WEBVTT - Chapter VIII - The Missing Files 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:03.000 Maxie Miles is a production of a typical artists, and 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:12.000 I heart radio. This. I don't understand. It's pretty clear, Max. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:16.400 I mean Riley seemed sure, but that doesn't make any sense. 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:20.160 How could I mean, if they knew, It's not like 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:24.239 mining comes without consequences. I know, trust me. That's the 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:26.560 whole reason I want an environmental club so that people 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:30.800 will get it right. So is this really that surprising. 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.240 It's one thing for Hastings to have a new mining 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.640 project that will do god only knows what to the 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:38.720 ecosystem long term. It's another thing entirely to know that 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:42.839 they're poisoning the groundwater, and yet here it is. Is 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:45.240 there any chance that Riley could be wrong? I mean, 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:48.920 I guess, but I mean he wrote new project proven 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:53.200 to be poisoning groundwater, County Environmental Surveyor has environmental impact report. 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:57.440 That's pretty cut and dry. But I mean, there's all 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:00.080 kinds of stuff about the minds both of them. In 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:03.520 his notebook, it looked like he was mapping all the 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:07.240 old mine entrances or something. Maybe it was a theory. 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.480 It doesn't sound like it was just a theory. But 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:14.039 how would he know? Oh my god, Miss Honeywow, what 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.199 about her? When she went to city Hall the first 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:20.640 day she got here, Riley was there. She said she 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:24.000 saw him eavesdropping. He was leaning against an office door. 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:29.000 How's office? No, No, that's what's weird. She said. It 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:32.640 wasn't the mayor's office. Okay. Who else has an office 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:36.680 in city Hall? The public Works foreman, she'd be involved 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:39.360 with all kinds of planning stuff like the mine. There's 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:43.400 also the deputy mayor. What Ms Halleran, she's one hundred 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.320 and two. She's more of a town mascot than anything else. 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:52.960 The sheriff, No, no way. Maybe this county surveyor person 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.760 was talking to Mr Collins about the water, but Mr 0:01:55.840 --> 0:02:00.160 Combs wouldn't hide that. Do you think how would at No? 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.160 I don't think how would put anyone in Hastings in danger. 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:08.160 But he'd do whatever he could to protect the town's reputation. 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:11.840 But just because Riley overheard something about the new mind 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.920 being dangerous doesn't mean they're not actively trying to fix it. 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:19.320 I mean, the project hasn't even been officially launched yet. Yeah, 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:23.040 I guess that's true. I'm sure whatever is going on 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:27.080 with it, if there really is something wrong, that everyone 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.800 who needs to know knows, and they're doing everything that 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:37.000 they can to fix it. But why is Riley missing? Now? 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.959 This seems like too much of a coincidence. Jenna said 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:43.600 he was working on some kind of political scandal piece, 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:48.960 and this was clearly it. Maybe he wasn't eavesdropping on How, 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:52.560 but that doesn't mean that How doesn't know. So what 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.880 do you think How kidnapped Riley to keep him quiet 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.280 with what end game prevent him from writing an article 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:01.799 until the pro ject can open? But if it's true, 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:04.359 it would do just as much damage regardless of when 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.160 it comes out. Maybe the contracts aren't signed. How has 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:08.960 been talking about the kind of money this is gonna 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:11.520 bring Hastings. We need more info. We need to give 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:17.560 this to the sheriff. Wait, not yet, Max, Look, I 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.399 trust Sheriff Colmes. I do. I don't think he'd ever 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.040 do anything to put Riley or anyone else in danger. 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:29.480 But if he was who Riley was eavesdropping on, I 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:33.520 just want to know more before we go. Making accusations 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.240 and turning over evidence is the same thing as making 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:41.440 accusations in your head. We don't know, that's the problem. Fine, 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.760 I'll hold onto it for now we can we can 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:48.280 keep it here, added to the pile of things we're 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:57.880 not telling the responsible adults. Thank you? But but what? Okay? 