" You sure this ain't my baby?" "He thinks I'm dad, I see now, look." "This fucker's mine, he has my eyes." " His name is Mickey and you know that." "You didn't want yours, can't be fucking your plan up." "That's a quote, and them eyes ain't yours." " People lie." "You know that, right, like, how do I know you didn't, tell me you gave him away and lied, like and then you kept him." " 'Cause, I don't know." "He'd be like two or three years old." "Wanna put my baby in the room and come fuck me?" " I ain't touching that baby." "Do I look like a dad to you?" " You don't even look like a man." "Take my baby to the other room." "And come fuck me." " Hell dude." "He can't even talk." "He can't eat, he can't feed himself, he can't wash himself." "That baby can't even give himself his shower." "Right?" "He don't know nothing." "So come on." "I ain't touching that other dude's baby." " You fucked it up." " What, no." "No, no." " These rich fuckas." "They always, always go on vacation during their move." "They don't wanna lift a finger, they don't want to move as much as a spoon by 'emselves, so, presentation is key, simple and classic." "Rent your car in a one-off site." "Stilettos." "Couple of buttons undone on the shirt." "It's very important she has to turn the hubby on, but she's also got to appear non-threatening to the wife." "It's a very delicate balance." "Now that she's kissed some ass, and given the husband a good eye fucking, we get down to business." "Proper walk through the house, special notes and attention to all the antiques, the artwork, the high dollar items, what have ya." "And this becomes our list, so if they say, oh be careful with this, that means we are takin' it." "Do you know any other gig where the mark points out to you what to take?" "I don't think so." "Trust established, fake referrals, and our sweet little sales rep gets in her Mercedes, and drives off back down rich white people boulevard." "But leave no loose ends." "Nothing." "Culpable deniability I like to call it." "Burn it all, move on." "After the car's returned, the phony contract with the personal information plus the inventory list is mailed to a p.O box, and the girl disappears." "Different girl every time." "So, when the marker's left we schedule the move." "Right, now, I am a business man." "This is a business transaction." "You've been vouched for and I know that you do what you're told." "But, the last thing we need is for your ass to end up in jail, so you stay out of trouble, I'll stay out of trouble." "That's what life's all about, right, stayin' out of trouble." "Agree to the gig." "We'll both sign this probation completion form." "There you go." "Big head's gonna see that you've fulfilled your obligation to this great state." "There's the bonus, 'cause, cut of the take comes to you, the other cut comes to yours truly, and let's just say, it's gonna be enough to start that troubled life of yours all over." " You can take this contract and shove it up your ass, Richie." "Then you can take this pen and shove it up your urethra." "I'll finish my hours and move on." "Scott." "Scott." "Oy!" "The fuck are you doing?" "You were supposed to report to the office half hour ago." "What the fuck?" "Jury at work young man." "You fail to show up I will call your counselor." "You do your work and we'll be good." "Thing is, we don't have much work around here, but you guys are cheap labor, so, if there's no work, you're gonna move shit from one place to another." "No forklift, no machinery, just sweat, and you put yourself in this particular predicament, so don't come crying to me." "You do not talk to these people, ever." "This is a series of interconnected buildings." "This is where they make things." "There are pants, one shirt, one pair of size 10's." "I used some new stuff on you." "It's sophisticated humor young man." "I'm sorry if it went over your head." "Oh those lazy fucks." "Your work course is incomplete, fucking typical." "Sit down." "Go on." "Now it says here name, the asshole just puts Scott." " Yeah, it's my last name." "Don't gimme shit about it either." "What?" " Have I done something to you?" "No." "Then don't give me attitude." "Think you dumb little shit." "I think I've been fairly fuckin' fluffy with you if you ask my honest assessment." "Alright, full name." " It's Nicholas Scott, n-i-c-h..." " Yes, I can spell, Nicholas." " Good