Bird On A Wire Page #4

...and the next we were trapped

in the middle of a major drug deal.

They needed our plane.

They made us fly under the radar

to an unmarked airstrip on the US side...

...and that's where all hell broke loose.

Diggs and Sorenson must've been

under government surveillance...

...'cause there were a lot of cops

waiting for us when we landed.

Sorenson came out shooting.

He killed one of the border patrol guys.

He wounded another one.

Diggs, however, got away.

Me and Jamie fiigured

we could bring Sorenson down...

...before he killed anybody else.

We were wrong.

Jamie got it point blank in the chest.

I spent three months in a Mexicali jail...

...before the FBI

fiinally offered me immunity...

...for testifying against

Diggs and Sorenson.

That"s when I joined

the Witness Relocation Program.

It"s been fun ever since.

Why didn"t you call me?

I didn"t want to get you involved.

You were about to march up

to the altar anyway, so I let it lie.

This is it?

I think this is it. It"s all changed around.

Yeah, this is it.

It better be here or l"m in deep sh*t.

l"m going to look for a bathroom.

Have any change

so I can get to the VA hospital?

Hold up.

- Be right with you, pal.

- What do you need?

- What"ve you got?

- What are you doing?

That"s all you"ve got.

Here, brother.

- Have three squares on me.

- This all you"ve got?

- How dare you do a thing like that!

- The guy"s hungry.

That"s for me to decide! That"s my money!

- You"ve got plenty. What"s the problem?

- I worked hard for it, damn it!

You couldn"t carry something smaller?

Why do you carry hundreds? Status?

No! Emergency.

- This was an emergency.

- But it wasn"t my emergency.

It"s that attitude that keeps half the people

in this world starving.

I don"t see you feeding the poor!

What did you just see?

You"re such a jackass!

Am I?

Mattie?

Mattie Carlson? My God!

- Mattie?

- L"ve got to talk to you.

When I left my job here,

I owed this guy a lot of money.

Hi.

You won"t believe who"s here!

It"s Mad Mattie Carlson!

- Can you wait in the car? Could get ugly.

- Don"t tell me.

I must talk to you.

You were a hairdresser?

You don"t get a lot of choice

in the relocation game.

I can"t believe it!

Raun is gonna sh*t! He"s gonna die!

I can"t believe it!

Can"t say hi to an old friend?

Cat got your tongue?

Say something!

Hi, Scotty.

Hiya, babe.

I can"t believe you came back!

- How are you?

- Great.

I like the...

That? It"s just dirty. I had to tie it up.

- Gorgeous.

- Who"s this?

This is my sister.

Hi. Come on. Let"s go see Raun.

- He"s dying to see you!

- L"II bet he is.

Your brother is a genius! Michelangelo

of hair. L"m not exaggerating!

We lost half our clientele when he left.

He left on his lunch break.

Can you believe it?

Bread and butter!

- Silly girl.

- He always does my hair.

Are you coming back?

You"II have to pay Raun what you owe him.

- Raun, look who"s back.

- Hi, Raun.

Hello, Matthew.

l"II bet you"re surprised to see me.

You"ve lost weight. Your hair!

You look 10 years younger!

Cut the crap. You"ve been a bad boy.

I know. Mea culpa.

And sic semper tyrannis.

You"re so right. But l"ve come

to pay you back what I owe you.

Will wonders never cease?

- You still have my things, my address...

- Show me cash, l"II show you the book.

Could you hang on a minute?

- This is funny to you?

- Yes.

I need $2,000 cash.

Isn"t it nice one of us

became a materialistic being?

- Can you help me, please?

- What"s in it for me?

If I get the book, I can get to Lou Baird

and pay you back quicker.

If I don"t get the book,

you might be stuck with me.

How"s that?

Who do I make the check out to?

l"m supposed to believe

your check is good? I want cash!

- The bank"s over there.

- L"II get the book?

We"II discuss it when I see cash.

And then l"II want an apology.

Then you can do my hair.

- Why mess with pertection?

- Rick, it"s only fair!

- Who is this?

- His sister.

- She called him Rick.

- I called him sick.

He is sick!

Cash. Apology. Hair.

In that order. L"II be waiting.

Driver"s license and three IDs.

Credit cards do?

Break.

Where"d he go?

- Stall them.

- L"m not stalling them.

Sir?

- What"s going on? Can you step on it?

- Certainly.

Right.

Take what you want.

- What are you doing?

- L"m going as fast as I can.

- Here.

- You"ve got the wrong idea.

Freeze!

Don"t move!

Put your arms up.

Down on the floor!

- My credit cards!

- Forget about the credit cards!

Just let me get my gold card.

Please? Just let me...

Stay down or the girl gets it!

- My purse!

- Come here!

- What"s going on?

- Step across the street, please.

Sure.

l"m not going with you!

You"ve got no choice. They"re after you,

too, and it"s not just the cops.

What am I supposed to do?

Spend my life running like you?

Well, it"s up to you.

We"re dead if they catch us.

Now hop aboard or say good-bye.

Come on.

So long, tough guy.

So long.

What are you doing?

This is the car. Lieberman?

Cover the rear. Take McCurrin with you.

Check out everything.

Yes, sir, I got it.

- Cover all the stores.

- Right.

- Get this towed out of here.

- Yes, sir.

Cover all the stores.

What the hell am I doing?

Hop on!

- What are you doing here?

- I missed you.

- You okay?

- Why are we going back?

I forgot something.

Raun wants to play!

- What is this? Butch on wheels?

- Here"s your cash. Give me the book.

It"s more than you need.

Give me the book!

Take me with you!

- This town needs you.

- Cut the crap. Let"s get out of here.

That ought to be enough

to cover the damages.

What damages?

Sh*t.

Hang on.

Look out!

I have the suspect in sight

and I am in pursuit.

Hang on.

Get out of the way!

I'm following suspect. I am in pursuit.

Watch out!

I almost have them. I am in pursuit.

What are you doing

with your face in my sidewalk?

I am no longer in pursuit.

- Can you step on it? I'm in a hurry.

- I'm going as quickly as I can!

Everybody freeze! Nobody move!

Don't move. Put your hands up.

On the floor now!

Looks like she"s there of her own free will.

Look at this part.

Will you come here?

She tried to go back for the money

when her boyfriend wanted out.

He"s not her boyfriend. Can we

get that straight? I am her boyfriend.

She"s not a kidnap victim, so the FBI

is out of it. It"s up to local authorities.

Hi, Joe. This is Paul Bernhardt.

Joe Weyburn. He works here.

Any theories as to how to head them off?

He obviously used to work at this mall.

Maybe going back to a place

of employment is a pattern.

Without a record of previous employment,

we can only wait and see.

Keep on it.

Mr. Bernhardt.

"'Matthew Carlson, Raun"s of Racine."'

"'Jodie Turnbull, Muncie Farms."'

Yeah!

Tell him Rick Jarmin

needs to speak to him.

I need to. It"s urgent, okay?

Jarmin. J-A-R-M-l-N.

Not till when?

Okay, thanks for...

Yeah. He"II remember me.

Believe me, he"II remember me.

Thanks again.

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