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Well, I'll be goddamn.

Shott is totally sorry.

Unfortunately, Shottie, there's not one person in this room that can buy

groceries with your I'm sorries.

I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

I'm going to give you to the end of the month to get my money back.

The 20G.

Plus juice for three weeks.

That comes to about $26 ,000, right? Oh, yeah, $26 ,000. That sound like a fair

deal? Oh, yes, very fair. That's great. Thank you, Leo. And you know what?

I'm going to go hit some rooms right now, get that money collected in a

Oh, shot, shot, shot. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Sam, get that table, Nick. Get my bag, will you?

I almost forgot something very important.

You still need to be disciplined.

What? Oh, yeah.

Oh, well, why... Well, it wouldn't be a very good example to the rest of the

crew, right?

Yeah, but, Leo, I was going to collect it right now. And what if you don't,

What are we supposed to do, go hungry again?

Mm -mm.

Come here.

What?

Come over here.

Put your hand on the table.

Put your hand on the table.

Leo, is this really necessary? I was going to try and get the money right

Watch this.

is something I will not tolerate.

Leave him alone.

Now, Shoddy, move that table, will you?

Why?

Move the table.

Now, tell me, Mr. Mike, how is

it that I'm not?

otherwise bright and peaceful Sunday afternoon.

Ray Ray, yourself, and two buyers.

Friends are raised for, what, three, maybe five years.

Sit down and transact some very routine business.

But instead, Ray Ray and his pals get blown away,

while you...

Where his eyes, his ears, and his figurati managed

to miss taking any bullets at all.

Like a cat with nine lives.

Now you tell me, how is that possible?

I didn't know where the hit came from.

I guess you're one lucky motherfucker, Mike.

I mean, after all.

I'm concerned you just saved your own life.

Well, Ray Ray's gone.

You'll be working with Hooker.

I'm just a phone call away if you need me. Yeah, no problem, Leo. We'll be

Thank you.

It's a great way to do what?

You get me popped you'll have nothing

You don't want to give me another one, do you?

Mike!

Dennis.

Dennis, maybe you could help me out.

I was just saying to my good friend Billy, would you, for one million

cash, try and take this gun from me?

Would you go for it? Would you snatch a pebble from my hand, shell it, and

sample a reflex?

One million dollars cash, Dennis.

Would you go for it?

I wouldn't go for it.

I wouldn't go for it either.

That's a good call, Dennis.

Good man.

Point made.

Here.

Here's your gun back.

Billy, I want you to meet a good friend of mine.

Billy, this is Dennis.

Dennis, meet Billy.

Dennis.

Oh, thank you.

Our pal has a strange sense of humor.

Yeah, he does.

Drink to that.

Mike, we gotta get out of here. Oh, yeah, that we do. The song's almost

-huh. Oh.

But it was good to see you again. I'll see you again soon, I'm sure.

Take care.

There she is.

Better work, Mike.

I'm telling you, this is the perfect plan.

I'm going to pour this drink right on her breath.

You're going to thank me for this.

Ready?

Yeah. All right, here we go.

Hey, Dennis, where you been?

I'll tell you about it later.

Oh,

Mike! Hey, Mike!

Excuse him.

Joey! It's going to stay.

No, really, it's going to stay. It's okay. No, it's going to stay. Mike, it's

okay. Two, three, stop!

Yeah, good. What do you expect from acting like that?

Schmuck?

Jesus. Hi, what are you, in high school here?

I'm sorry. Some of the guys aren't very mature.

I'll get you a towel.

She hates me.

I'm such an asshole. I'm sorry.

Well, that goes without saying.

Why don't you clean it up?

I'm going to go.

I can't believe you think I was so stupid. You know you're going to pay for

dry cleaning, too.

Okay, I know, I know, I know.

The least you could do, if you're making a fool out of yourself and of me, is to

ask me to dance.

Guys, wait a minute.

I appreciate your help, Joey.

Whose idea was that?

Mike's.

Mike's, huh?

Yeah.

Be smart.

Be smart.

Thanks.

Nice wedding, huh?

It's a very one.

As I watched that son of a bitch gloating, I had to ask myself how a cop

ever fell for a con man like Michael Moore.

The original idea was simple. With Michael's help, I would set up Ray Ray

force him to flip to rat out Leo, the number one crime boss in the

My instincts should have told me not to take a chance on an opportunist like

Michael.

But he had a way with people.

And I let myself get too close.

Until it was too late.

Yeah, who is it?

What do you think?

Hello?

Hey, listen.

Listen to me.

I'm telling you now.

I'm telling you, you were out of line.

We got a wedding going here, and you're out of line.

Oh.

You're going to give us the time limit?

I mean, you think that's smart? I mean, is that what you want to do, huh?

No, no, I'm asking you. Is that what you want to do?

Yeah, really?

Oh, man, listen. Go kiss my ass, jerk off.

Oh, listen, listen.

Listen to me.

You got your dress, right? You know where we are?

Are you clear? You know where we are?

Well, good, man. We'll be waiting.

That's right.

Come on down.

Joey just got another call from this guy who's a claim to work for the fat man.

He's trying to squeeze us now. Can you imagine that?

Said we'd start paying him rent tonight.

They're going to run us out of the neighborhood.

What did Joey say?

What else? He told me to kiss his ass. They proceeded to tell Joey they'd be

down here in just over an hour.

I hate it.

I'm full of shit they don't work for, Barney. I could never use them.

Remember where I was around?

I have this mother... Yeah,

well, those days are gone.

Does Joey know where these guys live? Yeah.

Let's go pay him a visit. Let him know you ain't paying rent to anybody.

You don't think I should call Leo?

For what?

It isn't his problem. It's ours.

Okay, you're right.

Let me just tell my wife then, all right?

It's some wedding, huh, Mike?

Going for a drive.

So what do you think, Mike? Just split up? A couple of us go to the front, a

couple of us go to the back?

