Dope Thief

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We can't just run.

You got Sherry.

I got Theresa and...

... you know, I got Theresa.

Hey, at least we know Philly though.

Now we just gotta put our heads down and hide everything we love.

Yeah, but we don't even know who's looking for us.

Well, we gonna figure that out, all right?

We'll figure that out.

Hey.

I bet you I can throw mine further than you.

- Come on, man. - So stupid.

- And... one... - You're so stupid. You're so fucking...

... two...

... three.

- Are you high? - What?

I can't just pick up and go to Atlantic City. I'm an old lady.

What is you talking about? Atlantic City ain't nothing but old ladies.

I'm in the middle of a legal thing.

Oh, yeah? What kind of legal thing? What?

This lawyer I found. I got to meet with a lawyer tomorrow.

What you need a lawyer for?

I can go down the Shore next week, thank you very much.

No, you can't. Not next week. Nah.

The reservation is for tonight. So you gotta go.

And there's a shuttle, everything. You gotta go tonight.

What is this? You come in here with your hair on fire

and I gotta rush off to Atlantic City?

- Oh, my God, woman. -

- -

Do not go through a woman's closet, Raymond.

Then pack. Please. Look at this. Isn't this nice?

This is a violation here.

All you do is stay stuffed up inside with your little scratch cards.

Now, you need to enjoy life.

- But why does it have to be this second? - Because it's a prize.

You don't cash it in, you gonna lose it.

It's been that long since you won something? You forgot how prizes work.

- Oh, it's a prize? - Yeah, a radio prize. A call-in.

Oh, what station?

WMGK.

You know... ... WMGK. Yeah. Uh, I had to name a song.

Now, look, you need to go down the Shore because you deserve it. You hear me?

- I didn't ask for this. - That's the problem.

You don't ever ask for shit.

Except $10,000.

You know, you're welcome.

- Whatever. It's all good. - I'm not stupid, Raymond.

You and that dopehead, Manny, think my head's in the sand.

Come on with that, Ma. Like, what... How about this?

How about you, um, pack yourself something nice, you know?

'Cause you can probably go see the Blue Man Group or something like that,

you know what I'm saying? Huh?

Put one of your... your tiger stripe shirts in there or something.

Are you dealing dope, Raymond? Be honest with me.

No, Ma, come on. No, I swear to God.

Actually... Actually, I'm doing the opposite of that.

The exact opposite of that.

What's the opposite? A charity?

- Yeah, you the charity. -

I paid a fortune for this retainer, you know.

It gives me a headache to think how much it costs.

- - These people,

they'll take advantage if you're not watching them every second.

Hey. Come on. Come on. What you doing, hey?

Hey! No, no. You supposed to be packing. Come on. Hey.

Didn't you hear me, Raymond? I just paid a retainer

- and I gotta meet with this person! - All right, wait. Okay, wait.

A retainer? What? What you need a ret...

Is that what the ten G's was for? A retainer?

You better not tell me that this is more bullshit for that nig... for my father.

I won't tell you nothing.

Goddamn, Ma. Goddamn. Is that... Is that what this money was for?

- He's your father. - Yeah.

Do you have any idea...

God, do you have any idea how much I've been through to get you that money?

You said the opposite of drugs.

- You're supposed to be painting houses! - Do you know how terrible the houses are?

- I have to meet with this person, Ray! - Okay. I'll meet with him.

I'll meet with him, okay? Text me the place.

Tell the dude that I'll meet with him, all right?

I mean, my father's guilty as shit, but I'll meet with his ass, all right?

You're not gonna take it seriously.

I'ma take it so seriously and I will do whatever it takes,

as long as you pack your shit so I can take you down to the shuttle.

Atlantic City, baby. What you say?

What song was it?

- What? - The song, shit-bird.

What song did you name?

- -

"Coming to America."

"Coming to America," Neil Diamond.

- I love that song. - I know you do. I know.

Who's taking Shermie?

Shit.

Damn it, Shermie.

I would have pulled over for you to do that.

You had to do it in here?

- Hey. Hey, stay. You stay. -

- -

- Hey. Hey. -

- Hey. Come in. Come in. - Hey.

- All right. - Enzo, stop.

- He probably... probably smelled my dog. - Yeah.

- Enzo. -

Come here.

You hungry?

Uh. No, I'm... I'm all right. I'm all right.

Just in time for breakfast, so...

- Mm-hmm. -

- Kids, say hi to Ray. - Hey.

- Hey. - Hi, Ray.

- Ray, do you want some coffee? - Only if it's no trouble.

She put a curse on you.

Mom, she didn't, right?

- Fresh. - Stop it.

Are you insane?

Oh, my God, Mom.

Thank you. Thank you.

Nobody eats soup for breakfast.

Stop making fun of Grandma.

Nobody eats soup for breakfast.

Yeah, it's true.

We're the only people who are crazy in the world.

That's not aloe vera gel, is it?

Liquid meth.

They dissolve it in here to smuggle in bulk.

Somebody's gotta convert this to crystals for the street,

but each spoonful is enough for a whole hick town.

Yeah, and I couldn't carry half of it.

Bro, it was on the news. You hit a conversion lab.

You went for a capillary, you got an artery.

I'll hold on to this for a while. There's gonna be a lot of heat.

Hey, hey, can these guys... can... can they find us, Son? Huh?

Who knows what you do, hmm? Other than me?

Nobody.

- But you had this third? Right? -

Rick.

- Where did he come from? - Well, he got out three weeks ago.

He heard about you on the inside?

And last week, where was he at?

Halfway house? Grandma's?

You know, anybody looking for you, he's point A.

You get rid of his body?

Ray.

DNA...

- Dental records... - Yeah, man. I know, I know.

I know he got teeth, Son, and I know what cops do.

But I'm... I'm talking about this... this voice, man.

This voice from the walkie-talkie

and it was one of them fucked-up accents from up north too.

Like, uh... ..."Larry Bird parked the car in the yard."

That's pretty good.

This guy saw you?

No.

Could he just be some tweaker?

No, man. Nah, Son, nah.

The way this dude was talking, he... he's somebody.

You know... ... he's the real deal.

Look, how do I cover my tracks, Son? Huh?

And don't tell me that you don't know, 'cause, you know,

this is basically the safest place in Philly.

You basically shape-shifted to get up here.

How long you been at this? Two years?

Not even. Fourteen months.

You couldn't have lasted what, four months,

if you didn't know how to keep your head down.

You wasn't saying that shit when you needed us

to get rid of your competition though, was you?

Let me show you something.

South Vietnamese. 1975.

Okay. Um.

What's it worth?

Now? Nothing.

My old man, he left Saigon with, uh, three million dong. He was rich.

By the time he got here, these were souvenirs.

Shape-shifting is just called life, Ray.

You can't depend on anything, man.

Hmm?

So that means all you got is your heart and your wits.

And your family.

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Go ahead. Keep that shit.

Bro, I came here for your help

and all you gave me was some Kevlar and worthless dong.

You came here to see a real family, Ray.

Otherwise, you would have come on Monday.

Shit.

Hey, I'll be back. You guard the house, all right?

Shit.

- Fuck. - Do you think there's...

You think there's any way we could...