The Nice Guys Page #6

JUDITH:
Okay.

(TALLY LAUGHS)

-Yes, I got it.

-Okay, I gotta get mine now.

-Can I take this?

-Fine.

Does Tally have one of...

Shall we have hers as well?

Just in case you're not...

You know, we need

to get in touch with somebody.

So what's this? World's biggest ashtray?

(SIGHS) F*** it, it's... It's a rental.

We're only here until

we rebuild the old place anyway.

-Rebuild?

-Yeah.

It burned down.

Hey, you know, something's

actually bugging me.

I found this in Shattuck's office.

What is that, a pig? (CHUCKLES)

-No, it's a pink cow.

-Oh, it's a cow.

When Amelia gave me your address,

she gave it to me

on a piece of paper like this,

handwriting like that.

I think you're onto something.

-Mmm-hmm.

-Can we talk about it

tomorrow afternoon?

Yeah, we can do that.

Thanks.

(JACKSON CLEARS THROAT)

Hey, aren't you that diner guy?

Come on, come on, come on,

come on, come on.

I gotta know.

I don't wanna get into it right now.

You gotta get into it.

I gotta know. You're the diner guy.

(SIGHS)

-All right.

-Yes.

-All right, about a year ago...

-Yes.

...I was at a diner in Hollywood

and this a**hole with a shotgun

started threatening people.

HOLLAND:
I love it.

It's the best story I've ever heard.

JACKSON:
So I did something about it.

I acted.

I didn't plan to, I didn't,

you know.

I just did it.

I took that guy out.

I didn't even get paid for it.

So I ended up

with a bullet in the bicep

and 500 bucks of hospital bills.

It was stupid, really.

When I think about it,

it was the best day of my life.

(SNORING)

Just for a moment, I felt useful.

All right.

"Had Mademoiselle Blanche

been in England before?

"What part of France did she come from?

"Mademoiselle Blanche

"replied politely but with reserve."

Hey.

Hey.

You've got your foot in the toilet.

I have?

(SIGHS)

Now you're getting the carpet all wet.

-Was this your room?

-No, it was Mom and Dad's.

Your dad tells me you're rebuilding.

Does it look rebuilt to you?

Not especially.

Dad barely ever comes here.

He feels guilty, I guess.

Because?

Hmm?

Oh, the fire.

Mom kept on complaining

about a leak in the furnace,

but Dad, you know,

he's got his nose thing,

so he couldn't smell the gas.

Anyways, I should probably

get back to my book.

All right.

Mr Healy?

Are you a bad person?

What did you do to that man tonight?

Did you kill him?

Of course not.

That's good.

I knew you couldn't do something like that.

Don't stay up too late, all right?

-(RADIO PLAYING)

-(VOCALISING)

(RADIO CONTINUES PLAYING)

Sh*t.

I didn't know what time you'd get here.

You said afternoon.

Well, uh, we were at the bank

getting your money.

There it is, half,

minus a few hundred, you know,

for, uh, that car that we crashed.

I thought you'd wanna chip in for that.

Sure.

What do you think?

-It's purple.

-It's maroon.

(SIGHS)

We stopped at a bar.

That's why we're late.

JACKSON:
So, Amelia's note.

Burbank Airport. Western flight D.

I figure she's trying to skip town.

How do you wanna do this?

(EXHALES)

I don't know. I say we wait

a couple of days, call Kuttner

and see if we can squeeze

a second instalment out of her.

A second instalment?

HOLLY:
You don't wanna call too soon.

Gotta act like you're onto something,

like you've been working hard.

Then, day three, ask for more money.

Well, she's putting a negative spin on it,

but, yeah, that's the idea.

Kuttner paid us. Me.

She paid me to do a job, right?

-I'm not gonna lie to her.

-And I respect that.

That's why I'll lie to her.

Hey, I shelled out 400 bucks

for a detective.

Someone who finds clues, huh?

I found Sid Shattuck's corpse, didn't I?

Found it? You fell on it.

I guess I don't understand

why we're not celebrating.

I mean, we just got paid.

We're all having a drink in the afternoon.

-What?

-Forget about it, all right?

(SIGHS)

HOLLAND:
Oh, would you just...

Would you hold on

for a goddamn second?

You're the world's worst detective.

-I'm the worst?

-Yeah.

The world's worst?

Didn't you hear me the first time?

Got a cool ad, though.

-So...

-(SCOFFS)

Why do you have to be

such a f***-up, huh?

You go around and you drink

and you lie and stuff

and people hate you.

Sweetheart, don't say,

"and stuff." Just say...

I hate you!

-(SIGHING)

-That works.

I'll find the girl myself.

You're gonna find her yourself. Okay.

Well, say hi to her when you do.

I will.

Course, you're not gonna

find her at the airport,

seeing as how it's not a flight.

-Did he stop?

-Yeah.

Your note, look at it. It's not a flight.

Every airport has

an overflight curfew from 10:00 to 6:00,

Burbank included.

And that top number is today's date

but reversed like the European way,

which makes sense

when you look at FL and you think it's not "flight,"

it's probably "flat," like apartment.

And Burbank APT West?

Burbank Apartments West.

It's a dump. F*** it, I'll show you.

Holly, go to Janet's this time.

-But for real.

-Jessica's.

Jessica's. We've gotta go to work.

-Do you want your keys?

-I'm driving.

(DOOR SHUTS)

JACKSON:
Excuse me.

We're looking for the Burbank Apartments.

Oh, they're gone.

Tore them babies down, um,

going on about two years now.

To the airport, then? (CLEARS THROAT)

Well, they used to have an overflight curfew.

It's all right. It's all right. It's okay.

-They did.

-Yeah.

And they still should if they changed them.

They should, they should change them back.

(AIRCRAFT ENGINE ROARING)

-Pull over.

-What?

-Pull over.

-Hey, what the f***?

HOLLAND:
The Western Hotel.

The Burbank Airport Western Hotel.

She's meeting somebody.

Okay.

Evening. What can I get you?

HOLLAND:
Information.

Have you seen this girl?

She probably came in in the last half hour.

(SCOFFS) Hey, I just work here.

Yeah, no sh*t, Sherlock.

That's why I'm asking you.

Hmm. Memory gets

a little foggy, you know.

What's in it for me?

-He'll stop doing it.

-(CHUCKLES) Doing what?

Ow!

-HOLLAND:
That.

-F***!

Now, we can do this

the easy way or we can...

We're currently doing it the easy way.

Okay. Jesus.

The penthouse.

She's in the penthouse, top floor.

(SIGHS)

-Are you happy?

-HOLLAND:
Yeah.

Guys, listen.

You... You don't wanna go up there,

all right? Trust me.

These New York guys are up there.

Uh, business guys.

They got f***ing bodyguards.

Kind that had their balls removed.

What's that called? Huh?

Marriage?

Yeah.

Uh...

Just chill here, you know.

She's gotta come back down.

Have a couple of cold ones on me?

Oh, not for me.

HOLLAND:
He makes

a strong argument, though.

You see? Reasonable. Very reasonable.

Now, your buddy,

that was the problem, he wasn't reasonable.

-Our buddy?

-Yeah, we don't have friends.

The other guy looking for Amelia,

he wasn't with you?

Where'd he go?

Got in the elevator

right before you guys came in.

-Did you get a name?

-John something.

Did you actually witness him

getting into the elevator?

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