After about thirty minutes of Numbers being left alone in the clockless, undecorated interrogation room, the town police chief, Dick Clark, enters the room, followed by Norman Pollock. Both of them remain standing, but Dick leans forward, resting his weight on his fingertips on the edge of the table, bringing himself closer to eye level with the man cuffed to the table.

"You've been up to a lot of trouble lately, Grady. I was so sure you'd decided to turn your act around after your last brush-in with the law."