Ace Of Hearts Page #2

- [Ace Vocalizing]

- Ace.

- Ace, my man.

- Hey.

Does he know any tricks?

My dad says I'm not supposed

to teach him any tricks...

because he's, like, his partner

and shield and everything.

But watch this.

Hey, you. Hi there.

Hi there.

Hello. Good.

Yes. It's our little secret.

Right, Ace?

He's... pretty big.

How much does he weigh?

Exactly 122 pounds.

'Cause my dad, like, measures out

every single thing he feeds him.

- Is that where he got shot?

- Yep. Right through the ear.

On the second day my dad and Ace

started working together...

this car-thief guy

tried to shoot my dad.

Ace saw it and jumped up and pushed my dad

out of the way just in time.

Ace got a medal at this banquet.

Yeah.

Val, relax.

I know he's a police dog and everything,

but he's as playful as a puppy.

Here.

Want this? Go get it.

No!

[Screams]

[Whimpering]

Hey.! What happened?

Is everybody okay? Huh?

Back up. Back up off the glass.

Back off the glass.

Hey. Hey, easy.

- Mind telling me what you were doing?

- I just wanted to show Val...

Do you understand what would have happened

if he'd gotten glass in his paws?

Dad. I know.

- Do you know how that would

have affected everything?

- Dad...

My safety, my life depends on him being

in perfect shape during a track down.

- Dad, I feel terrible.

- He is not a house pet.

- I know, Dad.

- He is my partner, my shield.

- Do you understand that?

- I know. I'm sorry.

Please, do you forgive me?

Do you? I said I'm sorry, Dad.

- Do you forgive me?

- Julia, you and your friends

need to go outside right now.

- [Sobs]

- Julia!

Hey, honey.

You didn't come down,

so I brought dinner to you.

- Dad.

- Mm-hmm?

Could you, like,

not be in here right now?

Sure.

[Door Opens]

Does this thing have to be here,

right in the hallway?

Sorry, honey.

I'll move it first thing tomorrow.

Okay? How was your day?

It was all right.

- I made pasta. It's in the fridge.

- Thank you.

We have to talk.

- About?

- You know about what.

Did she tell you how it happened,

what she was trying to do with Ace?

- Dan, she's hurting.

- She was showing off in front of her friends.

They knocked over the cabinet.

There was glass all over the floor.

- It could have gotten in Ace's paws.

- She made a mistake.

She apologized,

but you didn't forgive her.

That's not how we do things

in this family.

Okay, but she needs to understand

that that dog is not just her house pet.

- He's my partner, my shield...

- "He's my shield."

Yes, we all know

that speech by heart.

What does that make Julia?

She needs your trust and your time.

You don't spend

enough time with her.

So you're talking now

as my wife or as my therapist?

As Julia's mom.

Do you know what she asked me this morning

while I was braiding her hair?

"Why can't he just love me

Hey.! Hey.!

Hey.! What are you doing?

[Phone Beeping]

Hello? 911?

You want some breakfast, buddy?

How about a little

somethin' for you?

- That's right, boy.

- [Radio:
Dispatcher] Attention, Sector 8 units.

Got a 506 at 44 Frontera.

- Respond, please.

- This is Harding. Roger that.

Is it Goliath?

- [Barking]

- Affirmative.

All right. We're on it.

Let's get him, buddy. Let's get him.

- [Siren Wailing]

- [Tires Screeching]

[Panting]

Let's go, Sasha.

I'll head east.

- Attention all units. Suspect is in the area.

- All right. Good luck.

Let's go. Let's go.

Let's get him. There you go.

You got him, buddy.

Stay with him.

What do you see?

There, huh?

[Barking]

Ace, you got him?

You got him, boy?

Whoa. Whoa. Come here.

- [Barking]

- Whoa. Got him, boy?

You got him?

Go get him! Go get him!

[Grunts]

[Barking]

- [Growling]

- [Grunting]

[Laughing]

[Barking Continues]

[Growls]

[Grunts, Groaning]

Uh! Uh! Get back!

Help me.! He bit my neck.!

He attacked me.!

[Screaming]

Someone... Oh, man!

Ohh.! He bit my neck.!

This is Harding, K-9 Unit 1.

- I have the subject sighted.

- He's tryin' to kill me!

- [Growling Continues]

- Call him off!

- Help me! Help me! [Screams]

- Come here! Come here! Off! Off!

Come here.! Come on.!

Come here.!

Down! Down. Down.

[Groaning]

You blew it, buddy.

You blew it bad.

Hey. I need an ambulance

here immediately.

[Groaning, Gasping]

[Woman]

We're on the way.

- [Man] They're still sweeping it down, sir.

- [Police Radio Chatter]

We're gonna do it.

Ready? Let's lift him up.

[Man] I don't know. There's something

wrong with this whole scenario.

This dog's got an exemplary track record.

Dan Harding's one of our finest officers...

and this guy Torko's

got a rap sheet...

longer than a kid's

Christmas wish list.

So we need to do a little damage control.

Let's have a press conference immediately.

If there's anything else,

just refer it back to my office.

[Chuckles]

You can't hold the guy

without something linking him to the scene.

This has got to be Goliath. I've got

a newspaper delivery guy who saw him.

You got a delivery guy

whose driver's license...

says he's required to wear glasses,

which he wasn't.

His eyewitness testimony is worthless.

[Exclaims, Sighs]

Look, Torko's lawyer

is shrewdly playing this...

as an attack on an unarmed citizen

out for his morning hike.

He's threatening a monster lawsuit

unless the charges are dropped...

which is what my boss

is recommending.

I'm sorry, Joe.

That makes two of us.

Look, he's a repeater.

You'll get him on the next one.

Of course, the dog will

have to be put down.

- Put down?

- Euthanized.

I'm afraid it's the law.

Once they go bad,

they're an obvious danger to the public.

Four-legged liability.

[Sighs]

Dan.

There is no way Ace would have

just attacked him.

Ace is an animal.

Animals get mad. Animals bite.

- No. Not Ace.

- It's out of my hands.

Come on, Captain.

You cannot let 'em do this.

The best I can do is arrange for you

to be there with him when...

you know, when it happens.

- They're taking him up to Spokane, and that's that.

- Spokane?

It seems this thing has to be done

strictly according to procedures.

The K-9 clinic and training facility

are in Spokane...

so that's where they have to take him.

I've, uh, asked them

to send you his ashes.

- So at least you'll have a...

- A souvenir?

[Door Opens, Closes]

[Exhales]

Sorry, man.

[Dog Barking In Distance]

- [Whimpering]

- Shh. Shh. Good-bye. I'm sorry, good buddy.

[Whimpering]

Come on. Here we go.

- [Whimpering]

- It's okay.

Hush, hush. Hush, hush.

Shh.

All right. Quiet.

Wait, wait, wait. Wait.

Captain, I'd like to drive...

myself, I mean, to Spokane.

Wouldn't it be easier

to say good-bye here?

Not for Ace.

All right.

Hey, Dan. I, uh...

Just, uh... I'm sorry...

the way this thing turned out.

Yeah.

I'm sorry, buddy.

[Man]

Come on. Relax.

[Dan]

Easy, boy.

Easy, buddy. Easy.

- Okay.

- Could we, uh... Could you just use this?

Says in the report

this one's a biter.

He won't bite you.

But I might.

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