The Dink Network

i need help with this dang script, its for a very inportant blocker, but it freezes when &wife says "`1 Dink". i couldn't find anything wrong with it, but mabe i missed something...

void main ( void )
{
preload_seq(251);
preload_seq(253);
preload_seq(257);
preload_seq(259);
int &wife = create_sprite(435, 200, 16, 251, 4);
sp_script(&wife, "wife");
sp_base_walk(&wife, 250);
sp_timing(&wife, 33);
sp_speed(&wife, 1);

sp_touch_damage(&current_sprite, -1);

}

void touch ( void )
{

freeze(1);
freeze(&wife);
say_stop_npc("`1 Dink", &wife);
wait(200);
sp_dir(1,8);
wait(400);
say_stop_npc("Yes Alyssa?", 1);
wait(400);
say_stop_npc("`1 Will you go to the store and buy some milk?", &wife);
wait(400);
say_stop_npc("`1 We just ran out", &wife);
wait(400);
say_stop_npc("Anything for you my lovely wife", 1);
wait(200);
sp_dir(1, 2);

sp_touch_damage(&current_sprite, 0);

kill_this_task();

}

all help will be greatly appriciated
-rabidwolf9