Romeo Must Die Page #2

Are you scared?

No.

Don't take this personal...

...but l've been around more

dangerous guys than you.

Right here's fine.

No charge.

Keep it. L won't call the cops.

I don't want your money.

You seem like a nice guy.

I am.

You should find a new profession.

Stealing cars doesn't fit you.

What's your name?

You think I want you calling me?

I don't have a phone.

Yeah? Well, dead giveaway.

Besides, you drive like sh*t.

How are those acquisitions

coming along?

Progressing real nice, man.

I just have three more deeds

to get signed over, that's all.

Let me be clear.

You don't play around with the NFL.

It's their America, and their deadline

is progressing in less than a week.

I know.

Remember something, Mr. Roth.

A lot of people owned them stores

for 30 years or more.

So what if they need a couple more

days to mull over their decision?

These are tense times right now.

You know what l mean?

Sh*t.

Isaak.

You're murdering yourself.

Golf is a game of finesse, not power.

In that way, it's much like the rest of life.

The key is letting the body work together.

Get a good shoulder turn

so the wrist breaks naturally.

Make sure you keep your eyes on the ball.

This shaft, l don't like it.

It ain't working for me.

Save the excuses.

With all respect to your shop owners,

without the deeds, there's no land deal.

Without the land deal, there's no presentation.

Without the presentation, there's no...

- What's the popular term these days?

- Cheddar.

That's right. No cheddar.

Do l make myself clear?

If I say l'll deliver, l'll deliver.

Hey, hey, hey, now.

Sorry I'm late.

Girl, knowing the way you shop,

I'd say you're early.

- Oh, really? got some hot stuff.

- Yes.

Good. Work it out!

Your brother's in the back.

It looks good.

That guy that got whacked?

- You mean Ch'u's boy?

Yeah, yeah.

He called me. Ain't that some sh*t?

Same night he got killed, Pop.

Jesus Christ.

What'd he want, Colin?

I don't know. Oh, look, man.

Let me holler back at you later.

Colin, you be in my office in one hour.

Okay.

I asked you not to do business here.

- Hi, sis. Nice to see you too.

- mean it, Colin. Come on.

This is my place, okay?

I got kids hanging here all the time.

- Lf this is what you're about-

- Don't start the speech, all right?

For once, let's not go there.

I was on the phone, talking to Pop.

Hey, look, come on. He's a businessman.

I work for this businessman.

- Fine.

- Stop tripping over this sh*t.

Colin. Colin, wait. Wait.

Look. L'm sorry.

I just worry about you.

That's all.

Yeah, l know.

And I love you too, Trish.

But you ain't gotta worry about me.

I'm fine.

Serpentine Fire.

Hello?

I'm talking way back. Way back.

Right there, player.

What's good?

Try the parking lot.

I'm just trying to do my job, Trish.

Just like Mo.

He told me the sh*t you pulled.

Plain stupid is what it was.

Things are gonna get tense now that

that Chinese dude got popped.

Was that one of your jobs too?

No, that shoddy work's not my style.

I'm sorry. Poor baby!

Have l got you all wrong?

You don't have a clue to what l'm about.

Why don't you tell me?

For starters, get past the facade.

You got some serious facade going on.

Well, so do you. So does everybody.

And this Miss l-Don't-Need-Nobody

isn't you. Not the real you.

- You saving yourself for Kobe Bryant?

- Ls that what you think l'm doing?

I think you need to consider

the possibility that you've met him.

You're an errand boy for my father.

You're nothing.

Fair enough.

But there comes a time when a man

has to strike out on his own.

Stake his own claim.

How could I have missed it?

I think I'm hopelessly in love

with you.

Make fun all you like. Sooner or later,

this man's gonna be way too much for you.

Those big brown eyes are gonna get all

misty wishing there were two of me.

You know, fill yourself all you want.

I just lost my appetite.

Sit down.

You don't have to respect me, but you will

respect your father and let us protect you.

Do you understand?

Hey, Mac, you're so smooth

with the ladies, baby.

If I want Eddie Murphy,

I'll go to the goddamn movies.

Yeah, dog.

Good. Give him some fat-free water

or something.

Where my drink, man?

The f*** you looking at?

Hey!

All the way down the end there!

All the way down. Keep it moving. Move it out.

Colin.

Finish telling me about this call you got.

Guy calls, says he wants to meet me.

For what?

I don't know. We didn't talk that long.

Said he had a little something

that might put a stop to this war.

A little something?

A little something.

I didn't trust his ass,

so I tell him meet me at Silk's.

As soon as you got that call,

you should've told me.

Huh?

Next time l cross the street,

you should hold my hand.

Hey, who the hell you talking to?

I will knock the black off you, boy.

I mean no disrespect.

But l'm just trying to be a man here.

I'm looking out for you.

I don't need you

to look out for me, Colin.

Have a seat, Colin.

Go on. Sit down.

Come on.

I've been working on a big deal.

A real big deal.

When it goes through, we're out

of this gangster nonsense for good.

Everything we do will be

strictly legit from here on out.

What do you mean?

I got something else lined up for my boy.

And you will get to run with this ball.

I guarantee that.

But, Colin, you gotta use your head.

And you gotta listen.

You understand what l'm saying to you?

Yeah, Pop.

Finish your drink.

Collard Green.

Black Mac.

Something wrong?

You tell me.

Hey, chief.

Hey.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news,

but you need to see this.

Calvin's place?

Mm-hm.

He was the sweetest guy in the world.

I think I'd better wrap up

these acquisitions quickly for you.

Things are getting pretty crazy

around here.

You gonna be okay?

Just give me a minute.

Okay, boss.

That's it right over there.

Okay. Lock up the store.

- We're going out tonight?

- Definitely.

Follow her.

Ahkbar. What the hell

are you doing here?

I need to ask you...

You get out of my apartment

before I call the cops.

Please.

You're the only guy I know working

down the criminal ladder. What's up?

This is the last number my brother

called before he was murdered.

It's the number of your shop.

It is.

But l don't know your brother.

- Why would he want to talk to me?

- He called your store.

But not to talk to me.

A girl who works the register.

It could've been her.

My brother...

Brother?

Colin.

Sometimes he makes calls from the shop.

Mostly when l'm not around.

Could you talk to him?

That's Maurice and his gang.

Look, Ahkbar.

- think it's-

- By the way, my name is Han.

Well, Han, look.

These guys find you, you're gonna have

serious problems. Go out the window.

No. I like this way.

It's your funeral.

Dim sum good. You call again.

Dim sum all time. Thanks.

Hey, hey.

What you doing bothering

Miss O'Day?

He's the delivery boy, moron.

Okay, stay here.

I done told you,

my name is Maurice, all right?

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