Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

Hawthorne James: Victor Romero

Quotes 

• [on the phone] 

  Victor Romero : I'm hearin' a lotta stuff I don't like to hear. Most of it's got your name on it. You still there?

  Dave Robicheaux : Yeah, I'm still here.

  Victor Romero : I hear you wanna cut a slice outta my ass, like I'm responsible for every crime in Louisiana. You're sayin' I'm killin' people on airplanes, in bathtubs; goin' around the Quarter tellin' people I should be lookin' over my shoulder 'fore somethin' heavy falls on me. You there?

  Dave Robicheaux : I'm listenin'.

  Victor Romero : So I'll tell you my deal. People I do business with are sayin' I'm too hot, like maybe I won't be 'round next year. That this cat Robicheaux is a hardtail and don't play. So you're fucking me, man.

  Dave Robicheaux : Hey, Victor... I really don't give a shit about your problems. So why don't you write all this down on a postcard and maybe I'll read it if I get some free time.

  [starts to hang up] 

  Victor Romero : There's a cello in the front room. You had a fan in your bedroom, and a telephone in your hall, 'cept I tore it out the wall for you. And while I did your old lady, you were outside hidin' in the dark.

  [pause] 

  Dave Robicheaux : [whispers]  I'm gonna find you.

  Victor Romero : Kiss my ass. You don't get off my back, Robicheaux, I'ma kill the kid, the whore, and that old fuck you got workin' for you. You want all that on a postcard too?