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[GRUNTING]

MAN: Molly. Molly.

Aah. Hey.

Ah. Morning.

Are we there yet?

Yeah. You woke up just in time for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

So this is home.

Well, it wasn't much to begin with, heh.

You remember, your dad built this

as a hunting retreat at first. And then, heh,

towards the end, he just sort of became

a full-time resident.

Just like us.

Listen. I'm no expert,

but wouldn't a couch in a head shrinker's office

be more comfortable?

Well, she's not the only one who needed change.

Ugh, my God. People still use those things?

I like to when I'm typing, I get into a rhythm.

It's like music.

Well, a broom will clean my porch,

but I'll take my leaf blower any day.

[CHUCKLES]

Ah, always kept it here. Right over the fireplace.

He kept it clean.

Oh, yeah. He took care of his property.

If he owned it, he took real good care.

Yeah, except his liver.

Yeah, well, there's that.

MOLLY: I found the water pump. Do you think it's...

BYRON: Okay, give it a try.

[ENGINE REVS]

Thanks for all your help, Byron.

If there's ever anything I can do, don't hesitate.

You shouldn't have said that. I might want to collect.

[ENGINE REVS]

Now, take care.

[***]

GIRL: Mommy! Mommy!

[WHIMPERING]

[***]

Place looks good. Shaping up, huh?

I was thinking tomorrow I'd start up on the book.

Maybe take the Underwood out on the boat.

Try to knock out a few pages on the water, you know?

Just fishing for some new ideas.

That was a joke, you know.

More of a pun, really.

What was?

The fishing for, heh...

Ah, never mind.

You should come too, though. You should uh,

bring a blanket, spread out on the dock.

It's warm out. You could catch some sun.

It'd be good for you.

There's still a lot to do around here.

I know. The roof's not gonna fall in.

You can take a little time off.

Don't you think we've had enough time off

the last two years?

But we just got here.

Heh, I don't want to argue.

I'm not trying to argue.

[THUDS]

Let's not confuse ourselves. We're not here on vacation.

This isn't a break from our lives.

This is it. This is our life.

And I don't want to think about what could've been

or should've been. We're okay, Mol.

We're broke, Robert.

Well, I can't argue with that.

[GRUNTS]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[***]

[TYPING ON TYPEWRITER]

[CRYING]

[***]

Shit.

Ugh, no, no, no, no, no.

Jesus. Shit.

So my day sucked so far.

How about you? I'm gonna need more water.

The, uh, turn catch on the Underwood is,

shall I say, faulty?

You think the way those things are built

you can drop it off a 10 story building

and it'll still type out "War and Peace,"

but a man's idea of gentle with her,

gotta poke at her all day.

I was going to boil some of that brown rice,

maybe heat up a few cans of black beans.

How about duck? You know, chanterelles,

the finest duck fricassee in all New York. French fare.

But, ah, you ain't had nothing

until you're picking buckshot out of a red bellied mallard.

Would you put that away, please?

Relax, Molly. This thing hasn't...

What's going on? What?

Molly, did you load this?

If you want rice, we're gonna need more water.

Where are they? What?

Let go of me. Where are they?

All right.

It's not what you think. No, I'm sure it isn't.

Ten years, living together in the city,

you don't even like to carry

pepper spray in your purse, Molly.

And now, what? What? I mean, are you curious?

You want to know how to? Robert.

No, hold this. Hold it, Molly!

She carries five.

One in the chamber, which you already know.

Four in the stock. Stop it.

I think you need more than one though, Molly.

Pills can always be just pumped from your stomach,

but this would really do the trick.

Wouldn't it, Molly? How can I stop a bullet?

[GRUNTS]

Where you going? Don't. Don't.

Not only do I get to lose a daughter and a father,

no, I get to lose the whole damn thing!

[***]

Wait. Robert!

[PANTING]

[PANTING]

Shit.

[MAN GRUNTS]

[MAN HUMMING]

Heh, come on.

Come on, baby.

[MAN GRUNTING AND CHUCKLING]

Come on.

There you go.

[WOMAN GRUNTING]

Crap.

Is that right? I did not know that.

Now, I must say, uh,

I've enjoyed your company,

but, uh, I gotta get on with my day.

[THUDS]

Hello? Anybody out there?

Don't move.

[***]

Here we go.

[MAN GRUNTS]

Darling, you ain't gonna feel a thing.

Hey! Hey, yourself.

Heh, didn't see you back there.

You here to rob me or something?

