True Confessions Page #2

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-Thanks.

I'm fine, thank you.

Fourteen to one, huh?

Must have been a boat race.

Of course it was. That's why

you could bet the Sistine Chapel on it.

You Iook Iike sh*t.

How's your wife?

She Ieft with her tuna fish

casserole recipe. Her one dish.

-And your brother, the Monsignor?

-Okay.

I used to Iisten to him on the radio

when I was in the joint.

"The religious hour."

I'II bet he said a novena for you

every time that you and I screwed.

What's on your mind, Brenda?

You ever notice how you get old,

your feet swell up?

I started noticing things Iike that

when I was in the joint.

Your feet swell up,

your toenails get Iittle ridges on them.

Well, maybe you ought to

write a book about it, all right?

You ever tell your brother in confession

that Jack was paying you off?

Or maybe he doesn't know

what a bagman is, your brother.

They don't teach them things Iike that

at the seminary.

What are you trying to say?

You ever wonder why Jack fixed it

so that you didn't get indicted and I did?

Jack wouldn't know me

if he walked into me.

Forget you.

It was all that business

he was doing with your brother.

AII those Catholic schools he was building.

It wouldn't have Iooked good,

you going on trial.

So he put in the fix downtown.

Somebody had to take the fall. Me.

Anything else?

Yeah. Just get that stiff out of here.

Once a bagman, always a bagman!

I'm sorry about that.

Okay?

You know my temper.

I need you Iike I need another f***.

You know, Jack's got

this grand new development, Des.

Rancho Rosa, I think it's called.

Anyway, he wants to give a Iittle piece

to His Eminence for a school.

Isn't that a grand thing to do?

Rancho Rosa?

I hear he's having trouble

getting rid of his Iots.

He needs a school and

the city won't put one in, is that true?

My God, you're suspicious. Peg?

Monsignor.

-Mrs. Campion, how are you?

-Oh, it was a beautiful mass.

Thank you.

I just wanted to thank you

for everything you've done.

It's a beautiful wedding,

and I wanted to tell you

how much I appreciated

all your patience and time.

It was an honor and I...

I know that you'II be very happy,

Georgette.

I'm sure of that.

-Monsignor, you know why I got married.

-Yes, I do.

But I wouldn't worry about it.

I think it'II be fine.

I think you've done the right thing,

and you have my blessing.

Thank you, Monsignor.

Yeah, so, he's gotten awful grand

since he became a supervisor.

I remember when you could rent him

by the day.

And now, after being turned down

everywhere else,

Jack makes this most generous offer

to us.

What would you call that, Des?

-I'd call that a pair of grape scissors.

-Oh.

Have some champagne.

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