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Put that away.

Why do you suppose I didn't just kill you right then? I'm blind.

If that's the case, I really don't feel that you're in any danger.

Everybody down!

Get down!

What are you doing?

Wrong guy.

Hey, right on time, huh, Katie?

Well, you're probably wondering why I said the museum.

You see, I do a lot of business here, so it's restful.

I can concentrate.

I look at the pretty bitches and the pretty girls.

You know what I mean?

Now, tell me about the ship, Katie.

I don't know.

My reputation.

Good looking piece, eh, Katie?

Mm -hmm.

What's going on, kid?

Put that away.

What do you mean, put that away?

She's blind.

Besides that, she's not on the menu.

Let's get out of here before somebody else comes in.

Rick, I gotta hand it to you.

You're not Rick.

Rick, I gotta hand it to you.

You're the only guy I know who could take a simple divorce case stakeout and

turn it into an international drug box with a street value of more than $10

million. We've got the photographs of Krell and what that Colombian chick did

with him. Oh, yeah?

We've also got three consecutive life sentences facing us. We don't talk our

out of this. Don't worry about it. We'll get it all straightened out at the

arena. Besides, these guys will vouch for us. Right, guys?

Right.

These guys don't even speak English.

They're fearful.

Well, somehow I get the feeling that their credibility might be somewhat

suspect. What are you kidding? These guys are all licensed pilots. They're

Air Bogota.

Thousands of flying hours.

This is a smoke stream.

I smell a rat.

Oh, in the balance of the San Diego County Jail? No.

Something's going on here. We should have been out two hours ago.

Youngest day.

Say what?

Humor me. Think you can love me.

Oh, gosh.

Oh, there's dinner.

Listen, did you guys ever do anything about the problems you were having with

hollandaise sauce?

Boy, that's no case, amigos.

Come on, Ross. Get us out of here. It's been a long night.

I might be able to help you guys.

I certainly hope so.

You've delayed our release long enough. I mean, it is you, isn't it?

Oh, yeah. I think we were across my desk a little earlier in the evening. Ah,

yeah. Sent your fingerprints down to the Guardia National in Columbia. Ah,

haven't heard back. Wouldn't be surprised.

You know, they don't have a computer down there. Just an old man with the

magnifying glass. Yeah, and that broke. Listen, Ross, if this is another one of

your deals, why don't you just tell us what's behind curtain number three and

let's get on with it.

Favor for favor?

Well... Yeah.

You heard about the Kovac hit?

Who, Miles Kovac?

Miles himself.

Never thought they'd get him.

40 years Miles has had his way with the West Coast mob.

Somebody finally got lucky.

Ross, you're going to have to fill us in because the delivery boy here lost his

paper route. They hit him at the museum this afternoon.

Who was the winning pitcher?

We figure they're local.

We keep a close eye out on any out -of -town specialists that might be in the

neighborhood.

We can't turn up anybody, but there's a witness we want you to protect.

Dr. Rebecca Towne.

Wait a minute. If you've got a witness...

Why don't you protect her?

That's a long story.

Here's the address.

You'll be able to size up the situation pretty quick. I can size it up from

right here. It looks pretty small.

Hey, she can afford you.

Of course, if you'd rather play hands across the sea with these... No, no,

take it. I don't know.

I'll take it. You can stay here.

Rebecca Towne? Yeah.

I'm A .J. Simon.

Sergeant Roth asked to come and call on you. Oh, yeah.

Hi.

Oh, hello.

This is my brother Rick here. Hi. Hello. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

Oh, won't you come in? Thank you.

Won't you have a seat?

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Coffee?

Yes, please.

Here you go.

Thank you.

So, who's the doctor now?

Oh, I'm a Ph .D. in acoustic engineering.

I work over at UCSD.

Do you teach?

Not anymore. We're in research.

Sound design work.

We do a lot of government work.

I'm so sorry.

I'll do that. I'll do that.

You must have moved the cup. I didn't. It was right there.

Are you burned?

I'll live.

Rick, it was an accident.

Here you go.

Thank you.

I think Dr. Towns is a very good reason for not seeing the cup.

I'm blind.

I mean, uh, the apartment, the way you handle the, uh... I get along pretty

well. Better than most people think, actually.

Yeah?

Well, uh, Sergeant Ross asked us to keep an eye on you for a few days.

He feels that you could be a very valuable witness in the Miles Kovac

he doesn't.

Beg pardon?

Oh, it's not his fault.