for you." " Well here's a fucking first Nicholas." "Your address reads as follows, go east six blocks of the abandoned warehouse with the sign that says eastwick, go north across the street." "You can't make this shit up." "It's the little house with tons of steps up the steep hill and post gripped rusty door." " Couldn't remember the address." " Right, obviously." "Let me be clear." "We have rules." "It's what you might call a zero tolerance policy, meaning zero tardies, zero problems." "You're on probation." "This isn't a summer caddy job at some country club." " Roger." " Then do your little drawings in there, and not on the fucking walls." "You can thank me later." "Now fuck off, you silly little shit." " God you're so loud." " That's it." " You like it, you're so loud." " Come with me okay?" "Come with me." "Okay?" "Come with me, okay." "Say it, say it." " Yeah." " Say it." " Yes." " Say what, yes what?" " I'm gonna come with you, yeah." " Oh yeah, you're so loud." " Stop saying that." " Well I like it." " Stop." " Well just keep going." " You got me all in my head, I'm all self conscious now." " Well okay, okay, but just keep going." "Come on, come on." " I'm done." "I'm done fucking." " What, you came?" "What, you came?" "Fuck nessa, now help me come." "Well you said you wanted to come together." " I'm done fuckin'." "It's all about you." " Well help me, please." " No." " What, a blowjob?" " Gross." " What, gross?" "I go down on you." " I'mma be late." "Come on, gotta drop my baby off." "Eat it." " I don't want it." " Come on, I know you're hungry." "Look I'm not mad at you." "Just eat it." "For a sec?" " Hell no." " Please just hold him, I gotta get my jacket on." "There you go." "If you watch Mickey while I'm at work I'll get you off." "How's that?" "Come on, childcare's so fucking expensive." "It's a good deal." "I'll even go down on you and you know I hate that shit." "And no swallowing." " No." " You suck." "There are gonna be rules." "You can't sleep in my bed." "I ain't your girlfriend." " We do all that stuff and I can't sleep in your bed?" " It's called sex." "And we need boundaries." "Really, you're gonna run up in here asking for help, and you're gonna argue with me?" " I get it." "Got it." " Can you pay rent?" "No?" " Oh come on, you know I got nothing." " Well then you watch Mickey when I'm at work!" " No!" " Well get out then." "I promise I won't be missing you." " I can't." "I can't, I can't do it." "I mean it, I don't wanna live like that anymore." "Help me out." " Okay, well just take it or leave it, alright?" "You know I work at night, right?" "Come on baby." "If you're here, if you are here, when I wake up," "then we have a deal." "If not, just get out of my life, and don't say a thing." " I didn't." " You wanted to." " Margaret, it's principal hargrove." "I understand what you've been, actually, I can't put myself in your position." "And everyone here at school, we know it's hard for you right now." "It's just that it's been a long time now, and we need to hear from you, soon." "At some point we have to get you back full time, or unfortunately think about replacing you permanently." "I'm sorry." " Yeah, so it's broken, it doesn't work anymore." "But I started the garden that we always talked about." "So, yeah." "The garden is looking pretty sad and can you just help me?" " To replay your recording, press one." "To erase..." " This is will argent Stokes." "Leave a message after the beep." " So anyway, I don't have a way to till this garden." "I mean it sounds easy enough, but apparently it's not 'cause I keep screwing it up." "Umm, you know, you're the only person to teach 4th graders how..." " To replay your recording, press one." "To erase and re-record, press two." " This is will argent Stokes." "Leave a message after the beep." " Dammit will, can you change your voice-mail message?" "How is this supposed to work?" "How..." " To replay your recording, press one." "To erase and re-record, press two." " Change your goddamn voice-mail!" " What?" "!" " How's it feel?" "How's it feel to be standin' there soaking wet?" "Tell me." " Not, not good." " That's how he feels." " He was crying and I was just looking at him in the crib, and he was crying and I," "I dunno, I didn't know what to do." " So, you did nothing, you didn't feed him, you didn't get his diaper changed?" "Did you hold