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I think we've been had.

Did you miss me, Marianne?

Well, what's your hurry? A baby is missing.

By her? What do you mean? You mean you bought Heather from her? She kidnapped

her own baby.

There's nobody going to take my baby away from me. There she is.

They're never going to catch us, honey.

Back off so she can slow down. We can't lose that baby.

Bye.

Well, now, what do you say?

Do you like that one, Heather?

Which one will it be, the blue one or the yellow one?

Blue's prettiest.

Do you think so?

Not me.

It's your baby.

See how she loves that blue one?

Oh, well, if you love this blue hat, then this is the one we'll buy.

Could you send this home, too, please? I'll be happy to, Mrs. Jensen.

I'll be with you in a moment.

No hurry for me.

I got five months to go yet.

Are you pregnant?

Yes, ma 'am.

I got my heart set on having a little girl just like yours.

Did you hear that?

Something like this should be safe, huh?

Well, rattles always are, particularly yellow.

We'll send that out to you Thursday.

Wonderful.

Thank you very much.

Now, may I help you?

I'd like this, please.

Cash or charge? Cash.

Your color, the style.

These flowing lines.

I don't know.

Why don't you try it on?

Hi.

Oh, hi.

I bought the yellow rattle.

Oh, that's nice.

What do you think of this?

Oh, well.

That's about the prettiest dress I ever saw.

On your figure, Mrs. Jensen? Why don't you try it on?

I don't know. I like it, but... I could watch a baby for you.

Oh, listen, are you sure you don't mind?

No.

And don't you worry about it. I know how to take care of babies.

I got five brothers and four sisters, and I'm the oldest.

All right. Mrs. Jensen.

Okay. Heather?

You be a good little girl, Heather.

Mommy will be right back.

Right back.

This way. Thank you very much. All right. Take your time. Okay.

Did you miss me, Marianne?

One,

two. Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Stretch it out. Heads

Back straight.

Good. Good. Stretch it out. Stretch it out.

Good. Keep stretching it out.

Okay. What we're really working up to is we're going to be working up to this.

Excuse me. I hate to interrupt. Could I see Miss Anderson, please?

Bill, did you come all the way down here just to see all these girls in tights?

No, I came down here to keep you from breaking your neck.

Why don't you get a cup of coffee? I've got a friend of yours here.

Okay.

Hello.

Mark, hi.

It's been a long time. How good to see you.

How have you been? What are you doing down here?

Have you ever seen the kidnapping report? Mr. Jensen's baby's been

Heather has been kidnapped? Oh, no.

I'm so sorry. What can I do?

You see, naturally, Donna's blaming herself for what happened, and I'm so...

so afraid what she might do. She asked to see you. Would you please come and

her, Pepper?

Oh, sure. Is it all right, Bill?

It's okay.

We'll get somebody to work on your case.

I told the doctor that I didn't want to have tranquilizer till I talked to you

first.

But he insisted, so I'm sorry. I may not make any sense.

You're making sense, Donna.

Now, please, just tell me.

Oh,

how could I have been so stupid?

You weren't stupid. You did what any mother would do. It was the natural

to do.

You know how Mark is so crazy about Heather?

How he loves her. Come on, Donna, please.

Come on.

Come on. Oh, my... We're going to find her.

But you're going to have to help us.

When did you first... When did you first notice her?

Did she seem to be following you through the store or what?

Um... It may sound silly.

Maybe. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so tired.

Come on, Donna. Stay with me.

But... This morning, when I left the house, I noticed in

my rearview mirror one of those little foreign cars, and there was a

girl driving it with a little green outfit on herself.

You mean she followed you all the way from here to the store?

I don't know.

Do you know who Heather's natural mother is?

No.

Then the mother wouldn't know who adopted the baby, would she?

No, I don't think that the adoption agency would give out that information.

Crazy notion I've got.

Who arranged for the adoption? Did you?

No. After we tried every regular adoption route, we gave up. You know,

same old problem. Too many applicants and too few babies.

