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He loves the cougar's. Yeah.

She was a nice girl.

She was Chinese. She was real smart.

I met her on the subway.

Whatever, whatever.

I see her walking down the street

one night with this guy.

I assume it must be

her cousin or something.

So I go up to her,

I give her a big hug and a kiss.

And she freaks out. Like she's never

seen me before. Goes totally ape sh*t.

Turns out her cuz' was her husband.

Yeah, husband, mixed-martial artist.

Bad news for the lady killer.

Is that why

we can't cut though Chinatown?

No, that's all Miller, man.

He's got bad blood with the gangs there.

- What, the Tongs?

- Yeah. Yeah, some business went south.

He had to cut a deal,

promise to stay away.

- You know, Nikki's got some cute marks.

- Hey, hey.

I don't know what he's talking about.

It's not happening.

- If I show you, I'd have to kill ya.

- He said it.

There she is! The future

Mrs. Jackson Smith. Right there.

- Oh, yeah?

- That's gonna be my future ex-wife.

Yeah, we're gonna move

to the countryside.

Make lots of sweet ginger babies

every night of the week.

- Oh, that's a terrible visual!

- Then rest of our lives.

I know, you're jealous.

You guys know nothing about women.

Hey.

Hey, hey. What happened?

Nothing. It's just stuffy as hell

in there. That's all.

Do you wanna... do you wanna get out of here?

You want to go somewhere else?

- Not right now. No, I can't.

- Hey, what's wrong with you?

Nikki, what are you afraid of?

Hey, guys.

Sorry I missed the fun.

I had some business to take care of.

Yeah.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Hey, Cam.

If you need anything at all, call me.

All right?

- All right?

- Yeah.

Coming back in?

No, I'm tired. I'm...

gonna hit it.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Wanted to talk to you.

How did you find me?

Why are you living on the roof?

Why didn't you tell me

you were with Miller?

Dylan got into some trouble.

And Miller made it go away.

So your brother

pimped you out to the boss.

- Sounds pretty simple to me.

- Miller doesn't own me.

Is that right?

Why are you here? What's the point?

I should have told you.

It's my fault, but...

- Cam you wouldn't even be here if I...

- So you want me to quit?

- You can still walk.

- Is that what you want?

I don't want you

to owe Miller like we do!

Do you want me to go?

No...

I heard once tattoo's are like scars

that you wear on the outside

to show the pain that's on the inside.

Is that true?

I don't know.

Why don't you have any?

'Cause I don't want anyone to know.

I owe people money, Nikki.

And as soon as I pay them off...

I'm gone.

And this moment was brought to you

by the sounds of summer in New York City.

Yeah, we're in a over-crowded prison.

- I don't really mind it.

- No?

No. I mean, before I left Florida,

I'd never even seen a town

bigger than 500 people.

Well, you're lucky,

'cause all I've ever seen

is this jungle.

You've never been outside the city?

No.

I mean, I don't count my jail time.

I tried to leave.

When?

After my mom died.

When she passed away,

I found out that...

she had my dad's old car.

And she never told me

while she was alive,

'cause she was afraid if I found out

I'd sell it to try and help her out.

So...

she kept it a secret.

She wrote me a letter.

She said she wanted me to fix it up,

get it running again.

Just hop in and drive.

Somewhere...

I don't know where, far away.

California maybe.

That was the plan.

Well, where's the car now?

The...

- the bank took it.

- The bank?

I guess I'm just one of those people

who can never hold onto anything nice.

I'll agree with that.

Where you been, baby?

I went for a walk.

Anything wrong?

No.

Nothing, you know I just... get nervous

before the big jobs. That's all.

Sure that's all?

You seem kind of distant.

Yeah.

Like you're somewhere else.

No.

Right here, James.

I don't know what I'd do without you.

You know that?

I'm just tired.

I gotta go to bed.

Sure.

He's getting better.

Nikki and I were living on the streets

when we found parkour.

We got hooked.

It was like being kids again.

The whole city is our playground.

Is that where you met Miller?

Yeah. Miller raised us.

Taught us everything we knew, got us off

the streets. We'd be nowhere without him.

Yeah, Nikki said that she got you out

of some sort of trouble or something.

- Nikki said that?

- Yeah.

What'd she tell you, exactly?

I mean, nothing specifically. Just...

that you got in some sort of trouble.

And he made it go away.

But she really cares about you.

She doesn't want to see you get hurt.

Are you in some sort of trouble, Cam?

'Cause if you are, and Miller finds out,

it's not just you.

That's trouble for all of us.

And he always finds out.

No. I'm all good.

Good.

I got the last one.

Unit 17 code...

All clear, good job.

That's how we do it!

- Wait.

- I'll catch up with you later?

Sure. Talk later.

What do you mean? Where's our money?

Payday is next week, Cam, same as usual.

- Okay, when's the next gig happening?

- Soon.

Hey, you did a good job. Get some rest.

You don't understand. I need that money.

Do we have a problem?

No. No. No problem.

I've got a big job coming up next week.

It's worth 15, 20 grand each at least.

Does that work for you guys?

- Sweet. Sounds good.

- Yeah.

How about you, Cam? Work for you?

Yeah, that works.

Good.

You look just like your dad.

Yeah, I get that a lot.

It's a nice...

constant reminder

of the amazing father he was.

Well, if it's any consolation, my dad

wasn't exactly a real winner either.

Sometimes it's better not to know.

Yeah.

You're just going to leave, aren't you?

You should come with me.

- Yeah, right.

- Why "yeah, right"?

- I can't.

- Why not?

It's complicated.

Well...

I'm not going anywhere without wheels.

Hold on to this for me.

Thank you.

Nice spot.

I can see all the way

into the future from up here.

Yeah, what happened

to staying in the moment?

You're a good student, Cam.

Now you're moving beyond what

you've been taught. Beyond the rules,

but outside

there's a natural order to things.

You know, there can be

only one alpha for every pack.

And that my friend, I learned

the hard way. A long time ago.

In the back of a Chinese restaurant,

trying to beg for my life

with a gun in my mouth.

Is there something

you need to tell me, Cam?

There's nothing.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

You should get some plants up here.

Liven this place up a bit.

Pickup tomorrow at 9:30.

Hey, guys.

Where's Nikki?

Gave her the day off.

Two minutes.

You'll be needing this.

Wait, we're going in strong?

I told you it was big, my friend.

- You're gonna get a cut.

- Twenty grand each. Maybe more.

I didn't sign up for this.

Okay, it's up here on the corner.

We're doing a bank?

Old bank. New money. BTK bought it.

- BTK?

- Vietnamese bangers.

This is their laundromat.

They keep a big stack, couple hundred K.

- How do you know all this?

- That's my job.

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