Besides, I'm used to it.

Just that I feel I can be of more help to the police than they think I can.

I was there when that poor man was murdered.

I heard everything.

I can identify the killers by the sound of their voices.

Did they see you?

Yes. Well, then, why do you suppose they didn't just kill you right then?

Well, they saw that I was blind and assumed I couldn't be a threat to them.

Well, if that's the case, I really don't feel that you're in any danger.

Now, we'll be glad to keep you company for a few days, just to be sure, but...

want you to help me to convince the police I can help.

Uh, how do you mean?

There's a good donut place up here on the right. Anybody want coffee?

Yeah, I'll make mine a double.

After last night, I'm surprised you would want me and a hot cup of coffee in

same truck with you.

Oh, I can handle it. Anyway, it's my fault. I'll even spring for a couple of

beer o 'clock. What do you say?

Did I ruin your flax?

Flax is too polite a word for what Rick usually wears.

See anybody suspicious?

You mean besides us?

Shouldn't we be hiding behind newspapers or something?

Huh? Why?

You know, all those detectives watching hotel lobbies while reading the

newspaper. You see it all the time in the movies.

You do?

I love the movies.

I just have to go with someone who does good play -by -play.

It doesn't always work.

I saw E .T. with a guy who cried all the way through the movie.

I still don't know what that one was all about.

Well, the little creature looked a lot like A .J. and, uh... That's it!

What? The car.

The noisy one. The car the killer drove was making the same kind of noise.

It's a valve clatter. There must be a thousand cars in the town that need a

valve job besides a counting truck.

I'm telling you, that's the car.

I smell the same exhaust fumes, too. Oh!

Counting cars make a good cover.

Okay, there's two men in the truck. I told you, let's get them.

Rebecca, you know, they're probably just county employees.

Just ask them something so I can hear their voices. What?

Okay.

Hi, uh, excuse me.

We're looking for a Chinese restaurant around here. You know any good Chinese

restaurants? Can we look to you like the Bureau of Tourist Information or

something?

Well, how about your friend there, uh...

Excuse me, sir.

Do you happen to know any good Chinese restaurants around here?

Are you guys crazy or what?

Uh, no. No, sir, we're not. But I thank you for asking.

Oh, yeah.

That's the sound I heard. I'm sure of it.

They're not the right guys?

Just ask them where they were yesterday afternoon.

What? What am I paying you guys for?

To protect you, not to ask strangers stupid questions. Come on. Let's try it.

All right.

Hi guys. Hi, excuse me. Hey, can we talk to you for a minute?

Please guys.

Private investigators would like to ask you a few questions. Were you driving

this truck yesterday?

No, this truck was in the garage.

We tried to get them to fix a valve clatter on it. They didn't do it, so

taking it back.

I see.

Would you mind if we follow you?

It'd help if you get that whatever it is out of the road.

AJ, Dr. Towne. Ross.

Stinky. Glad you could make it, Ross.

What have you got?

Okay. Dr.

Towne believes that a county truck may have been used in the Kovac killing. She

believes it was taken from this lot yesterday.

I see.

Now, the manager tells us that the truck was here until late yesterday when he

left and, uh, again this morning.

Now, there are six mechanics who have access to the lot. The manager has

to let them talk to us.

You got me down here to listen to a bunch of mechanics?

No.

We got you down here to watch her listen to a bunch of mechanics.

Katie.

Yeah, this is Roger.

Listen, I think something's happening down here.

You said there was a blind girl in the museum?

Yeah, well, there's a blind girl right now here talking to Drew.

Yeah. And I have a feeling she's talking about that truck you used yesterday.

And she's got some cops with her, too.

Uh -huh.

Well, sure thing.

Yeah, well, just don't forget you owe me, all right?

Okay, Rebecca.

The last one.

Would you please read what's written on that card?

What is it, Drew?

Please, Roger, read the card. These are police officers.

Put that away.

What do you mean, put that away?

She's blind.

Decide that she's not on the menu. Let's get out of here before someone else

comes in.

Becca?

All right, thanks. You can go.

I appreciate what you guys are trying to do, but this is a little far -fetched

for me.

I mean, the guy says the truck never left the shop yesterday.

None of these men seem right to Dr. Town. What can I do?

I know. Maybe she made a mistake about the truck. I don't think so.

Keep me informed.

Rick? Anything wrong?

Yeah.

Okay.

There we go.

Very impressive.

Jagger's idea of heaven.

You actually know how to run all this stuff?

