The Avenue Page #4

-That's a shame.

-Is the deal set for tomorrow?

-Mm-hmm.

-Do you have the money?

-No.

-Why not?

- Put up everything

I could liquid.

It's not enough.

So here's what we do.

We make them think

we can pay them,

we take the rock,

you kill them all,

then we go straight to Europe.

-Two dead bodies in the house.

I don't like it.

-You will do what I ask, hmm?

-I'll take first shift.

- You sure, man?

You look kind of beat.

- Yeah, I need to sit here

a while.

-Eddie?

Look, I'm sorry about Sandy.

I know she was...

Everything.

- She was too good for a loser

like me, that's for sure.

-I told you he was no good.

I told you that a long

goddamn time ago.

Why don't you ever listen

to me, huh?

Now look at you.

- Don't do it, please,

for the baby, please?

Don't do it.

- Yeah. You're right.

No, I shouldn't.

I shouldn't smoke.

Look, I didn't come here

to argue with youse.

- What did you come here for?

- I came here to say good-bye.

- Good-bye?

- No.

- Look...

- Well, good-bye.

- Look, I know that you want

to blame yourself for...

For all of this...

But it's really not your fault.

- I'm pissed at him,

but I love him.

He's the father of the baby.

I love him and I'm going

to go with him.

- You're not going

anywhere, little girl.

- Oh, you're n...

- You're not going anywhere

unless it's over my dead body.

- You're not gonna tell me!

-Stop!

-You know what?

I dragged youse both down

into my shitty world

that I live in,

and neither of youse

has any business here.

And now she's out there

somewhere...

Carrying my child

in her stomach.

A fatherless child.

Maybe that's for the best.

I'd only screw it up anyway.

-Christian.

Christian, wake up.

- What?

What's the matter?

- You got to take me down

to Sandy's parents in Wildwood.

-You kidding me?

I mean...

You know Tony definitely has

that entire street staked out.

- No, he never knew her

last name or where she was from.

We'll be fine.

Come on, get up.

I can't live without her.

You got to take me.

- Why do I always

let you do this?

-Ma?

-Hey.

How are you doing?

-How am I doing?

- House looks good,

place looks good.

- All right.

- Where's she at, Dean?

-My wife is out shopping.

Went shop...

It ain't none

of your business anyway.

-Sandy, where's Sandy?

- Sandy?

- Yeah.

- Haven't seen her

in a couple years.

Two years, three years.

- I know she just

came down here.

Come on, where's she at?

-You want a little?

-Nah, I'm good.

You want to tell me

about this thing?

What about this?

- They belong to my wife.

- Yeah? 'Cause they look

a lot like Sandy's.

- I told you before, we haven't

seen Sandy in a long time.

Worse thing ever happened

to me and my family

is when my only daughter got

mixed up with a creep like you.

Why?

I don't know what the hell

she sees in you.

- I'm sure there are worse

things

that happened to your family.

What are you going

to do with that?

- What do you think

I'm going to do?

- Not much when this is

pointed at you.

- That don't mean sh*t to me.

What do you want to do?

- I'll tell you what, you put

that down, I'll put this down.

What do you think?

Go ahead, put it down.

-Yeah. Put it down.

-Shh.

-Ma. Mom!

- Please, please, please,

please, please, please.

Please, let them go.

Let them go.

- He's the baby's father.

I've got to go.

Mom!

- I know he is,

and I respect that,

and you need to be a family.

You just can't go now.

You can't go out there now.

Please, you can't go out there.

Shh, shh, shh.

- Mom. Mom.

- No.

- I can't stand it.

- Shh, shh, shh!

Shh, just... just relax.

Shh, shh, shh.

Just relax.

Shh, shh.

-Eddie!

- Sandy?

- Yeah.

- What the hell

are you doing in there?

- He heard you coming,

and he locked us in.

-Get back away from the door.

-What's the name of the place?

Tell me the name.

-You told me 400 times already.

-The one on Pawleys island.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

This is a burner cell.

The only number in it

is this one.

When you get down there

and you're safe,

all the number

and then ditch the phone.

-All right.

-Here.

- What is that?

- Five grand in 20's.

It should be more than enough

to take care of everything.

Come on, everything

is going to be fine.

Come here. All right?

Go, come on, let's go.

Let's go.

- If something happens to you,

how am I supposed to know?

- I'll be a day or two

behind you, stop.

All right?

Sam, pop the trunk.

Make sure she gets

the next train to DC.

All right, you wait

with her, okay?

Here you go.

Get going.

Start the car.

-Whatever you say.

- You know how to get on black

horse pike towards pine barrens?

-Yeah.

-Do that.

In the woods that way.

So you went out

looking for me last night,

only in a lot

of the wrong places.

Obviously,

you're not very bright.

-Obviously.

-What were you trying to do?

Talk.

- Gordon told me

to get the diamond.

-And then what?

- Well, he told me

to take care of you,

but I wasn't going to do it.

- You want to know

something pal?

I got bodies buried all around

here underneath this snow.

You're getting ready

to join them.

-There you are.

-No, no, no, no, no, wait.

Please, i...

I'll do whatever you want.

Just tell me what you want.

- Tonight, when we make

the exchange,

you're going to kill your boss

and I'm going to whack you off

a couple of hundred grand

out of that money

and I'm keeping the rest of it

and the diamond.

You follow me?

- Hey, whatever you want.

I didn't like the guy

in the first place.

- Anything other than that

happens, youse are both gone.

Now make tracks.

Hopefully you don't get shot in

the back while you're doing it.

-Sh*t!

-You're mine, Eddie.

Run little rabbit, run.

-Oh, sh*t.

Eddie!

Making me chase you

through the f***ing woods,

all that snow.

You ruined my favorite pair

of shoes, you f***.

Where are you, Marturano?!

Where are you?!

Where are you, Marturano?

Where are you, you f***ing rat?

Answer me, motherf***er.

Answer me!

-To Marichel, she's so corrupt

that crooks like us

have a fighting chance.

- We didn't come here

to make conversation.

-Oh, what a shame.

You see, when I was young,

we were taught to be gentlemen.

- My friend didn't mean

any disrespect.

What did you want to talk about?

- Well, for starters,

where that stone came from.

That hack of a salesman, Victor,

was not very forthcoming.

-Interesting take on Victor.

It's a blood diamond

from Africa.

-We know that.

What he wants to know

is where you got it.

-Why do you care?

- Because I don't want to try

and sell it

to whoever you stole it from

or their associates.

That might make my time left

on this planet very short,

and it's short enough already.

- The truth is,

we were doing another job,

and it kind of fell

into our laps.

-Likely story.

- You're getting

the price of a lifetime.

Put the money on the table,

or we're going to walk.

- Tell me this, if I sell this

in Europe,

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