The Search Continues

June 16, 2003

Joey: Come in.

Bo: Hey, Joey. Is she ok?

Joey: Yeah. Actually, we just got some good news.

Viki: She's alive! she called me! She's alive!

Asa: Oh, thank god.

Bo: Where'd she call from?

Viki: I don't know.

Bo: Wait. yeah, she's on her way here.

Viki: I don't know if she is. All she said was that she was ok, and then she hung up.

Bo: Laurence has got her.

Joey: Otherwise, she'd be on her way here.

Viki: It has to be that, doesn't it? But the thing is she's ok, you know. she survived the fall into the river. She's ok, but Mitch has her. And we've got to get her back.

Bo: We will, Viki.

Viki: He's completely insane, Bo!

Joey: You were going to call Antonio.

Viki: Yeah, right.

Bo: I got to tell my guys what's up.

Asa: Oh, Bo, I've got the governor on speed dial. whatever you need, just tell him.

Bo: Pa, believe me, every cop in Pennsylvania is in on this, all right? there's no hesitation. Laurence killed one of our own. it's a patrolman with a wife and three kids. Now he has my niece, so we're going to get him, and when we do, I'm going to nail his ass to a wall.

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Bo: Thank you. keep me posted, captain, please. All right, the highway patrol has roadblocks set up, and we're doing a search within a 50-mile radius of the bridge.

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Asa: Damn things never work when you want them.

Bo: Who do you want to call now?

Asa: My man in New York. I'm going to tell him to hire some top-notch private investigators to start hunting for Jessica.

[Phone rings]

Viki: Hello.

Antonio: Viki, it's Antonio. Is the commissioner available?

Viki: Yes. Hold on. It's Antonio.

Bo: What do you got?

Antonio: The phone call Jessica made came from a phone booth in a parking lot at a strip mall on route 42, a few miles northeast of town. We also have a stolen car from that same parking lot. My bet -- we find that car, we find Jessica.

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Bo: Where's the motel? All right, got it. no, no, no. If detective Vega was making an approach, he turned his cell phone off, but call him anyway. leave a message on his voice mail. Tell him I'm on my way. thanks. I got to get going.

Viki: I know, I know. Thank you for everything, and I know you're doing everything you can, and you will.

Asa: Oh, you got that right, Viki, and I'm going to get Bo all the help he needs.

Bo: Pa, don't complicate things, all right? please? I mean, leave the private eyes out of it.

Viki: You know, Asa, I really appreciate your offer of help, but I think Bo's right. I think more people are just going to confuse things.

Asa: Fine. But I am going to protect my family.

Viki: I know. Thank you.

Bo: And try not to worry, Viki. We're going to find her. if she calls again --

Viki: I'll call you right away. I promise.

Bo: All right, good, good. Pa, you know what -- you better get home. It's getting late.

Viki: Asa, I'm fine. really. I'm fine. Thank you so much for coming by.

Asa: Well, you need anything, you call.

Viki: I will.

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