What're you doing to her? Nothing that concerns you.

It's, uh, police business.

Sir, you're gonna need to drop the rifle.

You hear what I said? I asked you--

Those handcuffs. Come again?

I want you to take those handcuffs off her.

Why would I-- I want you to put them on.

Me put them on? Damn it, put them on!

Heh, I don't know why would I do such a thing like that?

No.

[LAUGHS]

ROBERT: Okay, stop. Stop right there.

I'm not gonna continue this conversation

without my side arm. I said stop.

Do you know what the term obstruction of justice is, Mr.?

I mean it. Don't you move.

Help, ugh. I mean it.

[***]

Stay away from that car. Damn it, stay away!

[MAN GRUNTS]

[MAN GROANING]

Robert? Oh, baby.

Don't ever leave me like that, ever.

Molly. MOLLY: Oh.

I don't know what I'd do if I lost you.

You need to listen.

You are the one holding it together, I know that.

I've just been selfish. I've been so selfish.

ROBERT: Hey, no. Hey. Molly.

There's something I need to show you.

MOLLY: What do we do?

Um, under normal circumstances, I call the police, but--

Are you positive he was going to kill her?

Am I positive? No, Molly. I'm not.

I'm sure it's standard police procedure to smash a rock

into the back of a suspect's head.

Don't yell at me. I'm just trying to understand.

ROBERT: I say we leave. What?

We leave her in the cabin and get the hell out of town.

She needs a doctor, we can't just leave her here.

If I'm going to own up to this and explain myself,

I'm doing it by phone

from my lawyer's office in New York.

Robert, look at her. Look at me.

I've got blood on me. From two different people.

Okay. Okay.

Just pack up our clothes. Just leave everything else.

Hurry.

[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]

[ENGINE REVVING]

No. No.

[WOMAN GRUNTING AND CRYING]

You're okay. You're okay, you're okay.

It's all over. It's okay.

It's okay. You're safe now. Ssh!

Don't you do this to me.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Oh God, yes.

Molly?

[WHISPERING] I'm right here.

What're you doing? I'm not leaving her.

[CHUCKLES]

Molly. As much as you and I

would like to do the right thing, something tells me,

leave good enough alone and run.

Okay, if we can't trust the law,

what choice do we have?

Molly, I saved her life.

Beyond that, she is not our responsibility.

I know.

Okay.

But I'm making her my responsibility.

Where're you going?

It's not like you can just snap your fingers

and make everything go away.

We're gonna have company. I have to go and clean up.

[SIGHS]

[***]

[GRUNTING]

Oh!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[***]

[GRUNTING CONTINUES]

[STATIC]

MAN [OVER RADIO]: Sheriff Dodd.

Jesus.

Sheriff Dodd, please respond. What's your 20?

Oh, my God.

[***]

Robert. Robert.

WOMAN: Did you kill him?

Yeah.

Good.

ROBERT: Well, first off, my name is Robert.

Molly told me. Uh, I'm Rae.

Short for Regina.

Feeling any better?

It hurts to breathe sometimes.

But I think I'm just bruised, mostly.

I don't even want to know what I look like.

I know you must have a lot of questions

about what happened out there.

Specifically, what happened while you were unconscious.

Where is he? Where is Sheriff Dodd?

He won't ever be able to hurt you again.

Rae, I think it's important right now

to focus on how you got there.

Would you be in danger if you were to go back home?

No, no, I can't go back. Why?

Do you have any family we need to contact or friends?

No, no, I've got no one.

But, Rae, if we're going to try to help clear all this--

No, no. If I could just stay here,

just for a little while longer.

I want to know what you did to make

that man wanna kill you. Robert.

What I did? What I did?

Like somehow this is my fault?

That's not what I meant.

Well, I may not be a perfect person, Mister,

but I sure don't know what I did to be beat on like I was.

I'm not saying--

I was sure as hell asking him when he was cuffing my hands

behind my back, kicking me in the face.

Rae, he didn't mean to--

Pulling my panties off and yanking my legs apart.

That's a really good question, Mister.

I'd like to know that, myself.

Maybe you should've asked the sorry son of a bitch

before you killed him.

You may want to get some rest

if you're coming with us tonight.

Ugh, truck's a little low on gas, once we get into town--

What was that all about?

It was like you were attacking her.

Ah, that's not what I was doing.

You can't expect a young girl

to just snap back like a rubber band

after she's been through something like that.

You have to give her time.

Remember when Ashley's teacher--

Let's not do that.

