Counterfeiting in Suburbia Page #4

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and anyone who wants to talk about it

can come to me,

or Mr. Braverman the school counselor.

Also, Stephanie's parents

are setting up a memorial fund

in her name,

and we encourage you and your families

to give as much as you can

to help fight this terrible disease.

[school bell rings]

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Erica...

do you have a minute to chat?

[] Sure.

Of course, Mr. Sylvester.

[chuckles]

I know what you and Riley have been up to

in my classroom after hours.

I don't know what you're talking about--

What are you doing?

What am I doing?

Well, I'm not running a counterfeiting operation

in a public school, for one thing.

What do you want?

[whispering] I think you know what I want.

[whispering] What do you think I should do?

You already know what I think you should do.

Well, I want to hear you say it.

What did I tell you last week?

I said, if anything even feels wrong,

you get out, quick.

This isn't worth going to jail for.

It's not that easy.

Yes-- yes, it is.

Stop printing money,

go back to being the hottest girl in 12th grade.

Wow, seriously?

That... You know that's...

Listen, what's the real issue here?

I mean, I get it,

this thing with Stephanie

it's getting to everyone's heads, but--

It's not about Stephanie.

It's Erica.

Look, I don't know,

this is more than making ends meet for her,

it's like a crusade.

Yesterday, she compared us to Thelma and Louise.

I've seen that movie.

They drove off the cliff in the end.

I know.

So tell her what you just told me.

I already did.

She told me to buy a Taser.

Seriously?

Yeah.

Look, you print the money, right?

So stop.

She'll have to be cool with it.

[sighs]

Right?

Yeah, I don't know,

I don't think she cares about getting caught.

Like, whatever happens happens,

and if she leaves a beautiful corpse behind,

even better.

Okay, well...

whatever you choose,

I've got your back,

okay?

Thanks.

Any time.

Fong's Groceries?

Hi.

Could I speak to Kumail, please?

Hey, Kumail, this is Karen Cartwright,

Riley's guardian.

I just wanted to make sure that she called you about her leg,

and needing to take some time off this week?

[chuckles]

Well, no, you must have.

She's been working there about a week now.

Uh...

Not unless there's another Fong's Groceries.

Wait, okay, are you telling me you don't have

a Riley Cartwright

working there?

She's 17, she has brown hair...

[chuckles in disbelief]

Okay.

Um, thank you.

I'm sorry for bothering you.

[school bell rings]

[sent text chimes]

[incoming text chimes]

What?

[sighs]

Where are you going?

What are we doing here anyways?

I just wanted to talk.

[Tim]:
Riley Cartwright...

I knew you were gifted,

but printing funny money behind my back?

[tsking]

I swear, I just came here

to tell her that I'm out.

[Tim laughs] Stop?

Someone with your skills?

Sweetheart, if you stopped,

it would be a crime of wasted potential.

Okay, then what do you want?

50 grand.

[gasping] Fif...

That's a lot.

Look, I don't care where the cash comes from

so long as it's clean.

So you figure out a way to make it happen,

or I drop a dime on your little business venture,

and you can get your high school diploma

from prison.

Hey!

Aunt Karen?

Get away from them!

You've got until Wednesday.

See you in class.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Did he hurt you?

No, he's just a weirdo.

It happens.

Erica, is that true?

Yeah.

Yeah, it was my bad,

I made fun of his lame pick-up line.

Listen, I gotta go.

I'll talk to you later.

What is wrong with you?

You obviously know that guy,

and you lied to me about your job.

Wait, what?

When did I lie to you about my job?

I called the store.

They've never heard of you.

Why won't you just tell me what's going on?

Look, I'll see you at home.

Riley...

Riley, please don't shut me out like this.

[Oliver]:
So we can't go the cops?

No, that would kind of defeat the purpose.

There's got to be something we can do

I mean, he's an art teacher,

he's not exactly Al Capone.

Yeah, there is something we can do.

We can get him his 50 grand.

You know it's not going to stop with just that, right?

We gotta do something now,

before it's too late.

"We"?

Oliver, you're not a part of this.

What are you talking about?

Of course I am,

I'm your boyfriend.

Which is why...

I think for now...

you should just stay away from me.

What?

I'm serious, Oliver.

For how long?

I don't know.

Until this is over.

The way it's going,

it's never going to be over, Ri.

You have to make a stand.

I think you should leave.

No, I'm not leaving.

Not like this.

Okay, Oliver, just... Please stop--

Ri, don't push me away.

No--

Where did we fall and lose our way?

[]

I wish I knew how to make you stay

[]

Something tells me

There's only leaving now

There's only breaking down the wall

[]

When our love is gone...

I can let you go

Where did we fall and lose our way?

[]

[school bell rings]

Good news.

My request for funding has finally come through,

so I have taken the liberty

of bringing our printmaking facilities

into the 21st Century.

We have got an image setter,

a plate processor...

[grunts in anticipation] Everything you need

to make high-quality reproductions.

I look forward to seeing what you guys can do.

[typing]

[beeps in error]

[printer whirring]

You gotta be kidding me.

[exhales]

What'd you tell your aunt?

That we're job hunting,

for real this time. Good one.

So, how long

do you think it's going to take

to get this thing up and running?

Erica, what happened yesterday?

You mean, how did he find us?

For starters, yeah.

What difference does it make?

What difference does it make? He's blackmailing us,

and you're okay with that?

Maybe this will be good for us.

What?

Think about it.

Now we've got a teacher on our side.

If anyone asks what we're doing here,

he can cover for us.

Erica, we have to start thinking about

how we're going to get out of this situation.

How do you suggest we do that, huh?

There's no getting out of this, Riley.

Think!

You have to stop seeing problems everywhere

and start seeing opportunities.

-Opportunities? -Yes!

Look, how is this any different

than what we've already been doing?

We're criminals, right?

So let's at least be smart ones.

And he's invested now.

He's not going to do anything

to jeopardize his big payday.

And if this works out, he's going to want more.

We keep making money, he takes a cut,

everybody gets what they want.

Okay...

how close are you two getting?

Please don't tell me you're having sex with him.

You're making it sound creepy,

but he really cares about me.

I cannot believe you're making me do this.

I'm not making you do anything, Ri!

Stop trying to blame other people

every time something doesn't go your way.

Look, he wants his money by tomorrow night,

so can we please just get this done?

[]

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[Riley]:
Financial institutions

are required to report any transactions over 10 grand

to the government

to stay anonymous.

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