The Red Maple Leaf Page #9

I bet everything I had on you.

I'm gonna kill you,

I swear to god I'm gonna kill you.

Do it. Do me a

f***in' favor,

put me out of my f***in' misery.

Do it. I'm tired of

this, do it. Please.

Alright, alright.

Okay, shh.

I'm so f***ing tired.

Okay, we'll fix it, okay?

We'll fix it.

You and my granddaughter.

Come in,

Mr. palermo.

Sit down over there if you would, please?

Odd way to meet you, Alfonso.

You're not gonna make this easy, are you?

Please. I promised

I would come here.

Tell me what you gotta tell me, please.

First of all, what do

you want me to call you?

Alfonso? Al?

Al's fine.

Al's fine, okay.

Well, my name is

Dr. Amanda Walker

and I'd like you to

call me Dr. Walker.

How's that?

That's fine.

Okay, good.

Now before we continue,

I want you to...

boy, you have a complicated history here.

Let me just start with this notion that

you could let go of, or have closure with

the fact you've been through this trauma,

that you have lost your

wife and your whole family

in one shot, is nonsense.

Why do we have to talk about that right now?

I have a case.

The senator wants me to

find his granddaughter.

I shouldn't be here talking to you

trying to be psychoanalyzed.

I can see pain coming out of

every single one of your pores.

Every cell in your being is screaming pain,

and if you don't look at it..

You can't be helped.

It won't go away.

I know you have a job

now where you're needed.

I understand you're very complicated.

I understand you're really, really good

at what you do..

But I can't help you

if you don't want to be helped.

I really can't.

So ask me your questions.

Let's get this dance going.

Do what you gotta do.

It's not quite that simple.

First of all, I have to

ask you a very awkward

question and I'm going to

tell you ahead of time,

if you answer "yes" I have to call

the authorities and tell them.

So let's cover that ground right now.

If in fact you want to die,

you have to know that if you tell me that

I want you to

really hear me...

I have to call the police.

I walk around with a loaded 9 mm beretta

every day. If

I wanted to

put it in my f***in' mouth and end it

I would do it.

So can you stop trying to psychoanalyze me?

I'm not trying to psychoanalyze you.

I'm trying to help you.

I'm trying to get you to

take all that pain and

not "get over it", that's just nonsensical.

Who could get over losing your daughter

and your wife?

How do I get over that?

You don't get over that,

but what you can do is

you can learn to take

all that pain and put it

in some part of yourself that separates it

from the other things

you're feeling so you can

function without that bottle of scotch a day

without cutting it off,

that you can function.

We're trying to get you

better so you don't hurt

as much. And it's

possible because..

I've been there. I

have been there.

You lost your family in one night?

In one second, in one flash?

In one moment your whole destiny

goes down the f***ing drain,

all your aspirations,

all you ever lived for?

Everything you hoped for are gone?

You've done that?

I've lost a lot, let's leave it at that.

We're not here to talk about me,

but the pain you must be feeling

is something that a few

of us have been through

and it is enormous and it never leaves.

But you have to learn to cope with it

better than you're doing.

I mean, look at you.

Just look at you.

You could use a shower. No?

Oh, Alfonso.

I think for today we've

covered enough ground.

I'll tell you what.

I'll tell you what...

can we make a deal?

Here's the deal.

Can you try coming back

one more time and, before

you come, instead of seeing me as the enemy,

open up your heart a little bit and go

"she's a fellow human being,

she's been through a lot.

Maybe we can help each other".

Okay.

Can you do that?

I can't promise you, but I'll do my best.

It's nice meeting

you, Dr. Walker.

Thank you for your time.

Ohhh.

Hello, who is this?

Hello, it's Bernard.

Bernard?

Bernard Florence.

Mr. Florence,

how are you?

Call me Bernie, uh?

Bernie.

I'm okay.

I came across your card

and I've been thinking

a lot and I have a confession to make.

You've got a confession to make?

Yeah, something's been bothering me.

I haven't been totally

honest with you and it's

been driving me a little

crazy, I gotta tell you.

I came across your card just now and..

Anyway, do you mind if I tell you something?

Go ahead.

I'm all ears.

I've been driving that son of a b*tch

for a lot of years and one thing happened

that drove me a little crazy.

The more I think about it

the more I feel it can be

of help to you, if you know what I'm saying.

I mean, I was in the front seat many times

when he had different

people in the back seat,

you know, and I played like

I didn't hear what was going on

but I knew what was going on all the time.

And there was one time, one particular time

when his assistant, Marie,

she was like his private colluder.

So, ambassador, I rearranged your schedule.

I've now got the ministry of transportation

meeting for you at

3:
00 instead of 4:00.

Would that work for you, sir?

You know, I can't hear you.

So as I was saying..

The minister of transportation,

he can meet

you at-

can you do me a favor?

Sure.

Don't be silly.

I got a meeting.

Honey, I love you so much.

You know I want to be with you.

I would do anything for you.

Don't be foolish.

I've got a daughter.

I have a family.

If I didn't have a daughter

maybe things would be different.

She talked about leaving his wife

and marrying her.

So the reason he couldn't marry her

was because he had a daughter?

What I heard her say basically was "well,

what if you didn't

have a daughter?"

Bernie, indulge

me. Listen to me.

I'm trying to understand

what you're telling me.

You're telling me that he basically said

if he didn't have a daughter, if he did not

have a daughter getting in the way,

he would leave his wife

and marry this b*tch?

Is that what you're telling me?

That's what he inferred, yeah.

And it disturbed the hell outta me

when I realized his daughter disappeared.

If I suspected anybody..

Uh, it might be her.

You know, Bernie.

You made my day,

and if I was there I'd give you a kiss.

You're a good man.

Hey, I'm not saying she did it!

Bernie, leave that to us.

I want to give you this advice.

Anytime you need me, you call me

and maybe we'll go break some bread.

Okay, Bernie?

You're a good guy,

alfonse. Believe me.

I don't like many cops but I like you.

Bernie, god bless and you have a good day.

Thank you.

You too.

Bye-bye.

Rob..

Meet me at Marie MacDonald's place now.

I just got a call from the driver.

Florence.

Exactly.

And I knew I liked that man right away.

It's her...

It's her.

I never liked the assistant.

I don't like the ambassador, but it's her.

What are you doing?

I'm liking your Cologne.

What do you mean by that?

It's better than the old one.

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