Trouble Is My Business Page #8

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chess, you are a pawn Tate.

You were always a pawn.

And, you're being

removed from the board.

A pawn?

Me?

I knew all the pieces would

be here half an hour ago.

Uniformed officers went

to each and everyone

of your oh so

carefully hidden homes.

Hat in hand, they

knocked on your doors

and then asked your

wives with your children

woken from their beds

could they come inside?

Oh they had bad news.

Now if any one of you wish to

see any of your family again,

you will tell me where the

Orlov diamond is being taken

tonight.

Oh and as they say

in chess gentlemen,

checkmate.

Let's just find

the diamond and leave

the country together.

Listen if we return it to

India to the eye of Vishnu,

we will want for nothing.

Wait, we need to get

somethings clear here, sister.

I haven't solved one thing

you came to me to investigate.

What about your father?

What about the man

dead in my office?

And Katherine, I am not

stopping until I find out

how she's tied into all this.

Isn't that what you

were all fired up about?

So?

So?

After hearing Gavron,

a lot of things

are starting to make

sense, little things.

I came into possession

of a book awhile ago.

For months, it didn't make

sense, and then I met you.

All of a sudden,

random names, numbers,

information start popping up.

I think between that and you,

I could find this diamond.

I could bring down

Tate's operation.

And, I could finally

clean up this city

that you're suddenly in

such a hurray to leave.

And, get us both

killed in the process.

Gavron thought he was

being cryptic, all right.

But, that book is the

last missing puzzle piece

that makes all this make sense.

I could find your diamond.

Trust me?

(giggling)

I trust you.

(dramatic music)

Where to, mac?

1130 Linden Avenue,

Warehouse District.

(horn honking)

(dramatic music)

We're almost there.

How's the black book fit in?

So I broke into your house.

Broke into my house?

Best place to hide it.

Was at my house?

Yeah don't worry,

I didn't touch

your crappy brandy.

What about the Cognac?

It was good.

That's when I found out what

was so ingenious about Nadia.

All those random Russian

names all corresponded

to numbers.

Those numbers fit a grid that

matched the museum annex.

Gavron filled in the rest.

Jennifer and I didn't

know what we'd find

at the secret museum

annex, Katherine, Tate,

or hopefully just the diamond.

We only knew that we

had to get it tonight.

Or, the promise of the

jewel and a new life

would fade into the

darkness of the black market

and be lost forever.

(ominous music)

I want these wires

cut, the alarms off,

this building shutdown now.

Am I understood?

Yes, sir.

(ominous music)

Excuse me sir,

what are you doing?

No alarm has been set off.

(gun firing)

Alarmed yet.

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(vase shattering)

(guns firing)

Drake!

(gun firing)

If only we had guns.

(dramatic music)

I love you.

Ditto.

(guns firing)

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(laughing)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

Tate, you can't

get away with this!

Once again, your persistence

will be your undoing.

It's over Drake!

You're late again.

(gun firing)

(dramatic music)

How does if feel to be just like

a frightened little

Russian girl pleading

for your worthless life and

no one's here to save you?

I'm not pleading.

(smacking)

(grunting)

(coughing)

Speaking of little

girls, you hit like one.

(laughing)

You know if you

were as half as smart

as your mouth, you would

have played ball with us

like your partner did.

(smacking)

(grunting)

You never did get

anything right, did you?

Well now this is the end.

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

(groaning)

(gun firing)

(dramatic music)

(smacking)

(dramatic music)

Good luck with that.

Come on.

Okay.

(tense music)

(gasping)

Looks like you're

at a dead end.

Wow, eye for detail, Lew.

Miss Montemar, I've been

admiring you from afar.

Of course, that's how

I get to know people.

But, most of all I've been

admiring that diamond.

I understand it's priceless.

So what's half of priceless?

Even you wouldn't.

Don't underestimate me, buddy.

I've always been willing

to do what you couldn't.

That's why I'm the one

with the nice suit,

the car, the

office, and the gun.

We were friends.

You can't ask me to choose.

Well profiting from an

unfortunate situation's

the only way to stay

sane in a city like this.

It doesn't take a

lot of detective work

to know you're sweet on

her, but I'm warning you.

You can't trust her.

You'll thank me for

shooting her, Roland.

As I say, we'll each

have half of priceless.

(hammer cocking)

(dramatic music)

Give it to me.

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

Hey buddy.

Sorry Lew.

(gun firing)

She's priceless.

(dramatic music)

Tate is dead.

I know I must've been a thorn

in your side as a partner.

You made me too good a

detective to believe that.

(laughing)

A bull in a china shop can

be useful if not aggravating.

We have the diamond.

This is our chance.

Let's go.

Wait, there's a trail

of bodies leading to you.

I've seen Katherine

Montemar alive.

Come on, who sent

you the photos?

Who murdered your

mother, your father?

It doesn't matter.

We have the diamond,

and I love you.

So let's go.

No.

I can meet you.

Remember the time I

told you to trust me?

And bring the world map too.

(dramatic music)

And you, I know what you want.

Pull yourself together

and meet me at my office.

(dramatic music)

(tense music)

Okay, so here's the plan.

I got a numbered key, number 77.

I got two boxes here.

One of them's the black book.

The other one is a letter.

I want both of

these to get to Lew.

If anything happens to

me, he'll know what to do.

(dramatic music)

Take me to the cemetery.

She's still alive.

This better be good.

I wish I could say it was.

(dramatic music)

Lots of bad news.

It should be a good morning.

The DA guy who was

after you got his, huh?

I guess there is justice.

[Roland Voiceover] Katherine.

That was the beauty

of Katherine's plan.

She was using the open

graves to bury bodies

so no one would look there.

The plan was perfect.

How much do I believe

Jennifer anymore?

She told me she didn't know him,

then she shot him.

This is Evergreen Cemetery.

If Katherine is the

key, and trust me,

I've learned enough

about this family to know

that someone's gonna be

at the DA's grave tonight.

I have more than

one gun, you know.

I was counting on it Lew.

I'll take priceless over

half of priceless any day.

Give me the black book Roland.

You don't want the diamond?

No.

What would I do with it?

I couldn't even buy a

sandwich with that diamond.

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