him?" "Come here baby." "You couldn't even hold him, couldn't even do that?" " I don't know the first thing about holding a baby." " Well it ain't an excuse." "We all are fucked up." "All of us." "We all fucked up, everyone." "There is no perfect." "My uncle, he did some shit to me, every night for years, for years, and I didn't say shit to anyone, I just took it, 'cause we didn't have shit, so we were living with him." "And so, it was take it from him, or put my little sisters and my mom and my daddy out in the streets, and I was not gonna be blamed for my family not having a roof over our heads." "That little girl, so I'm fucked up, I'm fucked up, just like everybody, you know, just like you dude." "And you know, when I have some guy's dick inside me" "I feel loved, and that's the only time." " Is it like a Harley or something?" " Fuck off." "Bunch of pussy lawyer wannabes ride harleys." "I'm a lot of things, but I'm not some fucking lawyer pretending to be a bad ass on Saturdays." "You know, growing some handlebar mustache for one triumphant week at the hills of south Dakota." "It's not me." " Is it like, it's good?" "But you know, is it like a, a nice bike or..." " oh, yeah, it's pretty top notch." "Maybe one day I'll let you ride it." "Listen kid, I wanna say something, and uh, I say this with love because I like you," "you remind me of myself when I was young." "A lot like myself, but next time somebody does something nice for you, let's say you know, for example, hypothetically speaking, if someone felt a little bit sorry for you and gave you one of his sandwiches," "I would say a proper thank you would be in order." "I would say that would be a good time to be considerate." "Don't say it now, because in this case better late than never does not apply." " Here, you want this shit?" "What?" "This?" "Oh, okay, you like that shit, huh?" "I'm sorry I won't say it." "I won't say shit anymore." "Yeah you got it." " My feet are big and wide, but the city is tiny inside." "My legs are lanky and tall, but the city is little and small." "My body is enormous and the country is mini." "My steps stretch forever and the land is so short." "My days are long and my friends are none." "Lying under the stars one night, a wee little bitty tiny fella sat in a tree and called to me." "Why the huge frown?" "Everything I do is big, just look at me, I said." "I'm too small, said the wee little bitty tiny fella." " Well people look at me with gigantic eyes and wide mouths, and those look pretty big to me, even though they are tiny, I said." "People don't look at me much at all, and that's when the wee little bitty tiny fella told me, but if you were small, you'd be just like everyone else in a see of smallies, just like me." "Your feet wouldn't be big, your legs wouldn't be lanky, and your body wouldn't be enormous." "He climbed down a tree limb or two, shimmied onto a branch in front of my ear, and whispered, but you can be great no matter your size." "You can be great and tall and you can be great and small." "Then the little fella shimmied down the tree as quick as can be, and ran away with his tiny legs all a blur until he was too tiny for my big eyes to see." "I thought long and hard about what the little fella said, and then it hit me." "What you see is not what you have to be." "There's plenty of room for us all in the whole wide world, great and the small." "The end." " Now we see stuff that will get your rocks off." "Basketball courts and indoor pools, home theaters." "All the artwork, all the memorabilia, all the furniture, all the stuff that's money, just load it onto the truck." "We move fast, we move calculated." "It's what I like to call being on point." "Truck's loaded up, driven out of the city to a secure location where the drop off takes place." "Whole truck, axles and all, nice and clean." "And then we get paid." " And that's it?" "You get away with that shit?" " Oh, fuck you talkin' about, I haven't been caught yet." "You question too much, that's your motherfuckin' problem." "Bulletproof, this plan is." " I don't usually draw stuff like this, so, don't judge me." " Please step aside, go on." "Bloody hell." " What?" "Man that's what you asked for." "What, you hate it?" " No, I love it." "Yeah." "Yeah, I love it." "That shit deserves to be in the louvre." "It's a famous museum." "See, here we go again," "I'm paying