Cassandra's Dream Page #8

Well, that's a great pity

if you had your heart set on staying.

Ah, well, duty calls. And I will have time

to dine with my old mum before I go.

She's 91. At that age,

you can go at any moment.

Great old girl.

Let's hope I have her genes.

To life.

Good luck with the poker.

- I'm stunned.

- You turned white as a ghost.

How long have you been talking to him?

- A couple of minutes, I-I lost my breath.

- What about?

Nothing. Uh, poker, life.

What are the chances of that? The last thing

we wanted to do was meet him, and then-

- What are the odds?

- You always said how unpredictable life is.

How long will it take you

to get those guns made?

- I can't do this, Ian.

- Look, Terry, you've been drinking.

You lose your confidence

when you're drunk.

Listen. I can't keep begging you to do this

with me. He's leaving in a couple of days.

- Are you in or out?

- I never said I wouldn't do it, right?

Well, then, pull yourself together.

Ian.

I had such a wonderful time.

Angela's lovely, ain't she?

She's not at all snobby.

She said she'd take me shopping.

I love the way she dresses.

I thought it might be way

out of my range, but she said no.

- What are you thinking?

- Nothing.

Who was that man

you was talking to at the bar?

- Is that Mr. Burns?

- How do you know Mr. Burns?

I was introduced.

He's sweet, isn't he?

Didn't he know

your Uncle Howard?

Is that what you was

talking to him about?

You told him

Howard was our uncle?

It just seemed to come up, 'cause he's on

the board of one of Howard's foundations.

That's what he said. Actually,

he was looking for you just before we left.

Well, why did you

have to mention it, Kate?

What are you getting so upset for?

We spoke for two minutes if that.

Although I did get the impression

he's got mixed feelings about your uncle.

Yeah, he seemed a little sarcastic.

I could be wrong.

Did-Did he, uh, imply

bad things about Howard?

Yeah, I got that impression.

Actually, he was really surprised

to hear that you were his nephew.

Christ.

Kate, my head's splitting.

- You drank too much. Take some aspirin.

- I need my codeine.

- No, Terry, you can't mix with that stuff.

- Christ, where'd I put it?

It's in the kitchen in the cupboard.

Kate, what's it doing

in the cupboard in the-

I leave it in a certain place for a certain reason.

I leave it in the medicine cabinet.

Don't move things around, please.

Jesus.

Just pull it back...

- and let it go.

- Right.

All right?

This is his flat.

Ground floor.

It's right in the front.

If we could get in there, we could

surprise him when he comes home.

All right.

Right. I've got some tools

at the garage that can get us in.

I think it's our best shot, Terry.

- Let's do it tonight.

- Yeah? Are you up to it?

- I can't stand the waiting around.

- No, you're right.

Look, he always eats out.

So we just need to get in there.

And then we'll wait for him, and we'll

do him when he gets back from dinner.

I hope I have the nerve

when the moment comes, Ian.

Don't let me down, Terry.

Look, it's simple.

I'm gonna shoot him. And then you shoot him

again in the head, just to make certain.

Or else you shoot him

and I'll finish him off.

Should have got a taxi, Ian. Had to give

your name and address and everything.

No, no, no, no. We need a car standing by

in case something goes wrong.

What could go wrong?

What are you saying?

I'm not saying something will go wrong,

but if something did go wrong...

we need to have a car.

Who's taking a taxi

if something goes wrong?

Here he is. Look.

All right, let's go.

- Come on, Terry.

- Be quiet.

- We have to be careful of this window.

- Right.

Don't touch anything.

What do we do now?

We just wait.

- Do you want some?

- No. Put it away, Terry.

What's that?

Just leave it.

Don't answer it.

Hello, this is Martin

Burns. I'm out. Leave a message after the tone.

Hello, love. It's Mum.

Oh, sorry to miss you, but I've had to

change tomorrow's dinner to 7:00.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Bye for now.

Terry, what are you thinking?

What if there's a God, Ian?

I mean, what if...

all those nights we used to lay awake,

you know, in the dark...

and curse the fate

of every human soul...

what if we was too angry?

No. No.

Don't turn your back on what

you know in your heart to be true...

just 'cause we're facing

a d- a difficult task.

Yeah, but we're

crossing the line here.

There's no going back from this.

I tell you, I've said it before.

I don't wanna go back, Brother,

and neither do you.

- We need to look to the future.

- A taxi. It's him.

Right. All right. Now remember,

we wait till he gets in...

let him shut the door,

we let him get in the flat, right?

And then we come out quick,

surprise him, and then we just do it.

- Right.

- All right? We just do it.

Right.

Let's go.

The beef was nice, wasn't it?

Can I have a drink?

Yeah.

Oh, wow.

Look at that garden.

- Do you like it?

- It's gorgeous.

It's nice.

- Do you look after it?

- No, the gardener does.

- Christ.

- Terry, we're gonna have to do her too.

- Not me. I'm not doing her.

- Well, then what we gonna do?

We've mucked it up.

I'm not doing the woman.

Okay, okay. You're right.

But what are we gonna do?

I can't kill her just because

she's here, Ian. It's wrong.

All right. Look, I don't disagree.

Oh, Terry, are we screwed.

San Francisco, L.A.

Anyone traveling with you?

- No, I'm traveling on me own.

- Need a passenger?

- Fancy a trip?

- I'd love to.

- Do you have what you came in for?

- Yes.

I'll be sleeping over at yours tonight.

I just need a change of clothes, and, uh-

uh, my laptop.

And we can go.

Okay.

We'll have to do it tomorrow night at

his mother's. I can find out where she lives.

I was gonna do it, Ian. You saw me.

But then the woman arrived.

I would've done it, though.

You saw me, Ian. I was ready. Oh, Christ.

I told you I was only borrowing

this money from the safe.

I can't believe

you thought I was taking it.

I told you it was just a loan.

And, Dad, there's a nice,

big bonus in here for you.

Don't tell me that

won't come in handy.

Where'd you get

money like that, Ian?

You know, I'm involved

in certain business ventures.

What sort of

business ventures?

I told you. The hotels.

Wait, I thought you said that

your hotel deals had been delayed.

Well, this is an advance.

Will you just take it?

- Where's it coming from?

- Will you just take it?

Look, soon this place will be back on its feet

and you won't be so dependent on me.

- Where are you going?

- Well, I'm not gonna work here forever.

- Well, who's gonna run things?

- Oh, Dad, give me a break.

Look.

You know that- that I love you.

I mean, I've stuck it out here all these years,

even though it's not for me...

because of loyalty to you.

And I know that some of those business

plans in the past didn't pan out...

but this one is different, Dad.

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