The Dogs of War Page #3

well-equipped

mercenary force succeed?

- Succeed? At what?

- Replacing Kimba.

What'd you find over there?

Oil? Diamonds?

Could it succeed?

Sure. Why not?

How long would it take you...

to get an operation

like that off the ground?

Not me. You bought a recon.

You got it. I'm paid.

I'm done. Let's go!

You're paid, Shannon,

but you're not finished.

What would you want to get back

what they took from you?

Would $100,000 cure cold feet?

You got me mixed up

with somebody else.

Hello. Operator.

I'd like to make

a person-to-person.

Name, please.

Jessie Shannon.

Jessie Shannon.

Area code, please.

Area code 3-0-1.

4-4-6-1-8-0-8.

Who shall I say is calling?

Just say Jessie.

Will you hold on, please?

Wait a minute.

Don't tell me to hold on.

You hold on.

Hello?

Hello?

Your move.

God damn it!

I'll get it, Dad. Sit down.

Hard to keep

my bluffer's composure...

with the damn phone ringing.

Saved by the bell?

It's up to you.

Jessie, it's me.

Jamie?

Where are you?

The Bayview Motel... Hotel.

It's a couple of blocks

from where the Starlight was.

The Starlight burned down.

Yeah, I know.

That was two years ago.

Jamie? You OK?

Sure.

What are you doing here?

I want to see you...

but...

could you come down here?

I don't want

to run into your father.

Give me half an hour.

Pair of jacks.

Three jacks, pair of 9s.

Jessie? Everything OK?

Yeah, sure.

Daddy,

I'm going out for a while.

Could you get us

some more ice first?

Yeah, sure.

I'm out.

I'll stop playing poker

when Carlos is off.

You shouldn't be doing this.

Don't be silly.

Go on and play your hand.

Who called?

Jamie.

What did he want?

- He wants to see me.

- You think that's wise?

We were married,

for Christ's sake.

If he wants to see me,

I want to see him.

He's the same, Jessie.

I know it. He hasn't changed.

He's the same irresponsible

bastard you divorced!

I didn't divorce him.

You did!

- Did I scare you?

- Yes.

It's cold.

- Is that you?

- Yeah.

You got skinny.

You got on dark glasses.

How come?

I didn't want you

to see that...

You were crying?

Yeah.

They do a great job.

What do you want to do?

You got time?

Yeah. Some.

- Let's eat.

- OK.

I love you, Jessie.

That's what I'm here about.

I want to move. West.

Colorado, maybe Montana.

I never been there,

but it's clean, it's open.

I want to get a regular job.

Buy a house.

What do you say?

It's all the stuff

we used to talk about.

I got the money

to get us started.

When were you

thinking about going?

Soon.

I want to go right now.

I want to go yesterday.

- You haven't changed.

- No.

Still the considerate planner.

What do you say?

Why don't we keep it

simple tonight?

The way the tax situation

is out there...

the land costs you

practically nothing.

You put a house on it

and stay there.

This guy tells me you can put

a trailer on the land.

The government

doesn't know the difference.

They don't care.

You mad or what?

You haven't

asked about my father.

Yes, I did.

I asked you to go away with me.

If you'd said yes,

I'd know he was dead.

It wasn't his fault.

- Was it mine?

- As much as anybody's.

Oh, please.

I didn't move out.

You didn't try very hard

to stop me.

Don't tell me that.

I didn't move out! You did.

It's what you do, Jamie.

You fight wars.

Not your wars, not our wars.

Anybody's wars.

You get paid to kill people,

get your ass blown off.

You would be great

in Colorado, out west.

You could be a hired gun,

play cowboy.

We're talking about your father.

He didn't want you

married to anybody, did he?

He needs somebody

he can depend on.

Most drunks do.

It's so easy for you.

You come back

after two and a half years.

You don't know

what's going on in my life.

You just expect me to drop

everything and follow you!

Wait a minute.

Come with me, Jessie.

By the time

he gets around to dying...

there won't be

a dance left in you.

Good-bye, Jamie.

Endean.

It's a bad time for me, Jamie.

My sister's marriage

busted up...

so she and the kids

move in with me.

You know she don't work.

Leave her some money.

It's not the point.

She don't do well on her own.

This is getting nowhere.

No?

No.

I'll miss you.

You'll make the next one.

You bet your ass.

I just gotta get

her and the kids off my back.

Sturgis wants to know if

his car will be ready by 5:00.

No.

Forget it. Get Derek.

Where is he?

I got his number.

And Michel. Call Paris.

Tell them to meet us...

at the Great Eastern Hotel,

Tuesday.

You believe that sh*t

Terry gave you?

What do you care?

It's his story.

That candy ass is scared

of getting greased.

I got a better story

with Miranda being pregnant.

You want to stay home, too?

No.

Watching her get fat

is gonna be nauseating.

I wouldn't waste any time

getting our money in the bank.

Putting it all together

in 40 days...

will be tough enough.

Right.

Don't forget the insurance.

It's 100,000.

Each of us, yes.

Over here, it's Mrs...

You got a pencil?

Drew Blakeley. L-e-y.

5-5-2 East 7-4...

I'll give you the name...

of the European

beneficiaries later.

For me?

Hey, you, what's your name?

Express leaving Platform 13...

will stop at Rugby,

Leicester, Loughborough...

Nottingham, and Sheffield.

Jamie, Michel's here.

Don't go by this.

Takes longer to go from here.

That'll give you a better idea

of what I'm talking about.

These are good.

You didn't take them.

No. They were a gift.

Michel, you want a beer?

Derek?

What is this, coffee or tea?

It's terrible.

He al ways home?

He will be. Zangaro has

an independence day coming up.

How long do we hold it?

As long as it takes to fly...

the new president

in from the border.

Who is it going to be?

- Nixon.

- That's not funny, Drew.

Come on, Jamie.

Punch up your brief

and try a few jokes.

I spoke to Jinja.

He'll train as many

Zangaran exiles as he can.

They won't be worth a sh*t.

Jinja's OK. They'll be ready.

They'll fight.

What do we do with Kimba?

Just give him over

to the new government.

He gets loose, forget it.

I'm hungry.

Anybody want a pizza?

I'll have a cheese roll.

I'd like a treacle pudding.

A what?

With a lot of sour sauce...

Split a pepperoni with me.

Anybody want to know

how we're doing this?

There's no way we'll do it

without him sticking us up.

That's the way it's gotta be.

He's the best.

There's no delis in London.

I walked 15 blocks.

What do you want, room service?

- Who's got the bullets?

- Hackett, in London.

- He's still in business?

- Far as I know.

Tough part's

gonna be the freighter.

It's gotta be clean, registered.

It won't be a bargain basement.

- We've only got 40 days.

- Thirty-eight.

Three-five launchers,

detonators, grenades.

- Baker still in Paris?

- He was in Malaga.

He sold some shitty rifles

to a bunch of Croatians.

They cut a piece

of his stomach out.

Ought to be

real honest these days.

Nine-millimeter quad.

Baker as well.

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