The Commuter Page #5

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I didn't mean it like that.

Dude, it's tickets

and zones, okay?

They buy a ticket

for a station,

I punch the zone stub

and put it on the seat. Boom.

Is that just day riders or...

You said you're looking

for your friend, right?

Yeah.

You don't know

what they look like?

You're asking me questions

about passengers,

about protocol?

I know, it's stupid.

We only talked online.

She said she'd be here.

Lives in Cold Spring.

You're meeting an online date?

On a metro train?

Yeah, I can't help you, pal.

No one can.

-Okay.

-All right.

You take it easy. Good luck.

Now arriving

110th Street Station, folks.

You Michael?

Michael MacCauley?

Yeah.

You found

what you're looking for?

What?

Yo. Are we doing this?

No. No, I can't.

Yeah, they thought

you might say that.

-Wait a minute. What is this?

-It's a warning.

In case you haven't

figured it out yet,

they're watching you.

Now leaving

110th Street Station.

Next stop,

125th Street Station.

-Tony, can I use your phone?

-What?

Your phone. Mine was stolen.

I have to make a call.

It's an emergency.

Please. Please.

Yeah, okay.

There's no service till 125th.

Sometimes in the back,

if you're lucky.

Thanks, Tony.

Don't quit outta my game.

You figure out

who she was?

The woman we saw earlier

that was eyeballing you.

I figured

that's where you went,

looking for her.

Hey, no judgment. I mean...

Mind if I borrow

the sports section?

-No. Yeah, sure. Here.

-Thanks.

The Yanks are playing the Sox.

Five wins to clinch.

I'm feeling very confident.

You know, my boy,

he won't let me

watch it on TV.

He says it's bad

for my blood pressure.

As if the Yanks winning would give

me a heart attack or something.

Don't know why the kid

is so worried.

Kid spends more time watching

me than he does at work.

Yeah, and that is what I get

for teaching the kid

to do the right thing.

Listen, I'm gonna stop

by a bar and get a beer.

-Why don't you come with me?

-I can't.

I gotta make a call.

Come on, Karen, pick up.

The mobile number you are

trying to reach is unavailable.

-2-3 Precinct.

-Detective Murphy, please.

Please hold.

He's not in. Can I transfer

you to his voice mail?

His cell, please.

It's an emergency.

I'm a friend.

Hey, Murph. It's Michael.

Listen, I'm on the train

just before Harlem.

I don't know

what the hell's happening.

This woman

approached me out of nowhere.

She wants me

to find a passenger

carrying some kind of bag.

Murph, I think I've...

Just send someone to my house

and call me back

at this number, okay?

Now arriving

125th Street Station, folks.

I'll see you

on the next go-round.

Now leaving

125th Street Station.

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