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Okay.

Where's Amy?

Oh, she's hiding.

Gotcha.

Honey, don't run.

I don't know where she gets all that energy.

Where can I find the executive offices? Right up those stairs to the mezzanine.

You can't miss it.

Thank you.

Hi. Hi. Can I help you? Yes, thanks, Mr. and Mrs. James.

And Amy.

Your designer is fabulous.

Wait till you see the line.

Isn't this neat?

Yeah, Mom. That's your room over there, honey.

Is there a TV?

Two of them. One plays odd channels, the other even.

Really, I swear.

Where are you going?

She's addicted.

She's got a dozen cartoon a day habit. I can see it in her eyes.

Thanks very much. Thank you. Enjoy your stay.

Carol?

Yes, darling? Do you remember to bring the restaurant guide?

Yeah. I think it's in here somewhere.

Voila. Does that mean we're having French?

Oh, I think that's a wonderful idea.

You do, huh?

Mm -hmm.

What about that charming little restaurant in Berkeley?

Chez Panisse?

Mm -hmm.

Maybe the hotel could get us reservations.

Oh, and maybe the hotel could get us a babysitter.

I want to go, too.

All right. Not tonight, sweet pea.

Oh, it's not fair.

Life can be awfully tough on an eight -year -old, you know that?

Nine in two months.

They can get us a sitter.

Oh, yeah, great.

Two months. Two months.

Three days.

Four hours.

And 17 seconds, and I gotcha.

That would be just fine. And seven o 'clock is perfect.

Thank you very much.

Bye -bye.

Thank you very much.

Pete.

I don't believe it. Hey, how you doing?

Guys, as a matter of fact, are these dips off the moon?

Wait a minute. That's been quite that long, has it? Five years isn't last

You look great.

Oh, thanks. Hey, you're doing all right for yourself here, aren't you? It keeps

me off the streets. How about you?

Well, things have been better.

Come on, let me buy you a drink.

Great. That's the best offer I've had all year.

That's good to see you. You too.

Here you are, Mr. McDermott. Anything else?

No, thanks, Harry.

Thank you.

Are you talking to anybody about this?

Well, that's why I'm here in San Francisco.

I can't go it alone anymore.

I wish I could help you.

We all go through changes.

I guess maybe it's my turn.

Oh, come on, Peter. It's not the end of the world. You know I know what I'm

doing.

Sure you do.

So, what do you think of our hotel?

Well, there's only one St. Gregory.

Looks like you really found your niche, didn't you?

I think so.

I thought you had, too.

Yeah.

You look ravishing, Mrs. Jamison.

Why, thank you, Mr. Jamison.

You look rather ravishing yourself.

I love you.

Bill.

You know, darling, it was very dear of you to have Amy with us.

It's not your usual honeymoon, huh?

She's my girl now, too. I'm very happy with the package.

I'm going to go, too. Please, please.

I'll change real fast. Tomorrow night, I promise.

Right on time.

Mrs. Jameson? Yeah. Hi, Hank Miller. Hello.

And you must be the Amy everybody's talking about.

You're from the hotel?

Yes. Now, don't worry. I'm very experienced.

I'm sure Amy and I'll get along just fine.

You play games?

Well, sure. Did you ever hear of a babysitter who didn't? I even bring my

Now, watch this.

Turn it on up here.

Press that little button. Here, you've got your flippers.

Yeah.

Come on.

Let me tell you that Mrs. Cabot is one tough lady.

Deal fall through?

Turn this down flat. And we're talking an excess of 50 million.

Hold that elevator, please.

Did you plan on retaining the structure?

No, tear it down.

St. Gregory's past his prime anyway.

What's your idea?

Fifty -story skyscraper right on this spot. Pet house, condo, shopping mall,

the amenities.

Remind me to show you the plan.

Stale, it's a great old hotel.

When it comes to an investment, you can't get sentimental.

What about soul -searching?

You're looking at a guy who's cornered the market.