Why would you do that?

Take your energy. Just knock on the front door. When they answer the door,

start swinging on everybody you see.

I make a lot of noise.

Don't be surprised, all right? Believe me.

Hey, Mike.

Would you turn the car down that street, please?

What's that shot?

We've got one of our car rooms down that street. That's one of my car rooms,

shot. Whatever. I just saw CJ's car there. Hey, that's the guy that has

money, right? Yeah, lost his money at the track out there. What the fuck is he

doing here? Forget it, shot.

Stop it.

Don't stop, Mike. Please don't stop, man.

Look, we've got exactly one hour to get to these bikers before they fuck my life

and what's left of my wedding. Mike, please don't listen to him, and please

the car and go down that street. Don't listen to him, Mike. Who the fuck is in

charge here?

He's in charge.

Mike.

Mike.

Please, you don't know this guy like I do, man. I'm not going to be a part of

one of his shot scenes when he pulls out a gun in front of 20 people, and I know

he's going to do it, especially in one of my places.

Booker, let's be reasonable here, okay? I'm not going to cause a scene, but I

would like to talk to this.

I mean, you can't just run around borrowing money, not pay your debts.

Right, Mike?

It's not a very Christian thing to do, is it?

It is Leo's money.

Look, have a heart, would you please?

I've got to get that money.

All right, man, but let's hurry, all right? We've got like 55 minutes to get

this bike. All right.

What are you doing?

I'm going to take this car for starters.

I don't give a... Look at the stand, Trev. Tell him to dump it.

I'll call him later.

How do I get back?

Take a cab.

And don't forget to check the trunk when you get there.

Go ahead, Dennis. Hurry back.

Come on.

May the fight end up in jail.

I'm gonna be pissed.

Go ahead, hurry back.

Hey,

Chucky, baby.

Chucky, how you doing, man?

Hey,

Sean. How you doing?

Oh, hey, hey. What can I do for you?

Hey, you guys collected earlier, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We collected,

all right, but that's not why I'm here. Take a gander.

You see that big piece of shit up there in the corner?

Yeah, that fat piece of shit in the face.

Leo's almost 30 grand.

Who's Leo? Almost 30 grand. Whatever. Look, Chucky, I just need to talk to

Would you please call him over here?

Hey, Chucky, I can tell by your adjectives that you're a little upset,

I just don't want any problems.

Huh? Oh, no, no, no. Wait a second. I mean, check it out here. I mean, it took

her his wedding day. He just got married today. There's not going to be any

problem. Come on, Chucky. I just need to talk to this guy. Bring him over. Come

on. It's all right, Chucky.

We're not here to shake anybody down, all right?

Chucky, the sooner we get this thing started, the sooner we'll be on our way.

You know Hooker wouldn't bullshit you.

Okay.

All right.

I'll go over and talk to him. Go. Go.

Thank you, Chucky. Thank you, Chuck.

What's up, Bubba?

I thought you told me you took care of Sean.

Who? Sean.

I paid that little... juice.

What's his problem? Come on, what's he saying?

He's saying he didn't get any juice from you and he's here to collect 30 grand.

Look, we agreed that I paid the juice.

I did.

What is his problem?

30 grand?

He's dreaming.

These two guys are working together. I know right now this mother... Chucky

should have called us. He should have called us the second this guy walked in.

He knew I was looking for this guy.

Hey, I'm out.

I don't care whether you're dead or you're dead. I don't care whether you

him or don't owe him. Just do me a favor.

Go over there and piss his butt.

So we can get him out of here.

This is Lily White.

Hope you don't take a look.

We've got less than 50 minutes, man. Don't jerk him around, all right?

Hooker, take a bite, old man. Chill.

Hey, what's going on?

Nice suits, huh? Yeah, yeah. It's Hooker's wedding day. Oh,

All right, man. Yeah, he got married today.

Oh, yeah.

Must be some wedding, huh? Oh, yeah.

Who's this?

This is Mike.

Hi, Mike. This is CJ.

You guys work together? Yeah, we work together. So, how you doing, man? What's

going on? Ah, what can I say?

You know me.

Bouncing back, better than ever.

I like that. Bouncing back, yeah. And speaking of bouncing back, how about

giving me my money?

You want your money?

Come on. Shot.

You. You and I agreed that I would pay the juice.

I paid the juice. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, friend. Hey, hey, hey. I mean,

the deal was two grand a week, you know, and I fronted you 20, all right?

And it's been six weeks.

You're light over 10 ,000 pounds. Dad, you can't bleed the stone. I mean, if

can't understand it, go f*** yourself.

I can go f*** myself?

Guys, did you hear that? I can go f*** myself. I mean, that's a pretty funny

joke, CJ.

But I tell you what, I've got a better idea. Oh, yeah? What's that?

I love these guys.

I still don't know what he does.

I've never seen a guy so depressed on his wedding day. What's going on?

Hey, you want to hear my idea?

Come on, go ahead. Here's my idea.

How about I take my gun out and shoot you in the back of your head?

Okay.

Good move.

Great career move.

No, I mean, how about that idea? How are you going to pay that?

You going to collect the insurance?

I don't know. You got insurance?

It's fun. It's fun, man.

So what do you think about that idea?

What do I think? I think he is a funny fucker. You are one funny fucker. That's

what I think.

You're the best.

But I'm not kidding.

Hold me.

You're kidding.

Right, Sean?

No. No, no, actually, I'm not kidding. You know what? I would just love to take

a gun out and shove it right up your ass. Well, get in line, Pally. There's

about three ex -wives, four bookmakers, traffic department.

I'm not too popular around this town. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a

second. Maybe this will help. Maybe this will help.

Don't you know...

Who we work for? I mean, don't you know who runs this place?

Come on!

Don't you know?

Everybody knows who runs this place. Everyone.

All right, well, why don't you tell us?

In fact, why don't you tell all of us in here?

Everybody!

