Robot and Frank Page #6

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where nobody can find it.

What? Oh, God, Dad, what?

Why? What's in it?

No, don't ask me what's in it.

I don't want you

to take the heat for this.

And don't look inside it, okay?

You promise me that.

Just hide it someplace for me.

You want me to hide it?

Yeah, I want to...

I want to go out clean, Hunter.

I just want to

go out clean, please.

Okay.

Okay. Don't worry about it.

Do it now, please.

What? Yeah. It'll

make me feel better.

You want me

to hide it right now?

Yeah.

Just put it

someplace safe, okay?

You want me to hide this

right this minute?

Oh, Jesus.

Sorry.

No, it's okay.

You better go now.

Get out of the car, please, sir!

What?

Put your hands out of the car, please.

These guys are new.

Come on.

Step out of the car,

please. Slowly.

Thank you.

What's going on?

What's in the trunk?

Yeah, what's in the trunk?

Nothing. Golf clubs.

Uh, a bag.

Yeah, what's in the bag?

Dad!

I don't know what's in that bag.

I found it.

Beautiful.

It's just beautiful.

It's inside. They're inside.

All right, Jake.

This is evidence.

What the hell's going on?

I want to search the house. Come

on, this is probable cause.

Fine. Okay, fine.

Okay, wait. Hold on. Wait a second.

Probable cause for what?

Frank Weld is a suspect in a multi-million

dollar robbery up the road.

What? That's impossible.

He's sick.

He's sick.

Good morning.

Would you like to come in?

Dad, why aren't you in bed?

What's going on?

I'm just cooperating

with the cops.

They always seem to

come and pester me

whenever anything

remotely criminal happens.

Yeah, but how are you feeling?

I'm fine. I'm just not

getting enough sleep.

I'm sorry, but thanks

for coming up to see me.

Okay, wait, wait.

Hey, any of you boys hungry?

Wait a minute.

Where's his stupid robot?

Who would like a selection

of fine cheeses?

Nothing. You have got

to be kidding me.

We have probable cause, okay?

Not you.

You're "dying"?

You're playing games

about dying?

I called Mom.

I called Madison.

And what the hell are you?

You're lying for him?

All right, everybody

get the hell out.

We're not going anywhere until

we find what we're looking for.

Hunter, don't worry.

There's nothing to find.

Do you think I care? If there was anything

in that bag, I would turn you in myself.

You're an egotistical prick,

you know that? I don't care.

I just feel guilty because

at least I have feelings.

The best thing you ever did

was being locked up

so I didn't have

to be raised by you.

Why do you think I left

you with a goddamn robot?

Leave him out of it!

Warning. Do not molest me.

Dad, he's not your friend.

He's a slave who, apparently,

you can manipulate into

doing just about anything.

Wait a minute. Wait a

minute, wait a minute.

We should download

this thing's memory.

Yeah.

No, no.

Just hold on there, now.

You can't do that.

Frank, sit down.

Warning. Do not molest me.

You know what you're doing?

Yeah, I know what I'm doing.

Hello, there.

Self-destruct sequence

initialized.

Ten.

Nine.

You didn't.

Eight.

I'd run.

Seven.

Frank, stay there!

Don't move!

Six.

He's lying.

Five.

There's no bomb.

Four

Three.

Goddamn it!

Come on, come on.

Two.

One.

What a hunk of crap.

Son of a b*tch.

Get in.

Frank!

Nice work.

Terrific.

You shouldn't

be driving, Frank.

Pull over and

reformat my memory.

It's the only way for you

to remain safe and healthy.

Can't you just

erase the bad parts?

My memory

is a holographic array.

If I lost half of it, I'd still have every

memory, just in half the resolution.

Okay, but you can't just

lobotomize yourself.

It's like I explained to you, Frank.

I'm not a real person.

We'll lay low till we get a

chance to go back for the stuff,

and then we're out of here.

Are we going to

lay low here, Frank?

I hope so.

Here. Do your stuff.

Hey, there.

Oh, my God, Frank. Hunter called me.

Are you okay?

Hunter called you?

How did you get in here?

You're not allowed back here.

I came to apologize.

You don't need to apologize.

You've just been very forgetful

these days, that's all.

No, I'm not forgetful.

I've just

been a little bit busy.

I'm fine, really.

Please, can I come in?

Okay. Come in.

Thank you.

I'm kind of

in a bit of trouble.

Of course you are.

No. Well, this is

worse than late fees.

I guess I'm sort of on the lam.

On the lam?

Yeah.

I've led a very colorful life.

I'm a cat burglar.

You took the Don Quixote.

Didn't you? Oh, Frank.

Well, I...

I just wanted you to have it.

Is that you?

Yes.

Is that me?

When I moved back,

you just didn't remember.

After our walk, we go

home, read for an hour.

Then we have lunch.

And...

Then we stake out

our next target.

Frank, wait.

You really don't know any other information?

You haven't seen any...

Oh... You gotta be kidding me.

Frank!

Frank. Frank!

Hold it right there!

Dad!

No. Dad, stop!

Would you just stop?

Frank, don't you lock this!

Don't you touch

that robot, Frank!

You are making this more

complicated than it has to be.

By the time they get up here, we

can scale down from the window.

Frank, stop.

Just wipe my memory.

No.

Frank, I know you don't like to

hear this, but I'm not a person.

I'm just an advanced simulation.

After you've wiped my memory,

things can go back to normal,

and you can continue

planning your next job.

What did you say?

Remember, Frank?

Your next job.

You deal in

diamonds and jewels,

the most value by the ounce.

- Remember?

- Dad!

It's not too late, Frank.

Just open up.

Don't give up.

Lifting that high-end

stuff, no one gets hurt.

Except those insurance

company crooks.

Show me what to do.

You have to open the round panel

in back and push the small button.

I've unlocked it for you.

I knew you had an off switch.

Dad.

Dad?

Hey, how are you doing?

It's Hunter.

Hunter.

You want to go

for a walk with me?

Yeah, that sounds good.

So...

How's Princeton?

Princeton.

Princeton's good.

Good?

Hey, it's Princeton.

Yes.

Well,

that's one thing that I

don't have to worry about.

My son did better

than his old man.

Bye, Daddy.

I'll come see you soon.

Bye, Dad.

What?

"Check the robot's

garden, under the tomatoes."

"Have fun, kids. Dad."

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