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(slow piano music)

- [Taylor] This is Pastor Taylor Royce

and this is my confession.

I stole money from my church

and I hid it in the rear garden.

I murdered my twin brother

and I had an affair with his wife.

I know that forgiveness will not be forthcoming for me

and I accept that.

I expect you to judge me and that's okay,

but I know that a lot of my parishioners

are left scratching their heads

and wondering how this could have happened.

So, this is my side of the story.

(dramatic music)

- The church was small, maybe 50 or so people

on a good Sunday, but they were generous.

(dramatic music)

- [Taylor] I knew hell was around the corner

when Brenda looked at me with those eyes.

She had an evil plan and she had the ass

to convince me to put it into action.

I could have said no,

but sometimes a man wants to be led to the fire.

I'd say love made me do it, but I'd be a liar.

It was lust for me, it was money for her.

I knew hell was coming

and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it,

but enjoy the ride.

(Brenda moaning) (dramatic music)

- Emily was the church organist.

She had a lifelong crush on Taylor

and would play her heart out for him every Sunday.

(dramatic music)

(phone beeping) (dramatic music)

(phone ringing) (dramatic music)

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(phone beeping) (dramatic music)

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- We've got two tickets.

- To paradise?

- Houston, Tampa, then paradise.

- Why'd you go and spend money on that?

- You said...

- I had cold feet when Roy and I got married,

not it's cool in this room cold, but North Pole cold.

- It's time, okay?

People are starting to get suspicious.

(dramatic music)

- There I stood in my wedding dress crying like a baby.

My mother was dead, I had no friends,

I had no one to talk to except the man

I didn't want to marry.

(dramatic music)

- These tickets weren't cheap,

I had to take extra money to get them.

- Everyone at the sanctuary could hear every word we said.

They heard me tell him I didn't love him

and I could hear them gasp.

I needed more time, but he didn't want to give it to me.

(dramatic music)

- We gotta put these tickets to use, okay?

I took an extra grand.

- He talked me into getting married and I let him.

It was my day, but he was at the controls.

I've been in that trap for seven years.

(dramatic music)

- How much more time?

(dramatic music)

- I control my destiny,

I need you to understand that.

I need more time.

- I want you to myself.

- Soon.

(dramatic music)

- Pastor Taylor was a good man, he was just corrupted,

that's all.

He would steal money from the church collections

and bury it in a field nearby.

He called that his underground bank.

Sometimes he would make a withdrawal,

sometimes he would make a deposit.

(people murmuring) (slow piano music)

Roy was Taylor's twin brother.

He was a little rougher around the edges.

He drove a truck and Taylor pastored a church.

He doted on his wife though and I always wondered

why she made him give so much more money

than necessary to the church

- [Roy] That took longer than normal.

- [Brenda] You know Taylor, slow as molasses.

- [Roy] I don't see why he needs your help

with this sermon every Sunday.

- [Brenda] He just needs someone to bounce ideas off of.

- I thought that was what God was for.

(people murmuring) (slow piano music)

- You should give more.

(people murmuring) (slow piano music)

- God has certainly given us a good day to praise him.

- Amen.

- But God has some serious issues

he wishes for me to share with you this day.

I ask, are you willing to take a lie detector test?

God made us to sin.

None of us are perfect, so we're all dishonest.

Perhaps, you stretch a truth here or there even flat out lie

to get what you want.

What's the big deal about lying?

It opposes the character and nature of God.

God is not a man that he should lie nor a son of man

that he should repent.

Has He not said and will He not do?

Or has He spoken and will He not make it good?

It supports the playbook of the enemy.

- Amen.

- Now, the serpent was more crafty

than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.

He said to the woman, "Did God really say

"you must not eat fruit from the tree

"that is in the middle of the garden?"

The woman said to the serpent,

"We may eat fruit from the trees that are in the garden,

"but God did say, we must not eat fruit from the trees

"that are in the middle of the garden

"and you must not touch it or you will die."

"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.

"For God knows that when you eat of it,

"your eyes will be opened and you will be like God

knowing good and evil."

It creates a separation between God and from others

and then the eyes of both of them were opened

and they realized

they were naked.

- So it was one Sunday where Roy finally came to the church

and left about halfway through.

Brenda stayed behind

waiting for all the congregants to leave,

then like a black widow.

- Nice sermon.

So many people are dishonest,

I feel so lucky to surround myself with sincere,

honest people like you and Roy.

(footsteps thumping)

- [Emily] Nice sermon.

- You scared me.

- You don't look scared.

You look like you just won the damn lottery.

(Taylor sighing)

My mom told me once that we all sin,

just that some people are good at hiding it.

I think she was cheating on my Dad

and said that to make her feel better,

but I gained some knowledge from it anyway.

- Am I the lottery winner or the sinner here?

- You're a sinner.

We're all sinners.

Look at me, I'm in love with a preacher

and my dreams are full of the dirty things

I wanna do to him.

- We've been through this before, I can't, it's just...

- Bad timing, I know, just wish I knew why.

- Someday it'll all make sense I'm sure.

- [Emily] You need a woman, that's what's for sure.

