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Or whatever Ralph is up to, he's in way over his head and you're a part of it.

He's not going to talk to you.

He won't even talk to me.

Sheena had a little affair about a year or so. Very sweet girl.

Don't move.

Where's the money?

Let's see this stuff the dreams are made of.

Enterprises. All right, hello, this is Ralph Orman. Let me speak to Mr.

Shadwell, please.

Hold, please.

And Mr. Orman on line two?

You're late, Ralph.

I think a man about to nail down a $2 million deal would try to be on time.

Yeah, well, look, I decided to change our meeting place, okay?

I want to see you in half an hour at Chez Martin.

Yeah, but I need some more time, at least another hour, maybe two.

Oh, oh, so if I'd showed up at your office on time, you wouldn't have had

money, right? Hey, I've got most of it.

All right, that's it, my friend. That's it. My next call's to the cops.

Chill out.

I need two more hours.

Then we'll meet at Chez Martin or wherever you say.

Look, you're stalling me, man, and I don't like this.

You're worth $400 million, and you can't raise two?

We're talking cash.

I'll have all of it by 8 o 'clock.

All right, okay.

8 o 'clock, Chez Martin.

Your man in place?

Ready and waiting. Good. Tell him to do it.

Hello?

Laura, honey, honey, it's me.

Look, something came up.

I'm going to be a little later than I thought.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm just going to be a little late, sweetheart.

What is it, honey? Something's been bothering you for days.

Honey, look, honey, it's nothing. We'll talk about it later, okay? I should be

home around 9 .30.

All right.

Honey.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Bye.

Yeah. You still on him?

Yeah, he's in his office. He got here just a few minutes ago. I think we've

him situated there for the next two hours.

Is that enough time? I only need 30 minutes. Get on it.

Case closed.

Excuse me, folks.

They

didn't

leave you very much, did they?

Whoever did it didn't want any clues left.

It's obvious the incendiary device was attached to go off when it started was

touched. We'll know more when we get it to the lab.

Yeah, what's the lab?

Tell me about it.

Hunter?

This lady's a secretary in the office next door to Armand. She said someone

ransacked his place right after the bomb went off.

What, you saw somebody?

I heard them. There were opening and slamming drawers, glass was breaking,

things were falling. It's obvious.

Where's McCall?

McCall, to what do I owe the pleasure of this unexpected invitation?

What do you have to do? Announce yourself to the whole restaurant?

Sit down.

Want a beer?

Maybe. I'd like to hear what you want to talk about first.

A reporter named Ralph Ormond was blown up in his car tonight.

Mm -hmm.

And then they talked to his office. His prats were torn apart.

Mm -hmm.

And then we found your phone number in his desk calendar.

Mm -hmm.

Would you like to talk about that?

I think I will have that drink now, McCall, but no beer, please.

Miss, scotch red on the rocks, please. Thank you, ma 'am.

Hi, Rick.

Hi. Long time no see. How are you?

Yeah.

You in the neighborhood, or is this a social call?

Hey, do you mind if I come in?

No, not at all. Come on.

Thank you.

And then, two weeks ago, a man comes to me. Foreman?

Who are we talking about, McCall?

He says that he's heard about this guy, this gentleman by the name of Shadwell.

Alan Shadwell?

McCall, who's telling this story?

I'm just trying to get the facts straight and maybe a little faster.

Look, you won't get any facts if you keep interrupting.

Now, Allman says that he heard that Shadwell was involved with the King

and... Wait a minute.

Slow down. I thought that the King Arena project was an affirmative action

thing. I mean, how it's four blacks.

Funded by black people and built by black construction firms.

Exactly, and Chadwell is about as black as my teeth.

So, I agree to do a little snooping and pooping around, and I might add that

Armand is much more generous than either you or your cheap old friend, Hussle.

Will you give it a rest? What did you find?

It seems that Chadwell has an under -the -table contract with one of the black

construction firms.

That's it.

