Macao Page #7

-Did you ever hear of it?

-No.

Great.

Clean white beach,

beautiful bay, green hills.

Friend of mine owns a plantation there.

He offered me a job as manager.

And you turned him down?

lve been lonely in Times Square

on New Years Eve.

Being on an island all by myself,

l figured ld go crazy.

ld have taken it.

-You mean, youd go for a life like that?

-Like a shot.

-Julie.

-lm listening.

Look, l know this is...

l know this is a little abrupt.

l dont carry a lot

of credentials around with me

but lm fairly honest.

lve done a lot of things in my life...

-Running a plantations hard work.

-lm not afraid of hard work.

-Youre not kidding, are you?

-No.

-When, Nick? When?

-When?

l can leave tomorrow.

Theres another Rangdavi. lll find it.

As soon as l get there, lll send for you.

We can meet in a month. Thirty days.

Whats the matter?

Take me back to the hotel, will you?

lts getting cold.

-Why?

-l wanna get off this yacht, now.

Turn this thing around, will you?

Come in.

-Greetings!

-Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Whos been sending you posies?

The only time lll ever get flowers

will be at my funeral.

lll bet you the 20 l owe you

youll never guess who sent these.

No bet.

l should have left with you last night.

-Went to the cleaners, huh?

-Yeah, and how.

Too bad you didnt hit that last triple six.

l can still pick up half the dough

l won on that second roll.

Yeah? How?

All l have to do is collect $6,000

from Halloran and take the noon boat.

-All l have to do is believe you.

-No, lm serious.

You mean to tell me Halloran is willing

to give you all that moolah

just to get out of town?

Thats what the man says.

For that kind of dough,

ld swim back to Hong Kong.

-Whats his angle?

-He wants a clear field with Julie, l guess.

Figures hell make

a big man out of himself with her

by riding me out of town on a golden rail.

-What time are you leaving?

-lm not.

As long as youre gonna stay,

you and l can go into business together.

What are we gonna use for capital?

Would that do?

Belongs to a necklace of 14-carat stones.

Twenty of them. All perfect.

-Whered you get it?

-Sideline.

The necklace is in Hong Kong in a safe

at The Grand Hotel.

-Sizzles like a fried egg.

-lts cool enough to be sold.

lts worth a 100,000. lll take 40,000.

Why do you want a middleman?

l dont wanna mix it up

with my legitimate business.

Now where am l going

to find some sweet old dowager

wholl just hand me $40,000

and no questions asked?

-l figure Halloran.

-lm listening.

Tell him where the rest of the necklace is.

lf he wants to make a deal,

its got to be cash,

in your hands, in Hong Kong.

-How do you know l wont run out on you?

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