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and chock full of

vitamins A and C,

alongside a healthy dose

of antioxidants

in the form of alpha-carotene,

beta-carotene,

and beta-cryptoxanthin.

The blueberries provide

damn near the same.

Not to mention,

the little bastards

are tasty as hell.

Cucumbers for

magnesium, potassium.

Bananas for protease inhibitors.

Please, I'm dying.

Grapes for resveratrol

and papayas

for the folate.

Please, man.

I'm dying here.

Now the vertebral column,

or spine as it were,

is a column made out

of 24 articulated vertebrae.

Three of which are crushed,

meaning you'll

never walk again.

Which isn't necessarily

a problem

since I also ruptured

your spleen

and tore into your liver.

In essence, I gutted you...

like a freshly caught mackerel.

It's a fish I quite enjoy, in fact.

Pickled with butter on toast.

Please.

Rye toast.

So...

Please.

Tell me who sent you.

Or what?

You gonna save me?

You're gonna kill me anyway.

No. There ain't

no saving you, son.

That's in the hands

of the Almighty alone.

But if you don't tell me

who sent you,

well, I'm just gonna have to...

I'm gonna have to drive

myself over to...

1825 Del Cashan Street.

With a blowtorch,

five pounds of lye,

and some bolt cutters.

And just...

just do whatever I want to

to the inhabitants therein.

And believe me,

I'm both patient

and creative.

Anthony!

It was Anthony!

Well...

well, that's disappointing.

Yes, Mr. Topasana.

Of course, we're gonna get you covered.

1.4 in the Swiss account.

The offshore account.

It works every single time.

- You gotta trust me.

- Boss.

- What now?

- It's the German.

I'll call you back.

He's still alive.

- And the men?

- He sent us a movie.

- A movie movie?

- A home movie.

This guy's got

some kind of crazy skills

for someone

who's supposed to be sick.

It never troubles the wolf

how many the sheep may be.

The time for negotiating is over.

You need that package badly,

but I'm gonna get to it first.

And when

the time comes, German...

I'm gonna cut your throat

and watch you bleed.

The history of the martini

is an interesting one.

One part vermouth,

four parts gin.

A twist of lemon

or an olive.

For garnish.

Thank you.

Mm.

Delicious.

Thank you.

Well, shall we?

And the package?

It's en route.

This will do very nicely.

Excellent.

I'll also be adding

a 5% monthly retainer.

You can keep the man

in black at bay

for only so long.

Hey, Doug, this is bull

and you know it.

Everything we do carries with it

a little bit of excrement, Tommy.

You know that.

Hey, man.

I don't like the feel of it.

Send someone else.

I can't do that, Tommy.

Man, I'll wait here and hand it off.

Tommy.

Look, it ain't like

I'm quitting on you, Doug.

- It's just...

- Tommy.

Son,

outside of me,

for a man like you,

there is no other work.

I can send someone else,

Tommy.

I can, but you forfeit your pay.

Yeah, no problem.

But here's the way of it.

Things have got so bad

for all of us,

that over the course

of the next few weeks,

your take-home pay

will probably be halved.

There's no way around it.

And that being the case,

your brother's debt,

his payment plan,

remains the same.

I can't change that.

So that being said...

do you want me

to send someone else?

Still with me on this, Tommy?

Yeah, yeah, I guess.

You guess or do you know?

- I ain't got no choice.

- Well, that's one way of putting it.

Tread lightly, Tommy.

Take care of yourself.

Thanks, Doug.

Hello?

Hey, babe.

Hi, honey. Are you okay?

You sound tired.

Yeah, I am.

Long day.

I'll tell you

about it tomorrow.

Just wanted to call

and check in.

That's about it really.

My mind's just a little fried.

I know the feeling.

Today's been crazy.

- Any plans tonight?

- No, I'm gonna crash.

Put in a pizza, glass of wine,

maybe watch a movie.

- Take it easy.

- Sounds good.

Hey, when are we gonna spend

that day in bed together?

We'd just get up to eat.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

I just wanted to hear your voice.

I love you, Tommy.

Be careful.

You hear me?

Yeah.

Hey, I wonder if you might

help me get down the road?

- Yeah, I'm heading north.

- Yeah, let me give you some money.

We don't need your money.

Hop in. I'm going that way anyway.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

This is good.

I'll walk from here.

Hey, thanks for the ride.

You get out

while the gettin's good.

I'm workin' on it,

I'm workin' on it.

- I got him.

- Are you sure it's him?

Yeah, I'm sure.

He's not too goddamn hard to spot.

He's heading to the German.

Just keep him in sight.

I'll be there in 20 minutes.

Yeah, Devon, it's Carl.

We got him.

If you're lucky,

I'll leave you some crumbs.

There's a reputation

to be made here.

There you are,

you big bastard.

I know you're

back there, Tommy!

I need that package

and you're going to give it to me.

I don't think so.

One of us is gonna be

disappointed.

An address.

613 Low Arch Drive.

Yes, Tommy.

I know where you live,

where Darla lives.

But don't worry,

that's not my style.

I just wanted you to know

that I could have if I wanted to.

You see,

I work for Anthony.

I fix things for him.

You run collections

for Big Doug.

You got a reputation, man.

A good one.

You know, why don't we just

skip all this and walk away?

Would you walk away, Tommy?

No.

Well, I hear you've been

a hardcase.

Well, I specialize in

hardcases, Tommy.

Whoa, yeah!

Come on, just give me

the package, Tommy.

I could do this all day, Tommy.

No, man, please, no!

No!

You better forget that address.

How you doing, Tommy?

You just keep running,

but you don't know well enough

to stay hidden, do you?

You know, I took it easy

on you last time.

I ain't gonna take it

easy on you this time.

Are you sure he's out?

For now.

Yeah, yeah.

It's the first door on the south side.

We left it open for you.

He's here.

We're in business.

Here comes the man.

What do you think

you're doing?

Just a little payback

for Dosan and Jake.

Sorry, love.

Trust me when I say

I understand

the importance

of retribution,

but I can't let that happen.

The German's agreed to terms.

Which means your crew

has earned its fee.

But part of the deal is

the German wants to see him.

It's business, Monique.

That's all any of this is.

It's only ever been

about business.

What is it that he wants

with you, big man?

'Cause he sure reacted

strangely to your name.

Huh?

I've got a feeling that whatever

the German has planned for you,

it ain't gonna...

Killed him with one hit.

I've never seen

anything like it, Chief.

Yeah, it sucks to be him.

Get him out of here.

I'm gonna kill you next, sunshine.

What are we gonna do now?

We renegotiate the terms

of our deal with the German.

And until then?

What about him?

Just make sure he's got a pulse

when you're done with him.

Oh, you're good.

I could use a man like you

on the team.

I don't soldier for money.

No? What axe did you

have to grind?

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