Pay the Ghost Page #3

the voice-mail of

Kristen Lawford.

Please leave me a

message, and I'll get...

During a

late night travel.

Where does Ichabod Crane

find himself,

but in Sleepy Hollow.

With just the very name,

Irving establishes

the mood and tone,

foreshadowing the

horror which is to come.

Thanks.

How are you holding up?

Can't motivate myself.

Can't motivate my students.

You know, Charlie would've

been in second grade now.

All I had to do was protect him.

Isn't that what a father does?

He protects.

I couldn't even do that.

Mike, listen to

what you are saying.

You can't keep

beating yourself up.

It won't bring him back.

My son isn't dead.

I feel him.

And until I know

what happened to him,

I am not going to

stop looking for him.

Would it help if you took

another leave of absence?

No.

Please, I need this.

Just try to hang

in there, Mike.

Taxi!

Taxi, yo!

Mike Hi, Rhonda, new fliers.

Mike, we still have

that pile from last time.

Is Detective Jordan around?

Uh...

He's kinda busy right now.

I'll just be a second.

Hi, Mike Lawford's coming in.

Detective Jordan

Jesus, Mike, you can't just

come into my office

any time you want to.

On October 30th of last year,

there was an offender.

Colin O'Malley, he was

released from Rikers Island.

He served 15 years

for kidnapping,

abducted a neighbor's

kid on 10th and Avenue A.

I'll double check that.

October 28th, Maxwell Porter

was released from Sing Sing.

- They let this guy go,

- Mike...

Three days before

Charlie disappeared.

- He only did seven years.

- Mike...

Seven years!

For abducting and molesting

an eight year old

boy on Stanton.

I will double check it, Mike.

You'll double check it?

Yes!

Every, and I mean every

registered offender,

in every borough and

surrounding county

has been double

and triple checked.

Now you know this.

Now, I'll take a

look at these names

just in case we

missed something.

But the fact still remains,

that you're the last person

to be seen with your son.

Oh, my God.

You keep pointing

the finger at me

'cause you haven't found

jack sh*t all year.

Well, in three days

it's Halloween again!

And every child will be out,

and every predator knows it,

and one of them took my son.

And this is what you

guys do, isn't it?

'Cause you're too f***ing

lazy to do your jobs.

Lazy?

This is Charlie's file, Mike.

And this is just

what's on paper.

Computer's got at

least 20 times that.

Each week I put

it out over NCIC.

Child abuse squad,

human trafficking, FBI.

I am in constant contact

with all of them.

NYPD may be a lot

of things, Mike,

but one thing we

are not is lazy.

Now is there anything else?

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