52 Pick-Up Page #5

I'm going to show you something.

- So show me.

- All right.

You come to my plant tonight at 12:45,

after the last shift.

I could be walking into something.

Buddy, you could be walking

into surgery right now.

12:
45. Be there.

Hey!

The 10 grand?

Oh, you're pretty convincing, all right.

But I'm still not sure I've got the right guy.

(WOMAN MOANING)

ARVESON:
Now, this shows

how we're doing in every district,

and you can see we're not doing

that well in North Hollywood.

Barbara?

Okay. Now listen, we're gonna need...

(BELL RINGING)

(TRAIN HORN BLARING)

(JAZZ MUSIC PLA YING ON STEREO)

(EX CLAIMING)

Nifty car.

The radio sounds like sh*t.

- You need new speakers.

- Yeah.

Let's go inside.

This is it, huh?

So, Mr. Mitchell,

I understand you'd like me

to take a look at your books.

All right, Raimy. Cut the sh*t.

You're not being bugged.

Now, I figure

if you know what you're doing,

this will take about two hours.

If you don't, we'll be here all night.

I bet I can read this quicker

than your accountant.

I had a hunch you could.

- What, a Biz-Ed major?

- Yeah, Northwestern.

But then I learned better ways

to make money.

Okay.

So, the government takes

half of your salary.

- Yep.

- And you live on the rest.

Past royalty is what?

Trust funds.

The balance in municipals.

A few long term investments.

It's not what I would do exactly, but, hey.

Well, yes, sir, like a lot of people

who make a lot of money,

you don't seem to have any.

The balance sheets are in there.

There's a figure

you ought to take a look at.

- 52,000?

- 52,000.

That's all I can get my hands on right now.

- Your fiscal year ends when?

- April.

You see, I don't intend to sell my factory

or my house

or change my life to deal with you.

How soon can you get

your hands on the 52,000?

About five days.

You can pick it up right here.

Maybe. I'll let you know.

Of course, how you divide it up

is up to you guys.

One thing more,

I wanna deal only with you.

Answer me something, will you?

Who was it told you where to find me?

Your pal, Leo. Who'd you think?

Listen, I swear to God it wasn't me.

The deal seemed clean and simple.

Nobody was gonna get hurt.

All of a sudden, it gets complicated.

Yeah. Hey, you know,

the guy must have some dough.

He showed me 10 grand, huh?

I told you the man has money,

but the government has him by the balls.

A guy makes that much,

how come he has nothing left?

- You know that for sure?

- No! I'm making it up!

Oh, Leo, I'm sorry. Come here.

Come here, Leo, come here.

Come here to me.

- I didn't...

- I know.

- I didn't do anything.

- Leo, Leo, listen. Listen to me.

I saw the books.

I saw the correspondence

from the IRS on their stationery.

Then I asked the guy, I said,

"Who was it told you where to find me?"

- Oh, he said it was you.

- I didn't tell him, Jesus Christ!

- Okay. Okay. Okay!

- I didn't even tell him your first name.

It could have been somebody else.

All right, what about Doreen, huh?

I mean, she went out with him.

- She wouldn't talk to him.

- How do you know that?

Because she's a friend of mine.

And she knows if I found out,

I'd throw her dead ass off a roof.

But he said it was you, Leo.

- I didn't... I didn't tell him. Jesus.

- Stop whimpering!

Okay. Okay. Okay.

So, gentlemen, we got a little problem.

We killed somebody.

He saw it in the movie

and now he knows about us.

That's why one of us

is going to have to blow him away.

Now, what do I get out of it?

Peace of mind.

I look nervous to you?

Bobby, you've been in the joint, if I recall.

I don't believe you wanna

get double billed.

The man wants me to clean up his mess.

Aren't you the pro?

The cowboy in this group?

Now you're blowing smoke up my ass.

Sh*t. You walk up, ring his bell,

he opens the door, it's done.

That's the way you do it, huh?

We stick together.

I mean, we started something, okay?

It didn't pay off.

So we cool it for a couple of weeks,

tie up loose ends,

then we look for something else.

(CLICKS)

(POPMUSIC PLA YING ON STEREO)

Hey, Doreen.

Doreen, I'm home.

(TURNS OFF STEREO)

Hey, baby?

Wakey, wakey, wakey.

Come on, baby. It's time to get up.

Wakey, wakey.

Hey, Doreen.

It's time to get up, baby.

Bobby? What time is it, honey?

It's about 3:
00.

That man who come here,

his name Mitchell?

Friend of Cini's?

He didn't tell me his name.

Just a friend of Cini's, honey.

Well, what you'll talk about?

(MOANS)

Nothing.

I told him to come back some time.

What else you tell him?

What do I... What do I know I can tell?

I don't know nothing.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

Yes.

What did you tell him?

(GASPS)

I don't know nothing to tell him.

You know me.

You know the people I know.

He was only here for five minutes.

Well, did he come to buy,

or did he come to talk?

I told... I told him I was busy.

You're not answering my questions.

No, you're not answering my questions.

Yes.

Now what did he want, huh?

What?

(GASPS)

Now, one more time.

Did you tell him where

I or anybody I know lives or works?

I didn't. Please. I...

- Are you sure?

- Yes, Bobby.

Please.

I didn't say nothing.

I believe you,

but I believe everybody.

I told him I was busy. That's all I said.

I want you to get some sleep.

And when you sleep,

I want you to say to yourself

over and over again,

"I ain't ever gonna talk to that man again."

No more.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLA YING ON RADIO)

(DOOR CLOSES)

You're late. Where's your car?

Mark brought me home.

What are you doing with this thing open?

Don't worry about Raimy.

He's off doing his homework.

I'm scared, Mitch.

I'm scared all the time now.

What are you doing?

We are dealing with murderers. Scum.

We should be at a police station

and here you are, changing your plugs.

If you were doing that three months ago

instead of screwing around,

we wouldn't be in this goddamn mess.

I hope you know what you can do

with those plugs when you get them out.

(DOOR SLAMS)

(GLASS BREAKING)

(MEOWING)

(GASPS)

There's somebody in the house.

Come with me.

Get in here

and don't come out until I call you.

(BOTH SCREAMING)

Come on!

(SCREAMS)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(BARBARA SCREAMS)

F***!

(GRUNTS)

Sh*t. Motherf***er!

(YELLS)

(YELLING)

Get the camera.

Drink this.

Sh*t.

Motherf***er bust in your house,

you always serve him drinks?

Smile.

Smile.

Okay.

Now you've got pictures of me,

and I've got ones of you and Leo.

I don't have one of Alan yet,

but I'm working on it.

I got a question for you.

How come you come busting in here

when I'm gonna hand you $50,000 in cash?

- 50,000?

- 52.

That's the deal I made with Alan.

Didn't he tell you?

He...

- He said about you owing the government.

- Everybody owes the government.

The payment was made for three guys,

however you split it.

Or how we don't split it up.

- When you gonna make this payment?

- In a couple of days.

Where?

- Why don't you talk to Alan?

- Yeah.

Have a talk.

You need a Band-Aid?

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