Proof of Life Page #5

-What kind of payment?

-For Peter. A good faith payment.

-Good faith?

-We're getting a proof of life.

Who put this together?

How are you doing? l'm Terry Thorne.

What do you have here?

We got one, two, three guys with guns.

A shitload of money.

Holy snapping a**holes, look at this!

Tell them to put those guns down!

All right!

l asked you not to come in.

Maybe these ladies don't understand.

But you understand!

-l get this.

-You want to talk, come back later!

-Like when the money is gone?

-There you go.

Okay. All right.

That's what l'm doing.

l do this for a living. I do this all the time.

This is my job, you know?

You never buy a proof of life.

Bullshit! You don't know

what you're talking about.

You never pack money in your client's

house unless it's a f***ing emergency.

And you don't wave guns around people

you're trying to help.

Don't do that!

Put your gun down

or l'll blow your head off.

Now!

Just calm down.

Do it!

There you go.

What are you gonna do now, a**hole?

Alice.

Ask him to leave.

What?

Thank them very much for their help

and ask them to leave.

Me? You are telling me?

You're taking the case?

-Yes.

-Enough with this. Leave, now.

Mr. Fernandez...

...l'd like you to go.

-You heard Mrs. Bowman.

-l'm not going anywhere, pal.

You are. Now!

Can I make a suggestion?

Can hardly wait, can l?

l think you should calm down,

then look over there and meet my friend.

Arturo.

-Down. Put the f***ing thing down.

-l thought you'd gone legit.

Dino.

Yeah.

Let's go.

All right, you too. Right now!

Okay.

Let's get this all cleaned up.

When are you guys

gonna put those things away?

Have a cigarette, it might help.

Sandro's going around again.

Eliodoro is ready now.

We are the talk of the town.

-ls it complimentary?

-You'd be flattered.

-Where's Mrs. Bowman?

-Check the kitchen.

-Hey.

-Yeah?

That was fun?

Yeah.

Mrs. Bowman?

Alice?

Dino and Sandro

are taking the dummy bags into town.

Make it look good.

We'll keep the cash here.

l need to know, was there any kind

of plan? Was there a contact schedule?

No.

We're just waiting for another call.

l haven't cried since this started.

lt's just....

Hey, it's okay.

lt's just the tension. Finally, it just....

lt's okay.

Why are you doing this?

Nobody was going to take your case.

Nobody any good, anyway.

l know.

But you came back.

We have to do this my way, right?

We'll do it together,

but you've just got to....

Even if it gets tough.

You have to learn to trust me.

-'Morning.

-How are you?

We've been listening to this all night.

Estpido is right.

So, what are you doing here?

-Linda, you're smart, a good person.

-l have no family.

This is not your family.

They are my family.

-Let me be your family.

-No.

-They are my family.

-They're not your family.

Linda.

Please.

Just help me.

You can do it.

Help me.

-Who answered the phone?

-Maria.

l was in the shower.

-Janis stayed in case there are more calls.

-Where did they hide it?

Look for the Jesus with the purple robe.

Under the altar cloth.

-Did you get it?

-lt's good.

We got radio frequencies, times to call.

We're on for Wednesdays and Sundays.

l'd like five minutes alone with you,

without your gun.

l'd take your whole f***ing world apart

without breaking a sweat. Comprende?

l want my shirt, I want my spoon.

Aim that f***ing thing at me

one more time....

Show me how f***ing big you are!

l'll make you eat that goddamn rifle!

-He wants the family.

-Tell him to forget it.

We represent the family. Just do it.

Do it.

Put his wife on the radio right now,

or we forget the whole f***ing thing!

Who is this?

l saidl want to speak with the wife.

Who is this?

You can call me Tio. What's your name?

Callme Marco.

You're not making all the rules here.

We wanna work with you.

We want a proof of life

and we're not paying for it.

lf there's any good faith,

it can start with that.

Okay, Uncle Tio.

So you are the one in charge now?

That's right.

Good.

Then you willbe responsible

for the death ofPeter Bowman.

Do you understandme?

You are responsible!

-He's gone?

-Yeah.

lt's all right, just get used to it.

lt's the way it's done.

Goddamn it.

l've never seen you smoke.

l smoke when I play cards.

ls that supposed to be reassuring?

This is how it goes.

Okay?

They've come to us.

We've established radio contact.

This is all positive.

Who do you care about?

l told you you'd have to trust me,

and you said you could.

Dino says you have a 13-year-old son.

Yeah. Surprised?

What if it was him?

What if it was your son

up there in the mountains?

l would find somebody that I could trust

and I would do what they told me.

So, what's your son like?

He's quiet.

Smart, you know.

Seems to make good friends.

Good rugby player.

You know, I see him all done up...

...and I think, God, he's just at the end

of being a boy, and...

...l missed it.

Just haven't been there for him.

You know, truthfully...

...we really don't know each other.

When he talks to me

it's like he's on a parade ground.

So he's a soldier like his dad.

No. He wants to be a pilot

and get all the girls.

And his mother?

Now, there's the soldier.

l guess she'd have to be.

Do you know how an English

general's daughter gets back at Daddy?

She marries an Australian.

You never remarried?

l took up the veil, you know? This job.

You gotta have rhythm,

you start moving, and...

...it just takes over.

Name.

Peter Bowman.

Come.

You stay here.

What?

Quiet! Whisper!

You came today from the mountains?

l'm Kessler. Erich Kessler.

Peter Bowman.

You know my name? l'm a missionary.

You know something...

...perhaps, about my situation?

Some news?

No, I don't know.

Are you a hostage, too?

There's an ltalian.

Up the hill, at the farmhouse.

He came a week ago.

ls he your friend?

No, I was brought here alone.

What kind of camp is this?

Once it was only for drugs...

...to make cocaine at the river.

But now from the fighting...

...it's all for soldiers.

How long have you been here?

You need soap for your feet?

Maybe tomorrow, I can steal some.

How long have you been here?

Nineteen months.

They think l'm crazy.

Dover.

-Terry, l'm sorry.

-This is Alice Bowman.

Janis Goodman, Dover McLoon,

consulate officer.

l know we scheduled to meet today,

but something's come up.

-We've been waiting for an hour and a half.

-l know that.

l really want to hear about your progress.

l'm sympathetic, we all are, but...

-...we've got a situation.

-What kind of situation?

l really just think we have to reschedule.

He's sympathetic.

What the hell does that mean?

The ELT just let off three car bombs

around the city.

They've threatened the embassy.

lt's a mess. I gotta go issue a statement.

-That's okay, you stay safe.

-Thanks.

We need to clear out.

They've had a bomb threat.

-What's happening?

-Get in the car!

What's this?

-ls it from them?

-Don't open that.

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