The Desperate Hours Page #6

- Cindy!

- Don't move!

- Glenn!

- Hal, this girl is ill.

- If there's any decency in you...

- Glenn!

Miss, there's no cause to be scared.

Hold it!

Aah! Aah!

Open the door!

Lock the back door.

Turn off the lights. Go up to Ralphy.

Stay away from the windows.

They're all outside.

Operator... Operator...

Operator!

Dan, don't!

Dad!

Operator. Operator.

Is that...?

Your call, please?

They've got Ralphy.

This is the operator.

Your call, please.

Go upstairs. Get in our room,

both of you. Lock the door.

Ellie! If you hear a shot,

make the call.

Ralphy! Where are you?

Here, Dad...

Try something now, the brat gets his.

- Let the boy come in, Griffin.

- Gun first. Set the safety.

Now the lights. Back inside.

I tried anyway.

Go up to your mother, son.

Jumped off the roof.

Brave kid you got there, Hilliard.

Brave family. Going on midnight

and you couldn't wait.

You couldn't wait! You ain't learned

yet who's running this show.

Hands off, Griffin!

Glenn.

Get Kobish in here.

- Bard?

- Yeah.

Helen Miller's not coming.

She ran a red light in Columbus.

- What?

- A patrol car gave chase.

They arrested her

for a traffic violation?!

- She gave them the slip in Columbus.

- But they had orders.

It's been on every teletype between

here and Pittsburgh: Do not arrest!

Oh, those greedy crumbs! Trying to

pick her off on a lousy 15-buck fine.

- Take it easy, Bard.

- Don't tell me to take it easy!

If she's not coming,

she's got to call him.

Dutch, get me a court order.

I want every long-distance call

from Columbus, Ohio, to Indianapolis

as fast as they get 'em,

any number to any number.

- Got you, Chief.

- Names, addresses, numbers.

- Ralphy?

- Don't move, Dan.

- What time...?

- After one.

- Midnight! He said he...

- Dan, listen.

Close your eyes and listen to me,

darling.

You must never do anything

like that again. Ever.

- You might have been killed.

- Why haven't they gone?

Listen! Nobody knows anything

about what's happening here.

We're all alone in this.

Promise me...

Ellie, how long has it been

since I said I love you?

Hal, upstairs.

Lady, get that!

Hello?

I have a collect call for Mr James

from Mrs James.

- Put her on.

- You accept the charges?

Yeah, put her on.

- Get them inside.

- Inside and shut the door.

- Hello?

- Yeah?

- Is this you?

- Yeah. What's up?

I ran into trouble in Columbus.

I'm heading for Louisville.

- You know where.

- Yeah. Now, listen.

Put that stuff in a plain envelope

and take down this address.

- OK?

- Yeah.

As soon as I get it,

we'll make tracks.

- Watch out, see?

- I'll see.

Close them curtains.

- What if they trace that call?

- Ever hear of Circleville, Ohio?

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