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You know her?

Yea I'd try to be

nice to her at those parties.

You know, felt bad for her.

Why is that?

Well her mama seemed too

distracted, you know, to really

be a mama.

So you had contact with Halley?

No more than anybody

else at those parties.

What happens at those

racetrack parties?

Well Maddie would

invite everybody over.

Racers, staff, me. We'd sit

around listen to music, drink

beer. Nothing too wild.

Any boyfriends?

I try not to dabble too much,

but she didn't seem to have much

luck with the guys.

Some would say that

you two were a couple.

Yea, well, you know.

Off and on every now and again.

Right now I think I'd describe

us as being on a break.

Mind if we talk to Maddie?

No. Go right ahead.

PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES

[INDISTINCTIVE

CHATTER CAN BE HEARD]

PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES

Moving?

DUNCAN:

Wish I was.

Somewhere we're

it wasn't balls-hot.

Can I help you?

Sure I guess.

What do you do around here?

I race. Work on the cars.

Do odd jobs around the track.

You know Maddie Dawn?

Yup.

Have any opinions about her?

Yea, but there about the same as

what I think about the rest of

the trash that

works around here.

Truman Duncan.

Detective Willow.

That's not good.

Why?

Don't meet too many detectives.

I assume something bad has

happened.

A lot of bad things

happen around here?

Just the usual.

Drunks, wrecks, fights, checks

bouncing. Nothing to feed my

adrenaline addiction.

Bad joke.

To answer your question,

we're here to help Mrs. Dawn.

Help? In what way?

Halley seems to

have gone missing.

I don't know anything.

People around here

don't really like to talk.

Unless it's about cheating on

their wives with the new

secretary or dealing

drugs down at the truck stop.

You ever talk to Halley?

She is a good kid.

I think she knows she doesn't

have it very good. Smart for a

kid to see that, my kid was like

that. You're partner

is looking for you.

Who was that?

He works here.

Anything?

Nothing.

We're still working

on some things.

Found this in here.

I had to force her to wear it.

I knew she wouldn't want to.

I didn't want her to get cold.

Did Halley come here a lot?

Yea. It was cheaper

than getting a babysitter.

Is this really the

safest place for a little girl?

Is any place?

What's the next step?

Well there'll be a press

conference and uh, it would be

good if you were there.

You said that your daughter used

to sneak off to your neighbors

a lot.

She may have just ran away

and is still hiding out.

Maybe. She was mad

at me about something.

If I could go back in time, I

would tell myself to

be more patient with her.

You try to do the

best you can, but it's hard.

Sometimes you do or say

things you don't mean to.

Nobody gives you any

instructions on how to be a

parent, especially by yourself.

TV:

Hello? [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

You know.

I can't think of anyone else.

Nobody really sticks

out in my mind.

What do you think?

I don't want to

talk about the case.

I'll talk about anything

else other than the case.

Alright. How about

some baseball.

What? What made you

want to be a cop?

I'm serious, what made

you want to do this?

You wanted to talk about

something else, this is

something else.

After school, I needed a job.

I met a recruiter. It was a job.

Jesus.

Why are you

so closed off? Why?

You know life isn't as

bad as you make it out to be.

Everything is a fight with you

right now. I'm not the enemy.

I'm sorry your about

your dad passing, ok?

I know it's been a rough year.

It's like you've quit,

on everything.

He wanted me to be a cop.

At least, he always talked about

how much he admired them.

We'd go to parades and

stuff, and he'd say

"look at them, they get to

protect people and take care of

people and make sure nothing bad

ever happens to anyone" and...

At least, that's what I thought

he said when I was a kid.

He didn't think there was

anything higher than being

an officer.

And I just wanted to do anything

I could to make him proud.

What are you doing?

I'm gonna get coffee.

At this hour?

Or a snack, a

magazine, a movie, whatever.

Detective Willow.

Mr. Woods.

How's it going?

Uh, filling up,

same as you.

No I meant uh... with Halley.

I mean I know this ain't some-

thing that a police officer

wants to deal with,

you know I just...

Um, yea I can't

really talk about the case but I

appreciate you asking.

You know what, I'm

so sorry, let me rephrase that.

Is there anyway I can help, I

mean I've known Maddie forever.

- We've had our ups and downs...

- Yeah, sure, sure. honestly just...

Keep an eye out for anything

unusual at the track?

Cases like these she's

probably just real close.

Yeah.

We just need evidence to find

her. She probably just ran away.

You know what, let's hope so.

Well, have a good one.

I've go t to prepay

in here. Haha.

Suspenseful Music

Yesterday was uh...

yesterday was rough.

First day usually is.

You hear me?

And um, I could... I could give

you... give you a thousand reasons

why this is happening.

I could tell you it was

just for the money.

I could tell you...

I could tell you I was

abused as a kid. You know.

And that uh, my stepdad

used to knock me around and...

and that I spent my childhood

trying to find out where my

power was and

were my power disappeared to.

And that the only reason I'm

even doing this is to get that

power back, that

I lost as a kid.

But none of that would

really matter, I don't think.

I think all that really

matters right now is that you

just need to accept that

this is happening.

And that there's nothing you can

do about it. And that you just

need to settle into it.

The only thing you really need

to remember about any of this

is that I'm in charge,

and what I say goes.

And that that man right

over there in that red truck...

is paying with

cash and he's paying today.

INTENSE CINEMATIC

MUSIC CONTINUES:

How did it go yesterday?

You heard?

Yea, it was in the

paper. It's such a shame.

Yea. No... no luck.

Well I'm sure

something will turn up.

Yeah, me too.

How was your day yesterday?

Didn't do a whole lot.

Just ran some errands.

I do manage to

stay busy without you, you know.

I miss eating with

him. I miss his laugh.

[LAUGHING SOUNDS ENSUE]

I'll always remember that laugh.

I just can't get to a point

in my day where I don't

miss him.

How are you ok?

You think I'm ok?

Honey I miss your dad more than

you'll ever know.

I miss... him.

But hope is still there.

Thank you.

You have to fight for that.

For hope.

What are you fighting for today?

How's your mom?

Enlightening.

Does this work?

Yea.

Captain wants a

press conference.

When?

After lunch.

Ok.

[DOOR KNOCKING SOUND EFFECT]

Detective?

Yea?

Olivia Peterson, we-

Yes I remember.

Oh. I was wondering

if you had any information on...

No, none at all.

We talked to all the people who

knew her best, but you know...

Well, maybe she did

run away, but still...

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