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She killed my partner. I was set up. And you were saying that Max freaked over

this? Yes. You're coming with me. No, she's not.

Look out, he's got a gun.

I'm tired of running.

I'll fight.

We'll fight.

If you move your hands, the pen will pull and blow you sky high.

Robert, I'm sorry I couldn't make it, but, well, things aren't really going

between us, are they?

No.

I shouldn't just be leaving this on your machine, but I'm going away for a

while. I'm sorry.

Whose idea was that, yours or the lady's?

The lady's.

Drink up.

Cheers.

Who's that lady?

I don't know. She's been hanging around asking questions about somebody and

pretending she's having a good time.

A couple of guys bought her some drinks, but she hasn't touched them.

She's troubled.

About a year ago, a couple of guys came in, stood everybody up, made a couple of

bucks. Why?

I don't quite believe this, but it could be happening again.

Call the police.

Please just call the police.

It was an emergency.

That's right, Gleeson's.

Is that man a cop?

Uh, not exactly.

You know, I don't have to tell you, I was scared in there, so thanks for this

call.

Oh, and today's work's done. You take care. Thank you. See you.

The bartender told me about you.

Could... Could you help me?

Depends on what kind of help you think you need.

How do you keep her cool? My nerves are shot after that.

It's one thing not to show it. It's nothing altogether not to feel it.

I think I'd settle for that.

You think we could have a bite to eat somewhere?

And a drink?

I think it might make it easier for me to talk about it.

I know a little club uptown that's still serving.

Oh.

All right, why not?

I've had dinner anyway.

Well, why don't you show me that club?

You used to be a policeman.

No.

So who are you looking for?

How do you know?

Come on, come on.

You've been looking for somebody all evening, even in here.

I guess I have.

It's become a habit.

I'm looking for my brother, Timothy Harms.

And you are?

Susan Harms from Albany.

He disappeared here on a business trip a couple of weeks ago.

And what did the police say? I have the police report back at my hotel.

There wasn't a ransom demand and no John Doe's that matched, so the police don't

really have very much to say.

So I'm on my own.

Unless you'll help me find him.

Finding missing persons is not my line.

I'll pay you.

What I can.

Do you have any family?

You probably do, don't you? A wife?

Kids?

One son, one ex -wife, and one... Hell of a lot of missed opportunities.

Then you'll understand what I'm going through.

He's the only family I have.

Please.

It's getting late, isn't it?

You're not going to find him in here anyway.

You aren't registered here, are you?

I just wasn't made up.

Then why did they make us find the card again?

Keep an eye on them. Don't let them out of your sight.

Okay. Wait a second.

Go to him.

Why don't you come in for a second?

You're lying to me, aren't you?

This bag is the only luggage you possess.

I paid for two.

No, thank you.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to sound that way. I didn't even mean to

say it at all.

It's just that I've been checking in and out of hotels.

I'm scared. I'm alone in the city.

And you seem so decent.

I don't take payment in kind.

I wasn't trying to pay you.

lock the door get a good night's sleep you can call me in the morning

yes

Oh, my God.

You're coming with me now, won't you, Todd?

Thank you.

Oh,

dear. Where the hell are you,

Willie?

The hell have you got there?

That man's a policeman.

Oh, come on, move, move, move!

Did you

hurt

him? Hurt him?

The damn lady killed him!

But then, of course, he was wearing body armour and a badge.

So who is he?

He's a police detective from my hometown.

Which I presume is not Albany.

No, not Albany. Burnstown, Pennsylvania.

What's your name?

Sarah McGee.

He has a warrant for my arrest for murdering his partner.

Where am I going?

Next right.

Yes, it's solid.

Only, uh, we've got a little problem.

What's that?

I'm going to need a query in New York Motor Vehicles on a Jaguar. I need the

home address and phone number, registered name, as soon as possible.

number? Yeah, I got the plate number. You got a pencil?

Go on.

I'm a, uh, an inventory control specialist.

Computerized tracking of production and shipping.

About six months ago, I got a job at a factory in Burnstown.

Arms tech.

Arms tech?

Missions company?

Yes, but nothing complicated or secret.

Rifle ammo, hand grenades.

After I moved there, I met a man, Matt.

