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Hello? Hi.

Yeah, yeah. No, sorry about that. The neighbor's dog just got into my yard. He

was just trying to do a solid.

I know. I know. My bad.

I'll call first next time.

Copy. It won't happen again.

Randy, stop apologizing.

All right? It's fine. I'm happy to help.

It's all good.

Yeah, just wait for Colter and let me know.

All right, bye.

Morning. What's up? Is everything okay? Um, one of Randy's best friends has gone

missing. Simon Boyce. He was under house arrest, due for a pre -trial hearing

tomorrow, so Randy's meeting Colter to see what's going on. House arrest?

What did he do?

Well, he was charged with cyber hacking.

He broke into the servers of an insurance company and then transferred

into client accounts.

I mean, it's a pretty significant crime. I'm not sure exactly how I feel about

it, but... I mean...

If the police find out that he's missing, it's going to get a lot worse

They'll throw him in jail.

It's kind of like Robin Hood.

Anyway, I'm totally down to help this guy if Randy needs it.

What can I do? For starters, if you could grab Simon's file for me.

His public defender was absolute crap and possibly incompetent.

So, also, clear my schedule for the day. I think I need to jump on a flight to

Minneapolis and help. Okay, yeah. I'll get you options.

Thanks.

Hey. Thanks for getting here so fast, man. Yeah, talk to me.

Like I told you, my boy Simon.

He's under house arrest and his mom can't find him anywhere.

Renie sent me the case file. There's no record of his ankle monitor going off.

First thing I checked. It's still showing it's active somewhere in the

Hmm. Fully green.

No alarm. And I'm searching, man, but I can't find him.

What about his online activity?

Nada. He has no access to internet.

It's court mandated because of his charges, so he went full analog.

Found his flip phone in the kitchen.

Looked at his credit card.

Nothing. Nothing recent.

His car's still here.

When was the last time you talked to him?

It's been a minute.

He called a couple weeks ago, and he left a message.

I never got back to him.

Been a little busy.

Okay. Not your fault, man. Come on. Let's go.

Let's get to work. We'll find him.

Okay. Mom's inside.

Mrs. Boyce, when was the last time you spoke to your son?

I called him this morning at 7.

No answer.

And when I stopped by at 9 .30 to drop off groceries, he was gone.

Okay. And you didn't call the police.

Why? I thought about it, but I don't want to make his legal situation any

So I called Randy to see if he knew anything, and that's when he told me

you might be able to help.

Totally on brand for Simon, doing something like this.

My son has always been impulsive.

Do you think there's a chance maybe he ran?

Maybe, but he has a court hearing tomorrow, and he's been pretty worried

how that would go.

If he's a no -show, it's going to go bad for him.

Being cooped up here for the last couple of months without Internet access has

not been easy for him.

Randy, you said you found his phone?

Yeah, yeah, here on the kitchen table. Anything on it?

A couple of calls to the sheriff's department.

That's where his supervising officer is, but... Nothing unusual.

Please.

Simon is not a bad person.

His heart has always been in the right place. Facts.

The boy's always had my back.

I can't live with my son.

He's all I have.

Yeah.

See what I can find, all right?

You mind if I take a look around?

Please.

Were any doors open when you arrived?

Not open, but the front door was unlocked.

And was he allowed to go outside?

He was. He had full access to the backyard and part of the front.

He's lucky some people under house arrest can't go out at all.

Oh,

this is Simon's public defender. I better take it.

Call me, will you?

Yeah.

You know what this is?

He's testing the perimeter of his ankle monitor, isn't he?

Damn. Total Simon move, too. Yeah, he wanted to know exactly how far he could

without setting off the alarm.

The question is why. There's more over here.

Hold up.

Hey, Randy.

Something here.

What you got? Look at that.

That's an ankle monitor, isn't it? Hell yeah, it is. Yep.

Looks like it's been cut here.

somehow without the alarm going off. Can I see?

Oh, yeah.

So this chip has a latching relay circuit on it.

Kept the alarm from sounding.

He must have had ten seconds to disconnect the monitor and attach the

It's impressive.

Is that something he could do himself?

I don't know.

Definitely wouldn't be easy. But what I do know is he didn't make that chip.

It for sure came from someone else.

So either someone helped him or he was taken.

Anything off the chip?

Oh, wait a minute. I see you.

What do you got?

I got a part and a batch number.

Can you trace it?

Let me see.

Okay. The chip was part of an order shipped to a BJH industry.

I got an address from Minneapolis.

Let's go. All right. Let's do it.

