Carolina Moon Page #3

wonders without her bracelets.

- I'll get this end.

- No, it's all right. I don't need help.

- Well, we all need help.

- I can handle it.

And you're almost contrary enough

for me to let you.

However, I am trapped

by my superior breeding.

- Oh, man. What kind of bed is this?

- Iron. Why?

Did you forget your cape, Superman?

Or should I just call you Mr. Kent?

- So when are you gonna ask me?

- Ask what?

How I knew where to find her?

How I knew what happened.

Well, I don't have to.

- Well, some people think that l...

- Not me.

If you believe I'm possessed

of unnatural powers aren't you afraid...

...that I'm gonna dig up

your dark secrets...

...and sell them to your enemies?

Or do you expect stock tips?

Because I don't do the future,

just the present and the past.

So are you gonna show off,

tell me what I had for lunch today?

Or are you gonna get your tool box?

We can put this sucker together.

I lost 25 pounds in two months.

- Set it and...

- Forget it.

- That's all you have to...

- You slide the food in...

... and it pops right out.

I hope you had good times with that

Irish setter you been running with.

Because, pal, those days

are about to be behind you.

But it's all ahead of us, big boy.

- Well, that's quite a dress.

- Guess what I have on underneath it?

It's not locked.

Don't you like to live

dangerously, Dr. Mooney?

But...

Oh, guess what I found?

Oh, yeah.

So how's Progress look

after all these years?

Same.

- Here.

- Thanks.

Cade?

Those detectives that your father

hired after Hope died...

...did they ever come up

with any leads?

Zero.

I'm glad I'm not the only one

who still wants the answer.

Is that what

you came back here for?

Yesterday, I would have said no,

but now...

I know you all think

that my father did it.

Your mama swore your dad

never left the house that night.

Oh, he could have done it.

I saw inside his head more times

than I wanted to.

Ugly swirl of self-righteousness

and blind hatred.

But when I saw inside the person's

head who did it, it was different.

Blank.

Like a TV

after the station goes off. Nothing.

Dwight's certainly changed.

Yeah, well, sometimes I feel bad

about the way we used to treat him.

To be honest, if I'd known what

a peacock he was gonna turn into...

...I would have treated him worse.

Well, he got Lissy.

Have to be justice enough for now.

Do you wanna get

some dinner later?

- Dinner?

- Nothing fancy.

No tablecloths, no candles.

Just, you know, pizza and a movie.

I'm not that good with people.

Tablecloths or not.

You're opening a store.

In a store, things are real simple.

Okay. Well, now I shall graciously

take my leave.

My superior breeding in action

once again.

I really appreciate your help.

A half a ham sandwich

with Swiss and brown mustard.

That's what you had for lunch.

You gave the other half

to that black dog...

...who always comes begging

every time he sees you in the fields.

Eight o'clock at O'Rourke's?

And all I thought I was having for

lunch today was a BLT and a soda.

You know, baby,

that old Collins place is for sale.

I know it's a wreck, but, you know...

Sure would be fun

to restore it to its former glory.

And with you cracking the whip

over the work crew.

What do you want, Faith?

You want me to treat you like trash?

Just like those deadbeats

you left town chasing after?

Half the time I haven't the faintest

idea what you're talking about.

I see your brother leaving,

dressed in a more civilized manner.

Where's he going?

Somewhere dark and quiet

where he can grope Tory Bodeen.

If you don't spray the wheat,

how do you kill the pests?

The chemicals kill the pests,

they also kill the good bugs...

...contaminate birds,

get into the ground water.

You spray today and a kid

two towns over drinks it tomorrow.

You're not in business

for the money?

Organic products command

a premium in the marketplace.

As I tried to tell my father...

...who lived to tell me

I was destroying...

...what it took my ancestors

200 years to build.

But not long enough

to know he was wrong.

Not wrong yet.

I did not do that.

Well, do you wanna not

do that some more?

- Cade.

- What?

You're insane.

You're like 80 steps ahead of me.

You can't just say let's go back

to your place and...

You didn't say that out loud,

did you?

That is why we're just meant

to stay friendly neighbors.

Apart from the fact that I may die

of terminal embarrassment.

- And that reason would be...

- I know where this goes...

...and nobody close to me

is ever safe.

Whose business is it how safe

or unsafe I'm interested in being?

Tory, what you have is a great gift.

It's a gift that's screwed up every job,

relationship and home I've ever had.

Dwight's delivering the cabinets

at 7 a.m., I should get an early night.

Stop. Stop, stop. Pull over.

What do you see?

Her girlfriend ditched her for some

boy, so she's going to hitchhike.

She thinks it's cool to get in some truck

with some guy and drink whisky.

- I hate this. I don't want this.

- Let's go. Let's just get out of here.

He takes her in there. She's crying.

He's grunting and sweating

and panting on top of her.

Don't go in there. Don't go in there.

I'm just gonna call the police.

It's 12 years ago.

And she was 16 years old.

Her name was Alice

but she didn't like that.

So everybody just called her Ally.

We need to call the police

or the FBI.

There's a reason that it reached out

and got me like that.

It was the same blank space.

It's the same person

who killed Hope.

Oh, man.

Mrs. Lavelle.

Can I fix you a cup of coffee?

I've had my coffee, thank you.

Forgive me if I jump right in.

I can't have you in this town.

I know you know why that is.

Yes, I know why that is.

Mrs. Lavelle, I know there's a way...

I can imagine the effort and expense

you've put into setting up your store.

I am willing to recompense you

for everything you've spent...

...plus whatever it'll cost you

to set up someplace else.

I can write you a check

for $25,000 now.

And another 25

when you get wherever you go.

- It certainly is a fair amount of money.

- Well, I'm glad you think so.

I'm not leaving.

And where you got

the idea that I would ever...

...for one second

consider taking your money...

It doesn't take much imagination.

Your father cleared out

for five grand.

The only difference between you

and him is you're a better negotiator.

Forty thousand.

Forty now...

...40 when you find a new place.

I had nothing to do

with what happened to Hope.

And you didn't have anything to do

with what happened in New York...

...when you killed that boy.

What was his name?

Josiah.

No. Jonah. Jonah Mansfield.

Think my detectives

haven't watched every move...

...every member of your family

has made in the last 18 years?

Did you think

you could hide from me?

I wasn't hiding from you.

I was hiding from my father.

And I did not kill Jonah Mansfield.

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