20:35.830 --> 00:20:40.030 align:middle line:84% "Cigarette smoke in his nostrils woke Gambol and he coughed. 00:20:40.030 --> 00:20:43.540 align:middle line:84% And the woman said sorry, waving it away. 00:20:43.540 --> 00:20:46.000 align:middle line:84% "Lots of folks are quitting these days. 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.650 align:middle line:90% What century are you in, guy? 00:20:47.650 --> 00:20:50.170 align:middle line:90% I'm the last smoker on Earth." 00:20:50.170 --> 00:20:51.850 align:middle line:90% "How long have I been here?" 00:20:51.850 --> 00:20:53.590 align:middle line:90% "You don't remember yesterday?" 00:20:53.590 --> 00:20:55.270 align:middle line:90% "When was yesterday?" 00:20:55.270 --> 00:20:56.920 align:middle line:90% "You were walking and talking." 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.730 align:middle line:90% "Walking?" 00:20:57.730 --> 00:20:58.810 align:middle line:90% "And swearing. 00:20:58.810 --> 00:21:00.490 align:middle line:90% A real creative style. 00:21:00.490 --> 00:21:02.020 align:middle line:84% I poked my head into that cupboard 00:21:02.020 --> 00:21:04.270 align:middle line:84% and you hopped right up and walked right into my car." 00:21:04.270 --> 00:21:07.060 align:middle line:84% Then she said, "I couldn't get you out of the back seat. 00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:08.960 align:middle line:84% I had to do the whole thing in the back seat. 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:10.810 align:middle line:84% Debrided the wound and all the rest. 00:21:10.810 --> 00:21:14.950 align:middle line:84% The back seat of a Chevy Lumina is not the place for that." 00:21:14.950 --> 00:21:16.450 align:middle line:90% Gambol closed his eyes. 00:21:16.450 --> 00:21:19.000 align:middle line:90% "I feel like I weigh 10 tons." 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.290 align:middle line:90% "You lost a lot of blood. 00:21:20.290 --> 00:21:21.280 align:middle line:90% A lot. 00:21:21.280 --> 00:21:23.500 align:middle line:84% I scored one liter of plasma, nothing else 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:25.450 align:middle line:90% but glucose and water." 00:21:25.450 --> 00:21:27.820 align:middle line:84% "It feels like he shot me through the bone." 00:21:27.820 --> 00:21:30.340 align:middle line:84% "He missed the bone or you'd be in the ER right 00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:32.830 align:middle line:84% now getting your leg saved and probably talking 00:21:32.830 --> 00:21:34.300 align:middle line:90% to a detective." 00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:36.730 align:middle line:90% "I don't talk to detectives." 00:21:36.730 --> 00:21:45.325 align:middle line:84% "And he missed the big artery or you'd be dead."" 00:21:45.325 --> 00:21:45.825 align:middle line:90% Whoops. 00:21:45.825 --> 00:21:49.010 align:middle line:90% 00:21:49.010 --> 00:21:52.400 align:middle line:84% "At the timeout lounge in the Oroville Mall, 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:55.040 align:middle line:90% they sat in the rearmost booth. 00:21:55.040 --> 00:21:57.080 align:middle line:84% And Jimmy, who called himself Franklin, 00:21:57.080 --> 00:22:00.680 align:middle line:84% only stared at her, never sipping once from his Coke. 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:04.490 align:middle line:84% She took a long swallow of vodka and 7 and said, "Oh well, 00:22:04.490 --> 00:22:07.430 align:middle line:90% was I on TV again?" 00:22:07.430 --> 00:22:11.270 align:middle line:84% "How did you steal 2.3 million bucks?" 00:22:11.270 --> 00:22:12.620 align:middle line:90% "Didn't the TV tell you? 00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:14.960 align:middle line:84% You run a bond election for a new high school, 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.820 align:middle line:84% you float the loan, turn on the computers, 00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:19.010 align:middle line:90% transfer it here and there, zip. 00:22:19.010 --> 00:22:20.690 align:middle line:90% It's all yours." 00:22:20.690 --> 00:22:23.330 align:middle line:90% "That's greedy." 00:22:23.330 --> 00:22:25.430 align:middle line:84% "Then, the money gets missed right away 00:22:25.430 --> 00:22:27.830 align:middle line:84% and the list of suspects is extremely short. 00:22:27.830 --> 00:22:30.140 align:middle line:90% Then somebody gets arrested." 