At least that's what he called himself.

He was very nice, and I was very vulnerable. I was in a new town. I had

family or friends.

Well, after three wonderful months...

He came to the factory one night, after I was working overtime, to pick me up

for dinner.

I phoned in a pass for him at the gate, but he never came to my office, so I

went looking for him.

He was at the warehouse.

The night watchman was dead, and the police guards were already responding.

And you were arrested?

Why? They traced the gun that killed the watchman and Cole's partner to me.

A truckload of grenades was missing. Look, I was set up.

The lawyer said I didn't have a chance, not even for a plea bargain.

So I jumped bail and I ran.

I changed my appearance and I came looking for Max.

And you are saying that Max rigged all this, are you?

We spent a lot of time together, but I never suspected him.

And I was very lonely.

Oh, I see.

So there you are.

Young, very attractive, strangely lonely, and equipped with a gun.

It was my husband's. I didn't even know how to use it. Oh, was it really?

And what was your husband's reaction to all this? He was a Marine.

He died in Lebanon.

And I was lonely.

Go on.

We married out of high school.

I didn't date for two years after he died.

Max was the only man I've ever slept with aside from my husband.

So that's who you were looking for last night, Max?

Yes.

Obviously he lied to me. But I know he used to spend a lot of time hanging out

in a few clubs here in New York.

So I've spent the last few nights looking all over in all of them for him.

I've got to find him.

To prove your innocence?

Yes.

Do you believe me?

I don't know.

Then you took my car.

You didn't have to come back. You could have run.

I suppose that's something.

So?

So, I'll check out your story.

Have a drink.

Find out about her background.

Check her story.

With particular concentration on arms tech.

Oh, and Jonah.

Don't let her leave here. How am I supposed to stop her?

They gave you basic training, didn't they, at the agency?

Before they assigned you to computer intelligence.

I'll be back. Where are you going?

To the police.

But don't worry.

I'm not going to turn you in.

Not until we check your story.

Mr. McCall?

I'm Sergeant Warwick. You were looking for Lieutenant Kramer, right?

Yes. Is he here?

He's out.

But there's someone I think you should meet.

Mr. McCall, would you step inside, please?

Sergeant, it's Mr. Robert McCall.

Mr. McCall, this is Detective Sergeant Gunther Cole, Bernstown PD.

Do you know where Bernstein is?

Should I?

Do you know where Sarah McGee is?

Why do you ask the question?

Because I would like all the suspected witnesses of last night's cute little

redecoration of the Empire Hotel in one room.

Should I know what you're talking about?

That's funny.

Sergeant Cole said exactly the same thing.

Sergeant, do you have evidence against me linking me to some crime?

Are you harboring a fugitive from a murder warrant?

Oh.

There is a warrant out against this woman, whoever she is? There is now.

Sergeant Cole applied for enforcement of a Pennsylvania warrant this morning.

Look, McCall, we know you're helping her.

Witnesses saw you.

Did they? Committing a crime.

Does he admit to being in this hotel when these shots were fired? I saw the

of you together when I was on stakeout outside the hotel.

Even if that were true, it would hardly be a crime, would it? Look, Sergeant,

given my recent history and my reputation with this department, do you

you've really got enough to keep me here questioning me any further?

No.

Then I'll leave.

Thank you, Sergeant, for all the information.

I ran your place.

They led me to some hole -in -the -wall retina dress shop.

Oh, I do assure you that if you had left a polite message, I would have replied

immediately.

You're not a cop.

So what is it?

Mafia?

Is that how you got a line in on New York's finance?

Oh, they are very good policemen, which is more than can be said of you.

Never once did you tell that girl that you were a police officer.

Neither did you show your badge.

But what you did do was to thank me for giving you the opportunity of shooting.

She killed my partner.

That's what you believe?

You think that gives you the right to summarily execute her or anybody else

happens to be passing by? I know she's pretty.

You probably like what you're getting out of it.

But she's not going to charm her way out of it, not if I can help it.

If she surrenders, fine.

She can do her act for some...

Judge and jury, they might just feel so sorry for her, they'll cut her loose.

Forget my partner and his family.

But she gives me the slightest technical excuse. I'm going to save the taxpayers

a whole lot of money.

