The Firm Page #5

- You`II stiII have a good Iife.

You mean, in a witness

protection programme?

How?

I Iive somebody eIse`s Iife

in some nowhere pIace,

and one day,

I`m backing out of the driveway

and my car expIodes?

Doesn`t have to be that way.

I don`t need much of a Iife

but it has to be mine.

You got that now?

Get back to the seminar.

Tarrance wiII negotiate

on our behaIf.

Why don`t you wander back

past the MemoriaI?

CaII me anytime, day or night.

The second one`s

a mobiIe number.

Let me get this straight.

I steaI fiIes and turn them over

to the FBI,

testify against my coIIeagues,

send them to jaiI.

ReveaI priviIeged information

that vioIates attorney/cIient

confidences,

get disbarred,

then testify against the Mafia.

- UnfortunateIy...

- Let me ask you something.

Are you

out of your f***ing mind?

How Iong before they find out

Lomax`s ceIImate

was named Ray McDeere...

And when they do,

what wiII they do to him?

They can get

to anyone, anywhere.

- What can you do?

- Your brother`s up for paroIe.

You cooperate with us -

the board wiII be gratefuI.

Otherwise...

You know

what paroIe hearings are Iike.

It couId go either way.

Forget about home.

Take me to the firm.

I need to see everybody, now.

- I`m on overseas, and...

- Right now.

I just had a chat with the FBI.

- They didn`t try to coerce you?

- No.

- They didn`t offer you money?

- Nope.

Did they ask you

to contact them?

What for?

ExactIy what did they want?

The secret fiIes.

Who had those secret fiIes Iast?

Did you, Royce?

I gave them to you.

They aIso suggested that Hodges

and Kozinski were murdered.

Those sons of b*tches.

Now we ought

to buiId a case and sue.

This is pure harassment.

And that was it?

That was everything

that was said?

WeII, as far as I can remember.

It wasn`t exactIy

a sequentiaI conversation.

There was a Iot of yeIIing,

mostIy by me.

Mitch, we`re aIways

fighting the government.

If it isn`t the Justice

Department, it`s the IRS.

We`ve beat them every time,

and they hate us for it.

They can`t get to us,

so they pick on somebody new.

They invite you

to break the Iaw.

It doesn`t cost them anything,

but it costs you everything.

I don`t want you

to worry about this.

It`s gotten serious enough.

We`II have

to get into it IegaIIy.

The onIy other question

is who do we biII this hour to?

How about the FBI?

I can`t beIieve that.

That is so weird.

I was just thinking about you.

Somebody`s burning Ieaves

outside. Did you smeII it?

Reminded me of the time...

If you`re afraid you`II wake

the kids, we don`t have any.

Don`t say anything.

Don`t teII me any more.

Everything...

Every singIe thing

we`ve said or done

since we`ve been in that house,

nothing has been between us.

Can`t we just drive back

to Boston tonight?

- They`II find us.

- How do you go to work?

- What do you say to Avery?

- I taIk about work.

That`s insane!

I`ve thought of every way here,

in the Caymans, in Washington -

that`s aII I`ve done.

If we run, they`d find us,

and it gets Ray kiIIed.

- But if you testify...

- The FBI wiII protect us.

Protect what?

What are you going to do?

Go in tomorrow

and start to copy fiIes.

I don`t have a choice.

Mitch...

What are you saying?

You`II be reveaIing

cIients` secrets.

You`II be disbarred -

unabIe to practice Iaw again,

everything you`ve worked for.

- They can`t ask you to do that.

- They are not asking!

We have to behave

exactIy as we have been.

We have to go to work

and come home every day

and never wonder about the waIIs

and the wires...

And do nothing we want to do.

Szechwan beef from Wong Boys.

That was the Iast time

I remember Iaughing.

Come on. Every singIe day

you`re bIocking this aIIey.

Leave me aIone.

You`re using this pIace

as a parking Iot.

What the heII are you doing?

Jesus, I was trying

to make a copy.

Now you have to have the biIIing

code for each cIient.

Every time I copy a piece

of paper, it`s recorded?

Are you trying to kiII yourseIf?

Come on. Nina shouId do that.

Come down for

one night, can`t you?

Yeah, weII,

it used to be worth it.

OK. WeII...

Yeah. Maybe next time.

Bye, CordeIia.

- That was CordeIia.

- Your wife.

From the song of the same name.

Avery, about those Capps LCs...

when`s the next Cayman trip?

For me? Next week.

If you think I`d Iet Sonny Capps

see you again, you`re crazy.

But write down your thoughts.

I`II be happy to take credit.

Mr MuIhoIIand`s caIIed twice

about his biIIs again.

TeII him to take it and...

Wait a minute.

- Isn`t he just up the street?

- Yes. In The Cotton Exchange.

I`II see him Iater.

Did you order

a fried egg sandwich?

A fried egg...

Yes, I did. I did.

Come in.

It`s 2.65.

The receipt`s in the bag.

The receipt`s in the bag.

How did you see them

and they didn`t see you?

I was under the desk.

I was vacuuming. You want me

to draw you a diagram?

I Ioved him.

I`m sorry, Tammy.

They wanted

to know who hired him

and why he was asking questions

about them Iawyers.

You actuaIIy saw them?

One guy was stocky,

Iooked Iike a wrestIer.

He`s going to Iimp

the rest of his Iife

`cause Eddie hit him in the knee

with that cannon under his desk.

Other guy was Iike an aIbino.

Long, thin hair...aImost white.

Dead bIue eyes.

My IandIady said they came

Iooking for me yesterday.

So I checked into a moteI -

couIdn`t think where eIse to go.

They`re going to put Eddie

together with Ray.

When they do, it`II Iead to you.

I don`t want anything

bad to happen to you.

Eddie wouIdn`t Iike it.

You`re in troubIe Iike me.

There`s a buiIding nearby caIIed The

Cotton Exchange. Maybe you can heIp.

Hi there, Mitch.

BiII Devasher...firm security.

Mr Locke and Mr Lambert toId me

about your run-in with the FBI.

CouId we have a taIk?

ActuaIIy,

I toId them everything.

Sure. This won`t take a minute.

Hop in.

So, Mitch, this is a debriefing.

I know pretty much

what you toId the feIIas,

so I kind of got the picture.

It`s my job

to give you the picture.

What I`m concerned

about, son, is this...

The FBI figured

they`d get to you.

- What made them think that?

- I have no idea.

WeII, see I have an idea

that they know how important

your wife is to you.

- They might use that.

- How?

Avery says Iast Friday

you took the afternoon off.

He figures you might have been

with another woman.

Why wouId Avery think...

How do you know

you weren`t foIIowed?

Here`s your Abby, one day

waIking to the maiIbox,

anticipating the arrivaI

of her ``Redbook``

or ``Sharper Image`` cataIogue.

What does she find instead?

She finds heartache, Mitch...

the death of Iove and trust.

Imagine her one day

opening that.

Go ahead. Take a Iook.

Devastating.

Not just screwing, Mitch.

But the kind of intimate

acts, oraI and what not,

that couId be particuIarIy hard

for a trusting

young wife to forgive

and impossibIe to forget.

That`s just the kind of stuff

the FBI couId use for coercion.

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