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.640 align:middle line:90% "Well," he said. 00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:33.050 align:middle line:90% "Well what?" 00:22:33.050 --> 00:22:35.750 align:middle line:84% "I guess you were greedy enough to take it, but not mean 00:22:35.750 --> 00:22:37.370 align:middle line:90% enough to frame an asshole. 00:22:37.370 --> 00:22:39.770 align:middle line:84% Excuse my language," she added, "but where I come from, 00:22:39.770 --> 00:22:42.530 align:middle line:84% that's what they call the guy who gets sacrificed. 00:22:42.530 --> 00:22:44.660 align:middle line:90% The asshole." 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:46.670 align:middle line:84% She laughed without feeling amused. 00:22:46.670 --> 00:22:49.658 align:middle line:84% "There was definitely an asshole," she said. 00:22:49.658 --> 00:22:52.730 align:middle line:90% [PHONE RINGING] 00:22:52.730 --> 00:22:54.162 align:middle line:90% Damn it. 00:22:54.162 --> 00:22:55.370 align:middle line:90% If we could have timed that-- 00:22:55.370 --> 00:22:58.035 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:22:58.035 --> 00:23:00.800 align:middle line:84% In his pocket, the cell phone started ringing. 00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:02.850 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:23:02.850 --> 00:23:07.123 align:middle line:84% But your friend is not telepathic. 00:23:07.123 --> 00:23:08.790 align:middle line:84% Forgive me for calling attention to you. 00:23:08.790 --> 00:23:10.920 align:middle line:90% But it would have fit so good. 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:13.810 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:23:13.810 --> 00:23:15.240 align:middle line:90% Oh, I'm really lost now. 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:17.490 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:23:17.490 --> 00:23:18.685 align:middle line:90% Asshole. 00:23:18.685 --> 00:23:19.185 align:middle line:90% Asshole. 00:23:19.185 --> 00:23:21.950 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:23:21.950 --> 00:23:25.830 align:middle line:90% 00:23:25.830 --> 00:23:27.555 align:middle line:90% It's just a jump to the left. 00:23:27.555 --> 00:23:29.723 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:23:29.723 --> 00:23:31.425 align:middle line:90% 00:23:31.425 --> 00:23:32.550 align:middle line:90% So that didn't help at all. 00:23:32.550 --> 00:23:33.550 align:middle line:90% Now I'm at a rocky road. 00:23:33.550 --> 00:23:35.220 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.150 align:middle line:90% Wait a minute. 00:23:36.150 --> 00:23:43.590 align:middle line:90% Hold-- yeah, sorry. 00:23:43.590 --> 00:23:47.220 align:middle line:90% 00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:50.490 align:middle line:84% "There was definitely an asshole, she said." 00:23:50.490 --> 00:23:51.420 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.080 align:middle line:90% I'm sorry. 00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:53.830 align:middle line:84% I'm making this gesture for the character. 00:23:53.830 --> 00:23:55.230 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:23:55.230 --> 00:23:56.925 align:middle line:84% She was the asshole who was framed. 00:23:56.925 --> 00:24:03.340 align:middle line:90% 00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:05.890 align:middle line:84% "If you've got it stashed, you're doing it right." 00:24:05.890 --> 00:24:06.970 align:middle line:90% This is Jimmy talking. 00:24:06.970 --> 00:24:08.350 align:middle line:90% "Wandering around, acting broke. 00:24:08.350 --> 00:24:09.370 align:middle line:90% That's doing it right. 00:24:09.370 --> 00:24:12.160 align:middle line:84% But if you've got it, why don't you just disappear? 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:14.230 align:middle line:84% For one thing, I'm due to enter a plea 00:24:14.230 --> 00:24:16.900 align:middle line:84% and take a deal in court, probation 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:18.910 align:middle line:90% and a lifelong restitution. 00:24:18.910 --> 00:24:21.310 align:middle line:84% If I miss that date, the judge will void the deal 00:24:21.310 --> 00:24:22.120 align:middle line:90% and max me out. 00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:26.590 align:middle line:84% That's six years at least, a long time to wait to spend 00:24:26.590 --> 00:24:28.333 align:middle line:90% your $2 million. 00:24:28.333 --> 00:24:29.500 align:middle line:90% Have you lost count already? 