"I'd still rather go to your house." "I love picnics." "Ever since I was a little girl." " Cheers." " Cheers." "How old are you now, little girl?" "I'm eighteen." "No, you're not." "Yeah, I am." "You're fourteen." "No, really, I'm eighteen." "Maggie." "We're fourteen." "Or thirteen." "Whatever he wants us to be." "Schoolgirls." "Never been kissed." "You're very sophisticated, Julia, for your age." "You're beautiful." "The fairest one of all." "You know how to handle yourself." "Like a virgin." "You've used these before?" "Haven't you?" "Sure." "Everybody does." "Julia" "Come on..." "You can put them on me if you want." "I'm opening the window." "No, Sadie." "I don't want us breathing this exhaust." "It doesn't smell." "It's in a bag" "It does smell!" "No, it doesn't." "Why did we have to move?" "We had a perfectly good house" "Please, would you just close the window?" "Sadie, come on, close the window." "You're gonna to love it up here, Sade." "We'll go down to the lakeshore, you, me, Maddie, your mother." ""Your mother?" What's that about?" "My wife." "My beautiful wife." " Sorry." " It's okay." "Crap, it came off." "It's fine, what came off?" "Help." "Welcome to Durham." "The people you bought it from divorced, huh?" "Yeah, they divorced." "The guy cracked up and went postal." "And that's what'll happen to us, living here." "The land of the living dead." "God, I hate it - It's Disneyland." "She'll come around." "All the studies say they're far enough away." "I know." "I'm the one who said it was okay." "We'll get trees, we'll block 'em out." "Pretend it's okay." "I thought you had the afternoon shift at the store." "Not today." "Want me to turn it down?" "Trace?" "Traci?" "Hello." " Hi, welcome to the neighbourhood." " Mike Sweeney." "Nice, Traci Prager." "Nice to meet you." "Prager?" "Yeah, Traci." "Right across the street." "Honey, this is our, uh, this is our new neighbour, Traci." "Hi." " You said Prager?" " Yeah, that's right." "Okay, well, if you need anything, come right on over." "Can opener, toilet paper, anything you might forget." "Bye." "Wow, isn't she perky?" "She's got a really sexy ass." "Audrey, jeez." "What?" "You were checking her out." " No I wasn't." " Yes, you were..." "I want to celebrate tonight." "I love you." "I love you too." "Thanks for this, Mike." "You said that already." "You don't have to keep saying it." "I don't know, his name's, uh, Mike Sweeney." "He's a homicide detective." "Where?" "Breathe..." "In." "Out." " Where?" " Downtown?" "His wife said he's just waiting on a transfer to Durham." "Audrey, she's a nurse." " Breathe." " I feel stupid." "Maybe he plays hockey?" "You can get him on the team." "Maybe." "Okay, try this." "You need to open yourself." "What is that, what are you doing, some sort of sexy zen yoga thing?" "Feels good." "We finish first, huh?" "Okay, you finish first." " Okay, here we go." "Downward dog..." " Downward dog..." "Then corpse pose..." "And then, you wanna write me that cheque for Ray Junior's workshop?" "Ray Junior." "Fuck!" "Traci, will you let up?" "Hey." "No, I know, I know I said I wouldn't call you, but... we're here..." "We uh," "We moved in." "I know, I know I promised, I know I promised, I just..." "I need to see ya." " Hey." " How you doing?" "Nice car." "If the god-damned starter work." "So you happy being a cop here?" "Of course I am." "My idea." "Yeah, like Mom didn't push you?" " No." " Yeah, right." "No, and you could be a little nicer with her." "She's weird, you know?" "Probably the chemo." "Fried her." "Sadie." "When are you going to take me to the shooting range?" "That's going to have to wait." "Well you know, the world's going to ratshit, dad." "I mean, if I'm going to be a cop, I need to learn how to shoot." "Mr. Sweeney?" "I thought it was you." "You must be Sadie." "Sade, this is Ms. Lacroix." "She's your homeroom teacher." "Ms. Lacroix showed me around when I came to get you enrolled." "I thought I'd walk her to the door." " Oh, you'll never live that down, huh?" " Yeah, no kidding." "Dad, do you have the cheque?" "Did your mom tell you to ask me?" "She's cutting your balls off man." "She's making you beg now." "It's a scholarship, dad." "I mean, it's the best writing school on the continent" "Yeah, that's what I don't get." "It's a scholarship, why do you have to gotta pay?" "Expenses." "Airfare." "Stuff." "Nah, nah, nah." "If you're that good, you should be flying on their dime, not mine, right?" "Shut the door." "That's it, call mommy." "Hey, Elizabeth?" "Can you check the reverse directory for me?" "81 Greenboro