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Hit the wall!

- Is that what Anna told you? - Some lawyer. Anna said he was making all the arrangements.

Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!

What? Child buying?

Kids are treated like merchandise by brokers who buy the kids from hard-up mothers.

Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Simon.

Please, let me have my kid. Let me have my kid.

Black-and-white found the body about a half hour ago. Blood everywhere.

Bobby: Mommy, mommy, mommy! Mommy!

Marcia: Ohhh.

How're you doing, my little dynamite kid?

Bobby: Dynamite!

Laura: You know, I bet he could spot you a mile away

with his eyes blindfolded. What happened? Did you get off work?

Well, I took off early.

You see, I want to take him some place really special today.

Wow, Bobby, did you hear that? I wonder where you' re gonna go.

Bobby: Where? Marcia: It's a secret.

It's a surprise and you're gonna love it. Bye, bye. Thanks.

Laura: Bye, bye. Drive carefully.

Marcia: Oh, yeah. Thanks.

Marcia: Look at those beautiful animals, huh.

Did you ever see such long necks? Huh?

Aren't they cute?

Oh, you like that one. Isn't she cute?

Hey, Bobby, wait.

Hey, wait a minute.

It's a boy! A healthy boy.

-Hi, carolee. -Hi, marcia.

Hi, Mr. Ronald.

You were supposed to meet us at the main gate, honey.

Oh, I just wanted to show Bobby everything.

-I guess I'm a little late. -That's okay.

Ron, why don't you show Bobby the lions? We'll be right with you.

What do you say, Bobby?

-Let's go take a look, huh? Hehehe. -Yeah.

-Here? -Okay, yeah.

Carolee: I have this for you to sign.

Now, sign right here.

Where's Mr. Cory?

Oh, he couldn't make it. You know, he's such a busy man.

Now, here you are.

-Here's your pen. -Thank you.

Go ahead! Open.

[Sighs]

-$5,000? -Uh-hmmm.

-This is for your records. -Thank you.

Bobby: Mommy, mommy. Mommy, mommy. Look at me!

Bobby, now you're gonna go with Mr. Ronald and carolee.

Now I want you to be a really, really good boy. Understand?

Mommy, where am I going?

It's gonna be better for you this way, Bobby. Believe me.

Now, you know that mommy's got to go into the hospital, you know that.

It'll be better this way, Bobby.

Bobby: Mommy, mommy! Mommy, mommy! Mommy, mommy!

I gotta have those jackets before five o'clock. Can't wait.

Okay, three o'clock. But you get them here. You hear me?

I've got to have them by three. Alright.

Hello, Billy.

Abe, you old son of a gun.

Falkner: It's been a long time, hasn't it?

I'll tell you one thing, it's been a long time since anyone's called me Billy.

Say, you're looking good, healthy, happy.

-Single again. -Oh.

Oh, no, no, I'm healthy and happy. And look at you, Abe.

Hey! Come on, sit down.

Guy calls me up and says, "Abe falkner is down here to see you."

Abe falkner, you gotta be kidding.

[Sighs]

Hey, listen, I heard about Ted.

I don't know what to say.

Well, that's sort of what I came to talk to you about, Billy.

Yeah, but you were the one that busted that pusher.

Pepper: But Pete is the one who found out he was working for Fontana

while you were out following that other trail.

Remember that trail you thought was going somewhere

- and that led you to nowhere? - I don't want to hear it.

Hey, pep, can I see you for a minute?

Okay. Hey listen, Joe, I'll bet you five on the next case.

Yeah, yeah, I'll buy.

- Okay. Yeah, bill? - Honey, I want you to meet an old friend of mine,

this is Abe faulkner, sergeant pepper Anderson.

Pepper: How do you do. Falkner: Sergeant.

You know, Abe and I have been friends since I was about five years old.

I grew up with his son, Ted.

Abe, why don't you tell pepper what you told me.

I was just saying that Ted got married to this sick girl.

Sick up here. Anna, her name was.

And she was beautiful, a beautiful girl.

