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It's not much to go on.

But I'll take you on.

Thank you.

I'll request the police

and coroner's reports,

depose the redfields and anyone

else I deem necessary.

Thank you, Mr. harp.

I can't tell you how much

that we really appreciate this.

But... we're gonna

have to talk about

- how much it's gonna cost us.

- This here's pro bono.

Thank you.

Ben?

I left the lights on the scout.

Go turn them off.

Shut the door and lock it.

Now. Go now.

You see anything

out there?

Looks like you ran through

every mud puddle in town.

What happened?

Oh, there was this young girl

on the street throwing things.

Nathan, why don't...

Listen, I need you to help me

do something.

What is it?

Stay here.

Last time we ate out

was when Margaret

graduated eighth grade

and that waiter spilled

that red wine...

All over

my white shirt, yeah.

Oh, Margaret

laughed and laughed.

She got a kick out

of that for weeks.

Yeah.

It's okay, grandma.

I miss her, too.

Help! Help!

Please, help me!

I don't like this.

Who's out there?

Hey!

Are you okay?

What are you doing out here?

Jerry!

Oh!

Oh! Oh!

Nathan,

what are you doing?!

Nathan.

Christ, Nathan, I thought

we were just gonna scare 'em.

They was scared,

all right.

Don't you think?

Get her in the car

before somebody comes.

Up-si-Daisy.

Nathan, why you want

to make me do this?

You're gonna help me

get her in the car

or I'm gonna get rid

of three bodies tonight

all by myself.

Come on, darlin',

get in there.

Oh, please, just don't

make me touch the head.

Watch out, boy,

it might bite ya!

Little help, boy.

One, two...

I don't like any of this.

You didn't tell me...

You can either stay in this car

or get out,

but I don't care,

'cause in ten seconds,

this car is going

off this bluff into the river.

Release the brake

and get out of the car.

And you come around back

and help me

push this thing

over the bluff.

- It's stuck.

- You gotta push.

- All right, ready?

- Go.

- Hold up.

- What?

I forgot the saber.

Oh...

- What now?

- Nothin'.

Nobody's ever

gonna find that car.

You hear that?

Nobody knows.

They can't even figure out

who killed Margaret,

and that was just

a week ago.

You did kill her.

Didn't you?

Yeah, I did.

But nobody knows it.

And no one's ever gonna know it

unless you tell someone.

Why did you kill her?

How are we gonna get home?

I want to go home now.

Come on, boy.

- That's yours?

- Mm-hmm.

Where'd you get it?

The bank repossessed it.

Get in over there.

Ms. Larkin?

Jerry?

Sheriff.

What are you

doing here, Warren?

I just came to see

how things went

with the Larkins

and my cousin.

He's a lawyer from pensacola

i set them up with.

I went to check out in the field

and was on my way back

to knock on the door

when I saw...

You see something?

I should really get going.

Wait till I get out, too.

If you see something, just...

Just honk twice, okay?

Well, well.

- Hey, Ted.

- Red.

Hope you're not coming over

here to take miss pie away.

I just come out to make sure

you're taking good care of her.

She doesn't get in trouble

when I keep her around me.

More than I can say

for other people in this town.

I hope you're not letting

miss pie

ride her wheel out toward

the styx river bridge.

Belinda don't ride a bicycle,

but if she did,

I wouldn't be letting her

be riding out that way.

- Hey, daddy.

- Hey, honey.

You couldn't do without

me for five minutes?

I just come out to see

Nathan for a minute.

Oh, what about?

I don't know.

He asked me to come by.

Hey, there you are.

Hey, come on in.

How are you?

Nathan.

What'd you want

to talk to me about?

Just wanted to talk to you

about belinda.

What about belinda?

Oh...

Well...

It's not anything

directly about her.

It's just something you

may have not have known,

something

i just learned myself.

Uh-huh, what's that?

It's about Warren Perry.

Perry's been hanging

around the house.

He drives by.

I don't know if he thinks

we can't recognize

a blue rambler

when we seen one.

It's always

when belinda's here.

He's keeping an eye on her.

Oh, that don't sound

like much.

Yeah, you're right,

it doesn't sound like much.

But it's...

Yt's not all either.

You know, sometimes

in the evening,

we see him down here walking

along the little stream.

I'm not gonna prosecute

someone for trespassing.

I don't want to worry you,

but I just wanted you to know

so you can keep

an eye on him.

You know how much belinda

means to all of us,

and especially daddy.

Lord knows we couldn't go on

if anything ever happened to her

like what happened to that

little miss Margaret Larkin.

Anything else?

You know,

there was, uh...

One other little thing.

- Someone broke into our house.

- What?

They stole the sword

that hangs right there

underneath our great-great-

granddaddy's picture.

Somebody broke in, when?

Why didn't you tell me before?

We don't know

when it happened.

It was last night Ben saw

that the sword was gone.

I mean, it couldn't have been

too long ago.

B- but we can't say for sure

because truth be told,

- we just don't go looking at it that often.

- What else is gone?

There's nothing else gone

that we can think of.

That's the funny thing

about it.

I didn't report because

i didn't want to upset daddy,

telling him that there was

a robber in the house.

And truth be told, Ted,

i just...

I just don't care if I ever see

that sword again.

Let's not say anything

to anybody about this.

There's probably

nothing to it.

You don't think so, huh?

Don't think

there's much to it?

There's no need to go starting

no trouble for Warren.

Now, tell you what.

You got my word

I'll keep an eye on him.

Thanks for the drink.

Keep an eye on your

little girl for you.

She's here,

i take care of her for you, Ted.

Hey, want to go see

where she died?

- Where are we going, guys?

- To the bridge.

- To the bridge!

- Shh!

- I don't want to get my shoes wet.

- Then don't.

Gross!

All I know is what you

just told me, sheriff.

I thought Jerry and Ms. Larkin

were in pensacola.

They were in the back

of their station wagon

under 12 feet of water.

Sheriff.

Looks like that what took

that boy's head off, don't it?

I think you got a case.

Yes, I do.

It is sown in weakness.

It raised in power.

It is sown a natural body.

It raised a spiritual body.

Sunday drama is on

the outside grabs the early lead.

Hey,

little miss blueberry heiress,

you want a ride home?

Will you drop me off

at the bend before the river

so my grandma won't see?

Of course I will.

You mind if we make

a little detour first?

- I'm pregnant.

- It's not mine.

There's no one else.

If you can get me pregnant,

you can provide for it.

Okay, just give a few days

to break the news to daddy.

I will do the right thing.

But do not tell a soul

until we make a plan,

you hear me?

I won't.

There you are. Sorry.

I didn't mean to scare you.

What are you looking at?

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