Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Page #3

you need to tell me right now.

I'm trying to help.

With this rap sheet,

I have to ask.

Have you talked to anyone

or seen anybody from your past?

No, I have not.

And unless I am a suspect,

or you have new information on my daughter,

I think you should leave.

If anybody comes to mind,

you need to call me!

Mr. Ames, I'll let myself out.

I thought if I changed my name,

then my old life would go away.

All this

time I've been living with a stranger.

No, you haven't.

Listen, let's not do this, David.

You... You... You were a ho?

- Theft.

- What?

Narcotics.

- You were a damn ho?

- No!

Do not call me that, okay?

We need to find my daughter.

She's my daughter, too!

Well, I know that, but our focus should

be on finding her! Our focus...

How do we know somebody from your past

didn't come and snatch our child?

We don't! We don't, okay?

God is punishing me.

Well, maybe you need to be punished.

Oh, now you're condemning me?

You're condemning me for cleaning my life?

I willed myself to become who I am.

And who are you?

Who are you?

If you had known my history,

would you have given me a second thought?

Well, Kari, we'll never know now, will we?

There are reasons that I did what I did.

I was raped by my father.

Of course.

I don't believe you.

David, open the door.

David, please.

Somebody's gonna step forward.

Somebody's gotta talk.

I just pray she's alive, man.

Oh, man, don't say that.

Don't even think that, man.

You're right, you're right, you're right.

It's just hard to be positive about

anything when you find out that

the woman you love

has got a rap sheet a mile long.

You know what I'm saying?

You know, I knew

something was wrong with her.

I just couldn't put my finger on it.

Hey, and look.

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

So what do you wanna do now, man?

I don't know.

I'd kick her to the curb if I were you.

Les, I guess that's easy for you to say

what you would do.

She's the mother of my child, man.

She's probably the reason why your child is

missing in the first place, man.

We don't know that.

Oh, man, I tell you, I'd

kick her to the curb.

- Man, I'd kick her to the curb.

- I gotta find Mikayla.

Oh, where you going, man?

I'm gonna roll through some neighborhoods.

All right, I'll roll with you.

All right. I'm gonna start

in the Fifth Ward, downtown,

- and work my way out.

- Fifth Ward?

Man, I forgot I'm still on call,

but I'll tell you what.

- I'll stay here and man the phone...

- I got this.

- Wait a minute. David, come on, man.

- I got it.

Listen, I'm with ya.

Daddy.

I'm gonna be seven!

Good night, baby.

You want seconds, don't you?

Come on, come on.

Mikayla!

Oh, God, bless this food.

Bless this food

which this child is about to receive.

Give him nourishment for the ultimate day.

Amen.

Got you

a little something to eat here.

Look at this. This is so good.

Here we are.

Open up, open wide.

- OW!

You better leave me alone!

You little blasphemer!

- Child of Satan!

- Go away!

You... You Godless little monster.

Now, shut up!

I just said... I said shut up!

What am I thinking? Dear God!

You are only a child.

You are only a child.

New Orleans

Police Department, may I help you?

We have five days left

before Mikayla

is found dead just like the others.

What are you doing?

Mrs. Ames, our department is using

every resource available, and then some.

Even the FBI is here.

Oh, good. I'll wait.

Why can't I get

my daughter's picture on the news?

I don't understand what's going on.

Ma'am, maybe you need to

go talk to the network.

- Thank you.

- I want answers.

Mrs. Ames? Mrs. Ames.

Oh, here's our man from Baton Rouge now.

Mrs. Ames, I'd like for you to

meet Special Agent Wil Bennett.

Mrs. Ames.

I'm sorry about your daughter.

- How're you holding up?

- Hmm. Barely.

I just love reunions.

We went to high school together.

Look, I'm gonna step out

for a few minutes, okay?

Come on, let me walk you out.

New Orleans Police Department,

may I help you?

Barrick, I swear she's got it in for me.

Oh, nah.

I'll deal with her later.

You know,

I tried looking you up over the years.

But you completely vanished.

But when Barrick

sent the file over with the family photo,

let's just say I was surprised.

Oh!

A familiar name, Lemont Bullock.

He bailed Kari out of jail twice.

So she was part of his stable.

- Yeah, top filly.

- Mmm.

We're gonna find her.

They got a pretty good department here.

And I'm gonna make certain of it.

You were always there for me.

Always.

You're scaring me.

Keep the light off.

I graded these term papers.

I could just leave them here.

I combed every block

within a 20 mile radius of my home.

I rang

every bell.

Nothing.

I'm sorry I...

Oh, no, no, no.

There's no need to apologize.

If you need anything just ask.

And, hey, I'll take care of it.

I can take over your lectures, you know.

I know most of them by heart.

I can't turn my mind off.

I...

I keep seeing her laying there.

I keep wondering...

They'll find her.

I know they will.

- Yeah.

- You want me to stay a little bit longer?

No. Just go.

Go home.

Go home and sleep.

Go home.

Okay-

Are you gonna be all right?

Yup.

Seventeen sex offenders

live within five miles of our home.

Did you know that?

No.

Why Mikayla?

What?

Why would you name our daughter Mikayla?

So that she could have

the childhood I never had.

Here, I've made your favorite,

uh, cheese crackers...

Nah, nah, nah, nah. We're good.

You've reached the Colmars.

We're unable to get

to the phone right now,

- so leave a message at the beep.

Tia, will you please call me?

It doesn't matter what time, okay?

Just call me back.

No, no, no, no, no.

Please, don't answer the phone.

Don't answer the phone, whatever you do.

Now you know I should answer the phone.

Tia, come on, pick up.

Don't talk to her.

Thank you.

Is Ed here?

He's asleep.

You mind telling me what this is about?

Where is he?

Thank you.

Do your homework. Get over there.

Do your homework!

It's the police! She's inside, Ed!

Get up!

Ed.

Homie. Hey!

- I wanna see my lawyer.

- Why?

The only thing I can hold you for is

violation of probation.

You know they hate your kind inside.

They're just gonna beat you up,

they're just gonna cut you up a little.

Okay, okay, okay-

What do you wanna know?

- Mikayla Ames.

- Mikayla Ames?

Yeah. Six-year-old black girl.

She's been all in the news.

There's been some yeah, yeah.

- What kind of yeah, yeah?

- Well, no one's owned up to it yet.

It takes about a month

for the video to hit the chat rooms.

But I don't think there's

too much of a demand for this one.

Why is that?

Little black girls are an acquired taste.

Now, uh...

White lambs or uh,

Asian cherubs...

Your kind of people

just want to make me forget my oath!

You better tell me

if there's any chatter about her.

Mikayla Ames.

You understand? You got that?

You call me.

If not, I'm gonna

be on you like red on pepper.

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