The Bribe Page #7

Pablo.

Senor Rigby.

Pablo.

But I am stuck here

with you, ain't I?

I am taking all

the risks you take.

Yeah, you've stuck,

Because you haven't

got your money yet.

You'd have walked out

if you could.

But nobody's going to

walk anyplace, Bealer,

Not until somebody pays a

little visit to Mrs. Hintten.

Yeah.

You've got the location

then, huh, Rodriquez?

O.K. Get going.

No. No, there's

no time to pick me up.

O.K.

Pablo.

Si, senor?

I got a little

something to do now...

si, senor.

For a kid

named Emilio.

I do have that to do.

I'm sorry, Pablo.

Your job's to stay here.

Wait for

Rodriquez's call.

I'll be

in touch with you.

What you say,

I will do.

I know.

but whooo?

Rigby.

Oh, Rigby.

Expecting

someone else?

Your pal Bealer

or even Carwood?

I'm looking for either

one or both of them.

There was nobody

in Carwood's room,

Nobody at

Bealer's hotel.

That leaves you.

Where are they?

I don't know.

You've got to-

I ought to...

but that wouldn't

be practical, would it?

Well...how was

the take tonight?

Good old legal tender.

Remarkable what people

will do for it.

Which reminds me,

how is your husband?

He's dead.

Died

this morning.

I'm sorry,

Or maybe Im not.

Something people say-

I'm sorry.

I should be, though,

shouldn't I?

He wasn't such a bad guy.

You don't seem

so sorry, though,

Down here tonight

entertaining the customers.

You can believe what

you want about me,

But trust me this

much, you're in danger.

If you know what's

good for you-

I know one thing.

What's good for me isn't you.

Your hand.

Got caught in a broken

promise... my own.

Let me help you.

I need a drink of water.

Let me get it

for you.

No, thank you

very kindly.

I'm not over the last

drink you got for me.

Well, I call

this service.

I ask for Bealer,

I get Bealer.

You've got to

believe me.

I didn't know

he was there.

Sure, I believe you.

Everything you say.

Come on out, buster.

What are you doing

in there?

You didn't need

a bath, now did you?

Been looking

for you, sweetheart.

Pour out

your heart to me.

Where's the guy

behind you, fat boy?

That's who I want.

Somebody's got to

pay for Emilio.

Where is he?

Where's Carwood?

I don't know.

I don't know anything.

You don't want to take the

rap all by yourself, do you?

Come on. If I have to

slap it out of you, I will.

That's just

a sample.

Now-

Keep away from me.

Why, you don't look

natural, fat boy.

You're no gun-Bearing

animal. Hand it over.

Don't you

come no closer.

Don't.

He's dangerous.

Any scared guy with

a gun is dangerous.

That's why I want to

take it away from him.

I'll kill the both of you

if I have to.

That's the point,

Bealer-You don't have to.

I'll make a deal

with you.

Ever hear of

state's evidence?

I don't know anything.

Carwood's got you

figured for a fall guy.

You're a sap.

Pull that trigger,

and he'll be right.

You'll never

be rid of him.

Never be

your own man again.

He'll have it

on you.

Think it over,

Bealer.

You're scared silly.

Hear your heart

pounding?

You've got no

talent for murder.

Thanks.

What do you know,

my own gun.

I didn't want

to come here.

Why did you?

He made me come here.

He held out my dough.

If it wasn't for him

always pushing me around,

Making me

do his dirty work-

How dirty?

He wanted me to find out

what she knows.

That should be

plenty.

She wasn't in it,

not until the last.

He wanted to find out

what she knows about Hintten,

About how Hintten died.

He did it.

He killed him.

Hintten, too, huh?

I don't know why,

but he did.

He wouldn't care

what she knows if he didn't.

Where is he?

He's down at the pier,

waiting for walker.

I'm a goner.

I'm finished.

Not quite, Bealer.

You've got

work to do,

Something on the right

side of the fence.

Hide that boat.

Yes, sir,

and me, too.

Well?

Mr. Carwood, uh, she

wouldn't listen to me,

But I got a hunch she

knows how Hintten died.

I waited outside

her place,

Her apartment.

Ah, she tried to get in

touch with the cops at Mateo.

She couldn't

get them.

Do you know why?

They were busy.

The island's

just been raided.

Well, wasn't

that walker?

Yeah, he got away,

he thinks,

But he won't get far.

So now nobody gets anything.

Not you, not me.

Then there's

nothing holding me.

You leaving?

Without me?

I wouldn't go anywhere

without you, Bealer.

Not anywhere.

Come on.

Fine.

All right, Pablo.

Thanks very much.

Rodriquez made the raid.

We'll wait for Carwood.

Any sign of him?

Not yet.

Are you sure you

can trust Bealer?

I can trust his pattern.

But suppose Carwood

doesn't come?

Guys like Carwood

have a pattern, too.

If he comes here,

he'll come for one thing,

To kill you.

Can you force him

to confess

Like Bealer?

I'll give him his chance,

but he won't take it.

He's no Bealer.

He won't break.

I'm afraid, but Im glad

we're waiting for him.

If this Carwood

killed Tug-

He killed him, all right.

I'll stake my life on it.

More,

Im even staking yours.

I want to

stake my life.

It's all right.

All right.

Yeah, funny,

it is all right,

As of here and now,

With me,

Where you're concerned.

It's not all right

with us.

I sold you out,

And I can't even ask

you to forgive me.

I'm not ashamed

or sorry, not even now.

It would be a lie if I

asked you to forgive me.

Forgive...

what's forgive,

an old beat-Up word?

Who's got a right

to use it? Not me.

Look.

They're coming.

We've only got a minute.

Listen to me.

You did

what you had to do.

Everybody's got a place

he really lives,

Where they can get to him.

I ought to know.

Who is it?

Me, Bealer.

Just a minute.

Come in, Carwood.

Take your hand

out of your pocket.

Well...

looks like everybody is

wearing somebody else's voice.

That's right.

Thanks,

Bealer.

Yeah. I'll thank you

later, Bealer.

You got plans

for that?

I wish I could have.

I'd like to shoot you

as you stand there.

I don't know

what you're talking about.

I doubt Ill like it.

We'll take it

in easy stages.

First,

government fraud.

There's enough against you to get you

Two to five years.

You arresting me?

Ha ha. I don't think so.

Law enforcement agencies

of the united states

Have no authority

on foreign soil.

You read

the book right.

I can't arrest you,

But Rodriquez can,

And he'll be here

before morning.

Sorry. I can't wait.

I'm boarding a plane

at midnight.

I don't think

Ill be seeing you, Rigby.

Carwood.

I'm taking that plane.

I'm walking

out of this room.

You won't shoot.

You don't operate that way.

You can't.

Sorry.

I knew it was loaded.

Get your hands up.

You can do better

than that, Rigby.

Not as a cop,

But that's the last shot

Ill fire as a cop. I resign.

I was going to anyway.

This just hurries it.

That's funny.

You don't look any

different to me, Rigby.

Wait till I get rolling.

As one private citizen

to another,

I'd like that gun

you have in your pocket.

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