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:02.480 There was one of the weird thing in the notebook. Jeez, 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.760 what is it now? This section here? I didn't read 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.120 too much because it seemed personal, but Ross just spit 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:19.839 it out? Did Riley mention anything about his parents to you? What? No? Why? Wait? Actually, 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:24.200 the last time we spoke he was going on about family. 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:27.880 Why does it say something about his parents in here? 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:30.159 He talks about needing to go to city hall to 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.360 talk to the county clerk about his parents, And then 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:39.920 he just wrote they lied? What on earth? Jenna said 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.320 he'd had some family drama. But maybe this is what 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:46.479 Riley was eavesdropping on. But what would it be? What 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.120 were the Stevens lying about? And is it bad enough 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:53.520 that Riley would have run away? All right? Tomorrow morning 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:55.479 you go to city hall and try to talk to 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:58.840 the mayor? What? What? Why? Me? I've already been sniffing 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.239 around his office too much. He knows how to dodge 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.520 my questions. But do you think he'll talk to me? 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:09.159 I think you're annoying enough to get some information. From him. Yeah, gee, thanks, 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.440 what are you going to do? Tomorrow's Sunday? So no 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:15.599 one other than Hall is going to be at city Hall. 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.200 But I bet I can find the four minute the 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.520 tavern and ask her about what's going on with the 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.360 new mine. They're not going to let you into the tavern. Max. 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.920 You don't know that you four and very strong willed. 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:35.480 I've been told from a typical artists and I heart radio. 0:05:35.920 --> 0:06:03.000 You're listening to Maxi Miles. This is chapter eight the 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:15.600 Missing Files Max Maxi Files. We'll up a second of 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:21.640 high Ransom Lucky. I ran into you you are Yeah, 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:25.599 I need your help? Yeah, this is Look, do you 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:28.000 mind if we talk about this off the street? Are 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:33.640 you all right? Ransom? You look really awful to be 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:37.040 perfectly honest. Yeah, thanks for that. You'll understand when you're 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:43.200 twenty one. Oh hangover? Yeah? Can we just go inside? Please? 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:48.960 The general story is closed today, Ransom family owned. Remember, Plus, 0:06:49.000 --> 0:07:01.520 I can really use a cigarette? Do you mind if 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.720 will you stop? If I do? I'm not a total jerk, 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:12.559 you know. In that case? Second hand smoking is horribly dangerous, right, See, 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.240 I can be considerate of other people. What are we 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.760 doing here? Ransom. I actually have places to be. I'm 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:22.120 sure you do out solving little crimes and saving cats. 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:26.760 My friend is missing, Mr Archer, in case you hadn't noticed, Yeah, 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:31.440 you're right, I'm sorry. Well, Mr Archer, I didn't want 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:35.320 to be rude while I yelled at you. Right listen, 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:39.000 I've got another mystery for you to solve. Look, I'm 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.760 happy to help you out however I can on any 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:45.080 other day. But I really, I promise you this isn't frivolous. 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.280 I know you're worried about your friend, but if you 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:48.800 help me with this, I'll see what I can do 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.920 to help you. What what do you mean are you 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.160 withholding something that could help Riley? No, God, of course not. 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:57.600 I just meant I heard that he may have run 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.960 away to Berlin, and I also know that you're currently 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.240 under house arrest. Oh my god, how does ever play 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:06.119 cards with your uncle and Walt? They called to cancel 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.880 this weekend's game because someone needs to be looked after. 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:14.080 Speaking of which, where does Joe think you are right now? Um? 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:18.960 In ross Teller's tree house? Right, of course? Please don't 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.720 tell him that I'm downtown. Your secrets are safe with me. 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.080 I broke plenty of rules when I was your age. 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:26.240 I don't think there's anything wrong with enjoying your time 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:30.320 as a teenager. Yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing, which 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.839 is why I'm offering to drive you to Berlin this week. 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:35.640 If you want, I can tell Joe that I'm taking 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:37.800 you on as an intern or something. I actually do 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.120 have some meetings in Berlin on Tuesday, and you can 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:42.520 see what you can dig up about Riley. If he's there, 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:46.120 you'll find him. I have no doubt really you do that. 