Killer's Kiss

182 00:26:45,708 --> 00:26:47,458 But when I think back about it now, 183 00:26:47,917 --> 00:26:50,583 [realize that all the time I was talking, 184 00:26:50,750 --> 00:26:53,917 the thing that was really in my mind was to remember not to ask what it was 185 00:26:54,083 --> 00:26:56,500 her boss, rappalo, was so sorry for. 186 00:26:56,833 --> 00:27:00,417 Anyway, let's talk about you, like... 187 00:27:02,208 --> 00:27:04,583 Who are those people in that picture over there... 188 00:27:05,083 --> 00:27:07,375 And how'd you ever get messed up with that dance hall guy? 189 00:27:08,917 --> 00:27:11,708 - What's the matter? - Nothing. 190 00:27:12,583 --> 00:27:17,042 Just that, it's so funny that you should ask those questions that way, 191 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:18,875 together that way. 192 00:27:19,042 --> 00:27:20,458 Why? 193 00:27:20,625 --> 00:27:23,500 Well, they have both so much to do with each other. 194 00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:27,208 - How do you mean? - It's a sort of involved story. 195 00:27:27,375 --> 00:27:29,101 - Do you really wanna hear it? - If you don't mind telling me. 196 00:27:29,125 --> 00:27:31,542 - I would very much. - I don't mind. 197 00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:34,000 For some reason, I feel like telling you. 198 00:27:34,167 --> 00:27:36,583 I've never told anybody before. 199 00:27:42,125 --> 00:27:45,958 This is my father and this is my sister, Iris. 200 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:49,583 But I suppose it's really Iris' story. 201 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:51,430 - [Ballet music] - She was a ballet dancer. 202 00:27:51,708 --> 00:27:53,625 And everyone said she was very good. 203 00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:57,792 She adored daddy and, of course, she was his favorite. 204 00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:03,083 But let me start from the beginning. Iris was eight years old. 205 00:28:03,458 --> 00:28:06,125 Father was a writer with a growing reputation 206 00:28:06,583 --> 00:28:09,583 and mother was very beautiful and very intelligent. 207 00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:12,750 They loved each other very much and they were very happy. 208 00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:17,458 Then I was born and my mother died on the same day. 209 00:28:18,250 --> 00:28:21,917 They say father went on a two-week drunk to celebrate the double event, 210 00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:25,292 and after that, I don't think he ever thought of another woman. 211 00:28:27,208 --> 00:28:30,375 Time passed and Iris grew more beautiful each day. 212 00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:34,625 She was the image of her mother. Everyone said so. 213 00:28:35,542 --> 00:28:39,042 Iris was daddy's favorite and I was very jealous... 214 00:28:39,750 --> 00:28:41,792 And maybe I began to hate her. 215 00:28:43,083 --> 00:28:46,208 Daddy was good to me and maybe he loved me a little too. 216 00:28:46,417 --> 00:28:49,875 By the time she was 20, she was dancing with the ballet russe 217 00:28:50,042 --> 00:28:51,875 and daddy was so proud of her. 218 00:28:52,750 --> 00:28:54,792 And then [remember the day clearly. 219 00:28:55,417 --> 00:28:58,708 It was my 13th birthday, Sunday afternoon. 220 00:28:59,417 --> 00:29:02,875 Iris came home excited, and told us of her marriage proposal. 221 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:07,917 The man wasn't bad-looking, in his early 305 and very rich. 222 00:29:08,542 --> 00:29:10,250 Father knew him and liked him, 223 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:14,000 but he couldn't stop laughing when Iris told how she said no 224 00:29:14,458 --> 00:29:18,542 simply because the fella wanted her to give up her dancing and just be his wife. 225 00:29:19,417 --> 00:29:21,667 She never said if she loved him or not. 226 00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:27,042 Then a few months later, daddy took sick and didn't get better. 227 00:29:28,208 --> 00:29:30,125 And it turned out that he never would, 228 00:29:30,542 --> 00:29:33,417 and that he would need constant medical care until the end. 229 00:29:33,833 --> 00:29:36,417 Six months to two years, they said. 230 00:29:38,875 --> 00:29:41,083 Iris ' salary wasn't enough, 231 00:29:41,250 --> 00:29:44,375 and in two months time, all our savings were gone. 232 00:29:45,333 --> 00:29:49,792 I couldn't work. I was only 13 and still in grade school. 233 00:29:51,042 --> 00:29:53,667 The next thing I knew, she married her rich suitor 234 00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:57,917 and we were all living in great style on his estate in long island. 235 00:29:59,042 --> 00:30:00,958 Daddy had the best care money could buy 236 00:30:01,125 --> 00:30:03,625 and he seemed happy, despite everything. 237 00:30:04,958 --> 00:30:07,750 Iris gave up her dancing according to the marriage bargain, 238 00:30:08,167 --> 00:30:11,042 and did little else but sit at daddy's bedside. 239 00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:15,333 Sick as he was, he always laughed a lot when the