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Kiss me again. Don't tell me what to do.

And that's that.

Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine.

Not a drop of rain, snow, sleet, or hail today or tomorrow.

If you have outdoor plans, go for it.

One thing about hanging around with a guy with tomorrow's newspaper, you never

know what's coming next.

I'm telling you, there's going to be a storm.

And we got to go. We got to go and tell it. What? There's a tornado coming.

I'm telling you, there's a tornado coming.

Trust me.

Let me take a look.

the future another.

My car.

My brand new car.

Gary!

What?

Where's your car?

That's it?

That's all that's left?

That and a puddle of oil on the ground.

Must have been one hell of a win.

Pops over a dog and sucks out my brand new car.

No sign of it anywhere.

Do I deserve this?

Never mind.

I hope you got insurance.

What good would that do? No wheels, no payoff. Habeas corpus.

Don't take it so hard, Chuck. We saved the family today.

I know.

Give me the financial fix.

Why don't you try? Come on. I got an investment in there, a big one.

What kind of investment?

It's a sleeper.

Idaho Industrial.

It's going to break any day.

Guaranteed minimum five to one. And when it does, believe me, my ship is going

to come in.

Hey, Chuck.

Man the lifeboats, your ship's going down.

I don't believe that. What do I have to do to catch a break around here? Well, I

already told you to sell that stock before it's too late.

Yeah, and then what?

Come on, just give me another piece. I don't know.

Don't think Chuck.

Think Mexico.

Savings and loan. A simple bailout. I can't do that. Why not?

Number one, that's not why the paper comes.

Number two, every time I do let someone see this thing, things get screwed up.

I'm telling you, why don't you say someone's going to get hurt?

Hi, Ms. Carson.

My brooding star reporter.

Working hard, are we, huh?

Go away, Hobbs. Maybe it's that new arson piece, the one that actually names

some names. We're making progress.

I can see that.

Put a lid on it here. I'm waiting for a source to call me back.

What's his name, Hobson?

I thought so.

Ever since that guy walked in here, you've been writing powder puff stuff.

What's happened to you? Nothing. So I can see.

For your information, he and I were over six weeks ago. And you've been mooning

ever since? I have not.

Bad sign in the newspaper, woman. I hope you're not getting soft on me. Me?

You're dreaming.

Just checking, because Washington called, asked about you. They're looking

hire.

One lousy date, Harry.

What? Chinese food and then nothing.

Not even a call.

So maybe you ought to call him.

I have.

Then try something else.

Like what?

You think of something.

You always do.

Well,

well, nice to meet you here.

Long time no see. What's it been, a lifetime?

Gary, I think we should talk.

Yeah, well, look, now's not a good time, huh? It would be a good time, a month,

a couple years.

Look, I gotta go. Fine, fine. Let's have lunch. Say yes, and I'll let you go.

Say yes.

Yes.

One more thing.

Toddler stories are fake.

I have to get your attention somehow.

I don't believe you lie on the front page of the Sun -Times. Well, only in

theory. The paper hasn't come out yet.

When I saw you, I called the office and spiked the story, but by tomorrow...

Well,

you got it all figured out, don't you? Well, I'm a reporter. It's my job.

Look, Meredith.

Knock it off.

This paper's not a game.

What the hell are you thinking?

What happened?

One date and then goodbye, Gary.

What happened?

Nothing happened.

You're lying.

Something was happening until you chickened out.

I tell you what, it wasn't smooth, but it wasn't dull. We were getting along

like cats and dogs, but you liked it. And that was the rub.

Huh?

Because the closer I got, the closer you wanted me. Right in here.

But you couldn't do that because you're afraid.

You're scared because I know the secret.

And I don't mean the paper.

I mean you and me.

I gotta go.

So you just walked out.

What was I supposed to do? She had me cornered.

And you didn't like that.

Like to take a gut?

Not really.

I didn't mean you. I meant her.

She kind of went out on a limb for you, you know.

And you just cut it off.

She must really like you.

That's not the point. Really? The point is it would never work between the two

of us. Give me a reason.

Give you a reason?

It's paper.

She's a reporter. I'm the guy that gets tomorrow's news. You know what? That

spells trouble.

So don't let her see it.

You don't know her, Marissa. She's like Little Miss Curiosity.

