Beast of Burden Page #4

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Okay, Sean. I can help you.

No, you can help me

by staying out of this, okay?

You need to stay out of this.

When did you get permission

to give me f***ing orders, huh?

You will fly, you will land,

and you will stall

until we can secure you,

your... f***ing wife,

this Mallory, and anybody

he has with him.

And only when I deem you worthy

of being released

from my custody

will you be allowed to start

your new, pathetic life

in whatever town,

backwater America.

You will get me

that laptop, Sean.

It cannot fall

into the wrong hands.

[DRONE REVVING]

Sorry, Bloom.

BLOOM:
What? Sorry for what?

What are you talking about?

Sean, what are you...

What's going on?

[GUN FIRES]

BLOOM:
What the f*** was that?

- Sean, what are you doing?

- [GUN FIRES]

- BLOOM:
Stop it!

- [GUN FIRES]

BLOOM:
Sean,

you don't wanna do that!

- [SEAN SCREAMS]

- BLOOM:
What the f*** is wrong?

- BLOOM:
Sean? Can you hear me?

- God damn it. F***!

SEAN:
F***!

- BLOOM:
Drone's down.

- We'll be in touch.

[PHONE BEEPS]

[CLOUDS RUMBLING]

Okay, so, what are we?

Uh... 50 degrees north

by... okay, so, figure

in 30 minutes.

Great.

Okay.

Um... [STUTTERING] fine.

Ah... [SNIFFS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Okay.

[PHONE RINGING]

- [RINGING CONTINUES]

- [PHONE BEEPS]

- Uh, this is Sean.

- MALLORY:
Are you on schedule?

Uh, yeah, I'm set to land

in 30 minutes.

MALLORY:
When you land,

you will exit the aircraft.

Perfect. I'll see you there.

MALLORY:
Once the package

has been secured,

your wife will be released.

And when you land, exit

and step away from the aircraft.

Slowly.

I would not want to have to fire

on you.

No. No, don't do that.

No one would want that.

Is... Is... uh...

Is that everything?

MALLORY:
Just to be clear,

land and exit the craft

- with your hands high.

- Is... is... is Jen with you?

MALLORY:
Now, is that all

perfectly clear?

Yes, perfectly f***ing clear!

Is my wife with you?

MALLORY:
Of course.

Is she safe?

MALLORY:
If you don't trust me

at this point, I'm afraid

we won't be able

to continue business.

Yep.

[PHONE BEEPS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Okay.

[PHONE RINGING]

[RINGING CONTINUES]

- [RINGING CONTINUES]

- [PHONE BEEPS]

BLOOM:
That was really

f***ing stupid, Haggerty.

I have everything under control.

BLOOM:
I don't want you to have

everything under control.

- That's my job.

- Jesus, stop thinking

about your job

for one second of your life.

BLOOM:
Thinking

about my career is exactly

why you're not in f***ing prison

right now!

What did I say when

we started down this path?

- SEAN:
I don't know.

- BLOOM:
I said

you have to tell us where

your wife is at all times

during this operation,

for her own safety.

[PHONE RINGING]

[PHONE RINGING]

[PHONE BEEPS]

MALLORY:
Tell me what you love

about your wife.

SEAN:
God, why do you

need this from me?

Why... why...

why are you doing this?

MALLORY:
What would you miss

most if she was gone?

I... I can't think of anything

right now!

BLOOM:
What was she doing

at home?

You said she was going

to Arkansas to visit her family.

She's under enough stress.

I didn't need

your trigger-finger cadets

breathing down her neck when

she's not even involved in this.

This part of my life

is over, okay? You said so.

BLOOM:
Jesus.

She doesn't know about

any of this, does she?

She knows that

I love her, I hope.

BLOOM:
She doesn't know

she has to close her life down

in the morning and start

a new one.

Well, don't worry too much.

She'll probably leave you

when she finds out.

[PHONE BEEPS]

JEN:
[ON VOICEMAIL] Hey,

my love, just reminding you

when you go to the grocery store

to please pick me up some milk.

MALLORY:
Sean, listen to me.

JEN:
...one percent, not two.

I can't deal with that stuff

you drink. It's like...

- MALLORY:
Sean.

- SEAN:
No, I just... I...

I mean, I would miss her.

I would miss

everything about her. But I...

I can't think

of anything specific.

I know that's sh*t.

I... I can't.

JEN:
Don't do this, Sean! Don't!

I'm a shitty husband. God!

JEN:
[ON VOICEMAIL] Hey,

my love, just reminding you

when you go to the grocery store

to please pick me up some milk.

Don't do this!

Stop lying to me, please!

- [PHONE RINGING]

- [PHONE BEEPS]

BLOOM:
We got a video.

The director got a video.

I am so f***ed.

So?

BLOOM:
There was a man

at the airstrip,

a Mexican federales

who was working for the cartel.

He was about to start

working for us.

He's the reason

you had that laptop.

Octavio Hernandez.

Cartel found out

he was playing both sides.

Poured jet fuel down his throat.

Threw a match on him.

What? I...

[PHONE RINGING]

This is not my fault.

[PHONE RINGING]

MALLORY:
Now, you listen to me.

Can I... Can I... Can I talk

to her? Please!

She don't wanna speak

to you right now, Sean.

BLOOM:
She's only

going to be safe once she's

in a federal protection program.

Hold the line.

JEN:
[ON VOICEMAIL]

Oh, and eggs.

And if you have time,

uh, I guess I'm just asking you

- to make me some breakfast.

- [CHUCKLES]

Will you please make me

breakfast when you get home?

BLOOM:
Mexico just cleared

five simultaneous air strikes

within their borders.

That doesn't happen

if we don't get

what's on that laptop.

Air strike?

What are you talking...

This is why they have Jen, okay?

This operation,

this whole thing, it's too big.

I would never have agreed

to this if I knew.

Okay, can you just tell her

what I meant when I said

I was done flying?

What I...

I meant that I'm done.

I meant that I love her

and I am done

hiding from her and us

and I am sorry and I love her.

Please, please

tell her that, okay?

Just... you don't have to do

anything else.

Please tell her that.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- JEN:
[ON PHONE] I love you.

- No.

No.

Okay, f***.

BLOOM:
You're only

a couple miles from the border,

aren't you?

Yeah, so, yeah, maybe, whatever.

I mean, it's a big border,

Bloom.

BLOOM:
Yeah. You're right.

I don't know exactly

where you are,

but I do know you're well

within range

of a U.S.

Border Patrol heliport.

And that department owes me

a couple of favors.

What? What?

What?

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

Don't do this, Bloom.

BLOOM:
I didn't do this.

You did.

Do not do this, Bloom.

Oh, sh*t!

Bloom?

Bloom! Sh*t!

Goddamn it!

F***!

Come on!

No, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no!

Bloom!

Oh, God.

Oh, no, no, no!

No! No!

Oh, God damn it, get over here!

- [DIAL TONE]

- [LINE RINGING]

[RINGING CONTINUES]

Jesus! Jesus Christ!

Come on! What the f***?

[GUNSHOTS FIRE]

- Sh*t! Stop!

- BLOOM:
Hello, this is Bloom.

Bloom, they're going to drive me

straight into the ground!

BLOOM:
What are you

talking about?

SEAN:
They're shooting at me!

BLOOM:
What? I told them no.

Hang on.

- Hello, this is Bloom.

- Yeah, I know

who the sh*t you are!

BLOOM:
Shut the f*** up, Sean.

I'm not talking to you.

I'm talking to border patrol.

SEAN:
They're coming around.

Coming around again.

Jesus, say it!

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