"'In New York City's war on crime, 'the worst criminal offenders are pursued 'by the detectives of the Major Case Squad." "'These are their stories.'" "It's the most stupid thing you've done." "I told you not to get involved." "Stop acting like a moron." "Listen to me." " I just need your answer." "Yes or no?" " No." "I won't do it." "Dad, please." "Just this one time." "Your mother thought you'd amount to something." "Thank God she isn't here to see what a disgrace you turned out to be." "55's the best I can do." "It's not want you wanna hear." " But I'm carrying too much inventory." " I bought it here last year." "Hang on to the car." "If somebody wants this colour, maybe I can do better." " It's gotta be today." " 55's the best I can do today." "OK, I'll need a cashier's cheque." " This looks like a hundred grand." " A hundred and twelve." "I was clear about the loan terms." "I just need three more days." "Five at the most." "You've known this day was coming for, what, six months?" "If you're not good for the money, tell me." "I'm good for it." "I just need a few more days." "Please?" "Thanks for the drink." "I don't care about the tax penalties." "This is an emergency." "Why do I need her signature?" "What about the college fund?" "Why do I have to tell the bank?" " Dad, Liza's father can't..." "Sorry." " I'll call you back." " What about Liza?" " Her dad's got the flu." " Can you coach on Saturday?" " Sure." " I can't find your sweater." " I don't really need it." " I put your gloves out." " Thanks." " Are you all right?" " Yeah, just work stuff." " I'm going for my run." " We'll be out when you get back." "We're taking Mom to the Amish farmers' market." "Bye, sweeties." " You took the last yoghurt." " Stop whining." "You're not a baby." "Joan, what are you doing out here?" " Where's Susan and the girls?" " What do you mean?" "I've been ringing the bell." "Nobody's home." "Susan doesn't answer her cellphone." "Susan?" "Maggie!" "Sarah!" " What's going on?" "Where are they?" " Everything's OK." "It's Maggie." "She was feeling sick when I left." "Susan said she might take her to the doctor's." "Probably didn't wanna leave Sarah." "She would've left a message." "Maggie's sick, that's all." "They're fine, I promise." "I'll make sure that Susan calls you." "Now, could you please let me get ready for work?" "Oh, God." "Oh, God, please don't hurt them." "Dr Charter's office hasn't heard from Susan." " What about the hospitals?" " The precinct officers called them." "Lennox Hill, Mount Sinai." "Lucas lied." "Maggie isn't sick." "The detective at the precinct said you saw signs of a struggle." "The umbrella stand was knocked over, and somebody dropped yoghurt on the floor." "Does your son-in-law jog the same time every morning?" " Yes." " Any marital problems?" "No." "I just know Lucas has been very preoccupied with work lately." "You sensed that he knew something had happened." "Yes." "Yes, he knew something." "Does he have a lot of money?" "I don't know about a lot." "He and Susan live well." "We'll need information on him." "Phone numbers, bank accounts." " You tell anyone you were coming to us?" " No." "You think they've been kidnapped for ransom?" "Yes, ma'am, it looks that way." "Hi." "I'm Alexa." "This is Bobby." "We're conducting a ministry." " We wanna talk about The Good Book." " I don't have time." "Sure you do." "Look at the pamphlet." "They might be watching the house." " Look at the pamphlet." " What are you talking about?" "If you think you can get your wife and kids back..." " They are safe." " We spoke with your mother-in-law." "They went to the doctor's." "Come on now, that's not true." "We know they're missing." "You want the truth?" "We had a fight." "My wife left with the girls." "I don't know where they went." " You have no choice here." " You have to let us handle this." "Everything's fine." "Just leave me alone." "Keep these pamphlets to read, and God bless you for talking to us." "Colter won't play ball." "He's scared." "Special Services got the DA's paperwork." "We're tapping the phone." "They'll go into his bank." "Anything moves here, call us." "If there's any unusual activity in Colter's account, you'll be notified immediately." " How much is in there?" " $22,000." " What are all these over there?" " Third-party cheques he cashed." "17, 32, 57." "112,000 all in the last two weeks." "What's this cheque here for 55,000?" "A cashier's cheque from Midtown Porsche." "The other cheques are pay-outs from brokerage firms." "He sold his car and stocks." "He knew he'd need the money." "Yeah." "Maybe the ransom isn't a ransom." "He's chief operating officer." "If he's in trouble I need to know." "Could you close the door?" " Did he mention any threats lately?" " No." "You notice any change in mood?" "A little short-tempered?" "Distracted?" "Er, no." "Lucas is pretty intense anyway." "Any