- Trust me, I don't need a woman.

My mom always told me to watch out for women.

They'll give you cooties.

- No, not at all, just girls under 10.

Us grown girls have had our cootie shots.

(Taylor giggling)

- Well, I'm thinking it's cooties

that are keeping people away from church.

That would explain why attendance is down.

- Maybe it's the devil.

- Could be, that is his job.

Maybe it runs deeper,

maybe I'm not meant to be a preacher.

- Shut up.

- Have you ever been stuck in the mud with your car

and sometimes you spin and spin and you can't move forward,

but you're too stubborn to stop pushing on the gas,

so you just make it worse

and the whole time all you have to do is back up

and go around the mud.

- Then back up, go around the mud.

- Sometimes it's more fun to make it worse.

- Sometimes it's easier

to just back up and go around.

(Taylor sighing)

- If I was at the last supper with Him,

would I be the one to betray Him?

- It's nonsense, he wouldn't betray Him.

You might eat all the food,

but that's because it's the last supper.

- I never understood what Brenda saw in my twin brother.

He was a beer guzzling, sports watching, couch potato,

but in hindsight, I think she may have just played us both.

It was one afternoon

that I couldn't take my brother's ribbing anymore,

so I went to the bathroom and she saw it as an opportunity

to put the plan into motion.

(footsteps thumping)

(door knob clicking)

(door clunking)

- Shh, baby.

(dramatic music)

- What are you doing?

- I'm just having a little fun baby.

- That was nice, but...

The game is on.

- Don't you wanna play?

Don't you think I'm pretty?

- [Taylor] You're pretty... hot.

I'm a preacher, I shouldn't say that about you.

- You're human.

- [Taylor] I'm his brother.

(door knob clicking)

- Brenda was not the type of woman used to rejection.

She saw it as a challenge,

so that made Taylor doomed if he did

and doomed if he didn't.

She came to the church the following day

and found Taylor in the fellowship hall.

Of course, that word took on a whole new meeting

with Brenda.

- Baby.

- Thanks to you I didn't sleep last night.

- I came here to apologize, but...

I'm not sorry.

- I can see that.

- Should I be sorry?

(dramatic music)

- Maybe you should leave.

- Maybe.

(dramatic music)

- Funny thing is when I was training under Pastor Evans,

he warned me of this situation,

said it happened to him.

- Lucky man.

- You are bad.

- [Brenda] Then spank me baby.

(Brenda giggling)

- I can't.

- Oh, God enough.

Either throw me out of your office or throw me on the floor

and make love to me.

(dramatic music)

(Taylor sighing)

(dramatic music)

Come on, do it.

(Brenda screaming)

- [Taylor] We had sex everywhere, every chance we could.

I knew it was wrong,

but once a man has sinned and asking for forgiveness

is a foregone conclusion, it's hard not to keep sinning

and that's the best part of having a God that forgives.

As long as you ask before your time is up, all is forgiven,

but sometimes some things are too bad

to even ask forgiveness for

and this may be one of those times.

(Brenda moaning)

(dramatic music)

- I bet we could take money from the collection

and no one would notice.

- That's not gonna happen.

(dramatic music)

- If we had enough money, we could run away.

(Taylor giggling)

- We can run away without money.

- We wouldn't last very long baby.

Paycheck to paycheck doesn't work for me.

- Did you know that when we were kids,

our Mom was arrested for shoplifting?

- [Brenda] See, if your Mom stole, why can't you?

- Because she was innocent.

- Baby, when are you gonna learn?

None of us are innocent.

- A guy at the store confessed to setting her up

the day after she killed herself.

I found her.

She still had a handful of pills in her hand.

I guess she wanted to make sure she had enough, I guess.

(dramatic music)

- Oh baby.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to bring up bad memories.

I'm just tired of living a lie.

I miss you.

(dramatic music)

- [Taylor] She became the object of my obsession.

I used to stand outside her bedroom window

and watch as she undressed and got ready for bed,

going to bed with Roy.

The funny part is he would tell me

that I needed to find a woman,

a woman that would love me the same way she loved him.

If he only knew.

You had sex?

- [Brenda] We're married.

- What about me?

Us?

- We screw.

- That's all this is to you.

- You're acting like a little girl.

- [Taylor] You're acting like a bitch.

- Okay, you want me all to yourself?

- Of course.

- [Brenda] Then take the money.

- What?

- Take the money and we can disappear to a beach.

- I can't do that.

What, can we disappear to a beach without the money?

- Without the money, we can't afford to disappear

to a beach.

I'm not running away from my life to live in a trailer park.

(slow piano music)

(Taylor sighing)

(blow whamming)

(slow piano music)

(blow whamming)

(slow piano music)

I wanna be with you, but if I run away from Roy,

I will be broke and you don't have any money either.

We might have each other,

but what happens when the bills come due

and we start fighting over money?

Come here.

(slow piano music)

We have one chance to start this off the right way.

Take the money.

(slow piano music)

(footsteps thumping) (slow piano music)

- [Taylor] Wait.

(footsteps thumping) (slow piano music)

Wait.

