The Drop Page #6

This is not good. This is so not good.

I don't want to be here.

I didn't want to come here.

He was waiting in my house

when I got home.

I'm sorry, Bob.

He has a gun.

I'm going to the ladies'.

What were you talking about?

Football.

Give me another shot, will you?

What was the name of your partner?

Wouldn't be much of a threat

if you knew who he was, would he, Bob?

Yeah, but...

...he helped you kill Richie Whelan, right?

That's the rumor, Bob.

More than a rumor. It's what you said.

Then it's more than a rumor, Bob.

What time is it?

You know, you don't have to

keep calling me Bob all the time.

I'll see what I can do, Bob. What is that?

The 10 grand you wanted.

This is 10 grand?

Yeah.

You know what I think?

I'm going to look in the safe at 2:00.

Time lock goes off at 2:00 a.m.

you got 90 seconds to close it...

...or it triggers two silent alarms.

We should look in the safe at 2:00.

Now you listen.

I'm happy to pay you 10 grand for the dog.

Yeah. Ten grand for the dog.

But that's it.

And how much for her?

How about that?

How much should he pay for you?

Eric, please. Please don't do this.

- Where's Marv?

- Marv?

You need him for something?

I don't want anything.

I just don't want him

creeping up my back all of a sudden.

Yeah, my sweet cousin Marv.

You know he's had some trouble,

Marv. Yeah.

Like, about 10 years ago, man, he had...

...a problem with the cards.

I didn't know that, Bob.

But he was more of a loan shark back then.

And I remember this kid...

...he was into him for a shitload of money.

Hopeless case when it came to

the dogs and b-ball.

Just degenerate, really. Kind of kid who'd

never be able to pay back what he owed.

It's 1:
57, all right?

And then the kid goes to A.C. And he...

...hits up a slot machine for 22 grand.

Bam.

Who'd have thunk it? It was, like,

a fraction more than what he owed Marv.

So he didn't pay up

and you roughed him up.

No, no. That's not what happened.

He paid back Marv, every cent.

He was a good guy.

It's 1:
58, all right?

What he didn't account for

was Marv skimming off his own stash.

Because of his habits

and his gambling debts.

And this kid coming out of the blue

with 22 grand was a...

...what'd he say?

"A viable business opportunity."

That's my cousin Marv.

So long as nobody knew

that he'd paid Marv back off, you know?

You see where this is going?

Yeah, kid had to be ripped off.

No. Kid had to be killed.

So nobody'd know he'd paid Marv back off.

So that's what we did.

So you...

- ...killed him.

- Yeah, I did.

I shot him in the face, twice.

Then I wrapped his head in a towel

and stabbed him in the heart...

...so he would bleed out, put him

in my bathtub and watched him drain.

Then I put him in an oil tank...

...with laundry detergent and lye...

...and sealed it back up.

Want to know what his name was?

It's 2:
00, Bob. It's 2:00.

His name.

- I would not know, Bob.

- Yes, you do. This is something you know.

- I wouldn't know that, Bob.

- Guess.

I know it's 2:
00,

and you got to open the safe!

Listen to me.

His name...

...was Richie Whelan.

Everybody called him glory days?

I killed Richie Whelan, okay?

Sure you did.

F***ing punk.

Go out to dinner dressed like you're still

in your living room. You wear those...

...big hippity-hoppity clown shoes.

You speak to women terribly.

You treat them despicably.

You hurt harmless dogs that can't defend

themselves. I'm tired of you, man.

I'm tired of you. You embarrass me.

You know,

he would have kept coming back.

People like this, you let them

take something from you...

...and they keep coming back.

You still owe them

and they never, never change.

You can never change their mind.

You just...

I mean, you just f***ing shot him.

Yes, I did. Absolutely.

He was going to hurt our dog.

Bob?

Can I... Can I go now?

Yeah, of course. You can.

So you... You'll let me go?

Sure, sure.

Why not?

And, and nobody will ever

hurt you again. Okay?

This is done. Okay?

You got your stuff?

Go on now.

But now... Now you'll think I'll talk.

I won't talk, Bob.

I know you won't.

I promise. I won't.

Nadia, you can't. Not with these people.

They won't...

your people, Bob.

No, they're not my... I'm not them.

And I'm not this.

You've seen better days, huh?

Andre?

He just came in.

Yeah, that's right.

When I opened up the door.

I was just letting Millie out, and...

Put a gun in your face,

but you said, "not tonight," huh?

I didn't say anything.

You ever see him before?

Yeah.

Yeah, he was in here.

Over there, watching the game.

Caught my attention

'cause he was on his own.

Maybe he wasn't.

- No, he was, though.

- Or maybe he wasn't.

I'm sorry, I don't follow you.

Sure you do.

You say he was on his own, alone.

I say he wasn't. What's to follow?

You.

You're alone.

Sometimes it's good to be alone.

Say it.

Say it.

I'm alone.

No way, my man. You have friends.

Speaking of friends, your cousin Marv?

He told me he's retiring.

He want you to be the boss of the bar.

I said, "of course, it's your bar."

"But it's not your money."

"So why you always trying

to take my money?"

So I made him a deal.

"You and your druggy friends

leave my money alone...

...and I'll pay you a ticket

to a nice, quiet place."

So what do you think?

Take down his name, put up yours.

"Bob's bar."

Has a nice ring to it, huh? "Bob's bar."

"Bob's big bad bar."

I'm kidding, my friend. Lighten up.

Sure.

- Did he fit? - Yeah. Had to break

his legs, but he fit fine.

Smile. Don't mind,

everything's gonna be okay.

Get some rest.

Good night.

Good night.

There are some sins you commit

that you can't come back from...

...no matter how hard you try.

You just can't, you know? It's like

the devil is waiting for your body to quit.

Because he knows... He knows that...

...he already owns your soul.

And then I think, maybe,

you know, there is no devil.

You die, and God, he says:

"Nah."

"Nah, you can't come in."

"You have to leave now."

"You have to leave and go away

and you have to be alone."

"You have to be alone forever."

I'm sorry to hear about cousin Marv.

It was a carjacking gone bad

is what they said.

Carjacking? Right.

That was an execution.

A block and a half from this bar.

Anyway, it f***ing sucks

and I'm really sorry.

Thank you.

Are you going to

the church closing tomorrow?

Yeah, of course.

I don't know yet. I got a shift.

They sold it. To Milligan development.

What'd I tell you?

Condos with stained glass windows.

Eric deeds.

I mentioned him to you once.

Yeah, I remember.

- You didn't then.

- I remember you mentioning him.

He was in this bar super bowl Sunday.

You see him?

No. There was a lot of people in here

on super bowl Sunday, so...

Yeah, that's true.

It's just this was the last place

he was ever seen and then...

Just like Richie Whelan.

Ironic, 'cause deeds

supposedly killed Whelan.

Bodies getting clipped or vanishing

all over the place, but...

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