After the Fall Page #4

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# You can't change film

with a kid on your back #

# You can't change film

with a kid on your back #

# You can't change film

with a kid on your back #

# But you can be happy

if you've a mind to #

That's not how you answer questions.

I'm gonna take you down to the

station and ask you questions.

You guys get nightmares?

Ever stay up with nightmares?

The only thing that's

gotten me a nightmare is.

Have you ever told a scary story?

What are your favourite

subjects at school?

Science.

Science? Why is that?

It's fun.

A couple academics you got brewing here.

You know, there's plenty

more if you want some.

No, I can't.

Thank you so much. That was fantastic.

Sure.

Long time since I had a meal, you know,

didn't come out of a Styrofoam box.

Hey.

Enough.

Both of you.

Have you ever killed anybody?

Henry.

Sorry.

No, no. It's okay.

No, Henry, I haven't.

I haven't had to. I

hope I don't have to.

Well, I'm a detective now so I

arrive after everything is done

and I look for clues,

I ask questions, I try and

see if people are lying.

How can you tell?

Oh, I can tell.

I just look deep in their eyes

and they give themselves away.

I think you're good.

- My grandpa shot people.

- Henry.

Yeah, he was a policeman.

He was killed trying to stop

a bad guy from robbing a bank.

Wow.

Yeah, he's basically my hero.

Mine too, besides my papa.

Aw.

Okay, you two. Homework time.

But I want to find out if the

cloud man destroyed the beach.

Sorry, buddy, we're gonna

have to do it another time.

I have a guest. No, no.

No, you go ahead.

I'd like to find out if the

cloud man destroyed the beach.

It's a pretty sweet

setup you got here, buddy.

You know? Hope you appreciate it.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy about it.

You mind if I ask...

How I f***ed up my situation?

Not at all.

I, uh...

I don't know.

I... I was working, you know.

Cop work, it's pretty heavy,

but I thought we were happy.

Apparently she wasn't.

She had a fling and...

you know, thing is, she broke it off

before I found out

but I...

should have let it go.

Should have pretended

like it never happened.

Eventually the truth comes out.

Oh, f*** the truth.

F*** the truth.

What does it matter?

Every now and again I get to see my boy

which is, you know...

Good times.

I like Frank.

He seems a little sad, though.

He's not married?

Separated.

His wife cheated on him, I think.

They have kids?

Yeah, a son.

He doesn't see him much.

I ran into Jesse the other day.

Oh yeah?

Yeah.

He said you told him

that we wouldn't be needing

his services anymore.

Yeah, I mean, all he

does is skim the water

and check the chlorine levels.

I figured I could do that.

But he said we owed him 300 dollars.

He seemed pretty angry about it.

Okay.

Let's get that on there.

There you go.

When did this happen?

When I went swimming.

Dad!

Okay, let's go.

I'll be right there.

Okay.

See you later, Dad.

- Bobby Diaz.

- How can I help you?

Isn't this Bill Scanlon's extension?

Can I help the next person?

You okay?

You okay? What's happening?

What's going on? Are you all right?

Is it your heart? What?

Heart?

Where's...

Okay, okay, okay, I got

it, I got it. I got it.

Okay. Breathe in. Breathe in.

Breathe. There you go.

Some more?

Okay.

Come on, come on. Please

don't die. Please don't die.

Please don't die. Please don't die.

What's going on?

Is he okay?

Somebody

calling 9-1-1?

You son of a b*tch!

He's got a gun.

He's got a gun.

Go on, go on, go on.

Okay.

Wow. Wow.

Hello.

Oh, hey.

I got off work early

so I thought I'd get

you a break from cooking.

You were at the office?

Um, actually, no, I was doing

a claim out in Rio Rancho.

Because I called you at the office

and they say you don't

work there anymore.

Who said that?

Bobby Diaz.

Bobby Diaz?

I've never heard of him.

So you still work there?

Yeah, of course I do.

Susan, what's going on?

I mean, I've been working a claim

that's required a lot

of time out of the office

so maybe they switched

phone lines or something,

I don't know. They do that sometimes.

I didn't think I had to fill you in

on every little move I did at work.

I mean, I come home, you're

gonna question me like this

because one guy who I've

never even heard of before

is telling you some false information?

I really don't appreciate

coming home to this.

Okay.

Henry's been suspended.

What?

It's my job.

I can really see a future in it.

The benefits aren't great.

You had me fooled.

I thought you had the

world by the balls.

I got a lot of people fooled.

Like Susan.

Henry, my oldest:

He's been cheating at school.

Oh, come on. It's youthful rebellion.

I wouldn't worry about that.

I just don't want him to end up like me.

Sorry, Mr. Scanlon,

but you're still short.

We need the payment in full.

Really is out of my hands.

Why don't you give me a f***ing break?

Please calm down, sir.

Calm down?

Are we talking about your house?

No, we're talking about my house.

My wife, my kids, my home!

Where are they gonna go, right?

Don't tell me to calm down!

All right?!

Sir, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

Why don't you give me

that envelope back, huh?

Let's go.

No, you'll probably keep it, right?

Because that's what you do.

You f*** people, little piggies.

All you little piggies!

Huh? Why don't you bail me out?

I bailed you out, right?

We all bailed you out!

Let's go, sir. Get off me!

Anybody f***ing care? What

are you f***ing looking at?

They're f***ing all you too!

I'm just doing my job.

Yeah, keep up the good work!

Hello.

Yeah.

Yeah, sure.

All right, pick me up.

What are we doing here?

Captain's got us all on OT.

Look at this guy.

This month's centrefold.

You know what's gonna happen.

This a**hole is gonna

shoot some innocent f***

and f*** everything up for himself.

How long do we sit here?

As long as it takes.

- Hi, this is Susan.

- Leave me a message.

Susan, hey.

Hey, it's me. Um...

I understand you went to stay

at your father's house for a bit.

Please come home soon.

I'll explain everything.

I'm sorry I wasn't

completely honest with you.

It's really not as bad as it seems.

Could you just, um...

Can you call me back

so I can talk to you...

It's me, baby. Come on, it's me.

You know me. You know I'm not...

I swear, it's not...

It's not as bad as it seems.

Ready?

Okay, try it again.

There you go. Here, try this one.

Remember, don't hold it too high.

Don't hold it too tight.

Just like a bird.

You don't want to choke it or let it go.

That's right, exactly.

My papa is gonna teach me how to bowl

when I get big enough to hold the ball.

You don't want to waste

your time with that.

Here, come here. Try this.

But my papa likes to bowl.

There you go.

I've been thinking about that night

when I asked you about the future

and you got really quiet.

Maybe you were trying not to think.

Maybe you were afraid

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