hello! i'm here. hang on a minute! louise! where are you? are you alright? honey. louise, honey. where are you? you sound funny. are you in town? this sounds long distance. louise, just tell me what the hell is going on here! i come back, nobody knows where you are. is thelma with you? darryl's been callin' here every half-hour sayin' he's gonna kill you both when you get back, he's goin' nuts. i don't envy her if she is. where'd y'all go? yes, yes, darlin'. i can help you. tell me where you are. what the fuck is going on? of course. of course! where? can't i bring it to you? for god's sake, baby, please, just tell me what's happened, what could possibly be so bad? christ, sure. yes! you're in oklahoma?! louise, let me call you back after i wire it, so you'll know which office to go to. no, for that much money i have to tell them exactly which office. i know, i've had to have money wired to me on the road. and there has to be a code word or they won't give it to you. i'll have to tell you the code. call me back. i know. call me back. louise, i love you, okay? louise! i got it. i was afraid i'd missed you. i almost couldn't get a check cashed. it's saturday. friend of mine, owns a club. dickie randall. you'd know him if you saw him. his brother was in your class. terry. no, honey. i told him i was buyin' a car. what is it for? it's a place called shaw's siesta motel. the address is 1921 north east 23. it's under your name. peaches. that's the code word. i miss you, peaches. louise? hey, peaches. can we get another room? just put it on my credit card. ask me no questions, i'll tell you no lies. who's your friend? well, come on, gal, i got you a room. you can go on in and take a nice cold shower. i always knew that. okay, honey. i don't want to rush you. i just wanna talk to you and. . be alone with you. i'll just be in my room, 115, you just come on down when you're ready. i'll be waiting. who is it? now, my little coconut, what seems to be the trouble here? tell daddy everything. okay, okay, just tell me what's the trouble. okay, peaches, okay. but can i ask you one thing? does it have something to do with another guy? are you in love with him? then what?! what, goddamnit, louise! where the fuck are you going? are you just leaving for fucking ever? what, did you fuckin' murder somebody or what?! alright, alright. i'm sorry. can i just ask you one other thing? will you wear this? will you at least see how it fits? you didn't see that one comin', did ya? so whaddya think. i mean. i could. uh. get a job. of some kind. i mean you've been tellin' me that for years, right? 'cause, louise. i don't want to lose you. and for some reason i get the feelin' you're about to split. permanently. i'm the one. i never made it work. i just. it's not that i don't love you. it's not that. i just never thought i'd be thirty-six years old and i never thought. i don't know what i thought. what do you want, darlin'. what do you want me to do. are you just doin' this to punish me? it does look good. louise? i think you are so damn beautiful. i mean that. i always have. don't worry darlin'. i'll say i never found you. i'll say anything you want. we'll find a way to get you out of this, whatever it is. i'm choking on it. honey? ummm. do you want me to come with you? you keep this! are you happy, louise? i just want you to be happy. i swear to god, she wouldn't tell me one thing! christ! you oughta try to find that kid that was with 'em. just some young guy. around twenty years old. dark hair. they said they'd picked him up along the way. he was a student. but he didn't look right. but he left when they got to the motel. i know! i'd tell you if i knew! goddamn! i know something happened, or she wouldn't have left. i'm trying to remember everything! find that fucking kid. he probably knows something. it's him. you gotta be kiddin' me. they picked up a murderer?! oh, great. how much cash did he have?