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(crackling)

(phone vibrates)

(rock music)

(heavy breathing)

- [Phone] New message.

- [Woman on voicemail] Hey baby,

I got off work early.

Lena's still at my Mom's.

(heavy breathing)

- [Man] State Tremlett

versus Elvis Martini,

94, 39, Brabet.

- Your Honor, this mortgage

remains

six months in arrears.

MCR 2.116, C9 demands

that this property be foreclosed

on.

In addition, Your Honor,

my client has just learned

that the insurance

coverage has been cancelled

due to Mr. Martini's

involvement with an arson

at his prior residence.

- [Defense attorney] That's

absolutely false, Your Honor.

This man lost his wife, lost his

house,

lost everything.

And not even single charge

was brought against him.

- I'm only stating facts clearly

supported

by a two-year investigation.

- Okay, let's calm down, both of

you.

- [Defense attorney] Your Honor,

we asking for a little

more time so Mr. Martini

can get his life in order.

- Mr. Martini is unemployed,

and is just biding time

at the bank's expense.

- Mr. Martini?

Mr. Martini.

Mr. Martini.

- Yes.

- What's your intention?

- I just need a little

time to pay what I owe.

I've never not paid anyone.

- Mr. Martini,

I'll give you four weeks.

If you could pay half of what

you owe,

then I'll consider giving you

more time.

- Your Honor, this man's

unemployed.

- You've said that, Counsellor.

Mr. Martini, do you have a job?

- Yes, I'm a landlord.

- Well, I suggest you get to

work, honey.

(phone rings)

- What are you still doing up,

Len?

- It's not my bedtime yet.

It's still early.

- Hello?

- [Phone] Yeah, I was just

calling

about the place you got for

rent.

Is it still available?

- Yeah, can you just, you know

what,

let me just get your number.

What's your name?

- [Phone] Jamal.

- [Elvis] 313.

- [Phone] 555

- [Elvis] 55.

- [Phone] 7200.

- 7200.

Yeah, we should have something

coming up,

and then when it's ready

I'll call you back.

- [Phone] Okay.

- Okay, thanks. Bye.

- [Phone] Appreciate ya.

- No problem.

(video game beeps)

- Look, I'm gonna go to the

store and get some cigarettes.

- Can I come? I want licorice.

- No, no, you stay here.

I'll bring them back to you.

- Hey.

Hi.

Hey, stay with her,

because I'm going to something.

Do you want something?

- C'mon, I got people.

- Okay, okay, okay.

- He's gonna come tomorrow.

He's gonna fix it, I said.

- You look nice.

Bye, ladies.

See you.

Bye, have fun.

You stay with her, please?

- Okay, okay fine.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Hello?

- [Phone] Hey man, I called you

last week

about that apartment.

You told me to call you back in

a week

to see if it done opened up.

I gots to be moving, man.

- No, I'm sorry, man, I'm full.

We got problems in that

building.

Bye.

- [Elvis] What's up, Lek?

- Chilling, Holmes.

- Hey Blert.

- Elvis.

- [Elvis] How's your mom?

- [Berta] She's good.

- Say hello for me.

- [Berta] I will.

Hey, please don't stay out late?

- Okay, I already just got here.

- When are you gonna come home?

- [Leka] I'll be home.

You straight to your

f***ing sister's house.

Okay?

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Keys?

Okay.

- [Leka] What's up man?

Coming to my bachelor

party tomorrow night?

- [Elvis] No, man.

I don't think so.

- Don't be late.

- [Leka] Okay, I'll be here.

- Should be nicer to her, Lek.

- What up, man?

- Hey, I got your lamp,

cocksucker.

You owe me 150.

- Thanks Pete.

- Lek, what's up with the rent?

I need it, I got problems, man.

- [Leka] I got problems too,

man.

Getting married is not easy.

- You've been saying

you're gonna have the rent

for the last three months, man,

and my problems are

much bigger than yours.

- [Leka] Yeah, I got you next

week.

I've got something cooking.

Baku put me up on these crazy

dog fights.

I could have made a G last

night,

but I didn't have the

money to gamble with.

- Gimme a f***ing break.

Stop gambling, get a job,

and start paying your rent.

I gotta talk to Agroni, come on.

(lively music)

Are you gonna come tomorrow, or

what?

Come on, man, please, for

me, bro, you got the tools.

I wanna pay you, I said.

- Yeah, you pay my dick.

- C'mon, man, for me, we're

friends.

- Okay, man!

I told you I'll come tomorrow.

Let me eat this f***ing food,

man.

- [Elvis] Okay, okay.

You got the f***ing uh,

this black tenant who's

working the system.

Three months, didn't pay me.

- How's your little Lena?

- She's good.

- Oh, I love Lena, she's such a

sweetie.

- Then you got this f***ing

idiot.

Sits here gambling all night,

but doesn't have money for rent.

- [Agroni] Visie, Listen to me,

man,

you've got to fix this place up,

then you get better people in.

This is the way, man, I know.

- [Man] Hi Agroni.

- [Agroni] Hey, how you doing,

man?

- [Agroni] (mumbles)

- Good to see you.

Agroni, give me a minute,

I want to talk to this guy.

- I'll see you later.

- Hi, Visie.

- What's up, man?

- [Man] Where you been? I haven't

seen your face long time.

- I've been busy, man, swear to

God.

- Visie, You got my 10,000?

- I'm working on it, man.

You know that.

- Visie,

and you'd still owe me the

money.

- What's up, man? How you been?

- You doing okay?

- I'm tired, man.

Give me a pack of reds too,

please.

(hip hop music)

Just keep it, man, I figured it

out.

- [Shopkeeper] See you, my

friend.

- I'll see you.

Yo, Rolexa.

Rolexa, yo.

Yo.

- I'm tired, Elvis.

- Hey, talk to me.

I've been calling you all day,

you can't call nobody back?

- [Rolexa] I ain't got nothing

for you.

- Okay, okay.

You got a dog?

- No, these my wigs, and I had a

long day.

- Look, just listen to

me, relax okay? Please.

I need the rent, okay?

I'm giving you a warning.

This is the last time.

I don't want to have to put

you out, but I need that rent.

- The f*** outta my way.

- Look at this b*tch. Those

ain't no wigs.

- [Lena] Daddy?

- [Elvis] Len, what

are you still doing up?

I thought you were sleeping.

- When am I gonna go back to

school?

I miss my friends.

- You will soon.

I got you this.

You're gonna go back to school.

- Daddy, can we call mommy?

- Yeah, we can.

We gotta stop doing this, okay?

Here.

- [Phone] Hi, it's me.

Leave a message after the

beep, and I'll get back to you.

- Hi Mommy, it's Lena.

I kind of had a good day today.

I had a high score in Galactica.

Daddy, want to talk to Mommy?

- [Elvis] No, I'm all set.

- Daddy said two bad words

today.

Anyway, I wanted to call you and

tell you,

sweet dreams with the angels.

Love you. Daddy does too.

Good night.

- [Elvis] Here.

- You wanna go to Opal?

- You mean right now?

- No, not right now.

I mean like tomorrow or the next

day.

- Yeah.

- [Elvis] I think it'll be fun.

- Okay.

- [Elvis] I love you so much,

okay?

- Love you too.

- Be a good girl and go to

sleep.

(sizzling)

(horn honking)

Watch the car, man, hey, hey

hey.

Watch the car, man.

- Watch my car, watch my car.

- Watch the f***, yeah, watch

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