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.280 I don't know much help, but it really be I 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:50.800 know Walt is already coordinating with Gorham in Berlin, but 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.679 am I easier mind Sheriff Combs is expanding the search again. 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.559 He's gotten as many community watch groups involved as you can. 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.720 I haven't found Earlei in Hastings, so he must be 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:05.960 somewhere else. That's the theory. Anyway, this really is a 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.640 lot more serious than I think you realized, Max. I 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:10.960 think it could become a county wide missing person's case. 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.760 I don't know why everyone keeps assuming that I'm not 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.600 taking this seriously. I feel like I'm the only one 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:20.240 who's doing anything. I know it feels like that, like 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.840 you've got some good folks in your corner. The grown 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:24.839 ups in this town are actually trying to look out 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.320 for you. You say that like you're not one of them. Well, 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:31.200 I'm not that. I don't care, I do. I'm just 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:35.199 not a grown up. You're not according to my father, 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:39.480 my wife, no kids, no new ideas for the Archer Empire. 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.200 Still just to screw up. Not to be rude, but 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:47.560 oh no, please go ahead. You are asking a fourteen 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:53.319 year old for help. That's a very fair point, speaking 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:58.280 of I was robbed last night. What someone broke in? 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:02.080 What is happening in this that's the weird thing. There 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:06.640 was no break in? Not really. Then I was out 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:11.320 last night, right the hangover Saturday night at the tavern, 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.840 get a little wild? Actually I wasn't at the tavern, really, 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:20.000 believe it or not. I was on a date really, yes, 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:25.800 oh oh god, you were on a date with miss Honey. Well, 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:30.600 weren't you? How do you know? Wild? Guess you don't 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:35.240 have to sound so disappointed. No, it's not. I really 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.720 like miss Honey well, and I know, and let me 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:40.680 guess you think she could do better. I didn't say that. 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.520 You didn't have to. Look. I know I haven't been 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:48.079 the warmest person in Hastings, but Alanna is. She's wonderful, 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:54.920 smart and witty and beautiful. Are you in love with her? What? No? No, 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:57.280 I've only known her for a few weeks, so it 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.400 wasn't love at first sight. I'm not sure leaving that 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:04.400 kind of stuff. No, no, no, it's not that. It's 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:09.280 the instantaneous thing that I'm not sure is real in 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:13.480 my albeit very limited experience. Falling in love isn't about 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:17.120 seeing someone in lightning striking attraction can be like that. Sure, 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:22.720 having a crush a crush, Well, don't those sometimes lead 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:26.680 to love? Sure? Maybe, But I'm talking about the kind 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:30.240 of first sight crush where you fantasize about who someone 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:34.320 is and what could happen. But it's still just a fantasy, 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:37.680 and that version is always far better than any reality 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:41.199 could ever be. And that's what you're doing with miss Honeywell, no, 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.319 that's what I'm trying not to do. It's always a 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:46.319 disappointment if you stay in that fantasy in your head 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:49.200 for too long. It's better to live in the real world, 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:56.000 even if it's imperfect. That's surprisingly ground above you. Well, 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.440 I'll take that as a compliment. I think I know 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:03.400 what you mean about having a fantasy in your head 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:07.000 of what could be really what You don't think I'm 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.160 the type of person to have a crush, No, I 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.439 think it's pretty unusual for a teenager to realize that 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:15.120 they're idealizing someone. Everything feels so big when you're young, 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:17.400 it can be hard to tell the difference. Does it 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:21.120 really matter? Then? If it feels like love, then it 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:26.080 is right. That's an interesting perspective, but I think it 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.760 does matter in the action you take. What do you 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.560 mean People make a lot of big decisions based on 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:35.320 big feelings. Those big feelings aren't rooted in something real. 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.640 You could be making a big mistake something like that. 