The Escape Page #3

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LOOKS LIKE IT.

BY THE WAY, IM SARAH CLARK.

WHATS YOUR NAME?

JAKE.

YOU HAVE A LAST NAME?

ITS JUST JAKE.

YOU KNOW,

ITS LIKE GANDHI OR PRINCE.

[ CHUCKLES ] OH, YEAH.

SO, ARE YOU FROM AROUND HERE?

IM JUST PASSING THROUGH,

LIKE YOU.

WELL, WHERES YOUR CAR?

I WAS ON THE TRAIN.

DID YOU SEE ANY PHONES

WHEN YOU WERE OUT THERE?

I WASNT LOOKING.

WELL, DONT YOU WANT TO CALL

YOUR FAMILY OR SOMETHING?

JESUS CHRIST,

DONT YOU EVER SHUT UP?!

IM SORRY.

IM SORRY.

ALL MY FRIENDS TELL ME

I TALK TOO MUCH.

I JUST -- I DONT KNOW -- I KEEP

THINKING ILL GROW OUT OF IT.

EXCUSE ME.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

ACTUALLY...

I MOVE AROUND:

SO MUCH IN MY WORK...

ITS HARD TO SAY:

WHERE I CALL HOME.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

WHATS THAT?

HUH?

SPEAK UP!

I CANT HEAR YOU!

GOD DAMN IT, TELL HIM

THAT I DONT HAVE A CHOICE!

IVE GOT TO HAVE THAT WHOLE AREA

EVACUATED BY 9:
00.

THATS RIGHT. HERE.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

ALL RIGHT, KATE,

WHAT DO YOU GOT?

HERES THE RAP SHEE ON THE ESCAPED PRISONER --

CHARLES JACOB CLAYTON, AGE 29.

THIS BOYS BEEN IN TROUBLE

SINCE HE WAS BORN.

TELL ME MORE.

REGULAR CUSTOMER

IN JUVENILE COURT --

ROBBERY, GRAND THEFT AUTO,

ASSAULT,

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA --

ALL BEFORE HE WAS 18.

HE WAS DISCHARGED

FROM THE MARINES IN 86.

WHATS HE IN FOR NOW?

TWO COUNTS --

FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

ANY RELATIVES IN THE AREA?

NONE LISTED.

ALL RIGHT. KEEP ON IT.

YEAH.

SHERIFF!

WHAT IS IT?

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

SHERIFF, THERES NOTHING

HAPPENING AT THE ROADBLOCKS,

AND ITS GETTING REAL HARD

TO MOVE OUT THERE.

I DONT CARE. I WANT EVERY INCH

OF THIS DELTA COVERED RIGHT NOW.

YOU PULL PEOPLE OFF THE FLOOD

DETAILS IF YOU HAVE TO.

-YES, SIR.

-GET MOVING.

GET ANOTHER CHOPPER IN THE AIR.

[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]

[ CELLO PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC ]

BACH.

YEAH.

YOU PLAY IN AN ORCHESTRA

OR SOMETHING?

IN A CHAMBER GROUP.

REALLY?

LAST SUMMER, I WENT TO EUROPE

WITH THE NATIONAL YOUTH

ORCHESTRA.

7 COUNTRIES IN 16 DAYS,

BUT WE PLAYED:

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.

NO SH*T.

THEY ASKED ME BACK THIS SUMMER,

BUT IM ACTUALLY THINKING

ABOUT QUITTING.

WHY?

I JUST FEEL TRAPPED, YOU KNOW?

ITS -- ITS LIKE

THIS IS MY BALL AND CHAIN

AND IM SERVING, LIKE,

THIS LIFE SENTENCE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

I THINK I DO.

WELL, BEFORE YOU RETIRE...

WILL YOU PLAY SOMETHING ELSE?

OKAY.

[ CELLO PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC ]

YOU SHOULDNT QUIT.

YOU HAVE A GIFT, A PASSION.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES.

I CAN HEAR IT WHEN YOU PLAY.

ITS YOUR TICKET TO RIDE, SARAH.

DONT THROW IT AWAY.

20 BUCKS, LONG DOESNT SHOW UP.

[ HORN HONKS ]

HEY, WAIT. OH.

WASNT SURE YOUD MAKE I TONIGHT, MR. LONG.

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