WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:08.439 Chapter seven, Freedom Present. Hannah has been on her ass all morning. 2 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:14.480 The kids are running around like hooligans, screaming and fighting. Outside her window, 3 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:19.600 Freedom sees Lydia in A two attempting to turn on the hose that snakes 4 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.800 through the brush and cacti at the side of the house in order to cool 5 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:28.239 off from the heat. Lydia is wearing a T shirt and bathing suit bottoms, 6 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:33.560 and A two is naked. The high pitched screams each emit is enough 7 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:39.280 to drive her insane. Pair that with Hannah's constant nagging, and Freedom feels 8 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:45.159 downright suicidal. It is Sunday morning, not quite ten am, and already 9 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:50.200 the trailer is a circus. She barges into the living room and finds Harry 10 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:54.880 on the couch rolling a joint. I will pay you for a hit of 11 00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:00.560 that. Harry shakes his head no and makes a clucking sound with his tongue. 12 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:04.319 No way, Jose, this is my weed. Go get your own, 13 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:11.280 Harry. Come on, these kids are driving me crazy. Sorry, 14 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:14.879 no can do. I got to head out to the reservation in a few 15 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:19.359 minutes. Helping Johnny move. Johnny is a friend of the family who recently 16 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:25.519 went through a divorce. Freedom guesses this is the day Johnny is finally getting 17 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:30.439 kicked out of his house. Whatever. Down the hallway, Freedom can hear 18 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:36.519 the faint ping of her cell phone. She has a text. Who's that? 19 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:42.640 Harry asked, distractedly, none of your business. Freedom dashes off down 20 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:47.560 the hall to retrieve her phone. Maybe it's the weed fairy with a delivery 21 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:53.840 for you, Harry yells. After her retreating back, Freedom slams her bedroom 22 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:57.959 door shut and flings herself down onto her unmade bed, digging through the sheet 23 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:04.280 and thin blanket for the cell phone that is buried underneath. She finally finds 24 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.719 it and swipes her hand across the cracked screen. It is a text from 25 00:02:07.759 --> 00:02:15.639 her friend Niewa from the reservation. It reads rummage sale at the Hualapai Baptist 26 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:22.719 Church You in? She types back hell yes. Freedom tosses the phone back 27 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:28.039 and forth between her hands as she impatiently waits for her reply. It comes 28 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:34.199 through one minute later. Dude kidding, She writes back, I'm not. 29 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.120 I'll pick you up. I gotta get out of here. Two minutes later, 30 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:44.240 dude sounds dire. Come scoop me. I have a special treat for 31 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:49.400 you. Freedom types back with one thumb as she balances the phone in her 32 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:53.159 hand and grabs her car keys with the other. Tell me it's something I 33 00:02:53.199 --> 00:03:00.960 can smoke, Niewa writes back better. As she is heading for the side 34 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.719 door. Harry looks up from the couch again, where do you think you're 35 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:09.599 going to? Niewas not with the truck? You're not? I need it? 36 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:15.919 What four? Freedom is exasperated to move, Johnny, we need a 37 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:20.439 truck. You think I'm going to carry all of his stuff on foot to 38 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:27.360 his new place? Fuck? Freedom runs her hands through her hair. Have 39 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:31.520 Niwah come get you. Harry is gingerly taking the keys out of her hands, 40 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:35.960 as if he is afraid Freedom will strike at him like a snake. 41 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:42.960 I will tell Johnny maybe he shouldn't have cheated on his wife like all the 42 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:46.439 time, and maybe he wouldn't have to move. I'll be sure to tell 43 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:51.759 him that. Harry plasters on a smile and puts up a hand to wave 44 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.319 to Freedom. As she leaves, Freedom texts Niwa to come get her instead, 45 00:03:55.719 --> 00:04:00.599 and within twenty minutes she arrives. As she pulls up in her black 46 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:05.599 beat up nineteen ninety seven, Jetta, Niwah pulls up her red T shirt 47 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:12.800 and flashes Freedom. She has no bra on underneath. This is Niwah's signature 48 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:18.040 move her calling card of sorts. Niwah, meaning fourth in Native American, 49 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:25.120 is the fourth child born to old school and literally old Native American parents. 50 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:30.079 She has two brothers and one sister, who were all born at least a 51 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:35.000 decade before Niwah. Niwah was a surprise and her mom was forty seven years 52 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.399 old when she had her. Her dad was fifty five. Because of the 53 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:43.959 age of her parents and the fact that her mom and dad thought that they 54 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:49.839 were done having children, Niewah raised herself with virtually no discipline. She is 55 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:56.399 a wild child who has no regard whatsoever for anyone else. This is why 56 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:01.079 she and Freedom are friends. Niwah is one year younger than Freedom. Lives 57 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:05.519 with her mom and dad on the reservation and work sixty miles away at the 58 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:13.040 Aquarius Casino resort in Laughlin, Nevada, dealing cards. Aquarius is the closest 59 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:17.600 casino to the reservation, seeing as the Hualapies don't have their own. Niwa 60 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:25.079 works there in order to meet single white men or non single white men doesn't 61 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:29.959 matter their relationships status. If they're white and of the male gender, Niwa 62 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:34.959 will try to sleep with them. Most of the time she succeeds. It's 63 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:41.120 like a Pocahonas thing. You know, all men have the Pocahonas fantasy. 