Alarm Page #4

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- Okay.

- Right, let's give it

a bit of a test.

So here is the scenario.

lt's daytime,

the alarm isn't even set.

Suddenly you hear a sound:

breaking glass,

the door being forced open.

Or you haven't even locked

the door.

Now you hear someone moving

around inside the house.

Panic button.

[alarm trilling]

There you go.

Okay, disarm the system.

[alarm trilling]

[electronic beeping]

[alarm stops]

- [computerized voice]

System is disarmed.

- That's it.

Simple as that.

One last thing.

Come on up.

Very important.

You can't use the panic button

again until you reset it.

The key.

And ready to go.

[engine humming]

[electronic beeping]

- [computerized voice]

System is armed to home.

[beeping]

- [laughing]

[beeping intensifies]

- Well, now,

who's this handsome intruder?

- l saw the box outside.

That was quick.

- Come here.

You'll have to help me

with the code.

l'll do the first two numbers,

but l can't remember

the last two.

- Molly, it's going to go off.

- Two special little numbers.

What were they?

lt was one, two-

- What are you doing?

Turn it off.

- One, two, and-

- l don't know any

special numbers!

[alarm trilling]

l got it.

l got it. l got it.

[beeping]

[alarm stops]

- [computerized voice]

System is disarmed.

- So your birthday

is the 1 2th, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

- That's very romantic.

- You think?

- Yeah, l do.

Hey, we'd better let people know

it was a false alarm, yeah?

No one's interested.

What are they like around here?

So you feeling safe tonight?

- Mm-hmm.

- Feeling safe now?

- Yeah.

- Are you sure?

- Definitely.

- Completely safe?

- Totally.

- We'll see about that.

- [gasps]

- Scared?

- No.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

Yeah, l'm sure.

[gasps]

- Hello, Joe.

lt is Joe, isn't it?

- Oh, you met Mossie then, huh?

[laughs]

Did he do a good job?

- Perfect.

- And he gave you a good price?

- Absolutely.

- Excellent, and how are things

on the sleep front?

- Oh, look at me,

fresh as a daisy.

- Well, l'm delighted for you.

What can l get you now?

- Just some teak oil.

Francie!

[distant clattering]

l'll get it.

Eh, no, l knew Mossie

wouldn't let you down.

Bit of a showoff, you know.

But the work is sound.

Us guys, actually,

we don't hang around much,

so people are always saying,

how come they never see

the two of us at the same time.

l think they wonder if it's only

one of us

pretending to be two people.

[laughs]

- This is the guy

who sold me the house.

- Huh?

Oh, yeah.

Well, to tell you the truth,

now, he wouldn't be very popular

around here,

him or his company.

Not that l think he deserved

the beating or anything.

But you know yourself,

estate agents,

they're kind of hard

to feel sorry for, aren't they?

Bastards.

Anyway, there you are.

No, no, go on.

lt's on the house.

lt'll be my good deed

for the day, all right?

- Thanks.

- Cheers.

[phone beeping and trilling]

- Property Now.

Good morning.

- Hello,

l'm one of your clients.

l recently bought

in Meadowlands.

Just been reading about

what happened to lan Laurie,

l'm very shocked.

- Yes, it was awful.

- Well, is there anywhere

l can call him

and pass on my good wishes,

or even visit him in hospital?

- l'm afraid he's gone abroad

for an extended break.

As you can imagine,

it was very traumatic.

But l'll certainly pass on

your good wishes.

- Okay, if you would.

Thanks.

- Good-bye.

[doorbell rings]

click!

- Taking the air?

- Yeah, just a little break

from work.

- So how about a longer break,

a nice lunch?

- Oh, no, l can't, folks.

- 'Course you can.

Our treat.

- No, really,

l've got a deadline,

and l'm right up against it.

Sorry you came all the way.

Listen, come in

for a coffee anyway.

- No, no.

We don't want to hold you up.

- You're fine.

l'll throw you out

if you're staying too long.

- Fair enough.

l see you gave in.

- Thought l'd better.

- Oh, good.

And how is it?

Do you feel any safer?

- l suppose.

[alarm beeping]

- lt's very neat, isn't it?

You can hardly even notice it.

And how long now do you have

to turn it off?

- 30 seconds.

Jess, would you please

get the door?

- Frank.

Door.

[alarm trilling]

One, two, two, four.

- [computerized voice]

System is disarmed.

- l swear,

l'd be useless.

l can never remember codes.

Frank has all these tricks

for remembering.

- l'll organize the coffee.

- One, two, two, four.

Frank, one, two, two, four.

How would you remember that?

- One, two, two, four.

Well, that's easy.

Simple sequence.

Double one, two.

Double two, four.

Or if you prefer,

double 1 2, 24.

- What kind of brain have you?

l wouldn't say Molly was

thinking of number sequences

when she chose those numbers.

Were you, pet?

- So what was she thinking of?

- Let's see.

One, two, two, four,

or as you said,

1 2 and 24.

So 1 2 could be the 1 2th

of something.

Well?

- Oh, l haven't a clue.

- Oh, Frank,

when is Molly's birthday?

- The 1 2th of-

ah, right.

So the 24 must be...

doesn't ring any bells.

- l'd say 24 could be

another significant birthday.

- Yes, but how would we

know that?

- Okay, coffee's nearly ready.

- That new friend of yours, Mal.

- Yeah?

- When is his birthday,

l wonder?

lt's not the 24th,

is it?

- Ah, very good guess.

[laughter]

Very good.

[car doors slam]

[front door clicks]

- Spooky.

- Mal, see that car over there,

the one like a Jeep?

That's been parked

there all day.

- Yeah?

- l called over,

but nobody answered.

- Maybe they just

left the car behind.

- No, there's

a light on there now,

but no one has come back

to the house.

- Molly, have you been watching

the whole time?

- The estate agent

who sold me the house, lan,

he's been beaten up.

- Sorry?

- lt was in the paper.

He was assaulted.

And the day l viewed the house,

his next client drove something

just like that.

- Molly, half the country

is riding around in 4x4s.

l'm not following

the logic here.

- l don't know either.

lt's just-is there some

connection with the break-ins?

- What?

How?

- Well, l don't know,

but l've been here

over a month now,

and l haven't met a single

other person who lives around.

l don't know

who my neighbors are.

- That's the way

these places are.

People are busy.

- Well, let's just call now.

Let's just go

and knock on the door.

- Over there?

- Yeah, say hello.

- Molly, no, no, no.

Bad idea.

- Okay, let's go next door.

That's the normal thing to do,

isn't it?

- What's the point?

- Meet our neighbors.

''Hello, how are you?''

- Well, you go if you want,

but l mean, l'm...

[doorbell rings]

- Yes?

- Sorry to disturb you.

l'm from next door.

- Oh, right.

- l know this is

out of the blue,

but l just thought,

as we're neighbors,

we should introduce ourselves.

l'm Molly, by the way.

- Oh, hello.

- No one ever seems to be around

during the day,

so anyway, just on a whim,

really, l called round now.

- Right, well, thanks.

- Who is it, darling?

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