After the Game Page #7

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talked to me. You lie to him.

And whatever else happens

before he speaks...

Okay, coffee,

English muffin,

and your water.

This bottle

is open. Who opened this

bottle? Yeah, I opened it.

I don't want an opened bottle.

I want an unopened bottle.

I don't want ice in the glass.

I want just a glass,

please.

Nickie, talk to me.

You're scaring me.

I don't even know

what you're saying.

I'm sorry, Liz. I don't

mean it. I'm sorry.

You know, I've been thinking

the last couple of days.

I've had some spare time.

And I wanted to tell you that

I understand why you left me.

And I know

that I resented it.

I want to apologize to you

for shutting you out

and not being there.

And I hope

that you can forgive me.

You're tired. You've

been on the go for days.

There's nothing to forgive.

Then,

pain sets in.

The onset of

a migraine headache.

If this sounds all too

familiar, relief is here at last.

Oh no, you bastards.

Taggarene. For nearly a decade,

doctors have been prescribing...

How did you find me here?

Taggarene is strong medicine for headaches,

toothaches, muscle fatigue, joint pains...

He's an actor.

So if you trust your doctor,

trust Taggarene.

He's an actor on television.

Can't explain now.

Can I borrow

your Yellow Pages?

New Moon Cafe,

best in Chinatown.

Get out of the car, f***er.

Open the door

and leave it running.

You're making

a mistake here.

Get the f***

out of the car.

I am extremely fragile

right now.

New Moon Cafe.

He does commercials. Do you

know how many customers we have?

Hundreds, thousands.

I know he ordered from you. He

went to Montgomery Street. 1010...

Is there anybody here

that can help me?

He's an actor. He's like one of these

people you have here up on your...

Hey!

Why are you taking my picture?

We were hoping

he could audition today.

He'd really be

perfect for this part.

Oh,

this will break his heart.

Well is there any place

we can contact him?

Well, his beeper's

here on the table.

He took

the kids to the zoo.

The zoo?

That's very, very sweet.

Which zoo? Oh, it's the

one with the white tiger.

Lionel Fisher,

I love your work.

Okay, please.

Look, I, uh...

I got my kids.

Get rid of them.

All right, guys, uh, guys.

Snack time. More

snacks. Here, go, go, go.

That's all. Uh...

It was just a job.

Nothing personal.

You know. I mean,

I play my part,

improvise a little. I mean,

it's what I'm good at...

I need to talk

to who's in charge.

Nobody knows.

I mean nobody

gets a big picture...

Hey, Tammy, Alex cut it out.

Damn it, why do they do that?

Your offices are empty. I need

to find out where they are.

Look,

they own the whole building.

They just move

from floor to floor.

And you work for them,

right?

You can get me in.

No, I can't.

Oh, yes, you can.

You can tell them the police

called. You got to speak to someone.

You tell them I'm gonna

blow the whistle on them.

What whistle?

There's no f***ing whistle.

This is very dangerous.

I don't think

that you understand.

Right now

I am

extremely

dangerous.

Michael, guys.

Come on, we're leaving.

Well we're here.

Drive in.

What're you gonna do, anyway?

You won't get

your money back.

I don't care about money.

I'm pulling back the curtain.

I wanna meet the wizard.

He's eyeing us

like Tiffany Towers.

Pull in somewhere

where they won't see you.

Sh*t. Stay down. Stay down.

You're not allowed

to be here.

They called me back.

I got a fitting.

He's with me.

You don't need me.

Shut up.

Get in.

Oh, my God.

Cuff him to the rail.

What floor?

You're f***ed, you both.

They're gonna miss me.

Where? I told you they

hired me over the phone...

Where did you

pick up your checks?

It was a different floor then.

Then guess. I... It went

on this way, sort of...

I don't know.

All right, take it easy.

It's gonna be a surprise.

Oh, f***!

What are you doing here?

Back from the dead.

Nicholas, you're not

about to shoot anyone.

Turn around.

You're gonna come with me.

Everybody down!

Stop!

All right, what do you

think you're doing?

You tell me!

Who's behind this?

Who did this to me?

Why?

What do you mean, "Why?" How deluded

can you be? Who is responsible for this?

It wasn't you.

It wasn't personal.

It could've been any a**hole with a

couple of hundred million in the bank.

Get on that radio, all right?

You get your boss up here.

You tell them

I'm gonna shoot somebody.

Who am I gonna call,

Nicholas? They won't do it.

Oh, yes, they will.

You get somebody up here

because I'm gonna kill you. They

don't care about me, Nicholas.

They'll let me die. You're not

in a position to threaten anyone.

Wait a minute.

Where'd you get that?

What?

That gun.

That's not an automatic.

What the f***

are you talking about?

The guard had an automatic.

Where did you get the gun?

This is my gun.

But we searched the house.

Well I guess you missed this,

didn't you?

There's a situation up here. We

got a real goddamn gun up here...

Nicholas, it's fake.

It's a part of your game.

Don't you start with me now.

No, no, listen to me.

Don't you f***ing start with me.

I'm telling you the truth now.

This is all the game.

Bullshit, all right? Bullshit.

I know what happened to that guy.

They shot that guy, Feingold, Fisher,

they killed him. What did you see?

Think about it. What'd you

see? I saw them kill him.

No, what'd you really

really see, this whole time?

Special effects, squibs.

Squibs like in the movies.

Nicholas. Nicholas, listen.

I've got a real gun

with real goddamned bullets...

Okay, okay.

I'll put it down.

Feingold, Mr. Fisher. He's on the

other side of that door. He's an actor.

You're trying to kill me. No

one's trying to kill you, Nicholas.

Please put that gun down. You're about

to make the biggest mistake of your life.

Nicholas, there was always a safety net.

The taxi, there was a diver. My house,

they shot at us

with blanks.

It's not true.

It is. It's what

you hired us for.

They're waiting on the other

side of that door with champagne.

Nicholas.

Please, goddamn it!

Conrad. Conrad's there.

It's your birthday party.

You stop lying!

Let me show you.

Don't you move.

He's got a gun.

Get back from the door.

You shot him.

Someone...

Someone call an ambulance!

He's dead.

We thought you knew.

How did you let this

get so out of hand?

He wouldn't listen to me.

We went through this

over and over.

The mark is

your responsibility.

You never,

never let

the mark take over.

I'm sorry. He could

have almost killed us.

I had a walkie-talkie.

I used the walkie-talkie.

We're going to jail.

We're all going to jail

for the rest of our lives.

Oh, God.

Nicholas!

We've got him.

He's in the bag.

We have him here.

He came in right on target.

Keep everyone back until we

clear away the breakaway glass.

Mr. Van Orton,

don't open your eyes.

It's just breakaway glass,

but it can still cut you.

Just gonna take a look at you.

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