I tell Almond he pays me my bread. What he does after that is his business.

Do you have any idea at all what Ralph was working on?

No, Ralph made it a point not to let me know what he was working on.

Really?

That seems kind of unusual, doesn't it? I mean, considering the fact that you

were a reporter before you married him.

Sometimes Ralph stepped on...

sensitive toes, and he felt that I'd be safer not knowing the details.

Any idea whose toes he may have stepped on? I told you, Rick, I don't know.

I'm sorry.

Look, Laura, I know it's a tough time for you.

And I hate to push, but... Right after Ralph's death...

Officers ran with that. I don't think they got what they were looking for.

And you think that they might come here?

Yes. I'd like to take you maybe to a friend's house for the night. No, no,

rather stay here.

I still have double locks and I still have your number.

Try 911. It'll be quicker.

I'll leave a couple squad cars down the street just in case. Thanks.

Thanks for coming, Rick.

I know it wasn't easy for you to tell me.

I'll bring search team by tomorrow.

I won't even search one of them.

Rick, why Ralph?

Why Ralph?

I don't know, but we're going to find out.

Don't move.

Oh, my God.

Ralph, they told me you were dead.

I should be, baby. That bomb was meant for me.

Someone died in your car.

Who was it? The unluckiest car thief that ever lived. What do you mean?

Well, see, when I got to the office, I was in such a big hurry, I left the car

doors unlocked. I thought I was just going to be in there for a few minutes.

Why didn't you just call me? Do you know what I've been going through? I've been

lying. You're crying.

Do you want to know what I've been doing for the last eight hours?

Riding buses.

I've been all over this damn city.

Scared. Trying to figure out what to do. What is there to figure? You just

called the police. What are you doing, Ralph? No, I don't, Lauren. Come here.

Open it up. Let me show you.

This is going to buy us the American dream.

This is a ticket to that lottery we never won.

What is this? You're not making any... Laura, Laura, when I heard that bomb go

off and I looked out the window and I saw, I saw my car on fire with a man

inside of it.

Well, well, let's just say that you're not looking at the same man that you

looked at yesterday.

That is living ghost, maybe.

Anyway.

From now on, it's a different story, Laura, with just the two of us at the

center of it. What are you saying here, that you're going to try to extort money

from someone?

All right, there's still a couple of cop cars down the street, so I'm going to

leave the same way I came in, across the Jennings backyard.

Where are you going?

Would you tell me what you're thinking? I am thinking of time and comfort for

both of us, Laura. Time to think, time to live.

And the money to do it was, sweetheart, we're talking two million three, maybe

four million dollars, honey.

Hey, baby.

Baby, I died, remember?

In that burning car.

Honey, look, a chance like this comes along once in a lifetime, and we're

for it, sweetheart.

I don't care if I have to drag you with me kicking and screaming. Would you

listen to me, Ralph? Now listen to me.

Listen, you're in shock.

I'm going to try to kill you tonight, and you just... You just need to settle

down and then you'll just... You're not thinking. I never thought straighter in

my whole life, Flora.

But listen, I'm going to need your help.

Okay? Oh, no.

I'm not going to help you.

You will if you love me.

I'll call you in the morning.

Ernie, what's so important you couldn't tell us over the telephone?

Nothing. I just like your company.

Drumstick?

No.

So, here we are.

You know that corpse that came in yesterday?

Child broiled? That's not Ralph Orman. What do you mean it's not Ralph Orman?

Orman's dental records came in.

The teeth in that corpse are not Ralph Orman's. Well, who is it?

What do you want, details?

A packet of wisdom teeth?

No crowns?

Caps? Sparrows. Just tell us what you've got.

Not a clue.

And all we got to go on are the teeth.

Nice teeth?

No, Ernie, not for me.

You thinking what I'm thinking?

Thinking about breakfast. What are you thinking about?

Well, I'm certainly not thinking about food.

I'm thinking about insurance fraud.

Nah.

No way. I know Laurel too well.

