Dealers (3)
Pat and Troy are setting on the couch talking Lee drinking coffee looking like another rough night.
The Casino Boss walks to the door as everyone looks at their watches.
CASINO BOSS
It's that time.
Everyone walks to the door. Pat looks at the Boss and winks. The Casino Boss just shrugs her wink off.
The Casino Boss walks over to Bart's table.
CASINO BOSS
Heard you had a visitor yesterday?
BART
Yes, I did the owner talked to me
a little bit.
CASINO BOSS
He was very impressed with you,
I have been watching you too,
on and off the tables. You are good.
BART
Thank you sir. I try to be good
at what ever I do.
The Casino Boss was getting ready to say something else when he spotted the two thugs walking to Troy's table.
CASINO BOSS
Not this damn early in the morning.
The Casino Boss walks over to the two men. Troy ducks behind his table peeping out from it to watch the two thugs.
The Casino Boss leads the two thugs out the door and walks over to Troy's table as
Troy pops back up and starts dealing the cards with shaking hands.
The Casino Boss points his finger in Troy's face.
CASINO BOSS
Damn you guys are going to be
the death of me yet. Get it
straightened out now.
The Casino Boss walks off. Troy swallows real hard.
TROY
Yes Sir, consider it done.
LATER THAT EVENING
Pat watches as Helen meets Bart at his table and Lee and the Casino Boss meet up with two girls. Troy runs out the Casino doors.
EXT.CASINO-EVENING
Pat walks out the casino doors behind Troy to watch the two thugs beating up on Troy. Pat runs toward them yelling.
PAT
Security anyone help.
The two thugs have Troy on the ground kicking him, with Troy holding his arm, groaning in pain.
The two thugs walk off, with Pat holding Troy.
PAT
( yelling )
Call an ambulance, he's
really hurt.
The ambulance arrives loading Troy in it.
Linda from security walks out and looks at Pat with a mean look.
LINDA
Too bad it wasn't you.
Linda walks off leaving Pat on the sidewalk not able to say anything.
THE NEXT DAY
INT.CASINO-DAY
Pat is setting in the employee lounge as Troy and Bart walk in. Troy has his arm in a cast with his lip busted.
Bart shakes his head at him when Lee walks in with the casino Boss both of them are hung over.
Bart looks at his watch and points to it. Pat and Troy follow Bart out to the tables.
Bart nods at the Dealer and grabs the cards.
Shuffling them by hand with a group of Japanese setting at his table pointing at him rattling off something in Japanese.
The more they rattled and laughed the more tricks Bart showed them.
Bart starts dealing them the cards putting on a show pulling from all of the deck letting a pretty Japanese girl win most of the hands,
while her elders looked at him still rattling off in Japanese. She kept smiling at him, nodding her head in a thank you manner.
JAPANESE GIRL
Thank you kind sir.
BART
Your welcome.
Bart kept the show going on letting her win, until the Casino Boss walked up to the table and watched Bart.
The Japanese girl nodding every time with a thank you afterwards. Casino Boss whispered in Bart's ear.
CASINO BOSS
( grin)
You might want to let one of
the elders win too.
Bart turns to him and grins.
The Japanese crowd gets up from the table with the Japanese girl smiling and nodding at him and the
Elders tossing chips at him nodding still rattling off Japanese.
Bart turns to the Casino Boss.
BART
I wonder if they were cursing me?
CASINO BOSS
They should have been, you
sly devil.
With that comment the Casino Boss walks off.
Bart keeps on shuffling the cards by hand hoping to draw another crowd around his table.
Bart looks over at Lee's table a beautiful young girl setting there in a blue dress that's really low cut and large diamonds on her fingers.
Lee watching her every move as he deals her cards.
Lee whispers something in her ear and she gives him a piece of paper she has wrote something on, he sticks in his pocket very quick.
Troy keeps watching the doors hoping the two thugs wouldn't come back.
Pat is watching the Casino Boss and Troy's every move and occasionally looks over at Bart and winks.
Bart's table starts to fill up with him flashing the cards still shuffling by hand.
Bart's next crowd is a group of older ladies most gray headed.
Bart started off showing them a few card tricks before dealing making sure he had their interest.
BART
You ladies ready to bankrupt
the bank?
The ladies giggle as they place their chips on the table. Bart smiles at each one of them as he hands them the cards.
The first lady was dealt a king with the next a queen and the next an ace with the dealer showing a five.
Bart watching the little ladies as he dealt the cards.
Bart handed the lady with a king another king, she smiled real big at him.
The lady with a Queen was dealt a eight. She looks puzzled.