financial problems?" "There's always problems about money." "I mean personal." "Does he owe money?" "Does he gamble?" "If we knew that, we wouldn't be in business with him." "Anyway, his wife came into family money last year." " She did?" " That's what he said." "He bought a Porsche, took his family to Sardinia." "Cala di Volpe. $1,500 a day." "Isn't that standard recreation for you...hedge-fund guys?" "There are no millionaires here." "Last summer might've been a different story." "One of the big firms made a buyout offer." "Everything was on track..." "So..." "Colter might've been expecting a big payoff." "Three and a half million." "Then 9/11 happened." "The buyers withdrew their offer." "With no bonuses last year..." "Colter was tapped out at the bank." "Maybe he went to the street for a loan." "And now the loan's due." "Eames." "Call back with the location." "We'll hook up with you." "Colter's on the move." "He's been there about ten minutes." "Phone company's setting up a trace on all four phones." " Hello." " 'Lucas Colter?" "'" " Yes." " 'Do you have all the money?" "'" "No." "First I wanna talk to my wife." "What are you talking about?" "What you want, I don't care." "I care about the money." "I told you people yesterday." "I need five days." "Five days is going to be very long time for your family." "Maybe try harder to get the money." "'I will." "Just don't hurt them.'" "You get the money." "You don't tell the police." " I haven't!" " 'And you never tell them.'" "They will put you in jail and I will come back and kill your family." "'I swear, I won't say anything!" "'" " You love your wife?" " 'Yes.'" " You love your beautiful daughters?" " 'Yes." "Please!" "'" "Tell me, which one you like better?" "Maggie or Sarah?" "I don't know." "Oh." "Me, I like Maggie." "Me and Maggie are going to have party." "'And we are going to have party until you deliver the money.'" " What?" "Wait!" " 'Now talk to your wife.'" "No!" "Wait!" "What are you gonna do?" "'I'll get you the money!" "Anything!" "'" "'Please don't hurt my family!" "'" " Lucas!" " 'Susan!" "What's he doing?" "'" "I can't see." "No more pretending." "Come on!" "Maggie!" "Maggie!" " You like to fight?" " Leave her alone!" " I like to fight." " Touch her, I'll kill you!" " Maggie!" " What's he doing to her?" "Please, don't touch her." "Please!" "She's just a little girl." "Please..." "'Please, leave her alone!" "'" "'She's just a little girl!" "'" "Maggie!" "Mommy's here, baby." " 'Mommy's here.'" " Susan!" "Damn you!" "Whatever they want, give it to them!" "I'll get the money today!" "Just tell them to stop!" "Susan!" "Susan!" "They weren't able to get a trace." "Mr Colter." " Get away from me." " We know you borrowed money!" " Give us the name." "We'll find them." " You can't help me!" "Lucas's mortgage is the only loan on his books." " This wouldn't be on the books." " You mean from a loan shark?" "As his accountant, didn't you notice he paid overdue bills six months ago?" "Why am I even talking to you?" "You don't have a subpoena or a warrant." "We think the people he owes money to kidnapped his family." "Oh, jeez!" "Susan and the kids?" "Now you wanna help us, right?" "Erm..." "I knew Lucas was trying to raise cash the last two weeks." "I didn't even know he was having money problems." "Six months ago, end of last summer, how much cash did he have on hand?" "Er..." "Not much." "That's when his company got the buyout offer." "The buyer would've had auditors going over the books." "If Lucas was dipping into funds, he'd have to put the money back fast." "So he went to a loan shark." "Lucas is an embezzler?" "Oh, jeez." "No wonder he doesn't want our help." " Dad, I really need that money." " No." "No, no, no." "I told you." "They took Susan and the girls." "They kidnapped them." "I have to give them the money today." "You dummy." " Did you call the police?" " No!" " We have to call them." " The banks close in two hours." " The police will know how to stall." " Listen to me!" "Just listen to me!" "Maggie..." "I talked on the phone to the man who took them." "This..." "Then he put Susan on, and she heard him raping Maggie." "He raped her." "Oh, my God." "Lucas." "You have to help me get them back." "I'll call the bank." "I'll get the money." "Oh, God." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'll take care of everything." "I'll get them back." "I'll get them back." "They found almost a million bucks of unexplained income in the last year." "He was stealing with both hands." "Thank you." "He had an account for a non-existent office supply house." "That's how he was embezzling." " We gotta make him talk." " Make is a big word." "He's not moved by the spirit of co-operation." "He embezzled his company." "Pick him up for grand larceny." "Enough!" "I think you like it this time." "I think next time you'll like it better." "Don't move!" "Don't get mad at me." "I just collect a little interest on your daddy's loan." "Get mad at him." "He is a weak man." "Men like him, they are food for wolves." "OK." "How much?" "Oh..." "OK." "Yes." "The same place." "Yes." "OK." "Mr Colter." "Mr Colter, did you hear what I said?" "Your secret's out!" "The company knows you stole from them." " He's not admitting to this." " We don't care about a confession." "You've got nothing to lose now." "Just give us the name of the loan shark." "If he cooperates, what can he expect on the larceny charge?" "I don't care about that." "I don't have anything to say." "Mr Colter, if you don't help us, you are responsible for what happens to your family." "We're wasting our time." "Aren't we?" "You're scared of what they might do to your family if you talk to us." "You're scared to death that you might make a mistake." "How many kidnappings have you handled?" "Between us, Detective Eames and I have done nearly a dozen." "Not counting hostage situations." "And so far, knock on wood, we haven't lost anybody." "But on your own, there are a million ways a kidnap victim can end up dead." "Even if you catch a lucky break, Lucas, get them back safe and sound, unless those people are in jail, it'll never be over for any of you." " I wanna talk to my client." " No need for deals." "Detective." "They're out." "It was all a misunderstanding." "Lucas and I had a fight, and I left and took the kids with me." "But we're fine." "Please, we're very tired." "Where are your daughters?" "Upstairs?" "You leave them alone!" "Hi." "You must be Sarah." "Hi, Maggie." "I'm Bobby Goran." "I'm a police detective." "They need to sleep." "I could tell she was raped." "I could see it in her face and her mother's." "As long as her parents won't cooperate," "I know of no judge who will compel a minor to submit to a medical exam." "Forget the rape kit." "We need a statement from her." "No judge will compel her to testify." " What if she wants to?" " Mom says she doesn't." "Even if she did want to talk, the judge would defer to her parents." "What about the embezzlement charge?" "The idea of Colter being jailed may convince them to talk." "The company's backing away from filing a complaint." "Bad publicity." "I'm sorry." "We'll have to find another way." "I was mistaken." "There was no kidnapping." "But you said there were signs of struggle, right?" "You told us that." "It was exactly what my daughter told you." "It was a stupid little spat." "We can't figure out where your son-in-law got the money to pay off this loan shark." "Somebody must've given it to him." "And what puzzles us, he had been trying to pay this loan for weeks." "Why didn't he go to this person before the kidnapping?" "Well, maybe he did and he got turned down." "Which raises interesting possibilities." "Your son-in-law could've facilitated the kidnapping to extort money from this unknown person." "I'm sure he didn't plan on..." "Maggie getting violated." "But if kidnapping was the only way..." "It's his father." "Melvyn Colter." "That old son of a bitch has never given Lucas a break." "They had a fight." "Big surprise." "My son would try any woman's patience." "It's easy for us to find out if you just withdrew a large sum of money." " I blew it on a pony." " Which race?" "I forget." "I don't dwell on losses." "Look, I'm going to my barber." "Follow me and I'll call my lawyer, and he'll call his friends at the mayor's office." "You don't care you were swindled by your son?" "We hear you ride him pretty hard." "Nothing he does is ever good enough." "Like when he got courtside seats for the play-offs for the two of you." "You didn't even bother to show up." "He knows he could be lying in front of your doorstep, starving, and you'd step over him." "But your granddaughters, well, that's the way to the old man's wallet." "He staged the kidnapping, Mr Colter." "Nice try, Detective." "He didn't buy it for a minute." "He must know his son better than we thought." "Or he knows the loan shark." "A guy like Lucas Colter won't have loan sharks in his Rolodex." "But his dad's been in business for 40 years." "He may've needed short-term finance." "Could be how Lucas heard of them." "I got a UCC filing for Melvyn Colter's company," "Med Support Services, from six years ago." "He applied to the court for temporary relief from creditors." " Got an address on those creditors?" " Uh-huh." "BC Fast Credit." "That sounds a little sketchy." "Run the address through central records." "Six years ago, 12/19 Pell was rented to one Carl Pettijohn." "Priors for fraud, possession of stolen goods and loan-sharking." "Come on, fellas." "We're talking about a six-year-old loan." "Melvyn Colter and I sorted that out aeons ago." "Then let's talk about the loan you made to his son. $650,000." "All I see here is a normal business transaction." "The interest's on the high side