you a compliment, you say thank you." " Thanks man." " What part of thank you do you not get?" " Thank you." " Hey, better!" "Alright." "Deal's a deal, I'm a man of me word, come on." "You know, you're special if I'm even letting' you sit on this, and I don't want you to be one of those little fuckin' sponges you wash the dishes with." "I need you to be a big fucking fluffy sponge you wash the car with, alright?" " Clutch starter." " Yep." " Gear shift." "No fucking lies." " Front break lever controls front breaks." "Rear brake pedal controls rear brakes." "The throttle there, what do you think that does?" " It's the speed?" " Speed, yeah, alright, to simplify, left side of the bike controls the gears, right side of the bike controls acceleration, and braking." "Riding her, like riding a woman, or like riding a bicycle." "Fuckin' babies ride bicycles, right?" "Have you ever ridden a bicycle?" "No, get the fuck off my bike." "Go on." " Do you have a bike?" "Bicycle, do you have one?" "Do you?" " You gonna ride that bike Scott, or is it gonna walk you around the block five more times?" " Okay." "I'll ride it this time." " You can do it, you can do it, just pedal, just keep pedaling okay?" "Pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal!" "You can do it!" "No, don't hit the car!" "You're talented." "I'm turned on." "Not like corny turned on you know, just impressed turned on." " Really?" " Yeah." " I thought it was my hair you liked all these years." " Mmm." "Maybe." "This is funny, right?" " Sure." " I'll never forget being a little kid." "In fourth grade, in Mrs. Slauder's class, remember?" "You started late, like months after we all started." "And you were so sad after your mom dropped you off, and you came and you sat next to me." "Yep." "Big crush on you." "I wanted you to be happy then." "Am I a dumb-ass for hoping for your happiness?" "Do you remember that?" " I don't even remember her." " Mrs. slauder?" " My mom." "Okay." "How's that, better?" " Yeah." "It's a lot better." "Come here." "You know I uh," "I saw the baby." "I wasn't going to." "I told them to take it away, take him away but, but then I heard him crying." "And it was like, it was like this scream crying, and I never heard that before." "But, it was as if I knew, only a mommy holding it would fix it," "so, so I demanded to see that baby." "And then, and then I was holding our," "you know, I was holding him and uh," "I just want you to know that you woulda loved him." " I'm sorry." " For what?" " For doing that." "Making you give him away." " Well he went to a great home, I promise." "The social worker, this lady, she went and took me to meet, to meet the lady" "before he was born 'cause I wanted to be sure that he'd be okay, so," "I went and I met her, and I saw her." "She lived in brookstone near some park." "She kept talkin' 'bout how it would be so great 'cause he'd be able to go around the corner to this park." "Her and her husband talked for forever," "I didn't." "I only remember that part about the park." "I didn't hear any more of it." " What's her name?" " Margaret." "I'm never gonna forget that." "Get in here." " I wish I could meet him, my kid." " You can't." " What are you doing?" "What in the heck are you doing?" "I'm sorry but, but, but what are you doing?" " Lady, calm down." " Don't tell me to calm down." "Don't you tell me to calm down." "Do not get to tell me to calm down!" "Because you don't know me, and you don't get to tell me to calm down, so don't tell me to calm down!" " Okay." "Okay." " I spilled my tea on you." " You threw it at me." "Lady, you okay?" " I don't want you to call me lady." "I just wanna know what you're doing." " Um," "I um," "I'm looking for a friend." "I think he lives around here." " He doesn't live here." " Margaret?" "It's me." "We just met." "Margaret?" " Go away." " We need to talk." "We need to talk." " Get out." "Get out of here." "I'm calling the police, I'm calling right now!" " Don't, don't, stop calling, don't call the police." " Get out of my house!" " I, I, I need to talk to you!" " No, you don't!" " It's about the baby." " So, this girl, um," "are you living with her, or you're just, you're staying with her?" " Yeah, I'm just staying." " Okay." " But we're, we're just friends now." " Hmm." " She uh, well, she," "she won't really let me play around with her anymore." " Oh, but, play