Night and the City Page #10

Round the bend, round the bend.

Table's over there.

- How you doing?

- Hey!

How you doing?

Tessler, why don't you

join us in about a half an hour?

I'll give you an item there.

Give me an item?

A toast, a toast, a toast, a toast.

To you all.

No, the hell with you all.

To me all.

No, but seriously, to fame

and fortune for us all.

Yeah!

And here he is, our gracious

host, Phil Nassaros.

- Yeah.

- Legendary bartender.

And here he is, Adam Carrington...

How you doing?

Mr. Grossman.

Boom Boom sent me over

to see how long you

plan to stay in New York.

He's a little concerned.

He doesn't know if you got

money, where you're living.

Believe me, he respects your privacy.

That's why he sent me.

- He just wants to make sure you're happy.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Good night, good night.

Don't be late.

Don't be late. OK.

Wasn't she with somebody else?

Never mind, you don't understand.

- Good night. See you Monday.

- OK. Good luck.

Good luck.

Get to bed on time.

Make sure they get to bed on time.

I will.

I had a great time.

- Bed on time.

- Thanks, Harry.

Darling...

Pleasure to have you.

He's gonna win tomorrow.

He'll be a champ.

Really nice?

It went great. Great.

So...

You got something for me?

Hey, listen, there's a little delay.

I'll have it for you tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow?

You know, it's cutting it

kind of close here.

No, no, no, no, no.

The delay was at the bank.

Look, just have your weigh-in,

pay your bond,

I'll meet you here after that, OK?

I got to pay these guys

or I'm f***ed, man,

you know, it's like...

- No problem.

- It's the 11th hour here.

I said I'd have it, OK?

OK, OK, OK.

I'm just, you know,

I'm just saying, 'cause...

I know, I know...

- Helen.

- Hi.

Hey, long time no see?

What happened?

What's the matter?

No, I don't know.

Nothing happened.

I just... I just,

you know...

You just got me out of a deep sleep,

you know.

Everything's OK?

Yeah, yeah, everything's OK.

I mean, what could be wrong, you know?

No, I thought maybe I'd, you know,

come by and make you some breakfast?

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Yeah, Odyssey?

Delivery.

Two coffees, two orange juice.

- Harry, you want eggs?

- Nah.

No eggs.

Two rolls with butter.

Fabian.

15 Cornelia Street.

2-C.

You know I'm opening tonight, Harry?

Yeah, well, I'm having

the fights tonight.

Ho ho ho!

Harry Fabian!

That's great.

The return of...

It's a big night for

the both of us, I guess.

Yeah... It looks

that way. Yeah.

You know, Harry, I...

I couldn't have done it without you.

Well, I couldn't have done it

without you, too, you know, so...

I feel great.

Do you?

Do you feel good?

Yeah, I'm good.

Yeah, I'm good. Good.

You know...

I got you a little...

just a little something.

What's this? Well,

what are you doing?

You didn't... Why...

Wait a minute.

What is this?

What? What?

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ, these are beautiful.

- Yeah?

- These are beautiful.

What'd you do this for?

I'm happy.

I never felt...

I never felt happy like this before.

You're my friend...

my pal.

I don't have a lot of friends, you know.

You, you're my buddy.

That's why I got it for you.

It's...

It's...

Look at that.

"Harry Fabian."

Up in lights.

Santiago, 142.

See that? Sugar Ray Robinson.

Hand-painted.

- What's with this?

- I can't piss.

- Well, drink some more water.

- I did, I can't piss.

Yo!

Morales flunked his CAT scan.

What? What's that mean?

What?

Give him another test, doc.

He must've...

I'm not letting him fight.

What? I get another fighter, you mean?

Just go down to the gym.

I'm not letting this one fight.

Christ. Al, what am I gonna do?

Wait-wait-wait...

I'll get another guy.

I'll give him a call now.

Get him down, get him down.

Run water on your fingertips. I did.

Fabian, these pictures,

they're hand-painted, right?

What is this, an art gallery?

Come on, Cotton, piss, piss, piss, piss!

- Come on. Cut it out.

- Come on, this is the easy part.

- Piss, piss, piss, piss, come on!

- I can't.

Give me. Give me that sh*t.

Give me that.

On the house.

How the f*** do I know who painted it?

Hey, I was just

curious. Jesus!

Hey, Fabian.

More good news.

The brothers flunked

the piss test. Cocaine.

F***! Cotton, here,

take your pee-pee here.

Give it to him. F***! F***!

Get your matchmaker down to the gym.

I'll do it myself.

Stay right here.

Stay right here, stay right here.

You see ring name here?

Put down King Kong King.

King Kong King, OK?

You pee yet? Good.

I need two welterweights

for a six-rounder,

a middleweight for eight.

I need two welterweights

for a six-rounder,

a middleweight for eight.

Anybody interested?

- John, Phil here?

- Phil?

- Yeah.

- He's doing some business somewheres.

Somewheres? Where's somewheres?

I'm a little late, I had to...

You wouldn't believe what happened.

He hasn't been in.

But he's coming in, though, right?

- I guess.

- You guess?

Are you sure he's not in the back,

in the office, the kitchen, John?

I didn't see him if he came in.

Yeah, but I'm supposed to

meet him. I'm a little late.

- Drinking?

- No, I don't want anything.

- Sure?

- Yeah.

Where the f*** is he?!

Hey, Phil.

Hey, Phil, where you been, man?

Why?

Why? Come on, Phil, Phil,

you're f***in' with me now.

Come on, Phil.

What are you talking about?

What am I talking?

I'm talking about the money.

What money? What?

You were serious?

I thought you were joking about that.

Why, you really thought I was

gonna loan you 12,000 bucks?

F*** with me!

F*** with my wife!

Cocksucker!

F***, man!

Watch it, watch it!

Goddammit!

Piece of sh*t!

Here's your 12,000!

Hey, Phil!

Knock it off!

Stop, Phil!

Sh*t!

Here's your 12,000, cocksucker!

You're in hell!

Dead on earth!

Prick.

Set 'em up, man.

No, both those go on the outside?

Father Time. Bad-ass

from the heydays.

Stay out of my face,

you f***in' orangutan.

Delivery from Bojack's club.

Where do you want them?

Stick 'em in his mouth.

Over there.

The heydays.

The old days.

You keep it up, I'll

show you some old days.

That's a good one, pops.

I like that one.

Listen, I, I...

No, I just got to...

Mr. Peck? I just got to

talk to you for a minute.

Give me five minutes of your time,

I'll tell you, it'll...

No, no, you will...

Mr. Peck, if you give me

five minutes of your time,

I can just explain to you...

I can just explain to you what I need.

I can give you the money back

24 hours from now.

I just... Mr. Peck, it's

a matter of life and death.

As you know, Mr. Peck feels

very nervous about this.

No problem.

It's just a 24-hour loan,

like I said.

Mr. Peck, really, A

24-hour loan, that's it.

Just so you understand,

if there is a problem,

it's gonna be yours.

No problem.

Absolutely no problem.

We'll have a few people

there tonight to make sure.

Loan officers.

Good, good, good.

Perfect, perfect.

OK, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Mr. Peck, thank you

very much. Thank you.

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