Wetlands Page #4

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to do this?

This man is a known thug and racketeer,

but then, of course, you know that.

- I can't allow it.

- I respectfully ask you to reconsider, sir.

- Get busy with the storm.

- [Babel] You got it, Captain.

I didn't say a word.

- [Schmidt] Leash your dog.

- F*** you, Chief.

[horn honks]

Nice place, Dad.

Back by 8:
00.

- [car door closes]

- [car starts]

After the storm's over, we can

head out to the Gulf Stream.

Whaddya say?

How long am I gonna get

the silent treatment for?

I'm so over fishing.

Bull. Double bull.

You love it.

[Amy] I did, before I lost a father

and started living with two lunatics.

It's all your mother

can give, you know that.

Well, what about you, then?

Where have you been

for a whole year?

I was sick.

I went away, baby,

to get strong again, for you.

And I'm back now.

Until when, Dad?

When will you mess up

all over again?

I wish it could have

gone down differently.

I want our old life back.

Listen...

that's what I came here for.

- So we can rebuild.

- I miss my friends.

- I miss Christmases together.

- I know, listen, look...

I'm cold.

Whenever your mom lets me,

I can move real close.

Good luck with that.

I'm working on it.

Just give me some time.

- Hey...

- [doorbell jingles]

I need you to listen

to me carefully.

I can see you like that girl,

but she's in big trouble,

so steer clear, you hear me?

She's the only one who likes

to spend time with me.

Promise me you'll be careful.

- See that?

- It's beautiful.

You can keep it.

She hates it here.

A little adjusting

is all she needs.

You always think you got

everything sorted, don't you?

I have a right

to follow my dreams.

Please.

Who are you, Savannah?

I'm the rich girl you used to

parade in front of your friends.

Remember me?

Whereas your freedom,

your entitlement

started long before I met you.

- [scoffs]

- Did you do what I told you to do?

Yeah, I did.

I talked to her.

Then the message didn't

get through.

Well, she's done. She'll give the

money back. Roll credits, the end.

Yeah, right.

Retirement, move to Maui?

Savannah, they will kill her.

They will kill her and then they

will come for you, and Amy...

- I'm gonna get some rest.

- What about us?

- What about us?

- The judge.

The custody deal?

[door closes]

In spite of this

beautiful night,

we need to get ready.

Suzy is coming.

The mayor has ordered mandatory

evacuation for Zone A,

starting Friday at 3:00 PM.

[Woman]

Move it, ladies! Move it!

Get those asses going!

They are not getting

any higher on their own!

And up, up, up!

This is "work

your little butts off" time!

You are a woman.

[screams]

How you doing?

[laughs]

You f***er.

I have a gun, I would pull it.

Ah, I bet you got

one of those tiny ones.

Mine's bigger than yours,

Detective.

[Surfer Girl narrating]

As time went by,

he kept going back to her.

Katherine Buchanan,

this tough lady,

became his unlikely confidante.

It was so clear

what was gonna happen.

It was just a matter of time.

I just kept...

thinking what the hell

happened to you?

I missed you.

[Katherine]

You're scared, that's what.

[Babel]

It's wrong, is all.

[Katherine]

When you get to my age,

the line between good

and not good is pretty thin.

[both moaning]

[Katherine]

F***, yeah!

[Babel] How many of those

you taking these days?

Many as it takes

to kill those damn munchies.

You look fine without you

wasting money on that...

Old ladies in the news business,

you gotta look the part

or they put you out to pasture.

How's that going?

Either they replace me

with that cute Yale c*nt

or they close the station down

altogether.

- Why sweat it, then?

- [phone ringing]

- [Sheehan] Out doing the laundry?

- Talk to me.

[Sheehan] There's something

you need to see.

[car starts]

This is our ticket out of here.

For both of us.

[baby babbling]

I know, but that life

was part of the past,

and I'm ready

to move on this time.

[baby fussing]

[sighs]

[slams bureau]

See you soon, sweetie.

Hmm.

I must say I'm impressed.

Grounded, articulate.

Well dressed.

It's quite a change

from last year.

But it's all a pile

of horse sh*t.

Coming in here

in your cheap Sunday best.

Trying not to look

like the whore you are?

Mocking me?

- I have a solid plan.

- Silence.

Your daughter has to go.

Sooner rather than later.

You keep away from my daughter.

[Social Worker] Well, I should

have taken her a long time ago.

F***ing witch.

You know...

a friend gave me these.

Someone who cared about me.

When you feel like choking,

you count 'em.

There's 108 of them.

Enough to keep you

out of trouble.

Man, I am the best shaper

south of Atlantic City.

I can do what all these guys do.

[Babel]

There's your talent.

I just wanna go out west,

get away from them.

- [indistinct]

- So what is it gonna take?

A trust fund?

Savannah?

She'd never help me.

She knows I'd just

take the money and split.

She don't know you got

a little daughter, does she?

Listen, you can turn

all that around.

- What do you think I'm doing?

- Stealing dope.

You'll get yourself killed, and along with

it, taking my daughter down with you.

I love Amy,

and I love my daughter,

and they want to take

her away from me.

You should know how

that sh*t feels.

Listen, you're the reason

that my family's in danger.

Now, before I do anything...

Look at me.

Before I do something

that cannot be undone...

- I've been trying to help you.

- I'm trying, OK?

Nobody gives me

a f***ing chance!

Thank you.

[thunder rumbling]

[dog barking]

Drop, get, go...

Get, go...

Drop...

- [baby coos]

- [thunder crashes]

[speaking Italian]

[cell phone vibrating]

Detective?

- [Sheehan] She just left.

- Uh-huh. OK.

[Sheehan] Perfect night

for skateboarding.

All right, I got it.

Hey, sugar!

Hey, look, you're all wet.

Come on! Come on in.

Come on, come on. Come on.

Make yourself at home.

[gasping]

You're a little c*nt

of a thief, that's what you are.

You're a little c*nt

of a thief, come here.

You steal, you get to picking up

the sh*t, oh, you f***ing dike.

- F*** you!

- I'll break your f***ing arm.

I'll pay you back, a**hole!

Get the f*** off me!

You... f***ing...

- Ohh!

- [gun c*cks]

[panting]

- [Jimmy] What the f*** you gonna do, shoot me?

- You gonna push me around?

Let's see you push me

around now, huh?

You gonna rape me again,

motherf***er?!

Let's see you do it!

Right now!

F*** you! F*** you!

[gunshot]

Hey, hey...

Hey, hey.

Hey, look at me.

Easy, tiger.

Easy.

Let's go down, down.

Think of your daughter.

Good, girl.

Put it down.

All right, all right.

- What the fu...

- Shut the f*** up.

[sobbing]

Hey, hey, listen to me!

Snap out of it.

Now, listen.

I only got one thing

in this life,

and that's my daughter.

You listening?

There's a lot of cash here.

All right.

Let's just say that you

earned it.

You earned it, all right?

Take it, take this sh*t.

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