Spinning Man Page #4

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with Joyce bonner, correct?

Correct.

Are you currently involved

in or have you ever had

a sexual relationship

with a minor?

No.

How 'bout college age?

- Paul, please.

- Look, this cop, Malloy,

he's gonna try to establish

a pattern of behavior.

- Is he gonna find one?

- No, he's not.

Look, I... I don't know

this girl. I never have.

Is that good enough?

For me, yeah, but I'm not

the one you have to convince.

Look, I'll call you soon.

In the meantime, try and relax.

Son of a b*tch.

Carrie's not working today?

No.

Just, uh, press okay.

...closed

two lanes of northbound traffi.

Highway patrol

is still urging caution.

And the search

for Joyce bonner continues,

with police yet to announce

any developments

in their investigation

into the missing teenager

last seen at hillside lake.

Authorities are...

Don't you think

we should listen?

Unless it's a headline

that says,

"police return professor's car,"

then no.

What?

Classmates of Joyce bonner

held a vigil

last night

for the missing 17-year-old,

as police have offered

a $5,000 reward for information

that leads investigators

to the whereabouts

of the missing

high school cheerleader

last seen at hillside lake.

Police expanded

their search radius.

The investigation's

still being treated

as a missing persons case,

though authorities are unwillig

to rule out

a criminal investigation.

Traffic is back to normal after

a slow start to the morning...

Sorry, ma'am.

The beach is closed.

And if you could just sign

right there, please.

- The printer working?

- Thank you.

Uh, the stuff you printed

is... is right here.

Ah. Catching up on this story.

I haven't been following it.

What story?

Oh, that.

My cousin has a friend

who is a cop.

He said they...

They know who did it.

You don't say.

Well, I hope they catch him.

Oh, they will.

They're watching him 24/7.

Birch, you ready?

Yeah.

So what's the prognosis?

Huh?

Your car.

Oh, uh,

uh, the transmission.

You okay?

Yeah, just...

Endured a new form

of shame today.

I had two students

in my 103 lecture.

Two.

That's nothing.

I got that beat.

I remember a few years back,

i went a whole week,

a whole week,

and not one person showed up.

...whole week,

I'm out there, and I have to...

I need this, buddy. Come on.

Anyway,

you know,

i just kept teaching,

wrote quotes on the board,

you know, whole nine yards.

Did you catch

the mouse yet, daddy?

No. No, but I put some more food

in the traps.

Plural?

Yeah. I bought some more.

Can I go with you to set it free

in the field?

Sure. We can all go.

It'll be a birch family

field trip.

You know,

speaking of field trips,

it's meant to be nice

this weekend.

I was thinking maybe

we could go to the beach.

- Yeah!

- Yeah.

Does that sound fun?

Sure.

It bothers me when you do that,

you know.

What? Brush my teeth?

No, the trip to the beach,

just popping it

on the kids like that.

What if I had something to do?

Then I'd be the bad guy.

Well, Evan, I mean,

just came into my head.

I wasn't trying

to pop it or anything.

I mean, do you

have something to do?

No. But I don't know.

I just think I should stay around

here in case Paul calls or something.

Well, maybe it'd do you good

to... get away from it all.

Doesn't really matter

where I go, does it?

I'm still...

We'll go. We'll get away.

It'll be good.

Okay.

I'm all set out here.

Adam, z, come on! We're going!

Super dude?

Is Adam coming to the beach?

No, he's got chores.

- He's got chores?

- Z!

Hey, can you feed Marvin?

Z, come on. We're going.

Hey, what have I told you

about going into my makeup

without permission?

I didn't.

Well, where'd you get that?

I found it.

You found it?

Ew. That's not sanitary, honey.

I didn't find it

on the street. Gosh.

I found it in dad's car.

When?

When we washed it.

It was in the back seat,

so I didn't think

you wanted it anymore.

Yeah, well, I want it.

Uh, will you go wash your face?

You don't need to wear

makeup to the beach.

- But...

- Just wash your face, okay?

Okay.

Where do you want to be?

Right here?

Right here?

Maybe, yeah.

Why's that?

We should take a trip.

- Hmm?

- A trip.

We didn't have

a summer vacation this year.

We should go back to Spain.

Wouldn't that be fun?

Go back to our cafe.

You know, we should

actually move there.

We should buy that cafe.

You could run it.

I could teach English somewhere,

and the kids could be bilingual.

Okay.

You said something

to me that day.

You promised me something.

You remember what you said?

Uh...

You promised you'd always

tell me the truth.

What?

That was before

i went back to school.

It sounds like something

i would have said.

Oh, you mean you wouldn't

promise me that now?

No. I...

Well, I can't actually

promise you that.

Nobody can. I mean,

what I should have said

was that I...

I promise to always tell you what i

interpret and remember as the truth.

I like

your original promise better.

That's the one

I'm gonna hold you to.

Pizza?

Yeah. I'll just put him down.

What is it, honey?

Marvin's gone! Marvin's gone!

He's gone?

Oh, honey,

we'll find him.

How'd he get out?

Well, I don't know.

Did I leave his door open

when I fed him this morning?

I'm sorry, honey.

We'll find him.

He'll be here somewhere.

We'll find him.

Marvin!

- Marvin!

- Marvin!

Marvin!

- Did you look under the tree?

- Marvin!

Marvin!

Marvin!

We'll get her another one.

She doesn't want another one.

I'm sorry.

I know you are.

She knows you are.

It's just gonna take her a

little while to forgive you.

We were just

so rushed this morning.

Okay, Evan, please don't do

the whole absent-minded

professor thing.

It used to be cute, and I just...

I need you here from now on.

We all do.

It was an honest mistake.

I'm not just talking

about the rabbit.

I can't move again.

Leave that on.

I'm gonna stay up.

Fine.

I'm gonna staple this one.

Good.

Uh, what was I saying?

Oh, well, whatever it was,

it can wait.

That's the beauty of time.

There's always more of it.

I will see you next week.

...great.

That's great, Barbara.

Okay. Thank you.

Long day, professor?

Need a ride?

No, I'll be fine

on the bus. Thanks.

Well, I've still got

some time right now

if, uh, you wanna grab

some coffee.

I don't drink coffee, remember?

Well, they have tea

and juice and water.

You do drink water?

Mrs. birch.

My husband's not here.

He's at work.

I know.

I'd like to talk to you

if you have a moment.

I get it,

but I don't agree.

Wittgenstein

would spend his nights

having sex with strange men

in parks, right?

And then he would go home

and write about

language's inability

to define things like...

Like truth and morality.

And does his behavior make his

arguments any less valid?

Well, no, but couldn't you say

that his theories stem from fear

rather than rational thought?

I don't see how.

I mean, the duty

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