but within the law." "What's remarkable isn't what he paid you." "It's that he paid so quickly." " That's not my client's concern." " Oh, it is." " He had Colter's family kidnapped." " That's a damn lie." "I would never hurt anybody, least of all somebody's family." "Someone ignored your instructions because Mr Colter's daughter was raped while in captivity." "I looked at your record." "A little arm-twisting, leg-bending, but nothing like this." "For now I can be convinced that things got out of your control." "The dominoes are falling." "You wanna get ahead of them before they fall on you." "I got this guy's number." "A collector." "I don't even know his name." "I've never used him before." " They told me he was good." " Who told you?" "Nicky Torres." "He was just supposed to get me the money." "I told him I didn't want anybody hurt." "Did you talk to this collector in person?" "No." "I just called him on his phone." "He's got an accent." "I don't know." "East European." "As far as I know, not even Nicky Torres has seen this guy." "Torres is a bagman for the Two Bridges drug gang." "Anybody they use to collect drug debts is not a pussycat." "You don't think I should believe Pettijohn, do you?" "The number Pettijohn called is for a pre-paid cell." "No way to trace the owner." "Maybe Torres can lead us to him." "Can we get a tap on Torres' phone?" "I'm sure we can." "'We'll let this slide to loan, Nicky." "'87,000 and he thinks he can run a tab like I'm some bodega.'" "'I got a man on the case." "He'll get the money out of Benji.'" "'Benji's always got an excuse.'" "'His old lady got to pay the doctor, his girl got to get braces.'" "'He ain't gonna have no excuses now." "He's just gonna have to pay.'" "The tape was made yesterday." "Nicky Torres and his boss, Carlito Santos." " Any idea who Benji is?" " No." "We'd better find out." "Some maniac's about to grab his wife and daughter." "'His old lady got to pay the doctor, his girl got to get braces.'" "'He ain't gonna have no excuses now." "He's just gonna have to pay.'" "It's two businessmen talking about a debt." "Doesn't mean anything." "It means Nicky's on the hook for kidnapping, rape and a lot of other violations that all add up to you can kiss the daylight goodbye." "The collector, the one with the East European accent, the one that's gonna snatch Benji's wife and kid, you're gonna help us find him." "Any information he may provide doesn't constitute an admission of guilt or knowledge before or after the fact." "Whatever." "All I got is his number." "I just call and tell him what the job is." "I never met the guy." "I don't even know his name." "His number?" "When you talk to him, what do you call him?" "'Hey, you', or...?" "I call him Little Joe." "You know, like the cowboy?" "What, the cowboy in Bonanza?" "Yeah!" " I was on the phone with him..." " Uh-huh." "..and I heard the music from the TV show." " I heard the other phone ringing." " Yeah?" "He told me he programs his phone to play the tune." "Bonanza?" "Funny guy!" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Now I want you to write Benji's name and where he lives with his family." "Take him!" "Police!" "Let's go." "Are you gonna answer that?" "Simon Matic." "Born Belgrade in 1969." "Emigrated in 1995." "Naturalised 1998." "His visa application says he served four years in the Serbian Army." " Where, Bosnia?" " Yes." "And a bunch of other places." " He was wounded in action." " Focus on his activities here." "There was nothing in the van or in his home to tie him to kidnapping." " Phone records?" " He uses pre-paid phones." "Witnesses?" "He's committed kidnappings." "Torres can provide the names of other victims." " Torres wants to walk in exchange." " Out of the question!" "Then we're outta luck!" "Give us a few days." "You don't have a few days." "In 17 hours I have to bring him up for arraignment." "With the evidence I have in hand, I'll be lucky to get a ten cents bail for him." "And then, my friends..." "I'm afraid Mr Simon Matic will disappear into thin air." "I read the preliminary report." "It was a good shooting." "I don't want him out of jail, either." "I never saw their faces." "I opened the door, they sprayed something in my eyes." "They did the same thing to Sarah and Maggie." "The place where they kept you...?" "They took us down some stairs." "It was damp." "Where did they release you?" "At a rest stop on the throughway." "They put us in the bathroom, blindfolded, tied up." "After a while Melvyn, Lucas's father, came and got us." "Maggie was alone with him, isn't that right?" "Yes." "Did she talk to you about it?" "No." "She won't talk to anyone." "Not even her sister." "We took her to a therapist." "He said that Maggie identifies with her captor." "It's what happens...with hostages." "Stockholm syndrome." "She just sits there." "She won't say a word." "She doesn't even