Court..." "Durham, yeah." "One, two, three..." "Traci, hon, is that?" "Is that you?" "I can't" " We got a bad connection, 'so I can " "Ray Prager." "Right." "Thanks." "Dammit." "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "So why won't he give you the money?" "I don't know." "Well, doesn't he know how important this is to you?" "Well, my mom wants me to go, but he doesn't." "So they shout at each other quietly, so they can't be accused of negative parenting." "Okay." "So that's what they want." "What do you want?" " Peace and love." " That's crap, Ray, and you know it." "Actually it's deep denial, not quite the last stage" " So, you're a coward." " Okay." "So wise one, what do I do?" "You could stand up to him." "You know, most things in life you're damned if you do, damned if you don't." "Doesn't change the fact that you always have to choose." "Will you call him?" "Please." "He's always on his cell." "Just call him." "Tell him he's a jerk." "Guys like it when you call them names." "Means you like 'em." "Coward." "That's harsh, Ms. L." "It's okay..." "My god..." "Okay, it's okay." "You know what we're gonna do?" "We're gonna, we're gonnna have a picnic." "Okay, we're gonna have a picnic..." "It's okay." "I got chocolates, 'cause I know you want chocolates." "Okay, that's for you." "It's for you, it's okay, you'll be fine." "It's going to be okay..." "You know, I could, uh, I could be fat." "People eat to calm themselves, it's a proven fact." "But, uh, I'm not." "I take, I take care of myself." "I work out." "Oh my god." "Hey, look at me, do you think... do you think I'm good looking for my age?" "I wanna dance with you." "Hey, hey, hey, no, no, no." "Hey don't be like that." "Don't be like, don't be like that, no." "Don't be like that." "Dont' be like that..." "Welcome to Durham." "I haven't greenlit your transfer yet." "I want to get to know you first." "Basically, I want to see you walk on water." "So I understand you got a couple missing girls" "Two eighteen year olds." "Guys are working double, triple shifts, you know, killing themselves on it." "The whole community's out there looking for 'em." "Tom, this is Mike Sweeney." "Your new partner." "Hey." "That'll be all, guys." "The Travis girls." "Last seen at Sheridan Mall in the lingerie store." "Ten to one they're out clubbing." "Rich little tarts out to screw over their parents." "Who talked to the parents?" "I did." "They said they've have gone off before." " Check the clubs, Tom?" " Checked the clubs around here." "I'm thinking we should go further afield, into Toronto." "Go." "I was at a search last night." "School pals said that they liked to hitchhike." "Except they drove a Mercedes." "It's a game they played." "Getting into cars with "hot guys."" "I'm a hot guy." "Tom's a hot guy." "Believe me, Jakey." "You are not a hot guy." "How about you man?" "Hmm?" "Any ideas?" "Check the video cameras in the mall parking lot?" "Yeah, Jake did that." "You didn't do that?" "I'll get on it." "Two points, Toronto." "I heard about your partner." "Got any luck tracking the guy who did it?" "No, we know who did it." "Same old story, no probable cause." "We gotta get in the guy's house" " He's got the gun." "I lost my partner too." " What, recently?" " Yeah, but my partner died of AIDS." "Just so you're clear on who I am." "Yeah, that's fine with me." "Yeah?" "You'll be the first one." "New slut." ""Sadie, Sadie very sad," ""pissed at the world and very mad"." "How do you know my name?" "Took one look, had to find out." "So what's your name?" "Dean." "Don't worry about those dumb bitches." "They're just trying to bring you down." "What are you doing?" "I'm just playing with my tit." "Hey, what do you think of this shirt?" "It's okay." "I don't want to go to this barbecue." "What?" "These are our neighbours." "We've been invited." "What's the matter?" "Nothing." "I just..." "I realized I know Ray Prager from high school and we didn't get along." "Well, he probably won't even remember you." "Yeah, he'll remember." "You're not gonna wear that, are you?" "Wow hey, everybody." "Look who's here Our guest of honour." "Mike Sweeney." "My best friend, my, uh, my blood brother." "Unbelievable, we did survival school together " "Nice to meet you." " Hey." " Hey, Ray." " How ya doing buddy?" " Good." "Mike ran with me up at the farm." "Good old days." "Oh, great old days." "Guy's an animal." "You probably cited him once or twice, Harold." "I had my time up there, too, you know." "I'm not that old." "You fight?" "He's a regular Tyson." "Saved my ass." "My brother." "You wanna give me a hand with the beer?