Befriend and Betray Page #6

Donald wants me to redo

the hit on uncle ho.

I get the job done,

Donald pays for P.C.'s

first shipment

and takes a piece

of his heroin business.

You sat down with Donald?

Why the hell didn't you call?

I forgot.

Now I have a question.

The guy Donald took over for,

what'd you call him?

Deputy dragon head.

Doing time for?

Drunk driving, third offense.

You see, I don't see why

we're after Donald

when this guy's gonna be out

and back on the streets

calling the shots

in less than three months.

He was extradited to China.

Donald's our guy.

Get him, I'll put that girl

on a plane myself

and get you out of my life

for good.

(Alex's phone rings)

Yeah?

Donald:
We tracked down

uncle to an alley off huron,

in Chinatown,

across from the school.

Hang on one second.

Donald:
Do you still wanna

go to aqua fitness?

Mrs. wong:

Yeah.

Donald:
Okay, I'll be

around the corner...

Sullivan.

Meet me there in an hour.

(Phone rings)

Alex.

Donald wants to me to redo

the hit on uncle ho.

Poirier:
When?

Alex:
In an hour.

Poirier:

You call sergeant McBradden yet?

Alex:
No.

Poirier:
Why not?

Because I don't want anyone

to die,

including yours truly.

Describe uncle ho.

Alex:

Sixties. Buzz cut.

Five eight, a 170 pounds.

The left side of his face

is all cut up.

Location?

Alex:
He's in a shed, in an alley

on huron street in Chinatown,

across from the school.

What shed exactly?

I don't know.

Poirier:

Ta o one shot in the chest.

He'll be wearing a vest.

Alex:
How do I know

you can extract my guy,

insert yours,

and set up surveillance

in the next...

59 minutes?

Poirier:

You don't.

(Phone beeps off)

(Alex's phone rings)

Yeah?

You feeling good?

Alex:

Feeling great.

P.C.:

Fantastic.

Don't miss.

(Phone beeps off)

Alex:
Say it's your first

week as an infiltrator

and you're trying to nail

a bad guy.

You could do a whole lot worse

than capturing him on camera

overseeing a hit.

It makes for great

courtroom theater

and almost always

gets a conviction,

or so your handlers tell you.

Donald:
The wooden gate

with the blood on it.

Alex:
But when there's

no surveillance,

no backup,

no agent standing in

for the victim,

it stops being evidence

and starts being murder.

(Kids shout playfully

in the distance)

(School bell rings)

(Kids chatter and shout)

(Gun clicks twice)

(Gunshot pops loudly)

(Four shots pop)

Man:

We clear?

Hey, killer, are we clear?

We're clear.

(Groans wearily)

Red one.

All clear.

(Groans)

Good job.

(Lively chatter

and music rock plays)

Yuen and McBradden:

Mmm!

McBradden:
Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Picture.

Picture.

Say "cheese!"

(Camera beeps)

Just want to let everyone know

uncle is on his way

to Hong Kong

where he will stay

until Donald is tried

and convicted on conspiracy

to commit murder.

Great work, everybody.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Man:

Woo!

Steaks are on

sgt. Poirier,

drinks are on me.

You know that if I could

acknowledge your team

in my official report, i would.

But I can't, so...

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Why didn't Donald

make the kill shot?

Pardon me?

Why didn't Donald make sure

uncle was dead?

Because he saw you put

a bullet in his head.

Alex:
No, he w w me put a

bullet near his head.

It's not the same thing.

Donald wanted uncle dead.

So he gave you the job

because he knows

you're the kind of guy

who can get the job done.

Alex:
So why'd he give me a

gun if it didn't shoot?

Seems out of character

for such a careful man.

He was in a hurry.

He didn't have time to test it.

Or maybe Donald wanted

to see what would happen

if it was Alex

pulling the trigger.

Because if Alex

is working for us,

we'd have to swap out uncle

for one of our own.

All Donald has to do

is to watch the alley,

and wait for the switch

and then he'd know for sure

that Alex was an infiltrator.

If he knew Alex

was an infiltrator,

why go through with the hit?

Good question.

I checked the the gun.

The firing pin was missing.

Donald's way of proving

he had no intention

of killing anyone.

(Sighs)

(Phone beeps)

20 seconds before

you made your call,

uncle ho got a call from Donald

on his cell phone

telling him to clear out,

saving uncle's life

and once again making P.C.

look like he screwed the pooch.

(Dishes and utensils clatter)

Sergeant McBradden.

(Chuckles)

You had us believing

that you had no way

into the Kam Tin,

and all along

Donald was your c.I.

Alex:
He knew you had your

backs against the wall

so he made you an offer.

"I help you take out my rivals,

you turn your back

on my racket."

Just like Bao li

and the rest of the girls.

Now he's out there

running wild.

Poirier:

Donald didn't want uncle dead.

He just wanted to test Alex

to see who he was working for

and to send you a message:

"You can't touch me."

Would you excuse us?

Yuen:

Mm-hmm.

One phone call...

And you'll be back in harness,

cavity-searching drunks

on fogo.

But that would just get Donald

back on the street

and that's not why

I do this job.

So how do we fix this?

Lab tests on the gun

will take at least a week.

We hold him

on conspiracy charges

until we can find something else

to hang him with.

He has no priors.

He'll be out in 12 hours.

Now if you wanna hang him,

you'll have to show me

the rope now.

McBradden:
I had Willy put

a camera in Bunny's car.

This happened after

the coming-out party

you threw for Bao

at Mrs. Kong's.

You have any idea

where this is?

Mcbradden:

No. Could be anywhere.

But my guess is Bunny's

taking her to see his boss.

Donald has no priors

in this country,

but back in Hong Kong,

he made his name as a pimp.

Someone who had a reputation

for taking matters

into his own hands

when his girls got out of line.

Willy:
So if Bunny took

her Toto see Donald...?

McBradden:
Then her

testimony can bury him.

You go home

and get your bearings

and then you go and find Bao.

(Shredder whirs)

(Shredder whirs)

Jees!

What the hell!

How did you get in here?

Same way your dad got out.

You should lock the door.

Well, since you won't

return my calls,

I thought I at least owed it

to tell you in person

that I'll be leaving town.

Why?

Safer for everyone,

including you,

if I leave.

So I was thinking Newfoundland.

Yeah. So, um...

I was wondering,

since that's somewhere

you wanted to go,

if you'd wanna go there

with me.

You know, you can transfer

your credits,

I'll buy a parachute.

We could take the plunge,

talk about whatever you want.

If the answer's "no,"

you know, I get it.

What normal person

would want this for a life?

If the answer's "yes,"

then come by in the morning.

We'll head off

to the airport from there.

(Keys jingle)

Poirier:

Thank you.

Hey, boss.

Hey.

Here's the psych assessment

on Alex.

(Sighing) Ugh!

Abandoned by his mother,

placed in Foster care

by his father.

He's been looking for

a surrogate family ever since.

He's damaged but driven

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