Beyond the Reach Page #2

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- All right, here.

All right, I'll... I'll stay with him.

- Jesus.

- All right.

- Stay there. - Oh, Jesus Christ.

Sh*t.

Hey, listen, I'm in a

shitstorm here, all right?

It might jeopardize the deal,

so listen up.

I pay you for options, all right?

So give me one!

Look, just close the

goddamn deal, all right?

Don't say anything about this...

and I'll fix it.

What's going on?

Ben, the situation is... more

complicated than you think.

See, my competition,

they'll destroy me if

they find out about this.

I employ 862 people.

This is not only about me.

This is about them and their families.

Well, are they still gonna keep their jobs

if you sell the company to the Chinese?

Let me ask you a question.

What will the law think when they find

two different bullets in the same body?

They might think whoever shot this

man didn't do it accidentally.

'Cause you sure can't shoot

a man accidentally twice.

What did you do?

I mean, you can't frame me for this.

I mean,

there'll be an investigation.

You know that.

Nobody cares about this man.

Nobody's gonna miss him.

But you bring this body back

and they put it on me,

they can put it on you.

50-50, Ben.

Do you like those odds?

Let's... let's look at this another way.

Suppose that I put a

call in that university.

You know, grease the wheels

and I get you admitted.

I could provide a full ride all four years.

- You could be with Laina.

- Just stop. Come on, you're insane.

Let's just say you major in finance.

So maybe I got a position waiting for you.

Starting salary, $300,000 dollars.

Enough to buy a nice house,

pay for diapers.

You could start a life together.

At some point you might have

to relocate to Beijing.

Ben, that's a future.

It's a future you can't

even imagine right now,

especially with one of your

bullets lodged in old Charlie.

So we got a deal?

That's a good choice, Ben.

Now your life, it's never

going to be the same.

Should we say something?

I mean, you know,

was he religious?

What?

Was he religious?

No.

- I'm gonna get some more water.

- Okay.

Step away from the car.

Get away from the goddamn car!

God damn it, what is that?

Drop it.

Drop it!

What, you push your button,

the cavalry comes running?

Is that the size of it?

We had a deal.

And where I come from, a deal is a deal.

We shook hands, God damn it.

- You little sh*t.

- Okay! Okay! Okay!

Boy, did you blow this.

What are you gonna do?

- Take off your clothes.

- What?

Take your clothes off.

- You heard me all right.

- Okay.

Come on, let's go.

Come on, you're not gonna kill me.

Okay! Okay! Okay! Okay!

Okay.

- Now, I suggest you do as I say.

- All right!

Shoes and your socks. Shoes and socks!

Let's go!

Come on, this is stupid. Just

think about what you're doing.

Oh, I have. No, no, I have, Ben.

I'm a fast thinker, you know?

Something was different about

you when you and I woke up.

You know, you were kind of angry, upset,

couldn't stop talking about

your little girlfriend.

- What?

- How she left you, betrayed you.

- Let's go, shoes and socks.

- All right, all right.

Okay.

You were really nervous, Ben.

Really nervous.

- Then you shot Charlie.

- What?

We fought a little bit,

you took my rifle. I ran.

All right, now your pants.

You can keep your Jockeys on, you know.

Keep that dignity.

You know,

I got back to the truck,

hightailed it back to town.

How long is it to the highway, Ben?

40, 50 miles, you think?

And like you said, it's gonna

be 120 by noon, isn't it?

Come on, all right?

You're right, it was an accident,

all right? I saw that.

I saw it, all right? But

this will be murder.

No, no, no, no. No, I'm

not killing you, Ben.

I'm just gonna watch you kind of, you

know, wander around for a while.

You think you can really do that?

You just watch me.

Let's go.

Oh, come on! This is stupid!

Okay.

Okay.

Sure, Ben. Follow the power lines.

It's only a hundred miles.

277. 277.

277. 27...

27... 277. 277.

That's 277. 277.

277. 277.

Yeah, how you doing, Phillips?

How are negotiations going?

You have dumplings with him tonight?

All right, so what else?

That leaves us...

Hang on.

Hey, let me call you back in 15 minutes.

Son of a b*tch.

Charlie, I'm so sorry.

He won't get away with it.

I don't think Charlie was all there, Ben.

Hope to see you on the other side, Ben.

Okay, Ben. Congratulations.

You didn't bury yourself alive.

What the hell are you laughing about?

You just screwed yourself.

- You can't cover up an explosion.

- I didn't do anything.

I ran, you shot Charlie twice. You

destroyed everything he owned.

This is very disturbing behavior.

I don't think the sheriff is

gonna understand this, Ben.

Empty your pockets.

No, no, no. You... you

keep Charlie's pants on.

It's good for your psychotic profile.

But let's get rid of the size 10s.

Let's go, Ben.

Miles to go before you sleep.

Now, Ben, you know that's not fair.

You get your ass out of there

or I'm gonna come down there and shoot you.

All right, Ben, I'm coming down.

You are one smart son of a b*tch.

Look at that sun, Ben.

It really likes you.

It loves you, Ben.

Ben.

I got something in the mail.

Thick or thin envelope?

I start in August.

You're coming with me, right?

All right.

Yeah, the situation here is resolved.

How is everything going at your end?

That's excellent. Why don't

you close that deal?

So when do we sign?

8:
00 AM my time tomorrow.

Call me so I can talk to

our new Chinese friends.

No, I'm gonna personally thank anyone, you

know, who's willing to buy me out for...

$120 million dollars.

Son of a b*tch.

God damn you!

Why don't you just die?

Jesus Christ.

Why don't you ever die?

Jesus Christ.

Just die, you piece of sh*t.

No!

No!

Where's the water?

Where's the water?!

Come on, Ben.

There's no way out.

You can't fool me this time.

You getting cold yet, Ben?

Fool me once...

shame on you.

Fool me twice...

I kill you!

Happy birthday, Ben.

You want to blow out the candle?

Run, Benny, run!

Your word against mine.

I wonder who they'll believe.

Well, I guess we'll find out.

You know anyone in China?

$1 million dollars.

Cash.

PIN number is 1932...

You little prick.

He shot Charlie.

I've got the body in the car.

I believe I have the

right to one phone call.

Is there something you're

not telling me, Ben?

Only about the money.

I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to

hold you while I talk with him.

He's gonna lie.

I'm sure he's gonna say

the same thing about you.

Yeah, but I can't pay you to believe me.

So how much did he offer you?

One million.

You're free to go.

How's it feel, Ben?

- How does what feel?

- Winning. First time?

Could be your last.

Keeping you from a hot date?

No, no, I'm just recording

how long your deputy's deprived

me of my bathroom privileges.

So I can tell my lawyer.

Paul.

I just found a whole bunch of pictures.

"John Madec ships jobs to Asia."

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