Who runs this place? My very good and close personal friend,

Tommy Barnett.

Okay?

What are you?

You dumb and stupid or what? You didn't catch that?

Is this news?

Am I wrong?

Hey, I burst your bubble here, break up the dream. What's going on?

Tommy Barnett?

Fat man is running this place?

Oh, you have...

You're gonna have some problems, Chucky.

Tell me, Barnett.

Hooker, what can I say?

You should have never said that, man. You're gonna pay for that.

case tell you what to do? Who's your boss?

What the

fuck is wrong with you guys? God

damn it.

You don't put a gun

in front of 20 people that can make you shot.

Then you shut that goddamn table. That fucker's got the money right now. That's

right, he's got the money. But you know what?

He doesn't have a ride.

That's right, Chuck.

He's a no -fucking -ride.

Now, we'll name him. Don't worry. We'll get every penny he's got. I'm going to

make a big double for his big mouth.

And what about that business about Barney? That's one of my fucking card

And who is that guy running the room? Chuckie?

Talk to him, too. I still say we should have popped that guy right then.

You really believe that?

Yes. Right here. Go pop him.

Shoot him in the fucking eyeballs right now. Come on, let's go. Wait a fucking

minute. Let's talk about this. What the fuck are you doing, Mike? What are you

talking about? This will be fun. No, it's not fucking fun. It's the shot.

on.

What are you doing? I'll even get the door for you.

What's wrong?

No one's stopping you.

That's right.

You see, now you're thinking.

Your head's clear and you don't want to do it because you know it's stupid. Any

jock can pop someone and get caught shot.

Smart guy, a wise guy pops him and don't get caught. Remember that.

Huh?

All right, wise guys.

So what do we do? Wait till he comes outside?

You got it. No way. I'm not waiting for anybody, man. The bikers are going to

end up at my wedding.

The bikers live five minutes away. They ain't going anywhere.

So what the f*** are we going to wait for CJ to come out? You don't have to do

that. You're the man now, remember? You can't let these people f*** with you.

Yeah, so?

So you go in there and you tell the chucks to go like three minutes and send

outside, or we're going to burn this f***ing place to the ground.

Dude, that's one of my card rooms.

What is he talking about?

You're going to burn this place to the ground? Of course not. We haven't got

time for that, but you tell him that anyway.

Come on.

Come on.

This is not funny.

It's not funny.

You guys are killing my business.

Tell him that.

Hey, how you doing, big boy?

Very funny shot, boy.

We gotcha. You sure did. Okay, okay.

Now, where is my door?

Well, we had to move it. You were parked in a no -asshole zone.

Now I know why you're here.

You are the comedian, right?

Do you think this is funny?

Okay, now come on. Come on.

Joke's over, listen. Let's just take a walk. I know we were having some fun

there, guys. It was just that I was on my way to pay, I swear. No, you were

having some fun. No, we were just like... Yeah, speaking of paying... Come

shot, you know how I am. Speaking of paying, why didn't you give me the money

when I asked you? Because, you know, you dicked me around. Hey, shot, you know,

I couldn't do that in front of all those people who made me look good.

Hey, so you know I'm not like... You know I'm always good for a check. Come

you and me, finish line, guys.

Guys, how many tips I give you? Come on. All right, can I go in my pocket?

Go ahead.

I'll take this for now.

I'll take this for now.

Where's the rest of it?

Hold my gun.

Here's my shot.

And don't forget his ring, his watch, and anything else he's got. There's five

right there.

Easy. Oh, what do we got here?

What do we have here?

Look at that. That's 20 easy.

Jesus Christ, asshole. Oh, that's his asshole. That's his asshole.

All right.

Come on. Let me tell you something.

Now, let me tell you something. You caused me a lot of grief.

You put me through a lot of grief. This mother... Oh, that's the asshole again.

I got the money.

Come on.

That's it, I swear.

I think I've got it all. I think I've got the whole... I think that's it. How

about this?

Hey, shot.

Put his tooth down.

His tooth?

Come on, guys. He got the money.

Now, come on, Shaq. What are you talking about? Come on. I've got the money.

Come on. All right, the joke's over.

Give it to me.

Asshole. The gold one.

You got a gold one in there?

Shaq, come on.

Shaq. All right, all right, all right. I'm just kidding.

All right, listen up.

We're going to cool it even this time.

If you ever drop the fat man's name here or any other place and I find out about

it, I'm going to come up behind you and blow your head off. Do you understand?

You understand.

You understand. Good.

Now you can apologize to my friend.

Hooker, give me my gun.

Shut. We're going to get to the bikers.

No, shut up.

You caused me a lot of grief, you know that?

A whole lot of grief.

You are one lucky man.

One lucky man.

Give me a shot.

We got the money.

Did I have to get my hand broke?

Let's get to the bikers.

What happened?

You guys get the money? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, get in the car. Take care

that shit with Sanchez.

Yeah, you've got somebody lined up.

Get the fuck out of here, Mike. We've got to hurry.

After I left the club, I began to realize Michael had more of a hold on me

I could ever admit.

Why else would I put myself through such madness?

Hey,

do you really think those guys worked for that? Not anymore, Dennis. It was a

battle. But who won?

We did. We kicked their asses. What a bunch of... Yeah.

Now for the bad news.

Leo's here.

Oh, no, great.

I got his money back from CJ, and I'm gonna get a piece for each of us, too.

Really?

Joey, what about my wife?

She's with, uh, Melanie and Corrine, and she is pissed.

She says you're an asshole.

Thank you, shot.

It'll work out. Just get yourself cleaned up.

Hey, if we wouldn't have stopped at the card room, it would have been your ass

as much as mine.

Thanks again.

Shot.

Show a little common sense. Don't ask Leo for any money, all right?

We'll see. Come on. Please.

We'll see.

Should have pulled his tooth out.

Shot.

What? Did you really get all the money?

Yeah. Every fucking penny.

