Ten North Frederick Page #4

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I'm just a little bushed. It's very hot.

You've been mooning around the house

all week like a ghost.

I want to put through a person-to-person

call to Atlantic City.

Charles Bongiorno at the Regal Hotel.

My name is... Ann Chapin.

Oh my dear.

Congratulations my boy.

Now you both sit down. Make yourselves

comfortable, yes.

I have strudel and some nice cider for you.

Oh, we were just going..

Of course we will Mrs Hartman.

That's very kind of you.

Good. Come Conrad.

Coming dear.

Well, Mrs. Bongiorno, where do we

go from here?

Back to Gibbsville.

Ah, see your folks, huh?

Well, first of all we're going to

have some strudel and cider, yeah?

Hey uh..

What kind of funny lingo is that anyway?

The Kidd's are Van-Dutch.

You get a lot of it around here.

Wonder what my old lady would have said.

Getting married by a Dutchman

instead of by a priest.

Well, I hope it's legal.

It's legal.

You are stuck.

I'm stuck. And you know something?

I'm loving it.

Love... love.

Really, Ann, let's try not to be mawkish.

Haven't you ever loved anyone?

Don't you know what it is?

I know what it isn't! My dear child.

You're not the first nice girl to lose her

head over a completely unsuitable man.

Mother, Charley's my husband and I'm

going to have his baby.

The baby of course does present a problem.

Not to me it doesn't.

To your father and me!

People still count on their fingers,

you know.

Why won't you let me see father? Are you

afraid to let me see father?

It is your father's own wish.

He's talking to the young man.

And I'm talking to you!

Such a lovely honeymoon!

Maybe they'll like each other!

Wouldn't it be funny if they liked each other?

Oh Ann... Please! Try and be realistic.

Mother!

My marriage is real, and the baby is real.

Father isn't a monster!

Are you implying that I am?

No!... No.

But you..

...know how to hurt, and he doesn't.

You... have hurt your father more

cruelly today..

...than he's ever been hurt in his life.

There's never been a scandal

in the Chapin family before.

And coming at a time like this..

...when he's fighting for his

political life.

For you to let him down, his favorite.

His spoiled darling.

His lovely daughter.

Did he say this? That I'd let him down?

What's the difference? It's true!

Isn't it?

What can I do?

You can agree to the annulment of this

impossible marriage!

My baby?

Those things can be explained.

We'll go to Europe, stay

there for a couple of years.

We'll say, that you were married

and divorced over there.

Bongiorno?

Could be a fine old Italian family.

Might even get to the top.

I won't agree to that. Never!

I want to see my father! I want to

hear him say these things!

I want him to say them to me!

Ann, I think I've been very fair.

What's the matter?

I... want... father.

Mike!

He's here.

Good. When I buzz..

You slip out through the back, Joe.

I'm staying Mike.

But Joe, what do you hope to gain by that?

He's right Joe. Let us handle this.

We know these lies.

What we've dug up on him,

he'll never know what hit him.

I want to see him for myself.

Alright, it's your party Joe.

But let us do the talking.

You can go in now.

Come in son.

Sit down.

Here.

Well, what's this for?

You can read, can't you?

Personally, I think Mr. Chapin is

being extremely generous.

Hey, what kind of a gag is this anyway?

I didn't ask for any money.

Look. I want my wife and I want to go home.

Nobody's keeping you here.

You can go home... alone.

Get this straight, buster. I'm

not taking any dough.

Where is this guy, Mr. Chapin anyway?

I was told to meet him here.

I have complete authority to

act for Mr. Chapin.

He wants you to take this money,

and clear out.

What kind of a guy is that anyway?

Don't even want to meet his son-in-law?

Not now, or ever.

Even if he got rid of me, Annie's going

to have kid, ain't she? My kid!

Exactly. And that adds up to a serious crime.

What crime?

The girl is under eighteen.

Did you ever hear of "statuary rape"?

I didn't even know she was jail-bait,

and I married her, didn't I.

When you had to.

I don't think that will impress the jury.

Is that what you want to arrest me for?

Well, you just go right ahead.

Juries ain't as dumb as all that.

Mr. Williams here is a District Attorney.

I think he knows a little bit more

about juries than you do.

I don't care who he is. I'm calling

your bluff, mister.

With your record?

What do you mean, my record?

Tell him Lloyd.

"Two arrests for petty theft."

That was ten years ago.

"Picked up on suspicion of armed robbery."

I was only fifteen years old.

I got mixed up with a bunch of guys.

I didn't know what it..

Nice little bunch of professional gunmen.

I tell you I haven't seen those

guys in ten years.

I never even touched a gun myself.

You can always tell that to the judge.

You see what you're up against, son?

You'll get as much as five years for this.

If you play it our way, you'll

be clean and you'll have..

It's up to you, boy.

You guys have really got it

stacked against me, haven't you?

This is a lot of money.

You can always tear it up.

What's that?

I said, you could always

tear up that check.

Why don't you?

Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you?

What do you want me to do? Go to jail and

be a hero or something? For what?

Well..

Well, I never took any dough, for..

...what would you call it? Escort work?

Well, if you know any other rich

babes who would like a little uh..

...you know what? Tell them

I'm available at the same rate.

Get out!

Hey!

Are you Mr....?

Get out of here before I kill you.

Where's Ann?

The doctor's with her.

Doctor?

Is she ill? What's wrong?

I don't know.

I was just talking to her as we

agreed that I should.

Billy, is she alright?

Yes, she'll be alright.

She had a miscarriage, that's all.

Providential, isn't it Edith?

I called a nurse. An extremely discreet one.

Harry can pick her up at this address.

Billy, I want to see Ann.

Later. She's under sedation.

I hope she's asleep.

Telephone sir. It's Mr. Slattery.

Tell him I'll call him back.

No, no. I'll talk to him Marion.

Marion, you ask Harry please to

pick up a nurse at that address.

Yes, madam.

Yes, Mike?

I thought you'd like to know that other

matter, is all taken care of.

Material evidence.

There was a little dutch J.P. over

in Pennsylvania.

I called some of my connections over there.

I'm grateful to you Mike.

Doing favors is my business Joe.

Even though this one involved the

destruction of an official record.

I've never done anything like that before.

Well, I appreciate that Mike.

Goodnight Joe.

Ann.

Is Charley here?

He's gone Ann.

Gone?.. Gone?

Where did he go to?

Please Ann dear... please listen.

He was no good. He ran out.

Ran out?

I gave him a chance. If he

had torn up the check..

What check?

He took money, Ann.

I offered him money and he took it.

I had to.

I couldn't let you waste yourself,

and waste your whole life.

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