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:31.270 align:middle line:90% 2.3. 00:24:31.270 --> 00:24:33.910 align:middle line:84% What's a point or three among friends? 00:24:33.910 --> 00:24:35.920 align:middle line:90% I haven't got any friends. 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:38.052 align:middle line:90% And I'm flat broke. 00:24:38.052 --> 00:24:40.510 align:middle line:84% Not according to the Federal Bureau of Jehovah's Witnesses. 00:24:40.510 --> 00:24:42.250 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:24:42.250 --> 00:24:43.840 align:middle line:90% I haven't got the money. 00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:48.010 align:middle line:84% I just know who has it and how to get it. 00:24:48.010 --> 00:24:51.910 align:middle line:84% No more flip commentary from Mr. Jimmy. 00:24:51.910 --> 00:24:54.010 align:middle line:90% Doesn't that interest you? 00:24:54.010 --> 00:24:55.720 align:middle line:84% You're interesting every way there is." 00:24:55.720 --> 00:25:13.770 align:middle line:90% 00:25:13.770 --> 00:25:14.270 align:middle line:90% Excuse me. 00:25:14.270 --> 00:25:15.395 align:middle line:90% I'm doing a little editing. 00:25:15.395 --> 00:25:16.925 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:25:16.925 --> 00:25:18.410 align:middle line:90% 00:25:18.410 --> 00:25:20.015 align:middle line:90% Nobody edits my stuff but me. 00:25:20.015 --> 00:25:22.555 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:25:22.555 --> 00:25:24.390 align:middle line:90% 00:25:24.390 --> 00:25:26.790 align:middle line:84% "Jimmy Luntz drove the Caddy north. 00:25:26.790 --> 00:25:29.280 align:middle line:84% He watched the dial"-- they're back in the car again. 00:25:29.280 --> 00:25:30.960 align:middle line:90% --"and kept under the limit. 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:33.720 align:middle line:84% Again, they passed through the blonde country, some vineyards 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:35.160 align:middle line:84% here and there, lots of vineyards, 00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:37.890 align:middle line:84% either vineyards or orchards with very small trees. 00:25:37.890 --> 00:25:39.510 align:middle line:84% He asked her if those were vineyards. 00:25:39.510 --> 00:25:40.560 align:middle line:90% What do you care? 00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:41.490 align:middle line:90% Are you a wino? 00:25:41.490 --> 00:25:44.550 align:middle line:84% I need a drink from an extra large Sprite in a go cup, 00:25:44.550 --> 00:25:46.530 align:middle line:90% doctoring it with vodka. 00:25:46.530 --> 00:25:50.445 align:middle line:84% Orchards, a roadside stand selling Asian pears spelled 00:25:50.445 --> 00:25:52.740 align:middle line:90% A-S-I-N Pears. 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:54.960 align:middle line:84% Then higher country, the road winding. 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:56.760 align:middle line:90% They lost the jazz station. 00:25:56.760 --> 00:26:00.630 align:middle line:84% He found another, just geezer rock, tight curves, tall pines, 00:26:00.630 --> 00:26:02.520 align:middle line:90% and geezer rock. 00:26:02.520 --> 00:26:04.380 align:middle line:90% Is that the Feather River? 00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:07.740 align:middle line:84% By way of answer, she took a swig and coughed. 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.990 align:middle line:90% Hell of a lot of trees, he said. 00:26:09.990 --> 00:26:11.503 align:middle line:84% That's why they call it the forest. 00:26:11.503 --> 00:26:12.795 align:middle line:90% I hope we're not going camping. 00:26:12.795 --> 00:26:14.370 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:26:14.370 --> 00:26:17.250 align:middle line:84% We are if I can't find this place before dark. 00:26:17.250 --> 00:26:19.380 align:middle line:90% Look, Jimmy, who is this guy? 00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:21.330 align:middle line:90% I knew him in Alhambra. 00:26:21.330 --> 00:26:22.770 align:middle line:90% Is that a prison? 00:26:22.770 --> 00:26:25.140 align:middle line:84% It's a city a few hundred miles from here 00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:27.450 align:middle line:90% in your state, California. 00:26:27.450 --> 00:26:30.160 align:middle line:84% She pushed a button under her window." 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.660 align:middle line:90% Sorry. 