[SCOFFS]

RAE: You might want to wait till that cools.

You don't want to crack your tank.

I was ugly in there. I'm sorry.

I know you didn't mean what you said.

I just got a lotta anger in me.

Well, it's understandable.

Really? I don't understand any of it.

Maybe in time. Maybe.

I don't think it's gonna get any cooler than that.

You saved my life.

No one's ever done that before. Thank you.

[***]

It's a first for me too.

Someone's coming up the drive.

MOLLY: What do we do?

Hide. Get in the back.

They must've found the car. They're coming for me.

Who's coming for you? Go, hide. Hide.

MAN: Anyone in there?

Robert Graves? I have a summons for you.

What'd I do? Nothing yet.

But we expect great things, heh.

Joe Reilly. Nice to meet you.

I own the service station down in Reedsville.

BYRON: Hey, son. Molly inside?

Uh, no. Yeah. Actually, she's resting.

What can I do for you boys?

We want to talk to you about this.

I didn't know you were a fan.

Well, I'm not gonna lie,

I haven't read a book since Johnson was president.

But listen, the library board wanted me to ask you

if you'd come- Beg. They said beg.

Wanted me to beg you to come to our auction tonight

as our featured guest. An auction?

BYRON: See, Byron and I are head of the renovation committee.

You know, new roof, computers,

we just thought, with you in attendance--

Listen. Of all things, your book was a selection

for our ladies auxiliary book club. You know.

You've got a little fan base in town.

Little. There are 20 blue haired ladies that read it.

They are ecstatic.

So we came out here to give you a ride,

if you thought that old truck wouldn't make it.

Into town, hell. It's not that far.

Um, I don't know, Byron.

Listen, those old bats said, if you don't come,

they're setting up celebrity tours here

first thing in the morning. They mean business.

Well, um, I do need to gas up the truck.

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you, sir. It's good of you to do this.

Just do me a favor. Don't bid on the deer's head.

That baby's mine, ha-ha.

[***]

You coming in to buy something? Uh, well, not today.

Well, theses spaces here in front of my store

are for customers only,

so why don't you move your truck to the other side.

Are you still open for business?

Business starts and stops when I say.

Now, unless you wanna come in...

[DOG BARKING]

I know your daddy.

This here was his truck.

Yeah. Well, it's mine now.

Oh, it's a mixed bag of nuts

when family heirlooms get passed down.

Some are good things. Some aren't so good.

Yeah, I can see it in you.

You may not get the shakes like your old man

but you've hidden a few bottles under the bed, huh?

[BOTH LAUGHING]

You sound to me like the kind of guy

who's got the drop on everyone in Reedsville.

Small towns like this one?

You either know what everyone's doing

or you choose not to know.

Me, I guess you could say I've got an eye for the obvious.

Well, tell you what

I'll move the truck just as soon as I get back.

All right? Okay.

[GASPS]

I'm sorry. Did I scare you?

No.

I brought you a towel.

I'll just leave it here for you when you're ready.

You leaving?

It is a little creepy out here, isn't it?

Would you like me to stay?

Listen, I'm sorry about the parade, son.

Folks around here just like to know who everybody is.

Gives them a chance to outdo each other on hospitality.

Speaking of hospitality,

who's the Nazi at the feed store?

You must mean T. Wallace.

Did he tell you to move your truck?

He took a picture of my license plate.

He's just mad because this is Herman's show tonight.

Our mayor, Herman Block, he put this whole auction together.

They don't always see eye to eye.

On behalf of the Reedsville library governing board

and the library renovation fund,

I would like to welcome you all

to the fourth annual library auction, heh.

[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]

First, I'd like to thank

our distinguished author in residence

for joining us tonight, Robert Graves.

And so, without further ado, our auctioneer

and the man behind all this, our mayor, Herman Block, heh.

Thank you so much to our good friend, Ruth Caster.

Why don't we get started?

Our first item here is donated

by the Reedsville photographic society.

It is a conglomeration of Reedsville's best.

Let's start the bidding... How well do you know the mayor?

He's what we call old Reedsville.

Give you the shirt off his back,

if he didn't want it no more.

He's not a bad man.

I'll introduce you after the show.

RUTH: $90.

Ruth, what the hell are you doing?

$90. $95?

95, Earl's in the hunt.

Don't you say another word.

$100. $100.

Big Earl, come on, baby.

Sold for $100. Ruth Caster.

You ever feel like killing somebody?

My hair was that long once.

Why'd you cut it?

