Cut Bank Page #4

- When did you see him?

Midday. He was... transacting a deal

with Marty Corcoran at the junk lot.

I figured. I couldn't

get ahold of him at all.

- Sir, I...

- You know what I seen today?

Match Tasunke murdered in his own home.

This must be the most disappointing

day of my entire life.

Match is dead?

Murdered. Second murder on this case.

First murder I seen in person.

I'm sorry, son. I should have delivered

that news more kindly.

And Mrs. Steeley calls.

She's worried stiff

'cause she hasn't heard from her husband

all day, and he didn't come home tonight.

Don't mention that to Cassandra,

'cause these things tend

to turn out quiet more often than not.

Listen, I want you to take Cassandra

out tonight, show her a good time...

with her mother's blessing.

- Okay? Can I trust you?

- No, sir. I can't.

Take it. You're good for it.

And if you're not, I know

where to find you. Go on, son.

I'm gonna go off to have a poke

around Big Stan's junk lot.

Hello. This is Jorry's.

Hello?

Next time you want to do double

or nothin', Kenny, I am right here.

We were born before the wind

Also younger than the sun

Ere the bonnie boat was won

as we sailed into the mystic

Hark, now hear the sailors cry

Smell the sea and feel the sky

Looks like the fellow prodded

the collarbone. Used some sort of jimmy.

Wasn't enough just to shoot him?

What'd they torture Georgie for?

My little hustler.

And when that fog horn blows

I will be coming home

Dwayne.

- You good?

- Yeah. What's happened? Turn that up.

Georgie Wits has indeed

been confirmed dead.

His body was discovered

at a derelict junk lot...

- ...on the outskirts of Cut Bank.

- Y'all remember?

- We've yet to receive an official statement.

- I love you.

But what I can tell you is

that the mood here is certainly somber.

- Thank you for that special report.

- Well, I'll be damned.

- They found Georgie Wits.

- We got to go.

Come on.

He'll be in the freezer till the medical

examiner gets back from Great Falls.

- When the f***'s that happening?

- Figure on Monday.

Goddamn it.

So... So I get my death

certificate then?

Georgie Wits appears tortured and dead

right here on Big Stan's plot

while Big Stan up and disappears.

And that ain't a puzzle to you?

Who the f***'s Big Stan?

Sheriff Vogel, I got somethin'.

Who's that?

That's Big Stan.

We got to leave town tonight.

There's a man on a rampage

huntin' people.

He killed Georgie. He killed Match.

Now he's comin' after me.

Now or never, no lookin' back.

Can you do that?

Baby, he's gonna kill me.

- I been callin' and callin'! We gotta go!

- What?

He ain't woke up yet,

but he's alive. Come on.

What, you make a habit

out of cowin' girls like that?

Now, Milton boy.

Derby.

Derby Milton.

I should see the other hombre, right?

- Dwayne McClaren here?

- Took off with his girlie.

God knows what they're doin'

and where they're doin' it.

You know she's competin'

in the Miss Cut Bank pageant tomorrow?

You remember me

when I was Miss Cut Bank?

I remember you sitting up there

in the third row

watchin' me with those cute

little pencil-head eyes.

I bet you were undressin' me

in your head.

Closed.

We're closed.

Hey, aren't you

that twitchy f***in' recluse?

Easy, Harvey. Derby Milton

ain't nothin' but gentlemanly.

I asked you a question, boy.

Hey, where are you goin'?

So, the Dwayne McClaren.

Got you a piece of peach cobbler.

Little known fact...

the best cobblers in the world

are found in hospital food courts.

You're not gonna eat all that, are you?

U.S.P.I. Joe Barret.

Congratulations, kid.

I send you your check as soon as

the sheriff does his paperwork.

Shouldn't be more

than a few months or so.

- I thought it was immediate.

- Nothing's immediate in this life...

except self-stimulation,

and even that sometimes,

you know, takes a little patience.

Damn. This is the best

f***ing cobbler I ever had.

Can I give you a forwarding address?

I don't see why not.

What's the capital like?

Dirty, stressful, angry,

lonely, corrupt and expensive.

- And you like it?

- I love it.

Thank you, sir.

I'll be in touch.

He's still unconscious.

We're not getting the money.

What?

Not for a few months.

I have to win the pageant then.

Dwayne, we can't leave till after.

We'll stay here

with Big Steeley tonight.

Harvey called in

from Jorry's late night.

Drunk brawl's his problem.

He's saying Derby Milton come in

after closing lookin' to whoop.

Harvey wants his due redressal.

Derby Milton?

I'll see to it before I come in today.

Thanks much, Mimi.

We, the people, in order to form

a more perfect union...

Dry them tears.

Look at me.

Hummingbird,

you're ready.

It just don't feel right

with everything and whatnot.

We just seen him.

Nurse said he'll wake up soon enough

and he'll be A-plus.

Okay?

Derby Milton, Sheriff Vogel.

Just need a word.

Derby Milton?

Hi. My name's Cassandra Steeley.

And I think I'd make a great

Miss Cut Bank because...

Listen, baby

Ain't no mountain high,

ain't no valley low

Ain't no river wide enough, baby

If you need me call me

no matter where you are

No matter how far...

So, what's this secret business

you got with Derby Milton?

He stopped by Jorry's after hours

last night askin' about you.

Whooped up on Harvey real good.

Freeze! On the ground!

On the ground!

Your daddy used to carry

that rifle with him every day.

You look like him.

Chamber's empty.

This six-shooter familiar to you?

Why are you huntin' me now?

Huntin' for my parcel.

Spent last night sittin' right here.

Orson and me

used to be colleagues.

Oh, yeah?

Both us worked at the national park.

- Never knew he left town.

- He did.

Two summers.

That rifle got me thinkin'

on a time then.

And then one mornin',

Orson here finds

the lodge kitchen a mess.

Seems a mama bear

broke in lookin' for supper.

Same night...

her two babies find the dumpster...

and climb on in for a feast.

I remember that mornin' clearly.

Ranger decided

mama had crossed the line.

Become a threat to public safety.

Ranger and me and Orson picked 'em up,

take 'em into the woods

like normal. But this time, the...

ranger tells Orson

to get his Winchester.

Orson says... he can't do it.

Ranger hands it to me.

Says, "Babies first."

Like I was sacrificing a lamb...

so people could smile on and...

s...

snap their photos.

I ain't been able to see

folks for nothin' but...

talkin' bobbleheads since.

And... animals?

Been keepin' 'em safe from people.

Preservin' their honesty.

Started that fall.

Poacher stumbled upon my place.

Perturbed me.

So I snatched his neck.

I need that parcel.

Dwayne?

Are you here? Baby?

Here you are.

Where were you? I won!

Close your eyes.

You don't see me,

I don't see you.

This calms the nerves.

That'll kill ya.

You mind if I... out the window?

You a litterbug?

She ain't got nothin' to do with this.

She don't know nothin'.

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