I suppose you know what you're doing.

No, I didn't say that.

Thanks, Peter. Thanks for dinner. Good to see you, Ted.

Give me a bus tomorrow. I sure will. Bye -bye.

Six, Peter?

Six.

Good night.

Good

night,

Carol.

Mom, do I really have to?

Get me in trouble with your folks.

Come on, scootch down.

You're not gonna leave, are you?

I'll be right outside.

You need a plumber. Yeah, I called. I thought you were him.

Hey, look, maybe I can help.

Oh, please.

I hope I didn't get your stuff wet.

Yeah, that's my feet.

There, Megan, I'm not imagining it.

Sixty -story skyscraper.

Sixty -story skyscraper right where we're standing.

All of us out of work.

How much time do we have?

Plans are all drawn up. It sounds like they're really moving on this.

Maybe we should pick up the want ads.

Maybe we should pick up some aspirin.

Fine.

Guess what?

I think it'll be all right.

Yeah, tomorrow morning's fine.

Well, that ought to hold it.

Till the cavalry gets here.

Thank you very much, Mr., uh...

Lawrence. Chad Lawrence.

Jerry Howland.

Night again.

You know, for a plumber, you got great legs.

Look,

instead of me sending you a bill, why don't we negotiate over breakfast? How

does that sound?

Sounds like a reasonable settlement.

All right, I'll call you in the morning.

What's the matter?

She was all right when we came in.

Must be a nightmare.

Mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy!

What's the matter, honey?

Oh, Mommy. Are you having a bad dream, baby?

No.

Oh, nightmares can be so awful and scary, but your mommy's here, and she's

to make the monsters go away.

What's going on here?

Who touched you, Amy?

You don't mean that you... Amy, who did this to you?

No one.

I don't know.

Honey?

Tell me now.

Was it the babysitter?

Mr. Jameson, who the hell are you?

Peter McDermott, hotel manager.

I came as quick as I could. Yes, and you're a little late.

Do you know what that babysitter of yours did to my little girl?

That's what I hope to find out. What is to find out?

Ask him.

How is she, Doc?

Well, she's resting now.

He didn't hurt her, did he?

Not physically, no.

She's a very frightened girl.

I gave her a mild sedative.

You do know whose fault this is, don't you?

Trust me, Mr.

Jameson, we'll get to the bottom of it.

Trust you?

That's the first mistake we made when you sent that pervert up here.

I'm available if you need me. I'll be back in the morning.

We have to report this within 48 hours, you know. Wait a minute.

What's the conspiracy here?

You find the kid, you pick up the kid.

I sent a security man over to his apartment.

Hank Miller's not home.

Oh, for God's sake, of course he's not home. He's taken off somewhere.

We don't really know anything for sure.

We know it.

Amy knows it.

Believe me, Mr. Jameson, Mrs.

Jameson, nothing's going to be swept under the rug.

There's got to be some kind of an explanation.

Explanation?

He molested our baby.

You want to try to explain that?

Everything okay?

Not really.

Need a shoulder to cry on?

I booked out the ballroom for two weeks for redecorating. Now the hotel doesn't

want to spend the money till the new fiscal year.

Well, it's cheaper to make new than fix up the old, huh?

That's true.

So, what do you figure on doing when you're not at the St. Gregory anymore?

Well, I never really thought about it.

Guess I can't imagine myself any place else.

We need not much call for security in a parking lot.

Mostly depend on guard dogs for that sort of thing.

But they do need somebody to tell the dogs what to do.

Ladies, watch where.

A world of glamour and excitement.

Anyway, that's what I'm doing in San Francisco.

Don't tell me you're in menswear.

Oh, no, just what's on my back.

You wear it pretty well. Thank you.

Well, I've been working with a landscape architect the last couple of months.

Which explains the healthy outdoor look.

Not to mention the dirt underneath the fingernails.

You got a lot to do today?

I gave myself the day off.

You?

Just an appointment later on.