Do yourself a favor. Give it to Leo and keep your mouth shut.

I don't want you ending up like Ray Ray.

Wait a second. Don't start that Ray Ray stuff again. You don't know that Leo

whacked his own guy. I get a good feeling about it.

What the fuck did you do to your head?

I hit it on a table.

A table?

Yeah. How's your nose?

I'm sorry about that. Yeah, come on.

What a night.

What a fucking night, man.

No, I'm sorry. I hit you right in the nose with my elbow. I'm really sorry

that. Sorry? What are you, a spastic or something?

Hey, come on. Come on.

I knocked that one biker out. What? That biker was a chick, Dennis. You punched

a chick. No way. Dennis, you punched a chick. Get out of here. Get out of here.

You punched a chick. No way. You've done it before. I know you have.

Leo? Well?

They delivered the message.

They won't be bothering us anymore.

Yeah.

Big deal.

They should have taken care of it earlier.

Maybe next time they won't wait so long.

Joseph.

Don't you have a wedding to get back to?

Right? Right.

What are you waiting for, a special invitation?

I'll tell you the truth at first, I was a little upset.

I mean, I arrived here tonight expecting to join in the festive occasion, my

main man's wedding.

Get a chance to spend a little time with you fellas, you know, off the clock, as

it were.

But when I arrived,

I go through the club, and I see the faces of friends, family, and guests,

they're all looking pretty upset.

Why?

Because the man of the hour is missing.

I know, Leo. I'm sorry. We got a call from this biker. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I

Joey told me all about it. And that's another thing that makes me pretty

crunchy. He tells me that these guys have been calling three or four times

the past couple of weeks, and I don't know a thing about it.

Listen, I don't mind you going out to deliver a message, but it does upset me.

that you wait until your wedding night to go take care of this stuff.

Come on, Hooker.

As a result, you got two mothers upstairs very upset.

Not to mention a new bride.

That's no way to start out your marriage, buddy.

I know, Leo. You're absolutely right. I'd like to get back to the wedding as

soon as possible.

Dennis, make us a few drinks, will you?

Yeah, sure, Leo.

Let's get down to the business first.

I understand you ran into the gambler.

What happened with that?

He paid.

What do you mean, he paid?

Well, Mike talked to the guy, and he paid.

Really? How much? Just about 30. Plus, we got his car, a brand -new Mercedes,

which is being liquidated at Sanchez as we speak.

I drove it. Yeah.

Dennis drove it.

Well, don't just sit there. Tell me all about it. All right.

We waited for him outside.

He was in the tutu club playing craps.

So anyway, when he comes outside, Mike backs the guy in the corner in the

shadows, trips him on his ass, and sticks a gun on his face. Does one of

numbers, right?

And let me tell you, Leo, this guy changed his attitude real quick, and I

his money. And let me tell you this. This guy was deathly scared, too. Yeah,

true, Mike?

Pretty close, Leo, but there's one small problem.

Leo, uh, when we were inside the joint, the card room, this guy C .J. dropped

the fat man's name. Try to say the card room was Tommy's place.

Mm -hmm.

What'd the manager say? What's his name? Chuckie. I talked to him afterwards. He

said it was a bunch of bullshit, but I think he was lying. I think that's been

paying rents.

Think Tommy shook him down?

Maybe. What do you think we should do, Leo? Same thing you would do to anybody

else. Double his rent.

See what he does. If he complains, tell him to kiss your ass.

All the better. More money for us.

That's right. More money for us.

money for us.

Speaking of more money, Leo, I was just wondering, Hooker,

relax. We just made a lot of money today, huh?

And exactly how much money did we make?

$50 ,000.

That's how much we made. To $50 ,000.

Yeah. To $50 ,000.

$50 ,000.

Oh, shit, man. Oh, man. I got to tell you, Leo, I can't believe how dumb,

dumb I was to loan out your money. I can't believe that either.

But at least I got it back, huh? All of it, including the $10 ,000 in juice.

Boy, oh boy, at least that is pretty smart, huh?

And since I got back all of your money, Leo, and the juice, I was just

wondering, and I don't want to speak for the rest of the crew, but I was just

wondering if maybe, just maybe, we could split the extra profit over and above

the $30 ,000.

That's like...

Mmm, 20 grand, depending on what we get for the car, right? Because I got to

tell you, Leo, I'm so f***ing broke right now that I don't have a pot to

in or a window to throw it out of. I mean, I am so f***ing broke that I am

to go belly up.

Goodbye, Al.

So what do you say, Leo?

Dennis, what do you think I should do?

I don't know, Leo.

Well, of course you don't know. If you knew, you'd be the one wearing the $2

,000 suit, right?

Hey, you know, come to think of it, I changed my mind.

I think that Shot's got a great idea here.

Yeah, I like it. Thank you. So, Dennis, what do you think now? What do you think

of Shot's idea now?

I like it. Hey!

Hey!

Dennis likes Shot's idea.

Hooker, who do you think of Shot's idea?

Whatever you say, Leo. Whatever I say. I love that.

Whatever I say.

But you know what I say?

I think you should get your wife on the phone.

Tell her to open her purse and come on home!

Because Shot is giving away Leo's money!

And since we're on the subject of Leo's money...

Why don't we review Leo's rules about Leo's money?

Dennis, what's Leo's rule number one about Leo's money?

It's, um... Well?

Never ask you for money. Never ask Leo for money.

Hooker, what's Leo's rule number two about Leo's money?

If you're thinking about... If you're thinking about breaking rule number one?

That's right. If you're thinking about breaking Leo's rule number one, leave

room now.

Now, for the all -point bonus round.

Maestro, can I get a drumroll, please?

What is Leo's rule number three?

There

is no rule

number three. That's right, shot.

There is no rule number three.

So now that we're all clear about Leo's rules regarding Leo's money, what the

f*** were you thinking about when you loaned that gambler my money?

Did I tell you to do that?