- Taylor didn't have that much experience with women.

I mean, in school, when a girl liked him,

he wouldn't talk to them, he was shy.

So, when a woman like Brenda paid attention to him,

he was putty in her hands.

(Brenda panting)

- We're going to hell.

- Take me there baby.

(Brenda panting)

Take me there.

(slow piano music) (Brenda moaning)

(slow piano music)

- Roy came to the church and confronted Taylor.

He grabbed him by the throat, forced him down to his desk.

He then pulled a gun on him, holding the pistol

just inches from his nose.

What didn't know was that Taylor had a letter opener

in his hand, he rolled it and stabbed it into his throat.

Taylor killed his own brother,

but he didn't wanna go to jail.

He went to the field and buried Roy,

the same hole where he buried the money.

- What's the taxi for?

- Car got stuck in the mud.

- He left... - Damn rain won't stop.

- He left here upset.

- He attacked me.

I had to.

He knew about the money, he knew about us.

- I know I told him about us.

- You what?

- He kept asking me questions about where I go all the time

and why you don't come over here anymore.

He already knew, somebody else must've told him.

- Did you tell him about the money?

- Are you crazy?

No.

(Taylor sighing)

- Why didn't you call and warn me?

- He walked out the door

and told me to stay the hell away from him.

I didn't think he'd try to kill you.

- I had an affair with his wife,

did you think he was gonna come over

and watch a football game with me?

(Brenda sighing)

Maybe you wanted him to kill me?

- Oh, don't be silly.

What are we going to do?

(Taylor sighing)

- It's okay.

I've taken care of it.

- What do you mean?

- I took care of his body.

- [Brenda] How?

(Taylor coughs)

- I buried it.

- [Brenda] Where?

- You don't need to know.

We just need to stay calm.

You file a missing persons report.

(Taylor sighing)

- I can't do that.

- Oh!

Oh, the fuck you can't.

You seduce me, talk me into stealing money from my church.

Well, now you have a conscience?

- Let's just get the money and get outta here.

- No!

We wait.

We make it look like Roy's run off.

- [Brenda] Where's the money?

- I'm not telling you where the money is.

- Why?

You could fuck me, but you can't trust me?

- Not at the moment, no.

(footsteps thumping)

- I don't trust you either, here.

- Fuck.

- [Brenda] I need the money.

- Is that thing loaded?

(gunshot banging) (Taylor groaning)

- Shh!

Baby, baby, shut up.

Shut up.

- [Taylor] Bitch!

- [Brenda] Shut up.

- [Taylor] You bitch.

- Shut up.

- [Taylor] Fuck!

- I'm sure the neighbors heard the gunshot and your screams.

We have five minutes or less before the police arrive,

just tell me where the money is.

I'll go get it, you tell the police Roy shot you and ran.

I'll go get the money.

We'll say I was out shopping.

We can meet up later and get out of town, okay?

(Taylor giggles)

(Taylor panting)

- I'm not telling you where the money is.

- Okay then, I'll shoot you in the head

and I'll tell the police Roy shot you and ran.

- You still wanna know where the money is.

- So what?

At least I'll be rid of you.

Fuck!

I can't trust you if you don't trust me.

You could tell the police I'm involved,

plus I'm sick and tired of listening

to your fuckin' whining about us going to hell.

There's easier ways to get money than fucking you.

(piano music)

- You were never gonna run away with me, were you?

- Baby.

Just tell me where the money is

and we can get out of this hell-hole together.

(piano music)

- Sorry.

- Me too baby, me too.

(gunshot banging) (Taylor groaning)

- It was raining

and Taylor managed to drag himself to the porch.

The taxi driver heard the gunshots and saw him there.

Taylor waves him over and says, "I need to confess.

"I stole money from the church,

"it's buried behind the church.

"Dig it up, give it to the church,

"but I can't rest until,

please, the piano, Emily."

The taxi driver, Alan, doesn't know what to make of it.

He runs back to his cab when he hears the sirens coming.

That preacher trusted him, that's what made him a fool.

(phone ringing) (suspenseful dramatic music)

(Alan panting)

(phone ringing) (suspenseful dramatic music)

- [Emily] Don't you even think about it.

(phone ringing)

- Damn it.

(phone ringing)

Hello?

No, I'm not drinking.

No, I'm not fucking some bitch either.

- Not anymore.

- Just tell me over the phone.

Okay, okay, okay, I'll be over in a bit, bye.

- She cracks the whip and...

- I'm gonna over there like a puppy.

- You don't know, more like a pussy whipped cat.

- [Alan] Look, we've been through this...

- No, over this before?

- She's the mother of my kid.

- Now that means something to you?

- Now you sound like her.

(glass shuttering)

That came close.

- Should have been a few inches to the left.

- Ha, ha!

- She's just lonely.

- [Alan] I don't think so.

- Really?

- [Alan] Really.

- Then why does she call you all the time?

- This time I think there's something wrong.

- This time?

She knows you're here with me.

- She's still my wife.

- This is stupid.

I've turned into my mom, she cheated on my dad,

now I'm sleeping with a married man.

