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a good many years together.

I mean...

I held you in my arms

when you were a wee little lad.

You were still puking

and mewling

and shittin' your little

nappies.

Gah!

- You listen to me.

If I go back down there

without 100,

then your problem

becomes my problem.

Ain't going to happen.

-Be reasonable here, boyo!

For god sakes,

I took you f***ing fishing!

- Yeah, and we didn't catch

sh*t, did we?!

- I told you back then you were

using the wrong f***ing lure.

-What the hell is that?

- I don't know.

I'm not expecting anyone.

- Mr. McGann?

- Help me, for f***'s sake!

Now, boyo, now stay calm!

-You all right, man?

Chris?

- Huh?

-Empty his pockets.

Go ahead, do it.

-Yeah.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Okay, so what's

the big mystery here?

-So this.

-Are you friggin' kidding me?

-Nope.

- I can't even begin to figure

out how many carats this is.

Color and clarity

are good, real good.

Probably si1 or 2 when it's cut,

somewhere in there.

- So how much do you think

it's worth?

-Millions.

-You know what this is?

This is our road

out of this shitty life.

- Maybe, but first we've got

to fence that thing.

That ain't going

to be easy, my friend.

Whoever owned that is definitely

going to be coming for it.

They probably already are.

- Yeah.

Imagine how pissed they are.

Plus, Tony's probably got his

crews out looking for us.

-Yeah, talk to me.

He did what?

No, no, no.

Don't worry about Eddie.

You find his boy,

Christian Flynn.

Leave Eddie to me.

- You're going to have

to change motel rooms.

-Yeah, yeah, we will.

It's got to be Victor

on something like this.

-No, man, no, not Victor.

Can't we just call the guys up

in Lehigh valley,

the, uh, the Russians?

- This is way too big for them,

what are you, nuts?

Way too big.

-Fine, but not Victor.

Man, he screws us

every freakin' time.

- He's expensive,

I'll give you that,

but he's always had my back.

- No, no, I have always

had your back.

He plays that fake

father figure bullshit

to a t, and every time,

I watch him screw you over.

-He's the only one in the city

that can get a deal

like this done,

and we both know it.

- Fine, fine, whatever,

it's your call,

but I don't like it.

- Look at this thing.

What are you worried about?

This is going to be

the easiest damn money

we ever made in our life.

The easiest. Are you kidding me?

- All right, we got this.

- We got this.

I can't believe it.

- Can I ask you a question?

- Just one.

- Why are you so cranky?

- Do you guys get the paper?

You read the paper every day

or do you just read the comics?

You see what the price

of gold is?

-Who gets a newspaper anymore?

- Don't you see what

the price of gold is today?

- I don't give a sh*t about

gold, what gold's doing, okay?

- Look, Eddie, let's just take

this up the street, huh?

- You want to?

- Yeah.

-Maybe we should.

-Hey, hey, both you guys,

hugs and kisses,

I'll see you later.

Okay? Bye-bye.

Go ahead.

- Come on.

Stop, stop.

We'll see if we can get

this crankiness

turned around, all right?

- It all depends, go ahead.

- In this pouch... score

of your life, check it out.

- You know, you guys

are killing me here.

I don't deal dope.

Get out of my shop

with this pouch, come on.

-Victor, it's not dope.

Just open it and have a look.

-Open it? Okay, I'll open it.

Oh, my god.

- Okay, you happier now?

- Wow, wow, wow, wow, boys.

You got something here.

This can't be real, can it?

- Why don't you put it on

the scale and weigh it.

You know it's real.

- Let's see what

the scale says, gentlemen.

It says that's worth

about $15 million.

Huh?

Where'd you boys find this?

This doesn't just

appear out of nowhere.

Huh?

- It belongs to me

and Christian now.

That's all you need

to worry about.

- Nobody else knows

about this, huh?

- Just three people

in this room.

- You know, a fence,

if you're lucky,

will only give you 10%

on this stone.

- We're good with that,

right, Christian?

-Yeah, I'm good with that.

- I want my fee up front

on this deal,

considering I don't know

where the stone is coming from.

Don't give me that dirty look.

50 grand up front,

you've got a deal.

- Oh, my god, Sandra.

Come in, mommy, come in.

-Hey, ma, hey.

- Oh, it's cold.

What are you doing here?

It's got to be two years

since I've seen you.

-Y-yeah, yeah.

- Look at you,

you're beautiful, god bless.

Let me take your coat.

What are you doing here, mommy?

- So good to see you.

- You to, ma.

-It's a mess, I'm sorry.

- Yeah, some things

never change.

- Yeah, well, at least I know

where he is at night.

Can I get you some tea

or something, sweetie?

-Uh... Coffee is fine.

- Okay.

You okay?

-Yeah.

-My baby.

Do you still like cream?

-Uh, yeah, yeah I do.

-Good.

My baby, my little mommy.

You look beautiful.

- Thanks, mom.

Stop it.

- I can't help it,

you're my baby.

What brings you, baby?

- I've got great news, mom.

- You do?

I could use some great news.

What?

- Me and Eddie are going

to have a baby.

-What?

Oh, my god.

-Can you believe it?

-I'm so happy for youse.

-Thanks, ma, thanks.

-Oh.

My baby is having a baby.

- Mm-hmm.

- My god.

That's wonderful.

- Mm. Yeah.

But...

-Sand.

- I don't know what to do.

- About what, mommy?

-I, uh...

-Sandy, what?

- I can't get him

to stop drinking...

And gambling.

You still love him, right?

-Yeah, I do.

- And he loves you?

- Yeah.

-Okay, so...

You love each other...

- Mm-hmm.

- you're both young

and beautiful.

Men have a tendency to change

when a baby

comes along, sweetheart.

-Not in this family.

Hi, honey.

-How you doing?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Come here.

-What?

- That was kind of nice,

I want another.

- Yeah?

- Come on.

You look good.

That's better.

- Mm, mm-hmm.

- You do something different?

-What?

- I don't know.

Yeah. It's a new conditioner.

-Looks nice.

-Mm-hmm.

You'll never guess

where I went today.

I went to go see my mother.

-What the hell for?

- Because, after two years,

I needed to talk to her.

- What did she have to say?

Wait, wait, wait, let me guess.

Let me guess.

Dump the lousy degenerate.

- No.

- Am I right?

- No, no.

In fact, it's the opposite.

-Surprising.

-Yeah, surprised me.

-And?

- I wanted to tell her

the good news.

-Which is what?

What's behind door

number two, hmm?

-You're going to be a father.

Aren't you going

to say anything?

Eddie, you always said

you wanted a family.

Eddie.

You're going to be a father.

Aren't you going

to say anything?

You always said

you wanted a family.

- You already gave us

his name, Christian Flynn.

Where does he live?

- I don't know man,

he's a lowlife.

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

-Where'd you meet him, Bobby?

- Right down the sands once

or twice, man.

Barely know him. He's just

some lowlife hood, man.

F***ing barely know him.

He's a nobody!

-He's somebody to us.

Come on, Bobby,

you're a smart guy.

You're going to tell me you get

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