around with her, you mean, she won't, she won't let you have sex with her anymore?" " Yeah." "I guess that's what I mean." " So, if you're not staying with her then where do you stay?" " Just wherever." " Do you mean with friends?" " Just around." " Do you like tea?" " Um, where's the baby?" " Um, I think you're not gonna know if, if you like your tea if you don't try it." " No, I don't want any tea." "Where is he?" "I came here, I just wanna know something about him." "So if you could just tell me anything it would be..." " well I think our time here is, is done" "Scott, so." " That's it?" " That's it." "That's it." "Scott." "Levi." "That's his name, it's Levi." " I like it." "It's a good name." " The woman was so friendly, and she seemed very, very legitimate." "The whole thing seemed kind of odd, actually, looking back." "We've moved so many times over the years, and I've always had the best experiences, but I've never had anyone follow me through the house asking me what was important over and over." "You know?" "Looking back I think she was definitely making a list, and I have made you a very extensive list of all the things that are missing that I would like returned." "Yeah, all of the artwork is missing, and just between you and me, expressionism gives me a headache, and cubism gives me night terrors, but I didn't let my ex-husband keep his art, so I will be damned if some little criminal" "is gonna get to keep it and enjoy it." "No way." "So what do you think?" "It's like over a million dollars, just in art." "So that's basically it." "Don't you think a full investigation is needed?" "I mean I've been robbed blind." "Blind, this is a scam, it's a total scam, and it needs to stop, and I need my things back." "I need my prized possessions retrieved immediately." " Yeah, I hear you sweetie." "The sun don't shine on an ass's mule during a full moon." "And I would like to offer you my great apologies" "Ms. Caldwell, and I'd like to promise you, that I, detective dupre will do my utter best to bring this investigation to its full conclusion." "Now as to your things, your prized possessions which you would like to have returned to you, it greatly pains me to tell you that I cannot do that." "What a pleasure it was to meet you." "This is a beautiful home, a gorgeous home really." "You are lovely, lovely people." " Hey, lovely people my ass, aren't you going to take pictures or fingerprints, or do something?" " Oh that is very wise, what you just said." "Actually, that's already been done." "I don't do that kind of gathering of material." "No, what I tend to do is I study it, you see," "I interpret it or analyze it if you will." "Okay, I'mma check one thing first before I go." "I see here, where do I have that?" "No." "Oh here we go." "So you went on your vacation October five, and then you scheduled your move for October 7th." "That correct?" " Yes." " Okay." "Oh wow." "May I, do you mind?" " Pow." "Yeah." " Yeah." " Well, they do live like kings." " Oh yeah." "It's just fucking money though, ain't it?" "You see that, right there?" " They're home?" " Yeah, it's part of the plan, come on." "Just grow a pair of fucking balls and come on walk." "Hold the Bible up, hold the Bible up." " What?" " Hope the fucking Bible up and smile." " Ah, sorry we got lost." "But the good lord has once again guided us to safety." "Do you have time for Jesus?" " No." " You going on vacation?" " Moving." "Good luck." " You going to Europe?" " Belize." "Spent enough time in Europe." " Where's Belize?" " Fuck do I know?" " I love Belize." " Fuck." " What?" "So walking through the house, we first assess the house." "Bottom floor first and from there we head up." "Oh and that includes the basement." " If?" " If they have a basement." "If in the case of a lower level or what some might refer to as a basement, that is our starting point." " Very nice." "Sounding a lot like you know what you're doing." "You sound like Richie rich." "I like how I sound." " Yeah, it's a visual and verbal assessment of what we will be taking." "Once the top floor assessment is complete, we fill the truck with the heavy items where two men, meaning you and I, are required, always working now top floor to bottom floor for deficient purposes." " For efficient reasons, for fuck's sake." " Efficient reasons." " You'll get it." " Efficient reasons, you're right." "Right, we