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:33.510 align:middle line:84% "She pushed the button and her window came down." 00:26:33.510 --> 00:26:36.390 align:middle line:90% Dammit, these are my words. 00:26:36.390 --> 00:26:38.220 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.240 align:middle line:90% And this is my mouth. 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.773 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:26:40.773 --> 00:26:42.690 align:middle line:84% Theoretically, there shouldn't be any problem. 00:26:42.690 --> 00:26:44.852 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:26:44.852 --> 00:26:49.920 align:middle line:90% 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:52.890 align:middle line:90% "Alhambra, is that a prison? 00:26:52.890 --> 00:26:57.510 align:middle line:84% It's a city a few miles from here in your state, California. 00:26:57.510 --> 00:26:59.640 align:middle line:84% She pushed the button, and her window came down, 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:01.080 align:middle line:84% and the wind thudded into the car. 00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:02.520 align:middle line:84% She pitched her empty and listened 00:27:02.520 --> 00:27:04.350 align:middle line:84% for the small musical sound of the bottle 00:27:04.350 --> 00:27:06.360 align:middle line:90% shattering behind them. 00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:08.790 align:middle line:84% You're nice, he said, when you're sober. 00:27:08.790 --> 00:27:10.950 align:middle line:90% Have you ever seen me sober? 00:27:10.950 --> 00:27:13.500 align:middle line:84% I think I did for about a minute. 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:16.800 align:middle line:84% She laid her head back on the headrest and closed her eyes. 00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:19.050 align:middle line:84% Luntz turned down the radio and kept his eyes 00:27:19.050 --> 00:27:21.000 align:middle line:84% going left and right, looking for a building, 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:23.100 align:middle line:90% a sign, anything. 00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:25.200 align:middle line:84% After a while, she opened her eyes. 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.630 align:middle line:90% What's the plan? 00:27:27.630 --> 00:27:31.060 align:middle line:84% So far, the plan is, I can't go back and I can't stay here. 00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:32.910 align:middle line:90% That's the plan so far. 00:27:32.910 --> 00:27:33.960 align:middle line:90% You know what I mean. 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.610 align:middle line:90% What's the plan? 00:27:35.610 --> 00:27:38.340 align:middle line:84% Luntz stalled for 20 seconds, starting a cigarette. 00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:41.580 align:middle line:84% He set his lighter between them on the console. 00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:43.650 align:middle line:84% I think if you're looking for a gunslinger, 00:27:43.650 --> 00:27:45.780 align:middle line:90% you better keep looking. 00:27:45.780 --> 00:27:47.790 align:middle line:90% You said you shot Gambol. 00:27:47.790 --> 00:27:49.050 align:middle line:90% Only in the leg. 00:27:49.050 --> 00:27:50.760 align:middle line:84% I should have put two more in his head, 00:27:50.760 --> 00:27:52.800 align:middle line:84% just in proper observance of the rules. 00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:54.420 align:middle line:90% Instead, I took pity. 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:57.150 align:middle line:84% You don't want a guy with pity in his heart. 00:27:57.150 --> 00:27:59.400 align:middle line:84% I'd like to know what the plan is. 00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.720 align:middle line:90% I didn't say yes yet. 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:02.340 align:middle line:84% Let's sit down with a paper and pen 00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:04.440 align:middle line:90% and map out the pros and cons. 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.460 align:middle line:90% Great. 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.660 align:middle line:90% Don't say great yet. 00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:08.940 align:middle line:90% Say great when I say yes. 00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:11.280 align:middle line:84% I just hope I chose the right guy. 00:28:11.280 --> 00:28:14.680 align:middle line:84% When Luntz said nothing, she added, don't be insulted. 