And then this junior associate in my law firm, he knew about a private adoption

agency, so he handled all the details.

Could I meet him?

Dennis? Sure.

He's asked at least a dozen times if he could meet you.

I showed him a picture I took of you at Newport Beach.

Oh. Remember?

In front of Udo's.

Can you call him?

Yeah, sure. I think he's still in the office.

Would it help if I offered a reward?

It might.

Hello, Cindy. Is Dennis there?

Yeah, I'll hold him.

You know, what worries me is how they're treating Heather.

Who is it?

Velma. Oh, Velma, come on in.

I thought I heard a baby.

Isn't she cute?

When did you start babysitting?

I ain't babysitting.

This is Mary Ann.

My baby.

Since when?

Since six months ago when she was born.

Mary Ann?

Say hello to Thelma.

Now you say hello to her, Thelma.

Hello.

Look at her.

She's just a spitting image of her daddy.

You know who her daddy is?

Don't make me answer that in front of the kid, huh?

This, uh, husband of yours, where is he?

He's in the Navy.

Didn't I tell you?

He's due home on leave day after tomorrow.

No.

You didn't tell me, Tammy.

Just thought I did.

Where you been hiding, uh, Mary Ann, is it?

Named after my prettiest cousin.

That's where she's been staying.

At her house. She lives right here in town.

But I went to see her every day after work.

Didn't I, honey?

Yeah.

I thought sure I told you that.

No.

No, there are a lot of things you didn't tell me.

Sergeant Anderson?

Oh, yes. Hello.

Come with me.

I suppose Mark told you. He caught me just as I was leaving the office. Yes,

did.

Hope you don't mind me being here.

No, it's all right.

I figured whatever you wanted couldn't wait until the morning. Am I right?

Care for something?

No, thank you very much. Nothing, thank you.

You and Mark were a thing at one time.

Isn't that right?

Dennis, this is not a social call.

I need some information.

About Heather's adoption, and I need it fast.

Yeah. That's the terrible thing about the kidnapping.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that all my files are in the office.

Then shall we go to your office?

Now? Yes, right this minute.

Well, what's your hurry?

A baby is missing. That's my hurry.

Now, you arranged the adoption.

Who, what, where? I need some answers.

Suppose I said you're pretty when you're angry.

Suppose I punched you in the nose.

Now, about the adoption.

Was it legitimate?

Would I deal with some shady black market for babies, especially for one of

senior partners?

Don't make me answer that.

What kind of a deal did you make?

Look, I wish you wouldn't call it a deal.

It was all very legal, everything above board.

Except for the under -the -table money, plus your big fat fee. That it?

Look, my dear lady cop, I don't apologize for my lifestyle to anyone. I

way I live, and it takes money.

Who made the arrangements with the natural mother?

Did you meet her?

I might have.

Do you know her name?

The adoption agency would know that, but they won't tell you.

Well, let me handle that. You just give me the name of the agency.

I don't remember.

You don't remember.

I wonder if you had a little boy.

He came home from the office one day and he just wasn't there.

What you do.

I can also get a court order to search your files.

You win.

It is after hours.

And even if it weren't, I can't let you examine those files. They are strictly

confidential.

Don't you understand?

A baby has been stolen.

And it's possible those files could lead us to the kidnapper.

I don't see how.

Maybe you could see if we look at the Jensen file.

No. Unless you get a court order, which I doubt you can, no one sees those

files. Now you'll have to leave. I'm late getting home.

Prudence will be furious with me. She always wants her milk and cat food at

precisely six o 'clock.

I hope your sister enjoys her meal.

They do the best they can.

What's the best they can? I don't know, late this afternoon, maybe even

tomorrow. Why does it take so long to get a measly little court order?

Who said it? The wheels of justice grind slowly.

I did, and with no source of comfort.

This lawyer fellow must have fried you pretty good.

Chris.

Here's $10 ,000 reward that Mark Jensen's offering.

Did he discuss that with you?

We talked about it.

Hope the right person sees it.

I'm going to feed her again.

Marianne.

