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behind on your payments.

Nathan redfield

killed my little girl.

I never seen nothing like this,

little girl tied

to her bike

and dumped in the river?

You have any idea who did it?

No, I don't.

We had a Saturday night

poker murder

north side of town

about a year ago.

But everybody knew

who did it

and nobody tried

to keep it a secret.

But I never seen nothing

like this.

16-year-old girl.

Well, you might want to have

a little chat with the father.

He's dead.

In fact, he died in the sticks,

too, about 13 years ago.

No, I mean the father

of the baby she's carrying.

This girl's about

four months pregnant.

Behold,

i show you a mystery.

We shall not all sleep,

but we shall be changed

in a moment.

For the trumpet shall sound,

and the dead shall be raised

incorruptibly.

And we shall all be changed.

Jerry, can I talk to you

for a moment?

Sure.

I'll be right there.

You tell him, Jerry!

You tell him!

Tell me what?

She thinks you're going

back into Babylon

to arrest a man

that killed Margaret.

Jury's gonna declare

him guilty in two days

and she's gonna pull

the switch on the chair.

Well, who's she

expect me to arrest?

She got anyone

particular in mind?

Nathan redfield.

You try to talk her

out of that?

'Cause you know

that's just crazy.

I know it.

That's what she believes.

- You want me to talk to her?

- Ain't no point in it.

So what'd you need

to talk to me about?

Did you know Margaret

was pregnant?

Why would you say that?

Coroner in pensacola

found out

when he examined her

Saturday night.

She was in her fourth month.

Just don't tell grandma,

okay?

I got to or else you got to.

It's gonna come out.

Does it have to?

What does that have to do

with Margaret getting killed?

Whoever got

a 16-year-old girl pregnant

is gonna be

in a lot of trouble.

And since Margaret didn't have

any enemies anybody knew about,

might've been the father

who killed her.

I was hoping

you knew about it.

Maybe your grandma

knows about it.

Maybe Margaret

confided in her.

I doubt it.

I just really doubt it.

You bit me all over.

Now I'm gonna go

and have to tell daddy

I got trapped under

a ten-girl pyramid.

Your daddy's never gonna see

all them bruises.

Well...

Somebody else might.

You better be making a joke.

If I find out that it's true,

headlines are gonna read

"cheerleader smothered to death

with her own pom-poms."

I was only kidding.

But now I won't

be able to wear

a bathing suit for the next

five days and four nights.

What time you suppose

it's getting to be?

I don't know.

I suppose... hey!

What is it?

Something dripped on me.

It's just water, I guess.

But...

Damn it, belinda!

There is something

up in that tree.

There's no one in that tree.

There was someone up there.

Wait, what did he

look like then?

It looked like a woman.

There's nothing in that tree.

It's so dim in here,

that moss could look

like anything you want it to.

I don't care if you believe me

or not.

But I would appreciate it

to no end

if you'd put down

that bottle of bourbon

and get me out of here.

Just listen.

There's nothing there.

You just got scared.

Damn it, Nathan, you were

just as scared as I was!

No, I wasn't.

Now go on.

Go on, I'll be right behind you.

But don't start off until

i get in the scout

and get it started,

do you hear me?

- Okay.

- Yeah?

Okay!

- What is it?

- God.

Nathan, that seat

is soaking wet!

Damn it, belinda.

What is it?

I don't know what it is.

Just put a blanket

down on it.

Go on, get out of here!

Nobody is forgetting

about Margaret, Ms. Larkin.

Just right now, we have no idea

who could've killed her.

Nathan redfield killed her!

God!

I know Jerry told you

Margaret

was gonna have a baby.

Now, do you think

it could've been Warren Perry?

If you'd just sit still

for five minutes,

you would know that it was

Nathan redfield that did this.

It's because Nathan

is your friend

and because he has

all the money in the world

that you don't want

to do anything about it.

Go! Go!!

If you could've brought me

some proof,

little piece of something

i can tag in a courtroom,

I might consider it,

but if I took this on now,

I'd be making a fool of you

and myself to boot.

He got to you first.

Ms. Larkin, I handle cp&m.

But Nathan, he don't even

speak to me on the street.

And how would he know you were

coming over here anyway?

- 'Cause Ted hale told you.

- Grandma.

Mr. darrish was real nice

in listening to us,

but he can't help.

And we are not to take up

any more of his time.

Thank you,

Mr. darrish.

I really appreciate you

listening to us.

Anytime.

I suspected

you wouldn't help us,

so I called a lawyer

in pensacola.

- Grandma!

- Really, who?

Warren Perry's cousin,

Henry harp.

He's taking us

to supper this evening.

Nathan.

You all right?

Yeah, let's go to my office.

Have a seat there.

I'm more than a little

surprised you asked me here.

We're family.

Joe, listen...

I've been having dealings

with some oil people

for the past year.

They've been after daddy to

drill on some land that we own,

but daddy's

been putting them off.

And it's starting to look like

that we're about

to be passed by.

Now, I was down there

in mobile having dinner

with a couple of these men,

and I had saw

where they had marked the land

of the most likely places.

Now, we own gosh knows

how many thousands of acres,

but the land

that they most interested in

was right along the sticks.

Have they gone

to the Larkins yet?

No. No.

I put them off that.

Evelyn Larkin is gonna lose

the farm right soon.

If not this summer,

the next.

And I want to make sure that

that land comes to the bank.

Evelyn Larkin came to me

this afternoon.

She wants me to prosecute you

for that murder.

Yeah, I know, hale told me.

But I don't take it personal.

I mean, god bless her,

she's under a lot of strain.

Which is all the more reason

that we gotta get her out.

We got to be

double careful here.

She's... she's off to see

a lawyer this evening

in pensacola, some relative

of Warren Perry's.

Warren Perry?

Of course.

He more likely killed that girl.

He's just trying to put

the attention off himself.

You know and I know

there's no lawyer

gonna find something

to put this on you.

But if this guy in pensacola,

he smells green blood in you,

he can make you some trouble.

When we get back...

We're gonna have the man

arrested that did this to you.

We're gonna lift you up

out of this grave...

And we're gonna stick

Nathan redfield in your place.

You're still afraid.

Stop it now!

I mean it!

They're coming to get you,

Barbara.

Stop it. You're ignorant...

The store's closing soon.

You want me to go?

'Cause you just finished

off the scotch

and there's no more bourbon.

No, I'll go.

Here he comes now.

I'm getting out of here...

I have to get out anyways.

Johnny! Help me! Help!

Ms. Larkin?

Welcome to pensacola.

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