The Two Faces of January Page #2

He's a lot easier to talk to.

Where are you taking us

on our last day?

Sounion.

Wish we were staying longer.

Oh, she forgot her bracelet.

Everything all right in there?

Uh-huh.

Now we're talking.

Oh yeah.

Come on. Get outta here.

No thank you!

Uh... Parakalo.

F*** off.

Ah!

Just put

the "do not disturb" on.

No thank you.

Mr. Donlevy?

- No.

- Your name's not Donlevy?

No. No no. I think you've

got the wrong room.

How about Mr. McFarland?

- Yes.

- May I come in?

Can I ask what this is about?

- Stock market.

- Canadian oil shares.

Oh, I see.

Hang on right here.

I'll just get

my coat and we'll go downstairs.

We can talk about it

right in here.

No, let's just go to the bar.

Right in there would be great.

Sorry to barge in

on your like this, ma'am.

Okay.

Are you sure you don't

want me to wait?

It's fine. You get back

to the hotel, all right?

I'll call you in the morning.

- Okay.

- Bye.

You ran a brokerage firm called

Donlevy & Walters back in New York.

That's right.

You with the embassy?

No.

I represent some

very unhappy clients

who invested

their money with you.

You ought to be more careful

who you do business with.

Listen, I'm sorry that

your clients are upset,

but I can't help it

if the market crashes.

This is a nice hotel.

Just like all the other nice

hotels you've been staying at.

I've been following your trail all

across Europe, Mr. McFarland.

You've been throwing

a lot of cash around.

- How long is the trip to Mycenae?

- A whole day, madam.

"Semper fi," huh?

You a marine?

No. Infantry...

- army.

- Yeah.

It's funny, you know?

All that time over here

during the war,

I could give a sh*t

about Europe.

Yet here I am again.

Here's the deal:

I could care less about

your other investors.

You reimburse my clients,

I'll go back home to my family

and leave you

and your lovely wife alone.

My wife has nothing

to do with this.

Look, why don't

you and I go downstairs,

have a drink,

see if we can come

to an arrangement?

Unfortunately, I'm not authorized

to negotiate with you.

I'm just here for the money.

Yeah.

Okay, well,

let me go and get it.

Chester?

- Chester?

- Don't come in!

- Hello. Hi.

- Hello.

I need to return something

to some friends of mine,

- the McFarlands.

- They're in room 505.

505, okay.

- Is there a phone I can use?

- The house phone is right over there.

Ah, thank you.

Don't answer it!

Don't answer it.

- What's happening?

- He's fine. He fell.

He hit his head pretty bad.

I've got to take him downstairs,

get him some help.

I thought you said

no one would follow us.

Open the door!

Get dressed, start packing. We've

gotta get out of here right away.

Oh God.

No.

Can you, uh... can you help me

get this guy's door open?

- What happened?

- He's hammered, that's what happened.

I found him in the lobby.

Good evening.

Evening.

Easy, like this.

Oh Christ.

- Is he okay?

- He'll be fine.

He's gonna have an almighty

hangover tomorrow though.

Who is he?

I haven't the foggiest idea.

Some drunk.

He tried to paw Colette in the elevator,

then followed us to our room,

so I smacked him.

Let's let him sleep it off.

Oh.

Your wife left it in the cab.

I was bringing it back.

The truth is...

I owe some people money.

They sent him to

threaten us with a gun.

Look.

I don't know what to do.

I mean, I... I don't know...

if he's alone or there's

somebody else in the lobby.

All I know is we gotta

get out of this hotel

before that man wakes up.

Can you help us?

Thank you.

Sorry, it's not the grand.

It's perfect.

It feels like New York.

Oh, is that you?

Yeah, with my dad.

Is he back home?

Uh, he passed away a month ago.

I'm sorry.

So, uh, have you

figured out who he is yet?

Private detective.

I got in trouble with a...

Gambling syndicate back home.

Made some investments for 'em

that didn't work out.

Sent this guy after us.

God knows who else.

Well, the airport opens up

in a few hours.

You'll be gone

before the guy wakes up.

Hotel took our passports

when we checked in.

- You don't have your passports?

- Nope.

Well, I... I mean I can try

to go get 'em for you,

but I don't think

they're gonna give 'em to me.

Naw naw, it wouldn't

be safe anyway.

Might be more of 'em

waiting for us.

I don't know. I gotta

get Colette outta here.

We need new passports,

new identities.

I have a friend that I get

American cigarettes from.

He might know somebody

that could help you out.

You okay?

No.

He's gonna help us.

We'll fly outta here soon.

Where?

We'll see.

I'm sorry.

Chester?

We should go.

Okay, my friend

can arrange the new passports

for $1,000... each.

So...

Half now,

half on delivery or...?

- Niko...

- excuse me.

When will the passports

be ready?

Mmm, five days.

- No no.

- Maybe four.

We can't hang around

Athens that long.

For another $1,000...

He can deliver

the passports to Crete.

- Crete?

- Yeah, no one's gonna look for you there.

Well, that's...

I mean, I don't know Crete

from a hole in the ground.

Where am I gonna...

I'm kidding, I'm kidding.

What did he say?

What's the matter? No no no.

I should come with you.

- What?

- I should come with you.

- No no no.

- You're not gonna know your way around.

I can go with you.

You would do that?

Yes.

I'd certainly make it

worth your while.

It's okay, it's...

it's not about the money.

No, I know, but you deserve...

you have to pay him

another $500.

500... so 1500 more?

Yeah.

Did you give him

any money for the drinks?

I offered.

Well, you should have insisted.

He's probably

too proud to accept.

Trust me, he's doing fine.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means he already

skimmed his commission.

Why else do you think

he's helping us?

I'm sure it's not

just the money.

No?

I think he's also

got a thing for you.

Either way, we need him...

At least for a few more days.

- Hey, buddy.

- Coffee's cold and the beer's warm.

- Thank you.

- Welcome.

- Thanks.

- Anything interesting in the newspaper?

Greeks and Turks are at

each other's throats again.

Hey, honey, do you mind going in

and seeing what's

taking him so long?

Please?

What gives? Well, we can't check

in without all three passports.

- Why not?

- It's a legal requirement.

Apparently, it's the same

everywhere in Iraklion.

But if we go to a smaller town,

they might be more

relaxed about the rules.

- Where'd you have in mind?

- Chania.

It's up the coast

and there's a bus

that leaves first thing

in the morning.

- In the morning?

- Yeah.

We could stay up.

It's warm enough.

And you can leave

your suitcases here.

Uh, no.

I think I'll hang on to them.

My father almost

had a heart attack

when I left home. He said, "New

York has turned its back on God."

"And you should be

very careful, young lady."

Oh lord.

Taverna Asterion...

what is "Asterion"?

Asterius is a minotaur.

So Asterion would have been...

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