Femme Fatale Page #2

This way please.

It's right here.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I woke you up.

You fell asleep here.

Are you OK?

I didn't mean to frighten you.

I'm sorry. Are you OK?

I'm sorry.

Do you speak French?

- I'm sorry.

- Are you American?

California.

I mean I grew up

in California...

...but I live in Washington now.

- What do you do in life?

- In life?

Well, I started in software.

And made some money...

...and found out that

I was interested in other things.

Like what things?

Well, like the whole world...

I went back to school

in Washington,

I got a degree in Foreign Relations.

I taught for a little while...

...and then I got a posting

at the State Department.

America is a country

very big, no?

Very big.

Is this your first trip?

I begin my new life there.

France is no good for me.

How can you say that?

France is a fabulous country.

Really. That's the...

Queen of Europe to me.

The art, the history...

...the sense of language,

Stendhal, Racine, Balzac...

I lost my baby there...

I'm sorry.

I don't know what to say.

That's terrible.

Please forgive me.

It's OK. It's OK.

That is just awful.

Hi! Mister Bardo is not here

at the moment.

What are you doing?

Trying to dodge bill collectors?

- Nick, it's Johnny.

- I know who you are.

- What are you doing?

- Working.

- Something I can sell?

- Could be. I just need one more piece.

Another shot of that table?

What's happen' to you?

- Are you eating?

- Barely.

How would you like a break from your

masterwork and make some real money?

- What are you selling?

- You know who Bruce Hewitt Watts is?

As strange as it may seem to you, Jean,

photographers actually read.

You know books, magazines,

and even daily newspapers.

All right, all right, smart ass,

who is he?

- The new American ambassador?

- Bingo.

He's got a wife but no one seems

to have a picture of her.

- Maybe she's camera shy.

- No, she's not camera shy.

She's got a past and

she's not talking about it.

And I did some checking and

found out she's really French.

Married before

with a kid.

I've got an ex I don't talk about

either. What's wrong with that?

Nothing except that

you don't dodge photographers...

...like you've got something

to hide.

- So you want me to nail her, right?

- You are the best.

I don't like to do this.

I feel like sh*t.

- And besides, I am retired.

- On what? IOUs?

I'm not just your agent Nicolas,

I'm your bank and you're way past due.

Do yourself a favor and go to work.

I can get 5 figures for this picture.

All right. What's her schedule?

She arrives

by private jet tonight.

- I gotta go, I gotta go. Bye.

- Take that picture.

Be careful. You almost fell!

Where are you going?

Let's see if you understand me.

Listen, I'm looking for public toilets.

The Champs Elyses are

over there or over here?

I'd like to go to the public toilets

which are in that direction. Please.

If you understand me,

in that direction...

And thanks for the ride!

Can we jump in?

Nice wheels!

What did you expect?

I only steal the best!

- Is this Nicolas Bardo?

- Speaking.

You took a picture

of Mrs. Watts?

Who wants to know?

Leonard Shiff.

Head of Watts' security.

I'd like to buy it.

Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Shiff,

but it's already been sold.

Unsell it. We'll double

whatever you've got.

That's very generous but I...

I don't think you realize

who you're dealing with, Mr. Bardo.

We know all about you,

your overdrawn bank account...

...your criminal record.

I suggest...

...you get that picture back

and you bring it to me...

...at the residence tomorrow

morning 11a.m. Sharp.

- Don't keep me waiting.

- Sir, hold on! Hello!

Nice going, man. Really.

Thanks for keeping your mouth shut.

They must have offered you

some sweet deals to talk?

There was nothing

to talk about.

They just asked about the diamonds,

of which I knew sh*t.

Once the insurance paid off,

they stopped asking.

Don't worry, man!

That b*tch knows.

I thought about her

every f***ing minute...

...every f***ing hour,

for seven f***ing years!

Where is she?

I've been looking. I talked to

everyone, I never stopped.

I ran down every scumbag

that ever knew her.

She just vanished off

the face of the earth?

Hey, I'm not Interpol, alright!

I've been f***ed same as you!

I did a hell of a lot

of checking!

I've got one thing,

maybe, one thing...

You know that girlfriend of hers?

The brunette...

She's fencing diamonds.

It's all I've got.

Wait, wait.

Excuse me, officer...

There is less and less sun.

Let's wait for the sun.

Park Bardo in the office

until I can get...

Hold on a second.

I don't believe it. This paparazzi scum

is wearing a wire.

Make sure he doesn't get

passed security.

Hold on...

- Can you help me, please?

- One minute, pal.

Damn it! Damn it!

Oh sh*t!

- Is the bar open?

- Yes of course, sir.

But you can't stay there.

Please move your bike.

- You can't leave it there.

- I know, I know.

- Please...

- Okay.

Hi! I'm sorry to bother you but

I rented this room last night...

...and I think I left my disk here.

- A disk?

- When I got home...

I checked my laptop,

and the backup disk was gone!

It's the only copy I have and I've been

searching like hell for it.

Then I remembered the only place

I could have left it was... here.

So did you mind if I come in

and just take a look around?

- I don't think it's a good idea...

- Thank you very much.

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Oh my God, I got so much information

in that disk.

You didn't see a disk right?

I mean, actually it's not a disk.

It's not like a CD or a DVD

or anything like that...

...it's called floppy. It's a black thing

that you introduce in the computer.

I am remembering now

that I put it there...

...'cause I was working in bed.

I just love to work in bed.

I bet you do too.

Anyway, let me...

Let just remember

exactly what I did.

I sat over here.

I sat over here and I put it on my lap,

because it's a laptop...

...and I just plugged it

over there and...

Actually, you know what had happened?

What happened is that I wasn't alone.

I wasn't alone and then...

Oh my God!

That's not your business.

Well, ah... No, it's not.

It's not but it is.

Because...

Excuse me...

Are you alright?

I think I can help you.

I have been working in a hospital

for a couple of years and...

I was a kind of a candy striper myself.

Just sit down over here.

Give me your arms. Put them up.

Just like this and... Relax! Relax!

And breathe, breathe and relax.

And now listen to me.

Good.

I know, because I have been accused of

having an overactive imagination...

...but when a classy woman

like yourself...

...checks into an airport hotel,

in the middle of the morning...

...with a bunch of bullets and a gun,

there's only one word that follows.

What word?

"Bang".

Now, if a guy walks in...

...maybe there doesn't have

to be a "bang".

Maybe there is something

to talk about?

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