A pretty, pretty name.

You sure it ain't Heather?

That's a pretty name, too, but her name's Marianne.

I just washed out a little dress for her.

I'm going to have to get her some new things, though, so she looks real pretty

for a daddy.

That dress.

Pink? Too ducked?

That's the way the newspaper described the dress that Heather Jensen of TV and

newspaper fame was wearing when she was kidnapped by a young woman that fits

your description to a T.

Tammy, darling.

Thelma, honey, what are you talking about?

Knock it off.

You know what I'm talking about, honey. I wasn't born yesterday.

Unfortunately.

Look, um... I ain't been doing too good lately.

Bread -wise.

I need the bread bad, kid.

Look.

It'll be easy.

We'll split 50 -50.

Well, you can't try to collect the reward.

I mean, they'd recognize you, right?

But who knows me?

I found the kid on the doorstep.

Who put her there? Who knows?

And then I remember this Jensen kidnapping thing.

I call the number offering the reward, and then they rush right over here. The

father, all the reporters, and they say, Here you are.

Ten grand.

And our undying gratitude for... Well, then I meet you, or I

mail you five grand.

What do you say, dear?

Idea?

No!

Get out of here, Thelma.

Get out of here. All right, I'm going.

But don't ever say I didn't give you a chance to get your share.

You're going to be sorry, kid.

Hello?

Is this the party that's offering a $10 ,000 reward for a missing baby?

Yeah.

Yeah, well, I got some information.

There's this lady who lives in my apartment building.

No.

No, I'm telling you. It fits the description exactly.

I just saw the baby.

Yeah.

She's my baby.

Who is it?

I didn't steal her.

She's my very own baby.

Hello? Thelma was calling about a kidnapped baby, one in the newspaper.

She was talking to the baby's father at the time. She never mentioned it. I

mean, you don't know where she could have seen this baby, do you?

You know, funny thing, I thought I heard a baby crying the other night, and I

said, no, it's got to be Mrs.

McCreary's cat next door. I said, cat, because of him.

At first you thought it was a baby, right?

Yeah, that's right.

Could the sound have come from this apartment?

Yeah, it's a crazy thing, but I thought it came from Thelma's room. I mean,

crazy. She entertains a lot of men in her apartment, not any babies that I

about.

It could have come from downstairs.

Just below?

Yeah.

Who lives down there?

Tammy Swanson.

Lives alone. I don't know what she does for a living, except she's always late

with her rent.

Hey, come to think of it.

Go have a look. I'm going to see if everything's in one piece.

Maybe we'd better wait. I tell you, I don't have a warrant. Oh, wait, what

She's four days late in her rent. Maybe she skipped with her furniture. Come on,

let's look.

Listen, if she's taken off with anything, I want you to make a report.

and tired of being ripped off, you hear?

Look,

we're conducting a kidnapping homicide investigation here, so since we don't

know where that might take us, we'd appreciate if you just wouldn't touch

anything, all right? Yeah.

Sure looks like she's moved.

Didn't even give notice.

Uh, don't touch it, okay? Just leave it there.

You know, she shouldn't have done that. I mean, she should have given notice.

Uh, don't touch the towels. Just don't touch anything, okay?

Okay.

Hey, what's this?

Whatever it is, lady, don't touch it, all right?

My name's Tammy.

T -A -M -E -E.

My mother never could have by the letter Y.

That's because when she was a little girl, there was this little boy next

who kept shooting her all the time with a slingshot.

I see what she means.

Oh, I'm Jim Magruder. Hi, Jim. This is my wife, Ann. Hi. And this is Jennifer.

I wish we could help you find a cheap apartment, but in this neighborhood, no

such thing. Really?

There's nothing?

Especially with a child.

Don't we know?

I'm so tired.

I've been driving for days trying to get here before my husband's ship gets in.

It's due in tomorrow.

Jim, what about the sofa in the living room?

Sure.

Stay with us tonight.

You mean it?

If you don't mind the sofa the Salvation Army rejected, you're welcome.