64 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:46.160 She would often explain to Freedom. They like to fuck Indian chicks with braids 65 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:49.160 in their hair and a feather headband. The chick with war paint on her 66 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:57.000 face who doesn't speak English makes them feel like John Smith conquering shit. Freedom 67 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:01.279 believed her it was either that or her big boobs. She slept with a 68 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:08.040 lot of men, and right now those boobs are staring Freedom in the face. 69 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.399 She jumps in the passenger seat, puts her feet up on the dashboard, 70 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:17.920 and closes her eyes. Niewah interrupts her immediately. Hello, bitch, 71 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:25.199 aren't you going to say anything? Hi, that's it, Thanks for the 72 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:30.560 ride. Freedom opens one eye and quickly glances over in Niewa's direction before closing 73 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:36.399 it again. She is still holding up her top. No about my tits, 74 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:42.240 I've seen them a zillion times, knee, but look, Vanilla, 75 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:47.279 there's something different. Freedom opens both eyes and glances in the direction of the 76 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:54.399 driver's seat, she sees Niewa smiling broadly from ear to ear and eight inches 77 00:06:54.439 --> 00:07:00.439 down glittering on her right nipple is a hoop with diamonds in it. Nipple 78 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:06.519 ring, Freedom exclaims with disgust mixed with appreciation. Do you love it? 79 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:12.360 Niewa adjusts the rear view mirror in order for her to take in the view 80 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:20.160 herself. You have to love it. It's different, it's everything. You're 81 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:26.279 just jealous. I am, yeah, what was the surprise you said you 82 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:30.399 had? Niewa pounce and finally pulls down her T shirt with a sigh. 83 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:38.639 Guess you're all business today. Well you're going to love it. She turns 84 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:42.600 around in the seat, throwing her body to reach for a black backpack that 85 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:46.279 is sitting on the back seat. After rummaging around in the front pocket for 86 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:51.879 a few seconds, she triumphantly holds up a small plastic baggie with six small 87 00:07:53.120 --> 00:08:00.439 round discs in it. Shut up, Freedom says, they are payote uttons. 88 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:05.800 Where did you get these? My brother again knee while winks at her. 89 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:09.199 I don't know how he gets them, but I don't ask. I 90 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:16.319 just pay him and he gets me some. He's cool, great, Freedom 91 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:20.920 swings her feet off the dash and rolls down the window. It's so hot. 92 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:24.360 Maybe when I trip, I can be somewhere where there's snow or at 93 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:28.319 least air conditioning. What are we going to do after we take these? 94 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:33.600 We're going to the church rummage sale. Dude, I told you I thought 95 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:39.799 you were kidding. How no tripping in a church? Are you kidding me? 96 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:45.919 It's awesome? Okay, fine with me, Freedom yells out to Lydia 97 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:50.279 and A two, who are still playing in the yard. Hey. The 98 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:54.720 two kids run over to the car, Freedom continues, Can you guys go 99 00:08:54.759 --> 00:09:00.519 get me a knee a bottle of water from the house. Please? Jumps 100 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:05.279 up and down and shouts yes, while Lydia crosses her arms over her chest. 101 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.840 What are you going to give me for it? Lydia smirks, Niewa 102 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:16.679 answers up, beating you little shit? Now go? The kids run off? 103 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:20.960 Who have such a way with kids? Freedom says, I know. 104 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:26.440 The kids return, and Freedom hands them each two quarters that she finds a 105 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:31.279 Niwa's cupholder. Lydia and A two should be able to buy themselves each an 106 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.879 ice cream from the ice cream truck. With that, Niwa plomps the six 107 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:41.080 tabs into the bottle of water and swishes it around for a few seconds. 108 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:46.159 While they wait for the disk to dissolve. They chat. You don't get 109 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:50.960 to work today, do you? Niwa inquires a Freedom, finally opening the 110 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:54.600 lid of the bottle and chugging half the liquid. She hands the rest to 111 00:09:54.639 --> 00:10:01.039 Freedom. Nope, Freedom replies, chugging the rest of the water, not 112 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.679 until tomorrow. The drive to the church is a quick one, only a 113 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:11.120 few miles, so Freedom and Niwah sit in the car waiting for the drug 114 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:16.240 to take effect. Thirty minutes later, Freedom starts to feel the effects and 115 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:20.799 looks over to Niwah, who nods her head. I'm there, Niwah says, 116 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:26.320 raising her hands and touching the roof of the car. Let's go inside. 