Christmas Crime Story

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Silent Night

Holy Night

All is calm

All is bright

Round yon virgin

Mother and child

Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace

- Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

- How's your day?

- Interesting.

- Ha.

- Where's Homicide?

- They're dragging ass as usual.

So, here's what we got:

Santa Claus there

is your trigger man,

his real name is

Randall Edwards.

The clerk is, was Heather

Harrington, she's DOA.

Ambulance is in route, there's

no sign of the money yet

and this one was a silent alarm.

- Just another

Christmas Eve, huh?

- Oh, yeah, and get this, Santa

Claus says he didn't do it.

- Of course he

didn't, how could he?

He's out delivering

all those toys, right?

- Huh, joker.

- Hey, you want a candy cane?

- No, man.

- Ah, come on.

- No, no, no.

- I'm going in.

- How's Julia?

- Oh, she loves Christmas.

- At least somebody does.

- What the hell are you

doing in my crime scene?

Shouldn't you be on the street

controlling the crowds, officer?

- Am I in uniform?

- Yeah, congratulations,

now step off.

Last thing I need

is a DA up my ass

'cause some dumb sh*t

trampled my scene, let's go.

- Pardon me, Serpico.

- What was that?

- Nothing.

- Yeah,

that's what I thought.

- It's Heather Harrington.

- What?

- Her name, just thought

you might wanna know.

My mistake.

- Get him the hell outta here.

- 'Cause, see, I

would wanna know.

Because tomorrow

somebody who knows her

is gonna have a very

unmerry Christmas.

- You done?

- Yeah, he's done.

He's done, come on.

- How do you just waltz

in these crime scenes?

You see a young girl murdered,

you don't feel a thing?

Is that part of the

job description?

The application say,

homicide detectives,

all must be

diagnosed sociopaths?

- Control, six Lincoln

20, code seven.

- Roger 20,

code seven approved.

Bring back something

tasty, okay, honey?

- Don't I always, Julia?

20 out.

Heads, I'll do it.

Best two out of three.

- Merry Christmas.

That's for the children.

- Merry Christmas.

And happy new year.

- Ugh!

- Whoa, whoa.

- Goddamn!

- You hurt?

You'll be all right.

Take it easy next time.

- There won't be a next time.

- You're too young for makeup.

- No, I know.

But I also saw this dog at

the pet store and I want it.

- Evening.

What can I get for you?

Christopher.

- Hey, Mom.

- What are you doing here?

- I just happened to

be in the neighborhood,

thought I would stop by.

- Ah, hmm, just happened today?

- I know, what are the odds?

- Remote.

- Probably.

- So, how are things with you?

- Never better.

- Last thing I pegged

you being was a cop.

- Hmm, yeah,

it makes two of us.

It's detective now.

- Ah, detective.

Well, I guess you didn't

stop by for the conversation,

did you?

- It's actually my dinner break,

so I thought I would kill

two birds with one stone.

- Same old?

- Mm-hmm, times two.

- I think your eyes are

bigger than your stomach.

- Second one is not for me.

- A girl?

Are you?

- Yeah.

- Mmm.

- In fact, I might

propose to her.

Maybe even tonight.

- Hmm, Christmas present.

- Something like that.

- Is that why you

stopped by, to tell me?

- No.

So, how's work?

- Never changes.

I had a couple of chuds

in here earlier, yeah,

same old kinda night.

- You don't get a lot of

customers on Christmas Eve, huh?

- No.

Not really.

- How are you holding up, Mom?

- I'm good.

Everything is fine.

- Saw those when I walked in.

- What?

Ah, yeah.

- Started smoking again, huh?

- Yeah, a few years ago.

- You said you'd quit.

- Couple of times.

- Didn't take, huh?

- Didn't feel the

need after you left.

I only quit for you.

- I don't understand why you

would start up smoking again.

Especially after

what happened to Dad.

- Okay, now you don't

talk about things

you know nothing about.

- Is that the same tree?

First grade, right?

Wow.

- Yeah.

Been a long time since I had

a real Christmas tree in here.

- It's festive.

- Mom, when is Daddy coming?

- He's coming, baby, you

gotta be patient, okay?

- Okay.

- Okay, Chris.

Let's be honest.

What are you really doing here?

- I just wanted to say,

Merry Christmas, Mom.

- Well, thank you.

Merry Christmas to you too.

- Thank you.

I gotta hit the road.

- Oh, wait, what

about your food?

- She'll understand.

- Oh, well, um.

In that case, it was

really nice seeing you.

Unless there's

something you wanna say.

- Like what?

- Not for me to say.

- Is this about Dad?

'Cause I'm not in

the mood for games.

You want something from me?

- Oh, no, there's

nothing I want from you.

Nothing.

- Okay, so, that's it.

If there's something

on your mind,

now's the time to say it.

- You didn't even ask about him.

- I didn't need to, Mom.

When the door opened and I

saw you and not him, I knew.

- You know, before the funeral,

I sent you that letter.

He wanted to see you just one

last time before he passed.

- I didn't read it.

- Did you even open it?

- Thought about it.

- That's just so typical.

You just can't be wrong.

- That's what you want.

You just want me to say

that I was wrong and--

- No, how about we just

start off with I'm sorry?

You can't say those

two little words.

Nope, because you're

just, you're too damn,

you're too damn stubborn.

- No, I'm not.

- Not what?

Not stubborn or not wrong?

- Pick one, I gotta go to work.

- Okay, Chris, don't.

Please don't leave,

we can fix this.

Just, you just have to try.

- Just because you won't let

me forget what I did wrong

doesn't mean that I

don't spend every day

wishing I could change it.

But I can't go back

in the past, Mom.

And I've come to accept that.

Why can't you?

- No, Chris, wait!

- Gee.

Control, six Lincoln 20,

code seven over, over?

- Roger, 20.

Are you okay, Chris?

- Negative, Control, 20 out.

Why couldn't I just

say, I'm sorry?

I'm sorry.

See?

I'm sorry.

Jesus!

- Christopher!

- Turn the vehicle off, please.

- Yes, sir.

Well, I guess I was wrong.

The diner.

I said there wasn't

gonna be a next time.

- You know how fast

you were going?

- Uh, no.

- You could have

killed somebody.

Something funny?

- No, sir.

- What's the deal with those?

- Those, just some

side work I do.

Irrigation, stuff like that.

- License and registration.

- Sure thing.

- What was that?

- I don't know.

- Pop the trunk.

Now!

- Yes, sir.

- Now!

- Yes, sir.

- Yeah, that's how my son was,

really disrespectful

and stubborn,

always wanting someone

at his beck and call.

- You're talking about

him in the past tense.

- Yeah, I haven't

talked to him in years.

That's just how it is.

- Sorry about that.

- Evening, sir.

Take a seat anywhere,

I'll be in in a second.

- Hey.

- Hey.

So, get any good shots?

- Couple.

- They gonna

make you rich and famous?

- I doubt I'll be

as famous as Avedon

but it's an interesting hobby.

- So you're just gonna be one

of those starving artists?

- Are we starving?

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