Chains of Gold Page #2

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You promise?

say yes.

say yes. say yes.

OK. Yes, all right?

How bad are you?

- I'm really bad, all right?

- I said how bad are you?

- I'm really bad, man.

- Come on, show me.

- You want to?

- That's right.

- Your mother's overthere.

- What?

That's enough. You can let me down now. Hello!

(scott) You think you're too old

to be on my shoulder.

Mrs saunders, if you want your daughter

and the baby to live with you,

get on a detox programme.

I will escort you there.

And you will cash your vouchers with me

and we will buy whateverthe baby needs.

- You hear me?

- (Phone)

- Barnes.

- scott, listen.

Tommy hasn't been home

for a couple of nights and I'm getting worried.

Did you call Pedro?

He spends a lot of time with Pedro.

- Just call Pedro's.

- OK. What do I tell Mom?

Well, tell your mother not to worry.

Hold on a second. Wait a minute.

I'm not through with you. sit down.

I'll call you later, Rachel. Don't worry about it.

Bye-bye.

If I find that one penny from these funds

is used for crack and not the baby,

you will be disqualified from receiving funds

and the baby will be taken away from you.

Is that clear?

- 'Hello.'

- Rachel? Hi.

- 'Oh, scott... '

- still no word?

'No.'

I'm in forthe night

so when you hearfrom him, call me, OK?

- 'AII right.'

- OK.

- Bye-bye.

- 'Bye.'

(Phone)

- Yeah.

- (Rachel) 'I called the morgue.'

- What?

- 'They said Tommy's dead.'

Don't assume anything. I'll be right there.

- How long was he missing?

- A day and a night.

- How old was he?

- 13.

- Did he have any birthmarks?

- You are jumping to conclusions.

- Back off.

- Was he into drugs?

What's the matter with you guys?

If you aren't ready forthis,

we can do it anothertime.

Let me do this.

Ohhh. Mm-mm.

- That's not him.

- You're lucky.

This boy died a horrible death.

Call sergeant Palco at this number.

You should report your boy missing.

This tattoo, does that mean anything to you?

I don't know what it is. Must be popularthough.

Third one this month.

Really?

It's not him, honey.

Where is he?

- (Car horn)

- Let's go, man.

- Pedro!

- Come on!

Hey, Pedro! Hey!

Pedro, I need to talk to you. Please, wait!

(Car horn)

- Man, you want some suicide?

- What?

- How many rocks you want?

- This is Tommy Burke.

- You seen him?

- (Tyres squealing)

- (Gunman) I told you to stay at your corner.

- Please.

(Doors slam, tyres squeal)

(sirens)

This kind of thing takes a back seat

to major crime.

so unless you've got

some substantial evidence,

- we gotta treat it like it's a runaway.

- It's not a runaway.

Look, I have evidence. There's a tattoo.

I saw it on the kid in the morgue last night

and on the kid this afternoon.

- It's the same one that Tommy's got.

- What kind of tattoo?

Initials with eastern sh*t going through it.

- Y-l-P?

- Yeah, that's it. What is that?

That's the Youth Incentive Programme.

- It's crack.

- No, no.

Tommy wouldn't be dealing crack.

I hearyou but even if he is,

I couldn't help you.

If he's a runaway, that's not a priority

and if he's into drugs, you can't help me?

- Why did they send me to you?

- I don't know.

It's a matterfor Narcotics.

You're retiring and it's evident

that you don't want to do your job,

so enjoy yourself.

- Go do your gardening or whatever...

- Hey, Barnes. Barnes!

- Come here.

- What?

My retirement's got nothing to do with this.

You don't listen.

You're in the wrong department.

You want help? I can get you help.

- All right?

- All right.

Follow me.

No. I'm convinced he's being

held by this crack ring.

I'll tell you what, Mr Barnes.

lf, during our investigation,

we find the boy you're looking for,

- you'll be the first to know.

- Are you retiring, too?

- How do you know he's innocent?

- Because I know the kid.

For God's sake, he's only 13.

We've got 13-year-olds with shoe boxes

filled with more cash than I make in a year.

I know a 14-year-old with two Mercedes.

And he can't even drive.

Take some advice.

Go home and stay where it's safe.

Do some social work.

You saw it foryourself. This crack gang,

they're not nice. They're killers.

If they've got him, there's no way

you're gonna get him out.

What would you do? If it were your son,

what would you do?

My son wouldn't be out there.

Then you're a very lucky man.

Thanks forthe help.

sorry I said what I did about you.

That's OK. I don't like gardening anyway.

What?

- What are you gonna do?

- stay away from this operation.

The kid's probably dead and I don't want

that prick Barnes anywhere near.

Lieutenant, is something going down?

I said it wasrt any of your business.

Am I going crazy here

or didn't I say stay the f*** away?

All right, everybody,

wake your little asses up. Move!

Hey. I'm talking to you. Wake the f*** up.

You boys are here to learn a lesson.

some of you were up and you f***ed up.

Nobody quits.

stay out of trouble,

you get back on the streets.

F*** up and you go to the Madison House

and I'll throw your ass in the pit.

(Door slams)

Get me another beer.

Martha, that's not gonna help.

Who in the hell are you

to tell me what's gonna help?

Tommy's gone and you're having dinner?

What are you gonna do about it?

He's in trouble. You don't even care.

How can you say that?

Tommy's like my own kid.

- Well, then God help us.

- Mom.

I gotta go.

How dare you tell me that?

How can you say that I don't care

when you accepted his expensive gifts

and his money?

And pretended you didn't know

what was going on? And you, too.

And then you blame it on me. How dare you?

Tom! Tom!

- Hey, Tommy!

- I ain't Tommy. Get your hands off me, man!

- Get off!

- Go.

Let's get out of here.

(Thunder)

(Crash)

sucker!

- How you doing, Justin?

- still standing, James.

Do that.

Good evening, sir.

- Yes, sir. Thank you.

- (# Light jazz)

- What can I get you, sir?

- Club soda, please.

Thank you.

Can I get you something?

she'll have an Absolut Vodka on the rocks.

Very good.

What is a beautiful woman like you

doing all alone in a bar like this?

I'm not alone, I'm with you.

You used to be.

That's right. How could I forget?

You were always drunk.

- Would you like another Club soda?

- No, thank you.

- Now you're not?

- Fouryears.

- I'm so proud of you.

- Me, too.

How the hell are you? It's good to see you.

Excuse me.

Just back off, James.

Just tell Carlos I'll be right there, OK?

Look, I gotta go. It was great seeing you...

No. Please. I'd like to see you again.

- You really want to see me again?

- I really want to see you again.

- When?

- Tomorrow.

All right. Here's my card.

- Call me.

- Good seeing you, Jackie.

It's good seeing you, too.

Welcome to your new home.

(# Mellow jazz)

I thought of so many funny things last night.

- Like what?

- I flashed on...

that first time in san Francisco,

you know, at the Travelodge?

You're a lot quieterthan I remember.

I'm sorry. I've just had a lot on my mind lately.

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