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Tu
r
n
e
r
w
a
s tak
e
n
o
ff
g
u
a
rd
b
y
the
c
h
a
n
ge
in H
e
n
r
y

s ton
e
.
He
l
e
a
n
e
d b
a
c
k
in h
i
s ch
a
ir to
g
e
t
a
l
i
t
t
le dist
a
n
c
e
f
rom
H
e
n
r
y
.


I
just
me
a
nt–”
Tu
r
n
e
r
w
a
s shak
e
n b
u
t
r
e
solu
t
e
,

I
w
ould
l
ike to
c
onfi
r
m
t
his with Dir
e
c
tor S
t
a
nl
e
y
.

H
e
n
r
y
stood, le
a
n
e
d ov
e
r
the d
e
s
k
,
a
nd slamm
e
d
o
ne
f
ist
down on i
t
. He
g
rabb
e
d the identifi
ca
t
i
on f
r
om Tu
r
n
e
r with
his
other
h
a
nd, p
a
u
s
e
d a
mo
m
e
n
t
,
a
nd stood
up str
a
i
g
ht.
H
e
w
a
s the b
e
st
i
n the
w
o
r
ld at
w
h
a
t he did,
a
nd th
i
s includ
e
d in
t
i
m
idation.
I
t
t
ook
a
ll
of
his
s
ki
l
l
to r
e
p
re
ss
t
he
n
a
g
g
i
n
g
fe
a
r
t
h
a
t Turn
e
r
w
o
uld a
c
tual
l
y
t
r
y
to co
n
fi
r
m h
i
s id
e
nt
i
t
y
. He
sm
i
led
c
old
ly
a
nd sta
re
d,
a
s he
a
l
w
a
y
s
did
b
e
fo
r
e
doi
n
g
someth
i
ng
b
a
d to someo
n
e
. He
d
e
spe
ra
t
e
l
y
s
ea
r
c
h
e
d for
a
l
t
e
r
n
a
t
i
v
e
s if Tu
r
n
e
r
didn’t
ca
pi
t
ulat
e
. He
r
e
a
l
i
z
ed th
e
re
w
e
re
non
e
.


You do th
a
t,”
he
s
a
i
d
,

Do just
that. T
e
ll
S
tanl
e
y
I
’m standing
h
e
re
t
e
l
l
ing
y
ou w
h
a
t
I n
ee
d
a
nd
y
ou

re
a
sking
q
u
e
st
i
ons. Ask
him
how
I
g
ot he
r
e
. T
e
ll
him
y
ou f
o
r
g
ot,
i
n the l
a
st
t
hir
t
y m
i
nutes, that
y
ou w
e
re
s
uppos
e
d to coop
e
r
a
t
e
wi
t
h me
a
nd not ask qu
e
st
i
o
ns.
H
e
l
l
,
a
sk
S
tanl
e
y
a
ll
y
ou

re
f
u
c
king
q
u
e
st
i
ons. Ask him
wh
a
t M
i
tch
e
ll
h
a
s to do with
t
his.
P
u
t h
i
m on
t
he
g
o
d
d
a
mn phone
with
m
e
.
I
’ll t
e
ll
him
he
h
a
s to
t
e
ll
y
ou
e
v
e
r
y
t
hi
n
g
or
y
ou won

t
g
e
t
m
e
to Mi
t
c
h
e
l
l
’s lod
g
e
. Mitch
e
l
l
’s susp
e
c
t
e
d of
c
onspira
c
y
to co
m
m
i
t
t
r
e
a
so
n
. Th
a
t’s
a
ll
I

m
g
oi
n
g
to
t
e
ll
y
ou
a
nd i
t
’s
a
ll
y
ou’
r
e
g
oi
n
g
to g
e
t out
of St
a
nl
e
y
e
x
ce
pt
t
h
e
a
s
s
-
r
ea
m
i
n
g
h
e
’ll
g
ive
y
o
u f
o
r
f
u
c
ki
n
g
with me.”

H
e
n
r
y
ins
t
inctive
l
y
r
e
a
c
h
e
d for
his
g
un wh
e
n
h
e
s
a
w T
u
rn
e
r
r
e
a
c
hi
n
g
f
or
t
h
e
phon
e
, but that wouldn

t wo
r
k. He
h
a
d
le
f
t h
i
s
g
un
a
t
t
he
hot
e
l. The
fe
d
e
r
a
l bu
i
ld
i
ng
w
a
s eq
u
ipped
w
i
t
h met
a
l det
ec
tors
a
n
d he
w
a
s s
t
ir
r
ing
up
e
no
u
g
h shit wi
t
hout
tr
y
i
n
g
to
g
e
t a
w
ea
pon in.

Tu
r
n
e
r didn

t de
t
ec
t
the
s
l
i
g
htest flinch in H
e
n
r
y

s
c
onfid
e
nt e
x
p
re
ss
i
on
a
s
he
h
e
ld h
i
s h
a
nd inch
e
s
a
w
a
y
f
rom the p
h
one. He
k
n
e
w he
h
a
d to cov
e
r his
a
ss.
Conspir
a
c
y
to comm
i
t tr
ea
son w
a
s some
s
e
rious
shi
t
.
Wa
y
b
e
y
ond the
m
ob or
a
n
y
th
i
ng
h
e
w
a
nt
e
d
to
m
e
ss wi
t
h.

H
e
n
r
y
r
e
main
e
d mo
t
ion
l
e
ss but
Tu
r
n
e
r jump
e
d in
his ch
a
ir w
he
n the int
e
rcom bu
z
z
e
d
.


J
ust r
ece
ived
a
n
e
-
mail
f
rom
D
ir
ec
tor
S
tanl
e
y
c
o
n
fi
r
m
i
ng
the t
e
l
e
phone
c
o
nv
e
rs
a
t
i
on
y
o
u h
a
d
with h
i
m
t
his
m
o
r
nin
g
. You
w
a
nt
t
o re
a
d
i
t
?


No. G
e
t
B
i
l
l
y
in h
e
r
e
.”
H
e
n
r
y
sl
i
pp
e
d the id
e
nt
if
ic
a
t
i
on b
ac
k in h
i
s su
i
t co
a
t and s
a
t down
a
s if none
of this
h
a
d just
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d. Tu
r
n
e
r
did not
w
a
nt
t
o
e
ng
a
g
e
in
a
n
y
mo
r
e
po
w
e
r
g
a
m
e
s with H
e
n
r
y.

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