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JERRY
No! They said no cops! They were
darned clear on that, Wade! They
said you call the cops and we -
WADE
Well, a course they’’re gonna say
that! But where’’s my protection?
They got Jean here! I give these
sons a bitches a million dollars,
where’’s my guarantee they’’re gonna
let her go.
JERRY
Well, they -
WADE
A million dollars is a lot a damn
money! And there they are, they
got my daughter!
JERRY
Yah, but think this thing through
here, Wade. Ya give ’’em what they
want, why wont’’ they let her go?
You gotta listen to me on this one,
Wade.
WADE
Heck, you don’’t know! You’’re just
whistlin’’ Dixie here! I’’m sayin’’,
the cops, they can advise us on
this! I’’m sayin’’ call a professional!
JERRY
No! No cops! That’’s final! This
is my deal here, Wade! Jean is
my wife here!
STAN
I gotta tell ya, Wade, I’’m leanin’’
to Jerry’’s viewpoint here.
WADE
Well -
STAN
We gotta protect Jean. These -
we’’re not holdin’’ any cards here,
Wade, they got all of ’’em. So
they call the shots.
JERRY
You’’re darned tootin’’!
WADE
Ah, dammit!
STAN
I’’m tellin’’ ya.
WADE
Well…… Why don’’t we……
He saws a finger under his nose.
WADE
…… Stan, I’’m thinkin’’ we should
offer ’’em half a million.
JERRY
Now come on here, no way, Wade!
No way!
STAN
We’’re not horse-trading here, Wade,
we just gotta bite the bullet on
this thing.
JERRY
Yah!
STAN
What’’s the next step here, Jerry?
JERRY
They’’re gonna call, give me
instructions for a drop. I’’m
supposed to have the money ready
tomorrow.
WADE
Dammit!
THE CASHIER
She rings up two dollars forty.
CASHIER
How was everything today?
JERRY
Yah, real good now.
PARKING LOT
Snow continues to fall. Jerry and Stan stand bundled in
their parkas and galoshes near a row of beached vehicles.
Wade sits behind the wheel of an idling Lincoln, waiting for
Stan.
STAN
Okay. We’’ll get the money together.
Don’’t worry about it, Jerry. Now,
d’’you want anyone at home, with you,
until they call?
JERRY
No, I - they don’’t want - they’’re
just s’’posed to be dealin’’ with
me, they were real clear.
STAN
Yah.
Jerry pounds his mittened hands together against the cold.
JERRY
Ya know, they said no one listenin’’
in, they’’ll be watchin’’, ya know.
Maybe it’’s all bull, but like you
said, Stan, they’’re callin’’ the
shots.
STAN
Okay. And Scotty, is he gonna
be all right?
JERRY
Yah, geez, Scotty. I’’ll go talk
to him.
There is a tap at the horn from Wade, and Stan gets into the
Lincoln.
STAN
We’’ll call.
The Lincoln spits snow as it grinds out of the lot and
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