117 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:31.519 Freedom follows her up the walkway to the church. As they near the 118 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.720 heavy wooden door, she notices the knocker on the door has turned into a 119 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.919 large green frog that tries to lunge out and bite Nihah's face. As she 120 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:46.840 reaches out her hand to tug on the doorknob, watch out, Freedom knocks 121 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:50.879 into Niwah, pushing her to the side and clymbing at the air, tries 122 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:58.000 to bat down the non existent frog. The frog Niwah just laughs and, 123 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.200 as if in a trance, breezes past Freedom to open the door and step 124 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:07.279 inside the church. They enter through the front doors, each girl wandering aimlessly 125 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:11.360 as they feel the pews, the stone floor, anything they can put their 126 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:16.240 hands on. Niwah heads off to the front of the church and Freedom stays 127 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:22.279 behind, wondering why there are rainbows clouding her vision. She swipes at them, 128 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:28.399 trying to feel them tangible in her hands. She hears music playing from 129 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:33.200 somewhere beyond the back wall. It is organ music, so she looks towards 130 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:37.120 the instrument, wondering who is playing the pretty solo. She sees that the 131 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:43.720 organ bench is empty. She walks up the center aisle, catching sight of 132 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:50.000 Niwha's sitting in the front pew. She joins her, resting her behind precariously 133 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.039 on the edge of the seat. Niewah's eyes are closed and her head is 134 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:58.279 thrown back. Freedom pats her on the head, telling her to sleep. 135 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:01.720 All of a sudden, Niwa's eyes are open and she is laughing again. 136 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:09.159 Freedom suddenly gets dizzy and stumbles to her feet. Let's go, She says, 137 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:15.799 pulling at her friend's arm. Rumor sale. Rumor sale right. Niwa 138 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:20.559 agrees with her, obediently following her through a side door with a yellow sign 139 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:26.600 taped to it with an arrow and the words rummage sale. The Hualipied church 140 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.720 puts on its rummage sale twice a year. It is a yard sale of 141 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.600 sorts, a chance for the tribe to make a few dollars by selling old 142 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:39.320 clothes, toys, games, and equipment to anyone who comes along. Mostly, 143 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:46.480 it is just other Hualipies themselves who buy the used merchandise. It functions 144 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:52.080 as more of an exchange of goods than anything else. The room is busy, 145 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:56.960 with mostly mothers and their babies picking through the less than desirable items. 146 00:12:56.799 --> 00:13:01.000 Freedom sees one of the tribe leaders, a man named boat Away, manning 147 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.559 one of the change stations where the money is kept. Freedom is too high 148 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:11.080 to talk to anyone, so when boat Away waves hello, she just pushes 149 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:16.279 past him. Niewa has stopped to talk to him. Freedom wonders how that 150 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.840 is going to go. She walks among the tables, almost falling into a 151 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:26.679 woman carrying a baby in a papoose on her front. The baby smiles and 152 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:31.639 laughs as Freedom goes by. The woman seems less amuse. Freedom pays them 153 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:37.440 no attention. She is focused on the toy table in the far corner. 154 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.039 Among the other stuffed animals and used barbie dolls, sits a teddy bear, 155 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:46.399 or what she thinks must be a teddy bear. The images swim before her 156 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:50.799 eyes, and she makes her way over to take a closer look. When 157 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:56.159 she reaches the table, she hurriedly clears away all of the toys around the 158 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:03.039 bear. It is beckoning to her Strangely, A Huallapie boy crouches behind the 159 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:07.960 table, popping up to inspect the bear more closely. He turns it around 160 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:11.759 toward him and starts to pull a string on its back. Freedom holds her 161 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:16.759 breath, wondering what is going to happen next. The boy and Freedom watch 162 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:22.879 in amazement as suddenly the bear begins to move, shaking and trembling. When 163 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:28.759 a garbled noise emits from the teddy bear, Freedom lunges toward it, scaring 164 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:33.879 the boy and he begins to cry. The noises melt together into a terrible 165 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:41.320 song, crashing and blending the boy's cries, the bear's guttural garbled noises. 166 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:46.799 Freedom thinks she hears the bear saying, I really enjoy talking to people, 167 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:50.399 and she puts her hands over her ears. It is too much for her. 168 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:56.679 The screams all around her, the crazy bear starting to shake. It 169 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:01.120 trembles and talks, but its eyes are the most irving. They blink slowly, 170 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:07.440 navy blue, staring at her through her Suddenly, lightning bolts rip from 171 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.320 its eyes, and it seems to Freedom that one of the bolts hits the 172 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:16.039 boy on the forehead. Flames begin to sizzle and shoot out of his head. 173 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:22.519 He runs away, leaving a trail of blue flames behind him. The 174 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:26.679 noises get louder. Freedom backs away, slowly, searching for Niewhile as she 175 