Takers Page #4

What is this? Naomi?

Look, I am really clean now. I feel great.

Naomi, what are you talking about?

Look, another week in that place

wouldn't have made any difference.

- We spoke about this, didn't we?

- Come on.

I was doing really well.

I asked if I could leave early,

and they said yes.

If you don't believe me, call them.

Look, they told us that when you get out,

you got to have a plan.

Yeah? Without a plan, you're dead.

So I started thinking about you and me,

our plan, and going home.

And that's gonna happen.

You had one more week, that's all,

one more week.

It's a busy time for me, Naomi.

- You don't remember it, do you?

- No, I don't.

Look at how cute you were.

Mum was so beautiful.

I was truly happy back then.

I'm not gonna be right until I get back there,

so I can start again.

And we can. In just three days.

I'm working. I need to put you in a hotel.

What? Why can't I stay here?

You can. It's just a bad time for me.

All right?

Yeah.

Well, I can tell you it's not a street map.

It's some kind of a public works project.

But without a reference number,

there's no way I can work it out.

All right. Thanks.

You got it.

Rivers, Delonte.

Put your body in it.

Right here, Eddie. Up with it.

Yes! That's what I'm talking about.

Hey, Eddie.

Take it easy on Uncle Jack, all right?

Time out. I did some work last night.

Wanted to talk to you.

Hey, if you're gonna puke, do it on the grass.

Come on, Dad, let us finish.

Yeah, why don't you take my place?

I'm good. Go ahead, keep playing, Eddie.

- Eddie looks like he's doing a lot better.

- Yeah, he's doing great, man.

I mean, it's been about a month

since his last dialysis.

Down for a couple days,

then he bounces back. I mean...

- So, anyway, what's up?

- All right.

You remember the jewelry job

in Koreatown, few years back?

They used wires

and went from one building to the other?

Guard got loose.

He ended up shooting one of them?

Yeah. The guard ended up being

like a big hero.

The perp got shot on a fire escape, right?

Name's Delonte Rivers, a.k.a. Ghost.

He just finished serving five at Chino.

And somehow, his prison ID ended up

at the Russians.

I saw it in the Polaroids.

So, you think this guy's good

for the FedCal heist?

I don't know. He was released the same day

the bank was hit.

There's got to be some type of

connection there, right?

Yeah, Max. What's up?

- Morning, Jack.

- Hey, Monica.

Whoa, whoa, slow down.

- Marketing rep.

- You got to be kidding me.

Look, Max, you can just tell Carver

he can call me Monday.

I don't work weekends, okay?

Internal Affairs.

Well, can I make you some breakfast, Jack?

No, that's all right. I got to pick Sunday up.

We're gonna go look at some landmarks.

- I'll see you Monday.

- See you, Jack.

So, what do we got?

What's the assignment for today?

After we go to the Walk of Fame,

I'm supposed to write about us going there.

Honey, the Walk of Fame's not a landmark,

it's a tourist trap.

I got a better landmark.

Let's go over to La Brea Tar Pits,

and then afterwards

we can go to the museum,

we can look at the fossils.

And then after that, we can go to

the Farmer's Market and get some burgers.

Good idea.

Burgers and shakes at the Farmer's Market.

Yeah, what do you got for me?

Sweetheart, we're gonna have

to make a stop somewhere first.

When I got your message from last night,

I pulled Rivers' file,

saw he was due this afternoon.

Cons like him,

they're good for a visit or two.

But four years of lockdown,

I wouldn't bet on him.

There's your boy now.

Want me to hold him? Rattle his cage?

No. No, keep it routine.

- You got an address on this guy?

- Some dump in Long Beach.

Probably good for a week, if that.

All right, thanks.

Little Tokyo. Let's go.

Now are we going to the museum?

Just a sec, honey. We will.

- Anything else?

- Give me a couple of these, too.

Here, on the right.

- Thanks, man.

- You got it.

- What's up?

- You're late.

- How'd the parole meeting go?

- We good.

You know they try and turn pissing in a cup

into a seven-game series.

We straight, though.

- Can I help you?

- Relish.

- Jesse.

- What's up?

What's happening? Where the guys?

I'm take-out. They're waiting on me.

Sounds good.

- So, did you get it?

- Come on, man. It's me.

What are you looking at, Daddy?

Just a second, honey.

Same thing the rescue workers use.

Easy as sh*t. Works just like a can opener.

- Speak to the dispatcher?

- Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

I spoke to him this morning. We good.

- Come on, man.

- Hey, the route's a lock, G.

Talk to you later.

Hey, man, find you something else

to worry about, G.

I got you, homes.

What?

Hold on to your seat, honey.

What are you doing, idiot?

You see a pen, baby? No?

There, you see that blue sedan back there?

Two cars back?

- Yeah.

- He's sharking us.

Make a right.

You have a pen, baby? Anything?

All right, make another right.

- He's staying with us.

- Yeah.

Let's pull over.

- Who are they?

- They're just some guys.

- Is it a cop?

- With a kid?

What's so important that you'd drag my ass

all the way down here?

- I found him, Hatch.

- Who?

Him, FedCal. Gordon Cozier.

I mean, look at that.

Same height, same build, same everything.

Wait, hold on. What are you talking about?

- Where's all this coming from?

- I followed that guy, Rivers,

from his parole meeting.

- And he gets out of a cab downtown.

- With Sunday?

What, are you gunning for

Father of the Year now?

And from my car,

I see him go to this hot-dog stand.

And Cozier's there.

Now, he's got his back to me.

But I swear I see Rivers

pass something to him.

A second later, this guy on a motorcycle,

he looks at Cozier.

And then right before he takes off, bam,

the same gesture

the a**hole used in the bank.

And then I followed Cozier

and got his license plate number.

Yeah, it's very official. What is that, crayon?

Look, man, I'm telling you, it's him.

Except you can't see his face.

The guy's got a clean sheet.

Come on, man, you follow an ex-con

who's no good for the bank job to,

what, a hot-dog stand?

- Then he meets somebody...

- Listen to me.

Maybe he meets somebody there,

maybe he doesn't.

- Maybe he passes something...

- Look, Hatch, I'm telling you I was there.

...and buys a hot-dog

with ketchup and relish,

- and then, some guy on a motorcycle says...

- Call me crazy.

"So long," and rides off.

Come on, man, give a brother a break.

Are you kidding me?

Can we still go

to the Farmer's Market, Daddy?

Baby, I'm sorry. Geez.

I can't believe it's this late.

We can go eat somewhere else.

Just gonna take a few minutes here.

Wherever you want.

Sh*t.

Your daddy loves you very much,

you know that, right?

- Don't ever forget that, okay?

- Okay.

Take care of the real stuff, Jack.

Hey, how about some pizza, huh?

I just wanna go home.

Let's go.

Well, when'd it happen?

No, no, no. It's all right.

If she comes back, do me a favor,

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