stunned by the sight of her -- and he doesn't know why. he can't move, can't breathe, eyes fixed on her. the police car pulls around a truck and roars on -- and that's when he is struck by a memory, a little like lightning. it comes as a quick --
as the cops reach him.
he is shaken, too. sanchez is taking notes as ray checks his i.d.
a waitress is leaving his table, and he looks back at sharon's booth and sees that she still isn't there. he starts to turn, and then freezes as he hears.
as he puts the mouthpiece on the horn, nervous, but excited, too, speaking to the piano player.
he watches tommy at play with the figures, but it's almost too much for him. he touches the boy and rises, smiles and nods at candace and begins to walk off.
but he is walking on, some of the emotion seeping through, not darkness, some old joy welling up. we see, in b.g., tommy starts to run after him to say thanks. we now have a convergence of tommy, sharon and catch, who is moving steadily toward the street, crossing a bike path now. a biker is coming on. all in one moment catch hears the whizz of the bike, tommy calling out "thank you," and candace shouting "be careful!" and catch goes cold inside and turns quickly and rushes onto the bike path, taking the collision with the bike so tommy is sure to be safe. catch and the biker fall hard. sharon stops -- holding her breath. tommy watches, wide-eyed, and candace comes running.
as the traffic moves around him and the dog -- a horn blares, brakes screech, and he thrown into a storm of.