Yeah, how well's too well?

L -56, meet W -73 on TAC -2.

Lincoln 5 -6, go ahead, 7 -3.

We just finished searching the Ormond residence.

We got zilch. We found some hollowed -out books, but whatever was in them is

long gone.

Laura Ormond still there?

That's affirmative.

Tell her to wait there for us. We're going to be on our way.

Lincoln 5 -6 out.

So as I was saying...

How well's too well?

Oh, yeah, Laura.

Well, I first met Laura when she and Ralph were reporters.

Laura worked the press room of police headquarters.

We had a little thing going for about a year or so.

Anyway, she met Ralph and married him, and after she married him, I told her

that I thought the wrong reporter had retired.

She's about as straight and as nice a person as they come, so... Well, you

people can change.

No, not Laura.

No, Ralph.

There's a different matter.

Someone you know?

Looks like Laura. I guess she decided not to wait for me.

Hmm.

Maybe it's back to insurance fraud.

Lincoln 5 -6.

Lincoln 5 -6.

Request a plane unit to assist on surveillance of a vehicle traveling

on Princeton from Doval.

Vehicle is a 1987 gold Volvo.

Mrs. Ormond, come in, come in, please.

What a pleasure to meet you, Alan Shadwell.

Have a seat, please. I heard about your husband's death on the morning news.

I'm sorry.

But I confess to being a bit confused.

What brings you here?

I wish I knew, Mr. Shadwell.

But I think you're going to be receiving a phone call while I'm here.

Yes Put him through Who is this

I'll give you a clue you're not talking to a ghost Ralph you

killed the wrong man.

I'll put my wife on You're on the speaker

yes tell mr.

Shadwell

what the sentence is for conspiracy to commit murder with special circumstances

added. I know what it is.

What do you want?

I want four million in denominations that will fit into two medium -sized

suitcases.

Suppose I don't allow your wife to leave the building.

Have you considered that, Ralph?

Well, as a matter of fact, I did.

You'd have some explaining to do to the two cops that followed her there.

Listen to me, Shadwell. I'm calling the shots on this one.

If my wife...

does not show up at specific places at specific times, then I turn you and

everything I've got on you over to the police. You understand that?

There won't be any need for that, Ralph. I'm as anxious as you are to get our

business settled.

Then you better follow directions very carefully.

Laura?

Yeah? I want you to go home.

I want you to wait until I call. You're not going to see me again until this is

all over. Honey, please, I just want to talk to you alone, just for a minute.

Later, Laura. We'll talk about it later.

Shadwell?

You've got two days to get the money together. I may need more time. You

got more time.

Well, I wouldn't worry, Mrs. Ormond.

In good business deals, both sides come out ahead.

I'll take care of my end.

You just make sure your husband takes care of his, and we'll both come out

unscathed.

I think we should check.

I don't know what you're talking about. Laura, we both know Ralph isn't dead.

Don't we?

I didn't lie to you last night, Rick.

I just didn't know he was alive till after you left.

What were you doing in Shadwell's office?

I can't tell you that. Is that because Ralph's blackmailing Shadwell?

Whatever Ralph is up to, he's in way over his head and you're a part of it.

I am not, but he is my husband, Rick.

I have to stand by him until I have a chance to help him.

Oh, a chance to help him, huh? Well, great. He'll give you a joining cell. He

was almost killed last night. He's in some sort of emotional state.

Look, if we could just give him a couple of days, I know he's going to come to

his senses.

A couple of days, huh?

I've got to talk to Ralph. No, he's not going to talk to you.

He won't even talk to me.

Listen, our line may be tapped. Do you remember where we went on our first

Damn it, Ralph. Listen to me. I'll call you there in ten minutes.

I'll call if she's leaving. Stay on it. I'll be on 17.

Roger. Thanks.

Hunter? Yeah.

She's either not too good at losing tails or she just doesn't give a damn.

are you?

I am at Hillsboro and Breckenridge, heading south.