then go solo on the smaller items and work our way back up." "At that point I'll do a once over the property, not with a fine tooth comb, but just a swipe." " Swiffer sweeper like." " Right, swiffer sweep of the house." "You'll be securing the vehicle and activating the security system." " Yeah." "You got it." "I'm proud of you son." "Now at two P.M." "You'll pull the truck over where I tell ya," "I'll get out the truck, we'll go around a building, down an alley, get on me bike, arrive back at the warehouse at 2:15 P.M." "You'll reach the predetermined drop-off point, address the follow later, and by the time the transaction takes place, big head's monthly scheduled three P.M. drop-by will have already occurred." "I'll have you signed off on the books, time served, probation over." "And thanks to me you'll have 15,000 tax free dollars in your pocket, not that you know anything about taxes." "Now, this is important." "You will be picked up at predetermined rendezvous boy, you will be given a ride into the city, you will be given your cut, and then you and I cut ties." " I don't even have to talk to 'em." "You know, they just give me like a case, or like a briefcase or a gym bag, you know what I mean?" "And at that point all I gotta do is like walk about five miles." "He said I gotta be quick about it, but that should be no problem, I can run if I have to, you know." "Well whatever, that ain't important." "The important part." "Nessa I get $15,000." "Can you believe that shit?" " I gotta get ready for work." " Well, what do you think?" " I think it's a dumb, stupid idea." "What do you want me to do?" "You want me to jump for glory 'cause you make another stupid decision in your life, 'cause I'll do that." "Good job Scott, yay, I'm so proud of you!" "Good job!" "Money, money, do it, do it." "You're the best dipshit criminal ever." "We don't need you Scott." "We don't need you or the money." " I ain't giving you the money." "I'm giving the money to Margaret." "The lady that adopted the baby," "I want her to have it." " You went and saw her?" "You talked to that lady?" " Yeah, that's why so," "I wanted to meet her." "What's the deal?" " You wanted to see your kid?" "You're never gonna fuckin' get it dude." "You ain't ever gonna get it." "That was our baby." "That was supposed to be our baby." "But you didn't want it." "You didn't want it, or me, you wanted to fuck me, but you didn't wanna love me, huh?" "Wow, I'm a dumb bitch, I am a dumb bitch, aren't I?" "You know I started thinking that," "I started thinking that this baby, and me and you, that we were gonna be like," "I don't even know how to say it like, it felt like it was gonna be like," "how it was supposed to be, like a family." " I'm trying to help someone." "So I'm sorry." "Don't." " Please leave." " Don't." " You ain't ever gonna get it." " Get the fuck up." " Well, where did you sleep last night?" " Outside." " Well, you have nowhere to go." "You have nowhere to go?" "Well I think I can help you." "I'm sorry this is like, not the greatest guest room." " Trust me it's a, it's an upgrade." " It's an upgrade?" " Yeah, I ain't, I ain't trespassing." " Oh." "Okay." " Yeah." " Okay." " You sure it's okay that I stay?" "You don't think it's all like strange and shit?" " Strange because, why?" " Just, why help me?" " What do you think is going on here?" "I mean, look at me." "Do I look okay?" "Do things seem right?" " No you don't." " He was, he was really sick for a long time, the baby was sick." "Then my husband left me, and, well the baby died." "What did you think was going to happen when you showed up here?" "Did you think you could just come in and be his dad?" " No, what, what is it you think?" "!" "Huh, why are you being nice to me?" "You're hoping that I'm gonna replace him?" "Is that it?" "Trust me, I don't know shit," "I'm just some dumb fucking kid, but you ain't the only one who been through some shit." "Right?" "Lady, you're so fucked up you can't even tell how fucked up you are." " I told you not to call me lady." "Scott?" "Um, Scott?" "Well you were right." "I am, I am all messed up." " You can say fucked up, huh?" "I won't tell anyone." " Okay, I'm, I am all fucked up." " Was he uh, was he tall, like for his age?" " Yeah he was pretty tall." "He was pretty tall." "I guess kind of average." "Average to tall, we used to say that he was tall to