Paul takes a spoonful. As he eats, tears roll down his face.
The Constable and his wife smile warmly.
PAUL:
Can I make a phone call? I want to call my mother.
The old woman brings the telephone to the boy's side andhands him the receiver. With trembling hands, he dials.
INT. GAIL'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT HOLD ON the phone as it RINGS. Gail turns on the taperecorder, then picks up the phone.
PAUL (O.S.) Mom?
(a beat) Mom, are you there?
GAIL:
Paul.
PAUL (O.S.) It's alright, Mom. I'm OK. I'm safe now.
INT. POLICE STATION -- NIGHT As Paul talks with his mother, there's a KNOCK at the door.
In the BG, the Constable goes to answer it.
PAUL:
I'm at the police station. I need you to come and get me.
In the BG, several men enter and exchange greetings.
GAIL (O.S.) What police station? Where are you?
PAUL:
I just want to come home. You don't know how close they came.
GAIL (O.S.) I'm coming to take you home. What police station are you at?
PAUL:
Hold on, I'll ask.
(MORE) 80.
PAUL (CONT'D) (calling out) Excuse me, where am I? Dove sono io?
Behind him, A HAND REACHES INTO FRAME and presses down on the receiver cradle, gently hanging up the phone.
INT. GAIL'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT The line goes dead.
GAIL:
Paul? Paul -- ?
INT. POLICE STATION -- NIGHT We TILT UP from the phone cradle along the length of theman's arm -- -- REVEALING that it is Saverio Mammoliti himself that has hung up the phone. He reaches out to the boy.