Got in the way.

I was catching it in doors and cooking it on the stove.

What?

Um, my daughter when she was little,

she would lie in bed behind me

and twist my hair around her finger.

All night, sometimes.

What'd she do when you cut it?

She never knew I did.

Herman's not just the mayor around here.

He's one of our primary property holders.

Half of what you see around here, he holds it.

So, when it came time to revitalize the town square,

Herman tried to buy T. Wallace's feed store.

He wouldn't budge. Made a fuss in the papers.

He's the only one that runs against Herman

when it comes time for reelection.

Uh, gets ugly between those two.

Quite a show.

Need more punch.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[***]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

ROBERT: Shit.

When she was born,

I couldn't stop thinking about ways I could lose her.

We hear so many stories.

How they just stop breathing in the middle of the night.

My doctor told me it was natural.

Most mothers get obsessed with the worst-case scenario.

But in time, it goes away.

And it did.

It did go away.

But now it's hard to think about anything else.

[CRYING]

How I found her in the pool.

When a child drowns, the mother is responsible,

whether she's there or not.

But I was there. I'm to blame.

I have these dreams, these horrible dreams

where I'm trapped underwater

and I can't breathe and there's nothing I can do.

But I just imagine what she must've...

I'm sorry.

Please don't tell Robert about this.

I'm doing better.

I swear, I'm doing better.

Listen to me.

Just put one foot in front of the other.

It's all you can do.

I know.

One foot in front of the other.

[SIGHS]

Robert should be back by now.

[PANTS]

All right. It's hooked.

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Yeah. That's him.

Give me a hand, Kendall.

[KENDELL GRUNTS]

What happened to you?

Who's in the trunk?

No, no. This little virgin act stops right now.

What are you doing? Molly, stay out of this.

I've had enough of this silent treatment.

You two wanna lick your wounds, you can do it later.

But right now, I want some answers.

Please don't make me talk-- ROBERT: I count two.

Two dead bodies out there.

Now, I killed one of them, that much I know.

But who's the other guy, Rae?

Because I don't remember killing him.

If you want me to leave, I will.

Oh, you wanna go? Fine. You can go.

MOLLY: Wait.

But before you do, there's something I wanna show you.

You can let go of me, now.

Get off me!

What, you don't like people touching you?

What is it?

Where did you get this?

ROBERT: Out of the Sheriff's squad car.

I counted it already. It's $200,000.

You mean, the man you killed, he was carrying this?

ROBERT: I think he was buying something.

What? Ask her.

Or do you think maybe I should just show her?

You wanna show her more than anything,

so you go right ahead.

It ain't what you think.

That's the mayor, Herman block.

Rae, how did this, how could you allow--

Allow?

You think I allowed this to happen to me?

Is somebody blackmailing the mayor,

is that what's happening here?

I don't want to talk about this.

Did T. Wallace take these pictures?

We just wanna understand this, Rae.

Answer me. Did T. Wallace take those pictures?

Robert, let go of her.

Hey. Stop.

You talk to me.

[RAE GRUNTS]

Talk to me. I wanna know everything.

Who's behind all this.

Whose money is that and who's in the damn trunk?

My husband.

[CRYING]

He was killed right in front of me.

RAE: My husband, Robbie Butler.

We both grew up across the lake.

Somehow that made us inferior to the folks in town.

I always thought the anger that he kept in him

would fade over time but it didn't.

Well. Thank you, fellas.

It's been a riot.

RAE: We were sweet to each other once.

I think, over time, he grew to hate me.

I just didn't believe in him anymore.

I didn't believe in myself much, either.

I started working at the mayor's office,

just after Herman's wife had her stroke.

She lost the use of both her legs

and the left side of her body.

I'd type press statements, estate codes,

speeches, thank you notes.

The only thing I didn't do was put my name on them.

That was for Mayor Block to do.

You'd be amazed at how much paperwork there is

for a small town like Reedsville.

What with everyone knowing each other and all.

Corners get cut, laws get overlooked.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Mr. Block. I was just about to lock up.

I did know that-- BLOCK: Shh.

It's okay.

This year hasn't been very kind to us, has it, Rae?

No, sir.

You know, I'm not a terribly religious man,

but there is one verse from the Bible

that stands out in my mind.

It's the Philippians, chapter 4, verse seven.

Give you peace which surpasses all understanding.

Give you peace...

Which surpasses all understanding.

RAE: When you've been without tenderness,

it's hard to refuse a man's touch.

Any man.