She's in everything.

Things that should be left alone. Things you think should be left alone.

Well, maybe, yeah.

Live your life.

What? That's what the old typesetter wrote.

Maybe he knew something.

Like what?

Do you really need me to tell you?

Sooner or later, you're going to have to decide. You can't keep running forever.

Try.

I just came by to tell you that I got offered this job in Washington, D .C.

And I think I'm going to take it.

Don't cry your eyes out.

Is that true?

How do I know?

I guess you just have to trust me.

I can tell you'd be better off here.

Hey, little buddy, come on in.

Hi. Did you sleep well?

Well, no, I didn't. Do you know that you snore?

I could hear you from the couch.

No, I don't. I don't snore.

Yeah, you do.

What's his name?

Well, I don't know. He doesn't exactly have a name yet.

Kind of come with the paper?

Kind of.

Put this away. No, no, wait. It's not going to work.

I told you last night, it's you.

It's not the paper. If it's a part of your life, I'll have to deal with it. I

won't look. I don't have to.

That wasn't so hard, was it?

Three youths killed in arson fire.

Yeah, you left your keys in the door and I got your crullers.

You're Meredith, right?

No, this is not what it looks like.

Of course not.

No, I just, um... Right.

So now what?

Hard to say.

We could tell him.

Got the financials.

Is there someone here?

What? I thought I heard the front door close.

Oh, no, that was Jack. He brought you, um, your colors.

What? Nothing.

I have to go to work. I'm going to be late. Are you hungry?

Uh, yeah.

Call you as soon as I can from the office.

Okay.

Hey,

why didn't he stay?

Who, Chuck?

I don't know. I guess he had an appointment or something.

Bye.

Comtran, November, $145. You got them?

How much?

Good, $5 ,000.

That's right, buy them. All of them. But Comtran's trading at $90. What can I

say? I feel lucky today.

Next. Um, Brushco, November, $125. How much? Hey, that one's going belly up.

Three -eighths and a half?

Buy them.

That's right.

All of them.

$5 ,000. Buy them.

And get a paramedic while you're at it.

Hey, guys.

Hey, guys.

Guys, hang on.

Guys. Guys.

Guys, you got to get out of here.

What are you doing?

Quiet.

What are you doing here?

You're over there.

Hey, I thought you went to the office. Yes, and I came here.

Why? Follow me.

That was good.

That's why.

I've been chasing these guys for months. Now I've got them.

him right after we get this shot. Ready, Pete?

Ready. Here we go.

Now.

Hey, don't set that thing off.

You gotta get out of here. Come on, come on.

You gotta get out of here.

Come on, this way. Let's find those kids.

Oh, no, I'm not jumping. Come on, Pete. It's the ground floor. Let's go.

Come on, Kate.

I can't. I've got to go back. I've got to find the kid. Go.

look he's got the head and i got three kids over here

where'd

you go who else we gotta get back to the paper deadline's in half an hour come

on to a job well done if i do say so myself what

Okay. I've never seen anything like it. It broke the bank.

What you got, radar?

Instincts, gentlemen.

God -given instincts.

Is that what we call it?

Sure. Join the party.

Bubbly? Cuban? Not just yet, thank you. I wonder if you could spare me a moment.

My time is your time.

You okay?

You know, Phil?

May I call you Phil?

Now that I've shattered every record that was ever in this office, and in the

process secured enormous commissions for both you and me, this raises some very

important questions. For instance?

Office space.

Mine. How about this one?

Yours?

You did do this all by yourself, didn't you? I mean, without any help from me or

anyone else in the firm?

Well, I'd love to share credit, Phil, but honesty forbids.

In that case, I'd like for you to meet Mr. Connor.

Hello.

John. New kid on the block? Uh -huh.

You want me to show him the ropes?

Chief investigator, criminal practices, SEC.

This is it.

This is the big story.

I was having some problems, okay? You were in the building.

With the firebugs and a photographer. Where are the pictures? And how about

license plate numbers? And who was the hero that saved the kids?

You don't know.

This is junk. I'd rather read about a tornado.

Sorry. Yeah.

Look, you know I'm fond of you. Oh, Harry.

You're practically a son.

Okay, a daughter.

Be that as it may, I'm looking out for your interest.

I'm touched.

So let me give you a word of advice.