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.280 Then how do you know when it's love? Real love? 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:48.000 Love is quieter. It can happen all at once or 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:53.480 very slowly. Sometimes it's both. It comes from knowing someone, 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:57.760 from trusting them. Loving someone else isn't about you, it's 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:00.600 about them. You sound like someone who knows how it 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.360 feels firsthand. I know it might be hard to picture, 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:09.160 but yeah, I do. What happened well, I was doomed 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.840 from the start in some ways. What do you mean 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.800 we were fifteen, and I didn't do anything smart. When 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.280 I was fifteen, I would have screwed it up one 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:22.200 way or another. Not to mention my parents were well, 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:25.559 it doesn't matter. But it wasn't just a teenage crush. 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.240 May have started out that way, but you trusted her 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:31.720 with my life. I'd only known her for a year, 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:35.319 but she understood me more than anyone ever had made 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:37.280 me feel like she was actually talking to me when 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.640 she was talking to me, not just telling me what 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:43.200 to do. Everyone was always telling me what to do. 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:48.040 Oh yeah, what's that like? Yeah, I figured you'd get that. 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:50.440 And Cherry told me what to do all the time. 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:54.360 She was bossy as hell, but it felt different, like 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:57.120 she wasn't just saying things to say them, but like 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:04.240 we were together, partners, you know, even when we didn't agree, 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:10.240 I still wanted to listen. Yeah, Yeah, I think I 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:17.280 know what you mean. You okay, Max? You look rattled? Yeah, 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:23.360 I'm fine. Of what happened to her. Her family moved 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:28.320 away suddenly, and she she stopped talking to me. She 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.960 told me she was leaving, and then I never heard 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:38.560 from her again. Ouch. Yeah, Jesus. Anyway, Uh, that's enough 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:40.640 of that. Sorry, I don't know how we got on that. 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:45.520 You were talking about the woman you're currently dating. Yeah, yeah, 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.600 of course, and Allan is great. Reminds me of Sherry 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.800 a bit. Actually, Well, anyway, it's the first good thing 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.080 that's happened to me in a while. So of course 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:57.920 I probably royally screwed it up last night. So we 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.720 went to a nice dinner. Everything seemed would be going great. 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.920 I had maybe two glasses of wine, we ordered dessert, 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.000 and then the next thing I know, I'm waking up 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:12.240 at four in the morning in my office. What about 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.840 six hours or just completely missing. And that's not all 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:18.080 that's missing. The safe in the office have been open. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:22.040 Someone stole money from you. No no, no, no, not money. Files. 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.880 Why would someone steal your files? Well, they're not even mine. 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.800 It's technically my father's office, not that he deigns to 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.440 come here very often, but it's the office in the 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:35.480 back of Archer's Archery, the first Archer business from eighteen whatever, 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:38.760 and it's always been my dad's favorite. He's sentimental about 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:43.480 the family like that. So it's his safe. And you 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.440 didn't have the code. As far as I know, my 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.640 dad's the only one with it. Where is he right now? Oh, 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:53.440 somewhere in West Virginia buying another mining company once he 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:57.120 gets locked on something. Anyway, he's not supposed to be 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:00.240 in Hastings until the festival starts later this week. He 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.360 wants to be here for the demo, push, the plunger 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.280 and all that. So if your dad isn't in town 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.040 and you don't know the code, then how would someone 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.040 get into your safe? It's pretty old, might be original 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.280 to the building for all I know, So it's not 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:14.880 like it to be the hardest thing to crack, but 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.280 you presumably still have to know what you were doing. 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:19.560 I knows. I've never gettn it a go. Do you 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:23.480 have any idea what was in there? Um? I think 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:28.200 just old historical family documents, the original defunct land deeds, 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:32.600 maybe some family trees. Nothing of real value unless someone 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:36.120 was looking to target the Archer family first. The graffiti 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.200 from the other week, Yeah, but target us with what 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.400 letters from the nineteen teens Archer's Archery and everything in 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:44.720 it is more of a museum than it is a 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.880 business investment at this point. If someone wanted to target us, 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.160 steal from us has to be a more efficient way. 