What about Max?

He's next, but she was the shooter.

I'll be seeing you, pal.

Oh, and hey, you are quick.

But I'm quicker.

So be smart.

Stay out of my way.

Jenna?

What'd you find out? Shh.

She was wrong.

She was lying.

No, no, no, no. Wrong.

So were the police.

Yeah, I mean, there were thefts, all right, but none that Saturday night.

Someone had been stealing things for a year, a little at a time.

How do you know that?

The plant's very computerized. Everything's tracked with barcode

The quantities that were stolen, that were reportedly stolen that Saturday

night, had actually been taken a case at a time for over 12 months.

Well, if you found that out, why didn't the police?

Somebody faked the records, erased the old ones.

General, if they have erased the old ones, how could you have found out?

because they erased them. They didn't overwrite them.

When you enter an erase command into a computer, the records don't just

disappear. The space just gets released so that new data can be recorded over

the old.

I see. So you were able to reconstruct the old data. Is that what you're

Most of it by tying into the agency's craze and by running some very

algorithms.

Most of the thefts took place before she even started working there.

Someone tried to frame her with the computer data.

Could you prove that to a jury so that they could understand it?

Well, of course.

No, no.

The algorithms I ran were valid but tricky.

Goodbye, Nicole.

Just a minute.

They don't come any rougher.

So good luck, Nicole.

Thanks.

I'm sorry. Did I disturb you?

No.

You all right?

Yes.

An apology to make to you.

May I?

I was wrong.

I... I didn't believe you.

I didn't give you the benefit of any doubt.

And I do know that you are innocent. I'm sorry.

Do you think the jury will believe it?

Oh, no.

Unless... Unless we prove it.

Glad you were right again to do that. We need to find Max.

And we will.

Ah, come on, come on. Don't be afraid anymore.

I will clear you. I promise you.

No, it isn't just that.

It's just... You're the first person who's believed me. Who's wanted to help.

You're the first person.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I am taking advantage of you.

When you're depending on me, I'm sorry.

I want to.

Like I could get you out of the country?

That means you'd be an exile?

And you'd still never know.

And the alternative?

As we discussed.

Find Max.

I can't find him. I've tried.

Sarah?

I think you have.

Or rather, he's already found you.

How else would Sergeant Coe have got on your tail?

You mean Max tipped him?

Why?

I don't know, yet.

Sarah, let me tell you something about my business.

After a certain number of years, some of us acquire a certain animal instinct,

and those of us that do acquire it survive.

Those who don't usually die.

I can smell something. I smell it.

It is quite certain that nobody could recognize you from that photograph the

police have.

You've changed totally.

No, no.

In the same way that only you could recognize Max here in New York. It would

take him to recognize me.

He'd just call me first.

Yes, indeed.

I think that he's been watching you for some days, and I think that the only way

we're possibly going to catch him is to retrace your steps.

And therein lies the danger, because he could see you again first.

I'm tired of running.

I'll fight.

He doesn't ring a bell.

Well, he could have altered his appearance, changed his hair color.

Not yet, baby.

Well, uh, then I can't really help you, can I?

You have many regulars in here?

Yeah, sure, mostly.

And what time do you open at night?

11 p .m.

If we feel like it.

Thank you.

I'll be back.

Oh, you look like you're fastening, don't you?

What's the problem?

I left the message on your service. You didn't get it?

No, not yet.

First of all, you've been great for my business. I just sold lunch to a couple

of hard cases that wanted to know a lot about you. Was one a policeman called

Cole?

Yeah, and he had an NYPD escort.

Damn. I just sold a cup of coffee to a woman that wanted to thank you

for breaking up their robbery last night.

But the funny part of it is, I don't even remember him being here. Where is

Tell me, John.

Did he look like the man that I was looking for last night?

No, he's short. Come on, let's go.

When he comes out, tell him we've just been here.

Where are we going?

What are you doing?

Don't you want to catch him?

No. Not quite.

Get in the car.

What's going on?

We... are going to let him... adjust.

Get him very excited.

And frustrate him.

Here we go.

In the trunk of the car, there is a tracer.

This is the beeper for my answering machine. I want you to call my number

five minutes.