Hell of a lot of security cameras.

Hell yeah.

Think you can hack in? Turn some of those off? The cameras? Yeah.

But the dogs, that's all you, right?

I got the dogs.

Take care of the dogs, too.

Am I putting that down?

Looking for Simon Boyce. You know where he is?

Bill, is that you?

You know this guy?

Yeah, man, it's Bill Henderson.

Simon's old shady roommate.

Recognize that dumbass suit of armor you got back there?

Man, put that down before you hurt yourself.

What the hell do you think you're doing breaking into my place, rando?

Here, look at this.

See that?

It's Simon's ankle monitor.

We know he got that chip from you. Yeah, so? So.

Did you do something to him? Oh, so it was my boy.

Not that you know that.

Maybe you were afraid your friend was going to turn on you at tomorrow's

hearing, name names, and maybe you helped him hack into that insurance

Yeah, your digital fingerprints were all over that one.

I ain't messy like that, Randall. You got about one more of those, and then

we're going to have to do something about it. What's up? You know I know,

Hey, you talk to us, you talk to the cops. It doesn't matter to me.

You choose.

Yeah, that's a good idea, Colt.

I'm sure they'd love to dig into this little...

The legal hardware operation you got going.

Kind of like these Mac spoofers.

You're telling me, right?

Still credit card data?

How did your trip end up on Simon's ankle line?

He ordered it.

What happened after that? I don't know.

Simon's missing, man.

Okay, you know what that makes you? That makes you guilty for aiding and

abetting. Look, I had no idea he was going to use it to flee.

He ordered a bunch of things for me last week.

Unlike you, I respect a man's digital privacy.

Whoa. Where are you going?

Right here.

See for yourself.

He sent you a letter? And cash.

Via the good old U .S. Postal Service.

Old school.

Okay, that's a drone frame.

Parts, accessories.

And a chip with a relay circuit?

Which could be used for anything.

Hey, I just feel orders.

You're right.

Let me ask you a question.

What would Simon want with a drone?

So how's Simon controlling the drone without Wi -Fi? Oh, it operates on radio

frequencies. No Wi -Fi needed. He could have just watched the video live from

his cell signal.

Where's the footage coming from?

The company that makes the drone camera automatically backs up to their cloud

server. So, like, look, this was from five days ago.

So what, he's using this drone to spy on his neighbors? That boy must have been

bored out of his mind.

Look at all these files.

Huh.

So hold on a second. Maybe he saw something.

Caused him to run?

Yeah, good thinking.

Okay, here's the most recent video from last night.

Is that a woman?

What the hell was that, man?

I don't think he ran.

He saw something that got him in trouble.

I just got your message. Any update on Simon?

Yeah, not good at the update.

He was using a drone to spy on his neighbors. Saw a woman being kidnapped.

What? He called the cops?

There was an anonymous call to the sheriff's department last night. I

was calling a supervising officer, but it looks like he was reporting it.

Cops checked into it. Didn't find nothing.

So either the person who caught him took him, or Simon removed his ankle monitor

to help this woman.

You think he'd actually do that?

Yeah. I mean, the whole reason he had an ankle monitor is because he's always

fighting for the little guy.

We're on our way to the area right now. Check it out.

Hey, did you get to talk to the county attorney about Simon's trial?

Just about to have a conversation with him.

Listen, I need you to work that Renie Green magic, okay?

You gotta delay that hearing.

Yeah, I'm on it. Keep you posted.

Thank you.

Hey, so, uh, the office.

How's everything going over there?

Great. I mean, Mel's a good addition.

Yeah. It's good that Renie's got her.

You'll dig it.

What about Rainey? How's she doing with everything?

I don't know.

You don't know?

It's just us here, man.

Okay.

You know how she is. She's always trying to be boss lady.

You know, but I'm not going to lie.

Spent a lot of late nights. She took up boxing.

Yeah, I mean, she's covering up.

But you know how Rainey is.

Excuse me, are you Jim Osmond, the Hennepin County attorney?

Depends who's asking.

Rainy Green, the new opposing counsel on the Boyce case. Nice to meet you.

I take it this isn't a chance meeting.

Well, I am filing motion to continue with the judge.

It would be really helpful if you were on board.

So you want to postpone your client's court appearance tomorrow?

Yeah, I'm just taking over the case from Simon's public defender, and I need

some time to prepare.

Just a couple days would really be helpful.

How'd you track me down?

Well, this is the closest restaurant to the courthouse with a decent lunch

special. And I might have had my assistant call your office asking for

restaurant rec.