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:31.720 begins to panic, the bear is taunting her, holding its hands out toward 176 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:37.039 her as it shakes and blinks. Its face is the devil. It is 177 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:41.720 coming for her. Her head begins to turn slowly, and exorcism of sorts 178 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:48.679 memories flash before Freedom's eyes, memories she can't comprehend. Flashes of people and 179 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:54.600 things, arms reaching out and finding nothing. Freedom's breath catches in her throat 180 00:15:54.879 --> 00:16:00.200 and her hands go up to her neck as she claws at herself. Ying 181 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:04.200 to push the memories away, she bumps into a table and all but ducks 182 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:10.000 in fear, the bears gaining on her, flying through the air wildly, 183 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:15.000 somersaulting it hovers in mid air, puts its stuffed bear paws on either side 184 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:19.759 of her head, tilts its own and repeats over and over in a sing 185 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:26.440 song voice, Hi there, Hello there, Tell me a joke? Please? 186 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:32.559 Can we be friends? Tell me? Can we be friends? Freedom 187 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:45.120 screams, and then the world goes dark. Chapter eight Martin past Martin had 188 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:51.799 been good friends with Ricardo Hernandez, Senator from the great State of California, 189 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:56.200 for a few years. Both men were members of Congressional Country Club, and 190 00:16:56.320 --> 00:17:00.720 Ricardo had sought him out one day on the gall of course, he and 191 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:07.440 two other senators had needed a fourth and Martin had agreed. Ricardo beat him 192 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:11.039 at golf, and Martin was impressed. He was used to winning, but 193 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:17.319 choked that one off to the fact that Ricardo was from southern California and there 194 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:22.279 those bastards could play golf all year round. As Ricardo outdrove and outputted him 195 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:27.119 and pretty much all around outplayed him, he talked to Martin about his hedge 196 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:33.559 fund. The senator had heard of Martin's successes and wanted in. That was 197 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:38.359 back when the fund was doing well. Ricardo took to calling him Marty, 198 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.680 which Martin couldn't stand, but he figured he could make an exception for a 199 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:48.160 rich senator who could hook him up with more contacts. More contacts meant more 200 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:55.720 money, and Ricardo was a powerful man around town. Born in San Isidro 201 00:17:56.079 --> 00:18:00.559 to poor Mexican immigrants, Ricardo Hernandez had worked his way up to the top. 202 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:06.200 A smart man and hard working, he had made a lot of money 203 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:11.880 in real estate in Florida before entering the political circle. He won the congressional 204 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:17.480 Republican primary in his state, easily gaining the support of most of the Mexicans 205 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:21.319 there. From there it was on to the Senate, where he had held 206 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:26.359 the exalted seat for the last ten years. Ricardo needed someone with whom to 207 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:32.640 entrust his millions from his real estate deals all those years ago. He had 208 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:36.559 a broker, but was in need of a switch, or so he told 209 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:41.000 Martin as they sipped beers in the clubhouse after their round. It was then 210 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:48.920 that their friendship was born. Martin gladly took Ricardo's millions and invested them in 211 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:52.680 the hedge fund. All was well for a while until everything started to go 212 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:59.440 downhill, and when it did, Martin was forced to actively avoid the Senator 213 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.799 at all costs. They used to play golf once a week, but ever 214 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:07.720 since the ship had hit the fan and Martin had lost all of his and 215 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:11.599 everyone else's money, he had been making up excuses every Wednesday for months. 216 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:18.440 His wife kept asking him why they were avoiding Congressional They used to go there 217 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:22.319 at least twice a week for dinner or to dip in the pool, but 218 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.279 Martin had expressly forbid her from setting foot there for the past two months. 219 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:32.039 He didn't like doing it, it was a necessity for the time being, 220 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:37.400 just until he got back on his feet. One Wednesday, when Martin was 221 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:41.599 sitting at his desk trying to come up with yet another excuse to get out 222 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:48.680 of golfing with the Senator, he called his work line Ricardo. Martin feigned 223 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:55.200 enthusiasm to what do I owe this pleasure of you calling me at work? 224 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:00.200 Marty, He barked into the phone. Glad I caught you before you give 225 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:04.519 me yet another bullshit excuse about why you can't come golf with me to day. 226 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:08.200 I need you to promise to meet me at one o'clock at the grill 227 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:14.799 room. I'm taking you to lunch. Ricardo, I wish I could, 228 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:19.599 but you see, Martin was cut off by the senator's next words, I 229 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:26.200 must insist I have a business proposition for you. Martin was about to try 230 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:32.000 to bow out again, but stopped himself. He was intrigued by the senator's 231 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:37.839 words, and he had to admit it sounded promising. Ricardo Hernandez was a 232 