Blow Out Page #6

in the bottom of the creek?

Listen. The guy's drivin' along

and all of sudden he has a blowout.

It wasn't a blowout, Manny.

Somebody shot out the tyre.

What are you talkin' about?

How do you know that?

I know. I just know.

- Now, who was it?

- It was nobody.

Come on, Manny. Just level with me.

All right. This nut, he calls me

a couple of weeks ago

and he says he's workin'

for some candidate.

Some candidate that's interested

in gettin' McRyan out of the race.

Sounds like a normal Joe, right?

He says he's heard about our fine

divorce work and offers me six grand.

Six? You told me three.

Yeah, well... three before and three after.

So when were you gonna

tell me about the three after?

After I collected it. When do you think?

Yeah. Sure.

Hey. What's the matter with you?

You think I'm pulling your leg?

You don't believe me?

Listen. How was I gonna be sure

that this guy was gonna come through?

I mean, six grand-that's a lotta money

for this kind of a job, huh?

- I'd say he got his money's worth.

- He wasn't supposed to die.

He wasn't even supposed to get hurt.

That was an accident.

I figured it out later.

This nut's idea was to shoot out the tyre

of McRyan's car, cause a little crackup.

- The police come, pull him outta the car...

- With me?

Yeah, yeah, with you.

And I'd get it all on film.

Some little crackup!

He wasn't supposed to die!

That was an accident!

How many times I gotta tell you that?

Manny, we got him killed.

Oh, hey, wait. We?

What do you mean, we, huh?

We didn't do nothin'.

I was in the woods, you were in the car.

I didn't shoot out no tyre. Neither did you.

So, please, don't give me

none of this conscience sh*t, huh?

Besides, nobody is exactly cryin'

over the way things turned out.

What would've happened

if the guy had lived?

His career was finished, thanks to us.

This way the guy comes out ahead.

He's a saint, a martyr. Christ,

they passed one of his bills this morning.

You're a pig, Manny.

- And I'm a pig too.

- What the hell is with this "pig" sh*t?

We gotta tell the truth before the books

are closed and the loose ends are cut off.

What are you talkin' about?

McRyan was murdered

and everybody should know that.

Are you crazy? We got him killed.

Do you wanna go to jail?

Yeah, but I was in the car

and you were in the woods.

You think anybody is gonna believe that?

I don't know but I gotta do somethin'.

Yeah, like just keep your mouth shut

and take the money.

Hey, babe! This is the biggest thing

since the Zapruder film.

- I don't care.

- It's bigger!

This is history we got here, girl!

This is gonna be a goddam fortune.

It's gonna be in every newspaper.

It's gonna be in every magazine.

It's gonna be on the f***in'

six o'clock news.

They're gonna build TV specials

around this thing.

And they're gonna ask

a goddam fortune for it.

Hey. Don't you understand,

sweetheart? We're set.

I don't care. I don't want any part of

this thing. You can keep your three after.

Hey, don't be such a dope, huh?

Money's money.

We sound like a couple of vultures.

Pigs, vultures... You swallow

a whole box of animal crackers?

I need a drink, Manny.

Come on, give me a drink.

- Yeah, sure I'll get us a drink.

- Just give me the bottle.

Hey, now you're thinkin', babe.

- We'll go over to Atlantic City maybe.

- I don't like Atlantic City.

- No? I'll show you around.

- Stop. Come on.

- We'll have a lot of good times.

- Manny, stop!

- We'll have a lotta laughs.

- Please, Manny, don't. Don't do this.

Manny, please! Please!

Relax, baby.

Fantastic! Ah.

Great.

- Well? Now what?

- You're great.

I'm gonna call that TV guy.

We're gonna get it on the air.

- Can I make you somethin' to eat?

- Yeah, fine.

- How about some cornflakes?

- Anything.

Frank Donahue, please. It's Jack Terry.

- Yeah?

- Jack Terry calling.

- Mr Donahue?

- Jack. Yeah.

I've changed my mind.

I want you to hear that tape.

I've also got Karp's film. If you run 'em

together, it's clear it wasn't an accident.

That's great, Jack. Look, I can't talk now.

Can I get back to you in 20 minutes?

I don't know why.

She wanted me to do it.

She asked for it.

She begged me for it, the b*tch!

I... I didn't wanna do it.

She made me do it.

You ask her. She'll tell you.

- OK. Where is she?

- I don't know. Somewhere.

In that big hole, near the Reading Market,

where they're buildin' somethin'.

But don't listen to her. She made me do it!

OK. Just tell me where you are.

Where...

Listen, Jack. You realise this won't mean

a thing unless you come on the air

and you say it's what you saw and heard?

- I'll say it's what I heard.

- OK. That's great.

Jack, what about that girl? She must

have heard it. Can we get her on?

No. She did, but don't involve her, OK?

- Why not?

- She's not exactly proud of what she did.

OK. No problem, Jack.

But could I at least talk to her?

- Well, that's up to her. I...

- OK. Look, I'll take care of that.

Jack, could you hold on just one second?

- Jack, when can I see this stuff?

- Uh, any time.

Great. Can I give you a call

this afternoon? Where can I reach you?

- I'll be home all day.

- OK. I'll call you then. So long.

- Oh, hi.

- I just spoke to Donahue.

- Who's he?

- A TV newsman. Does investigative news.

Oh, I don't watch the news.

- What?

- What's he wanna do?

- He said he'd put it on the air.

- He'd call later and set up a meeting.

- Great.

He also said he'd like me to go on TV

and say that it's what I saw and heard.

Said the tape wouldn't be

any good without it.

- But he'd also like you to go on too.

- Oh, no. I don't want any part of it.

Well, I know you don't,

but would you at least speak to him?

No, I don't want to.

Come on, Sally. They can't say

we're both hearing things.

If we get this out in the open,

there's no one that can hurt us.

All right, I'll think about it, OK?

At City Hall this morning, Chief Inspector

Mackey held a news conference.

He said a preliminary investigation

into Governor McRyan's death

revealed that he was the victim

of a freak accident.

- Bullshit!

- Also in the news

is the bizarre sex killing of Mary Robert,

a 22-year-old receptionist

from the Center City area.

Her body was found at 10am

in the Reading Terminal excavation site

after police received a tip

from an anonymous caller.

The girl had been strangled,

then repeatedly stabbed with a pointed

instrument across her stomach and groin.

The stab marks were

in the pattern of a Liberty Bell.

The police are at a loss

to explain this grotesque mutilation.

We asked forensic psychologist

Dr Joseph Fuchs

what connection there might be

between the bell-shaped wounds

and the upcoming

Liberty Day celebration.

- Hi. This is Sally.

- Hi, Sally. Frank Donahue here.

Yeah, you were supposed to call Jack.

It's the damnedest thing. I can't get Jack

on the phone to arrange a meeting.

His line's been busy

all day. So I thought I'd give you a ring.

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