Ballsy! You know that could have gone in the opposite direction. It could have.

So, the sign -off on the motion, I really appreciate it.

No.

I'm not doing Simon Boyce any favors.

Oh, come on. We both know he did not get a fair shake with his last lawyer.

Last year, my wife had her identity stolen.

They drained our joint accounts and screwed up our credit.

So, yeah, people like Simon, no matter his reasoning, are parasites.

And I'm going to see that he's punished to the maximum the law allows.

See you tomorrow, Ms. Green.

If I can help it.

Hey, this is where Simon was flying his drone.

The truck was parked right in front of that house.

All right, why don't you just stay? I know, I know.

Stay here.

We'll just hang tight. I'll be right back. Yeah, I'll be here.

Tell me. This ain't my first rodeo. Okay?

Come on.

Got it?

All right.

Let's get dressed here.

May I help you?

Yes.

Hi.

I'm neighborhood cleanup.

Yeah, leave the place looking better than how you found it, what my mom

says. You looking for that drone?

Damn thing was looking into our windows.

Really? Yeah, buddy.

So, you one of them cyber perverts? Huh? Recording videos through TikToks? What?

Monetizing folks' private moments?

I'm gonna call the cops.

No, no, no. Don't call anybody. I'm...

Look, I'm looking for my friend, okay?

He went missing, and I think the drone belongs to him.

He could be in trouble.

Drone's in the house.

I was gonna trash it. No, no, no.

Would you mind if I came in and took a look at it?

It really could help me find him.

Yeah, okay.

Here you go.

Hit a tree, I think.

Oh, see.

Bingo.

Your missing friend. What's his name?

Uh, his name's Simon.

Simon Boyd.

Is that the bird's name?

Hey, yo.

He's not like that, okay?

He's lived in this neighborhood over ten years.

I ain't seen him around.

Let me see if I can find you a trash bag for that meth.

So you think this friend of yours is in some kind of trouble?

Could be.

You didn't happen to see a dark pickup truck last night parked a couple hours

down?

You know what? Yeah.

Yeah, I did. Damn truck always parking on the street blocking the garbage cans

on trash days.

Any idea who the owner of the truck is?

No. I've seen his ugly face around, but I don't know the guy's name.

Okay.

I'm thinking the owner of the truck kidnapped a woman.

Simon saw it.

You're kidding.

How do you know all this?

I saw the drone footage.

That's crazy.

Kidnapping in this neighborhood?

Yeah, the world's a crazy place.

I wouldn't do that.

Oh!

Don't move.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hey, hey, man, take it easy. I'm unarmed. I'm unarmed.

Randy all right?

Yeah, now.

All right, come here.

Find something to tie this guy up with. Yeah. He wakes up, hit him with this.

Okay.

Where's Simon?

Don't know.

Honest. What about the girl?

She escaped.

And thank God, because she was psycho and mean as a snake.

Called me names and bit... bit my damn arm.

Stone had to stab her in the leg just to get her off of me, so... Your partner,

Stone? Yeah. Randy, you find anything?

Yeah, I got his phone. All right.

Where are you keeping the girl?

In the basement?

Show me. Okay, yeah.

Here.

Here.

I swear, man, this was all Stone's idea. He said he needed a place to stash

something. Offered a penny. Ten K.

Is this your place? It's my cousin's place. I'm out sitting, watering the

plants, feeding the gecko, that kind of thing. Anyways, I didn't realize it was

going to be a woman.

Stone was stashed in here before I knew it. I was all jumped into this kidnap

thing. Just so you know.

This is my first and last time.

Who is she?

All I know is her name is Bruna.

Stone grabbed her, spurred the moment, said her rich husband was going to pay a

big fat ransom, easy peasy, right? That's wrong.

He didn't pay you? No, man.

He refused.

No, I'm stuck cleaning up the mess. You know, I'm essentially a non -violent

person. I do yoga. I was going to open up my own stereo repair shop with the

money Stone was going to pay me. How long has she been gone?

Since this morning.

You're right there. Don't move.

Smock's busted from the outside. She didn't leave on her own. She had help.

Someone took her. Come on.

Go. All right, let me get this straight.

Simon breaks out of his ankle monitor this morning.

goes over to the Purcell house like we did, looking for the woman. Not there,

right? So he flies the drone, trying to figure out where she is, finds out she's

being held here.

So, okay, this random dude, Simon, came out of nowhere to help that witch

escape. Why would he do that?

He's not some random dude, okay?

He's my friend, and that's just who he is.