I'm a slut, nothing but a slut.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

How long have we been together?

- [Emily] What does that matter?

- How long?

- [Emily] About a month?

- About a month.

I've been separated from my wife almost a year.

- Then where are you going over there?

- [Alan] She is the mother of my kid.

- You still love her?

(slow piano music)

- I was with this guy once, engaged actually.

- Yeah.

- And the shit head had cheated on me.

He wanted to marry me and he wanted to screw his ex too

and I almost let him.

I was so weak that I almost married him anyway,

I needed a man that bad, couldn't be alone.

I need to know that you're more to me

than just keeping me from being alone.

- I will always, I'm with you, aren't I?

Why are you so worried about my feelings for somebody else?

- She has the kid, what's to keep you from hurting me

to not hurt him?

- To be honest...

Nothing.

- You go over there, hug her,

kiss her, screw her.

I need something more stable

than somebody living in a motel.

- It's only temporary

- Until you decide to move back in with your wife.

- Not true.

- Nobody lives in a motel for a year

unless they're waiting for their ex to take them back.

- I have nothing, this luxury penthouse is all I could afford.

And I can't really afford it.

If you're so worried, they come with me

- To your wife's house?

She'll claw my eyes out.

- Just sit in the car, I'll be in there 10 minutes.

(door creaking) (door slamming)

(footsteps thumping)

Zack already asleep?

- It's nearly midnight Alan, you stink as a father.

- I just lost track of time.

- Who's the whore on the car?

- What do you need?

- Just like you, avoid the question.

- Just like you'd assume she's a whore.

- Oh, I'm sorry, is slut a better term?

- I didn't come here to fight.

- No, because fighting would make you actually talk

about your problems instead of just running away.

- See ya.

(footsteps thumping)

- Alan, we're being kicked out of the house.

- [Alan] How the hell did that happen?

- I'm behind on payments, the bank's taking it back,

my husband left, I'm raising a kid all by myself.

It's not easy.

- It's not my fault, I wanna give you money.

- I shouldn't have to ask you for that.

- [Alan] You call me, nag me everyday,

you didn't think I would care?

You didn't think I would help my kid?

- We shouldn't have to ask you to help support your kid.

- How much do you owe?

- Five grand.

- Oh, shit.

(Alan sighing)

Fuck.

(slow piano music)

(Olivia sighing)

(slow piano music)

How soon do you have to be out?

- 8:00 a.m.

- [Alan] Tomorrow?

You should have told me this sooner.

- I felt that I could come up with the money by myself.

I didn't wanna drag you into this.

- Your my wife, he's my son, I'm part of this.

- I don't have anywhere to go.

I've got $10 in my wallet.

(Alan sighing)

- You can live with me.

- No, no, that didn't work the first time.

- We have no choice.

- I don't want to.

- [Alan] We have no choice.

- My sister said that we could live with her.

- Your sister's in New York.

- I need money for a plane tickets.

- You're not taking Zack to fuckin' New York.

(Olivia sighing)

- Alan, we need a fresh start.

- No.

- [Olivia] Look, the plane ticket is $300.

- I'm not paying for any plane tickets.

- It's either that or else you can visit him

in a cardboard box.

- Are you stupid?

How could you let it come to this?

- I'm not the only one in this room that makes mistakes.

(phone ringing)

(slow piano music)

- I got maybe $200, take it.

- I'll ask my sister to wire me the rest.

- Give me till morning.

- What are you gonna do?

- Just give me till morning, I'll get the five grand.

- Don't do anything stupid.

Alan, don't do anything stupid.

(door creaking) (door slamming)

(Olivia inhaling)

(Olivia exhaling)

(slow piano music)

(rain pattering)

- [Emily] Well?

- I used to see my son almost every day of his life.

This year's been hard

and I found a way to see him almost every day.

(rain pattering)

She's moving to New York.

- [Emily] Just to hurt you?

- Pretty much.

She's lost the house to the bank.

- [Emily] Why is she just telling you this now?

- That's what I'm thinking.

- She obviously wanted to lose the house

so she could keep him.

You can get a lawyer and stop this.

- No, I don't wanna put Zack through all that.

- [Emily] You have to do something.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- We've only known each other for a month,

but can you front me any of the money?

- [Emily] How much?

- She needs five grand.

- Oh God.

I wish I could, I don't have that.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- Can you help me at all?

I've got until 8:00 a.m to get the money.

- [Emily] I don't know Alan.

I mean, I like you and all, that's a lot of money.

- Yeah, I understand.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- Thanks for dropping me off at work.

- Yeah, sure.

- You going back to the motel?

- No, I've gotta try to get the money.

- At this time of night?

- I got no choice.

- I wish I could...

- I don't have time for this.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- Where are you going?

- Don't worry about it, it's not your problem.

- [Emily] Mind if I stay at the motel tonight.

- Yeah, sure.

Just get out so I can go.

Whatever happened to that guy, your ex,

the one you were gonna marry?

- He died

in a car wreck.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

(car door clunking)

- He goes to the racetracks and loses,

then he takes what little he has left

and goes to a pawn shop.

