Little Saigon Page #8

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(Thi screams)

Hah!

(metallic ringing)

(heavy breathing)

(crying) You told me you

were only gonna scare him.

I lied.

Come on, let's get outta here.

Pull over.

What?

I'm gonna be sick.

Pull over right now, dammit, pull over!

Over there, there's some bushes.

(tires squealing)

Hurry up!

(puking and crying)

I told you not to bring that b*tch!

Shut the hell up, Thi.

What do you guys want.

You!

Well, your buddy Tuan called me.

He said you guys ran into

some of those Babylift B*tches lately.

(chuckles) Yeah, I don't

know, yeah, maybe, yeah.

Somethin' funny?

Um, yeah, I don't know, it,

Babylift B*tches, it's

just, it sounds funny.

It's just funny, right, Vo?

Funny, Babylift B*tches, very funny.

No?

Okay.

You know any reason why the BLB

would wanna harm you or Tuan?

Well, it could have something

to do with Quan Le's murder.

Maybe they thought we

were gettin' too close.

Closer than you guys were getting, anyway.

Okay let's move on to Quan Le's funeral.

Saved your life over in Nam, right?

(sighs) Uh-huh.

Only thing is

you were never in Vietnam!

Really?

Gosh, I coulda sworn I was there.

Maybe not, I don't know, I'll

have to double-check that.

You know what I hate about

draft dodgers like you, Mackie?

I mean to avoid the draft is bad enough,

but to lie and tell people you

a Vietnam vet just to run a scam?

Man, how low can you go?

Look, I wasn't a draft dodger.

I was lucky, I got a good

draft lottery number.

End of story.

But what if you were drafted.

What would you have done?

Hello, Toronto.

Gutless.

Aw, come on, man, everbody

knew that was a bullshit war.

Tell me somethin', Mackie.

What would it take to

make you go to battle?

What are you talking about?

What would you do if

somebody attacked your wife?

Well if it was one of my

ex-wives, probably help.

(scoffs) Funny guy.

You like that, Vo?

High five.

(Vo scoffs)

What would you do if somebody

killed your best friend?

Why?

You're about to find out.

Tuan's dead.

You're lyin'.

(scoffs) Wish I was.

He was found in a park restroom.

His head was taken clean off.

My guess is that it was a gang hit.

So like I said, Mackie, what

are you gonna do about it?

(Mackie grunts)

I say we arrest him for

assaulting an officer.

Just get him outta here.

Get up, get up!

Get out of here, you bum.

Better watch your back, Mackie.

You might be next.

Stop banging on the door,

you're gonna wake up Star.

What the hell do you want?

Hey, look, I could use your help.

Well you must be in some deep sh*t,

if you got the nerve to come over here

askin' me for my help.

Yeah, yeah, Ham, come on,

all right, I do need your help.

I mean, come on, one GI to another, man.

I need, I need you right now.

Yeah, Ham, I'm in trouble.

Well, in the words of Jack Mackie,

I'm not your guy.

(suspenseful music)

[Jack] Hey!

[Shonte] Oh, sh*t.

Shonte, what are you doin' here?

I'm sorry, I didn't think

anyone would be here this early.

Oh, well, how'd you get in?

I, uh, I, I still have your key.

Oh, really, well, remind

me to get that from ya.

Yeah, um, uh, look, I'm sorry.

I just didn't have anywhere else to go.

What's wrong, are you

in trouble or somethin'?

Yeah, you could say that.

God, what happened?

You look like hell.

Really?

Yeah, look.

You see it?

Oh, my god, you're right.

Look at my hair.

So let me get this straight.

You were with Judge Jerry

the night he was killed.

Yup.

Well, what were you doin'

there, having a victory party?

Well I don't know, I'd never

been with a celebrity before.

Oh, like he qualifies.

Look...

Just go ahead.

Thank you.

So anyway I'm in the bathroom, right,

and someone comes in, kills him,

and then comes into the

bathroom, and I'm scared.

I mean, there's someone

standing over me with a sword,

and suddenly, it's just,

rips off her mask and smiles.

She?

Yeah.

She saw my tattoo.

BLB.

You've seen it.

Well, yeah.

I never had time to read it.

Right, exactly.

No, it's a stupid thing I

got when I was a teenager.

I was in this gang.

So many times I wanted to get

it removed, but never did.

I'm glad I didn't.

Saved my life.

(knocking)

Get in the bathroom,

get in the bathroom!

Why didn't you tell me

what happened to Tuan?

I just found out myself a few hours ago.

Well, how'd you find out?

Detective Agnew.

He said you was a bad man.

Oh, he's a jerk.

You shoulda watch out for him!

I tried to.

I told him to stay away from you.

You're nothin' but trouble, lady.

You're the reason why he's dead.

It is true.

You are right.

(crying) Who's she?

Shonte, is a, she's a friend of Tuan's.

Look, does anyone else know you're here.

No, I don't think so, why?

Wait, wait, what about Thi?

What about Thi, does Thi know?

Yes, she does, but

what about the others.

Okay, okay, Jack,

did you lock the front?

Okay, go, go!

Go!

(suspenseful music)

(gun clicking)

(screaming)

Take it off, take

that mask off right now!

You just got taken out

by a real estate agent with a pellet gun.

(scoffs) You haven't done sh*t.

You just slowed us down a little.

You're still a dead man.

You know her, Kinh?

No, I...

Okay, well, I think

you'll know the other one.

Shonte, take her mask off.

[Kinh] Thi, oh, my gosh!

Thi was in on the robbery at your house

and probably your father's murder as well.

But why?

Because I'm BLB straight up.

That's my girl.

(gun clicks and Kim screams)

Oh, sorry.

(gun clicks and Kim screams)

Oh, my god, this...

(gun clicks and Kim screams)

I'm sorry, it's, uh...

Oh! I...

(gun clicks and Kim screams)

(gun clicks and Kim screams)

So now what?

(dramatic music)

So, General.

Mr. Mackie, what a pleasant surprise.

Oh, these are my friend,

Jade and Tina.

Yes, we've met, they're lovely girls.

Uh, General, I'd like to discuss

some business with you right now.

I don't think this a

good time, Mr. Mackie.

Well, General, I think, uh,

I think it's gonna have to be.

You, you see, I have some property

I think you're gonna

be very interested in.

Mr. Mackie, I'm not interested

in any real estate venture.

Ah, ah, ah, no.

For once it's not about real estate.

General, people, people,

as in Kim and Thi.

Oh.

Tina, Jade, leave us.

(speaking Vietnamese)

Yeah.

So, so look, um,

(crackling and snapping)

um, I want to make a trade.

Go on.

Here's the deal.

I'll release Kim and Thi to you,

and then you guarantee

my safety and Shonte's.

What make you think I

care about Kim or Thi?

Well, General, I mean, I

mean, I mean, I mean, come on.

If I turn them over to the

police it won't be long

before their activities

are linked right to you.

What kind of activity

are you referring to?

General, come on, come on,

come on, come on, come on.

Come on, let's not go through

this whole song and dance.

If you expect to do business with me,

you must divulge information.

Yes, fair enough, yeah.

Okay, well, I mean, I happen to know

that you have been directing the BLB

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