him." " And people liked him?" " Yeah he was really funny." "He would just, he thought it was completely okay to just ask questions to strangers." "And I guess it was pretty charming." "You know." "It was embarrassing at times." "Oh." "I forgot about his weird little walk." "He learned to walk when he was eight months old which is crazy," "he was just, and, it's not a good idea for them to walk at that age." "It's like driving a car blindfolded or something." "He's just like, like he's just like drunk or something, wandering, and too small." "Look his hair is so thick for a baby." "So beautiful." "Let me feel." "Wow." "That's so strange, I guess he had your hair." " Levi, Levi baby, how old are you today?" " Four." " Oh come on, how old are you?" " Three." " That's right, and what happens on your birthday sweetie?" " Cake?" " Cake." "So, sweetie, Dr. Clarkson and the nurses have another surprise for you." "It's a very, very special friend of Dr. clarkson's." "Oh." "You're gonna cover your eyes." " Yes, I'm covering my eyes." " Okay, but don't look, don't look yet, okay?" " Now?" " No, not yet honey." "Surprise!" " Nicholas." "Nicholas." "Nicholas!" "Oh, you're up?" " It's Scott." " No." "You see I made a choice last night," "I refuse to call you Scott." "If I have to stop running from my problems, then I think you should stop running from your own name." " Yeah, that's, that's really deep." " Clean start." " Yeah, clean start." " Margaret." " Scott." " Nicholas." " Yeah fine, Nicholas." " Nicholas." " This is for me?" " Yeah." "Put a little ah, put a little butter on top." "You're gonna want more than that." "Just take a whole big piece of it." "Yeah, that's it." "Okay now, just spread it all over." "Add a little to each layer, like on each pancake going down." "Pour it back and forth." "Let it drip down the sides." "Yeah, okay." " They look good." "Thank you." " Yeah, I mean it's been a while since I cooked for anyone." "You're more than welcome." " Oh, I see, okay," "I'm using the knife I guess, so it's okay." "Oh geez." " Mmm." "Pancakes." " Yeah." " I don't like these calls," "I really don't." "Squatting they call it." "You know, findin' abandoned homes, homes for sale, foreclosures." "This is detective dupre, making the rent..." "Living where there ain't nobody living." "The economy, I would say is the problem, it's the issue, not the people." "A complete social breakdown, bullshit is what I call it." "See, I come from the dirt, and that's a way of life." "Something I have a big heart for." "I watched him run from the house." "I did not give chase." "To be real with you, I was very happy that he ran." "One, I do not run, and two, I hate the fucking paperwork." "Anyway, here he was running through the snake infested woods." "Oh my goodness, you know, like that, that famous fairy tale, to somebody's house he goes, you know, over the mountain, through the snake infested woods." "Eat up." " Happy?" " Happy?" "Did I upset you by sharing my meal with you?" " No, you haven't upset me, it's just I've got a lot of work to do, and um, to be honest, officer." " Oh no, no, sorry, detective." "I ain't never loved that title you know." "It's got too much dick in it, do you know what I'm saying?" "De-tec-tive." " Yeah, detective." "Um, like you I've got a boss breathing down my neck, and..." " oh I understand." " Well you've been sitting there, you've eaten half your lunch and you're telling me some story about some boy who lives in a house." " Yeah, Nicholas Scott." " What about him?" " What's the hurry now?" "Such a pushy little shit you turned out to be." "Can you not see I am looking for information here?" "I know what I wrote." "Beginning to wonder in my little head." " Ain't little." " Oh, You know what my daddy called it?" "He called it a high forehead." "You better mind your mouth or I'm gonna have to mind it for you." "Nicholas Scott." " He did some service here." " Oh." " We get a lot of people." " Well, where do he be?" "Oh I didn't say that line from the great fairy tale for shits and giggles, about going through the woods to somebody's house." "Hmm?" "Why'd you take so long to tell me?" "Eat the carrots." "Not gonna give you the mouth orgasm that maybe a French fry would but it could give you something to gnaw on, you know." " Yup, that's lovely." " Yeah, I know." "Who bullshittin' who here, huh?" "Oh here it is, here