American Violence Page #3

staring at more money than

my mama made in a year.

- $16,400.

Go ahead, take your half.

- Half?

- Yeah, we're partners.

Take half, that's what partners

do, right down the middle.

Come on, take it,

take it, take it.

So long as you follow

the rules, we're golden.

Number one rule.

You gotta stay innocuous.

Don't let them see you coming.

You know the cops in robbery,

they're looking for the a**hole

who's walking down the street

with a shiny new rolex

the day after a big heist.

And once you're

pegged, you're pegged.

I mean, kid you

could buy yourself

a new pair of shoes

once in a while,

but you go walking down

Broadway in a silk Italian suit?

You'll be in a line-up

for the rest of your life.

We on the same train here, kid?

- Yeah.

I'd say that train

left the station.

- You gotta stop

drinking coffee.

Open that up.

It's gonna put a

hole in your stomach.

It's the worst thing

for you, coffee.

It's bad for your nerves.

This'll make it a little better,

but you really should stop that.

I'm your friend, you

know what I mean?

You got a big future.

Here's to crime.

Who says crime doesn't pay?

Salud.

- I was a student,

Marty the teacher.

After our third job together,

Marty put me to the test.

Find a mark of my own.

So I checked out a

few local dentists.

Hey doc, I don't have

an insurance card,

do you give discounts for cash?

- 'Fraid not.

Insurance and cards only.

Open wide, seems like

you've got a bad cavity.

- By the third dentist,

my gums were so swollen

that my teeth felt like

they were ready to fall out.

But, I had the cleanest

mouth in the city.

- I can't believe

you'd be so stupid.

How many times can you get

your teeth cleaned in one day?

Here we are.

Dentists.

- Good afternoon,

thank you for calling

sunshine dental.

- Hello, do you offer

senior and cash discounts?

Oh, yes sir, we do.

- Oh, you do.

You do offer discounts for cash.

Too right, we do.

- Well that's fantastic.

Thank you very much.

- Well

would you care to make an...

- what's the moral

of your story, kid?

Let your fingers do the walking

through the yellow pages.

- What's this?

- That is a Christmas present.

- So it's one of those,

too good to be

true type of deals.

- We don't know what's

in the f***ing safe

until we open it, right?

Come on.

I can't sit here.

I hate that couch, you know

i found a rat in there once.

- Why didn't you tell me

that before I sat on it?

- Before you slept on it.

- Leo frank, attorney at law.

The tip game from an

old friend of Martin's

who was still doing time and

needed a stake when he got out.

Martin agreed to put

away 20% for him.

- Right on time.

Alright, we gain access

through the maintenance door

on the side of the building.

Let's go.

- Where's the safe?

- There it is, behind the bar.

Just like he said.

- Now why would you go

through all the trouble

with a safe like that if

you're not gonna wire it?

- You don't hardwire

something that doesn't exist.

- You sure about this, old man?

- Sh*t.

- What?

- Battery's dead.

- Are you kidding me?

- Do you have any extras?

- There's one in the

flashlights, will those work?

- No, this takes AAA.

- Think I found something.

- Get out of here with

that, it's disgusting.

- Hold on.

- You don't know

where that's been.

Have you no decency?

Just watch the door.

- Wrap it up, Marty.

- Okay, okay, alright.

Yes.

- Did you know that

motion for discovery

means the prosecutor

and the defendant

must exchange all

evidence and information

pertinent to a case?

- $660,000, divided

by two, minus 20%,

is a great night's work, man.

F***.

What?

What?

- I don't know,

Marty, it's just.

I know when something

is too good to be true.

- What's your point?

- My point is that there's not

that many safes lying around

with this kinda cash in it

that aren't for

something special.

- What's the matter with you?

Are you mental? Come on.

- I'm serious.

Marty, I will take the

money back for you,

tonight, if you want.

- Kid, what're

you talking about?

We can't put it back.

- We take the money, and buy a

condo on the beach somewhere,

play shuffleboard

with the old ladies.

Just, get outta town.

- Okay, okay, I'll

make you a deal.

Give me one week to

tie up some loose ends.

And then I've got

this friend in Texas,

I was gonna

introduce you to him.

But we'll take the

money, we'll leave town.

One week.

It's all I ask.

Okay?

- Robert?

Mr. belmont?

- Yeah.

- This is captain William

Wilder, robbery division.

- The point is this, Micky?

I got plenty of cops on payroll,

i don't need another one.

- The captain's got a

business proposal for you.

- Look, Mr. belmont.

My wife wants an

entirely new kitchen.

My sons want an entertainment

room in the basement.

And I want my own bathroom

so I don't have to look

at my wife's sh*t

hanging on the shower.

- Do I look like an

interior decorator to you?

- No.

- Then why do I give a

f*** about your wife's sh*t

handing in the bathroom?

- Information.

- Bob, hear him out.

- You gonna pay for these

things I want, Mr. belmont.

Plus a little bonus in exchange

for the man who

robbed your safe.

- You oughtta be very

careful, Mr. police captain,

or you might find yourself

missing in your own precinct.

- Robert.

- Yeah.

- The man is an

old school thief.

The kind that has

steel for balls.

Second story guy.

Leo comes to me after

your safe was robbed

and I do a little

quiet poking around.

My contacts tell

me that he's living

in a basement of a

department store.

You wanna know the address?

- What kinda kitchen

does your wife like?

- Where's my money, tough guy?

- I don't know.

I swear I don't know.

Jesus.

- Search the place.

You're a stubborn

son of a b*tch.

- The catalyst that

launched you into hell.

- Hell might be a bit extreme.

- Well what would you call it?

Purgatory?

- Anticipation.

You know, that intense

feeling you get

right before you

jump into something

that you know will

change your life forever.

I guess purgatory's as

good a word as anyway.

Put your hands on

the steering wheel.

Handcuff yourself to

the steering wheel.

Pull forward.

You're gonna tell me who

murdered Martin bigg.

I need a name.

- I can't.

- I need a name.

- I can't, he'll kill me.

- What about me?

I will kill you right

here, right now,

unless you give

me a f***ing name.

- Robert belmont.

Let go.

He's the key.

- Robert belmont.

Big time loan shark

and business man.

He wasn't hard to track down.

I started moonlighting

as a chauffeur,

driving the son of a b*tch.

Learned his routine.

I even picked him up from

his mistress's place.

I always had a drink

waiting for him.

And then one night, I slipped

in a little something extra.

There he is.

Morning, sunshine.

I was worried I put a little

too much in your drink.

- Untie me, you piss ant f***.

- There's no need to be rude.

- Okay, alright.

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