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water leak bullshit,

so who the f*** cares?

- Chris is gonna have your ass.

- Oh really?

Who was she screaming

at, me or you?

- I f***ing hate you, Henry.

- Oh, well right

back at you, druggie.

- What did you just say?

- Like we all

don't f***ing know.

- What, I smoke a

little pot, so what?

- Oh, is that it, what else?

Shoot f***ing heroin much?

- Show me the needle

marks then, prick.

I did it once in my life.

- Don't you f***ing bullshit me.

You and your girlfriend

got f***ing high every day.

That is why she hung herself.

- Tell Chris if he

wants to fire me,

call me before 8 am so I know if

I can sleep in or not.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- I'm sorry about last night.

I really don't know what I said.

- I been there.

Why don't you come inside,

I'll give you that thing.

C'mon.

Sorry the place is such a mess.

- I can't take this from you.

- It's not from me.

- Yes it is.

- No, it's from Davis.

- You got it from him?

- Yeah.

- Bullshit.

If there's one thing I

know about that cocksucker,

it's that he never let

anyone shake him down.

- The money's yours.

- Oh yeah, why?

- How long you lived

in the city, Holly?

- Three years.

- Where are you from originally?

- Red Bank, New Jersey.

- And how old are you?

- 21, detective.

- You got family?

- Yeah.

- They know what you're doing?

Why don't you just go home?

- What happened to your head?

- I just got in a fight.

I got jumped.

- Tino said that,

you and your girl...

- Yeah, yeah.

- She died?

- Yeah, she died.

- And you still,

- I don't inject.

You know, just every once

in a while for the pain.

- Right.

So what do you want from me?

- I just felt bad

about what happened.

- And you wanted to help me?

- Is that wrong?

- Maybe just a little

hard to believe.

- Well believe it.

- So you went and saw Davis?

- Yeah.

Ended up smacking

him upside the head.

- Thanks.

- Don't mention it.

- He's gonna come looking

for me eventually.

- Yeah Holly, you need to

stay away from that guy, okay?

He said he may

kill you next time.

- All this help

you're giving me,

and you don't want

anything in return?

- What could you

possibly give me?

- No, no.

- I'm clean, I've been tested.

- It's not, no, it's not,

I just can't do it,

I'm not over her,

and uh, no.

- It's okay.

- No, you just

look like her and,

- Dylan, it's okay.

- I'm sorry.

I mean, it was a

really great kiss.

Why don't you go home, Holly?

I'm not talking about

where you live here,

I'm talking about your family.

Why don't, wait, wait, wait,

why don't you stop by

the hotel tomorrow night?

- I'm not going back there.

- Yeah, I realized how

stupid that sounded

right after I said it.

Sh*t, I don't even know if

I have a job there anymore.

- What?

- Got in a fight with

a d*ckhead coworker.

Look, why don't you stay here?

- I've got my own place.

- Yeah but, you know,

that prick Davis.

Wait, here, look.

Could you write down

your phone number?

Just so I can call you

and check up on you?

- Gonna be keeping tabs on me?

- I just, yeah, yeah actually.

I just wanna check up on

you every once in a while.

Make sure you're okay.

If I call this

number, you'll answer?

- Yeah, I'll answer.

Bye, Dylan.

- Good, you start tomorrow.

Okay, see you then.

- That my replacement?

- No.

I fired Henry.

He shouldn't have

said what he said.

Well good, 'cause I was

going to knock him out

every morning until you

got rid of one of us.

- Sit down.

What are you doing?

- Huh?

- You're not just adjusting

to the night shift.

What are you on?

- You know, I just

been drinking a lot.

- That's all?

- Yeah, that's all.

- I heard you used

the water leak.

- Worked like a charm.

- I tried it once.

Guy didn't believe me.

Had to comp his room

for three nights.

- Patrick created it.

- Forget Patrick, dude.

You're better than he was.

Sure he was a charmer,

but some people,

he came off like a

used car salesman.

People believe you, Dylan.

No one, and I mean no

one, could have handled

that domestic abuse

incident like you did.

It just sucks though

because I have to fire you

because you're lying

about what you're on.

- You don't have to fire me.

- Tell me what you're on.

- This one time

a few years back,

Rachel and I were

visiting our friend Eliza

in Los Angeles, she

lived in the Hills.

And there was this

big 4th of July party.

Somebody brought fireworks.

And Rachel lit them off.

She was always doing

crazy sh*t like that.

And these two neighbors came by,

these guys who thought

they were all tough

and they told us

that we had violated

the city codes, what

the hell do we know

about the city

codes in Los Angeles

we're from New York

City, you know?

We told Eliza we'd

stop, and we meant it.

But these guys

wouldn't let it go.

They demanded to

know who did it.

They wouldn't leave til

them found out who did it.

And I ended up getting in a

fight with one of the guys,

and the cops came, and

the party was ruined.

- What's the point?

- The point is,

if these guys had just

taken our word for it

and believed us, everything

would've been fine.

The party could've gone on.

I like you, Chris.

You worked your

way up from bellman

to front office manager.

And I respect you.

But if I gotta tell

you what I was on,

I'm just gonna quit.

God, it's Thursday, I can just

start my weekend early.

But if you can just

believe me when I tell you

I'm not going to do it

again, and I mean it,

well then the

party can continue.

Welcome to the Century Grand.

- You're Dylan, right?

- Yes.

- I'm Dave, this

is my wife Gloria.

We were here two years

ago on our honeymoon.

You're the same guy

that checked us in.

- That's great.

- We had the most fantastic time

staying at the Grand.

- Well hopefully you'll have

an even better time this time.

- How've you been?

- Good, I'm the

night manager now.

- That's fantastic.

- I think we have

a king room booked,

hell, I don't know.

Maybe I can give you 100 reasons

why you might want to

move us to a suite?

- Those are great reasons.

- Oh man, I remember

these golden keys!

- Enjoy your stay, folks.

Enjoy your honeymoon

anniversary.

I'll have a complimentary

bottle of wine

sent up to your room.

- He give you a tip?

- $100.

Smartest tip in the

world, hotel manager.

- Those two bedroom

suites are $550 a night.

- Thank god no more Henry

to piss on my parade.

- The old Dyl, nice

to see you back, man.

- Where's Linda?

- Huh?

- Linda. I haven't seen her.

- Me neither.

- Hey guys.

- Cesar, come here.

- Yeah, what's up boss?

- Have you seen Linda?

- You didn't hear?

- Didn't hear what?

- She got killed.

- Sh*t.

How?

- Her ex-husband

found out that she was

turning tricks in

order to feed her kid.

She came home from

working, he was there

waiting with a shotgun.

It was in the Times.

- Wow, that sucks.

- Those exes, they'll

get you every time.

Sir, let me get

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