He casts a final glance up at Gail's glowing window, thendisappears into the night.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. CALABRIAN CAVE -- DAY We DESCEND into a cave deep in the Calabrian mountains. An army cot has been set up in here, with wooden boxes for tablesand chairs. Years of crude graffiti on the walls.
Deep inside the cave Cinquanta finds an unlit oil lamp. He takes out a match and lights it - -- REVEALING a bunk bed set up in here, and Paul is chainedto it. Cinquanta reaches into his bag. He brings out a canof beans and a composition notebook.
CINQUANTAWrite another letter to your mother.
Tell her if she doesn't pay, we'llmail her your finger.
Cinquanta sets down a BALLPOINT PEN. The boy takes it.
Cinquanta eyes him suspiciously.
CINQUANTA (CONT'D) Why doesn't your family love you?
PAUL:
I think they love me. I hope so.
CINQUANTAWhat's wrong with you? Are you abad boy?
PAUL:
No.
CINQUANTA:
Don't lie. What did you do?
PAUL:
I set a fire at my school and theykicked me out.
Cinquanta considers this. He shrugs.
CINQUANTABoys play with fire. I did. If myson was kidnapped, bad, good, I wouldpay any money to get him back.
PAUL:
They're going to pay. They justneed to get used to the idea of it.
47.
CINQUANTAI would get the money. I would borrow it. Steal. OK, I steal anyway, butI would steal more.