- How much?

- Hold your horses.

It would be nice to get a couple of grand.

- It'd be nice to have a young blonde in my bed every night.

Some shit just don't happen.

(pawnbroker laughing)

This stuff looks like it came from Walmart.

- It was my grandma's.

- That don't make it priceless.

I'll give you a grand.

- There's at least three grand there.

- It's only worth a grand to me.

(pawnbroker laughing)

- That's all I've got.

(Alan inhaling) (Alan exhaling)

You're robbing me blind.

- Stick 'em up.

(pawnbroker laughing)

(rain pattering)

(car door clicking)

(car door slamming)

- 416 Shane.

(rain pattering)

(car engine roaring)

Not my fault.

- What's that?

- I didn't mean it.

- Didn't mean what?

- I don't know why they're not speaking to me.

- I'm not following a word you're saying.

- Didn't do it on purpose.

(car engine roaring)

- What's wrong with you?

- Nothing.

(zip hissing)

Sorry.

- Wait.

Get in.

(rain pattering)

- You're not an ax murderer, are you?

- [Alan] Are you?

(rain pattering)

- [Molly] I'm gonna leave the door open.

- [Alan] It's raining.

- I like the rain.

- [Alan] Does nothing for me,

but it just makes it harder to drive.

(car door clunking)

- I know you're probably wondering what fucked his girl up.

- Yeah, I kind of figured it was a who not a what.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- It's my own fault, I should have been more careful.

- [Alan] Sometimes things happen for a reason.

- Reason?

(rain pattering)

Everybody says there's a reason.

Screw reason.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

Did you know they won't let you see it?

When they take it out of you, they won't let you see it.

It was in me for three months, I think I had a right,

freakin' see it.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

It wasn't much of anything, but it was a part of me.

- [Alan] Do you have somebody better to tell this to?

(rain pattering) (soft piano music)

- My boyfriend left me.

He blames me.

Tell me,

you go to bed one night

just like you have every single night for three months.

You go to bed pregnant.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

But this time you wake up

and there's blood covering the sheets and there's...

A dead baby inside of you.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

How was that my fault?

How was that my fault?

(Molly sobbing)

I'm sorry.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

I had to tell somebody, I was gonna burst.

(Molly sobbing)

- When stuff goes wrong,

blame has to be pushed on to somebody.

I'd say nobody thinks it's your fault.

I bet they all feel so bad for you

that they can't even stand to look at you.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

When I was a kid, my mom died.

I think it was about a month

before I spoke a word to anyone,

no one even noticed.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

It's not that they didn't care about me,

it's just that I reminded them of my mom

and when someone dies,

people just wanna get on with their lives.

It's no more my fault my mom died than it is yours

that you lost your baby.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

(Molly sighing)

- It hurts.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- It does that from time-to-time.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- Why did Jim leave me?

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

It was his kid too.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- I can speak from experience.

I've done a lot of things that I'm not proud of.

I left my family because I hate myself too much

to let them be around me.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- What did you do?

- That's not important.

What's important is that tomorrow

my family's been kicked out of their house.

My wife's taking my son to New York

and I don't have the means to go to New York

to visit him all the time.

I just have a few hours left to raise the money

to keep that from happening.

I already screwed up once already.

There ain't shit I can do about that.

I can worry about tomorrow.

Tomorrow, I can save the day.

My son doesn't think of me as a man who could save the day,

but tomorrow.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- I hope you get the money.

You need to be with your child.

- No, I'm not sure the money will let me be with him,

but at least it'll right a few wrongs.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- Thank you for listening to me ramble.

- [Alan] You're welcome.

(car door clicking)

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

- Good luck.

(rain pattering) (slow piano music)

(zip hissing)

- So the girl leaves behind nearly 200 bucks.

Alan is normally an honest guy,

but the opportunity is too much.

(phone ringing)

- Hello?

- I got the money.

- You're drunk.

- No, I'm not drunk.

- It'll be better this way if we just leave.

- We don't have to find out.

- It's not that you won't be able to see him.

- I got the money, you don't have to move.

- We can come back to visit.

- We both know that won't happen.

- I've made up my mind.

- You asked me to get the money, I got the money.

- I need to get Zack out of here,

we're gonna screw him up if I don't.

- [Alan] Can I say something?

- Nothing to say.

- I got the money, I'll be right there.

I'll be right there.

Hello?

(slow piano music)

(car engine roaring)

I'm not really on duty right now.

- 325 Amy.

- I got somewhere to be.

- It smells like shit.

Did someone take a shit back here?

- No, picked up this guy who didn't have any clothes on.

He had to run out of his girlfriend's house

when her husband came home,

I think you're just smelling his ass.

- Gross.

- Yeah, he was a nice guy.

Didn't smell good, but nice.

- It smells horrible back here.

- Like I said, I got somewhere to be right now.

- No, I'm the one with somewhere to be.

Drive!

I'm late.

Where do you have to be that's so important?

- Nowhere.

- You're a cabbie, talk.

- I'd rather not.

- All right, then I'll talk.

I'm 26.

20 freakin' six.

