One Good Cop Page #7

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but that doesn't mean anything.

He's probably out working on his own.

I'll try to locate him for you.

Yeah, OK. Thanks. Sorry to bother you.

No trouble at all.

- I'll get back to you.

- OK. Bye.

That son of a b*tch has skipped.

Hey!

- Come in. I got a surprise for you.

- Did I win the lottery?

No, wait.

What's going on?

Guess what. I went shopping today.

Come on. Come see what I got.

Come on.

I owe you one, cop.

Where's the money?

Where's the money?

You wanna die, cop?

Where is it? Want some more?

We have a brave man here.

You know,

I was a policeman in my country.

Just like you.

You don't believe me, do you?

But I wasn't

a stupid greedy little civil servant.

No, no, no, no.

I had a driver.

I had someone to polish my boots.

That's what a policeman means

in my country.

And I had respect.

To steal is one thing, my friend.

But to spit in a man's face by throwing his

hard-earned money out of the window...

You're wasting your breath, man.

He's not gonna talk

if he thinks you're gonna kill him anyway.

He'll talk.

When I put his wife and children

in front of him, he'll talk.

Or he'll watch them die one by one.

Our policeman,

he moved his wife and children.

He's smart. Smart.

Now he'll never talk.

Yes.

Soon life and death won't matter.

He'll talk.

He'll talk to stop the pain.

I'm gonna get some aspirin.

I don't think

either man's will has cracked yet.

- I'm on the job.

- What?

We gotta make a move or they'll cook you.

You got a gun?

He's too paranoid about chicks packing.

They're so whacked,

you might be able to run for it.

I'm gonna get the front door.

- Sh*t!

- Hey! Baby!

Can I come in?

You OK?

You OK in there?

No, I'm sick. Leave me alone.

- I'll hold your hand for you.

- No, Oreste.

He needs to watch out for those shots.

When Johnson lands a punch, he runs...

I gotta get my gun.

- I got it.

- I'm gonna check the front door.

Wait. That's crazy.

If you get caught, I'm boxed in here.

- Listen. We gotta take these guys out.

- There's four of them.

We gotta take 'em out.

- Can you get 'em looking the other way?

- Yeah.

Take this.

OK, listen to me.

You go out there.

I'll take a two count

and I'm right behind you.

Go ahead.

Look what this pig did to me!

He's loose!

You still alive, policeman?

Dammit!

We may have to bluff him out.

Are you ready for this, policeman?

Come out!

Are you ready for this?

Ready for this?

Ready for this, you f***? Come on out!

Come out!

- Lewis! Lewis!

- In here!

Jesus.

Babe.

- How you doing?

- Good.

- How are the kids?

- They're great. How are you?

Got rear-ended by a gypsy cab

on Amsterdam.

Artie.

I stole government money.

You fought for the people that you loved.

I did the wrong thing.

I did it for the kids.

Now we can't have them.

I did it for us and now we're ruined.

No, we're not.

We're just beginning.

I blew it, Reet.

- I'm gonna win!

- No going on the grass!

That's not fair.

- I'll race you upstairs.

- OK.

I beat you!

Listen to Mommy.

I don't want to!

Too bad. You just better listen.

What are you doing? You guys fighting?

- Yeah.

- Why?

How come? Here. I think

we're gonna have to separate them.

- I think she has to go in the house.

- I think she should go upstairs.

Uncle Artie? I got something for you.

Well, I made it.

It's from when we went to the carnival.

There's Barbara.

There's Carol.

There's me.

There's Aunt Rita. There's you.

- You can put it on your desk if you want.

- Yeah, I will.

You, come here. Give me a hug.

As a matter of fact,

let's get in one big group hug here.

Come on.

A long one. Come on.

This is gonna have to last me a long time.

Come in.

You wanna give me your statement

or do you want to write it up yourself?

Any way you want it.

I take it, it's a suspect's statement.

You write it yourself, it's a confession.

It's a confession.

You can do it out at your desk if you want.

I'd rather do it here.

You want the tin?

Here you go.

Do me a favour.

Put that on that cabinet over there.

That priest brought it in.

Said he'd been staring at it for two days.

Said it's the worst temptation he ever had.

He knew whoever left the money

fixed it so nobody would find out.

I should have known

he wasn't gonna keep it.

He says he took out 200 bucks

to take some kids to a museum.

Says he's gonna take it

out of the collections.

Why didn't you keep it all?

I just needed enough to buy the house.

I mean, it's like we always say.

Everybody's got reasons.

I ain't making any excuses.

No, not you. Not Artie Lewis.

I got heroes and martyrs

all around me here,

so how come

this neighbourhood's still falling apart?

That policewoman

refuses to testify against you.

I almost got her killed.

That don't mean nothing

to the heroes I'm meeting these days.

Walsh says he's gonna get every cop

to give up a week's pay

to cover the money you gave to Finnerty.

The government'll walk away.

They don't wanna blow their people

in the field with a prosecution.

Why are you doing this?

I lost a good man.

His name was Steve Diroma.

Detectives like him...

and you...

are just too hard to replace.

So go home, Lewis.

Go on. Get outta here.

Go home to your kids.

Hello, Reet.

We're alive.

We're alive, partner.

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