Cry of the Owl Page #3

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Goddammit. Did you see that?

That was a hell of strike, Chris!

Bastard.

the f***er does that.

He's got such a stupid way

of throwing the ball, too.

How did you know I was here?

Oh, well, I called your office and

I'd just missed you.

Somebody told

me that you'd be here.

- I hope you don't mind.

- No.

It's just...

Greg's been saying some things

about you to some of our friends.

Like what?

Like... like you won't leave me alone.

Like you're dangerous...

and that you've been stalking me.

And that we met because you were

hanging outside of my house.

You told him?

No. I didn't tell him anything.

I swear.

That's a pretty big f***ing

coincidence, don't you think?

I always had this feeling that somebody

was hanging outside of my house...

and so did he.

That's all that he's going on.

I didn't tell him,

I wouldn't tell anyone.

Great.

That's just f***ing great.

I'm just gonna see if he's free yet.

I'm going to put you on hold, alright?

Just hang on a second.

Hello?

Oh sh*t. Sorry.

Hello?

It's her again.

Oh, sh*t.

Just tell her I'm

in a meeting, would you Jack?

- Again?

- Come on, man.

Okay.

Hello? Miss Thierolf?

Yeah, he's in another meeting

I'm afraid.

Yeah, it's really busy here today.

Back to back.

I'll tell him you called.

Alright. Bye-bye.

I'm sorry, man.

You got locked out, huh?

Come on.

Hey there, Sam!

Real friendly guy, huh?

'Course, his wife died last year,

so he turned real sour, you know?

You don't have to be rude about

it though. It's not my fault she died.

So, "Under the tree, there's the key".

I make these little rhymes up

to remember things, you know?

Like my wife's birthday.

Could never remember it...

but I got this one.

"I see a bird and I remember,

it's gotta be the third of September".

I made that up, so.

"Remember" also rhymes

with November and December.

Yeah, it does.

But her birthday's September,

so that doesn't work, so...

- Okay, so you're in.

- Thanks, Mr Kolbe.

I don't think we should really

see each other anymore.

I'm not somebody that you want

to be around.

I had a very bad breakdown last year,

and I guess...

I understand.

I thought that I was...

gonna kill my wife.

But you didn't.

Look, you're not listening to me.

Right? I'm terrified.

I'm terrified one day I'm gonna

wake up...

and I'm gonna look in the mirror,

and I'm not gonna know who I am anymore.

Nothing you say will frighten

me, Robert. I can help you.

This was meant to be. It was.

The way that we met.

I know it was.

Come on.

"This was meant to be".

I mean, it's bullshit!

Do you really believe that crap?

Look, I'm leaving anyway.

I just got a promotion,

so I'm moving to Philadelphia.

- I love you Robert.

- What?

I know that you feel something for me.

The way that you look at me, I...

I can see it in your eyes.

I came by your house because

I enjoyed watching you happy...

with someone else.

Someone else, okay?

Not me.

I... yeah.

Sh*t.

Hey, no look.

No, wait, hey, no wait...

You dirty son of a b*tch!

God.

Come here you...

I'm sorry, I know that I...

Oh my God!

What happened to your face?

Nothing. Greg just

tried to kill me, that's all.

What? What happened?

What happened? I was

driving along in my car...

he cames by me in his truck,

nearly runs me off the road.

Then I get out, I try to talk to him,

he tries to take my f***ing head off.

I mean we're fighting like something

out of a f***ing cowboy movie.

I throw one lucky punch, I knock him

out, he ends up face down in the river.

Don't ask me why I went in to get him,

because I was f***ing furious.

I wanted to drown the bastard.

Oh my God, Robert, I'm so sorry.

I feel like it's my fault.

But I...

I should have known that

this was going to happen.

God, I hate him.

Don't hate him.

He's just thinks that

he's protecting you.

Yeah, well, I hope I never

see him again.

I've been thinking about Philadelphia.

I'm gonna come with you.

Well I...

You do know that's not gonna happen,

don't you? I'm going on my own.

Could I sleep here tonight?

Please, I...

Just for tonight.

It's just that... Greg has been coming

by my place and I just...

I've been feeling

so miserable at home.

Okay, you can.

I mean, I sleep on the couch.

You can take my bed,

I sleep on the couch.

No, I wanna sleep on the couch.

Okay, if you want.

I'll go get you some blankets.

I won't bother you any more after

this Robert. I mean it.

Jenny, what are you doing?

- No, no, Jenny...

- Please don't push me away.

No, no, Jenny, no.

It's not gonna happen.

Jenny, please don't cry.

I'm sorry.

Good morning!

Are you hungry?

I'm making blueberry pancakes.

- Lf I were on Death Row...

- Death Row?

Yeah, if I were on Death Row, I'd want

my last meal to be blueberry pancakes.

What would yours be?

I don't know. I haven't really thought

about it that much, strangely enough.

Oh, come on, it's easy. You just

say what your favorite food is.

I'd probably have Chinese.

Yeah, Chinese.

But I don't think there'd

be much point...

in breaking the fortune

cookie on Death Row, huh?

You know, I was thinking

the other day that...

there's gonna come a point when we

experience everything for the last time.

I mean, I wonder what my last meal

is gonna be...

the last book I'll ever read,

the last song I'll ever hear.

You never think about these things?

I mean, I'm just saying it would be

quite nice to choose.

Because people on death row choose

their last meal, you think that's nice?

If you could choose,

what would your last song be?

Mine would be 'A Kiss To Build

A Dream On' by Louis Armstrong.

You?

I don't know.

Come on, you're not playing.

"Real Life",

Joan as Police Woman.

I gotta go, I'm very late.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

Sign here.

Well, that's that.

We're done.

I can't believe

I'm single again, can you?

Do you want to go

on a date with me?

Hey, Jenny.

Yeah, I just got out.

I'm a free man!

I can't believe it.

Why?

What's the problem?

What?

When you left him on the bank,

you say he was quite out of it?

How far away from the river was he?

Think around,

I'd say about four feet.

It was very dark,

so I can't say precisely...

Do you think he could

have fallen back in?

In the river?

No, I don't think so. No.

He started groaning, he was

coming back round...

that's why I ran, I was frightened that

he was going to come after me again.

But I, I don't think there is no way

he could have fallen back in the river.

Now. You say you just broke

up with Greg?

Well, clearly he was upset

about that, right?

It's just that, if he didn't

fall back in...

then the only other

thing I can think of is...

well, Crystal River is pretty

notorious for suicides.

Suicide? Greg?

No. No. There's no way.

We used to have arguments about

that all the time. I'm sorry.

He used to say that people who killed

themselves are weak...

but I think it takes guts.

No. There's no way

that Greg would do that.

Have you called around everyone

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