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He takes hold of Violet's pinky finger, stretching it out.

CAESAR:

I'm going to ask you where the money

is. Every time you don't give me an

answer, I'm going to cut off one

finger.

CORKY:

No.

CAESAR:

When I reach ten, then I'll start

with you.

He puts the finger between the blades.

CAESAR:

Where is the money?

Corky sees Violet thrashing helplessly. She has no choice.

Her mouth opens as --

The door buzzer rings.

Caesar is distracted, trying to think who it could be.

CAESAR:

... Mickey.

He sees the phone, where he dropped it, lying off the hook.

The door buzzer rings again, more insistently. Corky sees

him momentarily unnerved.

He looks back at her.

CAESAR:

I said where --

He starts to cut and Corky screams --

CORKY:

No! I'll tell you!

He stops, the door buzzing continuously.

CORKY:

It's over there in the empty

apartment.

As she speaks, the sound of the door buzzer changes.

CORKY:

I put it inside one of the paint

drums.

He is not looking at her; listening, he realizes that Mickey

is buzzing the other apartments.

CAESAR stands as the buzzing stops. He pulls out his gun

and aims it at Corky.

CAESAR:

I promised I would kill you.

He c*cks it.

CORKY:

You can't kill me yet.

CAESAR:

Why?

CORKY:

I could be lying.

His hand start to shake with ftustration. He is beginning

to hate this woman more than he ever hated Johnnie.

Taking a deep breath, he eases back the hammer.

CAESAR:

You're going to wish to God you hadn't

done that.

He kicks her again, snapping her head back.

After he leaves, Violet looks over and sees Corky lying

unconscious.

INT. HALL - NIGHT

Caesar tries to open the door to the empty apartment but it

is locked.

CAESAR:

F***.

At the end of the hall, the elevator "dings." Just as the

door opens, Caesar jumps back into his apartment.

INT. CAESAR'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

CAESAR:

Son of a b*tch ...

His mind a racing blur, he locks the door and runs back to

the bedroom.

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

With another towel, he gags Corky and drags her into the

closet. In her pocket, he finds the key.

He closes the doors, then hangs up the phone.

Grunting, he hauls Violet up over his shoulder --

When there is a knock on the door.

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Carrying Violet, he hurries to the kitchen, where he throws

Corky's gun into the freezer. Mickey is banging on the door

as Caesar heads for the bathroom.

INT. BATHROOM

Dropping Violet onto the floor, he reaches behind the curtain

and turns on the shower.

CAESAR:

Mickey will get in. I know he will.

We hear the water hitting the bodies while Caesar starts

tearing off his clothes.

CAESAR:

Violet. I can kill you right now if

that's what you want. If you want

to live, then you have to help me.

I need you to make Mickey believe

that everything is normal.

He picks up his gun.

CAESAR:

Tell me, do you want to live?

She stares hard at him and his gun, then nods.

CAESAR:

Good girl.

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

We move toward the door as the lock clicks open.

INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT

Violet's hands are untied. She pulls off the gag and the

ropes at her feet.

Naked, Caesar sticks his head under the shower spray, wetting

everything.

INT. LIVING ROOM

Still dripping, Caesar walks into the room, a towel wrapped

around his waist, another towel in his hand.

Mickey and Lou are standing in the middle of the room.

Caesar jumps.

CAESAR:

Jesus Christ!

Caesar holds his chest, laying it on a bit thick.

CAESAR:

Holy f***, Mickey! You scared the

sh*t outta me.

He sees they both are holding their guns.

CAESAR:

What is this? what are you two doing,

sneaking in here with your peckers

in your hands? You gonna do me,

Mick? Is that it?

Mickey smiles, putting his gun away.

MICKEY:

No, Cease. There was no answer.

CAESAR:

I thought I heard someone knocking.

MICKEY:

I was buzzing, I was knocking, but I

guess you couldn't hear me on account

of being in the shower.

CAESAR:

Yeah, it was Violet's idea. I was

so wound up about Gino, she was trying

to help me relax.

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