I'll pick her up at Hillsboro and Westport. Okay.

What can I do for you?

Ice tea, please.

L -56, this is L -57, come in. This is Lincoln 56.

Do you want it? Yeah, you get anything?

She got a phone call, but I couldn't hear anything. It was too noisy in that

place. Did she listen or did she do the talking?

No, she did the listening, Hunter.

Okay, I'm going to stay with her.

Okay.

Captain, we got to go to Tucson.

Okay. Sure, go ahead.

Want to know why?

I assume it has something to do with the Orman case.

Yes, it does. You see, we got permission to tap her phone. She just made

reservations to go to Tucson this afternoon. Now, we feel she's going to

her husband. If we can get to him, we can get to Shadwell.

I think you checked with the Tucson PD.

Yeah. Well, good luck. Call me.

Why was this so easy?

I'm in a good mood today. Take advantage of me.

Captain?

Would you just yell at me a little bit?

Get out of here.

Thanks.

From Houston, Mr. Brian Lynch, please contact airport security on the white

courtesy phone.

Arriving passenger from Houston, Mr. Brian Lynch, please contact airport

security on the white courtesy phone.

The shuttle for the downtown area will be leaving from the front of baggage

claim area 3 in 15 minutes.

I've been waiting 20 years to hear someone actually say that. You just

so let's go. Yes, ma 'am.

Tucson Police Department, please.

I appreciate it.

Yeah. Go down to the raw pay phones in the lobby and answer the first one that

rings.

Do it now.

Ralph, this has gone too far.

I'll talk to you downstairs.

Well, she checked in about five minutes ago.

I haven't seen her. I think... Hello.

She's just coming down right now.

Hold on a second. Just stay on the line.

You hang up on me one more time, I swear. Laura, there's no time for this.

serious. Either you meet me and we talk in person, or you are on your own. Now

you listen to me. No, I am tired of listening to you. Shut up and listen to

Look, it's too late for me to turn back now, Laura. We've got to play this thing

out.

We can decide later whether we keep the money or give it back and turn Shadwell

in, but you cannot back out on me now.

All right, Ralph.

What would you like me to do?

Go to the cafe across the street. Get yourself something to eat.

In exactly one hour, go upstairs, get the two suitcases you got from Shadwell.

A gray rental car will be waiting for you in the hotel parking lot. I want you

to drive out Highway 12, exactly 7 .6 miles.

Take a left at the old dirt road. Go about three -quarters of a mile. You'll

an abandoned store. I will be there.

If you are followed, then turn right around and go back to the hotel, all

Anything you say.

I love you.

I did most of the listening again.

She just walked out the front door.

I'll get in touch with you later.

Ralph? Ralph?

Ralph? Ralph?

Mrs. Ormond?

Nice to see you again, Mrs. Ormond.

Where's Ralph?

He's not here.

Check it out.

I'm telling you, he's not here.

No one inside, Mr. Shadwell.

Check the suitcases.

Give me the keys.

What is this?

I don't know, Mr. Shadwell.

Ralph told me that he'd meet me here.

What are you trying to hand me?

Where is he?

I told you, I don't know. Where is he?

I'm telling you the truth.

Good. Lay them down.

Well, open it.

Try the other one.

What's going on here?

I swear you, I don't know, Mr. Shadwell.

Where is he?

All I know is that Ralph told me that he'd meet me here. Where's the money?

I swear, all I know is that Ralph told me that he'd meet me here. Mr. Shadwell.

Where is he?

Mr. Shadwell.

Who's Ralph?

He's not here.

I think he knew they'd follow me here.

You didn't expect him to be here, did you?

I was still hoping, Rick.

I'm going to get you to the hospital and check you out. Officer?

Take her to the hospital, huh?

McCall, go.

Get in the bag.

Welcome back from the dead, Ralph.

Are these the bags?

These are the bags. Well, let's see the stuff the dreams are made of, huh,

Ralph?