All my life I wanted to be a reporter.

I...

Studied real hard,

got the perfect internship,

got a great entry-level job

and then today my boss walks in and says,

"We liked having you around."

It's never good when someone says that to you.

Little prick fired me.

It wasn't supposed to happen.

Next step was anchor.

Not.

This.

Don't you have something to say?

A sorry to hear that would be nice.

- Sorry.

- Oh.

It's too fucking late now.

How the hell does someone ended up driving a cab, anyway?

What dream went sour for you to wind up here?

- I never really had a dream.

- Oh, very creative.

Don't lie to me.

When you were a kid, what did you want to be?

- Nothing.

- A doctor?

- No.

- A nurse?

- No.

- A firefighter?

- No.

- A cop?

You wanted to be a cop.

- If you say so.

- So why doesn't the top of this car have a blue light?

Come on.

- [Alan] It's not that simple.

- You steal something?

No, I don't take you for a thief.

You...

Get hooked on drugs?

No.

You say something stupid to someone powerful?

No.

You don't know anybody that powerful.

A woman.

Nothing destroys a man like a woman.

- [Alan] It wasn't a woman.

- It doesn't matter.

You drive a really smelly cab for a living.

You probably have a great story,

but you will go down as a loser.

Nothing more.

- [Alan] I hurt my leg.

- Oh.

You poor baby.

(dramatic music)

Keep driving.

Give me all your money.

- I need this money.

- I won't ask nice, again. Put it in the shoe.

Don't be stupid.

- My family needs this money.

- [Kathy] More than you need your life?

- Yes.

- Oh, that's cute, you're trying not to be such a loser.

(car honking) (car screeching)

(dramatic music)

(blow whamming)

(dramatic music)

- The bitch may as well have killed him then and there.

He's been fighting an alcohol addiction

for a little over a year and he's been white knuckling it.

Finally, he loses it and spends what little he has on booze.

So, he's liquored up and he sees the preacher waving

for a cab to come pick em' up.

Alan thought God was testing him.

What would he stoop to to get the money?

How much shit can be thrown at him before he breaks?

Maybe God didn't know the answer,

but Alan was broken years ago.

The preacher just made it obvious to him.

- So where's the money Alan?

- [Alan] I don't have it.

I had it, but I don't have it anymore.

- Liar.

- I'll get it.

I just come for my shovel.

- A shovel?

For what?

- Just trust me.

- No, I'm all out of trust for you, Alan.

What do you need the shovel for?

Did you kill somebody?

- [Alan] No, you know me better than that.

- No, I don't.

When you're drunk, you're capable of anything.

- It's in the garage, right?

(door knob clicking)

(footsteps thumping)

- He asked about you tonight.

- Did he ask when I'm gonna hit mommy again?

- He doesn't even remember that.

- He will.

- There's a force out there that makes boys turn into their Dads

when they reach a certain age.

- You're nothing like your dad.

- Yes I am.

He beat my mom, he beat me,

I'm one out of two.

- Look.

You would never hurt that boy.

- Sounds like my words, only when I said it.

I said I would never hurt you.

- We all make mistakes.

- This isn't a-

'I lost my keys' kind of a mistake.

I'm afraid of myself.

Tonight's drink proves I don't even trust myself.

- Don't you still love us?

(slow piano music)

- I can't screw him up the way my dad did me.

I can't let that happen.

- He doesn't understand any of this,

to him you're still his hero.

- When he's older, he'll see it with grown up eyes.

He'll hate me.

- No, he won't.

- I could be a hero tonight.

I could save this house and I could still be the boy's hero.

- Maybe being his hero is letting us go to New York.

- Don't do anything stupid.

- Second time tonight you told me that.

Letting you guys go to New York?

Maybe that is the right thing to do.

It's also the easiest thing.

I've got to try.

- I know, that's the third time tonight you've told me that.

So go.

Try.

(footsteps thumping)

- So the preacher gets into Alan's cab

and tells him what he's going to see a woman.

A woman that's going to kill him and that's all Alan

needs to hear on this nightmare of a night.

He tells the preacher to shut up,

later he regrets not having him finish.

If he did, he would know exactly where the money was

and got to it before Brenda,

instead she was there to help him find it

and that wouldn't end well.

- If only I would let him finish.

Maybe he'd tell me where the money is.

- Baby.

We'll find it.

- Who are you?

- Don't you know?

- You're the one who killed the preacher.

- [Brenda] Ah, see, you do remember me.

(Brenda laughing)

So, what's the plan, baby.

- You've got the gun.

- And you have the shovel.

Seems we both know what the other's conspiring

- Conspiring?

That's a big word for such a pretty woman.

- Shut up and thank you, you think I'm pretty.

- Well, a blind man wouldn't and I ain't blind.

- Well, then maybe later we can mix pleasure

with business.

- Eight months ago after a few drinks,

you could have signed me up.

- And what about now?

- Now, I just wanna know why you killed the preacher.

- He killed himself baby.

Guilt does that to a man.

- Because of the money?

- Baby, money makes people do strange things.

- Like a preacher stealing money.

