Guarding Tess Page #4

We'll take our cars. I'll sit out front.

- Let's load this stuff up.

- This is nuts.

You got a better idea?

- The gate's opening. You read me?

- I gotcha, Doug.

Copy that.

Okay, guys. We're rolling.

She's in the Town Car heading west.

Earl, pull over.

What are you doing?

Let's talk.

I took your advice. I did what you

wanted. Now leave me alone. Drive, Earl.

- Stay with the car.

- Yes, ma'am.

Mrs. Carlisle, I was just

on the phone to the president.

- Really?

- Yes, ma'am. He said you should let...

Get away from me.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes?

Barry.

Doug, this is Ralph. I'm goin ' off duty

right now. She hasn't been out all day.

By the way, Frederick said Mrs.

Carlisles son is flying in tomorrow.

That 's about it from here.

Later.

Barry! Oh, hello, my darling!

Hi, Mom.

You look so wonderful.

- I missed you.

- Bring in his luggage.

- It's okay. He'll get it.

- Come. Tell me all about your life.

This thing is the best project

that I've seen in years, of its nature.

Here.

What we're talking about...

is 125 detached and semi-detached

retirement villas...

starting from a $125,000

Venice studio layout...

going all the way up to the Tuscany

four-bedroom plan, starting at $799,000.

And at least half of the villas

have a view...

of the nine-hole golf course

designed by Taylor Frye.

The whole project's primo, Mom.

It's first-class the whole way.

The only problem...

And I don't think of it as a problem.

I think of it more like an opportunity.

You know what I mean?

Some of the management

at Top Line Properties got burned...

in the S& L mess

a couple years ago.

So what we're looking to do now

is show people that we are rock solid.

One of the ways of doin g that

is getting people of your stature...

to endorse the project.

All we would need

would be a letter.

Something for the brochure,

saying you think the project's...

a good one for older people looking

for a sun-and-recreation-type lifestyle.

Only downside is, the bank's

being tightfisted in Phoenix...

'cause they made

those stupid loans.

We've got to show people

that they can trust...

the Hacienda Palms concept

down the line.

What?

I said, "No."

Sh*t!

Joy to the world

The Lord is come

Joy to the world

The Lord is come

Let Earth receive her King

Let Every heart

Prepare Him room

And heaven and nature sing

This is the kind of mandate President

Carlisle wanted from this convention.

This is, for all intents and purposes,

a coronation rather than a nomination.

Jim Carlisle is going to get

everything he wants from the delegates.

They seem ready to

follow him into the...

Their stay at their home

in Summersville.

The two met at nearby Denison College

and fell in love as undergraduates.

Interestingly enough, Tess Carlisle

was the class president...

and Jim Carlisle was the lazy, lacrosse-

playing student with a C average.

Later, in the Rose Garden, the president

put aside his congressional woes...

by welcoming these Girl Scouts

to the White House.

They...

Special news bulletin. The president

suffered a massive heart attack...

WE are now looking

at the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

and, of course, in the front row,

there is the presidents daughter,

Theresa. And her husband.

They have two children

and live in New York City.

On the other side of Mrs. Carlisle,

the presidents son, Barry...

now a very successful businessman

in the state of Arizona.

A very sad, sad day.

Oh. God!

Oh, ow!

You scared me to death!

You sneak ed up on me.

I did no such thing.

- Yes, you did.

- I did not.

Where'd you come from?

I came from that gate,

and I intend to go back the same way.

Mrs. Carlisle? Wait, please.

Look, I was wrong.

- About a lot of things.

- Yes, ma'am.

But I was really wrong

about you refusing protection.

That's the one thing

you were right about.

You suppose the average taxpayer has any

idea how much money is being spent...

to guard all these old political

has-beens and their wives?

- I don't know.

- My God, it's an outrage.

- Yes.

- The cars and the manpower.

- It makes me sick.

- Listen...

Just like e Washington

to spend money like that.

- Can we please talk for one second?

- Just like Washington.

- About what?

- The detail coming back in.

You came out here to ask me something.

What was that about?

Well, I was wondering

if you'd like to have a cup of coffee.

Oh.

Coffee keeps me awake, Doug. Even decaf.

I'd like to have a drink.

I take a drink occasionally.

Not often.

Did you know that?

No, ma'am.

Well, I do.

If I located a bottle,

would you join me in a highball?

Yes, ma'am.

Ah, you're such

a wild and crazy thing.

Well, my daughter

and I barely speak.

Unfortunately, I don't have a

much-improved relationship with my son.

I don't blame them.

The children got screwed.

We got the Governor's Mansion

and the Senate...

the White House.

They got this very

peculiar childhood.

I say, we...

Jim and I

were truly partners.

You must have known, in the White House,

how much he depended on me. Didn't you?

Yes, ma'am.

That was

pretty common knowledge.

You must have known about

my husband's occasional indiscretions.

Didn't think I knew about it,

did you?

Well, did you?

Nobody thought I knew about it,

did they?

Well, let's just keep that

our little secret.

Yes, ma'am.

You can count on me.

I know that.

Douglas, we're getting

out of here.

Ive talked about myself enough

for one night. Let's talk about you.

- Me?

- Mm-hmm.

Oh, well, there's

nothing much to say, ma'am.

Come on, Douglas.

Of course there is.

For in stance, what's it like guar ding

that crazy old b*tch, Tess Carlisle?

- Mrs. Carlisle, please.

- It must get pretty screwy.

She lives like a hermit

and plays golf in the snow.

I. Um...

Just the rudimentary facts.

Family. Start there.

Family?

My father is a retired cop.

My mother was a millinery buyer

for a small department store.

Married once, for seven months.

- Come on, Douglas.

- You look ed into my records.

My husband told me.

I do not look into people's records.

Well, was it painful

or a fling?

Everybody seemed to know

what she was like except me.

I'm sorry.

I don't like people knowing about it

because it's embarrassing to me...

that I was married

for such a short time.

You can count on me,

Secret Agent Douglas Chesnic.

Special Secret Agent in Charge

Douglas Chesnic.

Well, congratulations,

Special Agent Douglas.

Well, congratulations,

Special Agent Douglas.

You've been a naughty boy,

but now all is forgiven.

How'd you talk your way

back in here?

Well, Earl, the simple answer is,

she likes me.

- Jimmy, ham and eggs, I think.

- Yes, ma'am.

Good morning, gentlemen.

Good morning, Mrs. Carlisle.

The president is coming to Summersville.

We must prepare for that.

Will you have the cars and the

machine gun s ready in about an hour?

Yes, ma'am.

Good. Thank you.

Frederick, perhaps some sit-ups.

Well, I think it's

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