"Yes?" "Where is she now" "Stay with her, OK?" "Don't let her do anything dumb" "OK." "I'm coming, darling." "15 minutes." "It's Catherine." "She's going downhill fast." "Call me when he's out of surgery" "Seems it was deliberate." "Signs of a break-in, add remains of what could be a jerry can." "Witnesses?" "You seen the natives" "They only go out when their dog needs a piss." "They wouldn't have seen much and how." "Looks like he came in through the courtyard." "The seals were busted and the lock was forced" "Why "he"?" "We only found one person's footprints." "We only found one person's footprints." "That doesn't mean there weren't others outside." "Two of our teams are combing the area." "We're looking." "What did the searches at division HQ throw up?" "Negative." "Nothing there, nothing here." "Pull your finger out and get these bastards." "Detective." "You got carte blanche." "Your coworker'll be OK." "It was pretty serious, but luckily, they missed his vital organs." "Can we see him?" "Not yet." "He's been transferred to ICU." "There's a waiting room on the second floor." "We'll keep you posted" "OK." "Thanks Doctor." "You're welcome." "You'll stay here?" "Yeah." "Best if you're here when he wakes." "I'll go back." "Get things started." "I made myself a coffee." "Hope that's OK with you." "Eddy's in hospital." "His guts are full of shrapnel." "I know." "The whole of Police HQ knows." "Tomorrow it'll be in all the papers." "Attacking him turns you on?" "Seeing your big mouth tremble when you light a cigarette turns me on." "Think it's 'cos of you?" "I'm trembling with cold." "I'm trembling with cold." "Or 'cos you need a hit." "Report to the Police HQ medical center in 2 days time for a full workup of blood and urine." "If I have time." "It's an official summons." "Don't make us use handcuffs." "Give me some water." "You're not allowed." "How long did I sleep?" "Just over 3 hours." "What did the doc say?" "That you were very lucky." "They took this out of your back." "It's for you." "A souvenir." "Thanks, Eddy." "Thanks for what?" "You know full well." "I'd better go." "I'll come back this evening." "See you later." "I got good news and bad." "The good news is you're too of the list for Captain." "The bad... is that you won't be at my leaving drinks tonight." "Joking aside, well done." "You really got balls." "The asshole who threw the grenade lost both his legs." "He's out of it now." "There's something else." "The DA's gonna clean things up, following the fire at the Hoffman brothers' place." "Clean what up?" "What was an unofficial investigation is now an official one." "This goes right to the top." "The fax came right through after, with an order." "to use any means to oust the bad apples." "infiltrating the ranks of the Paris Police." "The fire was one step too far." "Vogel and his henchmen will be on your case 24/7." "IA will be there to flush when you take a leak." "Why not bring us down now?" "They've sent people down for less." "You're no ordinary cop, Eddy." "You're the public's hero who got the Monier girl's killers." "And you're the cop all the guys in the squad want to be." "You don't bring down heroes on a hunch." "Vanderbeke knows it." "And that arresting you could spark a shit storm that could cost his career." "But no more mistakes." "And next time your name comes up, you're dead." "Walter's girl ran." "He's still AWOL." "How so?" "His car's there he's not." " Catherine's going nuts." " Fuck." "It's just her and the kids." "The little one was in tears." "I'm off." "I'll call you." "How's Eddy?" " He's OK." " Sure." "Fuck." "Answer goddammit!" "Yeah, Rox." "It's Théo." "I'm at Walter's." "Looks like he was lifted." "I found his watch and bloodstains." "No." "I'll sort out the kids, get some protection." "Tell Eddy." "Yeah now." "Hi." "Hello." "Some kids set fire to the Hoffmans'." "All burned up." "Nothing left." "Just bits of shit we're trying to analyze" "You on your own?" "Yeah." "We had a blow last night." "Eddy's in the hospital." "Serious?" "Could've