The Corruptor Page #17

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Wallace turns away. Watches some cops heading off

duty.

CHEN:

I'm not saying it's fatal. Point now is to cover

tracks and keep everything clean on the

surface. And when they call you in, keep your

mouth shut.

WALLACE:

I wish I never got into this.

Chen can't help feeling sorry for him.

CHEN:

You and me both.

Chen reaches into his pocket and takes out the money

he got from Lee, careful that no one sees him. He

peels off several bills.

CHEN:

This is your cut from Lee.

Three grand.

Wallace looks at Chen. He doesn't want to touch the

money...but he needs it. So he slips it into his jacket.

WALLACE:

I gotta get to the hospital.

CHEN:

Where're you gonna move him?

WALLACE:

I don't know.

Chen looks at him, then holds out the rest of the

money.

CHEN:

This'll cover your old man.

WALLACE:

I can't.

CHEN:

Just take it.

Wallace hesitates, but takes the money.

WALLACE:

Thanks.

CHEN:

Remember. Don't say anything. Let me deal with

the Feds. Alright?

Wallace nods and heads for his car.

INT:
AMY SAN'S BEDROOM, BROOKLYN-DAY

Jack and Amy watch TV when Chen breaks in the

window beside them. Jack grabs for his gun but Chen

pins his arm to the wall.

CHEN:

Hard to find, Jack.

Chen grabs Jack's gun and slides it into his own belt.

CHEN:

Tell her to take in a movie.

Jack utters a few words in Fukienese and the young

girl grabs her clothes and hurries out of the room.

JACK:

I wanted to call. I couldn't.

CHEN:

Now I'm here. So what did you want to tell me about

Benny Wong?

EXT:
JACOBI HOSPITAL, BRONX-LATER (DAY)

Wallace stops in the no parking section in front of the

clinic. He pops the "police tag" on the dash, gets out

and heads inside.

EXT:
JACOBI HOSPITAL STREET - DAY

Across the street, two FEDS snap photos of Wallace

from a van.

INT:
JACOBI HOSPITAL, BRONX- DAY

Wallace approaches the front desk when someone

calls his name.

VOICE (O.S.)

Daniel Wallace.

Wallace turns and sees the two Feds moving toward

him. He quickly hands the envelope to the RECEPTIONIST.

WALLACE:

Would you pass this letter to my father in room 409?

Sean Wallace.

Before she can answer, the Feds are on him flashing

badges as the larger Agent reaches for Wallace's gun.

WALLACE (cont'd)

Back off.

LARGE AGENT:

Don't be an a**hole.

He again reaches for Wallace's gun but Wallace

pushes him off.

WALLACE:

You don't touch my gun or my badge dipshit. I work

in the Fifteenth.

Wallace stares at the two agents.

SMALLER AGENT:

Fine. Let's just get out of here quietly. There's a

couple questions we'd like to ask you.

Wallace continues to stare, then...

WALLACE:

My father.

AGENT:

We'll have someone on his door.

After a moment, Wallace turns to the flustered

Receptionist holding the envelope.

WALLACE:

Thank you.

He then walks toward the door with the two Feds

behind him.

INT:
AMY SAN'S BEDROOM, BROOKLYN-SAME (DAY)

Chen leans against the wall as Jack puts on his

clothes.

CHEN:

Then everybody split up?

JACK:

Yeah.

CHEN:

Good. You're under arrest.

JACK:

What?!

Chen slaps on the cuffs and turns the kid around.

CHEN:

You're gonna tell the Feds you've been working with

Wallace and me. That the hit on Benny Wong was

Fukienese and you're eager to testify against

Bobby Vu. Do it right and I'll back you on trying to

tip me before the hit. Do it wrong, I'll go out of my

way to bury you.

Chen hustles the kid out the door.

18. WALLACE'S SECRET

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INT:
SCHABACKER'S OFFICE, FEDERAL BUILDING-DAY

Wallace sits alone in the office looking at the stack of

photos depicting his actions over the past few days.

He also sees photos of Chen with May. He looks at the

young girl and recognizes her from the raid on the

Ginza Massage.

He looks up as a pissed off Schabacker and NYPD

Internal Affairs Inspector Vince Kirpatrick enter the

tiny room.

SCHABACKER:

Why the f*** didn't you tell me you were Internal

Affairs?

WALLACE:

Confidential undercover assignment. The key word

being confidential. Which nothing in the Bureau is.

SCHABACKER:

F*** you.

KIRPATRICK:

Nobody knows except a few of us in IA. Not even

the commanding officer in the Fifteenth knows.

SCHABACKER:

Well now I know.

Schabacker looks at Wallace.

SCHABACKER:

A bagman's kid, Internal Affairs. You're old man

must think you're a real scumbag.

WALLACE:

I know what he thinks of Feds.

SCHABACKER:

Yeah, yeah. So what have you got on Chen?

WALLACE:

This isn't a federal case. So there's no reason to

tell you anything.

SCHABACKER:

Yes, there is. Cause from where I'm sitting it looks

to me like a young, I.A. rat went under to build a case

against Nick Chen and ended up working for him.

KIRPATRICK:

You're reaching.

SCHABACKER:

Enjoying for himself the Chinatown whores and a

little financial assistance to help with a family

gambling problem.

KIRPATRICK:

Don't even start with that.

One of the arresting Agents enters the room.

SCHABACKER:

I'll start and finish with it unless somebody hands

me Chen.

AGENT:

He's here.

SCHABACKER:

Who's here?

AGENT:

Chen.

INT:
CONFERENCE ROOM, FEDERAL BUILDING-CONTINUOUS (DAY)

Chen and Jack sit as Schabacker enters the room.

CHEN:

Hello, Pete.

SCHABACKER:

Hello, Nick...Who's your friend?

CHEN:

A snitch of Wallace's and mine. He's an eye witness

to the Benny Wong murder.

Schabacker sits back into his chair and offers Chen

some nuts.

SCHABACKER:

Cashews?

They both sit, munching their nuts.

SCHABACKER:

Eye witness...And you brought him here to me?

Why?

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