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RIGHT UPSTAIRS.
(band playing "Comes Love")
THEY WERE STEALING A MOMENT TOGETHER,
WHICH WAS DANGEROUS, BECAUSE SHE WAS DEMPSEY'S GIRL.
AS THEY STARED INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES,
KATE'S HEART QUICKENED.
(record needle scratches)
(man) OYE, CHICO!
WHO'S THAT?
HEY, BOY-O. YOU MUST BE A SLOW LEARNER.
(cheers and applause)
THERE'S MY BABY.
(cheers and applause continue)
HE'S WITH YOU, MISS SINCLAIR?
YES,
AND I DON'T APPRECIATE YOU LUGS
MOPPING THE FLOOR WITH HIM THE OTHER NIGHT.
NOT FOR NOTHIN', BUT YOU NEED TO KEEP THIS ON THE HUSH-HUSH.
DEMPSEY'S NOT TOO KEEN ABOUT MIXED LAUNDRY.
WELL, THEN WE'LL JUST KEEP THIS OUR LITTLE SECRET.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
ALL RIGHT, FELLAS.
YOU BETTER WISE UP, VERA.
DEMPSEY WILL HAVE YOU BUTCHERED IF HE FINDS OUT.
I MEAN, HE'S A HELL OF A SMOOCHER AND ALL,
BUT, DAMN IT, GIRL,
IS THIS YUM-YUM REALLY WORTH IT?
HE'S THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE.
YOU TWO ARE A WALKING FAIRY TALE.
GOOD LORD.
COME ON.
BETSY'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW?
DEMPSEY WILL SCRAG US FOR SURE IF HE CATCHES US TURTLE-DOVING.
YOU GOTTA GET ME AWAY FROM HERE, JOE,
AWAY FROM DEMPSEY, AWAY FROM ALL OF IT.
OH, YEAH, AND GO WHERE? WE CAN BLOW THIS TOWN, SURE.
ONLY HOW FAR ARE WE GONNA GET WHEN WE'RE BOTH FLAT BROKE?
WE'RE NOT BROKE, JOE.
WE'VE GOT ALL THE MONEY WE NEED AND MORE
AROUND MY NECK.
ALL WE GOTTA DO IS TAKE IT AWAY WITH US.
WHAT, ARE YOU DAFFY?
YOU GOT AT LEAST TWO BRUNOS WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES
WHEN YOU'RE WEARING THAT THING.
IT'S FUNNY.
BACK WHEN I WAS A CIGARETTE GIRL,
I'D WATCH DEMPSEY COMING IN WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND
WEARING THIS THING AROUND HER NECK,
AND I WANTED IT.
PRETTY SOON, I WAS HIS GIRL AND I HAD IT.
BUT IT'S NOT A NECKLACE, JOE. IT'S A DIAMOND NOOSE,
AND IT'S GETTING HARDER TO BREATHE.
THEN WE GOTTA TURN THAT NOOSE INTO A LIFELINE.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW?
WHEN I'M NOT WEARING IT, DEMPSEY KEEPS IT IN A SECRET SAFE,
AND I KNOW WHERE IT IS.