But you didn't see him come in or out of the house? No, just the drone spying on

us out there. I heard it crash into the tree this morning, went to see if we

could find out who was flying it, and Stone and I got back. The place was

and she was just gone.

All right, I got something off Stone's phone.

Yeah.

Please listen to them.

You have to pay them.

Pay them whatever they want.

They hurt me, and they're gonna kill me if you don't do what they say.

Please, baby.

That video, that go to her husband? Pretty sure that that was all Stone's

department. Looks like it went to a burner phone.

Text message came with the video. You have 24 hours to pay, or she's dead.

at the response.

Yeah, go ahead and kill her.

Cold, man. He's not even trying to run out the clock.

Did you get a location on that phone?

Yeah.

No.

Bernard went dead after the message was sent.

Look, man, if Simon rescued the woman, where are they?

He should be home already.

Maybe something happened.

See if you can get an idea on that woman, the biter. Yeah.

Hey. How long have I been out?

A few hours.

Your leg wound's still bleeding.

I really think you should go to a hospital.

I told you we're not doing that.

Those kidnappers could find me there. That's the first place they'll look.

But I'm really worried about you.

You were passed out.

I was just napping.

I don't think so.

You've lost a lot of blood.

I'm advising to get you to a doctor or call your husband. No, we're not doing

either one of those things.

Everything will be fine. I just need to rest.

I really need to get home.

Just stay with me.

Please don't leave me.

Please.

They just become a man.

I don't know how else to text.

What's he gonna look for you?

Wait, like the cops?

No.

Randy's back in town. Some guy.

You'll hold up here.

Randy?

Yeah.

Whose plate is this?

It's hers.

What the hell?

I really gotta get back before the cops get involved, but she's hurt pretty bad.

Need your help.

Simon, she needs more than her first aid kit, man.

We gotta call an ambulance, man.

You see what happens when you don't listen?

Rainey, did you get my message?

Yeah, I hope you're wrong about the ID on this woman.

No, I'm positive that's Bruna Pryor.

This is bad news because she is married to a Leon Pryor, big fentanyl dealer

active in three states.

I spoke to my DEA contact, and he said that they've been chasing him for over

two years now. They haven't been able to find his location after he shot an

undercover agent at one of their stash houses in Omaha.

Okay, so they're still active.

They just packed up and moved everything to Minneapolis.

Yeah. Well, it explains why I couldn't find Bruna at any local hospitals.

She's hiding from law enforcement. Maybe she's hiding from her husband if he's

trying to kill her.

So where does that leave Simon?

Maybe she's... Holding him hostage somewhere.

Rini, do the Pryors have any associates here in Minneapolis?

Nope, none on the DEA's radar, but that doesn't mean anything.

Okay. Can you send me the report on that stash house, right?

They're already in your inbox.

All right, thank you.

You got it?

Got it. Thank you.

All right.

Let's see if you can find the address.

That stash house. See if you can find anything.

All right, it's a lease to a James and Mary Smith.

Alias? Two of the most common names in the U .S., no doubt.

Any properties here in Minneapolis with those two names on them? I'm looking,

I'm looking.

Lots of James Smiths, but only one listed to a James and Mary Smith, and

the short -term lease department.

All right, come on.

Let's go. Got the address.

Okay, go get Simon before tomorrow morning. And, hey, I hit a roadblock

that county attorney, but...

I'm going to try and stall the judge.

Okay, Renee.

I told you not to call anyone.

He was my friend. He was here to help you.

I'm sorry. I really am. What's done is done.

The other one, I took my phone when I was sleeping and texted your dumb friend

when I told you I didn't need any help.

But I'm really going to need you to follow directions better, Simon.

Look, I don't... I don't know who you are.

Okay, and I don't... I don't care what you're into.

Okay, I really, really need to get back. You don't understand.

Oh, I understand perfectly.

You want to leave and...

Injured woman alone to fend for herself?

That's not very gentlemanly of you.

Please, please don't shoot me.

I'm not going to shoot you unless you do anything stupid again.

Are you going to do anything stupid again, Simon?

It's time to meet my husband.

Yeah, move the plate.

All right, I can bypass the fifth room. I've just got to find the USB port.

Hello? Hey, got a package for you.

What the?

Well,

we can do that.

Randy. Yeah, what is it?

Oh, come on, man.

What

the

hell is Bill doing here, man?

I feel like Simon sent him a text asking him to come here to help.

Then why would they kill him?

Simon didn't do that. He wouldn't do that. They're friends.