That's what I was trained for.

What's this in here?

A soundproof room.

At least a soundproof room can get it.

Seems like a nice spot for a nap.

Private. Quiet.

Not if I turn on the sound generators.

That wouldn't bother him. Makes me numb to see your airstrikes.

This equipment is state of the art.

From this console, we can control everything.

What do you use this stuff for? We use it for stress testing.

It can generate up to 180 dB.

We use it to see how any equipment, electronic or aeronautic, can stand up

high -pressure sound waves.

Enough of this at the right level could deafen you, or maybe even kill.

Well, that's the end of the $3 tour. Can I buy you guys lunch?

At the cafeteria?

If you can take it.

Hey, I'm tough. My stomach took it for four years. Your stomach's not as young

as it used to be.

Yours is permanently pickled.

Tequila is health food. I'm writing a book on the subject.

Ready to go?

Here we go.

What was that?

What was what? I thought I heard something.

Nothing unusual.

Keys.

I forgot about the keys.

One was carrying keys, and he had a nervous...

The habit of jingling them when you walked.

That's the sound I heard in the hallway.

It reminded me.

Tell us what else you remember about the murder.

I remember it all.

It was late.

The museum was about to close.

There was a special exhibition of sculpture, art that blind people could

I was the last one there that day.

Two men came into the gallery.

The older man was angry.

And there were their teeth,

jingling all the time.

One of the men was wearing new shoes.

In the gallery, they met a third man.

He was carrying some kind of tools, I think.

He unzipped his jacket, and then there was some sort of scraping sound.

I think the old man knew what was about to happen.

There were two shots.

More like thumps, really.

Then they saw me.

I thought I was dead.

Put that away.

What do you mean, put that away?

She's blind.

Besides that, she's not on the menu.

Let's get out of here before somebody else comes in.

One of them took something from his pocket and clipped something near the

Then they were gone.

Then I followed them to the side exit of the museum.

I heard them get into the truck.

The truck with the valve clatter that we found this morning.

That's very impressive.

I never met anybody who can do what you do.

You just have to learn to utilize all your senses.

If you can't hit, you better have a good glove.

I could teach you guys.

It might come in handy in your line of work.

How was lunch?

Well, mystery meat is lost on its mystery.

That was meat?

Yeah. I thought that was blue cheese dressing.

I want to call Ross again, see if his ballistics report is of any use.

Uh -huh. I see I've got you hooked.

Nah. There's a phone to the right in the lobby.

I know. I remember they had phones back in my day. Okay, okay, okay.

Here you go.

Give you over to the other one. Yeah, here we go. The good -looking guy.

Okay,

we're

here.

Rebecca, how are you? Nice to see you. Good to see you.

Are those tapes I ordered in yet?

They're right out back. Oh, great.

Gosh, it took so long to get here. They usually take about five or six days.

They take forever.

get a decision to make.

If it's a day you die or not.

Nothing? No.

Well, the guy's either new at the game or awfully lucky.

You want me to get a composite artist?

I guess that's about the best we can do.

Yeah, this is Rock. You want to send Twinkle Fingers up here?

Okay.

He had a beard and dark glasses, and he was wearing

a baseball cap.

Hey, is this it?

Yeah, that's him.

I tell you, a patrol car cruising by whenever it's in the mood is not my idea

solid protection.

I think the best thing would be for you to move into my house until we get to

the bottom of this thing.

I'll need some things for my place.

I don't think that's a good idea. I don't think you ought to go back there.

probably followed us to the college.

That's the only way they could have found you.

That means that they will most certainly know where you live, and they'll be

watching. I tell you what, why don't you just buy what you're going to need for

tonight? And then in the morning you have a friend packed bag and bring it

to the office. That way they won't be able to track you.

That's very good.

With guys like you who needs police protection.

In you go.

Come on.

Got any plans for tonight?

No. Do you want to make some?

Why?

Well, there's no point in both. I was getting stuck with guard duty, right?

Right?

Chile, Colorado.

Mmm, smells great.

Yeah, well, you be careful, though. It's hot more ways than one.

Here we go.

You didn't really have to go to all this trouble.

Ah, it's no trouble and no extra charge. Besides, you bought us lunch, right?

You could call it that.

I used to feel bad I didn't get the chance to go to college, but I'll tell

that lunch today made me miss Nam and good old sea ration.

You were in the war?

Yeah. You heard anybody's war story, you heard mine.

Dig in.

I said it was hot. Hot.

Oh.

