Molly's Game Page #11

they played all night and all day.

The game that was

populated by Russians.

I'm the only Irish

guy they let play.

Mol, these are the nicest guys

I've ever met.

Then one night, Douglas Downey

lost 80,000 at my game

and didn't have it.

Winston, could I have

the room, please?

Sure.

-I'll see you tomorrow.

-Mm.

You won 190,000 last week.

I owe Teddy Chin and Tooty.

All right.

And some sports bets.

I'm a winner.

Trapped inside the body of a--

-Stop.

-Yeah.

The Brooklyn game.

Is everything I've heard true?

What have you heard?

The Russians have

deep pockets,

bad at poker, give action

and pay instantly

and wear a coat and tie.

That's all true

Bring me some of those

players and I'll give you

a piece of the game until

your 80K's paid down.

Loser, is what I was gonna say

Winner trapped inside

-the body of a

-I know.

-loser.

-Got it.

Can you bring me some players?

I'm the only

Irish guy they let play.

Do you understand

the deal I'm offering you?

No, I'm saying this

because you're Irish

and they may not want to

play in your game.

I'm the only

Irish guy they let play.

I'm not Irish.

-You're not?

-No.

Molly Bloom?

You're thinking of the

James Joyce character.

I always thought you were Irish.

I'm not.

Can you bring me some players?

-Isn't there a famous book?

-Okay, Douglas.

Focus up. Yes, there's

a book by James Joyce

called Ulysses and there's

a character named Molly Bloom

and that is why

you think I'm Irish

but now it's time

to move past that.

Can you bring me some

Brighton Beach players?

If you're not Irish,

what are you?

I'm a Russian Jew.

The next week,

I had some new players.

Mike was the first

one to arrive.

Good evening. I'm Jesse.

I'm Mike Davidov.

Mike owned a chain

of medical clinics

and had already posted

with a wire transfer.

Next were the Gershen brothers.

Illya and Alexey.

They were in the business

of exporting steel to China.

Alexey brought a quarter of a

million dollars in a backpack.

Mr. Habib, good evening.

I'm Shelby.

I'm Shelly, only one

letter's different.

Also, I'm a billionaire, I think

I may have seen you naked.

No.

You'd remember.

And then Shelly Habib.

The Habib family owns

the largest collection

of classical art in the world,

valued at three billion dollars,

and Shelly runs the Helly

Gallery on Madison Avenue.

As for tonight, I was not able

to put my hands on cash today

because I woke up this morning

after the banks have closed.

So, I'm hoping you'll accept

this as temporary collateral.

That is...

an authentic Monet.

Grabbed it right off the wall.

You came over here

carrying a Monet.

I was driven. And I have

security outside the door.

Okay.

Shelly, here's what

I need you to do.

I need you to get this,

what, four--?

Seven.

Seven million dollar painting

out of here right now.

And your, I assume,

-armed security--

-Sure.

can't stand

in front of the door.

Fix this up, come on back

and I'll extend your credit

tonight up one and a half.

You're a very beautiful woman.

Pleas be careful

with the painting.

Always.

Mike, Illya, Alexey and Shelly.

Those were the players

Doug Downey brought me.

As advertised,

they played loose,

gave action,

lost to the regulars,

and settled right away.

People have asked,

"Wasn't there any way to tell

that some of the players

"at your game are connected

to one of the darkest, deadliest,

and far-reaching organized

crime syndicates in the world?"

No.

There wasn't.

-I'm gonna go all in.

-Ah!

I wish I had better news.

Harrison Wellstone didn't go

for the minor role reduction?

No.

He didn't buy that I was

a cocktail waitress?

-No.

-Aw.

Was it because I wasn't?

Hey, I tried, which is what

you're not paying me to do.

So what now?

The government is expressing

an interest in you

being a cooperating witness.

-You don't say.

-Molly.

Who could have possibly

seen that coming?

Let's have the conversation.

It'll be short because

I don't know anything

-at all that can help them.

-You don't know anything

that can help them

convict the Russians

but you know things

that can help them.

Did you know

that 97 percent

of federal cases

never make it to trial?

Even though the chances

of being convicted

at trial is a little more

than one in a hundred.

If you want to go to trial,

that's fine

but it's gonna cost

you in the area of

three and a half

million dollars.

Which the Justice Department

knows I don't have

because they took all of my

money in a civil forfeiture

which they can do

without a warrant

because my property doesn't have

a presumption of innocence.

Then after I'm

arrested by 17 agents

holding automatic weapons,

totally necessary

and not at all meant

to intimidate me,

I'm given two days

to hire a lawyer

and appear in a courtroom on

the other side of the country.

If you are saying that

everything that happens

from the moment you are

arrested is designed

to persuade you to plead

guilty, you are correct.

So tell me all the

ways I can help

'cause I really feel

I owe it to them.

Oh, speaking of owing,

the IRS put a tax lien on the

money they took from me.

Are you ki--

All right. None of that matters.

Taking my money wasn't a tax,

I also need to

give them my money

Or they'll take it again.

-None of that matters.

-It needed to be said.

Not really.

So, to be clear, you're not

interested in entering

a cooperation agreement

with the prosecutors.

If I had testimony that would lead

to the conviction of a bad guy,

no one would have to coerce

me into cooperating.

But I don't. I have dirt.

I have dish. I have gossip.

So my value to the prosecution

is exactly the same

as it is to Hollywood.

I'm here to ensure the New

York Post covers the trial.

I'm here to sell tickets.

Which is nonetheless

value to the prosecution

so what we do is leverage it

to get you a favorable

sentencing recommendation

or, better yet,

complete immunity.

What?!

Oh, hey, honey.

-Hey, Stella.

-Hey.

What does he have you

doing now?

An essay on three poems with what

he believes are a common theme.

Not an essay.

Two paragraphs.

Which three poems?

"Close", "Rush" and "Walls".

Oh, I know those.

What's the common theme?

Things with one-word titles.

Are you sure youre qualified

to be teaching her poetry?

Hang on.

And yes.

Anytime you want to

run away form home,

you can come live with me.

Then you discover she

doesn't have a home

and you come back to me.

This is good. Great.

Why don't you grab a snack,

start your homework in

one of the conference rooms.

Okay, see ya.

There's no law that says you

can't just hit him in the head.

There is a law

that says that,

it's the first thing

I taught her to read.

Go.

My father used to

give us extra work.

Can I ask you a question?

You think I'm too hard on her?

I met a girl when I first

moved to L.A. she was 22.

Someone arranged

through a third party

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