Shape up.

That's it?

Yeah, now beat it.

Thanks, Harry.

Hi.

I want some answers.

What? What were you doing there?

I was covering a fire.

Before it started?

I was following my leads. Gary, I've been in this story for months.

So it's just coincidence us running into each other?

Don't worry, I kept your name out of the piece.

That's all right.

I need to know, did you look at the paper?

I told you, I was following my... Did you look at the paper?

It's a very powerful thing, Meredith. It's nothing to fool with.

Neither is stressed.

Yeah, Carson here. It's Chuck, Gary's friend.

I'm in trouble.

Again. You did what?

I made too much money.

How? I don't know. I just sort of got carried away.

How carried away?

Fifteen million.

What? I know, I know. I don't know what got into me. I just felt so good. I

couldn't help myself.

I know what you mean.

Not only that.

The feds are investigating me for insider training.

What do I tell them? Oh, sorry, I read tomorrow's newspaper.

The way I see it, there's only one thing to do.

I need your help getting the paper.

Tomorrow's. No.

No, I am not doing that again. I've gotten enough trouble as it is already.

I've got to lose this. Fast.

You know how hard it is to dump a fortune like that?

I need all the help I can get.

Please, just this once for me.

I'm sorry.

I can't.

But I gotta go. But wait a minute.

Take your checks.

Here.

Keep the change.

Where's the paper?

Nick.

Where is it?

What? The paper. I want it back.

I don't have it.

You got it all right, don't you?

Really? Nice to see you, too.

Could you hold that elevator, please?

Look, I don't have time to play games. Just tell me where it is. Or what?

You walk out of here again like you did yesterday?

No, yesterday I trusted you and then I went to a fire.

Now I got a cat on my doorstep all by himself. Which adds up to me?

Well, who else?

I don't have it.

What I need right now is for you to believe me.

Will you?

I need the paper.

Well, I guess that answers my question.

Well, I guess so.

You're good.

How could this be happening to me?

Geez, maybe you ought to stop.

You know, you're right. Oh, look at this.

How could I be so stupid?

What is going on here?

I don't understand.

You've been losing. Losing is not the word. This is a massacre. Take a look.

no. I mean, talk about having a bad day.

How much is he down?

$14 million or so.

Not exactly.

$15 million.

$124 ,000. On the nose.

I order you to stop.

You got it.

My office. Five minutes.

Hey, easy come, easy go, huh?

Somebody get this slacker out of here.

Oh, lose $15 million.

You need a man -sized deodorant.

Chuck? I heard it.

What are you doing here?

I need the paper.

Oh, wait, I thought you didn't... I've got to get the paper to Gary.

So you expect me to risk my life, get scratched up... Target, please.

Yeah.

I didn't take it. It didn't do me any good anyway.

Maybe it will me.

Connor!

Buddy!

Yes? What?

I heard.

$15 ,124 ,000.

The ups and downs of fortunes.

Maybe. You know what?

I do believe that that is the exact amount of money that I made yesterday.

That's amazing, huh?

Astounding. So I guess you won't be needing me anymore, huh?

Quite the contrary.

We've just begun.

Blackstone Hotel?

Got it.

Yeah, Meredith Carson, please.

She's not.

Can I leave her a message?

Yeah,

tell her that... Forget it. I'll call her back.

Yeah.

Gary?

Gary, it's me. Come to the door.

Harry.

Parson.

Yeah, get me a photographer for the Morgan building.

Now.

Name?

Ernest Bortman.

Chuck Fishman.

That's what I meant.

Remarkable record you've compiled this week, Mr. Fishman.

Oh, I wouldn't say.

Well, Tuesday, $15 ,124

,000 in net profit.

Very nice work.

Thank you. Wednesday, net losses totaling exactly...

the same amount.

My, my, my.

Must have been a blow.

You have no idea.

Naturally, the Securities and Exchange Commission is quite anxious to know

exactly how this remarkable coincidence occurred.

Explanation?

One that you'd believe? Yep.

Nope.

Let me say this in this man's defense.

My firm denies all liability for his heinous and potentially criminal acts.

Balls in your court.

I suppose bribery is out of the question here.

Just checking.

In that case, I'm going to need a phone.

Having fun?

Yep.

Sounds like it.

Make sure you don't break that cue stick, huh?