Blue 2 West.

Code Blue 2 West. Excuse me?

I'm Sergeant Hunter, LA Metropolitan Homicide. I'm looking for a patient that

was admitted here a little while ago by the name of Laura Ormond.

I'll check for you. Thank you.

She was sent to x -ray. She might be back in her room by now.

Security to doctor's lounge.

Security to doctor's lounge.

Need to see Laura Ormond?

Inside.

Dear Ralph, even while I was driving out to the abandoned store, I was still

hoping you'd be there. But I knew, of course, you wouldn't because I was your

decoy, drawing everyone away from you. And when I got there, that was the final

moment of truth.

The moment when, after all my naive and gullible years, I finally grew up.

I've asked Rick Hunter to do what he can for you.

Laura.

So where did she go?

Ralph, I was hoping you could tell me that.

If I knew,

I'd sure as hell tell you.

Hello. Hello.

May I ask the purpose of your visit to Mexico?

Vacation. And how long will you be staying?

Oh, I don't know. One, two months, maybe longer. Depends on whether I like it.

You know, maybe you should put those suitcases in the trunk.

It would be a big temptation to thieves, especially from a woman traveling

alone. Thanks.

I'll do that. First chance I get.

Well, have a good stay.

Oh, I will.

I'm sure of that.

How'd you do? Flea bargain down to jaywalking?

Lighten up, Hunter.

It's the man's first offense.

Thought he's putting Alan Shadwell away for the rest of his natural life. Yeah,

I'll bet he is.

Hey, son, is there any word on Laura?

Yeah, she's gone with the wind, Ralph.

What about the money?

The money is with Laura, who is gone with the wind.

Four million untraceable dollars.

I thought I knew her. Yeah, me too, Ralph. But you see, over a period of

people do change. And in Laura's case, you changed her.

I still can't figure out how she made the switch.

Well, he should have a lot of time to think about that, right, Charlie?

See you, Ralph.

You know, now that you brought that up, how did she make that switch?

Come on, you know how she did it.

Well, if I'd figured it out, I wouldn't ask you. I don't know.

Come on, grab your shoes.

Buy your drinks.

You see, when Ralph told Laura to go get some lunch, she didn't go get lunch.

She went and got herself some suitcases.

I know, and magazines and newspapers.

Right, there you go. Now you got it. Well, yeah, I get it, but the point is,

what is she guilty of if she ever got caught?

Robbery. She didn't steal anything.

The money was given to her as a gift.

Well, I mean, if you consider extortion a gift, yeah.

But she wasn't extorting. Ralph was.

She was just a messenger.

Yeah, that's true.

But she is an accessory to concealing evidence, namely $4 million.

Hmm. Think she'll ever give herself up?

That's a good question.

The old Laura certainly would, but I don't know about the new Laura. I think

she's long gone.

$4 million untraceable dollars.

I'll tell you what, I was really hoping when I opened that suitcase to see four

million bucks sitting there looking at me, you know? Yeah, me too, boy.

You know, I gotta hand it to you. You really impressed me by fitting all these

pieces together.

Yeah? Yeah, I mean, Laura was gone. You hardly had time to talk to Ralph. You

put it together really well. How did you do this?

Well, actually, I had a little help on this one.

Hitch.

Hitch helped me.

Hitch who?

Hitch. Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock.

Wait a minute. I have seen every Alfred Hitchcock movie. I mean, I'm a fan of

this guy. So what movie would like this?

Remember the scene?

The bus pulls up on the middle of nowhere.

And off the bus pops Cary Grant. The bus drives away and Cary Grant's looking

around, doesn't know where he is, why he's out there.

And off in the distance he sees this little biplane coming and floating in.

If he cuts to the airplane, they cut back to him. He realizes the airplane

is chasing him, is after him.

If he starts running along the road, the airplane starts shooting at him. He

runs along the road, jumps off the road into the cornfield. The airplane comes

by and drops two suitcases on him.