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It's fine.

Hey, I, uh...

I said something

wrong to you.

I'm... I'm sorry.

I know what I am, Nate.

Ah, f***.

Oh, f***.

She split, man.

She what?

Your honey, she left

a few hours ago.

F***.

Oh, man, what do you

mean she split?

I mean she went

into the office

she made a couple of phone calls and then she, uh

she hit the road.

I n that old truck

you came in.

F***.

Anybody else use this phone after her?

Are you a police officer?

'Cause if there's some

sort of problem

I should call

the manager.

Dr. Rosenblum's office.

Uh, yeah, hey, listen, I'm

looking for, uh, for my wife.

I believe she may

be a patient there.

Uh, the name's,

uh, Luster.

Luster...

She's in consultation with the doctor right now.

Uh, what kind

of doctor?

Doctor Rosenblum

is a plastic surgeon.

Get away from her.

Why are you

doing this?

Please don't

do this.

What, do you think that

I like being a freak?

Amazing as she is,

it's not a normal...

F*** normal.

Since when does normal win

a goddamn prize, huh?

Lily. You're different.

Please don't do this.

Please.

But I could be like all the other girls.

Never.

I'm sorry, I think

I'm wasting your time.

Sorry.

I don't ever want

to hear

a goddamn word

about this ever.

Or I'll get your address

and I swear to God, Doc

I'll burn your

house down.

Thank you.

Hey, baby,

you still there?

I'm here.

Listen to me.

This ain't no

pact with the devil.

'Course it is.

It's your life

for hers.

Oh, come on,

that's bullshit.

So, uh,

being managed by a notorious killer pimp

is gonna help

this girl.

Hey, listen, sweetheart,

he can make her rich.

He can make her dead.

Come on, he ain't

gonna hurt her.

Why not?

'Cause I'm gonna

be there.

Please. You can't

protect yourself...

Hey, listen,

just cool it, okay?

Nothing's gonna

happen to this girl.

Happy'll never

even meet her, okay?

All I'm doing is

I'm giving Happy

a piece of Lily's future.

All right? That's it.

He'll make a fortune

on this thing.

Okay.

I'm gonna do everything.

He's not even

gonna meet her.

Hey, listen,

he's just gonna get his cut.

She know

about this?

Hey, she trusts me.

Okay. She

doesn't get hurt.

What makes you so sure she

can make that kind of money?

I mean,

this town's lousy with beautiful women.

Nate?

What makes her so special?

What?

What makes her so special?

Her wings.

She's got wings.

Uh-huh.

And I suppose you have

another picture of a jackalope

that could be available for the right price too, huh?

Are you frightened,

Mr. Poole?

God, you should be.

Listen to me.

I swear to God,

if I would've known that that was your wife

I'd never

woulda touched her.

I don't have

a wife, Mr. Poole.

I'm a widower.

Yeah. Very sudden.

Listen, hey man,

I know you want me dead, okay?

I don't wanna die.

I swear to God

this girl is for real.

I mean, I don't get it,

I don't understand it

it's something freaky,

she's some kind of goddamn freak of nature.

But she has wings.

So I get the angel...

and you get

your life.

Sounds... religious.

No, it's... it's

a little different.

I was thinking more

you get a percent

you get like 65, 75%.

You get your piece and then I get,

I get my end, which is 20, 25%.

And I get my life.

And the angel?

Listen, she's

not an angel.

She's just...

Theology aside.

What's... what's to keep

me from just...

blowing your

head off right now

and taking the girl?

Hey, man,

you don't know where she is.

True.

Until I get

Roland here

to peel off all your skin with a needle-nose pliers

and then you tell me where she is

and the fastest

route to her.

I don't know

where she is, okay?

A friend of mine is driving

her around in circles, okay?

And if I'm not at

the goddamn phone booth

saying all the right

things in 23 minutes

he's gonna call

his cousin

who's a homicide detective

and report my murder, okay?

She's gonna disappear, and they're

gonna investigate your ass, all right?

Happy, I mean, you know,

look at this like...

making a whole bunch

of money

and doing very little,

you know what I'm saying?

Any idiot can fake a picture.

I would need

to see her.

Oh, man, no way,

you're gonna...

I'm no f***ing idiot.

You're gonna snatch her

and kill me. Come on.

You have my word.

Hm. I have your word

as a gangster.

As a gangster,

and as a partner.

Okay then, then we

have a deal?

You meet me at the opera house,

the new opera house

six o'clock

in the mezzanine.

It's a date.

Can I leave?

Please.

You should kill

that f***er.

Why the f*** did you make a

deal with that piece of sh*t?

Wings.

What a

wonderful dream.

Do you come up here a lot?

I come up here if

someone's playing that I like or...

with someone

that I like.

You know, I knew

who you were.

What?

At Sam's.

I'd seen

you before.

Your pictures.

Your albums.

Oh.

You were famous.

Yeah, I was.

Handsome.

Now you're just

being mean.

What happened?

Man, I just couldn't

handle it, you know

I just couldn't handle

the small talk.

You know, the bullshit,

all the politics, that crap.

No, I just

had my music

and my dope,

and in the end it was all about the dope.

And now?

You can talk

to me.

Yeah, I can

talk to you.

You're different.

Yeah.

A couple

of freaks.

Let's just say

we're different.

Hm?

It's five til.

Fifty bucks the a**hole don't show.

Been rocking in the morning

Been rocking all night long

Oh, rocking in the morning

Hold on. Hold on.

This stage has

got to move.

We got to rock

this theater.

Mitch is going to be

here tonight

with all them dances

and everything.

We got to pick this tempo up,

change the key

and let's hear it

one time. Come on.

Put your soul in it.

All right, where

is he, huh?

What'd I tell you?

We shoulda broken his goddamn

face when we had the chance.

Now what?

Excuse me.

This is for you.

"Let the girl

do her job.

Use the binoculars."

Here.

Thank you.

No, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Where are you going?

Who? I don't...

I don't know.

Where did you get

the note from?

Some guy gave me 20 bucks,

I don't know.

Let go.

Let her go.

Beat it.

Go do your job,

sweetheart, thank you.

This goofy guy

is getting interesting.

What do you see?

Do you wanna

see my wings?

No.

Just ask.

You want to see them,

just ask me.

Okay. I wanna

see your wings.

Oh, my.

What?

Put your coat on,

we're leaving.

Go down there.

They're parked

in lover's lane.

Kill him and bring

her back here.

Okay.

Oh, no,

don't go yet.

And now it is

an angel's song

that makes

the heavens be mute.

Hey, I'll tell

you what.

Why don't you put on

your prettiest dress.

Why?

I wanna take

you out.

To where?

Trust me.

Sit down,

look straight ahead.

I have a little

surprise for you.

Okay.

I'll be right back.

You just wait right here.

Keep your

eyes closed.

Okay.

What, what

are you doing?

I'm right here.

Okay, now?

Okay. Now.

Your first ocean.

It's beautiful.

You know,

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