The Red Maple Leaf Page #7

How long, sir?

Over 40 years.

Probably close to

50 years. F*** 'em.

And how come you're not employed

by them anymore, sir?

Because they fired me.

I was late one f***in'

time in 40 f***in' years

and they fired me!

Good afternoon, ambassador.

Hello Florence.

I'm terribly sorry I was late.

I was only a little late.

I was feeling

ill... sick.

No problem.

Thank you.

What are you doing, Florence?

I'm going to drive the car.

How can you drive the car

if you don't work for me?

I don't understand.

You're fired!

You f***ing idiot!

You left me standing

on the sidewalk for four minutes!

I'm not trying to upset you, I swear to you.

I came here to get some

background and understand

your relationship with ambassador Adams.

Okay. Wonderful

family, nice people.

Great guy.

They're the, um,

apple pie of the United States of America.

Ha ha ha!

You want to hear my version?

Yes.

Okay...

He's a cocksucker.

That's what he is.

Can you expand on that, sir?

Cocksucker could be a lot of things, sir.

They're a lousy family.

The truth of the matter is they're lousy.

Why would you stay for 40 plus,

or 50 years with this family?

Because I love their

daughter. That's why.

The ambassador's wife?

No, the kid.

The kid who's missing?

Yeah.

What was your relationship with her?

I loved her. I was like a grandpa.

Hey, I'd never hurt that kid.

I'd never hurt that

kid. I loved that girl.

I'd.. I'd

kill him!

But I wouldn't shoot him.

That would be too simple.

I'd crack his f***in'

neck like a nutcracker.

When did this animosity

between the two of you start, sir?

I never liked the son of a b*tch.

Even when he was a child?

He was a shitty kid.

Turn that f***in' sh*t off!

Don't you dare turn around!

Am I a suspect?

Answer me, for Christ's sake.

Well, sir. I'm not

gonna bullshit you.

You've been straight with us,

I'm gonna be straight with you.

Everybody's a suspect.

But, you know-

ha ha ha! I'm a

suspect! Ha ha ha ha!

That's good news to me.

I'll drink to that even.

Hey, hey!

That's great.

Then by the time I got around the alley..

She was gone.

Her headphones were on the ground.

This is really strange, but I'm getting

breathing, which means she's still alive.

I'm really getting that strong.

She's very frightened.

She's very frightened, she's shaking..

A little bit, and, you know,

holding on for dear life pretty well.

Somehow I think that you're gonna find her.

I feel like she's alive still.

Can you give me an indication

or a sense of a location?

Could she-could she

be in the vicinity

of where we are right now?

She's in a very dark place,

I can't see through her eyes.

What do you mean "dark"?

It's scary, I can't see any more.

It's so scary and, you know,

I can't see 'cause it's dark around her.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

I hope you find her.

I want you to get back to your lovely lunch.

It smells absolutely spectacular.

And get back to your beautiful music.

What was that, "la forza del destino"

by verdi I heard?

Yes, it was. Boy,

you like music.

I love music.

Music is the companion of the soul.

My favorite piece is madame butterfly

with jan peerce and albanese.

Beautiful tenor, beautiful soprano.

That recording.. I mean,

it's all scratched up

I played it so many f***ing times.

Yeah, I love music too.

Sir,

if you can think of anything to help the

little girl, which, I know you want to..

Here's my card.

My number's there and I would greatly

appreciate it if you think of anything.

You mind if I call you "Alfonso"?

Not at all, sir. My

dad called me Alfonso.

Pleasure.

Pleasure's mine, sir.

I really appreciate the time you gave us

and we apologize for

barging in on your lunch.

I don't dislike you that much either.

Ha ha!

Thank you, sir.

We'll see ourselves out.

And do me a favor..

Lock that door.

Lock the door, sir.

Too late for that.

Nice to meet

you, Mr. Florence.

Nice meeting you.

Some friends of mine are

friends with the sheriff

in niagara falls, New York.

Apparently he told my friend that the

ambassador is a scumbag

and the ambassador got

arrested at the casino for making some

inappropriate remarks and

inappropriate advances.

And then they dropped the charges

because something happened.

What do you mean,

"they dropped the charges,

something happened"?

They dropped the

charges. Mysteriously

everything went, so that means our friend,

Mr. ambassador,

has got some very

serious, serious friends,

you know what I'm saying?

Yup.

Excuse me.

Yeah, can I help you gentlemen?

My name is detective alfonse palermo

from secret service Canada.

This is my partner.

Robert Santos.

We have a meeting with sheriff Williams.

Sheriff Williams,

there's a couple of guys here to see you.

Okay, thanks.

He'll be right out.

Thank you for seeing us, sheriff Williams.

My name is special agent alfonse palermo,

this is my partner.

Robert Santos.

Samuel told me you guys wanted to ask me

some questions or something?

For the ambassador of the

United States to Canada.

Okay, come on in.

Thank you, appreciate it.

Come on, have a seat, guys.

Thank you, sir.

Sheriff Williams, thank you for seeing us.

Samuel is a very, very dear friend of mine.

In fact, he helped me

through a very tough time

and he says nothing but

great things about you.

Good.

He's a good friend of yours, right?

Yes, he is.

In Canada right now we're investigating

the abduction or the disappearance

we really have no

clue which one it is...

of the very young daughter

of ambassador Adams

and Samuel said there's

some connection with you.

I got a call from the

casino that there was a

guy down there that was

drunk, loud, obnoxious,

sexually harassing a young girl

at the Blackjack table.

And then what happened, sir?

Well, I went down there myself.

You went there personally?

Yes, sir, and we arrested him.

Took him back here and

put him in a holding cell.

No sooner did I put him in the cell

I got a phone call asking me to release him.

Who told you to release him?

I'd rather not say.

But I told him to f*** off,

I wasn't gonna do it.

Good for you.

And 30 seconds later..

Maybe a minute at the

most, I got another phone

call from someone at the top of the mountain

telling me to release

him and I released him.

Why?

Because I didn't want to be under

the f***ing mountain, that's why.

Sheriff Williams, may I ask you a question?

Yeah.

You really hate ambassador Adams,

don't you?

F***in' right I do.

I think he's a piece of sh*t.

I hate that motherf***er.

He deserves to be put away.

Hey, wait a minute.

Are you thinking I'm a suspect here?

Are you serious, you two?

You know what?

Get the f*** out of my office, you guys.

Come on, get the f*** out now!

Sheriff, thank you for your time.

F*** you, get out!

Canadians.

What do you got?

You have to go change,

this is a sterile environment.

I'm not gonna change.

You look like a f***ing ant.

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