Ace Of Hearts Page #5

He was a lazy jerk, and just because

he didn't follow the state civil code...

doesn't necessarily mean

that Ace is alive.

It just means that that guy

was a lazy jerk.

Okay, now, you stay here

until I get back. Okay?

- [Huffs]

- [Car Door Closes]

- Excuse me. You Boss Crowder?

- Yeah.

Officer Dan Harding.

We spoke on the phone.

I want to follow up a little bit

about Mike Torko.

Does he have any, uh,

unexplained absences...

anything like that?

Well, he does his stints, all right...

but I haven't had any problem with him

as far as showin' up goes.

- But?

- [Clears Throat]

Well, he's got himself quite a temper.

Gets into more

than his share of arguments.

Lucky for him

he's one wicked mechanic.

Do you happen to have

a work schedule for him...

when he's been here, when he hasn't been here...

for the last three months?

- Let me check.

- Okay.

[Sparking]

[Clattering]

Here you go.

Great. Thanks.

Appreciate it.

[Crowder]

Yeah, no problem.

[Torko]

Hey. What are you doin'here?

[Chuckles]

Wait, wait, wait. Don't tell me.

You came to ask

Boss Crowder for a job.

Uh, you're better off taking

an after-hours night watchman gig...

than workin' here.

I mean, with all the ripsaws

and metal pressers...

it can get awful dangerous.

Bow wow.

[Chuckles]

Mom, where's today's paper?

- They're all here but today's.

- I've got it right here, honey.

Nuh-uh. That's for your dad.

You can read it after him.

- But I need it for my stupid social studies class.

- Later.

Right now, your dad and I are having

a romantic brunch out on the patio.

How do you spell "yech"?

Same way you spell "Get lost, kid."

Hilarious. Really and truly.

[Laughs]

Apple-smoked... your favorite.

I know you don't like pulp,

so I strained the O. J...

'cause, wouldn't you know it,

the only O.J. They had at the store...

- Lily.

- What?

I'm sorry I've been

spoiling the party lately.

I don't know

what I would do without you.

And don't you forget it, mister.

I couldn't possibly forget it.

Mom! Dad!

Wenatchee County Sheriff's Department.

May I help you?

Hi. Hey, um, I'm just calling

about the new K-9 you just hired.

- L-I mean found. You know?

- Excuse me?

The K-9. The police dog?

It was in the paper.

- What about it?

- Does the dog have a little round hole in his ear?

You sort of have to check

to the back of the ear to see it.

Well, I would certainly

have no idea.

Well, could you, like, go look?

It's a bullet hole, actually,

from when he saved my dad.

Uh, no, I can't just stroll away

from my board and, uh, go look...

because they've taken that dog

to get distemper shots...

city permit papers

and Lord knows what all else.

So, uh, why don't you

just call back on Monday?

- All right, sugar?

- Well...

- [Dial Tone]

- [Huffs]

- Dad, let's go.

- Go?

- To get Ace.

- Julia.

Just look.

Honey, 75% of all police dogs

are German shepherds.

Yeah, but look at him.

It's Ace. I know it's him.

And it even says

how they're all amazed...

that he has all these

natural police dog abilities.

It's natural because

he is a police dog, not a stray.

Honey, it also says

that the dog in question...

is a she, not a he.

Oh, well. That dumb reporter

probably just made a mistake.

You're always saying

how the newspapers...

are always getting details wrong

in their stories and stuff.

- Okay, look. Why don't we give them a...

- Call? I already did.

I asked this lady if she would check if there

was a little round hole in their K-9's ear...

and she couldn't because she said they

were out getting the dog shots and permits.

And anyway, she was treating me

like I was some flaky little kid.

Can't we just

drive out there and see?

- Honey, that's all the way out in...

- Please, Dad?

I've always dreamed of visiting

beautiful downtown Wenatchee.

- Thanks, Daddy.

- All right, let me just go grab my...

Right.

All right, I'll go tell your mother

that we're going for a trip.

Why don't you pack us up some...

- Thought of everything, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

[Chuckling]

Okay, let's go.

[Speaking Spanish]

- [Whimpering]

- Okay.

[Spanish]

Sit, sit, sit, sit. Sit down.

Good boy. Okay.

Mira eso, huh?

Just take your time.

[Spanish]

[Dan] Honey, why don't you

just kick back and rest a little bit?

We're gonna find out

soon enough, okay?

Yeah, like I'm gonna rest

when all I can think about...

is we're only 24 minutes

away from seeing Ace...

assuming you're going 60 miles an hour.

Fifty-five.

Okay, fine.

- Twenty-six.

- [Chuckles]

- I'll rest the extra two minutes.

- Okay.

I guess I'm just

a little bit concerned...

you're gonna be disappointed

if it turns out that...

- Well, you know.

- You don't believe me, do you?

I believe that you think

Ace is alive.

I know he's alive.

Dad, you believe

Ace never attacked Torko...

- even though we have no proof, right?

- Yeah. Honey, that's different.

You know I'm right.

Dad, you always said that there are

important things you can't see or touch...

but you should have faith anyway...

like love, you said.

Remember when I had to say that line

in the Sunday school pageant...

but I kept flubbing it?

Yeah. "Blessed are those...

who have not seen and yet believe."

Well, if I can have faith that Ace is alive,

why don't you?

- Dad?

- Yeah?

Thanks for loving Mom again.

I saw you kissing

on the patio this morning.

You were making up

for when you didn't kiss her, right?

[Chuckles]

I guess so.

I knew it.

Listen, honey, I want to apologize

to you for something.

Remember when you were trying

to tell me that you were sorry...

- about what happened with Ace and the cabinet?

- It's okay.

No. No, it is not okay.

I raised you to accept

an honest apology.

I was wrong not to accept yours.

I'm sorry.

[Barking]

[Whimpering]

[Barking]

I remember I saw you

on the talk show.

- A couple of weeks ago, right?

- Yeah.

You and el perro.

Como se llama el perro?

- Uh...

- The dog.

- Oh, Ace.

- Ace. Eso es.

Ace. You and Ace are a very famous pair

around these parts.

Yeah, just like Sherlock and Holmes.

- They were one person.

- Que?

Um, if the dog

turns out to be Ace...

I hope he hasn't been

too much trouble to care for.

No, no, no, hombre.

Para nada. No.

I'm keeping him out back in the garage

for his own safety.

[Speaking Spanish]

I know he was a...

highly trained K-9... dog...

who was maybe lost...

or stolen... or something.

Of course, we get all kinds of lost critters

that come through these parts.

Una vez me adquirido...

a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.

Just came sashaying up to my desk.

[Snorting]

Does he have

a little round hole in his ear?

- Who, the pig?

- Uh...

No, no. What she means is,

if the dog is Ace...

then he'll have a hole

in the base of his left ear.

- A bullet hole.

- Oh.

No.

No. No, I don't recall

seeing anything like that.

I do recall one time, however...

I saw a heifer with an arrow

stuck halfway through her.

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