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:44.000 connected man and could be able to help him out of this slump. Martin 233 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:48.480 decided to go. He could face the club members again, no matter that 234 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:52.079 a lot of them had invested millions of dollars with him, and for the 235 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:57.960 time being, Martin had lost those millions. It was a temporary problem, 236 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:03.039 Martin assured himself, and he also didn't like feeling like so much of a 237 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:07.599 pussy. He would walk into the grill room with his head held high and 238 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:12.279 shake hands with everyone and look them in the eye. After all, they 239 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:17.680 were still his friends. They had no idea that Martin had run into some 240 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:22.200 money troubles and that his business was going through a rough patch. It was 241 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:27.640 none of their business. Anyway. Martin talked himself up during the twenty minute 242 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:32.640 drive to the club, and when he arrived for lunch, he felt pumped 243 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:37.279 up and ready to face the world by the time he reached the door to 244 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.440 the grill room, though, that feeling promptly dissipated. The minute he caught 245 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.599 sight of Ed Jenkins at a table with two other men. He felt the 246 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:51.920 panic begin to rise in his throat. Ed was also one of his investors, 247 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:56.079 and Martin wanted to avoid him like the plague, so he walked all 248 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:00.519 the way around the room to join Ricardo at his table, who was seated 249 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:06.640 in the back, simply in order to avoid Ed. So much for the 250 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:11.640 pep talk he had given himself two minutes ago. As he approached Ricardo's table, 251 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:15.640 Ricardo stood up from his seat to greet him and stuck out his hand. 252 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:22.039 They shook, and both men sat down at the table. Senator, 253 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:26.079 nice to see you. You was well, Martin. It's been a long 254 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:32.319 time. Ricardo's accent was lilting and pronounced, you have been avoiding me. 255 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:37.200 No, I haven't. Martin tried to interject, but Ricardo waved his hand 256 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:44.079 dismissively. Martin noticed that for the first time, Ricardo had used his full 257 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:48.680 name instead of calling him Marty. Martin thought that could not be a good 258 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:55.440 sign you have, my friend. It is of little importance to me, 259 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:59.480 though I would do the same if I were a man in your position. 260 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:07.720 Martin balked what position he felt, his body beginning to get uncomfortably hot. 261 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:14.640 The position of losing much investor money in your fund. Ricardo winked at him 262 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:18.920 and signaled to the waiter nonchalantly, as if he didn't have a care in 263 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:23.839 the world. Martin was floored. How did the senator know about his losses? 264 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:29.920 As if reading his mind, Ricardo continued as the waiter made his way 265 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:33.799 towards their table. You are now wondering how I know these things, Martin. 266 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:38.079 I have been in this town for a long time, and I am 267 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:44.000 a very good read of people. I have people around who help me to 268 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:48.839 find out things that I need to know. Ricardo paused as he turned to 269 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:53.160 the waiter and ordered two grouper sandwiches and two beers, one for himself and 270 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:59.759 one for Martin, without even asking his friend what he might like. Ricardo 271 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:04.920 was a very take charge individual, as the waiter walked away, Ricardo continued, 272 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:10.240 I must tell you, Martin, I am not pleased that your business 273 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:12.880 is not doing well and that you seem to have lost my money. But 274 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:18.720 this is not what I am least pleased about. I am least pleased about 275 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:22.599 the fact that you would not come to me as a man and look me 276 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:27.279 in the eye and tell me. Martin was taken aback. He didn't know 277 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:33.359 what to say. I will say though, that despite all of these things, 278 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:36.839 I still would like to put my trust in you. I need a 279 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:38.799 man for a job, and I think you are the man to do it. 280 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:45.799 What do you say, what's the job? Martin asked. It involves 281 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:52.039 some cleaning of money. Martin was less shocked by the fact that the senator 282 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:56.359 was asking him to launder money, and more shocked by the fact that he 283 00:24:56.400 --> 00:25:00.200 was asking him to do so out in the open at the gruel room at 284 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:07.440 Congressional Country Club. He wasn't even keeping his voice down. The balls on 285 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:11.759 this guy, Martin thought, you had to hand it to him. Ricardo 286 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:17.720 continued, I have some contacts in Mexico. These are good men, my 287 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:22.480 countrymen that need some help with their business as well. I am not at 288 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:26.440 liberty to say at this time what the business is, but just know it 289 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:30.680 is very lucrative, and if you help me and them, it could be 290 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:34.160 