Glass Chin Page #5

---

You feel like maybe you could be

inhuman, unassailable...

...in a silver thing like that.

Am I right, Roberto?

I always feel that way,

so I'm a bad barometer.

Mm.

Let's go inside and have dinner.

I'll show you what I mean.

Oh, Kathryn...

...Kathryn, sweetie,

can you just step up for me?

Sure you can.

There you go.

You feeling okay?

Good.

Right this way, boys.

Come on.

I... I don't want to go in by myself.

Just go in.

I'll be in in a minute.

It's like being in...

Go.

A sleek, fresh bunker.

You should come to my house

in Riverdale sometime.

I designed it myself.

I keep it on the DL,

but if I wanted it to be,

that house would be famous;

Architecture Magazine,

this and that.

It's not that I don't have

a fondness for notoriety.

It's for legal reasons...

...that I remain...

obscure.

Steve Jobs,

a pioneer of digital music,

his legacy is tremendous.

When he went home,

he listened to vinyl.

You like country music?

Oh, who am I talking...

...Mr. Monk.

I play jazz at the Apple

in case a paint job comes in.

You look pale, sport.

I get headaches sometimes.

Oh, yeah.

Walk on Query Street...

...I'm exhausted.

Mostly it's from being at the gym.

Oh, yeah.

Coming out of retirement?

No.

That's funny.

No, no, I'm just helping

with Kid Sunshine.

Kid Sunshine, talk of the town.

A week ago,

nobody hears of this kid.

Now everyone's talking about him.

Champ, you get the little

digital jukebox I sent you?

I did.

Yes. Thank you, J.J.

Silly's hungry.

No, please, don't feed her.

Hey. Hey, please.

I told you not to do that.

He likes it.

Don't you?

Yes, you do.

You know, it's a girl.

She's a girl.

And... hey, come here.

Come here, Silly.

- Come here.

- No, she wants the...

...What the f***?

Sit down. I apologize.

The girls will be reprimanded.

I can assure you of that.

I'm a soft touch for animals.

Here. See this?

I keep her in my backyard

with an electronic fence.

She's just a little, tiny doll.

Oh, you phantasm, you.

Look at her go.

I love to hold her.

You're not afraid she'll kill you?

P*ssy.

Have you ever seen anything...

We don't like him, J.J.

So beautiful?

You know, there was never a name

for that color.

We need more blow, J.J.

The snow leopard is the most rare...

...and elusive animal in the world.

It's mythical,

ultra mysterious,

powerful loners,

alone its whole life.

The furthest thing from ordinary...

...on this planet.

Ordinary is our enemy.

Ordinary people doing ordinary things,

like the laundry.

When I left Pittsburgh,

I promised myself I would never do...

...those humdrum things again,

and I have not,

and you will not.

You will be burnished.

I will aluminize your world.

You'll be untouchable.

Ellen?

Couldn't sleep.

You're a sight for sore eyes.

Why are your eyes sore?

Why are your eyes sore?

There's some coffee in the fridge.

Is it that very ordinary deli sh*t?

What's so wrong with ordinary?

Breathe through the nose

as much as you can.

Keep that mouth closed.

Keep your brain stale.

Keep your brain in your toes.

Let the cold move your brain

into your toes.

Go get some water for Kid,

please.

Small bottle.

I don't want him drinking much.

Stretch it.

Are you getting the paper as well?

Would you like

to make a donation...

...to the Make-A-Wish Foundation?

Hey, you need me, Lou?

I'm giving Kid a rubdown.

I thought after, you could do

some footwork drills with him.

How about tomorrow?

- Everything all right?

- Yeah. Yeah.

I'll see you tomorrow, Kid.

All right, Saint.

You good?

Yeah.

- Hola.

- Roberto?

You know what time it is, man?

It's in the f***ing paper, man.

- What?

- You killed him?

You f***ing shot him?

Hey, hey.

You should talk to J.J.

about that.

Okay?

Big comandante J.J.

Too high for me, partner.

No, no, I'm not your

f***ing partner anymore.

That's over.

I don't think so, man.

Told you J.J. owned people.

One of the people he owns

is Colby's super.

J.J. has video footage

of you in the lobby,

your beautiful face.

Claro, that's not

what the cops have, though.

Our super gave him

some looped-up sh*t.

You ain't in that version.

Course, that's how it is now.

Things change.

Your situation is pliable.

It's up to you, bro,

if you want to be in the clear or not.

Me, I'm gonna cozy on up...

...and go to sleepy time.

Bye.

Um, it's over on McDonald.

Yeah, it's really nice.

But I only take her,

like, once a year.

And every time, they tell me,

'She's so big.'

Do you want to get that?

Or somebody else got it?

Yeah, I think they got it in the back.

Yeah, don't worry about it.

- I hope.

- I know. Right?

- Is Ronnie working today?

- Yeah.

Anyway, sorry, you were saying.

So you only take her

once a year, anyway, but...

Yeah.

Because I always get worried...

...about, like,

how often you're supposed...

...to take 'em in for shots and everything.

- Yeah.

- Anyway.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Were you wanting anything?

Coffee.

You're not eating?

You see these spoons?

The spoons are fine.

Yeah, if you like someone

else's clam chowder.

Picking a fight with the Starlight?

- Not hungry.

- Oh, yeah, sure. Since when?

Okay, listen to me, just listen.

Something bad happened last night.

I didn't know it, but it did.

I give up.

Denzel Washington.

- What?

- Not Denzel?

It's not a f***ing impersonation.

I'm leaving if you do that again.

You hear me?

F***ing control yourself.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Um...

...Something bad has happened.

I'm in trouble.

Now you're scaring me.

It's 'cause I'm scared.

Now, look,

whatever I say for the rest

of this conversation,

just act normal.

You're the one who's slamming

the table and making a scene.

Okay, I don't want to get

into a f***ing debate about it.

- Just act regular.

- Okay. Okay.

A man was killed.

A man?

What man?

Just some man.

And the thing is,

I'm being framed for it.

Or being threatened

to be framed for it.

Framed?

Framed by who?

What the f*** are you talking about?

J.J.

That's who.

J.J.?

Why would J.J. frame you?

I thought he wanted to

go into business with you.

He wants to own Bud's and me.

And I should have known.

J.J. doesn't have partners.

Can he frame... how would...

...how would he frame you?

My prints are on

the murder weapon.

- Murder...

- Shh.

Roberto had me hand him his gun.

Roberto left the gun behind

for the cops to find.

They got me walking in on tape,

but that's not the tape

the cops have yet.

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

but what are you gonna do?

Roberto's coming by

to pick me up later.

We're supposed to go

on our rounds.

So we call the cops.

My cousin Reggie on the force in Hoboken.

They got me on tape, Ellen.

My prints are on the gun.

They got me.

These guys are pros at the game.

I'm a layman.

Your cousin Reggie can't do sh*t.

Who died?

He was a schoolteacher.

Shh.

Shh. Shh.

Don't cry.

Don't cry.

A schoolteacher?

Yeah, he was also a cokehead,

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes