Trouble Is My Business Page #5

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(smacking)

Yeah so, that little black

book was worth killing her,

huh?

No, you killing

her was worth it.

(smacking)

(coughing)

I protect and serve my

city, and the profitability

of our ventures.

(smacking)

I was mad that you

didn't get the chair

for murdering that

backstabbing little...

(smacking)

whore.

Well I guess you don't

control everything, do you?

(choking)

Oh yes, but there is one

thing I control tonight.

You may disappear.

That's a shame 'cause

I have the black book.

(choking)

[Barry] Liar.

You wouldn't risk it.

The only one at risk is you.

No one knows you're

up here with me.

Now we've spent

enough time together

for you to tell me

where the book is now.

(smacking)

If not, you

eventually will beg me

(smacking)

to throw you off this roof.

You're a missing person.

You always were.

Nobody's gonna come and find you

because nobody cares.

(fleshy thudding)

Why don't you pull up a chair?

I got a nice view.

We got options.

You don't have any options.

You are going to disappear.

Just like you did

to Katherine Montemar?

(grunting)

I heard tonight.

Let me clue you in.

She's dead.

Dead?

You're lying.

How?

I ask the questions,

you give the answers.

If you don't, you are going...

Sir.

Turn around, officer.

Get back to what you were doing.

It's not that, sir.

You said that you didn't

want to be interrupted

unless he showed up.

He's here.

All right.

Such a nice evening,

really nice evening.

You know I think

I'll give you a break

until I get back.

How 'bout a jaw?

(fleshy crunching)

(tense music)

(muttering)

Stay safe.

(tense music)

(phone ringing)

I found her.

What?

I found Nadia.

(dramatic music)

Get out of there.

What are you talking about?

I found the girl.

Call the police.

(fleshy sucking)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(yelling)

(guns firing)

(yelling)

(dramatic music)

(yelling)

(guns cocking)

(dramatic music)

(grunting)

(gun firing)

No!

(dramatic music)

(grunting)

(dramatic music)

(thunder crashing)

(dramatic music)

(thunder crashing)

(chair clattering)

(tense music)

[Barry] This is how

we do things in my city.

When things move through,

I serve and protect.

I always get my cut,

my piece of everything.

You can't change this.

[Man] You changed it

when you killed his niece.

[Barry] You don't know

that I killed his niece.

(laughing)

[Man] We know everything.

That's why you work for us.

[Barry] I may work for

you, but this is my city.

This isn't some painting

or broken piece of pottery

this time.

This rock is the most valuable

item we've ever moved,

and I get my cut.

[Man] You are, to

use the term of your

own organization, on probation.

They will decide when you

are part of this again.

[Barry] I won't

standby on this one.

My forces are powerful,

and you need me.

When I find this...

[Man] Stay out of it.

It is beyond you now.

[Barry] Nothing

is beyond my reach.

[Man] Don't you dare

walk away from me.

(safe dial clicking)

(tense music)

[Man] Find where Montemar

is, bring him to us.

(safe latch clicking)

Make problems, and it is

you who will be exported.

[Barry] You think you

can come into my precinct,

my office, and

tell me what to do?

I am this city.

This is my rule of law.

If you want to live,

don't ever tell me

what to do again.

(speaking in a foreign language)

[Man] You...

(gun firing)

(thunder crashing)

(dramatic music)

(phone ringing)

(tense music)

(safe clicking)

(tense music)

Mathews, another

suspect tried to escape.

Clean this mess up.

(dramatic music)

I want everyone of our

men looking for Drake.

He's still got that book.

(thunder crashing)

Nadia had a book.

Black with the dark

afterglow confessions

written in her own code.

Her words up till then

were the only safe

I could never crack.

Police corruption,

Wilson's own name,

and the priceless

things moving through

the deepest arteries

of the city unseen

all found new meaning

in the diamond

as it flawlessly destroyed

the Montemar family.

The black book wasn't

just an insurance policy

anymore, it was a chance

to set it all right.

You had it?

Of course, well played.

Where was it?

Just curious.

Fine, so that's why no one would

really testify against you.

(laughing)

Very well played.

A lot of names in that book.

If anything happened to

me, I made provisions.

(dramatic music)

[Officer] Geez

Drake, this place

is a Petrie dish of germs.

(dramatic music)

(phone clicking)

[Dispatcher] Dispatch.

Tate, I want an all

points bulletin put out

on Roland Drake.

[Dispatcher] What's

the charge, sir?

The charge?

I found blood.

I'll come up with something.

[Dispatcher] Yes sir.

(dramatic music)

Move over

Jennifer, I'll drive.

(dramatic music)

So Wilson seems to be missing.

I know, and I'm really

worried about my father.

Montemars always know

more than they tell.

He and I were working a deal.

I know you have a precious

little (knife clicking) item.

Are we driving someplace?

Even with him gone, it

doesn't mean you and I

can't be in bed together.

We've always been

close, Jennifer.

Never with my consent.

Now let's do

this deal together,

and then you and I

can go somewhere new,

a cottage in the woods,

neighbors miles away

visit only occasionally.

They smile at us and pat

our children on the head,

never knowing.

You have to give it to me.

Give it to me now!

(fleshy sucking)

(choking)

(dramatic music)

What happened to you?

So after dinner, I was

peeking in your mom's bedroom.

And?

I fell.

Tate caught me.

I wish I hit the ground.

(dramatic music)

So what are we

gonna do about John?

(glass shattering)

(dramatic music)

Mother?

Rivers you've been my

strength since my Wilson

disappeared?

You're so good to me.

I don't tell.

This is getting weird.

Things are making so

much sense right now.

I'm glad they are for you.

Oh my God, why

are you doing this?

Why?

(laughing)

Rivers, you

handsome, handsome man.

Wait till they

find out I'm dead.

(laughing)

Mom.

(screaming)

Is she really dead?

(dramatic music)

Please comb my hair

before the police arrive.

The police can't come.

(dramatic music)

That would be a

Mr. John Shannon

arriving

uncharacteristically early.

Johnny hi, I'm so

glad you're here.

Drake, what are

you doing here?

I'm just here to check

out her father's study.

Oh no, that room's been

gone over many times.

Don't bother.

Well do you mind if

I earn my 45 a day?

35 a day.

You look like you

could use a beer.

You know I could use one.

A little early.

It's late for me.

[Roland] You got all the

sides covered don't you?

Excuse me?

You and me in the bedroom.

That was real.

And, what's this?

This was covering our bases.

Don't do me any favors.

Are you crazy?

All of that had to

happen in front of you.

Don't question my feelings.

It's a simple mistake.

You show me some affection,

and I go and believe it.

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