Sucker Page #4

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I need a job if I'm ever

going to pay back Dad.

Lots of driving. Very dangerous.

At least if we have an accident,

the bus is full of doctors.

Hey. (speaking Cantonese)

It's a joke, Uncle.

Why don't you ever speak Cantonese?

Thanks for everything, Uncle.

Make sure to call every few days.

I will.

Ah! (Cantonese)

(gasps)

With a belly full of hot

tea, all is in harmony.

- Confucius?

- No, Lawrence.

Antioxidants.

- (chattering)

- (silverware clinking)

I want to learn to do what you do.

What do you think it is that I do?

You're a con artist, aren't you?

I'm a reader of people.

Ordinary people.

What about that man?

What do you think he does?

- He's a businessman.

- Mm-hmm.

- A stockbroker or something.

- How do you know that?

It's an expensive suit.

Cheap shoes.

The affectation of status.

That's his tell.

He's a salesman, popular at school,

probably captain of the football team.

- He's married, but he's having an affair.

- How do you know?

He has a mobile, but

he's using a pay phone.

- His wife checks his bills.

- The battery could be flat.

(chuckles)

I used to have partners.

Long ago, far away.

We pulled long cons,

short cons, card scams.

We played the Melon Drop, the Rainmaker,

the Fiddle Game, the

Wire, and even the Badger.

Always assume that the more

sordid explanation is correct.

(cell phone rings)

Hi, honey.

Yes. Still at work.

Yeah. Sure.

Lawrence,

the game is not a game.

- You would have to follow my directions.

- Of course.

I need to be able to trust you.

There's no running back home the

first time things become tricky.

It's not going to happen.

And another thing.

You must never tell

anybody about this. Ever.

Any of it.

Would you promise?

LAWRENCE (narrating): I... promise.

WOMAN:
Borders

and horizon lines

(car door opens, closes)

- We're alone, but side by side

- (door opens)

We're yet to dream

We're yet to dream

Nothing here is

what it seems

There's an animal inside

There's an animal inside

Half awake and almost dead

Keeping empty beds elsewhere

We're yet to bleed

We're yet to bleed

All the time and energy

Ah-ah-ah

- Ah-ah-ah

- In silence

Ah-ah-ah

In silence

Could we try to reinvent

Feed the head...

LAWRENCE (narrating): My

parents would have killed me.

I wasn't even allowed sleepovers.

- And these people were criminals...

- (snoring)

but I didn't care.

I was exactly where I wanted to be.

The first scam I learned

was the Lost Trinket.

We would look for the

worst pub in town...

- (sheep bleating)

- with the dodgiest barman.

Someone with greed in their bones.

I call these suckers tin mittens.

(clinking)

You know I did drama at school, right?

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