- Listen, I know he told you where the money is.

We could be partners and I don't just mean with the money.

- Oh, you mean we can be partners?

- Yes baby.

- Well, what if I don't wanna be partners?

Either kind.

- Baby, there's enough money for the both of us.

We could even disappear together, maybe even to a beach.

- Same beach you and the preacher were gonna go to?

- That's not nice.

- Oh, I see, there wasn't enough money

for you and the preacher to share.

You wanted it all.

- Baby, I'm a sweet woman.

Words can't explain what I can do to you.

- I got a sweet woman.

She's the only one I want threatening my life.

- You see, that's where you're wrong.

You need me, you want me, every man wants me.

- You always need a gun to be wanted?

- I don't think you know where the money is.

- Oh, so you want out?

Well, I'll pull over.

- Shut up.

I'm going to take pleasure in killing you.

- At least I can give you that pleasure.

- Don't tempt me.

(slow piano music)

- If you knew where the money was,

you would have killed me already.

I'm betting I know more than you.

- Oh, touche.

Let me counter by saying your wife

looks like a very beautiful woman.

- Don't you touch her.

(Brenda giggling)

- I hate the use of blackmail,

but I found that when sex fails, it works.

Take me to the money or I'll do more than touch her.

- You wanna wait till it stops raining?

- I don't have time.

- Yeah, me neither, unfortunately.

Damn rain.

(slow piano music)

(Alan sighing)

(slow piano music)

All right, look, I don't trust you and you don't trust me.

I really honestly don't care how much money is up there.

All I need is five grand, I'll agree to give you the rest.

You'll just let me have what I need.

(Brenda giggling)

- Baby.

My gun trumps your needs.

You'll get what I give you.

- I now see why the preacher liked you.

- You like me baby, you just don't know it yet.

- You tend to grow in people, don't you?

- Almost always.

- I'm finding it hard to see the attraction.

- [Brenda] How kind.

- How does it feel?

- [Brenda] What?

- To not be wanted?

- You feel this?

Now, shut up and get out of the car.

(slow piano music)

- You know anybody named Emily?

- I know a few Emilys.

- The preacher told me I had to get this money

to a woman named Emily.

- He would say that, I always knew he had a thing for her.

- So you knew her?

- She's the church pianist.

- Preacher seem to trust her.

- She wouldn't have brown hair, would she?

- Yeah, she's a goody two-shoes.

- I know a pianist named Emily.

- That looks promising.

You're on your own with this part.

(footsteps thumping)

(shovel clunking) (dramatic music)

- Forgive me.

- Give me a fucking break,

I don't wanna hear any more about God or hell, just dig.

It's gonna be daylight soon.

(rain pattering) (insects chirping)

- The preacher told me,

he wasn't free until he got this money back to the church.

- Baby, he and I were close and I don't give a damn,

so why do you care about his soul?

- [Alan] I don't really.

- Enough talk, just dig.

(rain pattering) (insects chirping)

- [Alan] In the taxi,

the preacher told me you were gonna kill him.

- Oh, he did?

- [Alan] He seemed pretty sure of it.

- Well, if he saw it coming, why'd he show up?

- [Alan] You don't know men as good as you think you do.

- I never met a man that could see past his dick.

- [Alan] How lady-like?

- Be a man and just dig in silence.

(shovel clunking) (insects chirping)

- I used to visit my dad every day.

(shovel clunking) (insects chirping)

I'd sit there for an hour,

sometimes.

(shovel clunking) (insects chirping)

He never acknowledged me.

(shovel clunking) (insects chirping)

He hated me when I was a kid

and he hated me when I grew up.

(shovel clunking) (insects chirping)

I never did a damn thing to him.

(shovel clunking) (insects chirping)

He just hated the fact that I was born.

(shovel clunking) (insects chirping)

But...

I knew he didn't love me,

but I went there every week

only to confirm that he didn't.

- Your daddy didn't like you, boo-hoo.

(Alan panting)

- [Alan] I think that's what the preacher had to do.

He had to see for himself what you were capable of.

- Well, now he knows.

(Alan sighing)

- [Alan] He tried to warn me.

(metal clunking)

but I wouldn't let him.

My night was hell already, he just seemed like more trouble.

(shovel clunking) (insects chirping)

- Well, good thing your night get any worse.

- Alan's shovel hit something soft.

He recoiled and bent down,

clearing the mud away with his hands.

Brenda looked on as Roy's face was revealed in the mud.

- Did you kill him too?

- No.

Taylor did.

He must have buried him with the money.

- What is that?

Emotion?

Love maybe?

(rain pattering) (dramatic music)

- You live with someone as long as I lived with him,

it's hard not to care about them in some way.

- Yeah, especially when they're dead, huh?

(rain pattering)

I think we got it.

- [Brenda] Get it.

(shovel clunking) (rain pattering)

- You don't happen to have key, do you?

- Alan pulled the chest out of the hole

and sat it in front of him.

Brenda pointed a gun at the chest, pulled the trigger

and bang she missed the lock and the chest all together

and hit Alan's leg.