But drugs, sex, what she called the "exotic", that's all she cared about.

And she led Ted into a hell that he never came out of.

It killed him...

Three years ago.

Oh, I'm sorry. And the wife?

Last week I learned that Anna, too, was dead, found in some dive in New York.

She wanted everything. She wound up with nothing.

But there shouldn't have been nothing.

When the authorities found Abe's daughter-in-law,

- they should have found a little girl with her. - My granddaughter, Julie.

She'd be five now.

The last time I saw her, she was a beautiful little child.

Now I don't know.

Pep, not only was she not with her mother,

but the people who knew Anna falkner back there, didn't even know she had a daughter.

If I read you right, the girl's vanished?

Completely.

And the last time I know that she was with Anna, was here eight months ago.

Anna wrote for some money and she sent along this.

Heh. She looks like Ted.

Maybe if we start tracing, we might be able to find out where Julie is.

- What do you think? - Would you excuse us, please?

-Sure. -Bill, can I see you outside?

-Abe, be back in a minute. -Yeah.

Bill, why do you do this to me?

This isn't a case for us. It's not the criminal conspiracy's line of work.

I mean, I know how you must feel,

- but we've got our first real lead in the fontano case. - Oh, honey. What've we got?

We've got a snitch who'll never testify against his boss in court?

- Look, pep, don't worry. - I know, but it just isn't fair.

Of course it's not fair, pep. I know it's not fair.

Well?

Pep, I'm asking you to help find my best friend's little girl.

You're the best police woman in the city. You know that.

How come you only tell me that when you want something? You fink!

Sergeant fink to you.

All you have to do is sign these papers and the adoption can go through.

You said he's a boy. What's he like? How old is he?

Four in October.

We wouldn't be here, if we didn't have to be.

Either there's too much morality these days or too much birth control.

But you're going to be very happy. He's Caucasian and he's healthy.

We can see a doctor's report?

I can do better than that.

Carolee!

Bobby, this is Mr. and Mrs. Simon.

Oh, Bobby. Bobby, hello.

Oh, am I glad to see you.

You know something?

I think he looks like you a little.

When we talked, I thought your fee was a little high.

- I mean, &10,000. - Well, what do you think now?

When your dream comes true, how can you put a price on it?

[Men whistling, vocalizing]

Can I do something for you, lady?

Yeah. Is the foreman around?

Yeah, he's right over there. Hey, Phil, lady wants to talk to you.

Foreman: What can I do for you?

If it's anything personal, I'll come right down.

I'm looking for an old friend that wrote me a letter from this address.

Everybody's moved out. Urban renewal. We're improving the place.

Oh. Well, you wouldn't happen to have any records on former tenants, would you?

No. If you want any forwarding addresses, you'll have to talk to the old owners.

- You can get that at city hall. - Yeah, I know.

Thanks.

Uh, hey, I know a great little bar near there.

I can hop down and we could stop for a drink.

-What do you drink? -Oh, beer.

Sorry. I only drink champagne.

[Workers start laughing]

I told you, Phil. You never had any class.

Hey, baby, you've got it all!

[Whistles]

We all try our best, sergeant.

Helping's what we're here for.

Helping each other, helping ourselves.

I understand.

I've had this place now for about seven years.

I think of it as kind of a halfway house.

Well, what ike means, is that most of the people that live here have problems.

Junkies, ex-cons, unwed mothers, people with no place else to go.

Trying to get over the hump.

I'm just trying to pay back some of the kindness that other people gave me when I needed it.

You can be real proud of what you're doing, ike. Real proud.

So, now what about this Anna falkner?

It should be in here.

I'd better go check on marcia see that she's okay. Okay?

-See ya. -Okay.

They're a great couple, carolee and her husband.

[Door closes]

I couldn't run this place without them.

For one thing, I could never get organized.

Oh, yeah.

Anna falkner, she stayed a little longer than a month,

had one of the one-bedrooms, moved out with the rent a week overdue.

- Did she leave a forwarding address? - No, no.