very lucrative for you as well. Martin. I am sure you will be 291 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:38.400 wanting to help me in any way you can, considering it seems as if 292 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:42.759 you may owe me some money after losing much of it. Is this correct, 293 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:48.680 Martin? Ricardo winked again as the waiter delivered two plates of group or 294 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:53.720 sandwiches with fries to the table. Martin bowed his head and waited until the 295 00:25:53.759 --> 00:26:00.400 waiter left to look at Ricardo. Martin felt Ricardo's pen a trading stare and 296 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:07.519 clearly understood the veiled threat In his words, Martin realized he could kill two 297 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:11.079 birds with one stone, work for Ricardo to pay his debt to the man, 298 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:15.839 and at the same time make back the money he owed his other investors. 299 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:22.400 Martin didn't know what kind of business Ricardo's friends ran, but he didn't 300 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:27.160 assume it was good or legal. That was fine. What he didn't know 301 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:32.160 couldn't hurt him. He was more than happy to be kept in the dark 302 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:37.720 and operate under the ignorance is bliss mantra seemed as if the Senator wasn't as 303 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:45.160 squeaky clean as his image may have conveyed. This impressed Martin in a perverted 304 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:49.759 way. It made him like the man more. As he ate and Ricardo 305 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:56.160 droned on Martin half listening, came up with a plan for the money. 306 00:26:56.279 --> 00:27:00.960 He could first pull what they called a pump and dumb scheme. Martin would 307 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:04.039 take the money and invest it in a shitty penny stock, one that was 308 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:08.839 practically worthless, in a little known company. That stock would be cheap and 309 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:12.880 would cost him next to nothing. He would then talk up the stock, 310 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:18.799 thereby inflating the price of it through his misleading and false statements. Once everyone 311 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:23.279 got wind of how great it was, everyone would follow suit and invest more 312 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:27.839 money in the company. At the peak point, Martin would then sell his 313 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:33.000 shares, making back his money, and then some the stock would fall, 314 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:38.599 leaving the rest of the investors with shares worth very little. Then he could 315 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:45.640 set about laundering the money. Ricardo finished his sandwich, wiping his mouth and 316 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:49.839 leveling his gaze on Martin. So, Martin, my friend, do we 317 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:56.200 have a deal. We have a deal? Martin stuck his hand out to 318 00:27:56.240 --> 00:28:00.119 shake his friends for the second time that day. Ricardo stood up from the 319 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:06.400 table, apologizing to Martin for his hasty exit, explaining that he was late 320 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:11.279 for his tea time with the senators with whom Martin used to play. He 321 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:15.799 assumed Ricardo had found a fourth man, as Martin was not invited. As 322 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:19.720 he watched him walk away, he felt a sense of hope begin to bloom 323 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:23.519 inside of him. He could finally see the light at the end of the 324 00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:30.160 tunnel. He was startled to look over and find Ed Jenkins was standing next 325 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:33.440 to his table. He stuck his hand out to Martin and Martin shook it, 326 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:38.960 no longer afraid to talk to him. Martin, how you've been haven't 327 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:45.079 seen you around for a while. Yeah, I've been busy. How are 328 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:48.799 things, Ed continued, how's the fun doing? I assume you haven't lost 329 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:56.279 all of my money yet? Ed laughed. Things are looking up, Ed 330 00:28:56.319 --> 00:29:02.200 Martin smiled. Things are looking very, very good, And for the first 331 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:10.960 time in a long time, Martin meant the words he said. Chapter nine, 332 00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:18.640 Jessica Present. Jessica doesn't love law school. She loves fighting and being 333 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:23.920 powerful and intimidating people, so law school is merely a means to an end 334 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:30.200 in her quest to become a lawyer. After graduating from college at Barnard, 335 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:34.079 where she reveled in the fact that there were no men to rival herself appointed 336 00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:41.519 power or her intimidation strategies, she moved into a sublet thirty blocks south and 337 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:45.400 twelve blocks east of campus in Manhattan and took the New York State Bar in 338 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:52.319 July of that very same year. This was in complete rebellion against her college 339 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:57.480 counselor's wishes. The counselor had counseled Jessica that no one takes the bar as 340 00:29:57.519 --> 00:30:03.559 just an undergrad one needs to go to law school first, But Jessica paid 341 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:08.279 her no mind. She had read enough law books recreationally over the past four 342 00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:12.920 years, and she was smart enough. Or so she thought. She was 343 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:18.279 ready to start her career as a prosecutor for the great State of New York, 344 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:22.279 and she didn't need law school to do so. She was confident she 345 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:30.440 could pass. She failed. Miserably Discouraged, she set about applying to law 346 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:34.400 schools within the area. Jessica focused on the law schools that were not only 347 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:41.400 accredited, but renowned and known for their academics and for churning out great lawyers. 