Don't Say a Word Page #2

Dinner's over.

- How you doin', Tony? | - Good. Nice to see you, Doctor.

HeIIo?

This certainly Iooks Iike | the Conrad residence.

It smeIIs Iike the Conrad residence.

And it's definitely overheated, | Iike the Conrad residence.

But it doesn't sound | Iike the Conrad residence.

Hi, honey. I'm Iooking for a Iittle girl.

About four feet two, Iight brown hair.

Where did she go?

If I don't find that Iittle girl,

I'm gonna have to go downstairs | and find myseIf another Iittle girl.

I'II be back in ten minutes.

- Hi, Daddy. | - How are you?

- Look what I did in art class today. | - That's beautiful. Look at the colours.

- You've got such a unique vision. | - It's my vision, I swear.

- Aren't you supposed to be in bed? | - I can't sleep. I have mental problems.

- I see. What kind of mental problems? | - I'm highly neurotic.

- I think you've been in my study again. | - I needed the stapler.

- Go say good night to Mom. | - You're Iate.

- Good night, Mommy. | - Night, baby. You brush your teeth?

- Yeah. | - Can I smeII?

Delicious.

I'II put Monkey right over here | by you on that side.

And I'II put SaIIy over here | to keep you company.

You had a bad day.

- Why do you say that? | - Frown-face.

I have a "frown-face" because it's | after ten o'clock and you're stiII awake.

Where were you tonight?

I was working.

Why?

Because I was helping a young girl.

AII right. But that's gonna cost ya.

AII right. What's it gonna be?

One hug, two kisses.

You cut a tough deal. | OK, here's one hug.

And one kiss.

And two kisses.

WiII they put Bart Simpson in the parade?

They wiII put Bart Simpson | in the parade if you go to sleep right now.

OK. But I don't think they'II care | if I go to sleep or not.

- Good night, sweetheart. I Iove you. | - Love you too.

- Let me give you a hand, Detective. | - Thanks.

That's beautiful.

What exactly is beautiful?

- Your Ieather jacket. It's beautiful. | - Right.

- Did you read about the Manhattan Bridge? | - No.

It was built wrong. It moves ten feet.

- Syd Simon. | - I'II see you Iater.

- Detective Cassidy, what can I do for you? | - What do we got?

FIoater. Female, no ID.

She's maybe in her twenties.

SIoughing of her skin teIIs me | she's been in the water two, three days.

This time of year, | with the water cold, could be Ionger.

A couple to three days tops.

Her hands have been tied. | They recover any rope or anything?

They're stiII Iookin'.

Another body was found | a couple of days ago.

- Battery Park area? | - Yeah.

The victim was male, middle-aged. | Day before yesterday.

- I need preliminary findings by tonight. | - Dream on, Detective. I got cases piled up.

C'mon, Syd. I got plans for | Thanksgiving. Do me right, aII right?

- Tomorrow's the best I can do. | - Thank you.

First thing, though.

Cars have now been towed, | the roads plouphed to the pavements,

so the annual Turkey Trot, | the 8,000-metre race...

8,000-metre race? That doesn't sound ripht.

You can't be distracted.

Here you are, immobile,

totaIIy exposed,

and quite vulnerable.

I think you need a bath.

Guess what, sweetie. | I already had a bath today.

You did?

You didn't have Nathan Conrad's | fantastic special bath, did you?

- No. | - No, you didn't do that.

I didn't get that one yet.

Pretty hot. Not too hot, is it?

- No. It's nice. | - Good.

- We should keep it down. | - You're the one that makes the noise.

Prepare to die of delight.

Jessie, c'mon. Let's join the downhiII racer.

I heard that about the downhiII racer.

Honey, you were dreaming. | I didn't say anything.

- It was icy, you know? | - I know it was, baby.

- And very windy, too. | - It was a heII-ride.

- Good morning. | - Morning. You think she's stiII sleeping?

I don't know.

Jessie? Come on. | The parade's gonna start soon.

AII right. I'm gonna go there aII by myself.

See aII those floats alone.

Jessie, come on. Breakfast is getting cold.

Does she have a new hiding place | I don't know?

Probably. She's been running round | the house Iike a wildcat aII week.

Jessie. Get in here right now.

Eat it up before it gets cold.

Nathan? She wouldn't | go out on the balcony, right?

She's not there. She knows better than | to go outside without asking, doesn't she?

Jessie. Get in here right now.

- She Iost one of her socks. | - What?

- She's gone. | - What do you mean?

- Wait. Where is she? | - Somebody came in.

- No. She's in the haIIway... | - Somebody took her.

- Nobody took her, Nathan. | - Aggie, they cut the chain on the door.

What? Nathan, caII the police.

I can't get a dial tone. HeIIo?

Get off the Iine. This is an emergency. | Something's wrong with the phone.

- There is nothinp wronp with it, Nathan. | - This is an emergency.

Yeah, I know.

- Who is this? | - We have your dauphter.

- What? | - Who is it?

What's your worst fear, Nathan?

- My what? | - The fi rst shock can buckle the knees. True?

- Where is she? | - She's unharmed. I don't want to hurt her.

- Give it to me. | - I want somethinp from you.

- No. | - What?

Not until I talk to my daughter | and I know that she's OK.

Rule number one. You do not make demands. | You listen to whatl tellyou.

You caII me back | when I can talk to my daughter.

- What the heII were you doing? | - Aggie.

- Listen to me, Aggie. | - No. Are you crazy?

Aggie. I have to make sure she's aII right.

What if they don't caII back?

- HeIIo? | - Daddy?

- Jessie, are you OK, sweetie? | - Honey, have they hurt you?

No. Daddy, can I come home now? Daddy?

That was very brave, Nathan.

- TeII me how much money you want. | - I don't want your money.

Pick up your wife | before she breaks the other Ieg.

I'm fine.

What?

Nathan, what is it?

Don't close the curtains. I Iike the view.

Good. Now, on the bureau | by the door is a cellphone.

I know whatyou're thinkinp. Don't.

By the time you hit | the one in "911" Jessie will be dead.

Rule number two. Do not try to caII or signal | anyone. If you do, I wiII kiII your daughter.

Not because I want to, but because | those are the rules. Do you understand?

- Yes. | - What?

I can see you. I can hearyou.

Whereveryou po, you will be watched.

- What are they saying? | - lfyou want to see her alive,

don't say a word.

- Now, tell me you understand. | - I understand.

Good. You have a pro bono patient. | Her name is Elisabeth Burrows.

A very disturbed pirl.

She has a six-digit number in her head.

Locked away in her troubled mind. | She guards it with her Iife.

- What kind of number? | - That needn't concern you.

I need that number. You needyour dauphter | back. That is why this is happeninp.

You're a professional, Nathan. So am I.

If we do our jobs | to the best of our abilities,

by this time tomorrow it'll be like | we never even knew each other.

Now, po back to Bridpeview. Take the Rover.

No police, no detours. | And Nathan? Aggie wiII be fine.

Rule number three. | You have until 5pm today.

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