True Blue Page #3

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I got Beck tracking him down. What about the mayor? If there was something

down and dirty,

it's not raising its head. We found a photo

of the mayor's

last Christmas ball. Hains was there. And Taylor Higgins

and Daniel Freita. That's an interesting name. Recently I heard a rumor

about Benny Lee

and Daniel Freita. Freita's a big shot.

What would

they have in common? The gaming

commission awarded Freita

the one remaining license. There are two spots

on the Blue Strand

for that last casino. And guess who

owns one of them. -Benny Lee?

-The Chung triad is moving money

out of Hong Kong. Benny Lee used a chunk of it

to buy the property

two years ago. Who owns

the other piece of land? Some Germans. So whoever makes the deal

could make millions. Hundreds of millions. And the loser's land

isn't gonna be worth sh*t. (CHUCKLES) This may mean nothing, but I also heard

Daniel Freita's got a line to Uncle Brother

by way of Tommy Trang. -Hey, Nikki?

-Yeah? Would you wait

in the car? Sure. What line? Nobody knows, but people

have seen Tommy and

Freita together before. Look here. Melanie Hains had

a third roommate,

a Jennifer Haller. She's got a red sheet

on her a mile long. My contact said

she was into Asians. She was at the mayor's party

with Hains and Daniel Freita. So? Haller and Melanie

were to meet a friend. Nobody's heard from them. Did you call the friend? No. Nikki doesn't know her name. Any contacts on

Haller's sheet? Yeah, her parents,

but they live in Indiana. They haven't talked to her

in three years. You know what you're doing? What do you mean? She is young, isn't she? Her last name is Calderon. She's from a town in Ohio

called Medford Lakes. Do me a favor.

See what you can

dig up on her. (BOTH LAUGHING) Oh, God. Yeah, I'm gonna clean up. No, no. Don't. What are those? Nothing. Nothing? I used to cut myself. Why? Just something stupid I did

when I was young. I don't wanna talk about it. (PHONE RINGING) (THUNDER RUMBLES) Yeah? TIGER:

I did a crazy thing tonight. I went to Chinatown

to see some people. I was thinking

maybe they can tell me

about Daniel Freita. Out of nowhere,

Eddie Trang shows up. He's got some PTK

punks with him and none of them

want to buy me a mai tai. (LAUGHING)

What happened? He asks me what

my business is

with Daniel Freita and I tell him to

kiss my ass. Next thing I know,

I got a gun in my face and nobody was

smiling except me. (LAUGHING) Tommy Trang

has Eddie on a leash. You must have put

a bug up his ass. You know,

there might be more

to this Freita thing. It was fun, Rem. Just like the old days. Yeah. Good night. Good night. Something wrong? No. -Nikki.

-Yeah. You're on

the couch again tonight. I gotta get up early

and do things. Then we're going

to a barbecue. Did you say you found a body? We found her hand.

Still looking for the body. Did you have sex with her? We hadn't got that far. We just went out

a few times to dinner. Did you do drugs with her? You get right

to the point, huh? REMBRANDT:

No point in wasting time. I can't speak for her,

but I don't do drugs. Good. You worked

for the mayor? For a year. And before that? I worked for

the Freita Corporation. Why'd you leave? -More opportunities here.

-Ah. You know her? I met her at

some black-tie thing

the mayor had for Mr. Freita. She was with Melanie. And after that? Never saw her after that. She liked this guy

from the Freita Corporation. She got me to introduce them. Who? His name is Oren Doba. He's gone.

Went back to law school. I don't know

what can I tell you? I haven't seen

Jennifer in months. But you saw her a lot before,

didn't you? Look, I come from

an old Boston family, okay? You crossed the tracks

to get your dick wet. Big whoop. We don't care

about your family tree. Just what you know about

Jennifer Haller. She was wild.

What can I say? "Wild" means different things.

Be specific. She liked to party. You know, kinky stuff. BECK: "Kinky"? As in, 10 lashes

kind of kinky? OREN: Yeah. And you? Sure. Why not?

It was something different. Well, if it hurt so good,

why did you stop seeing her? She stopped seeing me. It was all a scam anyway.

I was just a ticket to Freita. We can do this here or we can go downtown. Your call. I want to help, but maybe

I should talk to a lawyer. You don't need one. Just help us get

to the next level. Freita liked to party hearty

now and then. Did you party with him

now and then? A few times.

At his penthouse. Was Jen Haller there? A couple times. Did you see her with Freita?

I mean, intimately? Once. Well, sort of. Were they kinky? She came on to him.

It was a big party,

lots of people. She saved the heavy sh*t

for this club she liked

at The Jungle. Club 88? OREN: Yeah. Did she ever take you there? Once. Did she take

Freita to that club? I can't say. Can't, or won't? I shouldn't say anything

else without my

lawyer present. MAN 1: Every time

you have one of these

barbecues, it rains. MAN 2: Tell me about it. MAN 1: Remember last year? MAN 2: Yeah, it poured. That was nice. I want a ten. Kinda young, Rem. What? Oh, come on, Lynn. He hasn't looked

at me like that

since our wedding night. If your ass was

that nice, I might. (SNICKERS) F*** you. I don't like

this Freita thing.

You're way out on a limb. I got a kid who partied

with him and the Haller girl. I asked Tiger Wu

to poke around, and guess who pops up?

Eddie Trang. Somebody's worried. It's still a long way

to Melanie Hains, and Benny Lee,

for that matter. I mean, so Freita

likes young women. Obviously,

that is not a crime. Don't bust my balls.

It's not what you think. But she's

staying at your place? For the time being.

It's temporary. You're crazy. Look, if you do come

up with something, and I'm not telling you

how to play this, just take it slow

and make sure it sticks. And please,

bring it to me first. Absolutely. You're yanking

a big dick here. I know. -What?

-Look at Bouton. He's trying to get something.

He ain't getting nothing. (BOTH LAUGHING) Can I get a hot dog? He's persistent. Hey, Rem.

Anna's on the phone for you. (GROANS) Anna, it's Rem. You boys having a fun time? You bet we are. I got something you

might want to see. What is it? You should see it

for yourself. Come on, Anna. Can't it wait? I think you should

see it right now. By yourself. All right, I'll come in. Bye. What's she doing here? She's part of

this investigation. So everybody seems

to be telling me. What you saw yesterday

isn't what you think. Don't dig a hole

that you can't get out of. -Hey.

-Hey. -Hi.

-Hi. Something's come up that

can't wait. I gotta go in. Okay, I'll go get changed. Try to relax.

Have a good time. If I'm not back soon,

get Bouton to

take you to my place. Sure. -Bye.

-Bye. ANNA:
Went through

the Tribune photo stock. Mostly party hats

and champagne smiles. So Haller did meet Freita

at the party then. I'll bet she's telling

him what she wants

for Christmas. (REMBRANDT CHUCKLES) Now, I almost missed this. I was wondering if your friend

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