I have a picture of her daughter.

- Did she have her daughter with her? - Oh, yeah. Cute little kid.

-Almost forgot about her. -Oh?

She was only here a couple of weeks when she went back east to live with her father.

=you're sure about that? =sure, I'm sure. That's what her mother said.

So the last time you saw the falkner girl was must have been the week of the eighteenth.

Week of the eighteenth... yep, that'd be about right.

You know, we missed with Anna, sergeant.

Dope, booze, crazy parties. She just wouldn't stop.

Well, she's stopped now, ike.

She's dead.

-Ah, that's too bad. -Thanks, ike.

Pepper: Lucy. Lucy: Sergeant Anderson.

-Hi. -Sandy, this is sergeant Anderson.

Sandy: Hi. See you later, Lucy. Lucy: Okay.

- What are you doing here? - I might ask that.

Well, this is home for a while.

- You know, when I got out of jail. - When was that?

Two weeks ago.

I swear, man, I have had it with jails.

Twice in two years is enough for a lifetime.

When my old man gets out, things will be a lot better. When.

Good luck, Lucy. Stay out of trouble.

-Well, see you around, maybe. -Maybe.

Carolee: Now, marcia, you've got to stop this.

Now, you've got to get rid of Bobby's things.

Either give them away or throw them away.

Like I threw him away?

Oh, now, you know you didn't do that.

No, I did something worse than that.

I sold him like he was a piece of meat.

You know, he was always such a... such a good little boy.

You know that? And brave.

I remember the time when he was trying to learn how to walk.

No matter how many times he fell down.

Now you know you couldn't do it anymore. Not while you're so sick.

Now look, honey, you got the money for the doctor,

at least you don't have to worry about that.

I just wish there'd been some other way, you know?

Cory's been a lifesaver to us.

I mean, after you've given it some time, you'll see that he's been one to you, too.

Yeah, sure. Sure, he's a real lifesaver, alright.

[Intercom buzzes]

Operator's voice: Mr. Cory, marcia Gordon on line two.

Hello, miss Gordon. What can I do for you?

Mr. Cory, I'm sorry I had to call,

but I've been going through hell these past three days.

There's no reason for that. Bobby's in a fine home, the best.

I want him back. I want my son back, Mr. Cory.

I appreciate your feelings but there's nothing I can do. It's been arranged.

Well, isn't there something you can do, please? Anything?

Well, I suppose I could talk to the boy's new parents. I could try.

Let me get back to you.

[Slams telephone]

You know, Ronnie, I think you were right about this marcia Gordon.

I trust I'm not interrupting anything important.

Well, just because we don't get a chance to play lone wolf, you don't have to rub it in.

Oh, you ought to see the case he gave me.

What have you got to tell me, pep?

Well, I pinpointed the time the people who knew Anna falkner last saw her daughter.

That's fantastic! That's real progress. What have you got?

She told them she sent Julie to live with her father.

I thought you said her father was dead.

He is. The story had to be a cover.

It's getting to be interesting.

Pep, did you check with child abandonment?

Maybe she walked off and left the kid someplace.

What do you think, you put a dummy on this case?

Yeah, bill, I checked. No Julie falkner.

I even checked the morgue and I took a court order to city hall to check the adoption records.

Nothing there either.

What am I gonna tell Abe, pep?

Well, I'm not gonna give up.

I was wondering, do you want me to look into the illegal adoptions racket?

What, child buying?

Yeah. It's a high volume business, child buying.

That's the kind that makes millionaires. I'd like to take a crack at it.

Yeah, but you know that game is played with babies.

I'm talking about a five-year-old kid.

Yeah, but I think the older kids are involved because infants are so hard to get now.

Pep, why don't you talk to your friends in juvenile

and see what the child buyers are doing nowadays.

I'll do it.

You know what really bothers me about this racket?

I mean, real parents never know how badly they're taken by these crooks.

They pay their money, they give their kid love and the kid loves them.

Then one day, someone knocks on their door and says, "hey, that child is mine."