It wasn't love, but whatever it was, we needed it.

Then it all changed.

[SONG PLAYING ON RADIO]

[ALL GRUNTING]

Have a seat, Rae.

Robbie, heh, see, it seems your wife here has...

Ooh, hell.

Why say anything when a picture tells a thousand words?

Oh. Heh.

Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

We've got ourselves a disgruntled citizen in town

who fancies himself shutterbug.

He thought he'd catch me a Block in a,

uh, well, let's call that a compromising position.

Now I've got to spend my evening running around town

paying this guy off, cleaning up Herman's mess,

when I could be at home watching wrestling.

We some of that mess he was talking about cleaning up?

Yeah.

Caused the mayor a world of trouble

and it's time you two disappeared.

Well you're a bad man, Dodd.

Well, maybe you'd better call the cops.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

I got a better idea.

RAE: No!

[RAE SCREAMING]

[DODD LAUGHING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[DODD GIBBERING]

Come on, darling. Ugh.

I wanna find out what all this fuss is over.

Ooh, that's it, yeah. Ooh.

You know, my mom always said

things look best in your rearview mirror.

She got that right.

If the truck can run on fumes,

we have enough gas to get back in town,

gas her up, get right back here and then we're gone.

Just pack some clothes, that's it.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

[DOOR OPENS]

We packing up the shed too?

We'll talk about that later.

The Sheriff's car they're pulling out of the lake,

it's just a few miles from here.

They're gonna be knocking on our door at any time.

Then we leave, first thing, the three of us.

The three of us, huh?

You know, something my old man told me once

keeps popping back into my head.

What's that?

He said the two hardest things in this world catch

is a pop fly in a day game,

and a young woman when she's lying.

You don't believe her. I don't know.

I mean, her story answers all the right questions.

You saw the Sheriff try to kill her.

What do you think?

I think $200,000 is a lot of money.

I keep waiting for a story to fall in my lap

and now I'm looking at this big black bag of cash,

it kind of cuts out the middleman with you and me,

don't you think?

It's not ours to take, Robert.

It's not hers, either.

Think about it, Molly.

Even an even split could pull us out from under.

We need to get rid of it.

I don't know why you took it in the first place.

You don't know why I took it?

Jesus, there hasn't been a day since Ashley died

that you haven't reminded me that we are broke

and life isn't worth living anymore.

That's not fair, Robert. No.

I spent every penny we had keeping her on life support.

Don't say that.

Every penny, because you couldn't let go.

They said there was a chance. There's no chance, Molly.

Jesus, you had it built up in your head

that she was coming home.

She was never, ever coming home.

Just plain dead, Molly.

A machine was making her breathe

and making her heart beat.

[***]

Do you think, if there was a chance,

I wouldn't hack off my right arm?

I'd have done anything. Anything.

She was my world too.

I don't think you believe that.

I can't do this anymore, Molly.

I don't have the strength for both of us.

I just, I tried but I don't know what you want.

I want you. I want to be a family again.

What do you want? Oh.

I want to stop fixing things.

And I wanna stop taking responsibility

for everything that goes wrong around me.

I want my life back. Then let me help you.

You know what would help me, Molly?

A big black bag.

[LIGHTER CLICKS]

Bit too hot for a campfire, heh, don't you think?

Is that one of your stories?

Yeah, I think it makes it better campfire, though.

You've been hiding something from me.

I found this under the couch.

Yeah.

My dad's secret love affair with cut scotch.

I'm sure my mother would've preferred another woman.

It's not like you can threaten a bottle

to leave your man alone.

My daddy drank.

He wasn't a sad drunk, though, he was more happy.

Like me.

How about you? Happy or sad?

Where's Molly? Asleep.

[SIGHS]

So let's have our talk.

I think it's best for us not to think about morality,

more so justice.

Justice.

In relation to what we got going on in the shed?

That's what we're talking about here.

That's the issue.

Talking pretty fancy, I'll try to keep up.

Civil court, between two people

or two parties who don't have to put honor on themself

because they're not after blood.

What are they after?

Money. Money.

You're just taking a long way around the pond, huh?

Civil Court. A preponderance of evidence.

Us to prove, right?

Just easier to convict.

Cigarette? No.

I'm burning up already.

So in our situation,

I mean, it's not like we can depend

on the sovereign city of Reedsville

to punish the guilty and protect the innocent.

One of their own already tried to kill you.

How can justice prevail?

Ah, you sure sound like you know what you're talking about, hm?

Well, this is between us and them.