been worse." "What kind of shit's he in?" "What d'you mean?" "The DA and IA are on his back." "I dunno." "Ask hem." "Well?" "I calmed her down and gave her a shot." "She's sleeping now." "And the husband?" "He's on an op." "He won't be long." "She should be in a specialist institution." "She needs treatment." "My number's on the prescription." "Tell him to call me." "OK." "Thanks, Doctor." " Miss." " Good bye." "Sorry, I'm Théo." "I work with Walter." "Nina." "Nice to see you." "Do you look after Catherine." "No, I'm just the neighbor." "Time to get ready for school, kids." "Come on." "What's wrong, honey?" "Is Mommy going to a madhouse?" "Of course not." "Only mad people go to madhouses." "Your Mommy's not mad." "She's just a little sad." "She's going to a place to learn to be happy." "Don't worry." "Come on now." "What happened to their dad?" "What do you mean?" "I heard you on the telephone." "Why do they need protecting?" "The less you know, the better." "Did you see anything odd last night?" "Cars, odd people hanging around?" "Cars and odd people are all there is." "It's important, Nina." "I'm sorry." "I saw nothing." "Thanks." "Hi Marcus." "OK, Janko?" "Thanks for coming so fast." "Walter was taken this morning." "So I want round-the-clock protection." "I'll keep you posted." "How many are you?" "I got 2 guys behind on the road, we'll stay here." "Stay in unmarked cars for now." "Not a word to the local cops." "A down payment." "The rest at the end." "Who's she?" "Neighbor, taking the kids to school." "Stay with them 'till they get there, leave a team here." "Thanks." "I owe you one." "Thanks Marcus." "Yes, Eddy?" "How's Catherine and the kids?" "Tell Janko to double his men." "We'll pay." "You start checking the neighbors." "Someone must have seen something." "See you at the office." "What's up?" "My clothes." "You need rest." "My clothes." "Fuck!" "You're being an asshole, Eddy." "You should be in hospital." "Not here." "Here." "Postman brought this for you this afternoon." "Thanks." "Look, look!" "Look at your buddy!" "Motherfucker!" "Look!" "It's just a goodbye, boss." "It's just a goodbye." "Thank you." "Please." "Thank you." "I just want to say I'm proud to have been head of this service" "Liar!" "for almost 17 years." "proud to have worked with you and if crime has gone down by over 25% in 10 years, it's down to you." "And the VP section!" "Yes." "Thanks to your commitment ad your faith." "So for all that, thank you and... now it's time to enjoy the buffet." "Thanks, boss!" "Isn't Eddy here?" "He's disappeared, too!" "What's going on?" "Why don't you answer me?" " I've the right to know." " To know what?" "I don't know either Your questions piss me off." "Cheeky little thing!" "I bet she screws on towels to keep the sheet clean." "I should check" "You shouldn't take it lightly." "Why do you think they're here?" "To cry 'cos Bordier's leaving?" "They're here 'cos what we did is serious." "What you did." "Maybe someone said too much" "I saw you and Vogel the other night Why did he offer you?" "Caplan." "Hi." "Caplan." "Like the movie?" "Kill him and you die sonofabitch!" "Go threaten your mother, asshole." "I'm the one holding the cards." "200,000 euros and you get him alive." "It's cheap to fuckers like you." "You got 2 days, you hear me?" "Then we start cutting off fingers, then ears, then balls." "Excuse me." "What's wrong, Eddy?" "The hospital called Go back." "You could have internal bleeding." "I'm fine" "I'm fine" "You looked like death warmed up." "I'll have my driver take you." "Walter got picked up." "They want 200,000 euros." "What the hell is this?" "It was the gypsies who did it." "'Cos we hit their cousins." "What cousins?" "The Hoffman brothers." "They got us by the balls, boss." "And they know it." "If we go public, we'll have to take the hit for the Hoffmans." "Self-defense or not, no judge'll care." "It's two bad cops who took half a key of coke from a safe to pay off their debts, acting outside the law." "You can always get around shit." "I can say I