Did anyone tell you to do that?

You know, all I ever hear from you, shot, is I'm so f***ing broke. Kapaya!

I'm about to go belly up, Kapaya!

I don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of.

Kapaya, Kapaya, Kapaya!

I got something for you.

Kapaya, Kapaya, Kapaya!

Well, look, you know, I got a new bitch for you. Kapaya!

You hell of a bitch.

You know, I finally figured out what that word kapaya means.

Ah, look.

I got one suggestion for you.

Get the fuck out of here!

Now, gentlemen, if there isn't any other personal business we have to take care

of,

I would like you all to clean yourselves up.

Put on a fresh shirt and tie, and let's return to the wedding where the family

and guests are waiting for you.

Leo, what about that business about Tommy?

It's not the first time we've heard that, you know, these guys getting

I mean, it won't be long before we have problems collecting from wherever it

goes. It's just a matter of time.

Okay.

Don't be impatient.

And don't be fearful.

Folk make bad decisions when they're fearful.

Right, Shoddy?

Kapaya!

Come on.

Michael! Damn, where have you been? I've been calling you. What the hell are you

doing here? Did they see you come up here? Who?

The crew, the downstairs.

Did they see you come up here?

I don't know. You shouldn't have come here, Billy. I told you at the wedding

you're going to get me partner. Keep away from me.

Was it a new breath mint I should consider? What?

Well, thanks for, uh...

Talking to me.

Where's my hat? What's my hurry?

As I drove around the city, night after night, I began to suspect Michael had

his own motives for joining Leo's crew.

And none of them included me.

It had been a week since the wedding and I still had not heard from him.

Things on the street had been quiet.

But if the bad feeling in my gut was right, Michael wasn't going to sit still

forever.

Like the song says, the waiting.

You know what, Mike?

It would be a shame if Leo took a bullet to the head and died, wouldn't you?

Kind of fun.

I'm not going to hold my breath thinking about it.

Thinking about what?

Oh.

Leo, nothing. We're just kind of goofing around here.

Would you like some breakfast? Oh, no, I just had a hellish game.

I'm glad to see you guys are in such a jovial mood.

Let's not be giving a lot of thought to what we talked about last week.

And I agree.

I want you guys to be able to make some real money.

I want you all to be fat and happy. That's the way it ought to be.

And after the next job, there'll be plenty to go around for everybody.

Leo, what next job is that?

The fat man.

Get him right outside of his restaurant on Ivar.

I've already taken care of his man on the inside.

You can get him when he comes out.

Tonight. Leo, you're talking about Joseph's, right? The place across from

hospital, right?

You got it, Johnny.

So you make sure you get him good for the hospital across the street. He might

make it if you don't kill him.

Leo, are you serious about this?

You guys said you wanted to be able to make some real money, right?

Well, here's your chance.

We'll take over every place he's got, and there'll be no problem with

because nobody will fuck with us. What about cops?

I'll handle them myself, don't worry.

We just have to take out the fat man first.

Well, Leo, how do we whack him right outside of his restaurant and get away

it? Yeah, we'd have to wear costumes or something, wouldn't we? And we need a

car.

Yeah, you got it, Mike.

We'll need a car.

So we're actually going to do it, Leo? We're going to whack him?

Tonight? And you gotta do it fast.

You gotta get him while he's not looking for it.

So we're doing it.

Mike?

I'm going to do it if you guys are.

Good.

So, any questions?

No. Good.

So I'll see you guys back here tonight.

Yeah, and we'll have a real celebration.

See you, Leo.

You think Leo's full of shit?

He's not only full of shit about the money, this is just one more step in his

master plan.

What master plan?

Simple. Leo gets us to get rid of the fat man, and he gets everything.

So what's wrong with that? Loose ends.

The moment we take out that fat bastard, we become a liability, just like Ray

Ray became a liability.

Yeah. What about Joey?

We'll talk to him when he gets back.

He'll be fine.

What about the shop?

I mean, there's no traffic at that hour. Someone might hear the noise.

Joey, you can't hear shit in this place and you know it.

This place is practically soundproof.

Who's going to pull the trigger on Leo?

He is. Who?

Him. Me? Wait a minute, Mike. Why me?

Wait a minute, Mike. Why him? Right.

Because Leo trusts him. He can get up right behind him, pop him in the head,

he'll never see it coming. That's right, Hooker, that's right. He'll never see

it coming from you.

Well, can you do it, Hooker?

Can you do it? Yes, yes, I can do it.

I have to.

We can't end up like Ray -Ray, right? That's right. We cannot end up like Ray

-Ray.

I've done it.

Dennis, are you going to be able to handle it?

Guys, I can do this. He's back up.

He'll be in a ball with you and shot.

What are you doing, Mike? What are you going to do?

I'm Hooker's backup.

Okay, wait a minute. Let me get this straight.

Okay, Mike.

Okay,

Hooker is going after Leo.

You're backing him up, is that right?

Uh -huh. Okay, then me and shot.

Going after... Sam and Nick. Sam and Nick.

And Dennis, you're going to pack us up. Is that right, Mike? Correct.

So I'm in here with you and Hooker. No, Dennis. You're in the bar with Joey and

a shot.

All right.

I got it.

Okay.

So what's the fat man look like anyway?

Like you, only smart.

No, really.

What's he look like? He's big. About 50, 55.

Good -looking guy, too.

Heavy, but not bad -looking. That's not how I remember him, shot. Last time I

saw the guy, he was pretty thin, looked pretty fit. The fat man?

Yeah, the fat man. Kind of look like, uh, what's that guy's name? The Italian

guy. The actor. He's an opera singer, too. Uh, Pusavino. Big party from

Goodfellas. Yeah, that's him, but not quite as heavy. You mean he looks like

him, but thinner.

Exactly. You guys are both wrong. Tommy Burnett's fat as a pig.

