Every Secret Thing Page #2

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- Okay, all right. Sure.

- What's up with this?

- I ain't getting a leather couch.

What's up with that?

You can give me a price on that?

Devlin, I ain't

getting no leather couch.

- This is how I can kick back.

- You like with the feet up?

Yeah, kick back,

watch the game and sh*t.

- I hear you.

- This is how we should be living.

- Brittany?

- It may have to be this one.

- What's it... $649?

- Hey, baby, where did Brittany go?

That's for

the second half of the couch.

But what we could do,

what we could do...

Brittany?

She probably jumping

on some bed somewhere,

doing something

she ain't supposed to.

Brittany...?

- Brittany?

- I like to conjugate, too.

- You know?

- Yeah.

Answer me.

- Devlin, help me.

- I like this.

Hold up.

- Brit!

- You all right?

Brit-Brit! Hold on, hold on

one second... my daughter.

My daughter around here

somewhere.

- Maveen? Brit!

- All right.

Ma'am, is there something

I can help...

Have you seen a little girl?

She's just three years old.

She runs off sometimes,

but never for this long.

Um... she's not answering me.

- It's okay.

- Brit, I know you hear me.

Don't you worry. Let's look.

- Okay.

- Brittany!

Now, Brit, you gonna be in trouble

if you don't come out!

Brittany, don't hide from Mommy!

No one left the store.

My God!

- Brit-Brit...

- My God!

Calm down.

She just hiding from you.

- Brittany!

- It's okay, it's okay.

Brittany, I know you hear me.

Come on, girl!

- Sh*t!

- Brittany!

Brittany? F***!

I'm sorry I'm late.

I had to take my mom

to the doctor, and it took forever.

I thought you didn't drive.

We took the bus.

She wanted my company.

Why couldn't your dad take her?

Listen...

You got some of that Red Bull?

Yeah, I can.

My dad's truck is full of them.

He'll never notice.

Thanks.

How's she doing?

- Your mom.

- Not good.

You're gonna find my baby, right?

We'll find her.

You have my word on that, okay?

You got kids?

Two daughters...

13 and three months.

I only turned around

for a minute, I swear.

A minute is a long time.

I didn't think...

there were people around.

It was a nice store.

She always running off

when she sees something she like...

want us to buy for her.

And you are...?

- This your husband?

- Boyfriend.

Of course.

You the baby daddy?

She calls him Daddy.

He's here.

Her daddy ain't.

- And the biological father?

- I don't know.

I don't care.

And neither does he.

You got a job, boyfriend?

Or you just "chillin" '?

Why are you asking him

these questions?

I know why he asking

the questions.

Where were you

when Brittany went missing?

- He was with me.

- I'm not asking you.

I'm asking him.

Where were you

when Brittany went missing?

Do I need to ask you again?

Nigga, do your job

and find our little girl.

You come here to harass me?

Are you going to answer

my question?

Do your motherfuckin' job, nigga.

Where were you

when Brittany went missing?

- Don't come askin' me...

- I'm only gonna ask you one more time.

Nah, man, you ain't gotta ask me

no questions like that.

Where were you

when Brittany went missing?

- Why don't you do your job?

- You didn't answer my question.

- Okay.

- Are you going to do your job?

That's what we're trying

to do, Mister...?

- Smith.

- Mr. Smith.

We want to find your daughter.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

What the hell was that?

Jones?

You know, even good parents

could lose their kids.

They aren't good parents.

Every f***ing time

I walk in here!

Yeah...

You said you'd be home for dinner.

I am home.

It's after 8:
00.

Where have you been?

I was walking.

- I'm starving.

- I didn't wait for you.

That's okay.

What's in there?

A bunch of stuff.

Olives, cheese.

I hate olives.

What's this?

That's a walnut.

Surely you've seen

a walnut, Alice.

It's good.

Sorry, sometimes I just think

you were switched at the hospital.

You know, my horoscope today

said that "all eyes would be on me."

And then I'll find something

I misplaced.

Did you find a job?

Not yet.

Did you find a boyfriend?

What?

Excuse me?

You were reading the personals.

Well, they're hilarious.

And tragic.

Why don't you take a look

at the want ads?

Why don't you have

a boyfriend, Mom?

I mean, I would have figured

you'd found somebody by now.

Jones.

How was my brother?

I... I know.

There's no way.

- You should not wait up.

- Yeah.

And don't watch crap TV

and fall asleep on the couch.

- All right. Hey.

- You wouldn't want to catch...

They found something

at the mall.

- I gotta go.

- Come on.

- Yes. Don't wait up.

- Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Do not wait up.

Right over here.

A hundred yards

from the furniture store.

Similar photos have been taken?

Pictures all around.

I want a full dust.

We got blood.

I'm gonna need this place wiped.

Okay?

Let's bag it.

I need a minute.

You should come to bed.

It's 4:
00 a.m., Nance.

Which means

it's 16 and a half hours...

since a three-year-old

went missing.

Right, missing kid.

You don't do missing kid cases.

I thought I could handle it.

It's like a fort.

In high school, everybody

came up here to smoke cigarettes.

I didn't remember it

being this far.

You smoke cigarettes?

I was the lookout.

It's up here.

This is not

part of the grid, Porter.

If we find this baby first,

where does that put us?

Gotta follow chain of command.

See down in there?

Come on.

See?

In here.

God...

...sector R8-26.

We are near

the south end of the sewer line

by the old bunker

near the river.

We need backup and an ambulance.

Nance?

Roz, you haven't

eaten your breakfast.

I really don't have any words...

Come on.

We were just shopping for a new sofa.

Like a second, I turned around

and then, she was just like...

Hey, baby. How are you?

Good morning.

Daddy!

...urged to contact

the police department

at 3-3-4...

Look, Mama, me!

Honey,

that's... that's not you.

Let's turn this off right now.

Oops.

The birth father was in Ossining

when it happened.

It wasn't him. B&E, 10 years,

possibility of parole.

Went back to Paradise Furniture,

talked to the manager.

- And?

- There's nothing new.

But he did say that

the boyfriend, Devlin Smith,

was "acting like an a**hole."

His words, not mine.

Jesus, what is she doing here?

Who is that?

They're home, you know.

They've been home for two weeks.

They're back living not even three miles

from where this happened.

Who?

Who's home?

Ronnie Fuller and Alice Manning.

That little girl has only

been missing one night.

It's possible she's still okay.

These disappearances,

they're very different.

Your daughter was an infant,

this girl is a toddler.

Your baby was taken on impulse.

And this, this seems to be...

She is a three-year-old biracial child

with short, curly black hair.

Brittany Lyttle is, in fact,

a dead ringer for my daughter.

And maybe she wouldn't be

sitting here right now

if these girls were smarter.

Have they contacted you?

Have they threatened

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