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:56.400 Is there anything embarrassing in those files any family skeletons? 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.520 Are you asking for the Archer family dirt if there's 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:01.680 any to be found that. I don't need to know 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:03.920 why someone stole these files. I just need to get 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.400 them back. If you know what's in them, that will 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.600 help me figure out who took them. Look, all I 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:10.359 know is that I'm missing a full six hours of 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:11.959 my life, and my father is going to be here 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:13.479 in three days, and I really don't need to give 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:15.280 him more ammunition to come at me for being a 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:19.920 funk up. I think you can work with that fine, 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:25.760 all right. First step then figuring out when and how 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:28.960 they broke in. Could someone have drugged you? I don't 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.840 see when they would have had a chance. Uh, I 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:34.399 don't know. Maybe I went to the tavern for a 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:37.199 late drink. Certainly would have been the first time, and 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:41.000 someone would have known to find you there exactly. Well, 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:43.760 lucky for you, I need to head to the tavern 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:49.679 today anyway, getting some points and darts in looking for someone. Actually, 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.040 not that it's any of your business, and the end 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:55.240 is on the way. We can stop either and ask 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.800 him as honeywell, if she remembers anything that might be useful. 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:02.840 She's very observant. I've discovered it. Come on, time to 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.760 do some questioning. Oh, I think i'll hang back. Is 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:11.439 your hangover really that bad? My capacity to feel bones shaking? Embarrassment? 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.720 Is that bad? Sending a teenager around town to ask 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.760 after your whereabouts isn't embarrassing at least I don't have 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:24.480 to witness it firsthand. Fine, I'm off to the end. Then, Hey, Max, 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:30.000 thank you. Don't thank me yet. I haven't solved anything. Yeah, 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.960 but you will. I know you will if you really 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:36.000 believe that. You know that if I find the files, 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:39.000 I'll find out what's in them too. Are you going 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:42.640 to be okay with that? Deal's a deal. You find 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:44.480 my files, I'll drive you up and down Route three 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:47.520 O two as much as you want. Whatever else happens happens, 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:25.800 Miss Honeywell, Miss Honeywell, Mabel Thorpe ghost. I'm sorry to 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:33.040 just barge in like this. The door was open. Hello. 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:38.360 You know you really should get the locks changed, especially 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:48.159 considering what ross s? What? What's going on? What are 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:50.480 you doing here? I was on my way to meet 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:52.320 you with the tavern when I remembered what you said 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.119 about seeing someone run away from the inn yesterday. So 0:19:55.160 --> 0:19:57.480 you just thought you'd break in, Like you said, the 0:19:57.520 --> 0:19:59.800 door was open. It's an end. It's a public business. 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:04.000 It's not open. Just listen. I went to the back 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:06.639 door where you saw Riley. I'm not sure who or 0:20:07.200 --> 0:20:10.600 what it was. You were right, it was Riley. What 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:15.760 how do you know this? I found this snagged on 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:20.280 the back door. Hinge? Is this a shoelace? Part of one? 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:22.760 It must have gotten caught and snapped off when he 0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:27.160 was running away. But what how? What? That doesn't mean 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:30.280 it was Riley. This could be from anything except look 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:36.240 the baseballs. I know these shoelaces. Oh my god. Wait, 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:39.440 you're right. I recognize they're from the Baseball Hall of Fame, 0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:41.639 from when you and your family went to Cooperstown that 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:44.680 one summer and I brought back souvenirs for everyone. You 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:46.760 got me a patch for my girl Scouts vest, and 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:51.879 I got Riley these shoelaces. I I can't believe it. 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:55.719 I can't believe he's still wearing them. I gave them him, 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:59.120 and like the fourth grade good thing he is. This 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:06.439 is ross. This is a big deal. I know he 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:09.800 was really here. I really did see him. It sure 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:17.240 seems like it. What was he doing here hiding out? 