October
7, 2003
[Outside
the Quartermaine Mansion]
Ned: If I could get junior to hire you
back, you know I would.
Dillon: No, I know but I...there's no question
about it. I messed up. I mean I let Georgie distract me at work and
I missed an important fax, so...
Ned: Ah, that fax isn't that important.
Dillon: Well, still I made my choices,
so...
Ned: Did you suddenly get mature and responsible
while I wasn't looking?
Dillon: Um...maybe. Yeah, you know, a little
bit, kind of, I guess.
Ned: Well, so have you applied for another
job? Do you need a reference or something?
Dillon: Not exactly.
Ned: All right. I know your angling for
something, so why don't you just save us some time and tell me what
you want.
(Dillon laughs)
Dillon:
Uh, Georgie and I are going into the city tonight. Crowdog is playing
in the garden.
Ned: Oh. So you need some cash?
Dillon: Uh...no. Actually, I'm set for
cash for the night, but I just...I want the night to be really special
for Georgie, and everybody does the limo thing, you know? I want something
personal and private.
Ned: So, you want to borrow the car?
(Georgie walks up)
Georgie: Dillon?
Ned: Hey Georgie.
Georgie: Hey.
Dillon: (To Georgie) Front-row seats.
Ned: Front-row seats? At the garden? How
did you manage that? Oh, did you get a cash advance on mom's credit
card?
Dillon: Uh, no, not exactly.
Ned: Well, then how did you come up with
that kind of money?
Georgie: Well, he...he got it from Alcazar.
Ned: What the hell are you doing with Lorenzo
Alcazar?
Ned:
How do you even know Lorenzo Alcazar?
Georgie: Dillon didn't really have much
of a choice in the matter.
Ned: What...he forced you to work for him?
Dillon: Look, she's making it sound a lot
worse than it is.
Georgie: I shouldn't have even said anything.
Ned: Georgie, I need to speak with my brother
alone. (Georgie leaves) Why? Can you tell me why you accepted money
from Lorenzo Alcazar?
Dillon: It's not that big of a deal, ok?
Ned: It's a very big deal. So lets start
over. Why did you take money from Lorenzo Alcazar?
Dillon: Because I heard somebody threatening
to kill him and I went and I told him, OK? But I think he...I think
he already knew about it.
Ned: So he gave you money for the information?
Dillon: Yeah. He was trying to be fair.
I mean, that's the thing about Alcazar, he's really not that bad.
Ned: Are you out of your freaking mind?
(Edward walks up) Do you know what its like to woe someone like Alcazar
anything?
Edward: What? You're involved with Lorenzo
Alcazar?
Dillon: No, not exactly.
Ned: Yes, you are. You took money from
him!
Edward: What? You're taking money from
an international arms peddler and you are living under this roof?
Ned: I'm with grandfather on this.
Edward: You know something? This is exactly
what happened to your cousin, Jason. He got recruited by an unscrupulous
thug...
Dillon: Oh come on! I was not recruited,
OK? I...I helped him out and he paid me.
Edward: Well, you're going to military
school just as soon as I can get it arranged.
Ned: Grandfather, hold on...
Edward: No, you may be willing to let him
get away with this Ned, but I'm not.
Ned: Nobody is getting away with anything.
Maybe if this family did a better job of, you know, welcoming him into
the family...
Edward: Oh, sure, now it's the family's
fault, huh?
Ned: I know what it's like to have a mother
like Tracy
Edward: So you blame the parent.
Ned: We owe it to him to give him another
chance.
Edward: It's a mistake, Ned.
Ned: Don't make me wrong, because military
school is a hell of a lot better than being dead.
Dillon: You know, I didn't exactly think...
Ned: No, no you're going to shut up and
listen to me. You're life as a gangster is over. So there's no car,
no concert. There's nothing but school. You're grounded until further
notice.
(Georgie
walks up)
Georgie: I waited by the gate in case you
left and then I called Maxie to have her come and pick me up and I just
couldn't leave. I'm so sorry.
Dillon: I'm grounded indefinitely. Is that
what you want?
Georgie: Of course not.
Dillon: And you know what else? I'm probably
going to military school.
Georgie: Would they do that?
Dillon: You know, all I have to do is just...just
tough it out. Wait a little bit til I'm old enough for film school.
That's what I have to do.
Georgie: I didn't mean for things to turn
out this way.
Dillon: Georgie, why did you have to say
anything? I mean, we could be on our way to the garden right now in
Ned's beamer. It would've been so perfect. Do you realize that?
Georgie: This is not a road movie, it's
not black and white. It's real. What if somebody tried to kill
you, like they did Alcazar? I know it's a rush and it's really, really
cool but these people are dangerous. I love you. And I would be really,
really mad if you got yourself killed.
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