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on the same pillow twice.

- Well, travel costs.

- Tell me.

I need $500,000

to buy me five years.

Right now, I'm only

short $499,500.

- Well, luck will find you then.

- I know.

When it does, I'll grab

that f***er by the throat.

Yeah.

Oh, and hey, Nick?

Holly just called.

Said if you're not finished

with your grapefruit juice,

don't waste it.

It's open.

- You want some coffee?

- No.

I just brewed it.

It's 100% Colombian,

it's right there on the table.

Holly, if you're gonna hide, why

couldn't we have just talked on the phone?

I just don't think I want

you seeing me like this.

Hey, Nick.

You know, I kept calling out

for you in emergency.

The doctor says I kept saying

"Nick" over and over again.

They thought that you

were the one who...

Who did?

I don't know.

That's why I phoned you.

So I had a date

last night.

When I left, I got

to the elevator

and the doors were opening

and it was going up.

There were three

guys inside.

The young guy

was the boss.

He spoke real strong,

like a fighter.

The two big guys

were his flunkies.

And the fighter says,

"Come on to the party. "

And I said I was tired,

and he said,

"Hey, I'm too pretty

to turn down. "

And he pulled me

inside and...

We get to his suite,

I said, "Where's the party?"

And he says, "You're it. "

And he signals for the big

guys to go into the next room.

And he says, "Aren't

you the lucky b*tch?

You're the only girl in the world

tonight that gets to touch it. "

And he looks down

at himself and says,

"The envy of all mankind. "

Well, he did

what he did.

And the big guys worked me over

real good on the service stairs.

And some hotel people,

they dumped me at Emergency.

Isn't $100 what you charge

for the first hour?

Today's my day

for turnin' down money.

What'd you wanna

pay me for?

'Cause I wanna sue

his ass, Nicky.

You must hire a lawyer,

Holly. I'm not a lawyer.

I don't even know his name

or what room he was in

or any god damn thing

about him.

Then you must hire a detective,

Holly. I'm not a detective.

I don't know any god damn

detectives, Nick.

I know you,

and you know everybody.

I mean, how could

you not help me?

'Cause I'm gonna guess the

three gentlemen you talked about

were not IBM executives.

What hotel were you in?

The Golden Nugget.

Better and better.

A lot of people like it.

True, and so is this...

every high school

student knows

there's no such thing as

organized crime in America.

Every elementary school

student knows

that if organized crime

ever dreamt of invading,

the last city they would

come to would be Vegas.

And every kindergarten

student knows

that if the mob ever

did to town,

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