ms. preston? bruno handler, hotel security.
now just calm down, ma'am.  can you describe the ring?
ma'am.  calm down. now, is the ring insured?
where the fuck is housekeeping? i called for those dickheads ninety seconds ago. 11 in the function room the guests have gathered to hear 11 johnson speak. as andersen introduces him, tommy con- tinues eyeing loretta.
i want every heating grate opened and inspected. i want every air conditioning duct vacuumed. do you understand what i'm saying? as he speaks, bruno sees tommy pass through the hallway .  spot something on the floor.  pick it up.  furtive- ly put it in his pocket.  and walk rapidly toward the door to the kitchens.
hey, you! waiter! hold it right there!
calm down. what've you got in your pocket?
stow it! i'm not immigration, i'm hotel security. now, what did you just put in your pocket?
i'm warning you, flathead, get cute with me and i will tear you a second asshole. now a valuable diamond ring is mising.
very valuable. all right, i'll give you a hunnert bucks for it.
jesus, i'm not trying to trick you.
listen, dipshit.  a valuable ring is missing and there's thousands of dollars in reward money waiting. so you'd better fork over.
um, five hundred dollars.
yeah. right. a thousand dollars.
okay, you win. two thousand.
hello, may i speak with ms. preston?
no, thanks, i'll call back. armando hangs up the phone and exits the hotel room. bruno crosses to the far side of the lobby, where tommy waits inconspicuously. he gives him the money. tommy gives him ring.
now get back to work! as tommy heads back to the function room, bruno picks up a house phone, dials, listens. he dials again, listens. no answer. he dials the operator.
this is bruno in security. put me through to 502 -- there must be something wrong with the line, i can't get an answer.  what do you mean, there's no one in 502? i just spoke to them!.  no one's registered in 502? are you sure?.  well, check again!.  shit! he hangs up, looks at the ring, and realizes he's been taken. his face twisting with rage, he hurries after tommy. 17 on tommy moving swiftly through the function room toward 17 an exit. zeke bridges grabs him.