False Pretenses Page #2

case your honour.

Given the hundreds of thousands

of dollars involved,

the defendant is a serious

flight risk.

Your honour, my client

is a victim here,

like dozens of others who were

taken in by Mitchell Thompson's

fraudulent investment schemes.

As the court is aware, Mr.

Thompson has disappeared

along with millions of dollars,

but Randall Ackers is here

before you today, taking full

responsibility for his actions.

He's lost five-hundred thousand

dollars of his own money.

He's cooperating fully with the

district attorney and has

already signed over the deed to

his home as partial restitution.

Your honour, I can assure you my

client isn't going anywhere.

He can't afford to.

Bail is set for $150,000.

[ Gavel ]

The rug goes in the rental,

and the big screen TV

and all the other furniture goes

to the consignment house.

Be very careful.

[ Sigh ]

We're going to get through this.

It's only furniture.

Yeah.

I'm going to go do

a quick walk through.

Rand.

We will get through this.

Hmm?

Yeah.

Oh!

Oh, I'll take that. Thanks.

[ Gunshot ]

Rand?!

I know you, Diane.

You're not a quitter.

Laura, the Art gallery was

pretty much my last hope.

I guess it's time my folks found out that

their only daughter's an instant widow.

Broke, and apparently with

no marketable skills.

You haven't told them

about Rand?

I didn't have the heart to

tell them on the phone.

I thought it was better to tell

them in person.

Are you sure this thing will

make it California?

It's got to.

Please, take it.

Oh, Laura.

You're a true friend.

Thank you.

I will call you if

I need anything.

You're a survivor,

you know that?

Well, I hope so.

Your card, they declined

the charge.

Parts and labour $872.46.

Did you want to call them?

No. Do you take cheques?

No.

Okay, just give me a sec.

Mom? Hey.

It's good to hear your

voice too.

How's dad?

Oh God, really?

Will you tell him my fingers

are crossed for him?

Yeah.

No, oh no, nothing. I just...

well, nothing that

can't wait. I...

I just called to say I'll

see you soon.

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. Love you.

Bye. Bye.

Are you sure you can't

take a cheque.

Would you?

Whatever happened to that

friendly West Texas attitude?

The interstate,

Enron, Jerry Springer.

We can't work something out?

Pay what you owe and you're on your way.

It's as simple as that.

- And if I can't?

- The car just sits there.

Unless you can find it

in your heart

to trust somebody other than God

for a week or so until

I get the money to pay for you

parts and labour.

I swear, I won't leave town

until you've got every cent.

Please.

I swear.

Don't you make me sorry.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Hard to find good help these days,

especially when you need it.

Cerise, this here is

Dee Dee Martin.

Show her the ropes, okay?

Break her in easy please.

Hi. [ Cerise giggles ]

What? What's the matter?

First thing, get yourself out of that

fancy footwear and into some real shoes.

Ah! These are real shoes.

All right.

Second thing, just because I'm wearing

a name tag, don't make me stupid.

Eight hours hustling tables in

those toe jammers

and you'll be crippled for life,

and no way I'm working this

whole room my own self

because you fast talked old

"mush-for-brains"

into thinking that you'd ever

seen the back side

of a restaurant in your whole

please-and-thank-you life.

Cerise.

I really need this job,

just for a while.

So, if you could just please...

that'd be great.

Carry your own weight,

I got no cause.

I'm a quick study, you'll see.

All right, all right. Just save the

sorority girl stuff for the customers.

First break, hustle your butt on

down to the store,

get yourself some sneakers with

the thickest soles you can find.

Sorry. Oh! Pasta, pizza.

Pizza, pasta, sorry.

Tea.

That's right.

Okay.

[ Humming ]

[ Sigh ]

- Good morning, Dee Dee.

- Deputy.

Fernando. Everybody around

here calls me Nando.

Are you one of

Cerise's regulars?

Yeah, you know, I was feeling a

little bit adventurous today.

Oh, looking for something new

and different.

Well, I guess you'll need

one of these.

[ Whistling ]

Thanks.

I always thought Cerise was

the name of a colour.

Is there a reason a colour

can't be somebody's name?

No, of course not.

What kind of cutesy, college

girl name is Dee Dee anyhow?

Well, they didn't have

a Diane in that drawer.

He wouldn't shell out

for a new nametag?

I guess he wasn't sure I'd be

worth the investment.

Cheap bastard.

Right, left

and up from the bottom.

Anyways, it's cherry red with a

little burnt orange

to kick it up a notch.

Excuse me, what?

Cerise.

The colour of the sun just

before it sets.

My momma's favourite time of day.

We'd just...

just stop whatever we was

doing and just watch.

"That's you, Cerise."

"A blaze of summer glory."

Anyway, my summer glory just

turned 10 last month,

it's all I can do to keep her in

clean socks and out of trouble.

Whoa, this can't be right.

FICA, withholding,

group medical.

Where you been girl?

And we're supposed to live

on what's left?

Unless you got an offshore tax

shelter somewhere.

See, used to be you could live

of your hourly bank of tips,

but now Uncle Sam takes a piece

of that too.

But I've got car repairs.

And I got a daughter who needs

a laptop for school.

How do you do it?

Creativity.

Double coops.

There you go darling. Enjoy.

Yesterday's special.

Just because the Board of Health

won't let us serve leftovers

don't mean they got

to go to waste.

Deputy.

Nando. When are you going to start calling

me Nando like everybody else does?

Kind of late to be giving out

parking tickets, Nando.

I just want to make sure everybody gets

home safe, if that's okay with you.

Since this is such a

high crime area.

Listen, new in town does not

mean that a person

is not entitled to full

protection under the law.

New in town's just

passing through.

You know, you stand back far enough,

we're all just passing through, Dee Dee.

Look, let me get that for you.

You know we seem to have gotten off

on the wrong foot the other day,

and I was just hoping if...

maybe we could have

a fresh start?

You should know that

I'm newly single

and I plan to stay that way.

Okay, fair enough.

But if you change your mind, I mean

about me seeing you home sometime.

I'll keep that in mind.

Can I go?

[ She starts up the car ]

Oh hey there. I was about to think that

maybe you'd gone and left town on us.

We made a deal.

Oh, it wouldn't be

the first time.

It's not much, but I'll be

back next week.

It all adds up. Thank you.

Your beef, sir, and your

barbeque Miss Seagle,

with extra sauce,

the way you like it.

Ha-ha. You know the leading

cause of death my friend?

Getting out of bed

in the morning.

Sign right over there.

Thank you very much.

Oh, that's my pen. Thanks.

Hello? You need to send a cop

to "The Cash Cow" immediately.

Yes, it's an emergency.

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