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "So you know Jake and Palmer and those guys?" "Yeah, a long time." "It's nice." "A long way from the old man's." "Oh yeah, no, I trampled that bastard." " So how's he doin?" " He's dead." "You know, he could've checked out sooner, but the prick hung on in the nursing home being nice to everybody, you know?" "Fucks me up, beats me up and then he turns into a goddam saint when he loses it." "Yeah." "That's how it goes though, huh?" "I mean, you should've seen him in there, being nice to his grand-kid, the nursing staff." "You know, after he turns me out on the street." "I should have issues, you know." "But I'm good, you know." "I killed him in my heart, you know." "Prick." "So, you're a plumber?" "Yeah, I own the company." "And, uh, I make a pretty good buck too, I mean, look around." " Nice, right?" " Yeah." "You're a, you're a cop." "Yep, homicide detective." "Twenty years in, yeah." "Wow, look at that, huh?" "I better watch my ass then, huh?" "What?" "Nothing." "You know I was here when you moved in?" "No." "That going to be a problem?" " I'm just asking." "That's all." " It can't be problem." "I'm just saying, it took eight months for my legs and hips to heal after you tried to run me over" "It was an accident, Ray." "I bagged your girlfriend." "Is that going to be a problem?" "Maybe me going first round in the draft - that mighta rubbed you the wrong way, too right?" "I mean, most things did back then." "It wasn't deliberate" "I'm just saying, if I'm the cop right now, I'm thinkin' to myself, jealous asshole." "Temper to match." " So where do we stand?" " I forgive you, you fuck." "Mike, do me a favour, you either gotta lighten up or punch me, because it's cool with me, man." "Water under the bridge." "I forgive you." "This was a long time ago." " Okay?" " Okay." "Yeah?" "Come here, fuck." "Buddy, buddy." "The guy who lived in your home" " Mr. Stephens." "He slit his wrists, and there was so much blood on the bedroom floor they had to use a WetVac." " He did it in my room." " Really?" "Uh huh, I can smell it." "There you go, Mrs. Sweeney." "Baby..." "Audrey, right?" "I'm Ray, how are ya?" "You know, I figured you were a vegetarian, so I, uh, you know, zucchini, peppers, and uh..." "He makes me buy all this meat." "But if I had it my way, we'd all be eating" "Nuts and berries." "She's a -- She's a yoga instructor, you know." "Well, I'm not certified yet." "You know, you should come stretch with us sometime, 'cause she does a class here." "No charge for favoured neighbours." "Okay, maybe, yeah." "I'm going to get some hot sauce, so..." "Thanks for the food." "You know she's an ER nurse." " She's so smart." " Yeah, not like you, sweetcheeks." ""Catch-22." That's one of my favourite books." "Yeah?" "It's really cool." "I've never read anything like it before." "Everybody's pretending that everything's okay." "Meanwhile the world's falling apart." "Just like real life, right?" "Yeah." "Just like it." "You know that Ray Junior was hand-picked from five hundred students for a scholarship?" " Mom..." " Mom nothing." "You are a star, baby." "You're going to be something." "That's impressive." "Honey, you wanna give me a hand here?" "Sure." "Sorry." "Oh honey, I'm so sorry." " Are you okay?" " Yeah." "Are you alright?" "Mom!" "Maybe I can just say that I went for a walk, or something, you know, that I got lost and... you know, everything look the same around here anyway " "Get out of the car now!" "Who is he?" " He's a friend from school!" " A friend from school?" "And how long have you been at school, Sadie, six whole hours?" "How well do you know this friend from school that after six hours you're in a car with him" " showing off your tonsils?" " Dad!" " Come on!" " Sadie give us a minute." "Fuck you." "You almost broke the window?" "It was a lawyer's car, Audrey." " It was a fuckin' Lexus." " Okay, stop !" "Right now." "You scared the hell out of Maddie." "I found her in the basement." "Do you know what happens to girls who get in cars with guys they don't know?" "Yeah, I know what happens." "You need to cool off." "Ray, he's got an opportunity" "Come on, being a writer, what's he got to say?" "It's not like hockey." "You score a fuckin' goal, everybody understands that, Traci." "He's good- I don't give a shit," "I don't give a care if he's Stephen King, he's not going anywhere and that's my final word." "You understand?" "Oh and that little trick you pulled in front of the neighbours, so I'd have to let him go or they'll be like all over me saying" ""Hey, why