The Hessen Conspiracy Page #5

And how do I know

you won't sell me down

the river the same way

you're selling out poor old Jack, huh?

I'm an old fashioned girl, Mr. Cassidy.

As long as you got the dough,

you won't have to watch your back with me.

Shall we dance?

Look, truth to tell, Mike, I don't know.

She played me like a violin.

Come on.

No, she took off. Ran out on me.

Mike you're looking at

the biggest jerk in the world.

And the jewels?

Tarlton's supposed to have them.

For all I know she's got them.

I don't know,

maybe the two of them together.

Don't ask me. I'm too dumb to know.

She set me up, Sheriff.

Sounds like she did one hell of a job.

I hate to be the one who says this,

but it looks like you got taken for one...

I know, but Mike,

suppose, right just suppose

I get you the jewels and the dame.

I gotta be sure I end up with the jewels

and someone to nail for 'em.

Tarlton would be alright.

Nash...

Nash'd be better.

Don't you worry, you'll nail Nash.

I'll see to that.

You didn't answer my question.

What question?

What are you gonna do with the stones?

I'll keep 'em.

In five years they'll double in value.

Keep 'em someplace safe...

They're safe alright.

Don't kid yourself, lover;

an yone can break into a vault.

Not this one.

Now you see it, now you don't...

How?

No more talking.

Hey, Tommy?

Boss?

Do me a favour

and pick up her things, will you?

She's at the Amsterdam Park.

Morning, Mr. Maloney.

You know there's plenty of things right here...

I prefer my own lipstick and underwear,

thank you very much.

Get going, Tommy.

Thank you, buddy.

Coffee?

After that night? You bet lover.

So, what's the plan?

The plan is let's get down to business.

Where's the rest of the stuff?

With my sister, in Albany.

She'll bring it down when I tell her.

There's a phone.

You want me to call her now?

No time like the present, sugar.

Hello, operator?

I'd like to place a call to Albany.

Klamath 5, 0122.

That's right.

Hey. My name is Roy Tarlton.

I'm here to see Tommy Maloney.

Mr. Tarlton.

Sergeant, what the hell are you doing here?

I'm here to see Tommy Maloney,

and don't call me Sergeant.

I ain't wearing a uniform, am I?

Ben Cassidy.

I seen your picture in the papers.

I understood your business

with Mr. Maloney was concluded.

I'm a busy man, Mr. Tarlton.

Yeah. Too f***ing busy to

buy another case of diamonds

big as your mama's titties?

What I hear, you're sitting on a pile of cash

that you don't know what to do with.

Another case?

Here's a little preview of coming attractions.

So?

Are you interested?

Why didn't you sell this case

to Mr. Maloney at the same time

as you sold him the first one?

'Cause I ain't dumb.

I wanted to see if I lived

through the first deal.

I ain't putting all my eggs in one basket.

See my mama, she didn't raise no fool.

How much?

Two mil.

Jesus Christ. I just paid you two yesterday.

I only paid 2.8 for half of Vegas.

Yeah, well maybe

I wanna buy the other half.

You ever think of that?

If you want to stones,

you get the cash, pal.

And if you can get it, make it snappy.

What's your hurry?

I've got a flight to Rio

leaves Idlewild at midnight.

That gives you till 8 pm to make the payoff

otherwise the stones leave with me.

And make it someplace public.

I don't want nothing happening

to my life expectancy.

How do I reach you, Mr. Tarlton?

Reach me! Now that's rich.

What's the number here?

Klondike 50180.

Okay, 50180.

I will call you at five pm.

That oughta give you enough time

to raise the scratch.

Just a sec, Roy.

Mind if I call you Roy?

You wouldn't be a friend of Kathy Nash's,

would you?

That lying skirt come to see you?

What's she peddling, Niagara Falls?

Listen up. 8pm.

Two mil.

That was your friend, Sergeant Tarlton.

I'm gonna kill that son of a b*tch.

Take it easy. He's gone.

That bastard stole half of my stash.

Well, now he's claiming

he's got the other half.

What?

Yeah, he wants to sell me a lot more.

And he showed me a pretty fair sample.

You just wait until my sister gets here

and then make up your mind Ben.

Tarlton.

He's a complete lunatic.

Take my word for it.

I was with him at the castle.

Everything he says is a lie.

Well...

It's for sure one of you is lying.

Honey I sure hope it isn't you.

I hate being made a fool of.

I hate it like hell.

Here's the stuff.

That redneck stopped by,

Asking for you.

He says he's got more stones to sell.

That's interesting.

It's very interesting.

The dame was telling me the same thing.

Hey, honey.

Here's your things.

Thanks.

I'll just be a minute.

Take your time,

you're not going an ywhere.

I'm inviting you to stay.

Mr. Maloney here will keep you company.

I'm off to collect a great deal of cash.

'Cause one way or the other,

I get the feeling I'm going to need it.

Now, if Tarlton calls before I get back,

you tell him I said

the Vanderbilt Foundation at 8pm,

in the cellar.

8 pm, in the cellar.

What the hell's the Vanderbilt?

Honey, you're gonna love the Vanderbilt.

It's the kind of place

where you do your best work.

There's more rich men assembled there

than an ywhere you've ever been.

Tommy, give the lady some privacy, huh?

Tommy.

Don't let her leave.

...the Rams are moving to LA, huh?

It's terrible.

'Now you see it, now you don't'.

I've got the bag, but I can't find his stuff

and they won't let me leave.

Listen, everything is set for tonight,

eight o'clock.

Some place called The Vanderbilt.

I got it.

Okay, just look for the men's room and...

Now you see it.

Everything okay?

I had to deck her.

You had to deck her?

What are you...

Tommy, what are you nuts?

She was trying to use the phone.

Where is she? Is she in there?

Put that in the closet.

She is a piece of work, that dame.

You don't know the half of it.

Hey doll.

You bastard!

Do you see what

that son of a b*tch did to me?

Now, look he shouldn't have.

Hey, I told you she was on the phone.

With my cousin in Queens,

telling her

I was going to some swanky castle.

Pipe down. Jesus!

- Pipe down!

- Yeah.

I went through the whole goddamn war

without a scratch.

If the Nazis couldn't touch me,

I'm sure in hell not going to

let your brass knuckles do the job.

You guys didn't even join.

Hey.

Take it easy. Take it easy.

Tommy, tell her you're sorry.

Hey, no hard feelings.

Go to hell.

I'm gonna meet my sister

and find myself another bu yer.

Jake.

What are you doing?

Calling your bluff.

Honey,

you're not gonna find another bu yer.

Not at these prices.

I'm the only game in town

and we both know it.

- Well...

- Shut up for a second.

Just shut your f***ing mouth.

Now, either you're on the level

and you've got jewels to sell

or you're pulling some kind of con

and you ran out of string

when Tarlton showed up.

You leave now

and I'm gonna know which it was,

and I've already told you

I don't like looking foolish.

And I don't like getting hit.

This face is all I got right now.

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