The next little lady with the ace looks like she is praying so Bart pulled a king off the bottom.
She screams like she has won the million-dollar jackpot.
Bart dealt himself a eight and a four.
BART
Ladies, seventeen paying eighteen.
All the ladies rakes the chips in like they were million dollar winners.
The one lady screaming brings one of the Pit Bosses over to watch.
BART
Ladies place your bets.
The three ladies threw the chips on the table as they were high rollers each betting minimum.
Bart smiling at them starts dealing the cards.
The first lady got a five.
The next lady got a six.
The next lady got a king.
Bart gave himself a queen.
One of the ladies looks over at the lady with the king.
LITTLE LADY
You're beating him with the king.
The other lady just smiles.
Bart hearing this almost laughs out loud.
Bart dealt the lady with the five a king.
The next lady with a six got a ace.
The next lady with the king got a nine.
Bart dealt himself a seven.
BART
Ladies seventeen paying eighteen.
LITTLE LADY
I told you that you beat him.
All the little ladies, except the winning one gives Bart a look when he drags the chips back.
Bart looks over at the Pit Boss smiling.
BART
You want to deal a few?
PIT BOSS
( smiling)
No thanks those days are over.
BART
Bets in Ladies.
LITTLE LADY
Deal damn it, deal.
BART
(grinning)
Yes Mam.
PIT BOSS
Have fun.
Pit Boss walks off laughing at Bart and the little old ladies.
LATER THAT DAY
The Casino Boss walks over to Bart's table laughing. Bart looks at him.
CASINO BOSS
I hear you had a screamer over
here today.
Bart laughs.
BART
Yes Sir a real screamer. It's
been one of those days.
CASINO BOSS
Some days are like that.
BART
I hope the rest aren't like today.
CASINO BOSS
Get out of here. We'll see you tomorrow.
Bart looks at his watch and starts walking to the employee lounge. Opening the door there is Pat standing there.
PAT
Your escort not here tonight?
Bart looks at Pat funny trying to figure her out.
BART
Not tonight.
Pat
It's been a while since we
have been together.
Troy walks in the door with Lee and the Casino Boss behind him.
Pat walks out without Bart replying to her .
CASINO BOSS
After the day everyone here has
had lets go get a drink, it'll be my
treat. No excuses tonight. Come on.
Bart looks at Troy and Lee and starts following the Casino Boss.
EXT.CASINO-EVENING
Pat standing out side the door waiting for Bart. Linda walks out the door and comes over to Pat.
LINDA
All your studs are at the bar tonight
guess you'll have to find you another
guy for tonight.
Pat looks at Linda .
PAT
Go to hell you bitch.
Linda walks off laughing, knowing she had got to Pat.
Pat stands at the door fuming with anger.
Pat goes to the door then backs away when she sees one of the Pit Bosses walking her way.
Pat walks down the sidewalk away from the Casino.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Lee and one of the showgirls walk outside to Lee's car. The showgirl has long blonde hair and a killer body.
Lee unlocks the car and gets a vile out from under the seat. Taking the vile and shaking it in front of the showgirl, teasing her with it.
Lee reaches over and kisses the showgirl a long hard kiss. Running his hands over her butt he squeezes one of her cheeks.
LEE
Now this is what I want.
SHOWGIRL
With the right stuff you can
have anything you want.
Lee opens the car door for the showgirl and she gets in as Lee walks around to the drivers side showing her the vile in his hand.
She smiles at him.
Lee squeals the tires as they pull away from the Casino.
The Casino Boss staggers out of the Casino with a girl in his arm.
A middle-aged lady, a very plain looking woman with long dark hair and a thin body.
Troy is following with a heavyset girl on his side. She's not pretty at all very plain long hair that's stringy looking.
TROY
Boss, Dude you want to
take mine or yours?
CASINO BOSS
Let's take mine.
The four stagger down the sidewalk.
INT.CASINO-DAY
Pat arrives at the lounge first with Bart behind her.
PAT
( sarcastic)
I waited on you to come out
yesterday, but you had to go
have a drink with the guys.
Troy and Lee walks in with the Casino Boss all of them looks rough. The Casino Boss looks at his watch.
BART
That time already.
Bart walks to the door smirking with Pat behind him fuming.
PAT
It's your loss.
Bart looks at her and smiles, and walks to his table.
Bart nods to the table while he grabs up the cards and starts shuffling.
Bart looks the table over no old ladies today but old men all in their late sixties.
Bart starts off doing a few card tricks but there's no laughter or expression changes in this group.
BART
Gentlemen place your bets.
The old men bet different ways one throws two chips out, the other four and the last two throw three chips on the table.
