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Speaker 1: Maxie Miles is a production of a typical artists and

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Speaker 1: Once again, if you have any pertinent information, please visit

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Speaker 1: Sheriff Combs at his office in City Hall. Only one

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Speaker 1: week until the opening of the Harvest Festival spotted by

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Speaker 1: Minotaur Mining. This really is shaping up to be the

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Speaker 1: best festival we've ever had. Safety is of course still paramount,

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Speaker 1: so if you'd like to volunteer for the festival patrol.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, What are you doing breakfast? Max? Did you

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Speaker 1: put oil in this pan? Of course you're cooking bacon.

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Speaker 1: So what are you doing? Max? It's Saturday? Why are

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Speaker 1: And I thought you might like breakfast. That's very sweet.

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Speaker 1: I can be sweet, I know that, Max, So why

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Speaker 1: do you sound suspicious? With very value? Attempt at breakfast?

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Speaker 1: Has nothing to do with the fact that you're grounded

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Speaker 1: was totally reasonable, right Max. I appreciate that you're trying

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Speaker 1: to make up for the other night, but it's going

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Speaker 1: to take a a while to really trust you. Again,

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Speaker 1: that's not fair. I wasn't doing anything wrong. You're in

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Speaker 1: the woods at night after I explicitly told you not to.

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Speaker 1: It's not like I was there alone. It was a

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Speaker 1: nearly broke your ankle on the last one. Okay, that's

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Speaker 1: an exaggeration. Can't you understand why I might be worried

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Speaker 1: you safe even if it annoys you. This isn't about

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Speaker 1: the first one to have made any kind of break

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Speaker 1: in Riley's case by getting lost in the woods. Ross

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Speaker 1: and I were the ones to find his backpack, not

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Speaker 1: the sheriff, not community Watch. This isn't about me wanting

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Speaker 1: to to solve a mystery or something. This is about Wiley.

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Speaker 1: I know you're worried. We're all worried. I think he

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Speaker 1: could be in real danger. Joe, why did you find

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Speaker 1: something out? No, it's just I mean, he's been missing

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Speaker 1: for so long now, I know, But don't you get it.

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Speaker 1: I'm worried about Riley, of course I am, But I

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Speaker 1: am absolutely terrified if anything happeny to you. Look after

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Speaker 1: your parents. But this isn't that we, Miles have a

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Speaker 1: tendency to throw ourselves into situations we can't control. And

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Speaker 1: you think that's what happened to mom and Dad. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know what they were doing driving

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Speaker 1: all the way out to peaks. But but that's not

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Speaker 1: the point. But don't you ever wonder, to be honest, Max,

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure what difference it would make. They're still gone,

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Speaker 1: but we don't know why they're gone, why they were there.

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Speaker 1: There's no rhyme or reason to these things, as much

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Speaker 1: why I need you to be careful. No matter how

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Speaker 1: so many things out of your control. From a typical

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Speaker 1: artists and I heart radio. You're listening to Max and Miles.

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Speaker 1: This chapter seven, the ghost any word on what they

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Speaker 1: found and runs backpack. Nothing that useful. I guess they've

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Speaker 1: they'll find him. Oh why is the code board? Maybe

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Speaker 1: he was running from something. Yeah, maybe pack of pal

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Speaker 1: malls it. Oh hello, Ransom, Hi, there, those things are

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Speaker 1: awful for you. You know, I know this one keeps

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Speaker 1: telling me. Well, I do feel sort of responsible being

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Speaker 1: the one to sell them to you at all. Well,

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Speaker 1: if it makes you feel better, remember that I don't pay.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of put whatever, Miss honeywell here wants on the

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Speaker 1: Archer tab Ransom. That's really not nice, serry. Oh please please,

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Speaker 1: Every day is a business day when your family is

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Speaker 1: Harvest festival as always, even though he doesn't bother to

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Speaker 1: actually live here, Warren Archer would never miss a hasting celebration.

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Speaker 1: He and Hal will do their double act at the

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Speaker 1: auction as usual, I have no doubt. I can't wait

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Speaker 1: to see it. Your father sounds delightful. Yeah, he's something.

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Speaker 1: I'll see you around, you will, Bi Max. I Well,

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Speaker 1: So you and Ransome seemed to getting along. He's a

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Speaker 1: very nice man. Sure, what did he mean? It's the

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Speaker 1: Ransom and I privately discussed Max, but I gave him

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Speaker 1: some advice. We bonded. It was nice. Ms honeywell are

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Speaker 1: you are you dating Ransome Archer? No? No, nothing like that,

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Speaker 1: not yet anyway. Wow, Okay that surprises you. Why didn't

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Speaker 1: Why is that? It's just he has a bit of

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Speaker 1: a reputation. I guess what kind of reputation? Oh? Hey, Ross, Miles,

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Speaker 1: Uh do you know, miss Honeywell, this is Ross. Lovely

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Speaker 1: to meet you. Ross. Yeah, you too. Any friend of

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Speaker 1: Max's is a friend of mine. Oh, I wouldn't call

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Speaker 1: us friends. Yeah, I'm more like neighbors, right, neighbors. Well,

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Speaker 1: I know that Max here is the best neighbor you

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Speaker 1: could ask for. You're still up for coming by the

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Speaker 1: end later today? Yep, I'll be there right after work,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure you'll be getting a call from my

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Speaker 1: in advance, No apologies needed. He's a good parent. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Nice to meet you, Ross. Yeah, YouTube, did she pay

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Speaker 1: for any of that stuff? I guess you don't have

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Speaker 1: to pay when you're cozy with Ransom Archer. I'm sorry?

