Trouble Is My Business Page #2

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That's my business.

And, I remain too much

of a lady to inquire

what you do remember

about Katherine.

She came her last

night, didn't she?

She did.

It was before closing.

Yeah, now she's missing.

People in my family

are missing, Mr. Drake.

Where is she?

Where is she?

What did you do to my sister?

Beyond the obvious, nothing.

Don't lie to me!

Please Mr. Drake, my entire

life is disappearing.

If my father is dead,

then Katherine stands

to inherit my entire

family fortune.

Now I can't find Katherine.

That makes me next.

All right, that

I will remember.

And, then I wake

up this morning,

and I see this envelope full

of pictures of the two of you.

Yeah, real nice.

I want to know what's

going on right now!

All right, calm down!

Those guns go off.

You want to sit down?

No.

I'd like to call the police now.

Fine.

You know what after last night,

I feel like I was

practically in your family.

I like your family.

Your sister came to me.

I'm not so sure about that.

Why don't we call the police

now, and we'll just all

look at these pictures

together, okay?

Fine, why don't we do that?

Good.

(clattering)

(dramatic music)

(grunting)

What are you gonna do

to me know, Mr. Drake?

Unfortunately I'm

gonna go to plan B.

I'm gonna offer you a seat

and a chance to listen.

(dramatic music)

Well it seems you have

more than just a professional

interest in missing persons

cases, don't you detective?

(dramatic music)

I don't get it.

Someone wants you

to think something.

But, that somebody thought

they had an airtight frame,

they would've sent these

things to the cops,

not to you in the morning.

I'm disarmed.

I guess now I have to

take your word for it.

Look you've got the

wrong idea about me.

Oh do I?

Good.

Because I would

really like to know

what do you think

is going on here?

I want to find out what

happened to Katherine.

I just don't want to get

involved in it with you.

You don't get involved

in this with me now,

and I make sure all of these

photos go to the police.

And, given your current

reputation, oh yeah.

All right fine.

We're in business together.

I normally make $35 a day.

We'll have to talk about that.

Yeah, well we're need

to talk about the jewelry.

What jewelry?

Come on, dumb's the one

thing that does't look good

on you.

We both know that the

jewelry had something to do

with this case.

What do you know

about the diamond?

The gem was one of the

things that came up last night.

It's so valuable how come

everyone in the world

isn't looking for it?

My father brought

it back secretly,

so only those of us in

the family even know

we need to be looking for it.

It could be very dangerous

for those that do know.

Well I'm being very

selective, Mr. Drake.

I always get picked

for the good stuff.

(smacking)

(tense music)

(grunting)

(bashing)

Selective?

Who's this?

I've never seen him

before in my life!

(smacking)

(grunting)

(dramatic music)

Who are you?

(gargling blood)

What do you want?

Who are you?

(choking)

(gun firing)

He was gonna, I

thought he might stab.

Oh my God, is he dead?

Yes, thanks to you.

Now that gun shot's not

gonna go unnoticed for long.

Are you sure you

don't recognize him?

I don't know him.

Well he seems to know you,

and somebody slit his throat

and didn't finish the job.

A dying assassin?

Maybe he found me

because of Katherine.

(door rattling)

Hey Drake, you

all right in there?

We heard something.

- We're fine.

- We're fine.

(tense music)

There's nothing in his

pocket except a matchbook

from the Wiltmore Hotel.

This mean anything to you?

No, I wish it did.

Jennifer, this is murder.

Oh if we're gonna have

to talk about murder,

then maybe we're gonna

have to tell the police

how you were with my missing

sister all last night,

and that I have pictures.

The police are gonna love you.

I don't need love.

I need help.

Claude, are you still there?

[Claude] Yeah,

but you got company.

I'm just trying to

help a lady out here.

Something fell.

[Claude] All right

it's nothing folks.

Something fell.

Lots of blood.

Don't worry about

it, I'm being evicted.

No.

Okay get that rug.

He's bleeding everywhere.

I'll get it.

Just keep talking.

Let him wonder what

happened in there.

I see you like a

little innuendo.

Well not a little one.

I'm gonna need

some more information

about the diamond.

I know a place we can talk,

and the food's survivable.

Are you asking me to

lunch at a time like this?

Yes, and since you're

paying me 35 a day,

it's on you.

Your pick.

Well I do know a place

within walking distance.

But, are you

familiar with Orlov?

No, good food?

And, then in the

1700s it was stolen.

It was later passed

down to a Russian count,

Gregory Orlov, and

he was a paramour

of the legendary empress

Catherine the Great.

He was using the diamond

to try to win her love.

But no, not even with

the purest of diamonds.

Who else found out

what it was worth?

Well a lot of people

know what it's worth.

Napoleon himself

tried to find it.

But, his armies were

warned by a ghost

that there would

be consequences.

No, I meant who found

out what it's worth

more recently?

More recently there was

this pair of Russian twins

who lept to their deaths

after possessing it.

And, my father, he's

not the kind of man

that believes in cures, but

even he was gonna have it

recut, and then he disappeared.

[Roland] How did your

father get the diamond?

I don't know.

Worth a look.

We can find out

how he got it here.

Maybe we find out who

else knows about it.

And, how soon can you pay me?

Mr. Drake?

Yeah.

For you.

(dramatic music)

Where's my tip?

Eat your vegetables.

What was that?

Another ghost.

What?

Never mind.

Now with a diamond

like that, it requires

a big operator.

It's not the kind of

thing that you can sell

on the open market.

I know.

And, that's why I'm worried

about what's gonna happen

to the rest of my family.

Your father was

an archeologist,

so why didn't he just

give it to a museum?

Well for all I know,

he was planning on it.

I don't know.

He was on the board

of several museums.

A diamond like

this is gonna attract

the wrong kind of attention

no matter what your family

tries to keep a secret.

Now you mentioned

that Katherine was set

to inherit all of

your family fortune.

Why don't you get half?

(laughing)

Come to dinner

tonight, you'll see.

You know I didn't hurt her.

You remind me of her.

Well we're sisters.

Look Mr. Drake, I'm not ready

to turn you in just yet,

just arrive at seven.

If you hear from Katherine,

will you let me know?

Of course.

(dramatic music)

I got it.

You're broke.

$1.47, still got an

eye for detail, Lew.

You trained me well.

We spent a lot of

years together.

Who's the girl?

Potential client, like

I said things are starting

to pick up.

Is that the girl that was

in your apartment last night?

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