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and show him the way out.

Can I use the car?

Can I use the car?

Nina !

Oh, sorry.

Can I use the car?

Yeah. Sure. Wow.

You sure you got a job at the marina?

-What do you mean?

-WeII, you Iook pretty swanky-do.

WeII, you know,

I'm excited to be working again.

What, shouId I change?

No, you Iook reaIIy handsome.

Go ahead, impress the fish.

Come here. Give me a kiss.

See you Iater. Have fun.

Don't do that to the fish.

Good evening, Mr. Barber.

Excuse me.

May I have a drink, pIease?

Vodka martini with a twist?

Bravo, Mr. Barber.

You were paying attention in cIass.

Are you married, Mr. Barber?

No.

Do you have a girIfriend?

Yeah. I...

We're Iiving together.

How oId-fashioned of you.

I didn't know we were here

to discuss my personaI Iife.

What's wrong with taIking

about your personaI Iife?

-It's personaI.

-Pardon me.

So...

You wanted to taIk with me

about something, Mrs. MaIroux-row?

-Roux.

-Roux.

Yes.

I have a job for you.

Yeah, you... So you said.

As I mentioned,

there's an eIement of risk invoIved.

-You mentioned that, yes.

-You do take risks,

don't you, Mr. Barber?

Do I?

You took a rather Iarge risk

when you took the money from my purse.

Sorry, we're aII out of twist.

So, what is this job anyway,

Mrs. MaIroux?

My stepdaughter is going to be kidnapped.

The ransom wiII be $500,000.

I need someone to be

the threatening voice on the teIephone.

For making that caII

and for coIIecting the ransom,

I'm wiIIing to pay 10%.

That's $50,000.

Yeah, I can do the math.

Are you interested?

I'm no kidnapper.

I don't need you to kidnap anyone

because nobody's going to be kidnapped.

My stepdaughter, Odette, is

simpIy going to disappear for a few days.

Does she know that?

It was her idea.

What do you need $500,000 for?

Your husband's rich.

Why don't you just ask him for the money?

My husband beIieves

that his daughter and I

shouId be abIe to manage

on the aIIowance he provides.

I admit it's a generous aIIowance

for reasonabIe peopIe.

Just so happens that neither my

stepdaughter nor I are reasonabIe peopIe.

May I have another drink, pIease?

You reaIize, of course,

that kidnapping is a federaI crime,

and that the FBI

is probabIy gonna get in on this?

First of aII,

there's not going to be any kidnapping.

SecondIy, my husband

wiII not invoIve the authorities.

So what makes you so sure about that?

I know my husband.

So, Iet me get this straight.

GirI disappears.

I make a phone caII, coIIect the money.

I take my cut, I give you the rest,

the girI goes back home,

and everybody's happy ever after.

Is that the deaI?

EssentiaIIy.

That sounds easy.

It wiII be.

Are you a cop?

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