348 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:47.000 She finished her applications to Columbia, NYU, and Fordham with a flourish 349 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:52.799 sure she would be admitted to one of those top tier law schools. On 350 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:56.000 a whim and for a laugh, she applied to Pace Law School in White 351 00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:02.960 Plains, New York in order to appease that idiot counselor who suggested she also 352 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:10.480 applied to a safety school because you never knew, Jessica only got in to 353 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:17.119 Pace. Disappointed and bitter, Jessica would tell her tale of woe concerning her 354 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:22.880 unfair law school admission status to anyone who would listen. This included her mother, 355 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:26.480 whom she would call once a week, and from time to time the 356 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:30.519 random stranger who was unlucky enough to sit next to her on the thirty five 357 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:37.519 minute Metro North train ride from Grand Central station to the White Plain stop four 358 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:42.200 days a week. Lamenting her fate, Jessica would turn to strangers for sympathy 359 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:49.240 because she didn't really have any friends. She rarely received it. As Jessica 360 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:56.720 sits in her classes towards contracts, procedure, constitutional law, corporations, and 361 00:31:56.839 --> 00:32:00.640 legislation, she dreams of the day she can here before the judge and jury 362 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:07.079 and put criminals like her own father away for life. Everyone will listen to 363 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:12.079 her, everyone will respect her, and everyone will praise her for bringing justice 364 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:15.200 to the scum of the earth. It is one of the only thoughts that 365 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:21.839 gets her through her days at this ship for brains. Law school today is 366 00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:27.079 towards class and as the professor drones on and on about examples of civil legal 367 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:31.200 liability, Jessica looks down at her phone and notices the screen light up. 368 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:37.960 It is her mother calling. Jessica realizes she forgot to call her yesterday. 369 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:42.839 She had been at the criminal law firm where she works two afternoons a week. 370 00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:47.599 Goldberg an Associates law firm had hired her on after she offered to work 371 00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:52.880 for them for free. She tried like hell to get a paying job at 372 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:58.119 a real law firm, but no firm she contacted was hiring first year law 373 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:02.200 students. The second and third years had snapped them all up. So the 374 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:07.519 minute Jessica hinted at the fact she would be willing to work without pay, 375 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:13.480 Goldberg and Associates was more than happy to welcome her aboard. One of the 376 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:19.200 good things about GNA or possibly The only good thing is that it has offices 377 00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:23.519 in Manhattan, albeit in the Bronx and in White Plains, so Jessica is 378 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:29.799 able to bounce back and forth between the two. Jeff Goldberg, who owns 379 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:32.799 the firm, interviewed her for the job and asked her why she would want 380 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:37.960 to work, especially for free, for a criminal defense law shop when she 381 00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:44.319 wanted to be a prosecutor. Jessica had told him that her father had always 382 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:49.400 taught her that one must force oneself to consider arguments on the other side. 383 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:54.039 Only then, when one can argue better against oneself than others can, has 384 00:33:54.119 --> 00:34:00.920 one done the work to hold an opinion. True understanding of one's work resides 385 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:07.160 in the understanding of the other side. Jessica didn't really believe this. She 386 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:12.000 thought it was total bullshit, but Jeff seemed to like it. He told 387 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:16.519 Jessica she was something else. He then asked if she was a lesbian. 388 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:22.480 While she found this inappropriate and most likely illegal for a would be employer to 389 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:27.960 ask of his would be employee, Jessica was not phased by the question. 390 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:32.039 She got it all the time. She didn't look like a lesbian. It 391 00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:37.480 was just the fact that she graduated from an all girls school. It was 392 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:44.480 probably also attributed to the fact that Jessica just oozed male gender hatred and had 393 00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:49.400 a permanent resting bitch face. She figured this was par for the course though 394 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:54.360 for female attorneys. Jessica told Jeff that no, she wasn't a lesbian. 