The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story Page #9

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[GUNSHOT]

l came in hot, saw the suspect run

across the street with a Tec-9.

l lit up the tires, l jumped out of the cruiser,

engaged the suspect in gunfire.

MAN 1 :

So that's when...

-...you get out of your cruiser.

MAN 2:
Yeah.

At that point, l fired, struck the suspect

at least once or twice.

Hey.

WOMAN [OVER RADlO]:

Multiple victims down.

Location, 529 Main Street, Charlestown.

-Uniformed officers on the scene.

-That's the Florist.

Hey, Bobby, Bobby, what happened?

Somebody got Fergie.

-Jesus Christ, that's gotta be MacRay.

-F***.

[PHONE CHIMES]

DOUG:

Claire, it's me.

CLAIRE:

Are you okay?

l'll be fine. l know.

But l'm okay. l'm all right.

Claire, l wanna meet you.

lt's gotta be soon.

l don't have a lot of time.

Can you meet me?

Claire, please.

l need to know. l gotta go.

Can you come here?

You want me

to come where you are now?

Mm-hm.

l don't think

that's a good idea for me.

Why?

What if there are police there?

There's no one here.

All right, well, if you think l should

probably come by there...

...then l guess that's what l'll do. Yeah.

Okay.

Claire, listen, l'm

Listen. Listen to me.

l'm sory, okay?

l'm sorry for what l did to you.

Remember that.

Come down in the back

and let me in in about an hour.

All right?

l'll see you.

Wait, Doug? Doug?

-Yeah.

-l want you to come.

l really wanna see you.

lt'll be just like one of my sunny days.

Well...

...l'm on my way then.

Bye.

Goodbye, Claire.

All right,

l'd say we've done our part here.

You know what? Not now.

He says he's coming, l want people

at Logan, South Station...

...downtown, Greyhound,

subway, everything. Now.

DINO:
The city's covered.

FRAWLEY:
Good.

We're secure, and eveything's ready.

-Sir, we need you to stay off the street.

-Just going to work. No problem.

-How long?

-Forty minutes.

-Alleyway clear?

-Yes, sir.

MAN [OVER RADlO]: We got nothing.

Still no movement in the alley. Over.

''My sunny days.''

You know, Claire,

we are a national organization.

All right, boys, let's pack it up.

He ain't coming.

Let's get the description out.

Let's go.

We know what he looks like.

Let's go find him.

All right. You good?

Hey, best possible outcome, you know.

Well done, well done.

WOMAN [OVER PA]:
All aboard.

Amtrak number 93. All points south.

lt's for you.

DOUG:

Claire, take this.

You'll do better with it than l can.

l'll be long gone.

Not the way l planned it...

...but for the first time in my life,

l'm leaving this city.

Maybe if l go...

...l can stop looking.

No matter how much you change...

...you still have to pay the price

for the things you've done.

So l got a long road.

But l know l'll see you again.

This side or the other.

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