(gunshot banging) (Alan groaning)

(Brenda laughing)

- It's ironic how things work out, isn't it?

You need money and there it is.

I need you dead and here we are.

(Brenda giggling)

- My family.

- Oh God, when are you gonna learn?

I don't care.

With Taylor it was God, with you it's your family.

Men do have one track minds.

(gunshot banging)

(box clicking)

Oh.

- There's more than enough there.

Give my family five grand.

- Baby, I have tried to love people,

but nothing, nothing comes close to the love I feel

for this money.

I think I'll keep all of it.

(Brenda giggling)

- [Alan] You bitch!

- You keep calling me that.

Most women see bitch as an offensive term, I don't.

When I was a kid, my boyfriend used to call me a bitch.

I hated him for it.

I was pissed off until I learned what it meant.

It means a woman is malicious,

spiteful, domineering, unpleasant

and unkind.

I'm proud to be a bitch.

- How you feel about slut?

(rain pattering)

- Men never change.

Tie up loose ends.

(gunshot banging) (Brenda screaming)

(Brenda panting) (Alan groaning)

Baby.

(gunshot banging)

- Alan bled from his stomach and his leg.

He was in horrible pain.

(slow piano music)

- I'm afraid I'm gonna wake up.

- You should wake up.

- I don't want to.

- It's getting late, you should wake up.

Wake up.

(slow piano music)

(footsteps thumping) (slow piano music)

(door knob clicking)

(door slamming)

(footsteps thumping)

- Oh my God.

What happened?

- [Alan] I got shot.

- Who the hell shot you?

- Some woman.

I don't know her name.

- [Emily] I'm calling 911.

- No, no.

- [Emily] You need help.

- You know a preacher?

- Yeah, I do.

- He wanted me to give you this.

- What is it?

- Money.

- Where is Taylor?

- It's a long story, the short of it,

he's dead.

(Emily gasping)

The woman up in the graveyard killed him

and I killed her.

- [Emily] What woman?

- I don't know her.

- How do you know Taylor?

- I just gave him a ride, then all hell broke loose.

He told me he stole money from the church.

He said "Piano,

"piano...

"Emily."

Bunch of gibberish.

- [Emily] He said that?

- Yeah.

Lucky for him I'm fucking a girl named Emily

who plays piano.

He hopes that you'll give the money back to the church.

(dramatic music)

I think the woman made him do it.

- Oh.

Oh.

Looks bad.

Let me call for help.

- I don't have time.

(dramatic music)

I need you to do something for me.

I needed the money.

I wanted to take it.

I'd figured, the preacher stole it.

I just found it.

- What do you want me to do?

(dramatic music)

- I need you to tell my wife,

I tried.

Tell her I'm sorry.

Not just about the house, about everything.

- What stopped you from taking the money?

(dramatic music)

- When the preacher died,

he wanted to make a confession.

I told him I wasn't a religious man,

tonight, digging for the money, dragging myself to the car,

I realized I am something

moral, religious...

Whatever.

Call it what you will, all the things in my life,

my wife,

my kid,

Emily...

All of the good things

and yet, now at the end,

all I can think of is all the bad things I've done.

- Yes, my boyfriend's been shot he needs help.

(dramatic music)

- Take care of my son.

Please God, let my son be different,

let it end here

with me,

let him grow up to be a good man.

(phone clunking)

(dramatic music) (rain pattering)

- Then back up, go around the mud.

- Sometimes it's more fun to make it worse.

- Sometimes, it's easier

to just back up and go around.

(dramatic music)

(footsteps thumping)

(dramatic music)

- I can't wait to have you all to myself,

alone on the beach.

- Just a little longer.

- I'm worried though, somebody might get suspicious

and the church does an audit every year.

- We'll be gone long before then baby.

(dramatic music)

- Olivia and Emily had it planned out all along.

She got pissed off when she read the love letter.

So they planned and plotted.

(dramatic music)

- [Olivia] I had to get protection from you.

(dramatic music)

- Ah, it's perfect.

Your husband gets what he deserves.

- And we get enough money to be happy.

- [Emily] Exactly.

(Olivia sighing)

- Perfect.

(dramatic music)

- Hey.

- Hi.

- How are you tonight?

- Just fine.

(bed squeaking) (dramatic music)

- He kept asking me questions about where I go all the time

and why you don't come over here anymore.

He already knew.

Somebody else must've told him.

(car honking)

(dramatic music)

- I'm one out of two.

- Look.

You would never hurt that boy.

- Sounds like my words,

only when I said it.

I said I will never hurt you.

- We all make mistakes.

(dramatic music)

- [Emily] Yes, my boyfriend's been shot, he needs help.

(dramatic music)

- Take care of my son.

(dramatic music)

(phone clunking)

(dramatic music)

(box clicking)

- Sorry pal, but you got what was coming to you.

(dramatic music)

(rain pattering) (dramatic music)

- Is that Alan's blood?

- Yeah.

Painful death, shot in the stomach.

- Good, thank God.

- [Emily] I never thought we would pull this off.

- [Olivia] A little nudge here, poke there.

(dramatic music)

(slow piano music)

(dramatic music)