395 00:34:54.639 --> 00:35:00.280 She simply wasn't interested in either sex romantically, and that it was more of 396 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:04.960 a complete hatred of men in general that she held on a day to day 397 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:09.880 basis. Jessica hated all other women too, but she felt that was better 398 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:17.039 left unsaid at the time. Jeff Gafad told her that was great because most 399 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:21.599 of our clients are men, and told her to come in to start work 400 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:27.400 the next afternoon at two pm. Hence GNA was where she was as part 401 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:32.599 of her normal Thursday afternoon routine. When her mother had called yesterday, Jessica 402 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:40.199 had ignored the call, and now she is calling again. Jessica again ignores 403 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:45.960 the call, swiping her forefinger over the little red phone emoji and then to 404 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:50.519 the left. She has just gone back to listening to the professor when the 405 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:54.599 phone buzzes again, this time with a text from her mother, call me, 406 00:35:54.960 --> 00:36:00.800 It implores of Jessica. She is getting dirty looks from the students around 407 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:06.239 her, so Jessica sighs, closes her computer and grabs her backpack. She 408 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:12.280 stuffs the laptop inside as she bangs through the doors into the hallway. Sitting 409 00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.599 down on the hard wooden bench outside the classroom, she clicks again on the 410 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:21.400 phone, this time on the green phone emoji. After half a ring, 411 00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:27.760 her mother picks up Jessica. She says into the phone, a note of 412 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:32.400 panic in her voice. Christ mom, Who else would it be? Jessica 413 00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:37.760 is annoyed. Her mother is the reason she is missing class. Jessica, 414 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:43.119 there is a problem. What's wrong? There is a pause on the other 415 00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:46.639 end of the line, and Jessica grows impatient. She's about to tell her 416 00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:51.920 mother to hurry up spit it out, but before she can, her mother 417 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:58.880 speaks, with a tremor in her voice. Your father is missing. Jessica 418 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:06.719 is infuriated. Not this again, she thinks, you mean Martin, Mom, 419 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:09.280 you got me out of torts for this. No, he's not. 420 00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:16.039 What's a tort? Never mind. Jessica is about to end the conversation and 421 00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:21.440 is heading towards the door to the classroom. This happens all the time. 422 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:24.639 When are you going to realize that this is how he is. He's not 423 00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:31.679 missing, He's gone away on purpose. This time is different. It's never 424 00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:37.519 different, mom, You know that. Come on, Martin Walker does what 425 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:42.840 he wants and always has. Jessica, I am telling you this time is 426 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:47.280 different. The tremor in her mother's voice has increased to the point where Jessica 427 00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:52.079 thinks her mother is going to start crying. This is not ideal, as 428 00:37:52.199 --> 00:38:00.719 Jessica gets extremely uncomfortable when people cry around her. How So, Ica snaps 429 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:05.519 at her mother, hoisting her backpack over her right shoulder and resting her hand 430 00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:08.920 on the bar on the door to the classroom. She is ready to make 431 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:14.840 her entrance back into torts the minute she can convince her mother she is imagining 432 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:21.320 things. He didn't show up for golf yesterday afternoon. Her mother's voice finally 433 00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:25.639 breaks, and Jessica can hear her suppressing a sob. This gives Jessica pause. 434 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:30.400 Her hand drops from the bar as she realizes she probably won't be going 435 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:36.960 back to class anytime soon. Her mother will be inconsolable now, and it 436 00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:42.199 will be Jessica's job to bring things back to normal. This is usually done 437 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:47.280 by Jessica flying down to Defuniac Springs to put the pieces of her hysterical mother 438 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:52.360 back together. Okay, remember mom, how he took off for a few 439 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:59.000 days a while back. He showed back up. Her mother sounds like she 440 00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:02.880 is trying to compose herself, but remains silent save for her snifflings on the 441 00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:07.000 other end of the phone. Well, what do you want me to do 442 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:12.679 about this? Jessica is now sitting back down on the bench outside of the 443 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:16.639 classroom, praying and hoping her mother doesn't ask her to come to Florida. 444 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:22.239 Don't say come to Florida. Don't say come to Florida. She mouths silent 445 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:28.320 lee to herself, crossing her free set of fingers. Can you come to 446 00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:34.559 Florida? Can you come home? Her mother sniffles again. Jessica balls her 447 00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:37.920 fingers up into a fist and slams it down on the hard bench. She 448 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:45.559 hates when her mother calls Defuniac Springs her home. That god forsaken place hasn't 449 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:50.400 been her home for years. New York is her home now. She would 450 00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:55.960 rather not be associated with the dafuniac trash anymore. Mom, I don't know. 451 00:39:57.079 --> 00:40:01.840 I've got work and school trails office. She realizes how whiny she sounds, 452 00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:07.000 and Dafuniac Springs is not home. You know that, I hate when 453 00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:13.159 you say that. Her mother ignores Jessica's last statement. But it's Friday. 454 00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:16.039 I'll pay for your plane ticket. You can come down tonight and go back 455 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:23.320 on Monday Sunday, Jessica counters, slapping her forehead with her palm. Okay 456 00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:29.639 Sunday. Her mother agrees, I'll buy your plane ticket now. Jessica is 457 00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:34.400 already jogging toward the building exit. Just give me a couple hours, Okay. 458 00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:37.000 I gotta get home and pack and hop on the end to get to 459 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:44.559 LaGuardia. I'll see you soon, sweetie. Jessica presses end on the call 460 00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.840 without replying.