Looks like Brando in a high -sodium diet. That's bullshit, shot. It looks

like Sorvino than it does Brando. You want to bet? Yeah. I sat right the fuck

across from a guy in a restaurant, not more than a month ago. I was, like, this

close to the guy, like, from the front of the hood to here.

In fact, this guy was so fat, they had to pull the table out for him every time

he wanted to get up. Okay, boys, here we go. Is that him?

Oh. Come on.

That one guy's pretty fat.

Can't tell. I thought you said right across from the fucking guy. Is that him

not, shot?

Uh... Well, no.

That's not him.

He doesn't drive a Lexus. That's not a Lexus, shot. That's a Mercedes.

What?

No, that's still not him. That guy is way too young and too thin.

You said right across from the guy. You can't tell? Piss my ass, okay?

So when do we do Leo?

As soon as we get back there.

We really did like him. Who cares? Shut your trap.

Guys, that's him right there.

Yep, that's him. The second guy back.

You sure?

I'm positive.

It's him, man.

Hooker, start the car. All right, man, I'm starting the car. Come on.

Oh, shit. Wait, don't look at the traffic.

We're not going to get across that. We're going to get away.

Goddamn traffic. Dennis, get out of this car and tell these people to move.

Dennis, put up.

Man,

that's him. I'm telling you guys, that's him.

Oh, goddamn traffic.

Fuck it.

Wait, wait, wait. He told that.

He's gone back. He's gone back. Here it is, guys.

Come on, it's been hit.

Jesus.

Back the car up.

Put it in reverse, Hawker. Right, right.

When I heard the call over the police radio, I knew right then that Michael

the crew had done the hit on Barnett.

Who else would make the move on Leo's main rival?

A quick call to the club was the clincher.

Michael who? Michael Moore.

I don't know any Michael.

Listen up, asshole. I want to talk to Michael Moore right now.

Look, I don't give a fuck who you want to talk to. I don't know any Michael

Moore. Try another name.

All right, Joey.

Try this.

If I don't talk to that motherfucker tonight, you tell him Billy said he's a

dead man.

You got that?

Wait a minute.

Joey's nervousness gave it away.

He was covering for Michael. There were no two ways about it.

I warned Michael what would happen if he broke the rule.

The time had come for him to find out.

You give them two.

Okay? Fair deal, huh?

All right. We got it all worked up.

What's this?

It's my breast.

What's this?

It's my breast.

It's a lie.

It's a lie.

All right.

It's a lie.

Shit.

Breast lie semantics, officer.

Okay. Okay.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Oh, what's this?

Huh?

It's my fucking gun. What do you think it is?

One.

Huh?

Give me the other.

Give me the other.

Two. Buckle my shoe.

You're adorable.

Get over here. I'm getting. I'm getting. Calm down. In the car. I'm getting.

In the fucking car.

It's so rough.

What's your name?

What's your name?

Marilyn.

It's another lie.

Right in my face.

What the fuck is wrong with you, Billy?

Every time I see you this week, you're like turning into a crazy man or

something. Now this bullshit is with you, huh?

You're going to replace my dope too. That was everything I had.

You're going to deliver a message for me.

I ain't going to do shit for you. I can't even walk.

I can't walk.

Then crawl.

Hey,

I always treat you like a gentleman. Yes.

Treat me like a gentleman. All right, cool. Billy, come on. I'll treat you

a gentleman.

Well, gentlemen, put the gun down, man.

Me, Billy.

All right.

A message.

Leo Richards.

Oh, no, you're not serious.

Billy, come on, man. How the f*** am I going to deliver a message to Leo

Richards, huh?

Just listen.

All right. And you'll learn something. Okay.

I want you to go into this club on Santa Monica Boulevard.

You ask for this guy, uh...

This guy, Joey.

You bend his ear for a while.

You get cozy with him.

Tell him you got a message from a cop.

Okay?

Let me ask you something, Billy. Just a hypothetical kind of... I

go in there and I'm doing this ear bending and we're cozy and everything.

Let's just say he don't believe me.

Then what?

Then, you're going to be in a world that hurts.

All right.

What's the message?

Tell him, Michael Moore

watched out his guy Ray Ray.

Michael Moore watched out his guy Ray Ray.

Anything else?

Yeah.

You get back to me as soon as it's done.

Okay.

Can I at least have my gun back?

bullets, right, Billy?

I have a right to my degeneracy.

Yeah, of course you do, Billy. No one said you didn't, man.

I'll call you as soon as I'm done, okay?

All right, I'll dig you later, Billy.

Joseph Barnett was a man whose life spanned two worlds. His father wanted

be a competitive businessman. It didn't make any sense.

You

think

Leo's going to buy it?

Come on, you've heard the radio.

Rebel street soldiers ran him down, destroyed the level. What the f*** would

think? It's a slam dunk.

Yeah, you think they're going to find out our names?

Not unless you call Connie Chun and tell them. What the f*** is common is that?

Remember.

Nothing out of the ordinary. You go in, you say hi to Joey, then you and Joey

clear the place out for us.

Dennis, you stay with him, okay?

When you hear the shot go down from the room, you unload.

You probably owe us idiots.

What if they're in the room?

Don't worry about it. If they're in the room, you will ask him to leave. He's

not going to talk about a hit in front of him. Are you sure?

Dennis, I'm sure.

Mike, I don't like Dennis out there with shot.

Oh, come on. What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Because you're a

and I don't want my cousin shot.

Yeah, well, maybe I'm the one that doesn't want to get shot, huh?

Look at my backup.

Hey. You shot. You know, I can shoot as good as you. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey.

Kiss my back off, all right?

What the fuck is that, huh?

Both of you.

What'd you say? Listen.

You son of a bitch.

Hey, shot.

Hey, both of you.

We're going to panic carry on.

And we're going to do it. Hooker, nothing changes.

Hooker's doing it. I'm backing him up. You guys, both of you, get over here.

Get over here.

Both of you guys.

