Ace Wonder: Message from a Dead Man Page #2

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Give it back.

Give what back?

I said, give it back!

Make me.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES UP)

There you go.

Well, thanks.

Look out!

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

Dad, come here, quick!

(MUSIC CHANGES)

(SNICKERS)

Missed.

Are you all right?

What happened?

I-- I saw the whole thing

and man, it was something.

Eddie-- Eddie's been needing

someone to do that...

to him for a long time.

What?

Well, Eddie got to picking

on your boy, and could have messed him up.

Then this guy shows up

and bam, bam, bam!

Just like that,

it was all over.

Look, y'all eat up,

meals are on me today.

That's very generous,

thank you.

No, it's nothing, really.

If there's anything I can do

for you guys, just let me know.

Well, you wouldn't happen to

know a good mechanic, would you?

Hm.

Bobby John Dolan, the best

and only mechanic in town.

You work on big rigs?

I do today.

Yeah, that could be bad.

I've seen this before but,

only in a book...

and it was a short book.

Hmm...

This big red thing in here

I believe is the engine...

Thank you...

for helping me out.

No problem.

When you were in the restaurant,

I overheard you talking about your grandfather...

and the clues he'd left you.

I'd like to interview you

and get some of the details of the story.

We don't have a lot of time, so,

if you'd open it up right away, that'd be really helpful.

We'll be leaving

in just a little bit...

so I wouldn't worry about it

too much, if I were you.

Why not?

Because you'd only

have half the story.

How frustrating would that be?

Mm, it's very considerate

of you.

Okay.

It's gonna take me all day

to find a starter for this.

All night to put her in

and probably a good part of tomorrow, too.

You folks are gonna

need a place to stay.

You wouldn't happen to own

the local motel, too, would you?

No, that's this guy over here.

He owns the local bed

and breakfast down the road.

Perfect.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

JEFF (O.S.):

Thanks again, Jim, for taking us in on such short notice.

JIM (O.S.):

Yeah.. It's no problem.

What is a problem is

the water heater is down.

I'll just have to get

that fixed by tonight.

JEFF (O.S.):

Could we give you a hand? We'd love to help.

JIM (O.S.):

Yeah, sure, why not?

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

Okay, guys, upstairs to the

left, every room is available.

Follow me.

Just take your bags

here for now.

We have three rooms

available.

This one, and the other

two down the hall...

so go ahead

and take your pick.

You still seem hesitant

about my offer.

I really do think

I could help.

You might consider my size

to be a handicap...

but I like to think

of it as a good thing.

Sort of fly under the radar,

so to speak.

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