WEBVTT - Chapter III - The Treehouse

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<v Speaker 1>Maxie Miles. It's a production of a typical artists and

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<v Speaker 1>I heart radio. Miss Honeywell Maxine, lovely afternoon, isn't it. Well?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my goodness, what happened? Oh it's nothing, just just

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<v Speaker 1>a little sprain. Are you all right? Yeah, it really

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a big deal at all. I just it was stupid.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just running and tripped. Not exactly the worst

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<v Speaker 1>thing to happen in the last few days, obviously. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you mean, Wait, you haven't heard heard what Riley?

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<v Speaker 1>A boy from the high school he went missing? Oh god,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess you're not tapped into the Hastings rumor mill yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Are there any leads? No? No, All they know is

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<v Speaker 1>that he was in city Hall Monday afternoon talking to

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor and after that nothing oh mm hmm, what well?

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<v Speaker 1>I think I may have seen him there. I took

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<v Speaker 1>your advice to go to city Hall for the old blueprints,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was a boy there about your age. He was, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure I should say no, tell me. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>as I was leaving, I passed him as he was

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<v Speaker 1>leaning against an office door like he was listening in

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<v Speaker 1>to the Mayor's office. No, it was a different office.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, Maxine Miles getting this car right now? Oh god,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm serious, Max Joe, I'm kind of in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of having it in. Sorry, that's all right. What about

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<v Speaker 1>come right home after school? Did you not understand? I

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<v Speaker 1>was right home, but I had to pick up a

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<v Speaker 1>book at the library, Maxine, I mean it this time, really, Max,

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<v Speaker 1>After that stunt you pulled last night, I was allowed

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<v Speaker 1>to be there. It's not joining the search party that

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<v Speaker 1>I have a problem with. It's the fact that you

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<v Speaker 1>went running after god knows what in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the woods. I thought we agreed last night that you

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<v Speaker 1>would keep this to a purely notebook based activity. We did,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have been Oh you sure have. Guess what

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<v Speaker 1>I found taped on the back of your door, A

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<v Speaker 1>full on conspiracy board, red string and all. You said

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<v Speaker 1>I could take notes. We're well past that. You are

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<v Speaker 1>throwing all of it away and leaving this to the adults. Sorry, kiddo,

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<v Speaker 1>but you lost your curiosity privileges when you lied to

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<v Speaker 1>me and went running head first into danger from a

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<v Speaker 1>typical artists And I heart radio. You're listening to Maxim Miles.

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<v Speaker 1>This is chapter three the Treehouse. Yes, fine, I'm throwing

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<v Speaker 1>it out. Good, I'll just go ahead throughout all of

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<v Speaker 1>my hard work. What are you doing? God tell her?

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<v Speaker 1>Lurk much? What is all that junk? It's not chunk.

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<v Speaker 1>It's evidence evidence about Riley. Nothing that's actual evidence. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not holding valuable information or anything. Just my case, your case.

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<v Speaker 1>You really think it's a good idea for you to

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<v Speaker 1>keep going on this after yesterday? Don't you start? Yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>was just a misstep in the investigation. Literally, but there

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<v Speaker 1>was someone in those woods. It was a deer. It

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<v Speaker 1>was not a deer, and you know it. Look, if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to throw all that away, I might

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<v Speaker 1>know a place you could put it, somewhere your uncle

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<v Speaker 1>won't find. I thought this place was condemned years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you can't actually condemn a tree house. You know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean? I made it up. Hmm, the tree

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<v Speaker 1>house being dangerous and about to collapse. What why? I

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<v Speaker 1>have four siblings, Okay, all right, only child. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>get it, well, it's a nightmare. I don't know. It

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<v Speaker 1>sounds kind of fun to me, trust me, it's not.

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<v Speaker 1>I share a room. I never get to be alone.

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<v Speaker 1>So you lied to your family. It's not my fault.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gullible, they'll never come up here, and my parents

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<v Speaker 1>are too lazy to take it down, so all mine.

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<v Speaker 1>That's messed up. Ross. Hey, you're lying to Joe. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not. If you keep your murder board up here,

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<v Speaker 1>you are, it's not a murder board. Riley isn't dead,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean? Either way, you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to do all this, No I do. I need to

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<v Speaker 1>figure this out. Why you got the hots for rial

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<v Speaker 1>or something? What? No? God? No, Hey, he's not that bad. No,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not Riley is great, but I don't like him

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<v Speaker 1>like that. Right, I forgot? He's not THEO what? Nothing?

