INT. KANE INVESTIGATIONS, SAN FRANCISCO - NIGHT (1931)

Rain on the window. LOU KANE (40s) sits with his hat still on. VERA NASH (30s) shuts the door behind her.

VERA
The bulls were here?

LOU
Twice. Somebody got bumped off on Bush Street, and they need a fall-guy.

VERA
And you'd be the sap who takes it.

LOU
Not if I get some dope first.

VERA
The kid in the lobby has a heater under his coat.

LOU
The gunsel? Let him sit. If he moves, the bulls can pinch him.