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.840 align:middle line:90% I'm not insulted. 00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:17.317 align:middle line:84% I just think it's bullshit for you 00:28:17.317 --> 00:28:18.525 align:middle line:90% to act like you had a choice. 00:28:18.525 --> 00:28:26.280 align:middle line:90% 00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:30.180 align:middle line:84% The woman was what they called a hefty blonde 00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:34.320 align:middle line:84% in jeans, and a sweatshirt, and big pink fuzzy slippers. 00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:36.960 align:middle line:84% She smoked cigarettes and watched crime shows and fake 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:41.040 align:middle line:84% judges on TV, while Gambol nodded and watched cartoons 00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:42.310 align:middle line:90% in his head. 00:28:42.310 --> 00:28:44.010 align:middle line:90% She laughed a lot at the shows. 00:28:44.010 --> 00:28:47.820 align:middle line:84% And when she laughed, it woke him up and he watched her. 00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:49.860 align:middle line:90% Where's the vet? 00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:51.000 align:middle line:90% Vet? 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:53.730 align:middle line:84% Juarez said he knew a vet could fix me. 00:28:53.730 --> 00:28:54.510 align:middle line:90% A vet, huh? 00:28:54.510 --> 00:28:56.130 align:middle line:90% I guess that's me. 00:28:56.130 --> 00:28:59.040 align:middle line:84% What, kind of, animals, large like horses, 00:28:59.040 --> 00:29:01.560 align:middle line:90% or small like pets? 00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:04.770 align:middle line:84% She laughed, took a drink from her glass, some, kind of booze, 00:29:04.770 --> 00:29:07.680 align:middle line:84% and set it down and lit a cigarette. 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.850 align:middle line:90% I'm a veteran. 00:29:08.850 --> 00:29:11.200 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.620 align:middle line:84% I was an army nurse for 21 years, three months, 00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.925 align:middle line:90% and six days. 00:29:14.925 --> 00:29:16.860 align:middle line:84% I dealt with lots of combat trauma. 00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:18.810 align:middle line:84% She exhaled straight upward to avoid 00:29:18.810 --> 00:29:20.340 align:middle line:90% blowing smoke in his face. 00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:22.425 align:middle line:84% I'm a veteran, not a veterinarian. 00:29:22.425 --> 00:29:24.450 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:29:24.450 --> 00:29:26.010 align:middle line:90% What's your name, Lady? 00:29:26.010 --> 00:29:26.520 align:middle line:90% Mary. 00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:27.420 align:middle line:90% What's yours? 00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.050 align:middle line:90% Fuck you. 00:29:28.050 --> 00:29:29.113 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:29:29.113 --> 00:29:30.030 align:middle line:90% That's what I thought. 00:29:30.030 --> 00:29:31.620 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:34.590 align:middle line:84% He nodded off and shot Luntz four times in the crotch, 00:29:34.590 --> 00:29:36.360 align:middle line:84% waited while he suffered, and then 00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:40.080 align:middle line:90% left him with two in the head." 00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:41.190 align:middle line:90% Is that enough for now? 00:29:41.190 --> 00:29:42.098 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:29:42.098 --> 00:29:43.140 align:middle line:90% There's more to the book. 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:46.535 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:29:46.535 --> 00:29:47.320 align:middle line:90% Is that good? 00:29:47.320 --> 00:29:48.760 align:middle line:90% You got 30 minutes? 00:29:48.760 --> 00:29:49.360 align:middle line:90% What's that? 00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.860 align:middle line:90% Did I do 30 minutes [INAUDIBLE]? 00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:52.710 align:middle line:90% Oh, yeah. 00:29:52.710 --> 00:29:54.000 align:middle line:90%