Bart deals the first one a six, the next one a nine, the next a king,
The next one an ace and himself a two.
Looking the table over Bart smiles at the old men still no expression change among them.
Bart deals the one with a six a queen, the one with the nine another nine and he splits them.
Bart deals the one with a king a four, the last one gets an seven.
Bart deals himself a four.
Bart goes back to the one that splits and gives him a seven on one stack and a king on the other.
He waves his hand for Bart to stop with those.
Bart deals himself a king.
BART
Dealer has sixteen paying
seventeen.
The old men don't change their expression.
Bart deals several more hands, again and no expression change.
Bart looks up from the table to see the two thugs dragging Troy out of the Casino.
Bart waves his hands for a relief, and runs to the Casino door to see the two thugs throw Troy in a car.
Bart walks back to the employee lounge and gets a cup of coffee, setting down in a chair.
The Casino Boss walks in setting next to Bart.
CASINO BOSS
I guess you saw them grab Troy?
BART
Yes I did. I wonder what they are
going to break this time?
CASINO BOSS
They don't play around with you
especially if you owe them money
and dodge them. How deep is he
into them?
BART
I don't know probably a few thousand.
I tried to warn him about playing sober.
Damn fool.
CASINO BOSS
I almost forgot Max wants to talk to you
when he gets back into town. I think he'll
be back mid week.
BART
What does he want to see me for?
CASINO BOSS
He didn't say but it can't be bad.
You made quiet an impression on him.
Time to get back to your table and
don't worry about your buddy he'll be alright.
Bart walks back to the table, the old men are gone.
Bart looks at the relief.
BART
Did those old men ever change
expressions on you?
RELIEF
( grins)
No they never do it's their
poker face they say. They
come in here every other
week so get use to it.
BART
I was wondering, I thought
I had lost my touch.
The Relief walks off and Bart keeps watching the door for Troy.
Bart picks up the cards and starts shuffling them not by hand this time but using the automatic shuffler.
Bart went thru the motions of dealing for the rest of the afternoon keeping an eye on the door.
EXT.CASINO-EVENING
Bart doesn't bother going to the lounge when his shifts over. Bart walks out the Casino door to his truck with Pat following him.
Bart opens the truck door and gets in with Pat getting in the passenger side.
BART
I need to find Troy this evening,
Pat there's no time to set here
and talk.
PAT
You'll need my help then lets go.
INT.TRUCK-EVENING
Bart starts the truck up and starts down the road. Bart looks at Pat with a concerned look.
BART
Where would they take him to?
PAT
There's a bunch of warehouses
down the next road, take a right
at the light.
Bart turns right breathing deeply as they drive to the warehouses.
BART
Think we'll find him alive?
PAT
That depends on how deep he's
into them. The more he owes the
less chance he has.
Pat points to the left.
PAT ( CONT'D)
Turn here between these buildings.
Bart looks around at the run down warehouses, with the windows boarded up and bars on the windows that weren't boarded up.
Pat looks around the grounds and spots something beside the dumpsters.
PAT ( CONT'D)
There's something beside the
dumpsters there.
Pat points to the dumpsters beside the warehouses. Bart pulls the truck with the lights shining on the object she pointed to.
There is a black mass with white showing. Bart gets out of the truck and walks over to the mass hearing it groan.
Bart gets closer to the mass to see it's Troy's body laying there beaten. Bart afraid to move the body yells.
BART
( excited)
Call 911 on the cell phone and
tell them to hurry.
Pat yells out the truck window while picking up the phone and dialing 911.
PAT
Is he still alive?
BART
Barely, if they don't hurry
he want be.
Bart touches Troy's arm. Troy groans out loud.
BART ( CONT'D)
Hang in there Dude, you're going
to be alright, helps on its way.
Troy lays there curled up moaning from pain. Pat gets out of the truck and walks over to Troy and Bart.
Looking at Bart then down at Troy.
PAT
They are on their way.
The thugs really worked on him
didn't they?
BART
They sure did. At least he's still
Alive, more than I really expected
to find.
PAT
I don't think they meant for us
to find him.
Bart shakes his head as the ambulance pulls up and they put Troy on a stretcher. They had beat him literally.
His mouth busted, face all bloody,
Troy was holding his ribs like they were broken.
Bart walks back to his truck as the ambulance pulls off, with Pat getting in the passenger side sliding next to Bart.
PAT
Let's go back to your place tonight.
BART
I'm not really in the mood for
company tonight.
PAT
I really don't want to be alone
tonight, I'll sleep on the couch
if that's what your afraid of.
Pat puts her arm around Bart's neck and lays her head on his shoulder as he drives home.
