Frozen Kiss Page #3

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any injuries.

All I heard was that

they're stuck in a ditch.

Well, go pull her out.

N- you know, the sheriff's on it.

I... I... I... I was

on my way home.

I just thought maybe you'd like to know.

Well, Larry, why can't

you just go pull her out?

Because. I've been working

since seven o'clock this morning.

I'm exhausted.

I'm gonna go home and

get a little bit of shut eye.

Oh, on a night like this?

Bull.

You're not gonna go to sleep.

There's too much business out there.

You know, sheriff's on it.

I'm- I'm on my way home.

I just thought you might want to know.

You're gonna leave my daughter stuck in

a ditch to get back at me?

Oh, since when do you care

about your daughter?

Since when do you care about anybody?

I care about a lot of people.

Fact, there's just one person

I don't care about.

Always a pleasure, Gayle.

Some tow truck driver.

Dear God, please keep Shelley safe.

Please.

Not without protection.

I don't want to get pregnant,

stuck in this town forever.

Are you sure you got

the location correct?

Because I've been up and down Montpelier

two times already.

I'm not seeing any stranded white jeep.

You wanna get some more guys on this?

Yeah, I think we better, yeah.

Wanna hit this?

Don't mind if I do.

Yeah.

It's kind of weird that

he hasn't come home yet.

I hope he's dead.

Oh, you don't hope that

No, I don't.

But you know what,

I don't really love him anymore.

If you woulda asked me that a month ago,

I would have said yeah.

But not now.

I started seeing someone else.

Who?

This guy. He really loves me, too.

You want to see a picture of him?

He is ugly.

He is, isn't he?

Nine-one-one emergency.

Hey, yeah.

This is, uh, this is Ryan Dunbar,

the guy who's stranded?

I know who you are.

We've got people out there

looking everywhere for you.

Well, what's the hold up?

We can't find you.

Are you sure you gave us

the correct location?

What's she saying?

Uh, yeah- yeah.

Wait, what's she saying?

Pretty sure.

They said they can't find us.

Well then, let's just walk.

It's not that far.

Wait, Ryan, did I hear her say

something about walking?

Yeah. Yeah.

Well, that's a very bad idea.

It's five below right now.

- Doesn't feel that cold.

- Well, it is.

And I'm not even adding

in the wind chill.

You- you got your heater running, right?

Yeah- yes. It's on.

And you got plenty of gas?

Full tank.

Then just sit tight.

We're gonna find you, you know.

Don't worry about it.

I wish I... I wish I could fall asleep,

and wake up in my own bed.

You can fall asleep on my shoulder

if you want.

No, it's not gonna happen.

I can't sleep right now.

My god. Bruce, how long has it been?

A long time.

You're working for the sheriff,

what do you know about that.

Yeah, well, it's been interesting.

Do you mind if I come in?

Oh, of course.

Uh, you're catching me

at kind of a weird...

Yeah, I know.

I've been out looking for her,

saw your lights on,

thought I'd come by and see

if you knew where she might be.

Me? Oh, she doesn't call me.

You know, she stops by once a day

to bring me groceries,

or help around the house,

but she doesn't call unless she has to.

She doesn't really take my calls, either.

You know,

I honestly think you were pretty lucky,

not ending up marrying her.

Well, I don't know about that.

I do. You know about Keith, don't you?

Blew his brains out. About a month ago.

She'd already dumped him for that

criminal she's running around with.

Uh, you mean Ryan?

You know about him?

Yeah. My mom filled me in.

I thought Ryan got married?

He did. He did.

He left his wife and baby last summer,

moved in with some drug addict friend of

his who lives out near the flats.

They've both had run ins with the law.

I had Lynn pull Ryan's record,

and... DUl, bar fight, nothing major.

I didn't raise Shelley to run around

with somebody like that.

But oh, no, she loves him to death.

She didn't even come to her senses after

Keith killed himself.

Oh, she was always selfish like that.

She wasn't selfish, Gayle.

Like hell. You remember what happened

the night of my accident?

I mean, I'm almost dead in a car wreck,

my spine and my legs are crushed,

and they- they ask me

who should they call,

and I said of course call my daughter.

And they call her,

and she didn't show up at the hospital

until nine or ten the next morning.

I mean, my god,

her own mother, almost dead,

and she can't even be bothered to

show up at the hospital?

That's not true.

I was with Shelley that night.

And I drove her to the hospital.

They wouldn't let her in to see you.

We both stayed up all night waiting for

you to get out of surgery.

It had been me,

and Shelley had been in an accident,

they would have had to hold me down

to keep me from seeing her.

She wasn't even that upset

when I did see her.

Come on, mom. Gotta eat something.

We're gonna go to therapy.

Oh, what's the point?

It's not like I'm ever gonna walk again.

That's not true.

You just... you gotta

have the right attitude.

Hon, I'm still gonna be handicapped.

I mean, how am I supposed to

take care of myself?

I wish your grandmother was still alive.

And Larry, he's no good.

That's not true. Larry loves you.

You should marry Larry.

He's not gonna marry me.

Not now. And you.

You're gonna run off to college in

a few months and forget all about me.

I'm not gonna run off to college, mom.

If you need me, I'm gonna be here.

Just- don't guilt me into it.

Guilt? Sweetie, I'm not trying to guilt

you into anything.

Well, you know Shelley.

She had a lot of plans.

I guess that's part of the reason

why she broke up with me.

I wasn't ambitious enough.

That's funny, you're the one

that ended up leaving.

Well, I'm back now.

And to tell you the truth,

she's a big part of the reason why.

I guess I was kind of hoping

that one way or another

we'd find our way back to each other.

You know, I think you could.

You're a deputy now.

I mean, you, uh,

figure out how to put away this Ryan

and I think there could be a little hope.

Horizon Unlimited,

can I have the name and phone number

you're calling from please?

This is the Delmore County Sheriff's

dept in Meadville, California.

We have two people stranded in the snow

in sub freezing temperatures,

and we can't seem to locate them.

Stranded in what?

Snow. We got a blizzard here,

and I can't find these people,

and we wanted to see if there's some way

you could help us locate them.

They're calling from a number

we traced to your company.

Can you tell us which cell tower

their calls are coming from?

Ma'am, I'm sorry, but I can't give that

information over the phone.

But they're stuck.

They could be freezing to death.

And I understand that.

But we don't know for sure you are

who you say you are.

So you're going to half to talk to

someone in our legal department.

Could I please?

Well, first

you have to talk to my manager.

Whatever it takes.

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