The Company You Keep Page #7

Got 'im! Just off I-94 near Gurnee, Illinois.

- Send the coordinates to the field.

I know, and it won't be long.

- Done!

You have a full green light.

Still tracking?

- Yep.

He's cooked.

- Okay, send Bravo team down...

Did you kill that man?

Did I...?

- Kill him? That man at the bank.

Of course not.

- Then why'd you have to leave?

Honey, one day soon you're gonna

understand everything, I promise.

I don't want you to grow up and look back

on what I did and feel bad, ever! Okay?

But now you're gonna have to help me.

You gotta be strong.

And then next time, you and I will go

somewhere together

Alright? Anywhere you like.

- Home would be fine.

Gotta go...

I love you.

You do know that, right?

Hi. Ben Shepard, we met on the stairs?

- Oh right, yeah, I remember.

You don't look much like your parents.

- I was adopted... so, no.

If that was your pick-up line, it needs work.

- Mind if I sit?

I am on a date.

- Oh, you're on a date?

Yeah.

- Yeah?

Kinda like that thing real people do.

- Yes, that.

Given your manners, I am really surprised my dad

doesn't want to spend more time with you.

What? What are you talking about? Me and your dad are good!

We're playing poker night, takin' in the Pistons game tomorrow.

Fun.

Can I take you to dinner?

Excuse me?

- Right! No...

you're right, coffee then?

What d'ya think?

I think that my date is on his way back,

and you should leave.

Not until we figure this out, coffee or dinner?

Persistent.

- Professional hazard.

Coffee or...?

- Coffee, if you leave right now.

Okay, fine... deal.

Time? Place?

Caf at the Union, 2:30.

- Okay. You know this guy's not right for you.

Says you...

Who was that?

- A friend of my dad's.

Chance, someone once said... don't remember who...

Chance is a nickname for providence.

Well, it's another way of saying...

that all history is inevitable.

Because it goes to the trouble of happening.

Another point of view says that history

is independent of individual will,

determined by social conditions and relations of production,

relations of production? We remember that...

there he is, Karl Marx.

Now, these theories propose

a history immune to effort,

removed from the choices of everyday life.

But history...

is made by human beings!

And action... and passion...

no less than fate, or economics,

are it's essential ingredients.

Go! Go, go go...

But come back tomorrow!

Because we'll be discussing Fanon.

Enjoyed your lecture.

- Thank you.

"Action and passion"

sounds like something a friend of mine used to say.

No... No, no, no, no...

Need to talk to you, Big Jake.

- Go to hell.

How dare you show up here!

- Where else could I go?

You're takin' a hell of a chance.

- Not by choice.

They're probably watching me.

Unlike you, they know who I am.

How's that workin' out, by the way?

- F*** you...

I have a life.

I was hoping for a little bit more,

"Hey, Nick, old friend! How are ya'?"

"How ya' been these past thirty-odd years?"

- For christ's sake, Nick...

I'm a public figure, do you know

the position you're putting me in here?

Nancy would forgive me banging a

Freshman sooner than talking to you.

You're still with Nan?

- Yeah, some of us made it work.

Yeah, some of you got lucky.

It wasn't luck.

- Well, what was then?

Jed...

what was it?

We didn't kill anybody.

Jed, I need to find Mimi.

- Looking for a girl? They got websites for that sort of thing.

What makes you think I know where she is?

Donal told you... f***!

F***!

Does it matter?

Jed, does it matter?

Look, the truth? I haven't talked to Mimi

since bell-bottoms went out of style, okay?

I mean, how do you know she's even still alive?

- I don't.

Why would I help you after all these years?

We didn't even agree back then.

Because Mimi's the only person

who can help me get my daughter back.

You got a daughter?

- Yes.

No sh*t?

Mimi Lurie...

and Henry Osborne.

It doesn't make sense.

Where are you going?

Let's go. You can

walk me to class.

Yeah?

- Mm-hmm.

So, tell me about yourself.

- Peace Corp for a bit,

thought I was gonna change the world,

decided it was actually people

who needed changing,

went back to school to study psychology,

turns out psychology has nothing to do with that,

ended up in New York, for a bit...

I guess I thought I was gonna change myself,

turns out I'm too stubborn.

You must be older than I thought.

So, what happens now?

If in doubt, you go back to law school?

I'm not in doubt.

It's my mom, she's a judge.

Really? So was mine!

Just not professionally.

You like Michigan?

I love it.

Okay, you...

I read one of your articles online last night.

I read a couple of them, actually.

You're kidding me? Really?

And what'd you think?

I think you broke a big story.

- I did!

I think you're clinging to it like a life-raft.

- Oh, ho, ho.... wow.

and now it defines you.

- Wow!

Yeah, I do.

- Maybe psych's not a bad fit after all.

I kinda call 'em like I see 'em.

Fair enough, call this one.

Your father's ignoring me, why?

I'm guessing because... he doesn't want to talk to you?

Hmm...

- He's retired.

I mean, and this was decades ago.

He wants to fish, and watch boats on the water...

He's also not one for reminiscing.

You know he was close to the Lurie family?

Yeah. Her dad and my granddad

were fishing buddies, I think.

Yeah, so I heard.

- Yeah, they used to go up to the Linder Woods in the U.P.

It's absolutely gorgeous

up there, you would hate it.

The "U.P."?

- The upper peninsula.

He told me he never met her.

Huh!

Had to be hard, live with the Lurie name

after everything went down.

Yeah. I'm sure it was.

You ever talk about her

when you were younger?

This was all way before my time.

What are you thinking?

Can I speak honestly with you for a second?

- Yeah.

People lie for two reasons.

They speak unknowingly, a simple mistake, y' know.

Or they do it intentionally,

and having met a known fugitive who's also

a family friend isn't something you would forget.

Mm... what are you getting at?

In my business, when someone lies

intentionally, that's significant.

It seems your father lied to me,

I'm guessing it's some way to cover himself.

Look, Ben, I get that you're good

at your job, but so is my dad,

and I would put the quality of his character

up against anyone in the world.

So, if you're insinuating that he was

or is somehow involved in something

that ends up in your paper? I would be damn sure

you know what you're talking about.

I may be a student of the law, but that's libel,

and in my business, that's significant.

I'd like to see you again!

Bye.

Every sixth and seventh number.

How do I know who I'm calling?

- You don't.

Okay.

- Good luck.

Hi, this is, uh, John Smith,

I'm looking for a plumber.

Are you now?

- Yes, I am.

Wow, been a long time since I've heard that.

- Is this line clean?

Babe, they didn't listen to me back then,

and they sure ain't listenin' to me now.

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