Live by Night Page #5

- I ain't your son.

Ain't nobody's son.

Save you father some embarrassment.

- What you say?

- 15%.

- I will beat you to death.

- Excuse me?

That does sounds like

a fair arrangement.

- You going 20?

- I think 15's pretty good...

for a job you won't have

to show up to work for.

It's a fair deal...

And I'm pleased to agree to it.

- How do I pick up my cut?

- Come by the Parisians.

Second Tuesday, every month.

7'o Clock.

Pleasure, Mr. Coughlin.

Irv.

It sounds like we have a deal.

The boy's dumb as a grape.

I don't understand what Maso wants.

Arrests are down 70%,

revenues up 300%.

I don't like it some kid sent down

here like we need supervision.

No, no. We don't need supervision.

Digger want to look at the

Casion options, check progress.

That's all he's gonna

reply back to the old man.

It's real he'll make

a big thing of it.

Maso still gonna

listen to what his son

tells him about the

style of the Casino.

Don't worry about it..

- How did he get the name Digger?

- Because he's a f***ing dummy.

All they let him do is dig

ditches for the bodies.

No sh*t! Yeah!

That's great.

I had come up with a plan

to invest in a casino with

stakeholders in Sarasota...

The new Ritz development site.

Ritz Hotel and Casino.

- Top shelf.

- Right to the casino.

Absolute top level.

Surely a rejoice experience

whether you're gambling or not...

For such a violent

business it was populated

with surprising number of guys...

Who would just put their

fluid on the table.

Digger wasn't one of those guys.

So this is it.

Volstead Act won't

last forever right?

What we gon'

do when the Probition ends?

Gambling.

We use the connections we put

together and get it legalized.

And we're the only ones

in the place to run it.

And this is it?

Will be. Ritz Longboat Key.

I set out with the other

owners of Serasota last week.

Why'd they let us?

Because the can't

get gambling legal...

and they can't run a casino.

The own the property, we run the

casino. We strip the profits 50-50.

Wait a minute.

Do we have a magic

stick to change in laws?

I heard You got bingo legal.

That's a step.

That's a pre-requisite.

Yes I know.

The Pre-requisite.

Your grandmother could come down.

She should play in the church.

Bingo.

Look I get Bag Man to buy inspectors

in Talahassee and Sarasota.

I got guys going after Senetors

and IRS agents who gamble.

We can gamble legal.

We are rich. Legit.

For a long f***ing hour.

I talk of good game too.

But I like you.

He's very smart boy.

Maso went crazy for the casino.

He called every day for updates,

like it was his idea.

It was addressed to

"Sir Joseph Coughlin, Niggafucker."

Inside was a two word note.

"Sixty percent."

Same note. Same message.

We are doing everything we can,

but it's protected.

Its roots here are too deep.

Well, time to start digging.

Good afternoon gentlemen.

Virgil Beauregard.

What can I do for you today?

We hope you can talk some

sense into RD Pruitt.

Too many people ever had

no success doing that.

We would like you to try.

- And what will the reason be?

- His self-preservation.

And he is to stop

shooting in my clubs.

Clubs?

What kind of clubs?

Great clubs?

Because I belong to the Greater

Tampa Rotary Club myself...

and I don't recall ever seeing you.

I come here to do piece

of business with you

and you wanna play

f***ing games?

Is that what I wanna do?

You're the grand wizard of

the Ku Klux Klan around here.

Congratulations.

But do you think that we

got where we are by letting

some immigrant sh*t

pick us and muscle us?

If that's what you think we are,

you are making a fatal

miscalculation son.

We are clerks, bankers...

police officers, deputies and...

We even got a judge.

And if you're dare

enough to fight us...

We're gonna rain bloody hell fire

down on you and all your loved ones.

So you're threatening me with people

who are more powerful than you?

Exactly.

What the f*** am I

talking to you for?

You've come to my home.

I'll save you the

trouble of calling me in.

75 witnesses.

Not one who've come forward.

Do you want a beer?

- It's near beer. But it ain't bad

- Love one.

Thanks.

I need RD, Chief.

I'd expect you feel that way.

You know what happens

if you don't help me.

No, I don't know.

More bodies are gonna pile up.

More articles like "Cigar City"

slaughter are gonna get written.

And the chief gonna get pushed out.

- You too.

- Maybe.

'The difference is when

you get pushed out...

Someone does it with a bullet

to the back of your ear.

I am not selling out

my wife's brother.

- I don't wanna to do this.

- Do What?

I don't wanna what

you're making me do.

I'm not making you do anything.

Yeah, you are.

- What?

- She didn't make it to Hollywood.

She just made it to Los Angeles.

That's not right.

We got her with a

special doctor now.

She's alright.

What kind of doctor?

The kind that gets

people off Heroin, Irv.

You do not ever call me

by my Christian name.

You will call me Chief Figgis...

For whatever years or days

remain in our acquaintance.

- Are we clear?

- I didn't do this to her.

You just name me your price for

telling me where my daughter is.

She's in a clean,

safe facility and I'm not

gonna tell you where she is,

until we.

Until?

RD, you are going to

meet with this boy again.

And that's the end of the

discussion on the matter.

Yes, it'll just be the two of us.

Longboat Key...

by the Ritz. Tonight at Ten.

When do I get her location?

As soon as I get out

of this meeting alive.

You do it yourself.

What's that?

If you're going to kill him be

man enough to pull the trigger.

Ain't no pride in

having other people

do what you're too

weak to do yourself.

In my experience doesn't take

much to pull the trigger.

Where is my brother in law?

He didn't come.

Boys, this one here is rat chicken.

Take your eyes off that peashooter.

I promise it will be in his hands.

Not likely.

You a man of your word?

That's on who I give it to.

So you ain't come

alone like I ordered?

Sh*t RD that'll spoil the fun.

Where they at?

This could be the biggest

casino in the United States...

When they end prohibition.

They ain't gonna end prohibition

in a God fearing country.

Country's in a tank.

Banks going on,

the cities are bankrupt.

Cause we got a communist president.

Because we do not tax on liqueur.

And that's why the

states gonna change

its laws to legalize gambling.

And you could be part that.

I don't wanna be a part

of nothing with you.

How much is he paying you?

- Who?

- Albert White.

How much does he pay you

to shoot up my Spics?

Cause you're doing a

hell of a job for him.

Yeah, I took his Catholic money.

Do you know why?

Cause I'd done it for free.

You are a pestilence.

You and your n*gger whore girlfriend

and your dirty Diego friends.

I'm gonna take the Parisians.

Not 60%, the whole thing.

I'm gonna take all your clubs.

I'm gonna take everything you got.

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