Lay The Favorite Page #7

What is wrong with you?!

Beth, you are the gum that

holds this all together.

You put up with a lot, and you

deserve respect for that.

I'm giving a raise to $5,000

a week, effective last week.

But just do not tell anybody.

All right, check on Motown!

Check on the Cuban! Somebody

call HBC and give 20 dimes to...

F***! We're getting

buried on this game!

Hello?

Did you know that Otis runs in his sleep?

Yes.

Jeremy, how are you?

I miss you.

- You miss me?

- Of course I do.

Could you tell me something normal?

Sure, like what?

I don't know, about

your day? Anything?

Have you checked Greenberg's bets lately?

No.

He and his friends are losing finally.

And big time, like 75 grand worth.

Really? That's nice.

I can't get any of those

guys on the phone, though.

You're their only action,

and they're idiot addicts.

They'll call.

I gotta go.

Rosie's friends are destroying the place.

Don't worry about Greenberg.

...Minus 13. No, leave it

just at 7 and a half flat.

Rosie, can you turn it down?!

I can't Beth. This song

is the rhythm of victory!

Don't let the rhythm not get you and move!

Beth, Dave Greenberg here.

We got a problem.

I, uh... got into some trouble

a couple of years ago.

It's a long story, but my

parole officer called me in.

And he wants to know about you

and who's running your office.

Now, don't worry I didn't give you up,

but this is a f***ing mess.

He's got all the numbers from my phone,

including yours and Jeremy's.

So, if he calls...

just play dumb.

But whatever you do, don't call me.

I'll call you.

It's not a big deal. The

Seattle game's about to start.

Why don't you go upstairs?

It's...

My life is over, even if I don't go to jail.

If I get arrested on a felony charge,

I am done forever as a journalist.

I'm 98 percent sure that

Dave Greenberg is lying.

He just doesn't want to pay, or he can't pay.

If Dave Greenberg has a parole

officer, it does seem plausible

that he would want to know who Dave's

bookie is, and that Dave would tell him.

Look! I'm going to...

I'm going to call Dink.

Wait, what? You're

going to call Dink?

You said you haven't been talking to him.

I haven't.

But I'll just... call him.

- I'll call you back.

- No, no! No.

Do not call me back.

I am at a payphone.

Do not call my phone from Curacao,

the gambling mecca of the Caribbean!

No, no. It's not,

not a big deal.

That's just Rosie saying that,

so you'll forget about it and go back to work.

Look, I'm sorry that I abandoned you.

Now will you please calm down and talk to me...

I appreciate your apology.

But I want you to know this is

a very serious situation, OK?

You had a felon, paroled, the FBI...

I've seen go down just like this in the past,

and I'm not just talking

about my circumstances, OK?

This is a very big problem.

How is it down there?

What, what the heck's going on?

I'm earning $5,000 a week.

Beth, you never cared about money.

I thought you went down there

because it's paradise?

Is it paradise?

- No.

- Don't cry.

Don't cry, just...

Listen to me, Beth. You are the

book in this New York thing.

You have got to take care of your people.

Your decisions are no longer

just about you anymore.

- You have to handle this.

- But I don't know how to handle it.

Yes you do, or you will.

Hold on one second.

Hey Beth?

Look, it's Dink's mom's birthday on Thursday.

She was going to come out to Vegas, but she...

she hates flying.

So, if we come out to New York, she doesn't

have to come out here for her birthday, which...

- ...she'd love, right honey?

- Yeah.

We could meet you there.

You'd... You'd help me?

Yes, we'll help you help Jeremy.

Hey, you know when you don't need

to be taken care of anymore?

It's when you decide to start

taking care of someone else.

You still there Beth?

Beth, you're being crazy.

It's $75,000 this idiot Greenberg owes me.

Who cares? I need you here.

I forgive you the Greenberg.

A clean slate, you owe me nothing.

- But you have to stay.

- It's not about the money.

Well, what's it about?

Jeremy the non-boyfriend?

Jeremy may be in huge trouble because of me.

He chose to do something not completely

legal in the state of New York.

You didn't force him to do that!

Yeah, well he did it for me!

Come on, Beth! People do

things for themselves.

Yeah, what about saints?

And famously selfless people?

They do things so people

think that they're saints

or selfless people. People who

do things for themselves,

being nice, that's just another racket!

Now, listen to me, Beth. I forgive the $75,000.

As long as you stay.

- What does that mean?

- It means if you stay,

you're Beth. My Beth.

And all is forgiven.

But if you leave, well, then you're just another

New York agent on the hook

for her losers losses.

F*** you, Rosie!

No, actually, Beth.

F*** you!

All of your pay is in the ASAP account.

Which means, I have it!

It's like, what is it?

Is it $60,000, give or take?

So you're just going to steal my money from me?

Of course not. I'm

going to hold on to it

as collateral, for your loser's losses.

You wanna go to New York?

Fine.

Give me my Greenberg money!

Then you get your Beth money!

You know, I am going to deal with it.

And then I'm going to come back to you,

and then I am going to...

...stab you in the groin

artery with a steak knife

and watch TV while you bleed out,

you f***ing horrible person!

- Come on, let's go.

- Whoa, Beth! I think everyone is saying things here

that they don't mean!

Except for me!

Beth, you are being very selfish!

- Safe flight, ma'am.

- Thank you.

- Watch your step.

- Got it, honey.

- Hey.

- We're on the red-eye.

Does she know where the guy lives?

Do you know where Dave Greenberg lives?

I don't know, but he has to watch New

Jersey games at his cousin's bar.

They play tomorrow night.

He'll be there.

We'll see you at the airport, Beth.

All right.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Hi.

- Bethy.

Hey.

There's 8,000 David Greenbergs in Long Island.

That's the name he's listed

under, if he's listed at all.

Why? Why would you

put all your money

into an account that Rosie controls?

No sh*t, why?

Well, because it was

earning 11 percent interest.

Wow. Well,

that's a good reason.

- You must be Dink.

- Yeah. Jeremy, have a seat.

He's cute.

I'm sure you have a lot on

your mind right now, but...

- ...try not to worry.

- Why are you doing this?

We're just here visiting family.

You already got a felony conviction,

if this thing doesn't go down

nicely and you're anywhere near by,

you're going to go to prison for

a lot longer than we would.

Well, then let's just stop.

Let's just give up, right now.

Anyway, we can't even find Dave Greenberg...

I know Greenberg is.

- What?

- You do? Let me see, let me see.

Massa-f***ing-pequa?

How did you...

I have access to a government website at work,

and I can get in a lot of

trouble for showing you this,

but that's Greenberg. It's everything.

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