Right? This is a civil matter.

This is the guilty party, already paid with his life.

I mean, mm...

I don't think you and I should hesitate

in seeking punitive damages to the sum of 200,000--

I'm sorry.

There's just a lot of hot air blowing around.

It's wonderful in here. You should come in too.

What about our talk? Our talk?

If I was even a part of that conversation,

I wouldn't have gotten a word in edgewise.

Ah, we split it.

Not three ways, two.

For the last few days, it's been about you and me.

Nobody else.

Agreed.

See what straight shooting can accomplish?

You saved my life.

I'll agree to anything you want.

You want to take the money?

Take it.

If you want me...

[CHUCKLING]

That's not going to happen.

Looking in your eyes I can see you've been without tenderness,

just like me.

Besides. You said we shouldn't think about morality.

[BOTH MOANING]

I can't. I can't.

My head.

I feel dizzy. Just close your eyes.

You don't need to see a thing.

[MOANING]

BYRON: Oh, no, no, no.

I may be a little old-fashioned

but we don't allow our ladies to pump their gas around here.

Where were you when I needed you?

Oh, heh, kiss from a pretty lady so early in the day!

[CHUCKLES]

Is, uh, Robert with you? I think he's out on a walk.

He must've gotten up before me.

Ah, peculiar fellows, these writers.

A little bit.

Say, would you mind stopping by the library for bit?

Uh, Ruth has a gift for you.

I think she feels bad about not coming up to visit you.

Oh, she doesn't have to do that.

I know that she's an old woman

and once she gets something in her mind,

it's her way or there's hell to pay.

[CHUCKLES]

I understand, heh.

Thank you.

Hey, there.

I was knocking on your door, but I guess you weren't in.

I was down by the lake.

They biting? I wasn't fishing.

I'm Ian Campbell.

You must be Robert Graves, our writer in residence.

I was wondering if I could have a talk with you.

Can we go inside? Yeah, okay.

All right.

Live here with your wife, right?

Molly, right.

Where's she at the moment?

She's in town, getting groceries.

Sorry, I missed her.

Do you hunt?

Uh, a little bit when I was a kid.

That's my dad's old shotgun.

Wow, it's old.

But it's big enough to drop a buck.

Of course, most of our deer have gone up north

because of the urban sprawl.

The price you pay for progress, I suppose.

It's been a wicked season, if you're into killing.

Sorry Mr. Graves, I'm gonna have to ask you

to come into town with me.

Well, kind of hoping we can catch up with your wife.

See, there's been an incident up the lake from here.

Something pretty bad.

My orders are to bring the two of you in for questioning.

You're not the only ones we've been talking to.

It's just you're the last two on my list.

Well, you know, she should be home any second now.

It's important, sir.

I'd appreciate your cooperation.

Anything to help.

Uh, let me just grab a clean shirt.

All right then.

All right. Ready? I'm ready.

You want any of this? Uh, no, thanks.

How long you and your, uh, wife

been staying up at your daddy's cottage?

Uh, we moved in at the beginning of this month.

And this is just for recreational purposes?

I'm working on a new book.

Oh, is that right? Yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

You heard anything, uh, unusual in the last week?

No, I haven't.

You own any other guns, other than the shotgun, there?

No, and that's not my gun. It was my father's.

So you're saying you never fired it?

No. I mean, not since I was 12.

I'm really gonna need to speak with your wife.

Well, there's nothing she can tell you that I can't.

Well, I don't doubt that, it's just that you

live about three miles from the scene of a homicide.

A homicide? Yes, multiple homicide.

Yes, sir. Whoa.

I haven't heard anything.

These homicides, they happened in the last week.

Is there anything you heard that you just can't explain?

Like what?

Well, that's what I'm trying to figure out here.

Look for my officer, um,

I lived in New York most of my life.

If I had heard gunshots, I'd know what they sounded like.

Are you sure? I'm positive.

Well, that's kind of strange, don't you think?

What's that?

I didn't mention gunshots. I just said homicide.

I think it's kind of funny you just assumed that.

Well, officer, we did a lot of talking

about that rifle, there,

I think that's pretty fair assumption.

You know what?

When you put it that way, I see your point.

Are you sure you don't want a soda or anything?

No, thank you. I'm fine.

Well, you know, I'm just gonna see if my associate

tracked down your wife at the grocery store.

Sit tight.

Say, uh, you ever serve in the Army?

No. My dad was in Korea.

Why? Just wondering.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[***]

Oh, Jesus.

