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“I’, but you won’t let me”

She huffs, turns her body so she’s square with the screen and leans back in her seat a little, half of her back still not touching though and I realize she could dart out of here at any e, and her tone, that moment could be any second

“It’s called The Departed, and it’s actually a re film that preceded it by four years called Infernal Affairs”

“I’ books Ask me why I care”

“You care because Leonardo DiCaprio’s character is…me”

“You’re going to try and tella role based on your life?” She shakes her head

“No What I’an Jr’ has family ties, relatives to be exact, who are in the Irishto do the ‘right thing’ with his life instead”

She says nothing but I know she’s listening Finally

“Billy gets recruited to go undercover, including false charges against hiit He infiltrates the Irish mafia, and in the process finds out that the mafia also has a mole in the police force”

“Ok So?”

“So, I’m an orphan, Little Peaches…just like you I was a cop, went undercover and while undercover found out there were some mafia types who had infiltrated the police ranks in our town It tookyears, but I found out who they were and reported the they were so them out? Not only that, there were so cuts from the mafia to turn a blind eye”

“You’re telling me that you uncovered both mafia that had infiltrated your police station and also cops from your p

olice station that were in cahoots with the mafia?”

“Bingo,” I say, taking a handful of popcorn before holding the bucket in front of her “Want some?”

“No, no, no,” she says, pushing it out of her way, but more importantly her back finds the seat as she settles in I can see her eyes look off to the side, down and to the left to be precise, which, as soation experience and the ability to read people, tellsto put the puzzle pieces together to see if what I’ adds up