Tequila Sunrise Page #3

...taking over my office,

telling me to manufacture evidence.

This is my backyard, Hal! I don't

grow weeds in it so I can pull them.

Mac.

GREG:
I swear to God I wasn't using

you. I was just trying to pay some bills.

Now you got another one to pay.

And if I don't come through,

these guys'll kill me.

They won't kill you. They'll

probably just break your legs.

MAC:

Here comes the money junkie.

I've been calling and calling.

I just broke a f***ing nail!

MAC:

I sent your lawyer the check, Shaleen.

Tomorrow's the first.

You might as well write another one.

I'm at a critical point.

This business requires cash.

So do I. Sorry, I'm not starving

so you can tell your little boy...

...you're a rubber hose salesman,

not a drug dealer.

SHALEEN:
Cody gets old enough to ask

what his father does for a living...

...suddenly he has a conscience.

Greg, I'll deal

with that other stuff later.

Leave my kid out of this.

Our kid.

SHALEEN:

Anyway, I need another 10,000.

SHALEEN:
The Mercedes burned up.

- The SLC?

It's under warranty.

Take it back, make them fix it.

You know those a**holes. They claim

I didn't have any oil in the engine.

I made an improper suggestion.

I overreacted.

It was uncalled for.

No.

It was my fault.

Well, Okay.

HAL:
Look, I'll lay my cards

on the table.

Any questions about our operation...

...go ahead, ask me.

Shoot.

Who's your snitch?

I can't tell you that.

We got to start somewhere, Hal.

How about...

July 17, 1963?

"Frescia and McKussic were arrested...

...for curfew violation

on Hermosa Beach."

...when he was busted for drugs

on Rosarito Beach.

No, he was on the beach.

I was in the water.

Otherwise I'd have ended up in

the same Mexican jail for 2 years.

What can I say?

You have really done your homework.

This is not about you being a cop.

I know you're one of the best.

You're close to Mac.

Mac is close to Carlos,

who is coming to town.

Who says?

He's getting ready to move

...personally.

That's the word.

For $ 1100 a week...

...a local snitch will tell you

anything you want to hear.

I'm hearing it

from the Federal Mexican Police...

...and I'm not paying them.

You say this is your back yard.

Has Carlos ever made a move in it

without Mac's help?

If Carlos is back in town,

Mac's back in business.

What do you want?

- Use Mac to get to Carlos.

NICK:
How?

Any way you can.

If Mac's clean,

it will do him a lot of damage.

Say he is working with Carlos

and we bust him.

I will personally guarantee

that Mac...

...doesn't stand trial

in federal court.

You're liable to save him

I cleared out of your office.

(MAC IN SPANISH)

- It's me, Mac.

CARLOS:
Hey, my buddy. Qu pasa?

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