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the commandments either, jerk.

Well, she's gonna like this.

- Simon, get off your phone.

- Hey, take a selfie with me.

No, there's no time

for a selfie right now.

Whoo-hoo! You look good

in a suit, by the way.

F*** the suit.

Quinn's gone.

Yeah, you said that yesterday.

No, no, two guys at the funeral,

they... they grabbed her

and they put her in the car.

Hey, keep that sh*t down.

I'm taking my afternoon siesta.

Yo, somebody took Quinn.

- What? Who?

- I don't know.

But they left that.

What sort of trouble

did your girl get into?

Nothing. She's never even

had a parking ticket, rich.

Not if she's mixed up

with the likes of Dom.

- Who?

- Dom Fertelli.

This here's his calling card.

Now, he doesn't

have a number on it...

- rick!

- Frank, this guy's a son of a b*tch

- if I ever met one.

- Now who the f*** is Dom?

You know, for a wanna-be

drug dealer,

you're kind of out

of the loop, you know that?

You think you're a shark

with your thumb bags of cush?

Well, this guy's an Orca. He

runs the biggest prostitution ring

- in the whole damn city.

- And you know this because?

Well, when you get down

deep enough you know things.

Now what I don't understand

is what does a high-end pimp

want with your girlfriend?

Her dad, he owed him money.

Oh, sh*t.

Where can I find him, rick?

Only way I know anybody

gets into Dom's compound

is with a buy.

No, no, I mean like

a big buy, like six figures.

Well, I'll just go,

I'll talk to him.

Then what? He'll apologize

for the inconvenience

and hand you

your girlfriend back?

- I'll call the cops.

- They're on his payroll!

Oh, that is bullshit.

It's true sh*t.

Where is he, rick?

You know that warehouse

on cherry street,

with all those boats?

That's the place,

but I'm telling you,

you got a worse chance

of getting in there,

than me getting with Madonna.

I need your car.

No, yo! Hey!

Get off me!

Let go!

Ladies.

What do we have here?

This girl thinks

that she has class.

Get up.

Is that a manicure?

- Ah, and great hair, too.

- Ooh, cute!

Look at that dress.

- I'll help myself, sweetie.

- Step aside.

Good bone structure.

A bit on the young side.

I'd say you'll fetch

1,500 bucks?

Maybe 1,800.

But now with

what you're wearing.

Girls.

You need messy hair, sweetie.

I'm not wearing that.

What? Not your style?

You piss us

off, you piss Dom off.

And you don't wanna

be doing that.

Get dressed.

I've never seen you

like this before.

Like what?

So animalistic.

Is that a good thing?

I'm not sure.

You didn't have to come with me.

You knew what you were

getting yourself into.

I still came.

I... I don't even need you.

I can do anything...

hey, hey, hey, hey,

hey, I do, I do.

Come here.

Come here.

I do.

Thank you.

Can I ask you why

you were unsuccessfully

trying to scale my castle?

You have my girlfriend.

- And you are?

- Frank.

Frank.

Let's be frank.

You're being rude.

You stole my girlfriend!

Give her back.

Who is she?

Who is she?

We have an array here.

The skinny one?

The rotund one?

Is she the one with the tail?

Her name is Quinn.

Quinn.

Ah, Jones girl.

Let her go.

Can't do that.

She's a valuable

commodity to me.

Look, you can't do this.

I'll call the cops.

An interesting and relatively

expected go-to.

Who do you think keeps us warm

and cozy in this establishment?

You son of a b*tch.

I've been called worse.

Give her back!

You're not a very shrewd

businessman, are you, frank?

You can't get something

for nothing.

Then take me.

No, thank

you. You're not my type.

You're a very charming

young man, but not my type.

How much did her dad owe

you? I'll pay it back.

50,000.

25,000 for the pain

and inconvenience.

$75,000.

- Look, I don't have $75...

- dollars laying around?

You got 100 bucks?

You got 50?

All right, you got five bucks?

Then you're wasting my time.

- Good-bye.

- I'll get it.

The crazy things

men will do for love.

Let me see her.

I can't.

Considerate it an incentive

to bring me the money.

All right, fine.

Okay, just don't do

anything to her till I...

look, now you're trying to

tell me how to run my business.

I can't let a valuable commodity

sit around like that unused.

It's called appreciation

of value, frank.

You really should take

an economics class.

If you want your girlfriend's

integrity to be saved,

then it might behoove you

to give me the money quick,

like a bunny.

If she's anything

like her mother,

she'll fetch a pretty penny.

You f***ing son...

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

you didn't know.

Patty was a frequent customer.

Daughter of a prostitute has a

certain ring to it, doesn't it?

Bring me the money, frank,

and she's all yours.

If you fail, she's all mine.

Tick tock.

Compliments on the suit.

You'll get used to it.

Just leave me alone.

Honey, if you wanna

survive around here,

you're gonna need

to make a friend or two.

Nicoletta.

Been here since I was 19.

See that b*tch over there?

You give her any problems,

you're sent straight

to the front lines.

I take it you didn't

come here by choice.

My father owes a lot

of money to Dom Fertelli,

but he's dead.

No sh*t.

Well, I came here by choice.

I wanted to put my sister

through college.

Just seemed so easy.

Four years later

I'm still here turning tricks.

So why don't you just leave?

Honey, if you try

getting out of these walls,

They'll get you.

They have something on us.

They have something

on all of us.

Damn, look,

I can't make $500 in a week.

How am I supposed

to come up with 75 grand?

I mean, do you think

maybe he was bluffing

- about the whole cop thing?

- I doubt it.

Guys like that always got

a guy like Dudley smith

looking out for them, otherwise

they'd have been busted.

Dudley smith?

Come on, man,

it's a movie reference.

You're a Stoner, for god's sake,

yeah, but I'm a video game

Stoner, Simon,

that is like a whole different breed

altogether. You know, entirely, just...

- bro, wait.

- Wait?

I might be able to know somebody

that can get you the money.

And you were waiting

to tell me this when?

I mean, the weed man,

it kicked in.

- Made me think.

- Yeah, okay.

- Then tell me, tell me...

- and the video game-

mm, but, I don't know, man.

Tell me, Simon.

Look, he's called the kid.

I ain't messing with no

kid, Simon, are you crazy?

No, not a kid.

- The kid.

- The kid?

Yeah, he's some

kind of man-child,

so everybody calls him the kid.

And I mean, you know

a guy like this how?

Should I even ask you?

He buys from me sometimes.

And he's got 75 grand?

Hoo hoo hoo! Frank,

a whole lot more than that.

The dude's a billionaire.

He made his fortune

off some prototype

for angry birds or something.

And you think he'll

just give us 75 grand?

Who knows? Crazier things

have happened.

Yeah, like my girlfriend

getting kidnapped by a pimp.

- All right, I'm in.

- All right, cool,

but look, I gotta go with you.

He doesn't trust

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