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<v Speaker 1>You're sure that no one will find this stuff? I'm positive,

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<v Speaker 1>really really really really okay, come on show me what

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<v Speaker 1>you have already? Mostly just major players, Riley's parents, everyone

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<v Speaker 1>he talked to the last day, people saw him, his

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<v Speaker 1>best friends, so suspects. Yeah. Cool. You know you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to actually help me with this. I can just

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<v Speaker 1>come over here by myself. You nearly broke your ankle yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you should be left to your own devices.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't patronize me, Teller. You're the one who looked like

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<v Speaker 1>he was going to pass out from sheer terror. How's

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<v Speaker 1>it feeling, By the way, It's totally fine. The swelling

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<v Speaker 1>is completely gone. It's basically acton normal. Sure. Wait, why

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<v Speaker 1>is Mr Beati's name in here? Oh? Riley mentioned something

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<v Speaker 1>about helping him this summer, like mowing the lawn and stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I have never seen Riley Stephens mowing Mr Beatie's lawn.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't that exactly. It was something had to do

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<v Speaker 1>with housework or repairs or I wrote it down somewhere. Um, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm up here most nights until late okay. And

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<v Speaker 1>the other night, Monday night, I saw Mr Beady pulling

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<v Speaker 1>out of his driveway at two am. He had a

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<v Speaker 1>shovel and a tarp Monday night. Yeah, you're sure, Max.

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<v Speaker 1>You saw Mr Beatie get into his truck with a

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<v Speaker 1>shovel into tarp the night Riley went missing. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>think Mr Beaty, what ever, yeah, hurt someone? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>What was that? Mr beat Oh my god? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>think he hurt us? More importantly, what's quit that deffel bag?

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<v Speaker 1>Where is he going? Probably the same place he went

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday? Ross? Yeah, Max, you want to find out

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<v Speaker 1>for sure? No, no way, Ross, Max, we can't just

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<v Speaker 1>follow Mr Beatie. Why not because at ten o'clock at night,

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<v Speaker 1>we're fourteen and he's in a car. We can take

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<v Speaker 1>our bikes. You have a sprained angle, I'll sit on

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<v Speaker 1>your handlebars. Then you don't think he's going to notice

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<v Speaker 1>two kids on one bike following him. Like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's almost ten, it's too dark for him to notice.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you hear yourself right now? Who knows what he

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<v Speaker 1>was doing with that shovel or what the hell he's

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<v Speaker 1>got in that duffel bag? And you want to follow

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<v Speaker 1>him in the middle of the night with let me

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<v Speaker 1>remind you again a sprained ankle. I told you I'm fine?

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<v Speaker 1>What if he has Riley? Okay, this is officially insane.

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<v Speaker 1>Why did you even tell me about it? If we

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<v Speaker 1>weren't going to follow him, Max, you can't just go

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<v Speaker 1>running off after every shadow in the woods? Are half

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<v Speaker 1>big idea? Have? This is serious? You can't always be

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<v Speaker 1>such a coward all the time. Wait, Ross, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>Matt shoot. Sounds like you should probably get back home. Wait, Ross,

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<v Speaker 1>better get going right? Hey? What are you doing cleaning up?

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<v Speaker 1>I told you you could leave your stuff here? I

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<v Speaker 1>meant it even after I keep my word. Max. Okay, thanks, Ross, Yeah, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see you tomorrow if you haven't gotten yourself killed

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<v Speaker 1>between now and then, right see tomorrow. Is that homework?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh huh? Why aren't I supposed to be doing my homework?

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<v Speaker 1>Not the morning is due. It's fine, I'm just finishing

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<v Speaker 1>up some things. This is exactly why I made you

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<v Speaker 1>throw out all that stuff. You can't go getting distracted

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<v Speaker 1>and falling behind in school. Not falling behind in school.

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<v Speaker 1>I get straight a's, and I'd like for you to

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<v Speaker 1>keep it that way, which means whatever you were doing

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<v Speaker 1>at the Tellers last night, you can't be going that lake.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just helping Ross with some school stuff. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought you guys hated each other. What gave you that idea?