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Speaker 1: Are you saying that Ransom Archer is dating the new

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Speaker 1: like Miss Honeywell, right, You think she's a good person? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so it sucks that she's dating Ransom. That guy's the worst.

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Speaker 1: I know that he's entitled and snobbish and kind of blunt,

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Speaker 1: but but what I don't know. I was hoping to

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Speaker 1: end of that sentence. All right, so what are you

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Speaker 1: doing over at the maple Thorpe later? Oh, Miss Honeywell

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Speaker 1: asked me to look into well haunting, haunting not actually

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Speaker 1: that's just you know what she's calling it. She thinks

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Speaker 1: there's weird sounds, but nothing has been stolen, not that

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Speaker 1: that's a raccoon or something. Ah. Yes, Big city Lady

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Speaker 1: doesn't know about the woodland creatures exactly. So you want

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Speaker 1: I know you're basically under house arrest and everything, but

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Speaker 1: well your backyard is basically our backyard, right exactly. So

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Speaker 1: you'll come over once you're done at the end. Yeah, sure, cool, cool, cool,

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Speaker 1: cool cool cool ross are you okay? Yeah, there's just something,

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Speaker 1: there's something I need to talk to you about. Oh okay, right,

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Speaker 1: It's fine, it'll be fine. So as you can see

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Speaker 1: where a bitten shambles at the moment, it's not so bad.

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Speaker 1: How did you end up buying this place? Anyway? Old

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Speaker 1: Mrs Maplethorpe wanted to retire and I wanted a change

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Speaker 1: of pace. It was very serendipitous. I never would have

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Speaker 1: Mrs Maplethorpe was always a bit old fashioned, that's one

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Speaker 1: way to put it. The maple Thorpes are an old

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Speaker 1: Hastings family, as old as the Archers, and Mrs maple

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Speaker 1: Thorpe was the last one left. I didn't think she'd

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Speaker 1: I'm not exactly an outsider. What what do you mean?

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Speaker 1: Are you from Hastings. I used to have family up

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Speaker 1: that Mrs Maplethorpe was familiar with the name Wow which

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Speaker 1: so despite the vague connection, I still feel I don't

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Speaker 1: know much about this place. There's not much to know. Really.

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Speaker 1: Hastings is pretty straightforward. It was built on minds, like

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Speaker 1: over the years. But the old mine is closed now,

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Speaker 1: I guess. But now there's this new mining company coming

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Speaker 1: I want people to have jobs, of course, even if

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Speaker 1: But I just I wish it wasn't something that wasn't

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Speaker 1: the old coal mine? No way. They don't care about

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Speaker 1: global warming any more than mayor Hell does. Most people

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Speaker 1: no one really hangs out with the Archers. They've always

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Speaker 1: been a bit separate from the rest of us, and

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Speaker 1: Ransom is the only one who lives here full time. Correct, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the rest of them have scattered. Guess they outgrew Hastings.

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Speaker 1: Has Ransom ever been married any kids? You know? Definitely not? Wait, sorry,

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Speaker 1: are you asking because you're interested in those things with him? Because? No, goodness, no,

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Speaker 1: I'm just curious about people. That's all a hazard of

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Speaker 1: being in the hotel business. I suppose, Ah, that will

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Speaker 1: be our ghost. Come on, how often has this been happening?

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Speaker 1: There doesn't seem to be a pattern to it. I've

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Speaker 1: certainly noticed it more late in the evening. But does

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Speaker 1: happen a few times throughout the day? And how long

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Speaker 1: has it been going on? Almost a week now, I'd

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Speaker 1: wager odd thoughts and creeks too deliberate to be the

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Speaker 1: house settling. Who has access to the inn? Well myself

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Speaker 1: of course. Mrs Maplethorpe technically still has keys, though she

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Speaker 1: never leaves her house these days. The contractor, but he

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Speaker 1: Patrick Who's Patrick Patrick Beatty? We met at the hardware

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Speaker 1: store and he very generously offered his handyman expertise. Mr Beatty.

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Speaker 1: Mr Beatty has been helping you. Oh you know him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's my neighbor. Isn't he just the sweetest Uh No,

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Speaker 1: not really, That's not how I describe him. Really, he's

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Speaker 1: been a wonderful pal to have around while ily this

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Speaker 1: he seems to come by whenever he has a moment free.

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Speaker 1: How would you describe him? Oh, he's always been the

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Speaker 1: scary old man in our neighborhood. Honestly, he doesn't say much.

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Speaker 1: He's not very sociable. I'll admit that he's a tough customer,

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Speaker 1: You don't have any guests here currently, right, No, no

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Speaker 1: seemed what scared really really scared. M Max. You're here. Yeah, listen,

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Speaker 1: have to tell you something, Ross, Are you okay? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: wait right about what that you really are the one

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Speaker 1: I think Mr Colmes is trying his best, But you

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Speaker 1: take risks, Max, You're fearless. I'm not fearless. You act

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Speaker 1: I took this ross. This is Riley's notebook. I know

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Speaker 1: this is evidence that this isn't just some half baked

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Speaker 1: what's inside the notebook. It's gonna change everything. Maxie Miles

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