Party of Five1994

Bailey Salinger:
Look, I know that you guys probaly don't want to hear this... but I think we should be open to the posibility that maybe this is it for us. You know, maybe he just... split.

Claudia Salinger:
No way.

Charlie Salinger:
What do you mean split?

Bailey Salinger:
I mean, he's had enough. And he's gone. Possibly... forever. He's never coming back. He's done it before. He walked out on Mom and Grandmom without a note or reason why, and they both never saw him again. Think about it. We don't have a telephone number where we can call him in Arizona... assuming that's where he is. When he goes away, he never leaves a phone number, right? And he said that he was going to be back two days ago, and he's still not back. So...

Julia Salinger:
You really think we may not see him ever again? That's a weird feeling. What if you're right?

Charlie Salinger:
You guys, all his stuff is still here.

Bailey Salinger:
So what? Do you think he... when he walked out on Mom and Grandmom that he packed? No, he didn't. Don't you remember the story Mom once told us? He left in the middle of the night with no note or explanation, leaving behind a wife and daughter to fend for themselves... never to return. All he took was maybe one suitcase with whatever clothes and stuff he had with him, he got in his car, drove away and that was that. He never came back for the rest of his clothes or belongings.

Claudia Salinger:
No! No, you're wrong. Something horrible happened. He like... forgot his blood pressure medication or something. He could be lying in a hospital in a coma somewhere

[Claudia goes to a phone and begins dialing a number]

Charlie Salinger:
Hey, what are you doing?

Claudia Salinger:
[into the phone] Operator? Can you give me the phone numbers to all the hospitals in Arizona?

[to the Salingers]

Claudia Salinger:
He wouldn't just leave! I know he wouldn't!