A Stranger Among Us Page #4

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What is it?

- How are you, Pop?

- Good, real good.

Takin' it one day at a time.

Come here, you.

Ah! Still can't keep up

with the old man, huh?

Hey, Pop,

you know Nick --

I know what it is.

Your clothes!

- That's what's different.

- Like 'em?

Ah, what do I know?

You wanna go have dinner,

get something to eat maybe?

You should have called.

I got my AA meeting in ten minutes.

Right. Well, maybe after.

Oh, I'm meetin' somebody after.

So , what's new and exciting?

- No. Um, Nick got hurt.

- Nick? How?

We were pattin' down some perps

and one of'em stuck him with a blade.

Jesus. He gonna be okay?

- Yeah.

- Thank God.

- You get the guy?

- Yeah.

That's my little girl.

Back in my day...

cop gets hurt, they put him in

some dump of a hospital.

He either gets better

or he don't.

You had to be tough.

Nowadays a cop gets a splinter,

6 o'clock news is flashing his picture.

Mayor comes to visit,

shake your hand.

Police commissioner is all over ya,

handing you citations for bravery.

And before you know it,

you're swimmin' in dough...

because they're makin' a

movie of the week about ya.

You kids, you got it made.

[ Clearing Throat ]

What would you do if I bought it, Pop?

What kind of a question is that?

If I died, what would you do?

You been drinkin'?

Can't you just answer the question?

What would you do?

I don't know.

I don't know. I'd make sure

you got a full-ribbon funeral...

departmental honors and all.

The works.

That's what I thought.

What kind of craziness is this?

I don't know.

Are you okay?

You can talk to me.

[ Indistinct Chatter]

[ Screaming ]

[ Sobbing ]

Help me!

- Somebody. Help me!

- What's the matter?

[ Sobbing ]

Two men jumped out of a car.

They just started hitting me.

Riboyne shel o'lem,

vos ot heshen?

We're here.

Take her legs.

Be careful.

Come, come, quick!

I got her. Come on.

[ Sobbing ]

[ Indistinct Chatter,

Sobbing ]

So I want a 24-hour patrol.

Oliver, listen, I don't

need an argument on this.

Like you said, we've got

27,000 cops in this city.

I'm sure that you can

find the six that I need.

Thank you.

And I stopped and then...

they jumped out of the car

and just started hitting me.

Um, did you see their faces?

No, it happened so fast.

- But the car --

- What about it?

Once when Yaakov and I were

walking, there was a car and

I thought it was following us.

I'm not 100% sure,

but I think this may be the same one.

Do you know what kind of a car?

I don't know about cars.

It was black, I think.

Black?

I wouldn't be surprised

if it's one of the Baldessari's.

- You think it's these men?

- Could be.

So they are the

serious scumbags?

Oy vei!

- The Rebbe saved me, you know.

- Really?

I almost died.

I treated my body

like trash.

I slept with men

I didn't love.

I took drugs.

A little over a year ago,

I was walking down the street.

I think I was drunk or stoned.

I actually don't remember.

Suddenly I looked up...

and there he was...

the kindest eyes I'd ever seen.

The Rebbe?

Yaakov Klausman.

He said to me...

"You look lost."

I said, "Yes, I am."

He brought me here

to see the Rebbe.

I've been here

ever since.

Yaakov...

I miss him.

- [ Sighing ]

- So?

The brothers Baldessari,

what do you got?

They did business

with the Klausman kid in a big way.

They got receipts going

back a year and a half.

So, you can see where

he'd trust 'em enough to buzz 'em in.

The car matches Mara's description.

Oh, listen to this. The word I got is,

they get pulled in again...

they're in deep sh*t

with the old man.

Let's take 'em in, Emily, huh?

I'd love to have a private talk

with those gorillas.

Okay. Meantime, get a court order,

okay? I wanna drop a tap on 'em.

Just needs your signature.

What do you want, a medal?

Levine, listen, the next time

I'm looking to get into

something stupid and degrading...

I'll give ya a call.

I'm countin' on it.

- Rebbe, do you have a moment?

- What, Emily?

A few days ago

I said something pretty stupid to you.

You said every man is a thief.

Yeah. Well, that wasn't

the stupid part. The stupid part was...

about everything that I'd seen.

Leah told me where

you were during the war.

And um, compared to you

I haven't seen that much.

Emily...

you and I, we have a great deal

in common. Did you know that?

Don't insult yourself, Rebbe.

We both are on intimate

terms with evil.

It does things to your soul,

doesn't it?

I wouldn't know about that.

You have a soul, Emily.

I've seen it.

- Have a good Shabbes.

- Shabbes?

Ahhh!

Oh God!

Oh God!

[ Screaming,

Laughing ]

These.

Bemitsvotav vetsivanu

lehafrish chalah.

Let's mush it all together

before we knead it.

Baruch atah Adonai

elohenu melech ha-olam...

asher kidshanu bemitsvotav

vetsivanu lehadlik ner shel Shabbes.

- Good Shabbes.

- Good Shabbes.

Baruch atah Adonai

mekadesh ha-Shabbes.

[ Together]

Omein.

[ Indistinct Chatter]

Ha-shem. God.

So God's name will be

sweet on your lips.

[ Mara Laughing ]

Leave it to Leah.

- [ Laughing ]

- [ Laughing ]

Pardon me.

Pardon me.

Do you like white meat

or... dark meat?

Um, white.

[ Laughing ]

- L'chayim.

- L'chayim.

[ Indistinct Chatter]

[ Clapping, Chanting ]

## [ Humming ]

##[ Singing In Yiddish ]

##[ Woman Singing ]

Sha, sha, sha.

Raboisei.!

Mit grois simche...

vil ich modier zein

az mein zin, Ariel...

iz mit mazel

gevoren a chossen.

- What did he say?

- He's announced Ariel's betrothal.

- His what?

- Ariel's getting married.

- Mazel tov!

- [ Together] Mazel tov!

[ Chanting ]

Mazel tov!

What are you doing

out here?

Thinking.

I heard a noise.

I didn't know what it was.

You've got a gun?

Yeah.

Have you ever used it?

Yes.

You've killed people?

I had to.

Of, of course, I --

How did it make you feel?

I don't know.

You tell me.

The Rabbis teach us that you're

obligated to defend yourself.

But they also teach us that

when you kill one person...

you annihilate an entire universe.

Thank you.

What's this?

Uh, that's the Kabbalah.

I like to keep it close to my heart.

[ Giggling ]

Will you read something?

This.

- Uh... uh, I don't think --

- What?

You can't learn out of context.

You need a lifetime of study.

Well, I don't have a lifetime.

Let's do the "Evelyn Wood" version.

You know, Evelyn Wood, the --

Just read.

"Therefore engage her

in conversation...

"that puts her heart

and mind at ease.

"Speak words which

arouse her to passion...

union, love, desire and -- "

and what?

"Eroticism."

- You little devil.

- No, you don't understand.

Wait, now. So, you don't do it

through a sheet?

Wh-- What are you talking about?

Never mind. Read... more.

"Hurry not to arouse passion

until her mood is ready;

begin to love her; let her -- "

What? What?

Let her vaginal secreting

take place first -- "

- [ Giggling ] Very mystical.

- It's --

The Rabbis have a

deeper intent here, which is...

that man and woman

should be a holy union.

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