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looking over my shoulder.

- That's not the reason I called.

- Just think about it, will ya?

The honchos up here aren't

gonna let me replace Dale...

on such short notice, not with all the

security breaches we've had in the past.

Replace Dale. Okay.

What? You're kidding, right?

Oh, God, I'm sorry.

I thought you'd heard.

What? What happened?

Angela, Dale's dead. His plane

crashed last night outside L. A.

I just talked to him yesterday.

He was coming to see me.

Kind of puts things

in perspective, doesn't it?

Let's talk when you get back, huh?

And try to have a good vacation.

Okay. I'll talk to you soon, Russ.

Plenty of time. Ain't nothin' comin' in

or goin' out for the last hour.

Ladies and gentlemen,

your attention, please.

We are sorry to announce...

there is a computer malfunction,

and all flights have been temporarily...

- The whole airport is down.

- When we get further information...

we will advise you.

Thank you very much.

- We will let you all know.

- Excuse me.

I understand.

We're doing the best we can.

A blood test taken last week...

at Bethesda Naval Hospital

did in fact reveal...

that Undersecretary of Defense

Mike Bergstrom...

was infected with the AIDS virus.

You okay?

Yeah. It's all these people.

No, I meant are you okay with your soda?

Would you like a refill?

- No, I'm fine. I've had three.

- The malfunction has been repaired.

One more, and I'll be able

to fly myself to Mexico.

Looks like you won't have to.

Enjoy your flight.

- Mozart's Ghost!

- Waiter, I'd like a gibson, please.

It's a martini with an onion

instead of an olive.

Is that okay?

Thanks.

Excuse me.

Could I have one too, please?

I'll take mine up at the bar.

Didn't think anybody else

drank those anymore?

I guess I'm not as unfashionable

as I once thought I was.

Is that business or pleasure?

Is there a difference?

Not a great deal

if you're a hacker.

That's a nice piece of hardware.

I assume you're in the business.

Isn't everybody?

Nope.

God, we're pathetic, aren't we?

Excuse me?

Well, we're here.

We're sitting on the most

perfect beach in the world...

and all we can think about

is where...

Where can I hook up my modem?

Yeah, exactly.

Um, I'm Jack Devlin.

- Angela Bennett.

- Angela?

My most embarrassing secret.

You know Breakfast At Tiffany's?

- Very well. It's my favorite film.

- Right.

I wore out my membership renting it.

- You know what I'm talking about.

- Yes. Very much so.

When I was about 13...

I had this sort of

identity crisis.

I used to think

I was one of the characters.

You thought

you were Audrey Hepburn?

- No, I used to think I was the cat.

- The cat?

I'd sit there...

and I'd play out

the last scene of the movie.

I'd just play it

over and over again.

- You know the last scene?

- Yes, I know the last scene.

Out in the pouring rain,

out in the alleyway.

I'm soaked to the bone,

and I'm scared.

And I'm...

abandoned.

I'm alone.

That's it.

Moon River

Wider than a mile

Would you have dinner

with me tonight?

Come on.

It's your last night.

You know what?

I would... I would actually

really love to.

Great.

- It's a company perk.

- God, this is a company perk?

- Yeah.

- Some perk.

I think I got a calendar

one year from Cathedral.

Where are you from?

Colorado?

Yes, it has to be.

The eastern...

Maybe it's the southeastern part

of the state.

The teeming metropolis

of La Junta, population 50.

- La Junta?

- That's pretty good.

Is my accent that strong

after all these years?

- No, it's just a trick I do.

- Oh.

Why "after all these years"?

How long have you been gone?

Oh, boy.

It seems like a lifetime.

Let's see. I was, uh...

I was 15 going on 10...

and we moved from La Junta

to San Jose...

Tulsa, um...

So your father

got transferred a lot?

No, not really. No. He, um...

I don't know. He just, you know...

He just transferred out one day.

What? What are you looking at?

You.

Me?

Computers are your life,

aren't they?

Yes. Perfect hiding place.

Thanks.

- Well, yeah, okay.

- Nice one of you.

I have one or two other interests,

I'll have you know.

Such as? What's your speciality

in computers?

Oh, anything, pretty much.

Beta testing, mostly,

but pretty much anything.

- That's way over my head, I'm afraid.

- No, no.

You just go into people's systems,

you find the faults and you fix it.

What happens if they don't

have any faults?

Don't believe I've met one yet.

You must be a bit cold.

Not really.

Well, yeah, a little bit.

- Here.

- What?

It goes around here.

Better?

- Want one?

- Oh, God, I used to smoke those.

But you quit, right?

Well, I refuse to.

I reckon you gotta try a few things

in life without a safety net...

or how else you gonna know

you're alive?

Well, I take my share of risks.

I don't always floss.

I rip the tags off my pillows

when they're new.

- My kind of woman.

- Yeah, well...

Pretty adventurous?

I don't know.

What did you have in mind?

Dare you risk it?

Sh*t! My purse!

- F***!

- No! Don't!

- It's not worth getting killed over!

- Come back!

- Jack, come back here!

- You! Stop!

- It's not here.

- It's not in hotel.

I look everywhere.

So I come here. I do like you say.

Whoosh, like magician.

Oh, yeah.

You're the midget Houdini.

Okay. Now the dinero.

God, I had everything in that bag.

I had my passport, my credit cards.

- Ow.

- Sorry.

Thanks for doing this.

Well, you're the one

bleeding to death.

I am the one crying

about my MasterCard.

I apologize

for having been a jerk.

What do you mean?

I'm the jerk.

Only trying to impress you.

Well, for future reference...

you should know that the living tend

to interest me more than the dead do.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

I suppose that's quite healthy.

I suppose we ought to call up

the Cancun police on the ship-to-shore.

It's not working.

We'll have to head further out.

You can head to Morocco for all I care.

It's beautiful out here.

How we doing?

Still no dice.

I'm just going down below.

I won't be a minute.

Maybe we didn't go out far enough.

No, this should do it.

Tonight's been

so out of control, huh?

Yeah.

I hope you don't

take this the wrong way...

but this isn't exactly my style.

I thought you liked taking risks.

Well, yes, but I mean...

- You know what I mean.

- What?

- You know, first date.

- Yeah.

- Sex, one-night stand.

- Oh, sex.

Yes, that sort of thing.

You've always been

a relationship kind of girl.

Absolutely.

Both times.

So when was the last time?

Um, 1933.

Oh, I see.

And who was he?

Your college boyfriend?

Yeah, I bet he was the...

He was the captain

of the drinking team.

Wasn't ready for a relationship.

Oh, I wish I had been that lucky.

No, it was my shrink, actually.

You know the story.

I thought I was lonely,

and he forgot he was married.

That's okay.

It didn't last very long.

My mom developed Alzheimer's

around then, so it was really...

You know what?

I'm gonna shut up right now.

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