Yeah. And if that's what happened to Abe's granddaughter, it's gonna hurt.

It's gonna hurt everybody.

This Mr. Perry, ike Perry, he told me about this place.

He said I'd be alright here.

You figure on stayin' long?

Well, 'til my time, I guess. It's four months.

Listen, do you think you guys can help me find some kind of job?

Could be. Were you working before?

Oh, yeah, until little Charlie in there knocked that right out.

What do you mean?

Well, the kind of work I did, a big belly ain't exactly what you'd call an asset.

If the kid got in the way of your tricks, why didn't you get rid of it?

That's the same as murder to me.

I know that a lot of people don't understand that.

It's a living thing. It's alive.

I couldn't do that.

After the baby is born, do you intend to keep it?

What for? What am I gonna do with it?

Well, uh, maybe, we'll be able to help you solve that problem.

-Hey! -Will you take a look at that?

Oh, alright. What's the matter? So I got tracks.

But I know that there's a lot of junkies been here.

Those are new. You're still on the stuff.

Yeah, but I'm gonna shake it. I figure, as long as I'm here.

You're not here. We don't want ya.

Chicks like you never shake it and your baby's gonna be born a junkie just like you.

So, what?

So we don't need that, lady. We don't need that at all.

So, who needs you? Who needs anything you've got?

Ruth: Come on.

Sit right there and I'll be right back, okay?

A lovely mother, a loving mother...

How could anybody dump a kid in the middle of the freeway, clinging to the center divider?

Oh, my god.

That's the fourth abandoned child this week.

You know, across the country, that probably makes 5,000.

Oh, pepper, sometimes...

Sometimes I wish I could just forget who I am and what I am

and grab a shotgun and go after all those parents.

Yeah, me, too. Me, too.

I guess his loving mommy didn't know about child buyers.

Well, it gives us something to be thankful for, doesn't it?

Oh, your phone call. I did some checking.

Chances are the falkner woman lived on the West Side

and did business with some of these cockroaches, pep.

Twisted insects who use everything children mean to people just to make a buck.

You've got nothing on an ike Perry?

No, should we?

He runs the place where Anna falkner lived, admitted to getting a lot of unwed mothers.

I saw at least one pregnant girl while I was there.

Well, that should be a good place for you to find the sellers

but no, no, we have nothing on him.

Okay.

Ruth: You can keep those files if you like.

- In case you need the pictures. - Okay, Ruth. Thanks.

I'm sorry we had to meet in a place like this, Mr. Cory,

but you see, I only get a half hour for lunch and it's real close to the place where I work.

I think the important thing, miss Gordon, is that we get to talk.

You've talked to the people then? The people that have Bobby?

I did my best and I like to think of myself as being able to talk to people

but I'm afraid they just won't give him up.

Well, you see, I've got the money right here.

I'm afraid there's nothing we can do.

I've got it right here. I've got four thou...

4,500 and-and $35 and some change.

And the only reason I don't have the whole thing is because I paid some bills with it,

but I'll give it back to you, Mr. Cory. I promise I will.

Now listen to me. Keep the money.

I've just seen your little boy. He's well.

He's a very happy little boy.

Things are gonna be much better, isn't that what you told him?

Well, you didn't lie to him when you said goodbye.

That's right. I lied to him, that's what I did. I was so uptight, i...

Look, he said there's no more he can do.

But he's gotta do something. He'd better do something.

Because I can make trouble. I can make a lot of trouble. I mean it.

I talked to a lady at the doctor's office the other day and she works for a lawyer.

I'm not sure that anything we did was even legal.

You know what she told me? She told me that you can't buy kids.

And she also told me that parents have to be approved by an agency.

You can't... it doesn't just take a couple of days like we did it.

The only trouble you can make is what you make for yourself.

Mr. Cory...

Without my kid, I've got nothing to lose.

I'm just a nothing without my kid. Please, Mr. Cory, I won't make it.

Please, please. [Continues screaming]

You make sure she gets her head on, okay?