You're covering the backside with joy. When you hear the...

Shot. We unload.

Shoot them till they're all dead.

That's right. Dennis, you better not fuck up, or I will shoot you in the

You know what, shot?

Maybe I'll shoot you in the back. Guys, Dennis!

Dennis! Shut the fuck up! Hey, hey, both of you. You want to shoot me in the

back? Shut the fuck up, I said.

Hey, you shut up. Shot. Keep out of it. No, you want to shoot me in the back?

That's enough.

That's enough.

We got a job to do, so you get in there. Shut up. Get in there. Wait a minute.

You guys are out of your minds.

What the fuck are you doing?

mind on the job at hand keep the out of this you better get a job to do so you

get it together i am together mother you ready yes are you ready are you ready

i'm ready then you broke my jaw put it together turn it around

turn it all around we're in a good mood let's get this job done we did a good

thing exactly bring it up let's go

To you, Tommy.

Hey, guys, come on. Come on,

you're nursing him for Christ's sake. I told you, I gotta close early. Let's go,

huh?

Come on, let's go.

You better not fuck up.

Woo!

Ah!

Ah!

You know, it's a known fact. You're not supposed to say nothing about the dead

unless it's good. He's dead! Good!

Guys.

We're going to have to hold it up, okay?

Oh, God.

No more looking over my shoulder.

Thanks for sharing that piece of lunch. Have a seat, huh?

Hey, Mike.

You know, you are really impressing me.

In fact, you all are.

Where's Shot?

He's in the jar. Hope he's not still mad at me.

Tomorrow night, all right?

Freebies.

We're closed for the night.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, we're closed.

Hey, you.

Buddy.

Buddy.

Buddy, come on.

We're closed. Who are you?

I work here. Come on.

We're closed.

Who are you?

There's got to be $2 ,500 here.

Exactly. $2 ,500.

Mm -hmm. Thank you, Leo.

Hey, no, thank you.

You earned it.

And there'll be more, much more.

As soon as we take over Tommy's place. Won't that be nice? Oh, yeah.

Lighten up, man. This is a party.

You look like you're about to make the hit, man. You just did it. Come on.

Oh, I'm happy as a faggot in a YMCA.

What kind of a place is this? Come on, buddy. Let go.

God damn it.

Get him

on his feet.

I'm showing this.

Talk to you about what to say if anybody in the street asked you about what went

down tonight?

Mike did.

And what did he say?

He said anybody ask anything at all, not to say anything.

That's right. Now, what if you get arrested?

Somebody's trying to shake you down, huh?

Same thing.

I don't say nothing, not to nobody.

The only person I talk to is you. That's good.

That's good, man. You're good.

My man. Okay.

You know what we need down here?

This is hard.

Hey.

Hey.

You know those two boys?

They came in here the other night. The one with the, you know what it is.

Now listen, I want them down here tonight.

I'm feeling good. I want something, you know what I mean? Oh, shit.

Listen, and don't let anybody else down here.

All right.

Just coming down here, that would suck so hard.

All right, I'll get some more champagne. Oh, go

ahead and do that.

Who the fuck is this? Hey, who the fuck are you, kid?

Hey, hold on!

What the fuck?

I'm sorry, kid. Sorry, my ass. What's with him?

Hey, listen.

Hey, kid, we had a lot of robberies, all right? Yeah, well, come on. Hey, look,

the bar is closed.

Well, the door was open.

Are you Joey? Look, I'm asking you to leave. Hey, how you doing, man? Dennis,

get our buddies a beer, huh?

Hey, Seth.

Seth, take it easy, man.

Have a beer. You got a problem? Wyatt Earp sticks a gun in my face. I got a

problem.

One of them is my little boy.

You got a son?

I got a son 20 months old.

The only thing I really want to do in this life is to see him become a man.

Maybe he'll grow up and be a man like you.

You know what I mean?

Every night.

Every night before he goes to bed.

I sit him in my lap and I sing to him.

I sing him a little song.

You are my baby.

You are my son.

Papa is with you till night is

done.

That was really beautiful.

I got the kid covered. Put the gun down.

I got the kid covered.

Listen, listen, listen.

Put it down. Put it down. Holy.

This is a big misunderstanding. I don't want any trouble.

That was real nice, Neil.

Yeah.

Yeah, your boy's a lucky kid.

Yeah.

Let's work it out. Okay. Work it out. Work it out. Work it out. The fuck is he

smiling at, huh? The fuck is he smiling at?

Huh? Quit smiling.

Dennis, take the knife and slit his throat.

Mike, I can't. Dennis, the only way you're going to get over this is to dig

Now, come on. You're with the crew. What, are you crazy? He can't do it. Let

somebody else do it. Joey, he's going to pull us away. Mike, please. I don't

want to.

Dennis, take that goddamn knife.

Dennis, take the knife.

Take the knife.

Go ahead.

Go ahead.

Oh,

they're fucking crying about it, for Christ's sakes.

Pull him over the toilet, Hooker. Come on.

Make sure you're doing this right. All right.

Just go and get the f*** back, will you? I'll take care of it. Just go, Mike,

and get the f*** back.

Mike, where are we going to... I just told you, the cat group phantom's down

line. Let's move it.

I returned to Michael's place later that night, I was numb with the thought of

him.

An ironic feeling, actually.

Believing you've caused your lover's death.

How you doing?

I'm alright.

I'm a little tired.

No, no, no, don't, don't.

Sorry, don't worry about it.

I'll be fine.

I wondered how things get out of control.

Then I remembered the rain and realized Michael had voted on himself.

I'd rather die.

Before I believe.

All the things.

You know what that is?

I don't

know.

Listen, my prince.

You know your musical tastes are in the toilet. Get out of here. Give me

that.

You know what I love most about these times being with you?

What?

When I'm with you, I'm... I don't

feel alone.

I'm not afraid.

Do I have a decent bone in my body?

I don't know who I am, really.

