Look, gentlemen, I know these are bad times, it's not fun for you people. It's certainly not fun for Beth or me. Or Charles. I know you're doing your best, I have to believe that. That's our only hope. But you have all the machinery on your side. Don't you see? You have all the connections. I'm a middle-aged businessman from New York City. I don't speak one word of Spanish. Here I am. My son may have been *shot*. Maybe he was tortured. Maybe he was, oh, Lord, beaten so badly that they're keeping him until he's well enough to be released. I don't know. I don't care! Oh, really, I don't care. Because what is done - is done. I just want you to reach those people and tell them I will take Charles back in any condition. I'm not gonna make a stink. I'm not gonna go to the newspapers. You make out any kind of a release form, I will sign it. I will absolve anyone, everyone, of everything. I just want my boy back! He's the only child I have, sir. Did you hear what I said?
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Captain Ray Tower, USN If he falls behind the power curve and something happens, then it's adiós. You gotta stay ahead of the power curve, kid.
Beth Horman They give me the same song and dance over and over again. He could be hurt or - tortured. They don't give a goddamn about him.
Ed Horman Oh look, really, I don't want to hear any of your anti-Establishment paranoia! I certainly get enough of that from my son.
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Beth Horman That's dumb. If he were in hiding, he'd call me and let me know he was all right.
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