I wouldn't mind no haystack in a barn.

Fact is, on the way up here, I was looking for an old barn to stay in.

Doesn't seem to be too many out this way.

It's all very legal.

I recognize a court order when I see one.

Not that I agree with it, but I obey the law.

Frankly, I don't consider my files any business of the police, especially a

policewoman.

I should hope this ain't too much bother.

Oh, no.

It's just as easy feeding two babies as it is one.

I hope the sofa wasn't too uncomfortable last night.

Looks like a log.

Oh, there.

Thanks.

Listen, I really appreciate all you're doing for me.

Honest to do. Oh, well, now you better hurry up or you'll miss his boat.

Yeah.

Hey, sweetheart.

Oh, yeah.

Now, you be a good girl, you hear me?

You be a good girl, Mommy. Be back soon.

I won't be too long. You take your time.

Yeah. Yeah, I... Captain, I appreciate your problem.

Look, I'd just like you to appreciate my problem.

You see, may I tell you, it's virtually impossible to surround a warehouse with

two men.

Uh -huh.

Yeah, thank you.

You won't believe that conversation.

I believe anything.

Listen. I think I have a lead on the Jensen case. A girl named Tammy Swanson.

Spelled T -A -M -E -E, right?

I just pulled her police record two minutes ago. Tammy Swanson.

Right now, it looks like she's the one who stabbed the woman trying to call

Jensen about the reward.

Her fingerprints were all over the scissors and the can of talcum powder. I

to wrestle from the hands of a very nosy landlady.

I was right.

She kidnapped her own baby.

Hi, honey.

What are you doing here, huh?

I told you I'd see you at the apartment when I get out. I know, but I moved.

So I had to come here.

I'm staying with the nicest couple you ever did see.

Ann, that's the wife.

She's babysitting our little Marianne right now.

Oh, and I told her a white lie, not to think you'll mind.

I told her you was a sailor coming in on a ship.

I mean, it doesn't make any difference if they think that. Mary Ann.

Now, who in hell is Mary Ann?

Don't you remember?

We always said we'd name her Mary Ann.

And she's so cute.

You just can't believe how cute she is.

I thought maybe tonight you, me, and her could get a motel room down by the

ocean somewhere. Wouldn't that be fine? Just the three of us, huh?

Uh... You got the apartment number where you're staying at?

Yeah.

I wrote it down in case I forgot.

Can you see that?

Yeah.

Yeah, I got it.

Well, I guess I'll wait out in front for you, huh?

No, no, no, no. You'll wait at that address. You understand?

All right.

If you want me to.

Won't it be fun, honey?

Just the three of us.

It's her.

That's the woman that took Heather.

Heather's own natural mother is the kidnapper? How would you know where to

her? Droth?

I'm afraid that's something you'll have to ask the adoption agency.

I'm afraid that's something the adoption agency can't tell, but I think you can.

Dennis, if you know anything at all about this, you better tell us now.

Look, Mark.

Let's get one thing straight.

Whatever I did, I did for you and Donna.

Now I know how much you both love Heather.

So, when her mother called me and said she wanted to buy back her baby or else

she'd make trouble, I figured... Buy her back? What do you mean? You mean you

bought Heather from her? Wait.

I've already explained it to Sergeant Anderson.

It was all very legitimate with everything arranged through a proper

agency. Didn't I tell you that, Sergeant Anderson?

You told me, but you didn't tell me how she found out where Heather was.

That's something the adoption agency would never tell.

Well, the day I talked to her, my files were rifled.

How did she get into a locked office?

It was at noon and I was at lunch.

Don't you have a secretary?

Yes, and she was at lunch too.

With me.

Believe me, I'm sorry about all of this. It's gotten way out of hand.

Now, these two, with all their questions, what the hell are they doing

We've got a pretty good lead.

We know where the child's natural father is.

Well, yeah.

Yeah, she was here just a little while ago.

But she only came to say goodbye for good.

Now, I think she might be heading back home by this time, you know, back to

Arkansas.

