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Angelo watches Cyndi go. He is puzzled about what to
believe, interrupted in his thoughts when JACK enters the
area.
JACK
Find out anything?
ANGELO
Don't you wish.
JACK
Look, man, I don't know what
I have to do to convince you
that I know nothing about your brother.
ANGELO
Jack, now listen to me. It's
not I who needs the convincing,
you understand me? It's not
like you're giving the orders
around here. It's not like I
got a problem, understand?
JACK
Angelo, all I mean to say is--
ANGELO
You don't say. Understand me,
Jack? You don't say! You
listen! Now the skinny is this:
there is heat on the DiMarco family in
connection with this bunch of crazy jerkoffs,
this so-called church, and my business, if you
get my meaning, and what interests me is why
is there this connection in
the first place? In other words,
you take DiMarco, you take this jerkoff
church, and who is the chicken and who is the
egg? What comes first, understand me?
Because the fact is, Nick, bless
my dear brother's heart, has
been in the other world for some
any months now and therefore in
no way is he a fugitive from law
and justice, like the Feds claim,
and also he never joined no
jerkoff church, when he is a
God-fearing Catholic like the
rest of the family, and so what
I don't understand, Jack, is
what is going on, who in this
jerkoff church is after DiMarco, or who has
the audacity to link a good God-fearing family
name with this bunch of hippy weirdos, not to
mention getting a certain family business
involved -- you understand me?
JACK
If you ask me, Angelo, you worry too damn
much.
ANGELO
Jack, Jack. I don't need advice from you,
especially after you upset my boy, Polo. Now
you know you upset him very bad. So bad, he
got himself in trouble over you. Now you know
that.
JACK
I explained that. I was short of
cash at the time. I'm square
now, I've been square for over
a year.
ANGELO
Forgive me if I'm suspicious, Jack,
it's the DiMarco nature, but something in this
marriage, this sister of yours and her sudden
interest in this jerkoff church, there is
something that smells to my DiMarco nose like
a stinking rat. Understand me, Jack?
JACK
I don't like it any better than you
do. For Christ's sake, Angelo, you
know I'm trying to take her to court
because of it.
ANGELO
Your family does strange things, Jack.
You get Polo in trouble, your sister
flips her wig, your mother maybe is
a murderer of her own husband--
JACK
Not necessarily.
ANGELO
Jack, Jack -- you have to learn to
listen. I said maybe. Did I say
maybe?
JACK
Hey, you're the guest here, okay? I'm trying
to be a good host, Angelo, but don't push me
too far.
ANGELO
I push as hard as I want.
JACK
Not me, you don't.
ANGELO
Listen to the big man. Jack, you worry me.
You're not thinking. Like this former
housekeeper. Suddenly she disappears. And
what does she know about your little side
business up in your mansion, for example?
JACK
Maxine never knew anything.
ANGELO
Polo's not so sure.
JACK
She never gave a damn what happened
in the mansion. She flipped out
long before Trudy did.
ANGELO
So maybe this jerkoff church is into
some hustle, right? If it was my
business, the DiMarco business, I would hear
of it, right? Nothing escapes the DiMarco
family. So why is there a link between these
weirdos and my family? It's more
than the Feds nosing around, it's
an insult, to think of such a link.
So maybe whoever did it is after
more than the power play, maybe
it's even personal, to give my family a bad
name.
JACK
I can't follow all this, Angelo. I
don't know anything about what the
Feds in L.A. are after.
ANGELO
"Cokescam", Jack! To link the
DiMarco family and these jerkoffs into one big
organized cocaine-scamming multi-national
bad-ass dealing sons-a-bitches! Do I make
myself clear?
JACK
I think you're worried about nothing.
ANGELO
This sister of yours, why is she
involved in these jerkoffs?
JACK
She's not rational.
ANGELO
You're sure?
JACK
Of course I'm sure.
ANGELO
Interesting, when she marries,
it should be the lawyer, yes?
The very lawyer who fights
the Feds in "cokescam."
JACK
Also the one wanting to transfer
her share of the estate to the
church.
ANGELO
And are these two scams connected,
is the point?
JACK
Trudy is mentally disturbed. If you
think she's involved in the
"cokescam" business--
ANGELO
Is exactly what I'm asking,
Jack.
JACK
Something like that, it would be
beyond her present mental capacity.
ANGELO
Or would there be a reason for the
church to do it, I wonder? To make
this link, in order to give the
DiMarco family a bad name?
JACK
What am I supposed to tell you?
I can barely follow what you're saying.
All I'm sure about is, Trudy is
not herself. She's lost it. And
I think the church is responsible
for that, in order to get her to
give them her share of the estate.
ANGELO
It would be interesting to talk to
her, the two of us, I think.
JACK
Tonight? I doubt we'll have the opportunity.
ANGELO
Opportunities are made, not given.
I think you can make the opportunity.
After all, she is your sister.
JACK
I got my own problems, Angelo, I can't worry
about your paranoia. Besides, it's her
wedding here, how could I get her off alone?
ANGELO
You're a bright boy. That's what
Polo tells me. Reckless but bright.
Maybe you can think of something,
Jack. Maybe it's very important
that you think of something.
JACK
Angelo, you don't call the shots in my
territory. I don't want to have to tell you
again.
ANGELO
Listen to the big man! Who do you think looks
over all territories, Jack? North and South,
East and West, the kingpin of all territories?
This is the DiMarco family I'm referring to.
Use your head, boy! In other words, Jack,
there are priorities here. Maybe you need time
to think. So I'll be waiting for our meeting
with your sister, right? I'll be seeing you
around . . .
He leaves the area, going to the bar. /ex13/
TIME CODE: 09:00 /h2/
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