Family Business Page #8

So the company's put you

back on the payroll.

At first, I couldn't figure

why they weren't screaming louder.

I'm gonna call security.

I've got the logbook and the tubes

of water. You want we go public?

Then it was water we took

out of your lab.

Tell me, what was it?

An insurance scam?

No? Well, you got one big piece

of luck in all this.

What's that?

That I can be bought.

Why don't you tell me the story,

Wong?

- The name's Jimmy.

- Jimmy.

It's not about insurance.

No?

We've been promising

this new discovery for a year.

We dug a hole for ourselves.

Goddamned thing always looked

a week away.

Never worked.

It's a tough game, science, isn't it?

We've just gone public,

an $80 million offering.

The financial community has valued

this company based on this discovery...

...and your burglary buys us

six more months development time.

So long as the logbook and

the plasmids are never ever recovered.

That's what you had in mind

in the first place, wasn't it?

Police. Freeze.

Keep your hands

over your head.

Cut that crap out.

Hi, Charlie. It's been a long time.

Where's the beef here?

- Hey, where are you going?

- It's all legal.

What's he got there?

Vito. He ratted you out, Jessie.

I didn't think he'd do it.

Does the State have anything to add

to the report?

- No, Your Honor.

- Counselor?

No, sir.

Would the young Mr. McMullen like

to say something on his own behalf?

No, Your Honor, I would like to say

something on my grandfather's behalf.

Go ahead.

My grandfather has always tried

to take care of me.

I know that he didn't cooperate

with the police here...

...but that's because I didn't

want him to.

He's always respected my wishes.

He's always respected who I am.

And whatever's written

in those reports can't show it.

My grandpa loves me.

He always has.

And I love him.

This whole thing, Your Honor,

it wasn't his idea.

It was mine.

Duly noted. Counselor.

I've known Jessie McMullen

for 35 years and...

In how many of the arrests in McMullen's

career have you represented him?

More than a few, Your Honor.

Jessie McMullen

is a man in his 60s.

Any sentence, other than a token...

...would really be a life sentence,

Your Honor.

To give him five or 10 years in prison

is not a five- Or a 10-year sentence...

...it's a sentence of life imprisonment.

Vito McMullen.

Had you not finally showed

some decency...

...by turning in your father,

I would have put you away for five years.

You're a sorry excuse for a parent.

Three years of supervised probation.

Adam McMullen.

The company's intervention

would count for little with me...

...it does seem, however,

to count with the prosecution...

...and I am going to go along reluctantly

with the plea bargain arrangement.

Being guilty of a Class A misdemeanor,

you are sentenced to 5 years probation.

These background reports convinced me

there were mitigating circumstances.

Jessie McMullen.

I have devoted most of my thinking...

...to how the court should treat

Jessie McMullen.

If there is a culprit in this case,

you certainly fit the bill.

You've never seen fit to produce

the stolen plasmids or the logbook.

You've also held up

the development...

...of an important new scientific

discovery from six months to a year.

But as your lawyer points out,

you're not young.

It's not an easy matter to decide on

a sentence for someone of your years.

I've had to think this out carefully.

For armed robbery, 15 years.

For burglary in the first degree,

Sentences to run concurrently.

Grandpa.

Hey...

...if you can't do the time,

don't do the crime.

Jessie.

Ray.

Hey, you baldheaded prick.

Don't you ever get caught

on the take...

...because if you end up in any joint

I'm in, you'll leave feet first.

You come by every month or so,

you hear?

When do they ship you out?

Today or tomorrow.

- I'll come every two weeks.

- Every month is fine.

- Gonna be tough?

- For me? No.

You pick out a tough guy, kick his ass

right away, give him a real good beating.

Word gets around,

and it makes your time easier.

- They don't put you in solitary?

- No, nobody wants trouble.

So you do it out of sight, no one

asks questions, the story is, "He fell."

I'll see you in a month.

I hear your kid f***ed you over.

Tough way to start your time, Pop.

Now, why would he give a sh*t

whether I start my time tough or easy?

Hey, no big deal, Pop.

I mean, we all got some long bits to do.

And, you know, a little chitchat,

and time's half over before you know it.

That's the second time

you've called me "Pop."

I got around a lot when I was young,

but I doubt if I'm your father.

But who knows though?

You carry a picture of your mother?

Maybe I'll remember her.

I f***ed half the whores

on the East Coast.

You f***ing...

What happened?

He fell.

You know, Mom and Dad ask about you

all the time. You ought to call them.

I guess you visit

your grandfather a lot.

Yeah, every three or four weeks.

He's not doing so well.

I wouldn't worry about Jessie, Adam.

He's a real survivor.

You know, Adam, it's been six months.

Your father loves you, Adam.

Mom, I told you I don't want to

hear about him.

I mean this. The next time

you bring up his name...

...will be the last time

that you ever hear from me.

- I'll call you next week.

- Okay, sweetheart.

Adam.

Listen, God forbid one of us should get

hit by a truck tomorrow, you know?

Let's not let it happen

while we're still mad at each other.

You turned out to be...

...a piece of garbage.

Adam, Adam. So, what is your gripe?

What the f*** is your gripe?

- Gripe?

- Yeah.

- You turned in your father.

- I turned in my...

- He's your father!

- I turned myself in too.

- I turned us both in for you.

- Stop it!

- For you.

- Stop doing things for me!

What did I do that was so terrible?

I tried to give you a better

childhood than I had.

No, don't give me

the terrible childhood crap.

You had a lot more fun

as a kid than I ever did.

Jessie was fun, for chrissake.

He showed a lot more confidence in you

as a kid than you ever did in me.

He showed more respect for you

as a person...

...than you ever did for me.

- Come on.

- Get off.

You still got a grip of steel, huh?

You tell me I'm looking good,

I'll pop you on the nose.

- I screwed him okay.

- Who, Jessie?

I'm not even gonna do a year,

that baldheaded prick.

How are you doing?

I'm keeping out of trouble.

Sounds as bad as doing time.

You're a prince.

I'm sorry about the way

things turned out, Jessie.

You play the cards you're dealt.

I was damn lucky.

They could have put me away

for 10 years.

- Who got my charges reduced?

- The charges? Me.

I managed to squeeze a few lousy bucks

out of your Chinaman friend too.

I spent it, Adam, every nickel.

I thought about splitting it

with you, Adam. I really did.

Then I thought...

...if I'm gonna do the time,

I have a little vigorish coming to me.

So I figured the best thing...

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