Get's it on straight.

Woman: Don't you lay a hand on me! You let me go, I'll hit you.

He's gonna kill me! He's gonna kill me!

Pepper: Who's gonna kill you?

That lousy bum of a husband of mine. Call the cops!

Pepper: Listen. I am a cop.

Come out in. Come on in. Come on.

You don't know what I've had to put up with, with that character.

- Where is he? - Come out, you bum. You bum, the cops are here.

-Ah, the cops are here. -Yeah, they are.

Where are the cops? Heh.

You're a cop?

Okay, now what's all the fuss about?

I don't know. We were just having what you might call a little domestic understanding.

"Mis" understanding, he's drunk.

Look at him. He can hardly stand up.

Don't tell me I'm drunk. Look at you.

I was just having a little after lunch cocktail.

But you, you've been sipping up ever since Wednesday.

That's because you haven't shut up on me since Wednesday.

Why don't you go out and get a job?

I'll get a job. But who's gonna cook around here and who's gonna clean up.

Excuse me... be right back.

-He cooks? -Yeah.

Him and his trusty can opener. You name the soup, he cooks it.

Say, if you're a cop, where's your gun?

Well, now, as I was saying.

We were just having a little misunderstanding.

-Misunderstanding? -Shut up!

When out of the clear blue, she started bugging me about going to her mother's on Sunday.

-He hates her. -Like the plague.

Hey, you put your pants on.

You never put your pants on for me you lousy bum.

- There's a lady present. - And what am I? Chopped liver?

Something you push around whenever you feel the urge?

[Continue to argue]

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Now if you don't stop all the hollering, there' s gonna be more than one cop around.

Now, you. Are you paying attention?

Yes, ma'am.

[Pepper sighs]

Would you mind if I... could I sit down?

Oh, please. Be my guest.

As long as I'm here, I might as well ask you about a woman that used to live in this building.

We would love to help you out, officer, but we just moved in yesterday.

Woman: The day before yesterday.

Well, okay. Thank you. Now remember what I said.

Man: Oh, officer? Pepper: Yes?

Are you going to be a regular on this beat?

No. But if you don't start behaving, I'll come around regularly.

- Hi. You're sergeant Anderson, right? - That's me.

I'm still looking for Anna falkner's daughter. Can I come in?

Oh, sure. Sure. Come in and sit down.

Okay.

I'll do anything I can to help you.

That's what we're here for.

But, you know something, we weren't what you'd really call friends.

Oh. So she didn't really share any of her secrets with you?

No.

Well, did she ever mention any of these men or did you ever see her with any of them?

No. Hmm. No. No. No. No.

Sorry.

Pepper: Okay. Well, thanks anyway.

Those men, why do you want to know about them?

They're all involved in a burglary ring.

Carolee: Sorry, I couldn't have been more help.

I'm getting used to it. Bye. Thanks.

Carolee: Bye.

Who's that?

Sergeant Anderson, the cop I told you about.

Well, what did she want?

I don't know what she was after. She showed me some pictures.

Well, I did know some of the faces.

Like who?

People I've done business with before.

Guys who place kids like us.

-What is it, lady? -Police officer.

Fred! Ditch that!

I didn't come looking for it, Charlie, but since I'm here, where's the stash?

Stash? What stash?

Oh, Mr. Ronald. What are you...

If your friend hadn't panicked, you wouldn't be here.

Eric: Hey, listen, that was smack we had layin' around there.

- He'd been a fool not to panic. - What did you want to see me about?

-A deal. -A deal?

You asked me about Anna falkner, right?

And you said you didn't know her.

Well, I lied. Anna and me were friends.

Very good friends, if you follow.

I follow. What I want to know about is her daughter.

-We got a deal? -Maybe.

-Where's the girl, Eric? -With her old man.

You're about as dumb as you are chicken.

Hey, now listen. Wait a minute now. That's the truth.

Now Anna didn't have any use for the kid anyway.

I mean, it got in the way. So when this dude comes up with some bucks for her...