isn't R.J. Off on his genius grant?"" ""How is it that the genius is laying pipe with his dad?"" "Huh Traci?" "You know what that is?" "That is you being like a manipulative fuckin' bitch." " That's you being like a calculating fuckin'" " No, it isn't!" "It isn't!" "Look, I'm just proud of him." "That's all I wanted everybody to know." "Bullshit." "What?" " This isn't right." " Traci, that's enough." "No!" " That's enough!" " No!" "This is the one thing I want." "I mean it, Ray, I am not taking no for an answer." "You wearing the hair to bed?" "Why not?" "I'm gorgeous." "Ah, my back, my back." "We just moved in as you recall." "Okay, roll over." "Old man, I'll give you a rub." "Traci!" "Traci!" "Hey little girls..." "How ya doing?" "What are you doing?" "Crime scene." "Your mother hates it when you do that." "It's just a game." "You always played when she was in the hospital." " You thought it was cool." " Yeah, it is cool." "Just not now." "Why?" "I mean, they're just dolls." "It's not half as bad as what's on TV." "Look." "I know you want to." "Okay." " Who did it?" " Husband." "Lost his temper." "That's funny, that's a good one." "I know, I have the same temper and I'm proud of it." "What is going on in here?" "I have told you a thousand times." "It's practice." "I want you to put those dolls in the garbage." "I made them, I'm not gonna toss them" "Sadie." "In the garbage." "Now!" "This is your fault." "Yeah." "She hates me." "She saw me with the form and I swear, she looked at me like I was the most disgusting" "You are not disgusting." "She thought you were gonna die, she pushed you away." "It is a survival strategy." "Mr. Prager." "Thanks for coming." " Hey." " Hey." "Um, should we find a bench, sit down?" "I gotta stand." "I've been on my back all day and it's killing me." "Walking's better." "Is that cool?" "He has an incredible gift, your son." " This is an opportunity for him" " Talent runs in the family." "When I was 17, I was an NHL draft pick." " Really?" " Yeah." "It must." "I brought the story that he wrote, the one that got him the scholarship." "I would've made the league except I got into a car accident." "Head on." "I could've been paralyzed but uh " " Mr. Prager," " The physio" "We're here to talk about Ray Junior." "This is his big break." "I would give anything for that opportunity for that school." "His big break." "If you can't see your way to paying his expenses, then I will." "I see, so you'd do that for him?" "I would." "You know, after the accident, the physio..." " I went through fuckin' hell." " Did you even read this?" "But you know, I triumphed over adversity" "I'll read it to you." ""When I was 7 years old, my father and I played a game called Cannibal." ""He told me that if he caught me," ""he'd skin me and cook me and eat me." ""I believed him." ""The cannibal prowled my dreams, he was behind me, then in front of me." ""He was the shadow who pursued me, who tore me to pieces." ""In every dream, my eyes were open," ""witnessing the blood as he ripped into my belly" ""and sucked my soul into his dark -"" "Stop!" "There's your big break, Ms. Lacroix." "Aw fuck." "Ah, fuck you!" "Have you ever been consumed by hate?" "You know, like it's eating you up?" "'Cause that's how I feel." " You're kind of strange." " I'm having a crisis." "You want me to cheer you up?" "What do you think?" "You wanna do it?" "Are you a virgin?" " Don't tell me you are." " So what?" "So what, it's like I thought you were like a porn star, lap dancer, mean girl to die for." "Nobody is a virgin anymore." "Dean." "Wait!" " Still stinky?" " No, it's better." "What's bugging you?" "What if you had gotten murdered instead of Caleb?" "Nothing's gonna happen to me, sweetie." "Audrey must be happy." "Coming back from the dead and all?" "She must be doing cartwheels, right?" "What about you, Nurse Mikey?" " You called that girl, didn't you?" " She's not exactly a girl." " Oh man, you're a real asshole." " I'm aware of that." "Anyway, let's go to the gym, huh, box it out." "Come on, I'll knock some sense into you, you can beat the shit outta me." "Caleb!" "Caleb, stay with me!" "Maddie, why are you still up?" "You want Caleb's killer, he's home." "It's gotta be now, tonight." "I'll call you back, the pizza's at the door." "Hang on!" "Keep you damn pants on " "For my partner, you motherfucker!" "Yeah, I want to report a beating to 656 Corbett." "You better hurry." "This guy might die." "You've reached the home of Nathalie Lacroix, leave a message." "Nathalie, I know it's late but I called before." "You around yet?" "Call me back."