Thanks. You know, that's what I like about you.

You're the strong, silent type.

Nothing bothers you.

I want my paper back.

That's funny.

Because it seems to me you've been saying for quite some time you hoped it

go somewhere else.

It's different.

How? That she stole it. Maybe.

Maybe. You don't know that for sure.

She played me all right.

All for a shot at tomorrow's news. My letter.

So what does that tell you?

What does that tell me? I'll tell you what that tells me. That tells me I'm

stupid.

Or in love.

Well, that's the same thing, isn't it?

I see.

I don't want to stay away from anyone with even the slightest interest in that

thing. That's a lot of people, my friend.

You plan on running away from the world?

Maybe.

Maybe that's what it wants.

What? Paper.

Maybe it wants you to be alone. Live your life. That's what the old man said.

But you can't.

Oh, yes, I can.

And are you?

Your point is?

She's not stealing that paper.

That paper is stealing her from you.

Now, the question is...

You gonna let her go?

Message from Fish.

What do you want?

Well, three things.

Top flight attorney, change of underwear, and, uh, oh, yeah, he says

he stole the newspaper. He says he'll never do it again.

Let me explain myself, okay?

I did it for a good cause.

What? My grandchildren.

How would they feel if their grandpa was in jail?

What, do you think this is funny? I said I was sorry, okay?

So you just talked your way out of it? By the skin of my teeth.

Now they're going to be on my butt for the next 500 years.

Boy, I tell you, I really learned my lesson. Which is?

Never sell off your profits.

Just give me the paper, okay?

Me? I don't have it.

You what? I gave it to Meredith. She said she was going to bring it back to

When? About an hour ago or so.

Come on, let's go.

Are you coming or what?

Fox,

where is she?

Oh, not again.

Listen, I need to find her. Sure you do, and I need a day off in June. If you

haven't noticed, I'm running a newspaper here, not a lost and found. Yeah,

that's very clever.

So you two had a fight, huh?

About what? I couldn't care less. I'll tell you this, though. You're giving me

gas. Listen.

No, you listen to me.

I don't know how you did it, but you took the best reporter I ever had and

turned her into someone I don't even know.

A girl.

I just hope you know what you're getting into. Well, I don't. Good.

That's a start.

Morgan building, up on the roof.

What's she doing there?

How should I know?

Thank you.

Damn.

They're not here.

Doesn't make any sense.

How'd you find out about this, anyway?

Some kind of anonymous tip? Something like that.

Look.

You might as well go.

How about you?

No, I think I'll stay here for a bit.

I need some time to figure stuff out.

Your call.

Tell you what.

Next time I'll be more careful about where I got my information.

Hey, Pete?

Nope. You ever fall in love?

Nope. Why?

Don't.

I lied to you.

I know. It's okay.

I tried to stay away, but I couldn't do it.

It's just a paper.

It only tells what's going to happen if we let it happen.

We decide the rest.

That's what the smell of the old pipe said over time, Tom.

Live your life.

Grab my arm.

Grab my arm, damn it! Let go of the paper and grab my arm!

Grab my arm.

Guess that's my train.

Yeah. Washington, huh? The big leaves, kid.

You wish you were going?

Guys, I like this town. It's so corrupt.

Say hi to Cokie Roberts for me, huh?

See ya.

Hey, Hawk.

You know... Well, I guess... No, go ahead. You talk first.

You don't have to do this.

Once a new town, always a new town.

That paper comes to you for a reason.

It's a gift.

You can do goodbye.

Don't ever lose sight of that.

Oil and water.

Pets and dogs.

See ya.

Life's full of lessons.

Rock, feet, scissors, paper, cover, stone.

What goes up must come down.

In theory, anyway.

But hearts and headlines tend to follow other rules.

And no one knows who writes them.

The car was just sitting up there in the tree.

It's the damnedest thing I ever saw.

Not me.

Welcome home. I missed you.

I'll take that. That should just about cover the fines.

Looking good.

That's good, yeah.

Hold down.

Look at my baby.

The awesome power of the twister is beautiful and deadly. To measure that

you've got to enter the eye of the storm.

And one man has the machine to do it. But will he get close enough?

Tornado, the late -night storm tonight at 11. And early edition weekend

continues next on the Hallmark Channel.