You mean to tell me that her father made a settlement? Is that what Anna told you?

No. Some lawyer.

Anna said he was making all the arrangements.

Gave her a few thou. It bought a lot of jollies, for both of us.

- What was the name of the lawyer? - I don't know.

What do you mean, you don't know?

I don't know. I never met the guy.

You'll have to ask carolee or Ronald.

- They're the ones that put her on to the dude. - Carolee?

Pep?

Yeah?

- You know the neighborhood you caught our friend in? - Yeah.

Homicide wants you down there right away.

They've got themselves a mess that they think you ought to know about.

-Okay, Joe. Take over, will you? -Got it.

Caruso: Hi, sergeant.

Black and white found the body about half an hour ago.

-But she wasn't killed here. -Where?

In her room. There was obviously a struggle, blood everywhere.

Caruso, but this is a homicide. What did you call me for?

-Ike Porter, you know him? -Yeah.

Well, he asked me to get in touch with you about this. He'd like to see you.

He said it's important.

Ike: I try my best and something like this has gotta happen.

It's a terrible thing to come out of my place. After all I've worked for.

I know. But why did you call me on this?

Well, Anna falkner's daughter, the missing daughter?

-Yes. -Marcia Gordon. She had a son.

A little boy. I figured if you were interested in the first child,

- you'd be interested in him too. - Keep going.

Well, he lived with marcia up until a few days ago and then he left too.

Left for where?

Well, she said she brought him to his grandparents

while she got ready to go into the hospital, and she probably did.

But I thought you should know about this.

Mr. Cory.

You were supposed to straighten her out, not kill her, dummy.

The cops were moving in.

There was this lady cop, Anderson,

she was asking questions of everyone in the building.

If she would have gotten to her, it would have ruined everything.

What do you think it is now?

Ronald, you've got to learn to think, to work things out.

You're a big boy.

I did what I had to do.

You did what every fool has to do.

I can't afford to associate myself with fools.

Hey...

We'll just cool things for a while, huh?

Then when all this blows over, we'll do business at the same old stand.

-Forget it. -What am I gonna tell carolee?

How am I gonna explain it to her?

Carolee is your problem.

Yeah, well she could become your problem.

Look, just keep away from me, both of you.

Or the police will find some interesting records.

There's no statute of limitations on murders.

Pepper: Yeah, probably pisces or aquarius.

I checked out all the tenants in the building.

Now, there' s almost nobody there so I soon encountered this guy.

He's got four pages of charges after his name.

Royster: "Ronald English." Crowley: It's all strong arm stuff.

Armed robbery, extortion, attempted murder.

And he and his wife sort of help ike in running the place.

Sounds like a logical contender to me.

He's also got an alibi, of sorts.

His wife said she was with him all night.

That really makes it "of sorts.'

so, what's our next move?

I think, I'll decide to skip this English.

'Cause this guy' s not smart enough to handle an operation like that.

There' s somebody higher up. What we got to do is get through him

as to who that somebody is.

The home survives on donations and I've looked into the contributors.

One of the biggest is a lawyer named Edward Cory.

Boy, you've really hit on a heavyweight this time, pep.

I had a run-in with this dude one time. He's very slick.

He's a real bend the rules kind of operator.

Not to mention the fact that the last time Ronald English was in court,

this guy was his attorney, and got him off a manslaughter charge.

That ought to tell us something.

Yeah, well it tells me, we got to find a way to smoke the clown out.

-Sergeant Anderson? -Oh, hi, Lucy.

Lucy: You wanted to talk to me?

Yeah, it'll only take a minute. It's about your guy.

Lucy: You talked to him?

He tells me you two have been wanting to make plans for when he gets out of prison.

When did you talk to him? When did you see him?

This morning, in the lockup. He comes up for sentencing next week.

How would you like to help him?

Lucy: Help him? Sergeant Anderson, I'd do anything to help him.

Pepper: Okay.

[Knock on the door]

Now, who the hell is that?

