The Company You Keep Page #6

What are you doing, man?

What are YOU doing?

I went to get you a car.

- Aw, sh*t.

What? You thought I ran out on ya'?

I thought, maybe you realized what a risk you

were taking, for a guy you hardly know.

Hey, do you remember? We used to be best of friends.

You remember that?

Yep.

Here's the key. It's clean.

It'll get you out of town, at least.

Call the cops in the morning. Tell 'em I

came to see you asking for help,

and you refused 'cause you're

an upstanding, law-abiding citizen.

Oh Jeez...

Alright, now listen to me...

Mimi did come to me,

I put her in touch with Jed Lewis.

He made some introductions.

Political friends... in Havana.

Jed Louis!

- Yeah.

I thought Jed was above ground. How can he ge....

- No! No, no, no. He's got the list, so he can find her.

Alright. F***in' run, man.

A security guard is dead after a robbery

turned violent in Briarwood Mall.

At five minutes after 8 a.m.

a man and a women, masked and armed,

entered the local branch

of the Bank of Michigan.

An exchange of gunfire occurred between

the suspects and bank security guard Hugh Kroessna,

pronounced dead at the scene.

According to investigating officer Henry Osborne,

the investigation

is considered active and ongoing.

Osborne...

- Hello.

Hi! My name's Ben Shepard. I'm calling

from the Albany Sun Times newspaper.

Albany, New York.

- I should hope so.

I left a couple messages, um...

I'm trying to locate police chief Henry Osborne?

Former police chief.

Yeah... well, I just wanted to ask him a couple of questions

regarding the recent Sharon Solarz arrest?

He is still...?

- Alive?

Well, yeah.

Well, he'd better be, or I'm on my way

to the yacht club to see a ghost!

See, I'm here in Detroit

doing some research, and...

from my understanding his department was pretty

involved in the Bank of Michigan investigation,

I just wanted to ask him a couple of questions about that.

But he's not here right now.

- Well, I'm just doin' a little background...

But he's still not here.

Well, how about this? Can I give you my number,

and then maybe you can pass it to him?

I'd really appreciate it, I'm quite harmless.

- Really?

The number is 518-555-1218.

That's my office and I'm calling you from my cell.

Thanks for your time.

The manhunt for Nicholas Sloan continues

at this time in Milwaukee

where former Weather Underground member

Donald Fitzgerald was taken into custody today.

Federal authorities suspect Mr. Fitzgerald

of aiding and abetting Nicholas Sloan

who continues to elude Federal investigators.

Nick went to Donal,

he's trying to find me.

You're safe here, you can lie low.

You know I counted last night,

I've walked out on six lives...

Six sets of friends... six lovers...

six homes, six names...

..not including my own.

So, you moving on again?

- Mm-hmm.

You wanna take the boat?

- Uh-uh... No, I'm going inland.

Well, door's always open.

- Thanks, Mac.

You submit one goddamn receipt from

this trip, and you're fired on the spot.

Yeah, right, like you haven't said that before.

Don't f*** with me, Ben.

I'm not in the mood.

So, are you in Milwaukee?

- No, I'm in Michigan.

Your guy was spotted in Milwaukee.

- I know that, I saw it on the news.

And here I thought we were the news.

- Look, I'm workin' on it, Ray, alright? I'm bustin' my ass.

Good. You got 24 hours to get me something

and you can keep your job.

No sh*t. My job that doesn't pay?

Yeah, that one! And you're lucky to have it.

- 'Kay.

Mr. Osborne?

Ben Shepard, Albany Sun-Times.

You're a long way from Albany, Mr. Shepard.

- Well, phones don't work so well out there...

You're a hard man to pin down.

- Apparently not.

Do you mind? There are proper channels,

what with my friends and family here.

I'm sorry, I know it's an intrusion,

I just didn't want to disturb you at home.

What?

- Can I speak to you, please sir?

Excuse me...

- Thank you.

Now, what is it you're here for?

Well, sir, I was just hoping I could ask you a couple of questions

regarding the Bank of Michigan investigation.

That was a long time ago.

- But you watch the news,

I'm sure you're aware Sharon Solarz has

been brought back to Michigan to stand trial.

Nick Sloan has been identified and is on the run.

I am aware.

How involved was your department

with the Bank of Michigan investigation?

Well, this is all in the public record.

What about before that?

My understanding is, you covered the campus.

Y' know, pretty active, right?

You ever come in contact with Mimi Lurie

or Nick Sloan before they went underground?

No. I- I'm sorry, what is it you're

trying to get answered?

You know, maybe if I knew

the question I could better help.

Well, I'm... I'm just trying to

understand the evidence of the case.

Sharon Solarz was a teller,

she went through the training program,

it's pretty self-explanatory.

But when you get to the others,

that's where I get lost.

Mimi Lurie, Nick Sloan, Vince Dallesandro,

that's where it starts getting blurry for me.

Does it? Dallesandro's prints were on the gun,

he got caught a couple of days later

on an anonymous tip.

He testified against the others.

He was already on parole.

He ended up dying in prison, or him getting killed,

killing himself, depending on who's report you believe.

Others were all fugitives at the time,

I heard they were wanted by the FBI,

already underground,

they knew how to disappear and they did.

- Yeah, it's just this time I think he's doing something different.

Why should this time be any

different than before?

Well, this time I don't think he's running away.

This time, I think he's trying to clear his name.

Uh, how do you think he's gonna do that?

- I was hoping you could help me there.

Ha, not sure how.

The getaway car was his car,

his prints were all over it.

There was testimony that he was there...

- So...?

What am I missing?

Hi, Dad!

- Hey! Alright, sweetie.

How are ya'?

- How ya' doin'? I'm Ben Shepard, Albany Sun-Times.

My wife, Marianne,

and my daughter, Rebecca.

Albany Sun-Times in Albany, New York?

- Are you just passing through, Mr. Shepard?

Ah... he's just leaving.

I'll be right there.

So, I'm gonna be headed to... uh...

um... Ann Arbor for a couple of days

and I was just wondering if maybe we

could sit down for another 5 minutes?

Alright, I'll be headed back to town

in a couple of days myself,

guess you got my number.

- Perfect. Thank you, sir.

Yeah, hello.

- How is she?

She's safe, she's right here.

Listen, Eva is afraid the apartment's under surveillance.

- I'm sure it is.

We snuck out the service entrance

and came to the park,

and I can't guarantee we weren't followed.

Can I speak to her?

- Hold on, hold on... Izzy!

Where are you?

- Honey, you don't need to know that right now.

But why can't you just tell me?

Izzy, all I wanna know is...

are you okay?

Everyone is so mad at you.

How 'bout you? You mad at me?

- Where are you?

I'm trying to get back to you as soon as I can.

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