Thank you.

I really owe you this.

Now, wait a minute.

What's French toast without somebody sweet to go with it?

I didn't say that, did I?

I didn't say that.

I, um...

I like you.

I like you a lot, Jerry.

I was at a party at the frat house the night of the day over.

You want to tell me what happened?

At the party?

Don't get smart with me, Hank.

I'm sorry, Mr. McDermott, but I don't know what you're talking about.

Last night, the little Jameson girl.

Something happened to her? Don't you know?

She was molested.

What?

But how?

I mean... She says you're the one who did it.

Don't you want to eat your wolf honey?

It looks so good.

I'm not hungry.

May I be excused now?

Yes.

I want you to call the police, Bill.

The hotel is not going to do anything, and you know it.

Carol McDermott said... McDermott wasn't there.

He doesn't know what that man did to my baby.

Look at how she's acting.

I feel so, so helpless.

I called Lou this morning.

He had some good advice.

Lou? Lou is a lawyer, not a psychiatrist.

I don't care, but...

If we press charges, he feels it's only going to be more destructive to Amy.

Don't you think that the damage has already been done?

But a court proceeding can drag on for months.

She'll have to give all sorts of depositions. There'll be endless

Relive the grisly details of it.

Why put her through that?

She's suffered enough.

You want me to sit back and pretend it didn't happen, Phil? I can't do that.

Yes.

I'll be right down.

They found the babysitter.

Hello. You're the lady executive, huh? Well, I started business about three

years ago.

Great.

Oh, hi.

Hi. Sorry to inconvenience you.

The plumber will be down in about an hour.

Oh, I, uh... Say, uh, can I offer you a little high ground till the water's

received?

Sure. Come on.

You're sure that's what she said?

Of course I am. Now, why would a chambermaid lie?

Well, this is such a wonderful old hotel.

You know, people have just no sense of tradition.

Tearing down the St.

Gregory. Isn't that incredible?

What do you think they'll do with these marvelous fixtures?

Probably auction them off. Oh, could we bid on those wonderful sconces in the

Carlisle room? They'd be just perfect in the den.

Amy's lying, Mr. McDermott. She's got to be.

I want to believe you, Hank, but I just can't buy it. The little girl would just

make all this up. But it's not true. I just about raised my kid sister. I'm not

a freak.

That's your word, not mine. Yeah, but only a freak does something like this.

Hank, you may have a problem. No, the only problem I got is getting you to

believe me. Mr. McFarland could ruin my life.

You know what you did to that child. Look, I swear I never touched her. Mr.

Jamison, let it go.

This isn't getting us anywhere.

You better get a good lawyer, Buster.

Because I'm not through with you.

Not with either one of you.

Not by a long shot.

Okay.

Here you go.

Thank you very much.

I don't want you to think.

I'm not thinking anything.

That's how nice it is.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have... Please.

Can I see you later?

Your Excellency father I guess we have a lot to talk about Yes, we do

Who

that pretty little girl in the mirror

How about a smile?

You know how much your daddy and I love you, don't you?

Daddy's in heaven.

But you have a new daddy now, honey.

And he loves you so very much.

Are we going to go home soon?

You want to?

I don't know.

What would you like to do when Daddy gets back?

Should we go to Fisherman's Wharf?

Where'd he go, anyway?

He looked awful mad.

Is the babysitter going to get punished?

That's what Daddy's taking care of right now, honey.

Six months is a long time to be away from your parish, Chad.

Well, I needed this sabbatical, Your Excellency. I'm sure you did.

But you can't imagine the number of inquiries we've had.

Your parishioners want to know when you're coming back.

I just don't know yet.

The Archdiocese thinks very highly of all you've accomplished.

Think I'm being selfish?

I guess maybe I am.

I just need something for myself, something the church can't give me.

What is it?

What is it you're looking for, Father?

A wife?

Family?

I'm a man, but I've experienced so little.

I don't even know what the outside world is like anymore.