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that you've been at war for the past

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<v Speaker 1>three years. At war you stole his basketball. Okay, the

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<v Speaker 1>bouncing sound was driving me crazy. He knocked your bike

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<v Speaker 1>into a puddle and the gears rested. I was able

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<v Speaker 1>to clean it up. I've only ever heard the two

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<v Speaker 1>of you yell each other's names. That was all middle

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<v Speaker 1>school stuff, and now that you're in high school, you're

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<v Speaker 1>mature adults. As mature as you. We've come to a

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<v Speaker 1>day taunt a date. Taunt. Huh? What for? We have

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<v Speaker 1>compatible resources? What does that mean? It means that we're

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<v Speaker 1>helping each other with school stuff. All right, you're sure

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<v Speaker 1>it has nothing to do with Riley. I got all

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff out of the house, just like he wanted. Good.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that your schedule has freed up, I thought it

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<v Speaker 1>might be good for you to get a job. What wait,

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<v Speaker 1>you you just said I don't You're right. You're a

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<v Speaker 1>great student, so school doesn't eat up that much of

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<v Speaker 1>your time, and you don't have any extracurriculus. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>because they won't let me start environmental club with only

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<v Speaker 1>three people. And I don't need you going around and

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<v Speaker 1>creating your own extracurriculars. So you're getting a job. Isn't

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<v Speaker 1>there a job shortage in this town? Isn't that like

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<v Speaker 1>the whole point of the new mining project. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>shortage of full time, well paid jobs. Yes, part time

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<v Speaker 1>minimum wage jobs for teens who need to stay out

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<v Speaker 1>of trouble. There are plenty of those, and you start

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<v Speaker 1>in one of them this afternoon. What I called the

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<v Speaker 1>manager at the general store. This morning, I fixed her

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<v Speaker 1>car for free the other month, and she owed me

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<v Speaker 1>a favor. She expects you every day after school until

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<v Speaker 1>five thirty and on Saturdays starting at eight. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>just force me into a job. M hm. Well, the

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<v Speaker 1>other option is you come to the auto shop and

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<v Speaker 1>help me fix cars. What would you rather do? Get

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<v Speaker 1>discount gum and workings out a warm store, or freeze

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<v Speaker 1>your butt off with me and a bunch of old

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<v Speaker 1>geezers in a drafty garage. Crap, that's what I thought.

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<v Speaker 1>Eat up. You've got a long day ahead of you,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's pretty much all of it. We're supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be getting a credit card reader next month, so we'll

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<v Speaker 1>both have to get trained on that, but for now,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing over our fifty dollar bill, got it? Got it?

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<v Speaker 1>You're paid every two weeks. You get a ten percent

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<v Speaker 1>store discount, and that does not extend to your friends,

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<v Speaker 1>so don't even try it sounds good, that's it, no questions, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I got it? Mm hmmm. What Usually hiring a kid

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<v Speaker 1>from the high school means trouble. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 1>be trouble. If I have to be here, I might

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<v Speaker 1>as well do a good job, all right. It then

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<v Speaker 1>your miles and your heart's too damn big pack of

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<v Speaker 1>pall malls and a lighter please seven dollars. Those things

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<v Speaker 1>will kill you, you know. That's why you shouldn't smoke them.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't planning to good for you, and you shouldn't either.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for the tip, kid, but I don't let thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>year olds dictate my life. I'm fourteen. Your point, fine,

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<v Speaker 1>do whatever you want, but you can't smoke that in here.

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<v Speaker 1>I owned the building and everything inside of it, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm pretty sure I can. Later, Max by miss Ransom Archer.

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<v Speaker 1>M hm, that guy that you're staring at, that's Ransom Archer.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I wasn't well, hi, Maxie, surprising you here. I

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<v Speaker 1>got a job I see that first day, and already

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with all the customers. Impressive. Ransom isn't a customer.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you notice what this store is called,

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<v Speaker 1>Archer General Store. Well, I see, yep, which is why

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<v Speaker 1>you're not supposed to charge him what ransom? When he

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<v Speaker 1>comes in, you just give him what he wants. He

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't pay, He didn't say anything about just next time

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<v Speaker 1>he comes in, don't charge him. Where is the sales ledger? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>It's here, what were you doing with it? Nothing, I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't there before. I should probably help this customer right

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<v Speaker 1>right as you were. What can I do for you? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I was coming in here for a screwdriver, but now

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<v Speaker 1>that you're here, you might be able to help me.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, the inn is well, it's in a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a rougher state than I expected, to be completely honest,

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<v Speaker 1>And there are some repairs that I can handle on

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<v Speaker 1>my own own, hence the screwdriver exactly, But there are

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<v Speaker 1>other things that are well beyond my scope. You seem

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<v Speaker 1>to know quite a bit about the people in this town.