No, no, no. The flashlight.

OFFICER: Hey. Hey.

Took off around back.

Robert?

Robert?

Robert!

[GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

[GRUNTING]

Where you going, Shakespeare?

Ow.

Son of a bitch.

Son of a bitch!

MOLLY: It was you.

You and your husband, you started this.

No. But we finished it.

We thought we did. How could you do that?

Allow your husband to take those pictures of you?

Molly, as grateful as I am for what you've done for me,

I'm sure as hell not gonna stand here

and listen to you lecture me

on what a husband and wife should and shouldn't do.

Robert didn't come home last night.

Where is he? Cops came, took him away.

Why should I believe you? I don't care, really!

All I know is, it's not gonna be long

until they come looking for me.

So I need you to tell me where the money is.

It's in the locker where it's always been.

It's not in there, Molly!

Now tell me where it is.

You tell me where Robert is.

You're like a little house bird, you know that, Molly?

Without somebody taking care of you,

that little house you done built up.

You'd be squashed in a fist.

I'm stronger than you think.

Well try this on.

Last time I saw Robert was last night.

And aside from being real drunk,

his spirits were real high.

At least that's what it looked like when I was on top of him.

And he was on top of me. Inside me.

You're not strong enough for him, Molly.

I think you know that.

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

See, you're not in his thoughts anymore.

You're not a part of his life.

You're weak, Molly.

You're nothing but a little, weak--

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

Get him T.

Dammit, Molly. I don't have time for this.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Take a load off.

Why'd you have to beat on him so much?

He ran, we went after him, what's your problem?

Take off the handcuffs. I said take them off.

Byron, the day I take a direct order from you

will be the day I lick my own nutsack.

[CHUCKLE]

HERMAN: Take them off.

You heard me, Campbell, take them off.

[KEYS JINGLE]

You have to excuse the stench in here, Mr. Graves,

it's, uh, our mutual Friend, T. Wallace,

insists on keeping the feed store open,

despite the fact that there isn't much of a demand

for horse oats anymore.

They just sit back here getting' wet and moldy.

A waste of space, T. I'll be the judge of that.

[SCOFFS]

I suppose you will.

You mind if I sit?

Now, don't be sore at old Byron, here.

He's, uh, looking after your best interests.

As all of us are.

You see, your daddy is what we like to call old Reedsville.

Your people are buried upon Magnolia Hill, same as ours.

So We've decided we'd like to claim you, Mr. Graves.

As one of our own.

Someone we'd like to take care of.

I can take care of myself. Hmm.

That, uh remains to be seen, don't you think?

[CHUCKLES]

You're, uh, bleeding there. Here you go.

Now, I'm in a very awkward position.

Yeah, I know. I've seen all your positions.

Ah, a reference to the lewd photographs, I suppose, yes.

There's a few questions I'd like to ask you about those.

Yeah? Why don't you ask him?

He's the one who took them. You mean T?

Well, Now, we've had our differences over the years,

but, uh, he would never do something like that to me.

Well, then why is he here?

Well, you killed his brother for one, Sheriff Dodd.

He's the one you shot and sank at the bottom of Chitwit Lake.

Oh.

Well, I guess shit doesn't float after all.

Stop it.

Hang on. You gotta admit,

that's a pretty good one, T.

Just sit down and relax, go on.

MAN: Son, she's a bad person.

Her and her husband, they're the ones

that took the pictures.

They're the ones that started this whole mess.

Mm-hm.

Now, if you've seen those pictures,

I imagine you also saw a little black bag up there too.

MAN: If Rae is up at that cabin,

I'm concerned about Molly's safety.

She's a fierce woman, this Rae Butler.

[MAN CHUCKLING]

Sweet as a Georgia peach though, I gotta tell you.

Of course, I might be speaking to the already converted.

You've, uh, had a sample of that peach pie,

now, haven't you?

What is it you want from me?

Mr. Graves, we're it.

This is the committee. We make Reedsville happen.

Now if you say you didn't kill someone, that's it.

You didn't kill someone.

Ain't that right, T? Like you said.

You can be part of old Reedsville.

Byron here is gonna take you back,

and you will return to us what is rightfully ours.

After that, it's over. Done.

Finito.

I figure we got enough dirt on each other to keep

the playing field fair.

So, what, you're just gonna kill her?

No.

We, uh, missed our opportunity at that, unfortunately.

We're gonna put some cash in her hand

and ship that split to hell bitch out on a bus.

MAN: Robert.