Is it someone you've met?

A woman?

No.

No.

I've never even been with a woman.

We all go through doubts. I'm only human.

I found that I have needs. I have desires.

I just can't keep denying them.

Are you questioning your faith?

No.

No, my belief in God is as strong as it's ever been.

It's my commitment to the church.

I want to honor it.

I want to, but I just don't know if I can.

It's terrific, McDevitt.

You just let him walk away.

I'm not the police. I can't hold Hank Miller against his will.

So what did he say?

Well, he hasn't changed his story. He said he put her to bed and that was it.

Put her to bed?

Or got into bed?

Look, it was a terrible thing that happened to your daughter.

But it was a felony.

I have to call the authorities.

I can't put her through that. I don't want a bunch of strangers to cross

-examine her. Well, what do you want, Mr.

Jameson? You can't have it both ways.

I get the feeling you're protecting that kid.

If Hank Miller did it, the hotel would take responsibility. All I want is

best for my little girl.

Will you allow me to talk to her?

What for?

She's the one who told us what happened.

I just want to hear it from her, in her own words.

I'll be very gentle with her.

Let me talk to my wife about it.

No one's trying to pressure you, Father, but the church needs men like you.

Even if I live a lie?

We all have our doubts.

I did when I was your age.

It's something we learn to live with.

Yes, but how can I tell other people how to run their lives? I mean, I can't

even run my own.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

No one asked you to be a saint, but you are a priest, and a very good one.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

God understands your torment.

If you ask, he'll help.

If you think I don't know what's going on, I'm with security.

Then it's true, isn't it?

They're going to tear down the hotel.

But not because of termites. You want to know the real story?

The owners are in a bar and their mortgage to the penthouse.

They're out, the bank's in.

Why aren't they going to keep it open? The land is too valuable, sweetheart.

They're going to auction it off to the highest bidder.

There go our jobs.

Not to mention the neighborhood.

Is he going to be punished?

Well, Hank can't be punished until we know everything that's happened.

Are you a detective?

There's not detectives on TV.

But I like monsters.

They're my favorite.

Sometimes it's fun to be scared.

But when it's for real, it's not so fun anymore.

No.

That's why it's important to tell me just what happened last night.

Okay?

It was late.

I should have been asleep.

Only I wasn't.

I was watching TV.

That's when he came in.

He said the monster was making too much noise.

So he turned it off.

Then he... He... You know.

That's all right, Amy.

It's taking time.

He made me...

Those things I told my mommy.

I didn't want to, but I was afraid.

I know you were.

But it's over now.

And he won't do it again?

No, he won't.

But wasn't he afraid you'd tell on him?

He made me promise not to, so I... So you what?

I don't want to talk about it.

That's all right.

It's real good.

On TV, bad people always get punished.

In real life, too.

I'm here, Mommy.

What were you doing in there, honey?

You had me so frightened.

I didn't know you were there.

It's all right, sweetheart.

No one is going to hurt you.

Was it wrong what he did?

Yes, it was, honey.

But I am never going to leave you alone with a stranger again.

I promise.

You love me, Mommy.

Of course I love you.

I love you so much.

And you'll be right here?

Yes, baby.

I'll be right here with you.

I promise.

Thanks for a lovely evening.

Well, I'm glad you're not still angry.

I wasn't really angry.

Thought we were rushing into something.

I hear that fools do.

You know, I'm leaving tomorrow.

Oh?

Well, maybe we could share one more pancake.

I'd like that.

Well, good night.

I just don't get it. We use Hank a lot.

Plenty of compliments. Hi, Dave.

Never a complaint? I don't think Amy's making it up.

Why? Children are very active imaginations.

Yeah, but being molested isn't something a kid just dreams up on her own.

You know, hundreds of people pass through my life every day. You get a

sense about who they are.

This was a nice lady. That guy's a deadbeat.

Someone's got a problem. Someone else is lying.

Are you beginning to think maybe you were wrong about Hank?