But good.

Good.

Where's A .J.? It's a shame he couldn't enjoy this, too.

A .J. had a date. They went to the ballet or Padres game or something.

That's nice.

Listen, I want to apologize for doubting you today.

Well, your ability with sound is amazing.

I think you're going to make the best witness they could get.

Thank you. You're welcome.

You know, I do have five senses like everybody else. Very pardon?

Only my fifth sense is what other people call their sixth.

Well, it works pretty good. Sometimes not good enough.

I've been curious about one thing all day.

Maybe you can help me with it. Be glad to.

What do you look like?

What? What do you look like?

Well, I never thought about it too much.

Well, think about it.

Well, in a certain light, I look like Paul Newman.

Oh? In a certain light.

What's he look like?

I've always wondered what the color blue is like.

Blue? The color?

Yeah.

The sky.

The ocean.

Sounds like a big color.

Yeah.

Of course, there's all different kinds of reds. I mean, you know, all the way

from pink to a real dark red, like a maroon.

Tell me about the color pink.

Oh, let's see.

Morning.

The sound the ocean makes when it's calm.

The way the wind feels.

The sound that gulls make when they're chasing the charter boats out.

Beige.

Beige.

Beige. I'm going to have to think about that one.

Beige.

You know, I never really considered beige a legitimate color.

Oh. Yeah.

Well, then I won't worry about it. Yeah, forget about beige.

Brown. Brown.

Ah, here we go.

My jacket's brown.

rough, but somehow soft and warm and strong.

Your eyes are brown.

I see.

I look like Newman.

Could have fooled me.

All right, today and from now on until we solve this thing,

we will always take the long way no matter where we're going.

Rick riding outrigger.

That way we won't pick up any tail.

Oh, you went to the ballet last night.

Huh? Or was it the Padres game?

Oh, the game.

Did you enjoy it?

I always enjoy the Padres.

You enjoyed dinner?

One of the best I've ever had.

What?

Oh, wait. Before I go to my office, I have a meeting at the language

Okay? I'll catch up with you.

I'm going to take another look around. Okay. See you later.

It's not what you think. It's okay. I can explain everything.

Hold it.

What happened? Are you okay?

Ah, just a minute.

What?

Are you okay?

What? Okay!

Ah, fine, thanks. Boy, that's it. No more Mr. Nice Guy.

Ah, that's it. Enough is enough. Huh?

Enough is enough. Yeah.

We can't go on waiting for these guys to show up in the hopes that we're going

to get the best of them. What?

I have a plan.

Good.

Rebecca's going home. She's going where?

Home.

No.

It's a little far, don't you think?

I'll explain it later. Huh?

Nothing. Did you get him to speak up?

um

I think it all out here.

You don't suppose to jump to Mexico, do you?

I think this guy wants a piece of it.

That's very encouraging.

One of Ross's patrol cars just drove by.

Stand by. This could be something.

This is it. Coming in. I'm going to get the driver.

Okay. You're going to lock the door behind me.

You don't open it until I get back, and you don't worry about a thing, right?

It's easy for you to say. It's easy for me to say.

Okay.

All right, come on, come on, come on. You're letting him get away. I'm not

letting him do anything.

He's doing it all very well by himself, thank you.

Is Sergeant Ross there?

Anybody? Anybody at all? There's someone breaking into my apartment.

459 Marshall, second floor. Hurry, please!

What are you doing?

Rick?

It's the wrong guy.

Get your hand through here. Come on, come on, come on.

Other hand up.

You sure?

Of course I'm sure.

All right, you're next.

Put your hand through here. Come on. Get it up there.

Check downstairs.

Oh, so then I called Ross.

I told him that he wouldn't be needing any confessions. I told him that you

could pick those guys' voices out of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. With

confidence. Oh, he told me that the two guys that we handcuffed to the van,

apparently they were never happier to see a police car in their lives.

Some of the local kids had taken their trousers and were threatening to do far

worse.

Where's Rick? He's been gone an awful long time. I hope he's okay.

Don't worry about Rick. He's a quick study.

He only burned one side of the omelet this morning.

I laid an awful lot on him.

Maybe it's harder for people who really can see.

Hey, here we go.

Okay.

How's he doing?

Well, not bad, really. Not bad.

This way, this way.

No, no, no. He's coming up on the trash can.

He's going to hit it.

Yeah. No,

you need to be careful.

He's passed the major obstacle.

I think your sensory training is starting to work.

Yep.

Or not.