- Carolee. - Oh, hi, Lucy. Is something the matter?

I wanted to talk to Ronald.

Carolee: What's the matter? Something I should know about?

No, it's... well, yes.

Come on in.

Sit down.

You know, Lucy, Ron and I have no secrets from each other.

What can we do for you?

Well, it's about the other night.

- You know, when marcia was killed. - What about it?

Well, I couldn't sleep so I decided to go out for a walk.

-When I came downstairs, I saw you. -What?

You were at marcia's door.

It was one o'clock in the morning

but you were letting yourself into her apartment with a key.

So?

So, I heard some glass breaking and I heard a struggle.

Why didn't you stay around for the whole act?

Because I got scared and I split.

You killed her, Ronald. You killed her.

Ronald: Why you little... carolee: Hold it.

Hear her out.

Yeah, that's real smart.

You can't kill two of us in the same apartment and get away with it.

Lucy...

What if I should tell you that Ronald and I were together all night?

- No way he could've left. - Cops need eyewitnesses and I'm it.

Lucy: Look, carolee, I hate cops as much as anyone.

I won't go to 'em unless I absolutely have to.

How much?

You two are involved in that baby business.

I don't know what it is, but I know there's some bread.

How much?

Oooh, fifteen thou.

-You blackmailer... -hold it.

It'd wipe out everything we worked for. We'd have hardly anything left.

You know something, Ron?

It wouldn't wipe out ed Cory.

I tried to phone him. He won't pick it up. Not for us.

He's got to, now.

Carolee: You know, I never really bothered you, Mr. Cory,

but it's for your own good as well as ours.

A girl here saw Ronald with marcia Gordon the other night.

She wants 25,000 to keep quiet.

Fine. We'll be there.

He wants the three of us to meet him tonight at 11 o'clock.

-She made it. -So far.

How's that for upping the ante?

[Car door closes]

Crowley: 12y52 to 12y50. They just pulled out.

Be ready to pick them up at the corner.

Got you, bill.

You're sure everything's cool now? I'll get the bread?

We told you, Lucy, you're gonna be rich. Relax. Listen to the music.

I can't say much for the guy's taste in music.

- Well, it beats listening to his rap... a little. - Yeah.

You guys stay here. Pepper and I'll take the park.

Right.

So this is the young lady that's gonna put us back in the business together, huh?

You got the bread?

Before we talk about money, tell me what you know.

I already told them.

Who put you up to this? Ike Perry?

That old goat? Strictly on my own, man.

Now, you got the bread?

No, I don't have any bread.

They said you were gonna come up with 25 big ones...

What they said is what I told them, not what I thought about later.

What your husband did was messy.

Having this around is messy too.

Hey look, mister, this is just supposed to be a business deal. Pure and simple, that's all.

Ronald, straighten her out your own way and I'll welcome you back into the fold.

Come and get me! Hurry up. Come and get me!

Crowley: Police officers. Freeze!

Stay back! Stay back!

Pepper: You okay?

Cory: Hey, you two.

I'm gonna get you for false arrest, entrapment.

We' gonna throw the book at you.

And that includes murder, sweetheart.

Sergeant. Sergeant.

You're still gonna talk to the judge about my old man, aren't you?

You promised.

You bet, I will. You really delivered, Lucy.

Falkner: It's me, Julie. Julie, don't you remember me?

Don't you remember the zoo and the pony rides?

She needs a little time, Mr. Falkner.

She's a super little girl.

Julie, this is your grandfather and he loves you as much as we do.

And you' re gonna live with him now.

I'm not gonna take you away, Julie.

I won't take you anywhere, I promise.

Couldn't I be your grandpa? Couldn't you call me grandpa?

Mr. Falkner, we'd like it very much if you'd stay for dinner.

I'd love that. Thank you.

Oh, and all of you stay, please.

-Gee, I don't know, pep... -oh, no, thanks. We've got a lot of work to do.

And you need some time to yourself. We'll take a rain check.

We'll talk to you later.

Bill, thanks. Both of you.