Maybe.

Peter, people who do this kind of thing are very sick.

But they also are very clever.

Yeah, but something's been bugging me. Something Amy said.

You know, something's been bugging me, too.

Everybody's going around saying... Megan, you got a copy of yesterday's

No, the day before yesterday. Oh, there's junk down here.

Here you go.

Thank you. About the rumor.

Thank you.

You won't believe what I just heard.

All the time they told me they didn't want to sell.

They were just holding out for a better offer.

You think they plan to tear it down? Sure.

It's sitting on top of an earthquake bolt.

Morning.

Come here.

Jerry, what's the matter?

I wouldn't want you to be caught in a compromising position.

Father.

Bill, we're back.

I'm in here.

I thought we weren't leaving until Sunday.

Well, I just don't think there's any point in staying.

We can still have lots of fun at home.

That way, Amy.

You remember that little pup you wanted?

I thought if I took her shopping that it would take her mind off of it for a

minute.

Oh, Phil, I just don't know how to help her.

Excuse me.

Has Miss Howland checked out yet? Room 607.

Uh, no, sir. Mrs. Howland won't be leaving until this afternoon.

I'm sorry, I'm not looking for company.

I wasn't either.

This is Howland.

I'm just lucky enough to find it.

Oh, don't forget to check the bathroom, Phil. I don't want to leave anything

behind.

Amy? What are you doing here?

Get away!

Tell them the truth. You know I didn't hurt you.

Go away.

Make him go away, Mommy. Get out. What are you doing here? I want Amy to tell

the truth. You got off easy, Miller.

You don't push your luck. Get your hands off of me. I didn't do anything. Get

security. I was on my way. You didn't touch her.

I never touched her. Get out of here.

How can you let that man keep bothering us after what he did?

He didn't do it.

Did he, Amy?

You must be desperate, McDermott.

Don't you push me.

I'll sue the St. Gregory for every nickel they have.

I think you're the one who's desperate, Mr. Jameson.

What is he talking about, Phil?

We have a plane to catch. I can stand around listening to this. Come on. You

want me to tell her or will you?

I didn't say anything bad.

Honest.

Amy said she was watching a monster movie when Hank came into the room.

According to the paper...

The only horror movie started at 12 .30.

But the babysitter had left by 11. I don't understand this.

Amy was so afraid of losing your love, she had to go along with the lie.

Looking for something.

Is that why you're not wearing a ring?

After we met, I didn't put it back on.

I've wanted to walk away from the marriage, but I can't.

Something always holds me back.

I guess they call that responsibility.

You know, you're not the only one that wants to shrug it off.

Is that the way you feel about the church?

Father Lawrence.

Holy man.

Mr. Lawrence.

Just a man.

A very special man.

Say goodbye to him.

Carol, please, let me speak to you.

Honey, you go over there and wait with the luggage. I'll be right there.

Amy?

Don't walk out on me like this, Carol.

I'll get help. I'll do anything that you ask.

If Amy doesn't testify, there won't be a case.

She'll testify.

You wouldn't put her through that. You wouldn't do it.

She'll do whatever she has to.

This isn't going to happen to some other little girl.

Well you have my number if you ever get to New York You know you showed me

something about myself Jerry It's a part of me that I don't think I can deny

anymore.

I Won't forget that

I get the feeling you've made some kind of decision.

Yeah, I would say a definite maybe.

Am I going to have to get used to you without your collar?

I don't know. You think you can teach me how to knot a tie?

What are friends for?

Okay, hold it. Everyone quiet down for a minute.

All these rumors you've been hearing, none of them are true.

No one has any intentions of selling this hotel. No one wants to tear it

We're not sitting on an earthquake fault.

And there's not a termite in San Francisco who has the nerve to chew on

Gregory.

It's business as usual, okay?

So whoever started the rumor... What about the radioactive...

What? Nothing, sir.

Miss McDermott, someone told me there's uranium...