Well, hold on a second. Simon didn't really know who Bruno was, right?

So maybe she convinced him to come here.

You think she killed Simon, too? I don't think she did, no. I think she still

needs him for something.

What is it? What are you looking for? I've got no keys.

They have his car. We have to find it. Let's go.

Will you tell me where we're going?

I already told you to see my husband.

Me and Leon are going to have a little talk about why you didn't pay my ransom.

Maybe it was for a good reason.

Yeah, the reason if you wanted me dead.

Hell of a lot cheaper than a dwarves.

So he arranged to kidnap you?

Leon?

He's not that smart.

Just lucky.

And those idiots.

I thought they were going to get a quick payday.

Grabbed me when I was leaving the jewelry store.

Whatever's going on with you and your husband, it has nothing to do with me.

You chose to get involved.

This is crazy.

I saved you. Which is why you're not dead, but you will be if you keep

Okay, okay.

Look, I'm a hacker.

Okay, I can get you whatever you want. Just let me go.

Just shut up and drive.

Looks like they're a couple miles ahead of us. Yep.

Wait a minute.

They're slowing down.

I think they're pulling in somewhere.

Okay. Looks like it's a warehouse near the airport.

Belongs to a James Smith?

Let's find out.

Come on.

Bingo. That's the name of the leaf. Gotta be Leon Pryor.

Veruna said it for her husband. He didn't pay her ransom.

He wants her dead.

All right, here we go.

Drive closer.

Keep going.

Pull in.

That's Leon.

What now?

Hi, honey.

Sweetheart.

Where have you been?

You were gonna let me die!

You told them to kill me!

Oh, no, no, no, no. You got it all wrong.

Don't tell me Simon's in that car, man.

Sweetie, that was a little bit of an overreaction.

What a shame.

No. No, please.

Don't move.

Don't move.

It's in the car.

See if he's okay.

All right, all right.

Hey, you okay?

Randy. Yeah.

What are you doing here?

What do you mean? I'm saving your ass. What's it look like?

The whole way in here. Got you. Huh?

Okay. You all right?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

Damn.

Who's he?

My boy, Colton.

Awesome. You all right?

Yeah.

Get him to the truck.

Call an ambulance for her, will you?

Yeah, you got it.

Simon, help me.

Simon, please.

Help me.

I think he's helped you enough.

Bro, I still can't believe you did all this for me. What are you talking about?

You would do the exact same thing.

I do have one question, though. What the hell were you thinking, man?

I don't know, man. Bored, I guess.

Look, maybe I thought about my mom when I saw Bruna tied up in the back of that

truck. You know, that I want someone to help her if she were in trouble.

I get that.

Gonna think twice next time I do a good deed.

Nah, man.

I think there should be more people like you in the world.

I'm sorry that I didn't hit you back when you called me.

It's all good.

Because you showed up on accounts.

No doubt.

It's not much, but I wanted to give you a little something for bringing Simon

home. Oh, thank you, but I can't take that.

A friend of Randy's is a friend of mine, so it's on the house.

Well, I can't thank you enough.

Would you like to stay for dinner?

Thank you. I would, but I got to hit the road.

Thanks again.

Be good, all right? You have trouble?

Thank you.

Hey, Cole. Yeah.

Thank you, man.

You saved Simon, but you saved my life, too.

I swear I'm going to find a way to repay you some kind of way.

We're good.

We're good.

All right?

We're good.

Thank you, man.

You stay out of trouble, too. I'll try.

Coulter? Greeny, hey. How'd it go with the judge?

Yeah, good news.

Because of Simon's help and taking down Leon and Bruno Pryor, they're giving him

a postponement on his court date and a possible plea deal.

Okay. Well, that's great.

Yeah. Yeah.

What are you really doing here? Come on.

What do you mean?

I mean, this could have been a call or a text.

Oh, everybody.

calls and texts nowadays. What happened to face -to -face conversations between

friends? You're checking in on me. No, no, no, I wouldn't do that. I'm not

checking in on you. I'm not checking in on you.

I'm a little concerned is all.

Why? I'm being honest.

I've been a little preoccupied lately.

People are worried.

People? Did Randy say something to you?

Not really. He said you were working a lot of hours. He said you took up

Okay, first of all, boxing is an excellent cardio -heavy activity. Okay.

So I came here.

Make sure you're okay.

I'm fine.

You're not going to talk to me, can we go for a walk?

Right now?

Right now. Let's go.

It's a diner down the road. Looked pretty nice. Great patio.

You're lucky I'm packaged.

Yeah, I'm buying.

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