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<v Speaker 1>I've lived here my whole life. It'd be hard not

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<v Speaker 1>to well know of anyone who could help me out

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<v Speaker 1>light carpentry, some plumbing. Your best bet for both the

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<v Speaker 1>screwdriver and the help is going to be the hardware store,

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<v Speaker 1>right of course, I'm still getting acclimated. You know. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not what I expected, Hastings, What do you mean? I

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<v Speaker 1>think I expected the suburbs to be all big box

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<v Speaker 1>stores and sprawling developments. But in some ways it's not

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<v Speaker 1>so different here from New York from New York City?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you kidding? Well, sure, it's a lot smaller, and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot quieter, but the sense of community, the half

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<v Speaker 1>dozen different shops for all your different errands. My neighborhood

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<v Speaker 1>in Manhattan was like that too. What neighborhood were you

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<v Speaker 1>in the West Village? A charming part of the city.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet you'd like it. I bet I would too.

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you leave? I don't understand why anyone would

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<v Speaker 1>leave a place like New York to come live in Hastings.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes life pushes you in unexpected directions. So this hardware

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<v Speaker 1>store right, it's just down Maine, left on Poplar Archer's

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<v Speaker 1>Hardware of course. Thanks for the help, Maxine. Anytime have

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<v Speaker 1>a new in owner. Yeah, mm hmmm mmmm what I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I don't like new people. She's amazing. Just

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<v Speaker 1>because someone's new doesn't mean they're suspicious. People in this

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<v Speaker 1>town need to have a little more faith. M Oh hey, Ross,

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<v Speaker 1>didn't expect to find me in my own treehouse. No, sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I just didn't think that you'd want to whoa, Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought i'd take a crack at organizing your notes

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<v Speaker 1>so far. Okay, now it really is a murder board.

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<v Speaker 1>I see you found my string. You had all the

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<v Speaker 1>makings for a full on conspiracy layout in your pile.

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<v Speaker 1>I just put it all together. Wow you what what?

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<v Speaker 1>What did I do wrong? No? No, nothing, it's this

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<v Speaker 1>is exactly how I would have put it all together. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you Ross. Whatever it wasn't hard. Your notes are

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<v Speaker 1>pretty clear there was an obvious structure to it. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't have to do this. I had to kill

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<v Speaker 1>time waiting for Mr Beatie to come back last night. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>you waited up for him. M hmm. I thought you

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to investigate him. I didn't want to go

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<v Speaker 1>running head first into the darkness with no plan to

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<v Speaker 1>follow an adult man two days after a kid hour

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<v Speaker 1>age went missing. Don't mistake my practicality for cowardice. I didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry about that. It's not like I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what you think about me. Well, I know that you

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm a stubborn, naive idiot who does things without

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<v Speaker 1>thinking them through. I don't think you're an idiot. But

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<v Speaker 1>everything else no comment. Did he come back? Who? Mr Beatie? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah he did at three in the morning. What you

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<v Speaker 1>stayed up until three? Yeah? I don't get much sleep anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>but he came back at three. No duffel bag and

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<v Speaker 1>he just went right inside. He didn't even turn on

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<v Speaker 1>the lights when he got home. He didn't have the

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<v Speaker 1>Duffel bag. Still, Nope, that's weird, yep. I just think

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<v Speaker 1>that if next time he decided to go somewhere in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the night week No, come on, no, Ross,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not coming with you. Fine, I'll go alone. Know

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<v Speaker 1>why you're doing that. I can take care of myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, Max, you really think that Mr Beatie has

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<v Speaker 1>something to do with Riley's disappearance. I don't know, but

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<v Speaker 1>he's doing something shady. So do what you do best. Investigate.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what you're good at, right, ask around, try to

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<v Speaker 1>find out where beauty would go without risking your life

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<v Speaker 1>for it. That's too it's too slow. Ross. Everything I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever read talks about how the first forty eight hours

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<v Speaker 1>of a missing person's case is the most critical period.

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<v Speaker 1>We're already past that. I know, Okay, I just I

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<v Speaker 1>can't just sit by and do nothing. What if? What

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<v Speaker 1>if Riley really did run away? Have you been talking

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<v Speaker 1>to Jenna? It's not the craziest theory in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like everyone I know has thought about running

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<v Speaker 1>away from Hastings at one point. Or another, well almost everyone. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the weirdo for liking Hastings, I get it. I

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<v Speaker 1>just don't think Riley would do that without telling anyone.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows that the whole town would freak out, so

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<v Speaker 1>that just leaves him getting lost or hurt or or

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<v Speaker 1>something much much worse. Maxie Miles was created by Lauren

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