Proof of Life Page #6

-lt's from them, isn't it?

-Open it!

Put your seat belts on,

we're going to the hotel.

-Just open it.

-Not here.

Okay, how about a nice big smile,

you skinny motherf***er.

Sh*t!

Close the door.

Take a seat.

Just open it. Please, just open it.

Come on. ls it a proof of life or not?

Give me a minute and take a seat.

lt is.

lt's a proof of life, isn't it?

Usually, I do this by myself, okay?

Just wait a minute.

There's things here

that they want us to see.

You never get a pretty picture, okay?

His feet.

He looks terrible.

What happened to his feet?

You said...

...that they knew he was valuable.

That they would take care of him.

What are you doing?

This is it, right?

The one he's holding in the picture?

-What, do you save all the papers?

-This is good news, okay?

l mean, this is good luck.

lt's what we've been waiting for.

We're in play.

All we have to do now

is start talking specifics.

Money.

l need to know exactly how much

l've got to work with.

You'll have to get back to Denver

and start putting this cash together.

We're gonna shoot for $600,000.

l'm hoping that's where we land.

Thank you.

Don't be a fool! Stop it!

Calm down!

lt's nothing!

You see up there...

...the farmhouse?

That's where they've got the ltalian.

On the other side, down the valley...

...that is where they make cocaine.

When you get home,

you'll want to talk about this. lt's normal.

l know. lt's not restaurant conversation.

lt's not for my friends,

it's not even for my kids.

-Right.

-Right.

Turn that scramble phone on,

test it out straight away.

lf it doesn't work,

l'll come up with something else.

You're doing great.

Thank you.

lt's not every soccer mom

who gets her own encrypted phone, right?

lt's a lot of money.

$600,000.

He's not even sure.

l know.

l know you've got the kids,

tuition, your mortgage.

l know all of it is impossible to ask.

But you're our only chance.

What if it's more?

l don't know.

But I swear, if it takes every day,

for the rest of my life, I will pay you back.

l will.

l'm sorry if l've been....

lt's just that l'm trying to get through this,

trying to be...

...strong.

He's lucky to have you.

Don't worry.

-What's that?

-The alarm.

When they ring the bell...

-...the army is crossing the river on a raid.

-Where are they going?

To protect their cocaine factories.

lt's becoming a war.

-What is it?

-Nothing.

What was that?

ELT sending a message.

lt's got nothing to do with us. Let's go.

$3 million is theprice for Peter Bowman.

That's a ridiculous figure.

This is not a businessman.

He's an engineer, here to construct a dam.

You're gonna have to come down

from $3 million.

Like this is a game.

We are saying concrete things...

...and you are having us

suck cock with this bullshit.

At $400,000...

...you're already over my limit.

So, what you need to do

is take that offer back and see if....

-What the hell are they bringing back?

-lt's a French helicopter.

How would you know that?

What the hell is that?

l've got very goodnews for you.

l've got another $50,000 for you.

$50,000 changes nothing!

lmight as well walk across the camp...

...go into his cell, andblow his brains out.

Alice.

He's nowhere near Peter.

How do you know?

That's a weather sheet from last Sunday.

When I was talking to him...

...it was raining and when it was

thundering, I heard it on the radio.

lt's not raining in the mountains,

and we know Peter's three days away.

That means that this guy is in this city.

Marco, if...

...you are near Peter Bowman,

go and get him and put him on the radio...

...so he can talk to his wife,

and we'll accept that as a proof of life.

Over.

Do you copy?

You must understand that you're dealing

with a single family here.

We know he works for

that oil company Octonal.

We know that Octonalis

the biggest oil company in the world.

Peter Bowman doesn't work for Octonal.

Peter Bowman was here, subcontracting....

-lt's her. Alice.

-Beautiful.

lasked for $3 million, I come down

to two. lt's an insult.

He's losing faith in the family,

and especially in the wife.

This is bullshit. You know him.

We can't be responsible

for what he may do to himself!

l think wejustput a bullet in his head

and sell you the body.

l couldn't listen anymore.

lt's all right.

You okay?

People say things happen for a reason.

You must get a lot of that, right?

l had a miscarriage eight months ago.

ln Africa.

lt wasn't anybody's fault.

lt wasn't Peter's fault.

Not like I didn't try to blame him, or...

...blame myself like I deserved it,

like there was a reason.

lf I could just figure it out.

l thought if I wasn't the one keeping

control, everything would fall apart.

And I thought that I could just...

...make it all happen.

The places we've been, like Thailand...

...Africa.

There's so much pain, you know.

You can't possibly make

any sense out of it.

You can't push it away, even if you're

paralyzed by it. What good are you? So...

...you let it go.

And now that you don't have control?

lt's like a faith.

Once you let go...

...everything becomes clear.

All the stupid, stupid sh*t

that I worried about.

Everything that I put her through.

lt's like, since the baby, l....

lt's like everything I learned along the way

somehow didn't apply to me, too.

You think I would have gotten

the message.

l gotta get through this.

l gotta get home.

Things don't happen for a reason.

They just...

...happen.

My daughter is buried in Africa.

Who can explain that?

What was her name?

Mali.

Mali Jasmine Bowman.

lt's a beautiful name.

Nobody ever asked me that.

Okay, Marco.

We've got $475,000.

That is not a goodnumber!

Marco, you've got to think about it.

lt is a good number. lt's the right number.

lt's the only number.

There is no company, no insurance.

All you're dealing with is the family.

This babble is bullshit.

They need to start thinking harder,

like around $2million...

...or they'llnever see him again.

We should close at $500,000.

We should look at $500,000.

You can forget it.

The family has worked very hard.

This is the complete net worth

and assets of this man's family.

lt's not possible.

lam trying, you understand?

lam working mypeople.

lam trying to make this happen.

But lneed something from you.

You give me nothing, nothing!

Marco, we got $600,000.

$600,000 changes nothing.

The maintenance alone for this brother

is more than you are offering.

lf that changes nothing...

...then you'll have to come up with

a number that does start to change things.

lfyou go to $650,000

l will take that back to mypeople.

You think you can get $650,000?

Right, Marco.

We're going to close it at $650,000.

Okay. I willgo to mypeople andl'll talk

to you again on Sunday night.

No. lt's all right. l'll be over here.

Peter.

-What are you doing?

-Be quiet!

-Are you crazy?

-Watch for me!

-What are you doing? lt's too dangerous.

-Give me your Bible.

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