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:20.480 I guess, I mean it's smart. No one's here, but 0:21:20.520 --> 0:21:22.600 a bunch of the rooms are still outfitted with beds 0:21:22.600 --> 0:21:25.080 and stuff. He could have been sleeping right here all 0:21:25.119 --> 0:21:29.880 along for all we know. But why why not come home? 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:34.440 Why hide? And why run from me? I have so 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:38.639 many more questions now? Yeah, speaking of which, I have 0:21:38.880 --> 0:21:42.240 some new info. Oh yeah, how was city hall? You 0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:45.080 were wrong? How wasn't the only one there today? Really? 0:21:45.560 --> 0:21:48.800 Who else was in? These two guys? They don't work 0:21:48.800 --> 0:21:52.520 for the town, I don't think. Okay, then who were they? 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:56.000 I didn't get a chance to find out, But I 0:21:56.040 --> 0:21:59.320 bet it's something to do with new mind. They looked familiar. 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:02.520 I just can't place my finger on it. Did you 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:06.679 ask how well? How was being all? How smiling and 0:22:06.800 --> 0:22:10.920 upbeat and unhelpful? Maxine Miles? Why that's the most unkind 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:14.439 thing you've ever said about anyone? You must be rubbing 0:22:14.480 --> 0:22:17.920 off on me. Yeah, well it's mutual. I think I'm 0:22:17.920 --> 0:22:21.119 getting a hang of this slew thing thing. Oh, come on, 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:23.680 tell me what you found out. I think he definitely 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:27.439 knows about the groundwater issue? Really did he admit to it. 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:30.679 No I I didn't come right out and ask I 0:22:30.760 --> 0:22:34.159 just generally asked about the mining project. And he was 0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:36.000 going on and on and on and on about how 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:38.040 it's going to be so good for Hastings and the 0:22:38.160 --> 0:22:40.480 archers of the backbone of the town, bringing new business, 0:22:40.480 --> 0:22:44.320 blah blah blah blah blah. Which is why he's moving 0:22:44.400 --> 0:22:47.800 up the start date. What I thought it was supposed 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:50.000 to start the last day of the harvest festival, which 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:54.200 isn't for another ten days. They're starting tonight. What yep, 0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:58.560 they're detonating the old mine, collapsing it. Oh my god, 0:22:59.200 --> 0:23:02.280 we have to find what if he I mean, what 0:23:02.359 --> 0:23:04.800 if he's digging for more evidence in the minds all 0:23:04.840 --> 0:23:07.600 those maps of the mine entrances in his notebook. Whoa, whoa, 0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:10.120 We still have no idea. That's why Riley's hiding out. 0:23:10.200 --> 0:23:13.120 What do you mean he overheard something about the mind 0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:16.080 being dangerous. He was hiding out. Now they're rushing up 0:23:16.119 --> 0:23:19.439 the detonation. Something here isn't right, except I don't think 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:22.760 that's what Riley overheard. Hal said that the day Riley 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:25.080 came in to talk to him, Hal found him snooping 0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:28.679 around the Public Works office looking through papers and stuff. Okay, 0:23:29.760 --> 0:23:33.240 so if he found out through some files and not eavesdropping, 0:23:33.400 --> 0:23:36.000 then then maybe whatever is going on with his family 0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:38.159 is what made him run away, Except we don't know 0:23:38.200 --> 0:23:41.560 that he did run away, not to begin with, because 0:23:41.600 --> 0:23:43.679 there's still the whole thing with Mr Beatie and that 0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:46.280 weird phone call and the fact that his backpack was 0:23:46.320 --> 0:23:54.160 in the middle of the woods. Ah, come on, Max, 0:23:54.240 --> 0:23:58.040 we can figure this out. I know we can. Russ 0:23:58.040 --> 0:24:01.040 Teller is giving me a pep talk. Things must be 0:24:01.080 --> 0:24:07.120 really dire, must be. I really do appreciate what what's 0:24:07.119 --> 0:24:13.520 wrong is that? What are you looking at? Something's Max? 0:24:13.600 --> 0:24:16.399 What are you doing? Look that board in the ceiling. 0:24:16.440 --> 0:24:26.800 It's crooked? But I can't h here? Let me whoa, 0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:35.800 what the hell? Reach around? Yeah, there's more. What are 0:24:35.800 --> 0:24:44.639 you okay? Yeah? I'm fine? You Ross? Yeah, do you 0:24:45.640 --> 0:24:51.639 mind getting off of me? Right? Yeah, of course, sorry, 0:24:52.200 --> 0:24:54.800 I mean it's it's fine. What the hell is miss 0:24:54.800 --> 0:24:57.000 Honey Well doing with these papers in your ceiling? Well 0:24:57.080 --> 0:24:59.600 they could have been here for a while, it sure 0:24:59.640 --> 0:25:02.040 looks like it. This is a lot of old, boring 0:25:02.119 --> 0:25:07.440 crap deeds, some type written letters. Wait a second, this 0:25:07.520 --> 0:25:12.560 is ransom stuff. What these papers were stolen last night. 0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:15.120 I was just talking to him about it, which means, 0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:20.479 oh my god, what what is it? Oh my god? 0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:26.800 Max this this? What is Is this a birth certificate? 0:25:27.560 --> 0:25:31.160 Is this Ransom Archer's birth certificate? Look at the date? 0:25:34.560 --> 0:25:39.560 Wait a second, Ransom wasn't born in the eighties? What 0:25:40.000 --> 0:25:42.360 our Archer was born in the same year we were. 0:25:42.720 --> 0:25:50.600 I think I know what happened. Excuse me? Is someone here? Shit? Hello, 0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:58.399 come on, we gotta get out of here now. Maxine 0:25:58.440 --> 0:26:00.560 Miles was created by Lauren Hibbin and it's a production 0:26:00.600 --> 0:26:03.760 of A Typical Artists and I Heart Radio. This episode 0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:06.720 is written and directed by Lauren Schibbin, Diala, editing and 0:26:06.760 --> 0:26:09.439 sound designed by morriscy Ewing of Hemma Creek Productions, with 0:26:09.560 --> 0:26:13.280 editing exsistance from Laurian Davis and Melissa Ponds. It featured 0:26:13.359 --> 0:26:16.560