The Captive Page #4

My fate is grief and lamentation.

My daughter's life has been betrayed.

All joy has turned to desolation.

An evil friend has stolen her away.

Is that how you see yourself...

as an evil friend?

Sometimes.

Where is this from?

Mozart. It's the...

Queen of the Night's aria

from The Magic Flute.

And how's it going to

help you catch any kids?

What do you mean?

It doesn't seem like the sort of

thing that would attract them.

It's not.

It's part of story time, Cass.

But it's not my story.

The only thing I have to do today

Is to get to the garden

To pick some sage

And wrap lavender with blue string

And set the cedar leaves out for drying

Is it spring yet?

No.

What's happening with my Dad?

You promised.

Why don't you just...

get back to reading

about your evil friend?

I still see her shaking,

her heart breaking.

How dreadful her crying,

how hopeless her sighing...

Make her ears stick out.

- Why?

- It's hotter.

- Pardon me?

- Well, if you're going to bait the trap...

Use the best bait.

If you're going for hot,

cross your eyes a little.

What? It's true. Try it.

That's weird, man.

- The cross eyes are perfect.

- All right.

We're on.

- Is it Willy?

- Yeah, Willy.

Reel him in, Jeff. Reel him in.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Yes! Yes!

Hi.

It's Willy.

Sorry. My mistake.

You bet it is.

Stop! Stop right there!

It's not what you think!

I'm a Good Samaritan.

Well, these arrests are the

result of amazing team work.

Incredible cooperation from a

number of different departments.

- Next time you're doing this.

- You look good on camera.

...the public and media.

You know, we all have to be vigilant.

You know, there may be young people

who are watching this right now,

some of you might have come to see me.

And you've trusted me with your stories

- and I want you to remember...

- I see you do that, you know.

When you're in that room

with those kids, I watch you.

The way you get them

to trust you like that.

The way you talk to them. It's amazing.

Look at me.

No, look at me. You're amazing.

- You're amazing.

- ... we'll show them that we can win.

So, you know,

- Thank you.

- If you're a young person out there

and you think that an adult around you

is behaving or acting in

an inappropriate way...

I want you to call us.

Call the police. We are here to help.

And... and also, you know, if...

if you are online and you

meet any stranger online,

be very careful,

in any chat or in any way,

you have to be on guard.

I know that it'll... it'll all work out.

What makes you so sure?

They have only cracked the first ring.

They'll never get to us. We are safe.

Encrypted beyond the reach of God.

Do not give them the key, Willy.

Under no circumstance do you

take any of the bullshit

deals that they offer.

You deny. Deny, deny, deny, deny, deny.

That b*tch that set me up,

I want her removed.

- She's a cop, Willy.

- I don't care.

That's what I want.

- Willy, just listen to me for a second...

- No.

- No. No!

- That's not...

You listen to me, cousin.

I'll keep quiet about our little club

as long as she's taught a lesson.

I... I want her buried.

Like the others.

Only she stays alive.

She tells me her stories.

All of her stories.

I lost this one yesterday.

You know what the best idea is?

Write a note beside your tooth

when you put it under your pillow.

That way the Tooth Fairy will

know what to get you next time.

But letters are for Santa.

Do you still believe in Santa?

Sometimes.

Okay. Well, I'm not

talking about a letter.

Just a note.

If you want we can meet and I

can show you how to write one.

That way you can get anything you want.

I thought you weren't coming 'til later?

What's going on?

Look. Look. Don't let

this freak you out, okay?

I talked to my brother.

He knows everything.

He's cool. He's okay. It's okay.

- What?

- Hey, hey, hey, She's talking to Cass.

She's talking to Cass.

Get Jennifer to find out where she is.

Nicole. Nicole!

- Nicole!

- Hi, Nicole. We're playing a game.

What happened?

I don't know.

Hey, would you mind waiting

in the bedroom for a little bit?

- We were just playing a game.

- No. I know. I understand.

I just need to talk to your

uncle for a little bit, okay?

- Did I do something wrong?

- No. No, you did nothing wrong.

As a matter of fact, there's a

book back there waiting for you.

The sequel to the one you asked for

and I would love for you to get started

on that, tell me what you think.

- Are you out of your mind?

- Do you have any idea what you just did?

- Do you have any idea?

- You put Jennifer online.

I'm in contact.

I've been trying to break in forever!

Okay, I needed to show I

had access to a real girl.

- What?

- To get to Cass.

That's what she does, okay?

She helps them bring them in.

Nothing happened here.

- Nothing!

- Nothing?

- Nothing.

- ... except images of Cass.

Images of nothing!

Of her talking in this room.

That's it. That's all.

You don't use children!

- Listen to me.

- No, no, no, no, no.

- Don't touch me.

- Listen to me.

- I screwed up, okay? I screwed up.

- You're out of my unit.

I should have done this a long time ago.

Try to take it easy.

We got tonight, please.

I don't want you there tonight.

- You don't want me there tonight?

- No. I'm going alone.

Okay, you're going alone.

Jennifer, baby.

I gotta go, I'll call you soon.

Detective Dunlop.

Hi.

- Nicole.

- Hi. Diane Grey.

I'm so glad you could make it.

You look... just fabulous.

- Thank you. You look beautiful.

- Thank you.

Are you alone? I... I thought

you were coming with a guest.

He had a work emergency.

Of course. Please come in.

Is there anything you want help

with this evening that I...?

- I mean straightforward.

- Yeah, I just... no, no thank you...

- I feel that I should've wrote something...

- Hello, gorgeous lady.

- Mika! Very well.

- How are you? You look lovely tonight.

Thank you. Let me introduce

you to Detective Dunlop.

Thank you.

Can I talk you into a

glass of champagne?

Oh, no thank you.

Detective Dunlop, I'm Vince Grey.

Oh, Diane's Vince.

Yeah. Yeah. This is...

this is remarkable.

I mean, the difference

really is... that's...

Is this the way you dress at work?

No. I do a lot of my work with children.

- They wouldn't feel comfortable...

- Yeah, with that look of authority.

I guess most of them

feel betrayed by that.

- By what?

- By the people they're supposed to trust.

Here you are.

Sorry. I didn't mean to...

Did I say something to...

- You're on.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Excuse me. Nice to meet you too.

- Nice to meet you.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Good.

My deepest thank you.

Without your generosity, an evening

like this simply wouldn't happen.

And we wouldn't be able to celebrate

the remarkable woman I'm

about to introduce to you.

Why Detective Nicole Dunlop has

become a very public figure recently,

most of her time is spent in a

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