Sounded pretty homesick, you know.

Scott, you've been released this afternoon, aren't you?

Well, that's right.

I got 15 days off for good behavior.

Look, you know that your wife is wanted for murder and kidnapping.

Now, if you plan to meet her, if you get caught with her, you're gonna end up

right back here in the slammer. You know that, don't you?

Oh, I know.

Hell, I don't want no more part of this roach palace.

Now, why would I want to take a chance like that?

Just to see someone who don't particularly want to see me, huh?

$10 ,000 could be a reason.

The reward money for the return of the kidnapped baby.

Well, that's not reason enough for me.

Took a cab, number 1643.

Thinking south on Commerce toward Melrose.

Doesn't look like he suspects anything.

We're now at Melrose.

There he is.

1643.

Spotted him.

See you, too.

Suspect entering apartment building at Vermont and... Avon. Avon.

Looks like about a six -unit building.

You want me to get out of the car and check out the building on foot?

No. No, he could figure we're tailing him. His wife might be someplace else.

Just hold tight.

Well, I sure did miss you, little Mary Ann.

Sitting out there on that ocean.

Hey, I'd sure miss little Jenny, too, if I'd gone for a while.

And me?

You'd miss me?

Sure. Not as much.

But sure.

Well, darling, I think we should get going, huh?

Okay. Hey, what's the hurry?

I mean, you're welcome to stay here.

If two can sleep as neatly as one.

Oh, well, actually, we was kind of thinking maybe we'd get a little motel

down by the ocean tonight, you know?

But won't you have a little wine and cheese before you leave?

Yeah, I think she's wet or worse. Oh, I'll change her.

Come on, honey.

Honey.

I'm just so happy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Honey, now go change her, huh?

Help and I are going to go on the back. You guys stay here.

The car in the garage has got Arkansas plates. It's got to be their car, right?

You don't want us to move in, huh?

No, not until we're sure she's up there.

She and the baby. That's what we're interested in. Most of the baby.

Hey, mister, follow me all the way from the ship.

And parked out front there across the street.

Now, don't let them see you. They're probably just waiting for someone to

out, figuring that's the apartment I'll be in.

Hey, Scott.

Ain't either one's wearing an alien uniform.

Nobody does on Liberty no more.

That one guy's a warrant officer. He's a real tough dude.

He won't do anything drastic, will he? To the children, I mean.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

Just me.

All they want's me and 50 bucks.

Oh, wow.

Hey, uh, I wish we had the money to help you out, Scott, but, uh... Hey, we just

don't have that kind of bread. Oh, no, no, no, please. Please don't make me

any crummier than I do already.

You two must think I'm awful, gambling away my paycheck and giving out IOUs.

But I was hoping to win a little extra so I could buy something nice for Tammy

and the baby, you know?

Gee, I sure hate to Tammy find out about my gambling on the shipboard.

I promised her I wouldn't.

And believe me, I learned my lesson.

Oh, well, hey, why don't you just go down there, Scott?

Reason with him. Tell him you'll pay him later.

Oh, no, no. Those two guys won't listen to reason.

But... I got me sort of an idea.

They're now entering the Arkansas plate.

Give us a second to get out of the alley and we'll take them.

Before there's any more discussion, can you positively identify the baby?

Describe anything unusual about her.

Look, I've had so many... Another crank call.

Get the car.

Come on, come on. We ain't got all day.

All right, now, how well do you know the Swansons?

We don't know them at all.

We don't?

What do you mean, you don't?

We only met them yesterday.

Then why are you wearing his jacket and hat?

He just got out of the Navy. Want to give him a break?

He just got out of prison.

What is that nice little girl doing with a man like that?

That nice little girl is suspected of murder.

Honey? Huh?

We're heading for the beach?

Nope.

No? No, I thought, uh... Well, how did San Francisco strike you, huh?

Honest? Uh -huh. San Francisco?

Oh, wow.

That strikes me just fine. I ain't never been to San Francisco.

Oh.

Oh.

Look at her, honey.