sent you to infiltrate and it went wrong." "To late." "They'd investigate." "You'd be in the shit." "So what do we do?" "Wait 'till they kill Morlighem?" "We have to pay There's no other way." "Congratulations on your work last night." "Sadly, I didn't have time to decorate you in your hospital bed." "I hate medals more than I hate hospitals" "You know what Frederick II of Prussia said?" ""Medals are for fools," "Great men just need their names."" "I prefer what Pirandello said:" ""Easier a hero than a honest man." "You can be a hero by chance, but honest you must always be."" "What is an honest man to you, Sir?" "Someone who doesn't break laws." "You've never slipped up?" "I never met an honest man." "But I can tell you what a hero is:" "Someone who does what he can, even if the odds are stocked against him." "That one's mine." "See you." "Goodnight." "What the fuck have we done?" "Where'll we get the money?" "Motherfuckers!" "Motherfuckers!" "We'll go to his place." " Who's that?" " A piece of shit." "Nabbed him in the "burbs" 10 years ago with his gang." "Getting money out of old folk by burning their feet with a soldering iron." "The youngest Hoffman was in the gang, a whole bunch of them:" "Bauer, Hoffman, Winterstein.." "Mostly dead or inside now, except for him." "Got out 4 months ago." "I got a tip from a prison clerk:" "He was dealing in jail on Hoffman money." "Meaning they were very close." "Maybe he knows something." "2 guys and a girl." "What do we do?" "What we said." "What is it?" "Hey Charlie." "It's Eddy." "Eddy who?" "Eddy, Rolf's buddy." "W were in Block B at Fleury together." "What is it?" "The Hoffmans." "We gotta talk." "Nobody move!" "We got your family." "Play along or they get it, OK?" " OK" " Got a TV here?" " Yes" " Where is it?" "Upstairs." "Go up!" "Go on!" "Sit down!" "Don't move." "Turn it on." "Look Look!" "Who's talking?" "Don't make me hurt your kids, Meyer." "I know you know." "He's called Zoran." "Zoran who?" "Zoran." "That's all I know." "He works for the Montfermeil families." "It's all I know." "You should go back to hospital." "I'm OK." "I just need to get a little sleep." "Check the database tomorrow." "Ask Gaston for any Zorans on file aged 35-45." "Slip him some dough to keep schtum and off the record." "Show the names and photos to the Montfermeil cops." "Bye" "What do you want?" "I need help, Eddy." "Please." "Here" "I got IA on my ass, they want me to hand you over." "And if I don't, they'll do me for dealing." "Vogel put the case together." "He ID'd my main clients, found all those who are married, and pushed them to spill, in exchange for his discretion and witness privacy." "They all talked, the bastards." "Said I repeatedly offered them drugs, that they saw me dealing in hotel rooms." "and I used in front of them." "With my record, no judge'd think twice." "It's 18 months minimum." "I won't survive inside, Eddy." "You won't go inside." "He's bluffing you." "No judge'd fall for it." "He's nuts." "He hit me, left me half-naked in the forest." "I thought he was going to rape me." "But even whores can say no." "Listen." "Tomorrow, pack your bags." "Take the train to Bordeaux, go to your friend's rehab center." "Stay there 'till you hear from me." "Use the time to get yourself clean." "Vogel's not your problem." "He's mine." "He won't bother you." "I promise." "Goodnight, Théo." "Goodnight, Princess." "Goodnight, Théo." "Goodnight, Oscar." "Do you think my daddy's dead?" "What do you mean?" "Usually when he's away, he calls." "Why doesn't he call?" "Come here." "'Cos this time it's a secret mission and you're not allowed to phone." " Even when you love someone?" " Especially." "Because the baddies might hear and could hurt you." "Have you killed any baddies?" "Lots." "And has my daddy?" "Ask him when he gets home." "Now bed." "It's school tomorrow." "Want a drink?" "Yes, please." