CHAPTER 17
INT. STEPH’S APARTMENT – NIGHT Manny comes in. MANNY Steph, I need to talk to you. STEPH Sure, what’s wrong? MANNY I’m worried about Anthony. INT. UZI’S OFFICE – NIGHT Uzi lets Anthony in. UZI You have everything? Anthony Yeah, where’s Hymie? UZI He’ll be here any minute. Anthony He better hurry. I want to get this over as quickly as possible. UZI Don’t be nervous, Anthony. Hymie comes in carrying a dufflebag. He opens it, revealing neat stacks of one hundred dollar bills. HYMIE You have the merchandise? Anthony tosses him the bag. Hymie opens it and views the necklace and bracelet through his loupe. HYMIE (CONT’D) Beautiful. Anthony Looks good to me. UZI Everybody happy? Anthony Absolutely. Nice doing business with you, Hymie. Just then, Vito kicks the door in, starling everyone. Vito holds a gun on all of them. VITO Don’t move a fucking inch! Hymie reaches for a gun, but Vito pistol whips him, knocking him unconscious. Uzi tries to open a desk drawer to grab his gun, but Vito slams the drawer shut, breaking Uzi’s hand. Anthony is frozen in place. UZI Aaaahhh! VITO Move back! Get over there, next to the rabbi. Uzi moves next to Hymie, who is semi-conscious on the floor. Vito points the gun at Anthony. VITO (CONT’D) You too, kid. ANTHONY My friend Manny was right about you. VITO Move it! Anthony moves near Uzi and Hymie. UZI Please don’t shoot! I’m an innocent bystander. Anthony looks at Uzi incredulously. Anthony Shut up, Uzi. Vito grabs the suitcase and jewels. VITO I have the money and the jewels. This was so easy, I should thank you, not kill you. Vito backs out toward the door, when Jessica and Maxwell burst in, throwing open the door, and hiding Vito behind it. They don’t see Vito yet. MAXWELL (holding a gun) Where’s the stuff? Anthony and Uzi stare at him, perplexed. MAXWELL (CONT’D) I said where’s the stuff?! Anthony Behind you. As Max turns around, Vito takes Maxwell’s gun from him and sticks his own gun into Maxwell’s belly. Maxwell put his hands up instantly. VITO Who the fuck are you two? JESSICA Who are you? Vito grabs her by the face and pushes her down into a chair. VITO Sit down and shut up. Maxwell keeps his hands above his head, slowly moving away from Vito. MAXWELL Sorry sir. I didn’t mean anything. VITO What a pussy! ANTHONY (to Jessica) You sneaky fucking bitch. VITO The first one that comes out that door gets their fucking face blown off. Vito leaves, closing the door behind him. EXT. APARTMENT COMPLEX – NIGHT Vito quickly crosses the street, tosses the suitcase and jewels in the trunk, hops in his car and speeds away. INT. UZI’S OFFICE – NIGHT (CONTINUING) ANTHONY Uzi, call my father. Tell him to get down here right now! Jessica and Maxwell go to leave. Anthony blocks their path. ANTHONY (CONT’D) Where do you think you’re going? MAXWELL Get out of the way you– Anthony punches Maxwell in the face, knocking him out. ANTHONY Sit down you backstabbing whore. INT. VITO’S HOTEL ROOM – NIGHT Vito unlocks his ankle bracelet and lays it on top of Agent Howard. EXT. HOTEL PARKING LOT – NIGHT Vito walks to a far corner of the lot. He hears footsteps behind him, and spins around quickly, reaching for his gun. VITO Who the fuck is— POP! POP! Two gunshots, muffled by a silencer, rip into his torso. He drops to his knees and looks up, surprised to see Tony step out of a shadow and hover above him. TONY When you see the old man, tell him it was something I had to do, not something I wanted to do. Tony shoots Vito between the eyes, killing him. Jimmy pulls up in the Escalade. Tony lifts Vito’s body and places it in the trunk, then grabs the dufflebag and jewels and gets in the car. They pull away. INT. ESCALADE – NIGHT Jimmy drives with Tony in the passenger seat. Jessica and Maxwell are in the back. EXT. AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL – NIGHT Inside the Escalade, Tony holds plane tickets and passports and gives instructions to Jessica and Maxwell. TONY You two are gonna take a long trip. JESSICA Where? JIMMY Down under. TONY It’s Australia or the trunk. Maxwell opens his passport and the name under his picture is Vito Notelli. MAXWELL Who’s Vito Notelli? TONY The guy in the back. JESSICA Who am I? JIMMY You’re nobody. Just your cunt self. TONY I’m giving you money and your lives. But if I ever see your faces again, I’m gonna personally put you in a meat grinder. Understand? Jessica and Maxwell nod in agreement. MAXWELL Yes, sir. Understood. JIMMY Now get out and have a nice trip. Jessica and Maxwell get out quickly. INT. Anthony’S APARTMENT – NIGHT Anthony is waiting as Tony and Jimmy come in with the dufflebag. Jimmy hides it in a closet. TONY What on earth made you do something that fucking stupid?! Anthony I don’t know, I just got sucked in. Never again, Dad. TONY (to Jimmy) Get Uzi up here. Jimmy exits. TONY (CONT’D) Anthony, what were you thinking? Anthony You don’t understand what it’s like out here. TONY Anthony, it’s the same everywhere. Anthony But you make things look so easy. I struggle for everything. I thought this one little thing would make it easier. TONY I was born into what I do, and believe me it’s not easy. I have to worry about money, the cops, rats, going to jail, and little details like not getting killed – which is how you almost wound up. Jimmy and Uzi walk in. TONY (CONT’D) Uzi, if you ever get my son mixed up in anything like this again, I’m gonna bury you right next to the guy you’re gonna help Jimmy bury right now! UZI (frightened) Never Tony, I am sorry! Bury? Who am I burying? Where am I burying? JIMMY Downstairs. The garage. UZI The garage? TONY Yes. Here’s your end. Tony tosses Uzi a stack of hundreds. UZI Where’s the rest? TONY Gone. Unless you want Jimmy to bury two bodies. UZI Silence is golden. JIMMY Let’s go. Jimmy and Uzi leave. TONY Steph was right about Jessica. Nothing but trouble. She’s a good kid that Steph. I like her. A lot. Anthony Where are Jess and Max? TONY On vacation. Anthony You didn’t— TONY No, they’re on a flight, probably between here and Hawaii by now. Anthony What are you gonna do with the money and jewels? TONY The money is mine. The jeweler thinks he got robbed, so, he got robbed. The jewels, I haven’t decided yet. INT. BASEMENT GARAGE – NIGHT Jimmy and Uzi are digging a hole. They’re waist deep. Uzi stops for a breather. UZI Isn’t this deep enough? JIMMY A few more feet. I don’t want the smell seeping through. UZI No, we don’t want that! Uzi resumes digging. |