If after one hour you haven't heard from me, contact Lieutenant Kramer's office.

Make sure that he gets this. This is a tracer receiver.

This meter will give approximately my direction and my location.

That's our cabbie.

All right, take it and go.

No, I want to see you through this.

Please, just go and hide yourself now. Go on.

As soon as I see the money, it's in the COD business.

What's with Sarah?

What?

I'll check that one.

Going in, Clay?

Nothing's going on. So, I decided.

I don't need a travel.

I'm getting to it.

I go to this farm.

Guess who Grant's been, huh?

Sam. Did you follow him?

Yeah, of course I followed him. What do you think? What are you doing here?

I lost him. Yeah, yeah. Well, I'll tell you.

It was real close. Did you cover your own test?

He was scared.

You mean?

You don't even know if he followed you.

Now, you must be mad.

Now, you and I are going to have a nice little talk.

Believe!

Look out!

Go ahead, McCall. Give me an excuse.

Now, very, very slowly.

With your left hand.

Why don't you shoot, Mr. Cole?

Why not?

After all, you've already killed your partner, haven't you?

Now, why was that?

Was it because he was getting a little suspicious of you and Matthew?

Very good, Nicole.

You win the prize.

Get that taken care of before you bleed to death.

Someone you can trust. You think you've got this figured out, don't you?

What?

Max works for you?

Oh, yes.

But you were pilfering from arms tech from the very beginning?

Even before Sarah joined the company.

Yes, it was all quite clear.

That's for you, Max. Well...

You had to get to know her really well once she joined the company, didn't you?

Because after all, you realise that she would be the first to recognise any

discrepancy in any inventory.

Then, of course, you would be really desperate, I presume, to get hold of the

passwords to her computer.

That means you could steal as much as you liked. You could really cook the

then, couldn't you?

Yes, I have.

Figured it out. And if I can, so will others.

Especially my friends.

What friends?

Where's Sarah now?

I don't know.

She can't be sad. She'll be coming us off in Bermuda.

Pull over a minute, okay?

Tell me, why did you go crooked?

I didn't go crooked. The country did.

But the times are changing, McCall.

There's going to be a bullet for every wise guy's head. A grenade in every weak

-kneed judge's mailbox. Oh, that justified you killing your partner and

Farah, did it?

Every war has its casualties.

Oh, you've been reading dime novels.

Now, do tell me, because I really am so interested. How did you go over the

edge?

Hit him again.

Where's Farah?

Oh.

I'm not going to be able to move around the country organizing if she's loose

out there.

All right.

Let's start again, McCall.

Where is she?

When did you last see her?

Where are you hiding her?

Where is she, McCall? Come on! Where is she?

Where is she, McCall?

Oh, he's in trouble.

Okay, look, calm down. I can probably be there in about 20 minutes.

That may not be soon enough. You stay put.

Yes. I'll stay right here.

What are you doing?

Rigging a crack pit.

It looks like a simultaneous shooter.

Kill him, he's never going to talk. No, I've got the points there and I'll kill

him. I'm here, Max.

If you move your hand, the pin will pull and blow you sky high.

She's going back in.

You take the bottom.

Keep talking to her. Just keep talking to her.

How you doing?

You don't have to be scared.

You've won.

Come out. We'll hold you just long enough for us to get clear of the U .S.

I'm not going to let anybody hurt you.

We had some good times together.

If I ever wanted you to get blamed for what I did, I would have gotten you off.

Liar.

You're going to have to choose between me and McCall.

Hear that, babe?

Your friend's gone to peace.

She's wedged.

Left and right now.

Sarah!

Okay, Matt.

I could stay, you know, for a while.

See what happens. Sarah, we have discussed all that.

You remember exactly how you felt when your husband went away and didn't

You deserve a life of your own.

You're still young.

Children.

When are you going to stop doing the work that you do?

Books are balanced, I suppose.

You're too hard on yourself. You are way too hard.

Anyway, keep in touch.

You mean that?

Oh, yes.

And you're going to be getting a lot of postcards, Robert.

Although somehow I think that you could find me no matter where I go. Yeah,

well, it's not as easy as all that, you know.

No, I think you'd better write.