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "I'm going to stay here tonight." "Go home if you like." "No, it's fine." "If they wake up..." "Nanny aside, what else do you do?" "I get by." "Meaning?" "It's not very interesting." "Who are those guys outside?" "Friends" "How long will they be there?" "'Till Walter comes back." "And how's Catherine?" "Taken her pills." "She's asleep." "What happened to Catherine?" "She lost a child of 18 months." "Car crash." "She was driving." "When was it?" "5 years ago." "Oscar and Léa were little." "We thought time would heal..." "How will he cope if she's in hospital?" "He'll do like us keep on pretending." "I'm leaving, Eddy." "Leaving?" "Where?" "Anywhere." "With no job and no money?" "I'll find something." "You can live here if you like while you decide what to do." "Won't it be a bit crowded?" "No, she's just a friend." "You look tired." "When will you go?" "As soon as possible." "Excuse me." "Yes?" "Where are you?" "Who's there?" "Vanderbeke too ?" "Did they find something?" "Pick me up in 20 minutes." "I'll be waiting." "How long's he been gone?" "2 days." "His wife called us." "He left work day before yesterday at 3.30 pm and hasn't been seen since." "Seems he took his car." "A back Mercedes CL 500." "License number 421 PAR 92." "An APB's turned up nothing so far." "A big-shot Paris lawyer disappears not a bad first case." "A big shot Paris lawyer disappears not a bad first case." "Quit joking and find something to help the investigation." "Right now we've got nothing." "You knew him, right?" "Vaguely." "He's known as a bit of a sleazebag." "Perhaps he's holed up with some piece of ass." "Or it's more serious and already too late." "Amen." "Another coincidence?" "I know nothing, Rox." "Believe what you like." "OK, thanks." "I've just got the file and there's over 120 Zorans." "It'd take us a week to check them all out." " It'd be too late." " For what?" "It's there, our money." "Are you nut ?" "That's what we need." "Give me the car keys." "Caplan." "The cop who got you at the Hotel Niko." "How d' you get my number?" "In a diary in Lornach's safe." "Where can we meet I need to talk to you urgently." "Just you and me." "You wanna screw with me, I'll bring you down." "I wouldn't have called if I did." "Concord Bar, Porte Maillot." "I'm there right now." "OK." "Got my money?" "Know a Zoran works with the Montfermeil gypsies?" "I dunno." "I could do." "He's got one of my men." "Wants 200,000 euros tomorrow or he smokes him." "Why should I care?" "One less cop?" "I was on your tail when you hit Lornach in his car." "Help me or I'll send you down." "You threatening me?" "You got no proof." "Got proof?" "No car no body: no body no car." "You'll be a long time waiting." "Don't worry, I've already got it." "Cops got us both that day." "Gave me the idea." "Got your mug off a speed camera." "What does that prove?" "Just shows me." "It'll give us time to find the body, 'cos you won't tell." "Serge," "only I've seen these photos." "If I destroy them, you're clear and you can walk away." "What do you want" "Lend me 200,000, fix Zoran and bring back my guy." "Now let's see." "Want a blowjob too?" "Finding your guy'll take more time and I don't have the money." "Pity." "But I have a plan." "An ATM" "500,000 in new bills, tonight." "This bent cash truck guard told me about it." "Nothing to fear, come in with me and we'll split it." "Enough to save your pal's neck." "You think I'm gonna do a robbery with you?" "Then take me down." "'Cos that's all I got." "What's going on?" "I'm gonna do an ATM with Lemoine." "I need you to cover me." "What the hell?" "It's worth half a mil." "Are you in?" "Not with that asshole." "You got a better idea?" "No OK." "I'm in." "When?" "In 2 hours." "Porte d'Asnières." "Coveralls, masks, gloves, guns It's all there." "Plus a little bonus." "Delgato here.." "A robbery." "You interested?" "An ATM at Porte d'Asnières." "Going down tonight." "Hi, this is Eddy Caplan's voicemail.." "Oh fuck" "Here." "Our guns, cards, clothes." "Any problem, burn it." "I got it." "Thanks." "I got a tip on a robbery at Porte d'Asnières." "I'm on my own." "Yeah, I need back-up." "Thanks, Tintin." "Yeah"