I know I'm flawed, but I don't know who I am.

Shakespeare.

I feel good.

Yeah.

Really, really good.

And you know what?

I don't miss Ray Ray one bit.

How about you?

I didn't want you to whack Ray -Ray.

I just wanted you to... set it up for me.

You work for Ray -Ray. All I need is just one deal so I can get to Leo.

You don't know Ray -Ray, Billy.

You just don't bring people to Ray -Ray.

I don't know, Ray Ray.

25 years of my f***ing life I'm doing this. I don't know, Ray Ray.

I know a thousand f***ing Ray Rays and their f***ing families.

Michael.

Why did you f***ing do this to me?

No.

I got a deal.

It's Leo.

And Leo is going to be after your f***ing ass.

And he's going to find me, too.

What do you mean he's going to find you?

I'm taking his s*** back.

What do you mean you're taking his s*** back?

Don't be mad, Vinnie. I did it for you.

Michael.

You don't know the predicament you got me into.

I'm sorry.

I'm really, really sorry.

Come on.

All right.

All right.

Here's what you're going to do.

I want you to keep your finger off the trigger.

You're in your pants.

And you hang with Leo's crew.

You sit.

You watch.

And you listen.

Okay.

And Michael.

Michael, this shit gets out on the street before it gets to my ear.

We're both...

When I didn't hear from the snitch I knew something went wrong I Started to

that bad feeling again

When

there

was no answer at the club the feeling got worse

I wasn't sure how much of what I was feeling was due to the alcohol or my own

madness.

But the

question wouldn't go away.

Was Michael still alive?

I had to know for sure.

it was going to be so much fucking blood, man.

Well, so now what?

Go about our business.

Act like everything's just fine.

And Hooker, tomorrow will you make me a list of all of Leo's places in Bunnings,

please?

Good.

It's going to work out.

5 .30 in the morning, guys.

I'm going to sleep.

Give me that bottle, okay?

Good night.

Joey.

I took a look around.

You did a nice job.

But Mike is capable of anything.

Don't f*** with him.

Good night, Joey.

Good night, Mike.

Good night, guys. Hey.

I'll call you later.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you. I didn't realize how late it was.

No, no, everything's fine.

Yeah.

I'll be home shortly.

I love you.

Yep.

I'm still gonna take Dennis out.

I mean, what's one more trip to the cat food place, right?

Hey, Hooker.

What do you think your wife's gonna do when she finds out about all this shit?

Sure, it's dumb.

Huh?

Oh, and she finds out that you whacked Leo.

Don't f***ing do it, Sean.

Do what?

What am I doing?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Did I piss you off?

It shouldn't. And you know why?

Because you're a big shot hooker.

Yeah, like Mike said, you're the man, Hooker.

Nobody will fuck with you.

I mean, who'd want to fuck with any of you?

Your family, that is. What a bunch of pieces of shit they are, huh?

You motherfucker!

Don't ever talk about my fucking family, you piece of shit motherfucker!

If it wasn't for me, you know what

Don't make me out to be the bad guy, Michael.

I needed to hear from you when that shit went down with Barnett. Then.

Right then. Mike, tell him!

Tell him!

I wasn't talking to him. What is wrong with you? Didn't you hear the news? He

was run down by a car!

Whose car was it, Michael? A piece of shit out of me. Why don't you call the

cavalry and find out? I did.

Nobody ID'd the car. They only remember four guys in ski masks.

He was hit by a car.

I'm trying to have a conversation here.

God damn you, Billy. He's telling the truth.

It wasn't us.

You're telling me you had nothing to do with that hit and run?

Absolutely not.

Would you not have heard from me first?

That was our deal, remember?

to get leo mike you made a deal with a cop what am i dealing

with brain damage here look billy what are we arguing about it isn't that bad

barnett is gone we can pin it on leo say you had an informant on the inside leo

was gonna whack barnett and now he's on the lam bullshit me michael leo's not on

the lam leo is dead or else we wouldn't be having this conversation all right so

he's dead so what

So what?

So what?

You've got more, not less.

This may be an inappropriate time, but I was trying to tell you at the wedding I

need to hear from you. I was curious about what was going on with you all

It's not the way it looks.

Michael, are you aware there are two dead bodies in this room?

I'm only responsible for one of them. It wasn't my fault. He made me do it.

He made you do it?

You still love me?

What kind of a question is that?

You're a f***ing liar, Michael!

Yeah.

The real question is,

for a million dollars,

Temple reflexes, Michael.

Uh,

ladies and gentlemen, you know, uh, years ago I used to fancy that I was,

you know, one of these cabaret singers. And I used to, you know, sit in with the

band every once in a while.

So, uh...

I promised Hooker tonight that I would give him a special gift, and, well, this

is it.

So, Hooker, Vera, this is for you.

All right, fellas.

Come on.

Watching me, watching you.

It's so obviously true that it's your love in me

that makes my life a paradise.

Watching you, watching me, it's so easy to see

that it's my love in you that puts the

starlight...

When lovers meet and light a spot, their eyes give the game away.

Somehow it's a feeling you can never hide, no matter how hard you try.

When lovers meet, it's from the heart, and all of the things they

say are part of the magic and the mystery you hear in a gentle sigh.

Watching you, watching me.

Girl, ain't it easy to see that it's my love in you

that puts the starlight in your eyes.

The times we had, the fun and games, the things that I can't forget.

We share in those very special memories all lovers can smile about.

I'm so glad you feel the same.

There's nothing to regret.

It's great what a simple love affair can do to bring all your feelings out.

Watching you, watching me.

Girl, ain't it easy to see.

That it's my loving you that puts the starlight in your

eyes.

Watching me.

There's a language spoken only by lovers.

Words and phrases that they speak with their eyes.

You can try it, but you never can change.

Because if we wait, we might lose out on things that were meant to be.

With all of the secrets that your heart can hold, left dangling on a string.

Wasn't me.