cry." "She's just...so full of rage." "We'll have to talk to Maggie." "With your permission, of course." "No." "She doesn't wanna talk about it." " I won't force her." " Lucas." "There'll be a trial." "She'll have to testify." "I won't put her through that." "It's not up to you, Lucas." "All you have to do is answer their questions." "It's important." "Not just for them, but for you and Sarah." "Please, sweetheart." "Just try." "I'm gonna close the door." "I'm Alex." "What we need is to see if you can identify the men who kidnapped you." "We don't need to go into what happened or what they did." "I'll start by showing you photos and you tell me if you recognise anybody." "I didn't see their faces." "Maybe you noticed a physical detail." " Hair colour, a birthmark..." " I don't remember." "Maggie, I understand that you're angry." "You feel everybody abandoned you, that they didn't take care of you." "You're right." "They didn't." "We can't make things right for you." "You're the only one who can do that." "Look, come on!" "It's the same crap she hears from her therapist." "She's not a little girl." "If she wants to talk, she'll talk." "Anyway, it doesn't matter." "One of the men who kidnapped you, he's dead." "Pulled a gun on Detective Eames, she shot him." "This one." "What's the matter, you feel bad for him?" "Anyway, he's not the boss." "Him we have in custody." "You'd never think by looking at him he's a sadistic monster." "A man with no soul." "He's just the worse kind of evil." "He was in the Serbian Army during the war in Bosnia." "You probably write about that in school." "Him and his buddies... they raped thousands of women and...girls." "Raped." "Raped." "Raped." "Raped." "Raped." "Raped." "Now he makes a living kidnapping the families of people who owe money." "He was about to kidnap another girl when we arrested him." "She's 14 years old." "He's a bad guy, Maggie." "He's a coward!" "He's a weakling!" " Right?" " Maybe they're the weaklings." "The victims?" "No." "This guy's a sadist." "He likes to hurt people." "Maybe he just knows what he wants and goes after it." "Maybe he's just stronger than everybody else." " Nobody pushes him around, right?" " Yes." " You liked that about him?" " Yes." " You wanna be strong, too?" " Yes." "You don't wanna feel weak, like...these girls." " Don't wanna be a victim?" " No." "You don't wanna feel helpless, like you did when...he raped you?" " When you couldn't defend yourself." " No." "You never wanna feel that way again." "No!" "Oh, God!" "He hurt me!" "He hurt me so bad!" "You're not weak." "You're strong." "You lived through it." "Sorry we're late." "He should be at his arraignment." "We have to dot some I's for the DA." "Does he wanna make a statement?" "No." "He doesn't." "Your name is Simon Matic." "Naturalised US citizen 1998." "Yes." "You served in the Serbian Army from '89 to '93?" "It's just for identification purposes." "Yes, I serve." "Doing what?" "Motorpool?" " Infantry." " What?" "Stocking shelves in the PX?" "Typing letters?" "I just don't see you going near the shooting." "I fought for my country." "There's fighting and then there's fighting." "I was wounded." "Right." " Everybody wants to be a war hero." " You want to see?" "Let's not get into a pissing match." "I take your word for it." "You're a Serbian hero." "No!" "No, no, no." "My friend, you think I am...coward." "I don't mind showing you." "I'm game." "Let's see it." "Quite a scar." "How'd you get it?" "Shrapnel." "What do you have back there?" "It is nothing." "You've got ink." "Can I see?" "That's a tiger's head." "There are dates. '89 to '93." "Your tour in the Serbian Army." "What are those initials?" "Serbian Infantry Regiment." "You're sure?" "SDG?" "Doesn't that stand for Srpska Dobrovoljacka Garda?" "The Serbian Volunteer Guard." "You weren't regular army, were you?" "You were in a paramilitary group under an indicted war criminal." "You've gone beyond what you're even allowed to ask." "Relax." "No one's after him for war crimes." "We checked." "You called yourselves the Tigers because you were... ferocious?" " Especially with unarmed civilians?" " That is not true." "You probably got that scar from some poor woman you raped." "That is lies." "Those...bitches." "They are all..." "liars." "You know how I know so much about your tattoo?" "I've seen it before." "Somebody drew this from memory." "The dates, the letters." "All the way down to the stripes." "She got every detail right." "You see this?" "It's her signature." "Read it." "Want me to help you?" "It's signed Maggie Colter." "And this, my friend, this is a positive ID." "You raped her body, you raped her...her mind." "You turned her head inside out." "But she got you." "She...got...you." "Didn't she?" "Now he's ready for arraignment." "That's a tough little girl." "Mr Matic's rambling days are over." "Ten years too late."