Piggs - a Novel With Bonus Screenplay
“Dupree. Cecil, absolutely gross, straw hat and overalls, not even wearing a shirt, for Christ sake, white socks and Li'l Abner shoes. Hoping, Gloria and everybody knew, that some poor jerk would take him for a rube. Say something to him so Cecil could have Cat pound him into mush. Or if the guy wasn't too big, do the job himself.
It happened now and then, on the street or in a store. It happened in Austin, Waco or Dallas somewhere. Where it never happened was in Mexican Wells, because eve...rybody knew better there.
"This is real good," Cecil said, "this is sure fine. You and me are busy all the time, we never get a chance to talk." "I don't guess we do," Gloria said.
"I was just thinking, Gloria and me, we don't get a chance to talk. What I ought to do, I ought to give her a ride sometime, we could have the time to talk." "It's very nice of you, Mr. Dupree, you didn't have to do that." "'Course I didn't, I wanted to. And Lord, not Mister Dupree." Cecil gave a little laugh. "I feel old, a young lady calls me that. 'Mister,' is something you don't want to hear, you get as old as me." "Oh, I don't think I could." "Do what?" "Call you that. I feel it would be a presumption on my part, me being in your employment and all." "Well as your employer, I say it's Cecil, I say it's all right." "If you say so." "Well I do." "All right." "Say it." "Do what?" "Say it. Say 'Cecil.'" "You mean, just come out and say it? Nothing else with it, just by itself?" "Just say it." "All by itself." "Jesus Christ, all by itself'd be fine." "Cecil." "What?" "Cecil." "Now see, that sounds real nice. And you are not presuming a thing, all right? I assure you of that." Cecil assured her. A pat on the knee, a tiny little squeeze an inch or so above that.MoreLess
It happened now and then, on the street or in a store. It happened in Austin, Waco or Dallas somewhere. Where it never happened was in Mexican Wells, because eve...rybody knew better there.
"This is real good," Cecil said, "this is sure fine. You and me are busy all the time, we never get a chance to talk." "I don't guess we do," Gloria said.
"I was just thinking, Gloria and me, we don't get a chance to talk. What I ought to do, I ought to give her a ride sometime, we could have the time to talk." "It's very nice of you, Mr. Dupree, you didn't have to do that." "'Course I didn't, I wanted to. And Lord, not Mister Dupree." Cecil gave a little laugh. "I feel old, a young lady calls me that. 'Mister,' is something you don't want to hear, you get as old as me." "Oh, I don't think I could." "Do what?" "Call you that. I feel it would be a presumption on my part, me being in your employment and all." "Well as your employer, I say it's Cecil, I say it's all right." "If you say so." "Well I do." "All right." "Say it." "Do what?" "Say it. Say 'Cecil.'" "You mean, just come out and say it? Nothing else with it, just by itself?" "Just say it." "All by itself." "Jesus Christ, all by itself'd be fine." "Cecil." "What?" "Cecil." "Now see, that sounds real nice. And you are not presuming a thing, all right? I assure you of that." Cecil assured her. A pat on the knee, a tiny little squeeze an inch or so above that.MoreLess
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