Catch a Fire Page #4

Patrick, don't tell me.

Let me guess.

No, I'm Shangaan.

Oh.

I usually can tell.

Patrick also has

daughters. Two.

Is it? How old?

Albertina, she's eight.

Lindiwe, she's six.

How sweet.

That's the best age.

The little one, she's naughty.

She is very bad.

Patrick has a beautiful wife.

Miss Highveld Africa...

Yes.

She likes nice things.

Nice clothes.

Nice furniture.

Is there something

wrong with that?

No. Nothing wrong.

She's got class, man.

She does.

Sing along, Patrick.

You know the words, yeah?

Were you singing, Patrick?

Celebrating

the terrorist attacks?

Ask anybody in Secunda

and they will you that Patrick

Chamusso is not a terrorist.

They would laugh at you.

I saw your boys.

I watched them play.

That one kid. Sixpence?

He's really good, huh?

After supper you dropped the

boys off at the school in Ermelo.

Then you took off

somewhere.

In the morning you were

late picking them up.

That's what they said.

We checked the mileage

on the vehicle.

That tells us

you drove to the plant.

You fixed the mines.

No.

Then where were you

that night, Patrick?

When you dropped the boys off,

where did you go?

He's pissed off now.

Watch this, Mommy.

I used to do that

when I was a girl.

You show me.

There's another woman.

Not far from here.

That's where I was.

Yes?

I love my wife.

You're lying.

Nice try, Patrick.

Did you know your friend

Johnny had a weak heart?

Is somebody here?

Is somebody here?

Hello.

Hello?

Precious!

What have they done to you?

What have they done to you?

I'm sorry.

Precious.

I'm sorry.

Nic Vos!

I am talking to you, Nic Vos!

I will stand up in court

and this is what I will say.

After the game, I fetched the

boys to the school in Ermelo.

I went to Secunda.

After that I opened

the east perimeter fence.

Patrick, stop!

No one saw me.

I was there ten minutes

and I was gone.

You can do anything

you want to do with me.

But you must release my wife!

What kind of man are you who

does these things to a woman?

What kind of man are you?

Pray.

I am talking to you,

Nic Vos. Here it is.

I will stand up in court and this

is what I will say. I let him go.

After the game,

I fetched the boys.

I took the boys

to the school in Ermelo.

He didn't do it.

I let him go.

He confessed on tape.

Confessed? To what?

That he cut a hole

in the fence?

They got in with a key.

You know that.

He said he did it. Okay?

That's good enough for me.

So we lie

to get a conviction.

We hang him.

We lock him in jail for the rest of

his life for something he didn't do.

In the meantime, there's a

terrorist loose on the ground.

What the hell is

the point in that?

Our job is

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes