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CORKY:

Caesar's Mafia, isn't he?

VIOLET:

You have to ask?

CORKY:

No.

VIOLET:

Funny, nobody calls it that anymore.

Caesar calls it "The |Business."

CORKY:

How did you meet him?

VIOLET:

They took over a club I was working

at. Caesar started managing it.

CORKY:

He's a launderer?

VIOLET:

Basically.

CORKY:

How long have you been with him?

VIOLET:

Almost five years.

CORKY:

Five years is a long time.

VIOLET:

Yes, it is.

Corky stares at her beer. She knows what Violet is thinking.

CORKY:

The redistribution of wealth.

VIOLET:

What?

CORKY:

Isn't that what you wanted to know?

What I did time for?

VIOLET:

The redistribution of wealth?

CORKY:

That's what I tell someone when I'm

trying to get them in my bed.

VIOLET:

I'm already in your bed.

CORKY:

My cellmate would say she did her

time for getting caught. She was

always more honest than me.

Corky sips her beer.

CORKY:

I started stealing when I was little.

We were piss-poor, which is not an

excuse, just a fact.

It isn't like her to talk about this, especially with someone

she just met.

CORKY:

The first time I remember so vividly.

A bunch of us kids were at Waxman's

Drugstore, when Mr. Waxman, who was

a mean old prick, always worrying

about us robbing him, dropped a roll

of quarters.

We can almost hear the coins tinkling on the tile floor.

CORKY:

I can still hear that sound, those

quarters, because right then something

clicked inside of me. Some instinct

took over and as everyone, including

Waxman, dove down, I reached up and

emptied the cash register.

Violet smiles. She likes this woman.

CORKY:

I gave most of the money to my mom.

I told her I found it at the

trainyard. She was so happy she

cried, calling me her lucky charm.

Fifteen years later, I guess my luck

ran out.

Sbe swallows that with beer.

CORKY:

Sometimes I tell myself that I didn't

have a choice, that stealing was

surviving. Usually I can admit that's

bullshit. I did it because it was a

way out. It was easy and I was good

at it, real good.

She glances at Violet.

CORKY:

I don't usually talk this much. I

guess I have been rehabilitated.

Violet laughs.

VIOLET:

You didn't have to tell me if you

didn't want to.

CORKY:

I guess I wanted to.

VIOLET:

I'm glad you did.

CORKY:

So am I.

EXT. PARKING LOT DAY

Corky gets out of her truck carrying her tools. Grinning

like someone who has been well-laid, she whistles off to

work.

EXT. LOBBY - DAY

Between the main doors she sees a man. His name is SHELLY

and he is an overdressed accountant.

He is very nervous, talking to someone through the intercom.

SHELLY:

I know he's gone. Please. I have

to talk to you.

Fiddling with her keys, Corky recognizes the voice that

answers him.

VIOLET (V.O.)

What do you want, Shelly?

Shelly glances over his shoulder at Corky, answering in a

hushed voice.

SHELLY:

I have to leave. Tonight.

For a moment the intercom is silent. Then the door buzzes

and Shelly pushes inside. Corky follows him to the elevator.

INT. ELEVATOR - DAY

Corky glares at Shelly and begins pumping the trigger of her

circular saw.

Shelly hides behind his sunglasses, watching the elevator

numbers go up. The doors open and he scurries out.

INT. HALL - DAY

She watches him enter Caesar's apartment, her smile now

completely gone.

INT. EMPTY APARTMENT - DAY

It is later. Through the wall we listen to the same sound

as before of two people making love. We drop down and find

Corky's brush, still wet with paint, abandoned in her tray.

INT. BEDROOM - DAY

Her face glistening with sweat, Violet climaxes, letting the

orgasm spread through her like melting butter.

VIOLET:

I had this image of you, inside of

me ...

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