What's the Worst That Could Happen?
I start the bidding
at six hundred. Six fifty?
I have one thousand dollars
in the back. Thank you.
If you're here for the sports
memorabilia auction...
it's next Wednesday.
Oh, well, thank you,
but I'm just here...
to look at
all the colorful pictures.
Well, good for you.
How about this one?
Isn't it exquisite?
Oh, yes, very exquisite.
Yes, it is... for a fake.
A fake?
Yeah. See, it says here,
Lot 702...
Young Girl by Window...
is seventeenth century
Phoenician school.
- But it's not.
- It's not?
See, the shading
on the burnt umber is all wrong.
I'd date this back
at the time...
they was usin' the White House
as a get down spot.
You know, when everybody
was up in there like that.
were backin' it up.
Sir, with all due respect...
I think you'll find that
the staff here at W. Boyle...
It's a fake, OK?
- I have an eye.
- An eye?
Yes. Just like them glasses
you got on.
I know when got up today,
you put 'em on.
You got in the mirror,
you thought you were stylin'.
You came to work, you know,
get a couple of more sales.
I know you thought they was,
what, $500 Boucherons?
Nah, they knock-offs, darlin'.
Yeah, those are knock-offs.
They're fake, just like
this piece of sh*t here.
702, Young Girl by the Window.
Next up, Lot 702,
Young Girl by Window...
has been pulled
from the auction.
So we'll move on to Lot 703...
lake scene.
A fine example of
nineteenth century American art.
You may find it of interest...
that the artist responsible
for this beautiful painting...
was a Boston native
who apprenticed right here...
on our very own
Commonwealth Avenue.
My colleagues and I
here at W. Boyle...
Excuse me.
Here, let me switch with you.
Let me just try to slide by you.
Pardon me.
Please, will you watch it?
All right, that's...
Um, let me try this.
- OK, OK. Slide over. Go.
- This is outrageous.
Like that, see? Got it.
Excuse me. All right.
Deal a meal.
You OK?
Would you mind
just leaving me alone?
Now, if I leave you alone...
you sitting here
on the verge of tears...
how you think
that's gonna make me feel?
You wouldn't understand.
That painting is yours.
You don't want to sell it,
but you have to.
Three fifty.
Give or take a pound.
Five hundred. Five hundred.
Do I have five fifty?
Five fifty I have. Five fifty.
Do I have six hundred?
My father
left me the painting...
and I love it, but I need
the money to pay a hotel bill.
One thousand five hundred.
One thousand five hundred.
Thank you.
- Two thousand.
- I have two thousand dollars.
Two thousand five hundred
dollars.
I have 2,500. Do I have 3,000?
Two thousand five hundred
going once...
twice... sold.
Paddle number fourteen.
Well, that's that.
What's your name?
Amber Belhaven.
Oh, very pretty name.
Kevin. Kevin Caffrey.
Look...
I couldn't buy that painting...
but I can buy you
a cup of coffee.
So after I graduated
university...
I moved here from London
to take this great job...
with a new natural history
website, neanderthal. com.
- What?
- Yeah, I know, I know.
You can figure out the rest.
They went under, so here I am.
So what are you gonna do now?
Get a job.
I'm sure there are
plenty of opportunities...
for a girl with a degree
in anthropology.
OK. Now, anthropology...
that's, like,
the study of man's...
See, I'm glad I read that
in the dictionary...
or I wouldn't know.
So what do you do, Kevin?
I'm a... I'm a businessman.
Yeah. Matter of fact, I was late
for an appointment.
I hope this is not too personal,
but in your hotel room...
do they have one of those
little refrigerators?
And in that refrigerator, do
they have those little bottles?
Yeah, I guess.
Well,
when my appointment ends...
would you like me to come by
and check?
See if in fact they do?
Now, you wouldn't try
- Why are you blinking?
I tell a lie, I blink.
Oh, that must keep you
very honest.
I'd make a terrible lawyer.
So, can you force yourself
to blink...
blink when
you're telling the truth?
So when you're not blinking...
it means you're definitely
telling the truth...
but when you are blinking,
it means you're either lying...
or it means that you're
forcing yourself to blink...
to make it look like
you're lying.
That's right.
That sounds very complicated.
It's not, really.
So what's up?
Can I see you later?
Sure.
Wait.
But you're blinking, too.
You got the same thing
that I got...
and I don't know what you...
She's got it goin' on.
I will find you.
Who is it?
This is for you.
How much did he want
for that painting?
'Cause I'll pay you back
as soon as I get a job.
Well, it, uh...
it didn't cost me anything.
What, you stole it?
That's what I do.
But I thought
you were a businessman.
I am.
I'm in the business of stealing.
Yeah,
that's why I go to auctions...
to learn what's worth stealing.
Connoisseur
of all things portable.
Wow.
I apologize if it's a shock.
Well, I dated a lawyer
for three years...
so ethically speaking,
I've seen a stretch mark or two.
Normally, I don't tell a woman
that on the first date.
Then again, I don't normally
have these feelings.
Me, neither.
You see this ring?
My father gave this to me...
how much he loved me.
and so do I.
Used to be his lucky ring.
Now it's yours.
Well, how lucky was he?
Well, he was wearing it...
when he won that painting
in a card game.
Now I want something from you.
Name it.
I want you to promise me
that you'll never lie to me.
I've been
in that kind of relationship...
and I'll never do it again.
So no lies, OK?
No lies.
Said without a blink.
Oh, my God,
it's like needles in my eye.
I am too rich to have
a headache like this, Walter.
- You gotta get me out of this!
- G-get you out of this?
OK. I'll just undo
you've been a part of
for the last five years.
Sounds good to me!
There are no loopholes
this time.
Bankruptcy is the only option.
Great! Screw it.
Screw everybody.
Just file the goddamn papers.
What's the worst
that could happen?
Bankruptcy, Max.
That's the worst
that could happen.
Poodle cakes, it's only
the real estate company.
This is no big deal.
Tell her, Walter.
This is a...
It's a tech-technical procedure.
Yeah, that's right... a simple
little technical procedure.
It's humiliating, and it'll be
in all of the newspapers.
Well...
Maybe my father was right
about my marrying you.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
There is no need...
to bring your daddy into this,
sugar lumps.
Walter and I,
we have this all worked out.
Our strategy is planned.
Right, Walter?
Fix it, Max, or else.
There is nothing to worry about,
snuggle bunny.
These things have a tendency...
to work themselves out
in the end.
They always do. Come on.
Come on, give me little kisses.
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