Catch Me If You Can Page #9

to go see her son's wedding...

Your mother's married now,

to my friend Jack Barnes.

They have a house

in Long Island.

I had an FBI agent come see me.

You got their number, son.

The guy looked scared.

The United states government,

champ, running for the hills.

Pow! To the moon!

Dad... it's over.

I'm going to stop now.

But y-you've...

They're never going

to catch you, Frank.

- Dad, she wouldn't do that.

- Why won't you sit down?

- Why would she do that to you?

- Come on, sit.

Come on, sit with me.

Have a drink.

I'm your father.

Then ask me to stop.

Then ask me to stop.

You can't stop.

Where are you going?

Come on, Frank,

where are you going?

Where are you going?

Where are you going tonight?

someplace exotic?

Where are you going tonight?

Tahiti, Hawaii?

This is Hanratty.

Hello, Carl.

Merry Christmas.

How are you, Dr. Conners?

Carl, I haven't been Dr. Conners

for months now.

Well... I'm sitting here

in my office on Christmas Eve.

What do you want?

Okay.

I want it to be over.

Uh... I want it to be over.

I'm getting married.

You know, I'm settling down.

You've stolen almost $4 million.

You think we can just

call that a wedding present?

Nah, this isn't something you

get to walk away from, Frank.

I want to call a truce.

No truce.

You will be caught,

you will go to prison.

Where did you think

this was going?

Please leave me alone, Carl.

Please?

I'm getting close, aren't I?

You're scared because

I'm getting close.

I know you... you rented

that car in shreveport

and you stayed in that hotel

on Lake Charles.

You want to run, be my guest.

Your checks don't lie

as well as you do.

stop chasing me.

I can't stop.

It's my job.

It's okay, Carl.

I just thought I'd ask,

you know?

Hey. Merry Christmas, huh?

I love my job.

All right...

let's get every newspaper

we can

every newspaper in Louisiana

for the last two months.

What are we looking for?

Engagement announcements,

name of Conners.

Conners?! Come on, Carl,

the kid would've

changed his name by now.

Mm-mm. He can't change it.

she thinks he's Conners.

If he loses the name,

he loses the girl.

I can't give you anything

But love, baby

That's the only thing

I have plenty of

Baby

Dreamin' a while,

schemin' a while...

- Congratulations.

- You having a good time?

...You're sure to find

- Happiness, and I guess

- Keep dancing, huh?

All those things

you've always pined for...

- Oh.

- Hi.

Oh, me too. Thank you.

I'm going to, uh,

the little boys' room.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Hurry back.

Good evening.

I'm Agent Hanratty

with the FBI.

We'd like to have

a few quiet words

with your host, if possible.

I'll get him.

Right over there, sir.

- Hi, Roger. How are you?

- Hi, Vin.

Good evening, gentlemen.

I'm Roger strong.

Carl Hanratty, FBI.

This is Agents Amdursky and Fox.

sorry to crash your party, sir.

Not at all.

What can I do for you?

If it's not too much trouble,

I'd like to meet the groom.

Is there a problem?

- Frank! Frank!

Can you hold all these?

Yeah. Come here.

They're checks.

They're from my dad's friends.

They're for us, so we can

start a new life... Hey!

What are you doing?

What's wrong?

We have to leave.

What?!

Brenda, you love me, right?

Yes.

I mean, you'd love me

no matter what.

Yes.

I mean, you'd love me

whether I was sick

or whether I was poor

or even if I had

a different name.

Frank, where'd you get

all that money?

Brenda, listen. A name, right?

A name, it doesn't matter.

My name is Frank Conners, right?

- That's who I am with you.

- Yes.

But-but we all have secrets.

You know,

sometimes when I travel

I use the name Frank Taylor.

That-That's my secret.

- Frank Taylor?!

- Yeah, Frank Taylor, you know?

- Frank Black.

- Frank Black?!

Yeah, it doesn't matter.

Why are you saying all this?

Brenda... Brenda, I don't want

to lie to you anymore.

All right? I'm not a doctor.

I never went to medical school.

I'm not a lawyer or a Harvard

graduate or a Lutheran.

Brenda, I ran away from home

a year and a half ago

when I was 16.

Frank...

Frank?

You're not a Lutheran?

Brenda... you see

all this money?

You see all this money?

I have more.

I have plenty more.

I have enough money

to last us

for the rest of our lives

- Look.

Frank, stop teasing me.

You're Frank Conners.

You're Frank Conners,

and you're 2:
years old and...

Brenda...

Why would you lie to me?

- Brenda, Brenda...

- I want to know your name.

- Listen to me, Brenda.

- Tell me your name.

We can live anywhere we want

but you have to trust me,

Brenda.

- Do you trust me?

- Yes.

- Do you love me, Brenda?

- Yes.

- You love me?

- I love you.

Excuse me, Mother.

Honey, this is Mr. Hanratty.

My wife Carol.

- Oh, Mister...?

- Hanratty, ma'am.

- Ratty.

- Yes.

Have you seen Frank or Brenda?

I-I think they went upstairs.

Frank...

:

Brenda, come here.

Okay, in two days,

you're going to meet me

at Miami International

Airport, all right?

You're going to leave the house

after your parents go to sleep.

You're going to take a taxicab.

You give the taxi driver

this money right here

and you tell him to drive

all through the night.

Brenda, you're going

to leave at 10:
00am.

- 10:
00am, all right?

- But...

I never stop

Till I get to the top...

Which room, sir?

In the corner.

You have to listen to me,

all right?

The International Terminal

in Miami, all right? Say it.

Okay, the International

Terminal in Miami.

- No matter what...

- No matter what...

- You're going to take a taxicab.

- I will take a taxi.

You're going to be there

at 10:
00am.

I will be there at 10:00am,

no matter what.

- In two days.

- Two days.

Two days, Brenda. Two days.

In two days, I'll be there

no matter what, at 10:00am.

You're not going

to tell anyone, Brenda.

You have to promise me, now.

Frank, please!

Before you go,

please tell me your name.

Please, tell me.

Frank William Abagnale Jr.

National Airlines

flight number 27, serving

Fort Myers, sarasota, Tampa

and New York Kennedy,

is now available at gate n...

skycap, Gate 14.

skycap, Gate 14.

Taxi!

Your attention...

Brenda.

This guy's a no-show.

He must've got wise to us.

Maybe he was tipped.

If he's not here today,

he'll be tomorrow.

We'll get him before

he leaves the country.

He doesn't have a passport.

For the last six months, he's

gone to Harvard and Berkeley.

I'm betting he can get

a passport.

so we have all our men

waiting for him here

in Miami International.

He's used it before.

He knows the layout.

I talked to Miami police;

they've offered us

in two shifts of 25.

With our guys, that's almost

Don't you think

we should spread it around?

No, no, this is the exit point.

Well, how do you know

he hasn't rented a car

and driven to airports

in New York, Atlanta?

Because I'm not in New York.

I'm not in Atlanta.

Yes, this is, uh, Frank Roberts

and I'm letting

all the universities

in the area know

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