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And I'd like my cut, okay?

That's just fair.

When did you meet Sonia?

Compensation,

compensation.

You came here

to talk, Dominic.

You know, mouse, I'm the talent

and I don't like the vibe.

So why don't you

change that up, okay?

It's a non-smoking room.

It's under your name.

He's a douche.

I love this guy.

I want to call my lawyer.

I think you should

think that through.

Can we get a signal

in this rat hole?

Why don't you

think it through? Hmm?

Dominic, let me just lay this

out for you one more time,

because I don't

think you're getting it!

So I'll lay it out for you! Okay? Relax.

I'll lay it out for

you nice and clear!

The newspaper can slant this

any which way they want to,

and they can make you the

one and only principal source.

How do you think

that's gonna go down

with your friends at PointCorp? Not great.

And anybody else

you're connected to?

Don't do that.

Please don't do that.

The more you talk,

the more you give us,

the more protected you are.

That's the way we work.

And your compensation

is your anonymity,

and that is all you're

gonna get from us.

Okay?

Yeah.

Great.

Okay, how's

it going in here?

Sounds frigging great.

We're just about ready.

- Let's do it.

- Great. Good.

Come on.

I'm not gonna do it.

I'm gonna open the door,

and I'm gonna

let you say it.

You have to talk to her.

Cal is asking us to

push the deadline.

We really can't

afford to keep doing

this type of thing.

Where the hell are they?

You saying that

as if I should know?

Yeah, well, you just

spoke to him.

Yeah, well, they didn't

tell me where they were.

$20,000 an hour.

Yeah... All right!

Bugger off!

Sh*t.

It was just this guy, okay, that

I knew from the clubs, all right?

And he worked for a PR firm, a very big one.

Name? And... No, I'm not

gonna give you his name.

He's a friend, okay?

He had this, uh...

He had this...

Well, the company that he

worked for had a client,

a very special client.

Name?

I'll give you that one.

PointCorp.

And they wanted

a special employee.

They needed a girl.

I thought of Sonia.

You got that?

I'm sorry, are you saying that

Sonia was working for PointCorp?

Like a steel trap,

this one.

Don't lose her

to another paper.

Yeah, that's

what I'm saying.

Turn it up, turn it up.

She was a perfect fit. She had balls.

She was smart.

She was in debt.

And she was

in debt, exactly. Yeah.

They paid her

$26,000 a month.

Whole hell of a lot

more than they gave me.

They paid me a flat 20. It's big.

Did they tell you

what the job was?

No, they did not. She told

me what it was, though.

She told me about Collins.

She told me

about spying on him.

And did they want Sonia

to sleep with Collins?

No. She got on her

back all by herself

and screwed everything up, didn't she?

How did they get her

onto Collins' staff?

That I'm not gonna tell you.

You can forget it.

You can kidnap and torture

someone else for that toughie.

We have a deal.

Yeah.

I've done my work. Nobody's here to screw you,

but we need to know who was

working this on the Hill.

From the Hill, huh? Well, from the

Hill, they found a guy to fix it.

Name?

No.

Who?

Leave it.

Who?

Come on.

What, are you

not hearing me?

Forget it. I'd be

afraid to start that

sweet ass Caddy

every morning.

I mean, keep in mind

if I was driving

that wheelbarrow

Saab of yours,

I'd probably blow it up

myself with me in it.

You seen that thing?

It's like a lawnmower.

I'm gonna get you

another beer.

Hey.

Oi.

Are you sleeping

with that guy?

I mean, what are

you doing here?

Are you sleeping

with him? Hmm?

Or you got a guy.

You got a guy, right?

Donna?

- Della.

- Della.

I got a guy.

Got a girl, too.

Right? I don't want

to leave anybody out.

Hey, Stephen.

How did you find Sonia?

What?

How did she come to

work in your office?

Was somebody...

Did somebody recommend her?

What are you talking about?

I think you've been played.

Really?

Who gave you her name?

What is this about?

Don't dick around about this,

Stephen, all right?

Two questions.

How the hell did she come

to work in your office,

and the name of the

individual who recommended her?

Fergus. George Fergus.

Said she was the daughter

of an old family friend.

Doug Sponder's

bachelor party.

You remember that hotel,

the Americana?

Yes.

Get here now, alone.

I'm in Room 408.

I'll meet you

at the office.

Stephen, we're

late already.

I'll call in.

Stephen, we are

late already.

I'll call in.

Okay.

Don't check

your voicemail.

Cameron's going on a

rampage about this deadline.

So, did you cue it

where I asked?

Close enough.

Okay. So, guys, I'm gonna

need you to clear the room.

That means you, too.

What?

I got Stephen Collins

coming in here.

It's gonna be a lot

more comfortable for him

if you're not here,

all right?

Tell me you're kidding.

Since when does the

subject of an investigation

get his own private preview

of another subject's interview?

That's crazy!

You're polluting the story!

Special circumstance.

What? What?

Is it that he's a congressman,

or that he's your friend,

or that you have

a crush on his wife?

Could you

fill me in here?

All of the above.

Oh, my God,

you're such a hypocrite!

This is my story, too, and you

are about to kill it forever

by letting him

come in here.

I'm gonna

bring him in.

I'm gonna sit him down,

show him this.

I'm gonna get him

on the record,

then we've got both

sides of the story.

Hey.

Stephen Collins, Della Frye.

Congressman.

You know this guy?

No.

You don't

recognize him at all?

I don't know. Maybe.

Is this in here?

No, no, it's next door.

He's sleeping it off.

Sit down.

Okay.

PointCorp wanted to plant

someone on your staff.

This guy, Dominic Foy,

he finds Sonia.

He takes a fee.

George Fergus does the rest.

No. That's not possible.

They paid off her debt, and they

paid her monthly to report back

every single thing

that you were doing.

And when she went dry,

they killed her for it.

How do you know this?

And so I get a call, I gotta

go down to a street corner.

I gotta buy a magazine.

I gotta meet some new guy.

This guy, you know,

he's some hardcore,

thick-neck, corn-fed,

Navy-SEAL-looking guy,

you know?

And he's all up in my face,

scaring the hell out of me

because he's

pissed off and...

- When was this?

- This is like a month ago.

You know,

he's pissed off because

Sonia's not giving

him anything anymore.

And what did he want

you to do about it?

He wants me to fix it. He wants me

to fix it, like one of my hair dryers.

And did you?

I tried.

I tried. I called.

She wouldn't take my call.

I go over there.

I try to talk to her.

She's crying.

Why is she crying? She's

scared somebody's after her?

No, she's crying because of

Collins. She was in love with him,

and she was pregnant,

and she didn't tell him.

She didn't tell him,

and, you know,

she was petrified that he's

gonna find out what she did,

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