INT.CASINO-DAY
Pat and Bart walk into the Casino lounge door to find Lee and the Casino Boss setting there drinking coffee looking stoned.
Bart looks at the Casino Boss. The Casino Boss looks at the two of them coming in together.
BART
We found Troy last night
at the old warehouses beat
half to death. I doubt he'll
be in for a long while.
CASINO BOSS
I tried to tell him but he wouldn't
listen. Hopefully one of these days
he'll take someone's advice before
its too late. You two go on the floor
we'll be right behind you.
Bart and Pat look at Lee staring off in space as they walk out the door.
The Casino Boss looks at Lee and shakes his head.
CASINO BOSS
Are you going to be able to go
out on the floor today? I'm
already one dealer short.
LEE
Sure give me another minute
and I'll be alright.
The Casino Boss walks out of the lounge, Lee reaches in pocket and pulls out a vile and sniffs more Coke.
Lee wanders to his table looking all wild-eyed.
Bart is shuffling the cards with his hands as Max walks up to the table.
The crowd around the table watches Bart as he does his tricks for them.
Max claps at the end of Bart's trick. Bart turns to the crowd and then to Max.
BART
Thank you Sir, I didn't realize
I had another audience.
MAX
You never know when I'm coming
in. I was hoping to find you here
today. I have something to talk to
you about.
BART
I hope it's good, the week I have had
already deserves good news.
MAX
(grins)
Get you a relief over here and come
up to my office.
BART
Yes Sir, I'll be right up.
Bart throws his hand up for relief with Pat watching his every move.
Bart walks to Max's office wondering what was going on. Bart knocks on the door leading into Max's office.
MAX
( yells )
Come on in.
Bart slowly enters the room with a scared look on his face.
Max's office was plush with monitors lining one wall so he could watch everything going on in the Casino.
MAX
Sit down, don't be nervous
I think you are going to like
what I have to say. We have
been watching you on and off
the clock.
Bart swallows hard looking at Max with a broken voice.
BART
Sir it's a gift I have, but I promise
I want use it in your Casino again.
I'll try to figure out how much
money I have won from you and repay it.
MAX
( grinning )
Bart it's not the money you have won
from us it's your talent we want.
How would you like to be our new
Casino Boss? Don't answer now but
in a weeks time I'll need an answer.
Think about my offer and let's keep
this between you and me.
BART
Sir, you already have a Casino Boss .
Do you think you really need two of us.
MAX
I only need one and that would be
you if you decide to take the position.
I have to clean house before you take
on the job, there's a lot of things that
aren't going like I prefer them to
around here. During this next couple
weeks you will see a lot of new faces
around here so don't be alarmed.
BART
I can give you an answer now, It's yes.
MAX
I don't want an answer yet but think
about it. Bart keep up the good work.
Max waves Bart on out before Bart could say anything else. Bart walks out of Max's office smiling as he waits for the elevator.
Bart walks back to his table with Pat looking at him and the Casino Boss walking his way.
CASINO BOSS
Everything alright?
Bart looks at the Casino Boss and smiles.
BART
Everything is great.
CASINO BOSS
Max can be a pain in the ass at
Times, I just take what he says
with a grain of salt and run this
place like I want to
.
BART
A mans got to do what a man has
to do.
Bart picks the deck of cards up and starts hand-shuffling putting on a show for the table.
Bart starts dealing the cards pulling cards from every direction.
EXT.CASINO-EVENING
Pat waits on Bart at the employee lounge but Bart walks straight to the Casino door.
The Casino Boss walks in the lounge takes Pat's hand and leads her out of the
Casino doors where Linda is standing talking to Lee.
Linda looks at Pat then turns back to Lee.
LINDA
That little slut is going to
do him in yet.
LEE
How do you figure that?
LINDA
Hell every where she's worked
she's screwed the bosses. She
wont stop with them till she has
got all of them.
LEE
He's too smart to let her get to him.
LINDA
Flaunting her out here in front of
everyone is not too smart especially
with Max in the Casino. He should
know the rules about dating employees
of all people. Max does watch what's
going on around here.
LEE
I guess time will tell, Huh?
You want to grab a drink?
Linda looks at Lee with disgust.
LINDA
I think all you guys around here
are alike. No thanks.
LEE
You don't know what your
missing. Your loss.
Linda gives Lee a go to hell look and walks off.
Lee goes to his car and gets a vile out from under the seat and puts some coke up his nose.
INT.CASINO -DAY
Max is setting in the Casino lounge when Bart walks in with Lee walking beside him all blurry eyed.
MAX
Morning.
BART
Morning, beautiful day.
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