Charlie Zone Page #4

Next I go to Montreal.

I'll f*** your wife...

give your kid

a real dad, eh?

(gun clicks)

- No!

- (gunshot fires)

- (grunting)

- Why are we stopping?

They'll know where I live.

I got to get off the street, though.

- (Grunts)

- You need help.

Look in the bag

and get the ribbon off.

Avery:

Use the matches.

Don't lose this.

- Like that?

- Uh-huh. Yeah.

Avery:

Thank you.

What is the name on this?

(Faintly)

Avery-

- You're a pro?

- For a minute.

Rich guys made me a setup card

for their "white hopes. "

Then what?

Went for the money.

Went to prison four years.

Drifted until I was...

Down here, with me.

I get paid from this,

I'm gone.

What if it's too late?

Maybe.

You're taking me home,

aren't you?

We're losing time, eh?

Donny:

I'll call you back.

Hey.

Look, we just started a war here,

do you know that?

- Who is this man?

- That's bad news.

College-educated

gold medal fighter,

Then he does four years at Springhill

on a smuggling rap

and he beats up

the whole prison.

- Scared of him?

- That's not the point.

Look, we have

a business to run, okay?

That girl,

she's not part of it.

Okay? For all we know,

she's scamming us too, man.

- Be careful, Donny.

- Look man, you'll forget her in a week.

- Cut her loose.

- She's everything.

I know it now.

I chose this life, okay?

I did not sign up

for this love sh*t

that you're on.

Jan is my home.

You want to talk about home?

Do you have any idea

how much money and work

we have sitting at the house right now

just waiting for somebody

to come in and rip us off?

I'm gonna need that hit now.

(Rattles)

Hey, at least you can go back.

Not everyone can.

You're not what I expected.

Neither are you.

I guess at some point I knew

you were taking me home,

but I just...

didn't want to believe it.

Real good at that.

It's okay.

Jan:

The water is beautiful, huh?

You know that humans

are mostly made up of water?

65.6% or something.

Hey, you okay?

Does that mean

that we're mostly good?

Even if we do

really awful things?

Jan:
'Cause I wish that that was true,

but I don't think it is.

I don't understand you.

I can't go back.

I'm not ready.

Let's try to sleep.

Hey! I see you.

(thumping)

(yelling)

(swearing, banging)

(car engine starts)

Man:

F*** you!

(whirring)

(cell phone rings)

(ringing continues)

- Yeah.

- Sister:
How is she?

Asleep.

I gave her the pills.

Sister:
Good.

Her parents are waiting.

Your phone has been sent

the directions.

- All right.

- Meet them there,

and they'll give you

the rest of your fee.

(Beeps)

(engine starts)

- Hey.

- (Jan murmurs)

Avery:

We're here.

(Car door opens, closes)

I'm Jan's mom.

Come in, please.

I can take her from here.

- Avery:
She's breathing funny.

- Don't worry, I'm a nurse.

Do you have any first aid?

Are you her dad?

Yeah.

You got my money?

(Clicking)

(gunshot blasts)

- (grunting)

- (gunshot blasts)

(yelling)

Who's paying you?

Who's paying you?

Same one's paying you.

What the f*** is this?

She wants her to disappear

with no trace. You too.

(grunting)

(car door closes,

car engine starting)

(creaking)

(crackling)

No.

Wake up! Wake up!

(yells)

(car engine roaring)

(beeping)

- Hello.

- You want her dead. Why?

I won't bother to explain a complex

situation that you won't understand.

I still got her, so I better start

understanding fast!

We have many resources.

Think carefully

about your next move.

How's this... I take her

to the nearest f***ing cop shop

and we all

take our chances?

Then you might find yourself

an accomplice in this,

- if they listened at all.

- Why am I supposed to disappear?

No one would miss you.

The parents?

A disposal team from out of town,

very specialized.

- I don't f***ing get this.

- Girls like her disappear all the time.

Is she really any loss?

But you...

may have value.

Considering the new situation,

for twice the offered amount...

you could dispose

of this yourself.

- (Phone beeps)

- (line hums)

(snaps)

(tires screech)

Get a doctor, we need help!

(grunts)

- Avery?

- Help the girl.

(buzzing)

You should have

called the police.

I have to get sutures.

Kelly?

She needs a minute.

You're a bit of a shock.

David.

- How long have I been here?

- About a day.

David told me he found an injured dog

by the side of the road.

Imagine my surprise.

You did it.

You're a vet.

And you're a mess.

There's a scalp wound

I have to close.

- Are you sure you can do this?

- It's not my specialty, but...

Try not to cry like the Jack Russell

I stitched last week.

- Where is Jan?

- Your friend was poisoned.

She was slipping into a coma.

If it had been a little later...

But she's safe?

(Softly)

Yeah.

Along with your concussion,

a tendon is severed in your foot

and just a bullet wound

through your shoulder.

You were lucky

it went clean through.

You have more contusions,

burns and minor cuts

than I can even count.

Looks like you've really

gotten your life together.

I'm surprised you're here.

Because any educated, half-white girl

would have left long ago?

Hey.

Are you going to see Nathan?

Not like this.

The chief is not a well man.

Some of us can't wait forever.

Sit up.

(Groans)

(sighs)

I have to check

on your friend.

It's been almost 10 years.

What did you expect?

Well, she seems

to be doing...

(sniffs)

... well.

Wouldn't call it "well,"

exactly.

Divorced last year.

They want her to run

for Band Council.

What the hell

happened to you?

(Sighs)

I can't stay here.

There's people looking for us.

Who?

(Police scanner plays faintly)

No one's seen the car.

She could be

in another country by now.

The bike gang will be calling.

You need to be ready for that.

Yeah.

Maybe you want this back

for protection.

- Where did...

- The motel.

What I've been wondering

all night is...

how it got there.

You said you didn't have it

when I asked you,

but there it is.

- She came to me.

- Did you f*** her, Donny?

- For help.

- For what?

Huh?

Make a fool of me?

"Cut her loose," you said.

"A thief," you said.

This "love sh*t"?

Did you set this whole thing up?

There's some things

that I need to tell you.

Donny:

What?

Jan:
These are photos of me

when I was little.

With some important men.

They're kinda like insurance

if something happens to us.

No.

I knew that people

were coming for her,

and I know you,

so I gave her that

for protection.

(Clicks)

Do you know

what it's like to lose, Donny...

the best things in life

you never had?

Yeah, I do.

Then why?

Why do this to a friend?

Why?

Because we're gone.

Man...

we're still young, man,

but we are gone.

Okay, before I die...

likely by violence...

man, there was a chance

to do something.

To try,

to help them get out.

F***.

Who's "them"?

What...?

Donny,

what do you know?

Not everything.

Donny:

Easy, easy.

You know who this is?

From the paper?

- Who...?

- It's too big for us.

Who is he?

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