Ain't she just so pretty?

Yeah, yeah.

But is she, uh... Is she what?

Well, perfect, you know.

I mean, has she got six toes, huh?

She got an extra eye in her belly there, huh? Anything like that? Of course not,

silly Willie.

She's about the most perfect baby that ever was.

Yeah? Aren't you, honey?

You're perfect.

Birthmark, maybe?

Well, if you want to count that little angel kiss on her shoulder.

She was kissed by a sweet little angel.

Where?

Right here.

See? Uh -huh.

Yes. Birthmark, right shoulder, and remember, 15 grand.

Yes.

Now, look, I'll do anything you say. Just tell me.

Be at the phone booth, corner Ridgeway and Country Terrace. Yes.

And remember what I said, huh? If I spot a cop anywhere near, I'll never see the

baby again.

I still think you should tell Pepper. He said no, please.

Mark, how can you trust a man like that?

I couldn't.

Anyone that would take a reward for their own child.

Pepper warned me that it might happen. Well, then call her and tell her. I said

no. Honey, please, look.

All we want is Heather, right?

And we don't want to do anything to jeopardize her return here.

Her safe return.

All right, then I'm going with you. No, no, no, please stay here, all right? No,

no, I want to go. I want to take care of her. Let me just go get my coat.

Roger. What else did she text?

Do you have any idea at all?

Code 2 to call the Jake and Hal.

Mr. Turner, the glass table. Do you want to touch that?

What about the stereo?

Don, it's me, Pipper.

Yeah? He said no police.

We're taking the money to him now.

No, no, I don't know where.

Right.

Mark's leaving.

It's going down now.

Stay with him, guys.

We're on route. Keep us posted along the way.

Yeah, I hear you, Pip.

Stick like glue.

Let's take the freeway, Bill, huh? Faster. Yeah, I can get another left

here. Okay.

Hello, this is Mark, Jeff.

Okay, you got those directions clear now? Read them back.

Okay.

Okay. And no cops now.

Otherwise, you know.

No, no, no. I swear to you, I didn't call the police.

Next egg.

Please don't you bother your pretty little head now.

We're less than a mile from you now. ETA about five minutes.

We're heading toward the park.

Roger.

Tell me, darling.

What are you doing?

What are you putting her in that box for? Hey, look, now, didn't you say you

wanted to live exactly like we did before?

Everything the same, exactly?

Yeah.

Well, now, exactly means only two of us.

No babies, just you and me.

You're crazy.

You can't leave her out here alone.

You're fun of me, ain't you?

She won't be alone for long.

Somebody's going to pick her up.

$15 ,000 just for you and me so we can be free to do anything we want to

no baby to hold us back.

You want to go back home? Okay, we'll go back with 15 grand at the kicker.

Man, oh, man, how you can load it over all those people back there, huh?

And that Beatrice may just remember...

Oh, my God.

52 to 12 while 50.

50, go.

Hey, Bill, we're at the spot of delivery.

Scott Swanson's at the bottom of the hill dead.

And the baby's gone. Evidently, Tammy split with him.

By the way, we passed a green station wagon with a single female blonde in it.

You better turn around and check her out.

All right.

Take care of you.

Only there's somebody after us now.

Well, they ain't never gonna catch us.

They ain't never gonna catch us.

Bill, you better, you better back off. I'm on your throat.

She's going to go right over one of these edges.

Come on.

I don't want to lose her. I don't want to lose her. I know.

We can't lose that baby.

I used to ride here and just take us to the other side of the mountain.

I wouldn't cut her off.

I think so.

Sergeant, would you give me a lift to the nearest gas station?

Yes. Yes. Get on in.

Oh, a baby.

I just love babies. Could I hold her?

Okay.

Careful now. Oh, her name's Mary Ann.

Mary Ann. Yeah.

Isn't she cute?

I think she looks more like my husband.

Think she looks like me?

12 by 50 to 52.

Come in 52.

Tell the Jensen's they can relax. We have the girl. The baby's safe.

Roger.

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