"What means 'Our tune'?"
"He says Mason collaborated with me," Cooper burst out.
"Oh. I see. You want a piece of the hit, is that it, Tooky?"
"It ain't what I want. It's what's right. My boy helped your friend write the tune. We're entitled to a piece. Now if your friend wants to come into the family, then everything's cozy."
"Sure. You cut in for your fifteen percent. What makes you think Mason collaborated on the tune?"
"I asked him about it."
"When you smelled money."
"He told me it was his idea from the start and he made at least a dozen contributions when they was working it up in the rehearsal. Out of a total hundred percent, at least thirty nine and a half percent was my boy's ideas."
"Your boy suffers from starmania. He thinks everything is his idea. Ask him sometime. You'll find out he thinks he invented you."
"Oh, for God's sake! Let him have his piece of the tune," Cooper exclaimed in disgust. "We did do it in rehearsal. I admit Mig made suggestions. Maybe he did contribute as much as Tooky says. I want to be honest about this and I'm sick of—"