it be." "Court order to finish work release." "Oh no sorry, probation, and the finish date is January six, the fuck?" "I don't see no Nicholas." "And blind I am not." " He finished early." "Hard workin' type, they do exist you know." " I found this" "where Nicholas used to be staying." " Yeah, never seen it, but, yeah, they look like drawings." " These are wonderful drawings." "Wonderful." "But you ain't never seen this?" " Never seen said notebook." "See, I can talk as well detective, and I ain't special." " Of course, he could've just took it." "You know maybe, he's not exactly an angel, is he?" "But then again who is?" " What are you saying?" " What am I saying?" "I ain't saying nothing." "How do it be though?" "I, I know for a fact" "that Nicholas was working here when he lost his home, or dwelling, let's call it dwelling, but you don't know nothing about that?" " Oh, hang on." "Here look." "He wrote his address down on the contract." " Ah." "Oh my goodness, well this is new." "I sure as shit ain't gonna be able to learn this address." "That motorcycle outside, that's yours?" " Yup that's my bike." " A Harley?" " No." " No shit." "Can I mount it?" "Can I feel it between my legs?" " No." " Well you cannot fault me for trying." "I'mma say that." " You got a minute for me Mr. Nicholas Scott?" " Yeah, that's me." " Oh I ain't asking." "I'm detective Candice dupre." "Nice to finally meet you in person." "I feel like I already done maybe met you." "I can tell you that I'm very interested in having a little chat with you." "And I can further tell you and promise you young man, that your coming with me right now is in your very best interest." "This right here is me making it easy for you." "I have a very strong feeling you know what I wanna talk to you about." "Why don't you get in that car with me." "The hell is that, hey." " What is this?" " What is what?" "You mean what we're doing?" "Well what'd you think it is?" "I think that you have some idea of what brought me to you." "I think you have some stories for me." "So I'm thinking why don't we just go get you a cone at blue bell, find a beautiful park bench, we just gon' sit down, we gon' talk a minute." " I ran back through the house as planned." "You know, double checking and, and I stayed in this bathroom for a while" "just staring at this tub." "It was so big and empty." "Like it had never been used." "I thought like my life." "I start remember thinking, and the alarm was being set so I," "I walked back downstairs and got in the truck, and I didn't even say a word to him." "And then at that point I didn't know what the fuck I was doing." " Take a bite of that ice cream." "For your hands." "Go ahead." " Oh uh, yeah," "I did everything he told me." "After I dropped him off I drove the truck out of a town in the middle of nowhere," "and it was just like he said, there were two dudes, and no words spoken, the bag handed over, and I opened it in front of him, you know, to count," "and truth is I didn't count that shit." "It's more money than I ever saw." "I guess I just, I looked over it and, you know, like I knew what I was doing and shit or something," "and then I walked, and walked." "I walked like five fucking miles through these shit ass fields and over tracks and," "and there he was waiting for me," "right there on his bike." "And, you know I'll never forget, I'm walking up to him and" "I'm getting on the bike and I can't help but, you know, kinda crack a smile 'cause," "yeah I knew I'd done something wrong but" "I was about to do something really right." "And you know, we drove off." " I miss ice cream so much, you know." " I didn't take the money." "That's um, that's the right thing, the right thing I did." " Is this the house?" " Hmm." " Yes or no?" " Yes." " You didn't take the money?" " Didn't want that shit." " That is a very sweet thing to hear." " Yeah." " One time when I was up in high school my girlfriend, that is girl who was my friend, I only had one, one too many, and she done lied to me," "and almost took me down." "Hurt my feelings, uh, so bad." "So finally my daddy sat down and had a talk with me." "He was good at that, you know, he was deep, and he understood, and he was clear." "He said to me you knew when you made her your friend that she was a liar." "That's deep." "Think on it." "I did." "Take it in your hands." "That's real." "That is real."