We just got to go pickup that money.

Just you and me.

After that, all is forgotten.

[LAUGHING]

How do you do it?

How do you get all these fools wrapped around your finger?

We take care of our own, like I said.

We're old Reedsville.

[***]

[GROANING]

[GRUNTING]

Wait! Wait!

I'm sorry, Molly.

I can't let Robert find you like this.

Rae.

Don't do this. Rae.

I'll tell him where to find you as soon as I get what's mine.

Don't! Rae. No!

Stop the truck.

I never meant for any of this to happen.

I've lived here all my life.

Oh, no, I understand.

I mean, you're just looking out for your own.

I also understand that my father loved you.

As much is anyone could've been there for him,

you were there for him.

Go home to Ruth.

No!

No! Shit, where is it?

So you're a critic now?

What happened to you?

Been hanging out some of your friends.

Good people, really.

Where's Molly? Where's my money?

That money buys your life back, ours too.

Now, where is she? You like plain talk after all.

I know about you and your husband, Robbie.

I know what you did.

I'm telling you, Robert, you can't trust any of them.

They won't hesitate in putting a bullet in you and me, both.

I've had just about enough of this.

Can't you see?

We just wanted to start over. We wanted to get away.

Somewhere where no one knew us.

It's not like they didn't get what they wanted.

Robert.

Please, Robert.

I'm not proud about how I earned this, but I earned it.

Okay? I just want a new life.

Isn't that what you want?

Or maybe you like a life with me.

Hey. My life is with Molly.

Now give me my money.

What?

Well?

If you're gonna do it, do it now.

Now where's Molly? I told you.

Didn't I tell you they'd kill us all?

I'll throw you out to the dogs

unless you tell me where Molly is.

Get us out of this, I swear I'll lead you right to her.

Tell me where she is right now.

[CARS APPROACHING]

[***]

Get down.

Put an end to this thing right now,

before it gets outta hand.

[DOOR OPENS]

I've got plenty, but I can only shoot a few at a time.

Remember, you've only got six rounds,

so don't waste any shots.

I'm sorry, Robert.

You don't deserve this. Yes, I do.

Bingo.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Jeez.

Making me work very hard, today.

[GROANS]

You know, I don't understand you.

The way I see it, I've given you everything you have.

That came with a price.

I didn't have a choice with your precious generosity.

Well, you're entitled to your opinion.

But you are not entitled to this.

You know, I don't know how many girls

have patience enough

to spend all night getting your dick hard.

You might as well crawl into bed

with that screwed up wife of yours,

you're dead from the waist down, just like she is.

Rae, that's a firearm, it's very dangerous,

please don't point it at me. Give me my money.

Rae.

Point that in another direction.

Give me my money!

Okay. Alright

You, uh...

You've earned at least, you've earned that.

You gonna shoot me, Rae?

Really?

Then do it. Go ahead.

Do it.

I didn't think so.

Herman.

Give you peace which surpasses all understanding.

Yeah, I think it goes something like that.

[LAUGHING]

You killed her, didn't you?

Molly's dead?

She's been dead for a long time,

don't you think?

I made up my mind, I wasn't gonna die in Reedsville.

You know, I used to think that too.

At least you got to get out for a while.

I ain't been east of the Rockies.

Yeah, well I have.

Let me tell you,

Reedsville's as good a place as any to die.

If you say so.

See you, Robert.

What you doing, Molly?

Putting one foot in front of the other.

Good for you, Molly.

I mean it.

Good for you.

[SIGHS]

Oh, baby, I thought I lost you.

We've survived worse than this.

Did you know your typewriter's broken?

It's too bad.

It's really a beautiful place.

I think I've seen enough of it.

Let's go home. Where's that?

Anywhere with you.

[ENGINE REVS]

[***]

* I'm complete *

* My heart had been *

* So uninspired *

* But left a lot To be desired *

* When you're here with me *

* I'm complete *

* You're the half That makes me whole *

* The missing piece My second soul *

* Your love is all I need *

* Baby when I'm with you *

* Can't you see I catch my breath *

* I lose my cool *

* Watch my heart break Every rule *

* Cause when you're here With me *

* I'm complete *

* You're the half That makes me whole *

* The missing piece my second soul *

* You're love is all I need *

* Baby when I'm with you Can't you see *

* I'm satisfied My heart's content *

* Now my world makes Perfect sense *

* Cause when you're here With me *

* I'm complete *

* When you're here with me *

* When you're here with me *

* I'm complete *