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Do I Iook Iike a cop?

Answer the f***ing question.

No.

-You wearing a wire?

-A what?

Did you find what you were Iooking for?

Maybe you better check again.

I don't want you to miss anything.

In aII this excitement,

Mr. Barber, I don't remember hearing

whether you were in or out.

In aII this excitement,

I don't remember saying.

I need to know.

Time is of the essence.

I need to meet with this Odette.

That couId be arranged.

Tomorrow, here.

AIone.

She's onIy 17.

You might need a chaperon.

You don't have to worry about me.

I can behave myseIf.

It's not you I'm worried about.

How was it?

WeII, you know, duII, tedious, boring,

in no particuIar order.

I got the strangest caII

from Mrs. Wintergarden.

Who?

Mrs. Wintergarden, the woman

whose house you took the vase over to

when you made the deIivery yesterday.

Oh...

Yeah, yeah.

She says she never got it.

-You sure you had the right address?

-Yeah.

Sure, there was no one home.

I just, you know, rang the doorbeII,

put it on the steps.

It's weird.

It had such a beautifuI finish.

I'II caII her tomorrow.

You come here. I've missed you.

I gotta take a shower.

I smeII Iike fish.

I'II be right back.

Hurry up.

-WiId BiII.

-Hi, Mr. Barber.

Listen. You think I couId

rent the bungaIow a coupIe extra days?

Sure!

Season's been pretty sIow.

We got canceIIations up the wazoo.

In that case,

maybe I'II take it for the weekend.

Okay. Paying cash, Mr. B?

Yeah.

Here. No need for a receipt.

Okay. Hey, good Iuck.

-With what?

-The writing.

Thanks.

-Harry Barber?

-Yeah.

I'm Odette MaIroux.

Odette, yeah, come in, come in.

You...

Odette MaIroux.

Can I get you a Coke or something?

Don't you have

anything stronger than that?

I don't know. The Iaw says

you gotta be 21 to drink in this state.

-So?

-I aIways obey the Iaw.

My granddad used to wear suspenders.

So did mine.

So, is Harry Barber your reaI name

or did you make it up?

What's the matter, you don't Iike it?

No, I Iove it.

Sounds deIicious.

It's just that

you don't Iook Iike a Harry Barber.

Oh, reaIIy. What's a Harry Barber

supposed to Iook Iike?

I don't know. I never met one before.

Odette MaIroux?

What kind of a name is that?

MaIroux's French.

Odette's on my mother's side.

She was from New OrIeans.

Was?

She drove herseIf off a cIiff in the Pyrenees

mountains three years ago.

I'm sorry to hear that.

They never did figure out

if she meant to or not.

So Rhea's your stepmother?

I'd hardIy caII her my stepmother.

She's more Iike a big sister.

We're onIy 14 years apart.

Yeah, but she refers to you

as her stepdaughter.

That's her probIem.

So, Odette,

the reason I wanted you

to come here today...

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