The Good Student Page #3

to call the local hotline

on-screen below.

Hello?

Hello.

I want to apologize

for the other night.

I'm usually not--

I got a motto.

Never complain

and never explain.

Water under the bridge.

Did you just start?

I mean, I haven't

seen you around.

December, last--

first week after Christmas.

Well--

Have a good day, Mr. Gibb.

Thanks. You too.

With 24 hours having passed

since Ally Palmer's

disappearance,

authorities

are now treating this case

as a possible kidnapping.

We now go live

to the missing girl's father,

Phil Palmer.

Well, now it is my turn

to come to you,

my loyal neighbors,

and ask for your help.

My beautiful daughter Allyson,

my little angel,

is missing,

the victim

of a heinous kidnapping.

That's right,

taken from me on purpose.

I've asked myself 100 times,

"Who could do such a thing?

"What unspeakable evil

lurks in our midst?"

Any. baby,

I want you to know

Daddy loves you,

and I'm gonna get you back.

Friends, neighbors, help me.

These are dangerous times

that we live in.

But I believe

that life must go on.

And here at Palmer Auto,

it will.

We are slashing prices

on the entire inventory,

every car,

every truck on the lot on sale,

priced to move,

until Ally is returned to us

safe and sound.

You heard right.

I am passing the savings

along to you,

Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.

So come on down

to Palmer Auto

and show Ally--

no, show the World

how much you care.

It only takes a moment to snap,

and it takes a couple more

to see an opportunity.

History has always

treated men of this sort

with an incredible mixture

of admiration and revulsion.

As a student of history,

more and more as I see it

happening before my own eyes,

it's become harder and harder

for me to sit on the sidelines

and just watch.

Bastard!

All right, easy there, cowboy.

What the hell's

the matter with you?

Using her like that.

I don't know what you're saying.

You better drop that frying pan

and get the f*** away

from my house.

You're using her misfortune

as a marketing ploy?

It's how I cope.

Now, drop the frying pan!

Drop it, I Say!

I don't want your truck anymore.

Take it back.

Why?

What's the matter with it?

You know, buyer beware applies

in all automotive transactions,

mister.

If anything

bad happens to her,

it's gonna be your fault,

you hear me?

I'm gonna need

that pink slip back!

That man is

a self-serving monster.

Could be.

Fortunately, he's got an alibi

for the night in question.

What's yours?

I was at home.

Alone, right?

It makes me sick to think

of someone hurting that girl.

Would you please go

and find her?

That is the plan.

There's something

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