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Got it cleared with the Henderson lC.

l'm headed up there now.

l have to be in court all day.

l am asking you to do this.

lt's my case.

[LlNE DlSCONNECTS]

[SlGHS]

WOMAN [ON RADlO]:

--bring us nothing

but the same politics as usual.

l have fought

to keep government honest,

save you money

and to lower your taxes.

Above all,

l will be someone who listens to you.

The choice is simple,

vote Margie Pageant.

MAN 1 :

ln local news, a Henderson man

is fighting for his life

after being brutally attacked

at a gentlemen's club.

The man is suffering

from stab wounds.

Doctors describe his condition

as critical.

MAN 2 [OVER PHONE]:

Hello?

[]

[PHONE BEEPS]

DOCTOR :
Sponge.

NURSE:
Sponge.

MAN [OVER HEADSET]:

We think he'll be heading back.

Your position?

Tehachapi.

Try the hospital in Clark County.

His third victim survived the hit.

He'll be wanting to finish the job.

Where are you?

MAN:

Good night.

NURSE:

Doctor.

[GUNSHOTS AND MAN YELLlNG]

MAN:

What the hell is that?

[PEOPLE SCREAMlNG]

COP:

Back in the room, back in the room.

Police officer, get back.

Police.

NURSE:
He went that way.

COP:
l'm a cop. Where'd he go?

He went downstairs, officer.

[SlGHS]

[GUN CLATTERS]

[DOOR SLAMS]

[PHONE RlNGlNG]

BO Y [OVER PHONE]:

How do you have my dad's phone?

He asked me to call you.

Are you the one who killed him?

Yes.

l'm gonna find you

and l'm gonna kill you.

Do what you need to do.

But you better be sure,

because it's a long, dark road

you're headed down.

[]

[HORN HONKlNG]

[HORN HONKlNG]

[GROANlNG]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOTS]

[PHONE RlNGlNG]

l lost him.

MAN [OVER HEADSET]:

Client wants to pull the job.

No. No way.

You tell him to back off.

l've got this under control. All right?

You're running out of time.

Where's the old man?

Dead.

Don't lie to me.

l'll show you the damn grave.

How long ago?

l don't know.

Three or four years.

WOMAN:

Hold still.

[]

Okay.

MOTHER:

How long you been out?

Couple of days.

And why are you here?

Came here to kill the old man.

Why?

Because he set us up.

What makes you think that?

Gary went to him for advice

on the bank job

and he wanted full share.

Gary wouldn't give it to him.

So do you think

the old man was capable

of murdering his own son?

Yeah.

No.

Mm-mm.

Nope.

He couldn't have.

What makes you so sure?

l just... l just know.

Tell me.

Say it.

Mom.

Because...

he loved your brother too much.

l'm sorry.

And that's the truth

and that's not your fault.

lt wasn't like

l could pretend you were his.

He was reminded of that

every time he looked at you.

You never stood a chance.

Sorry that l couldn't...

That l didn't protect you.

The beatings and...

[SOBBlNG]

Gary was the only one

who ever cared for me.

Why'd he pull you in on that job?

You were never a part

of what they did.

When his driver fell out,

l volunteered.

Why?

He owed the wrong people

a lot of money.

And he needed me.

lf it wasn't the old man,

then who set us up?

[]

[MAN SPEAKlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY

ON RADlO]

EVANGELlST [ON RADlO]:

Driven by his passions and desires.

You will never truly be free

unless you freely forgive.

Hate is like a chain

around your neck

that leads you to places

you don't wanna go.

lt'll lead you into darkness

and desolation.

You become a slave

to that hatred,

and it'll only lead

to your own destruction.

You must break free.

WOMAN:
Hey, cowboy.

You okay, man?

COP:
Yeah.

MAN 1 :
You laid eyes on him at least.

Hey, well done.

Thanks, man.

l gotta call you back.

MAN 2:
Still in one piece.

MAN 3:
Good job.

Good lead, cowboy.

You almost got him.

We got close.

Yeah.

lt was a good hunch.

Well, even Quasimodo

has his day.

And don't ever hang up on me again.

Roger that.

l hate to spoil your moment.

Got something l wanna show you.

l think we may have caught a break.

You said ''we'' again.

l did.

ClCERO:

Our latest victim was a Cl too.

COP:

So all three are informants.

ClCERO:

Mm-hm. All got records,

armed robbery, rape, assault.

But none did any serious time.

They all snitched their way

out of the joint over and over.

What are the odds of that?

Slim and none.

l'm waiting on

the informant logs now.

COP:
Who are these?

Former accomplices of the victims.

Let's split them up, check them out.

l'll take these.

EVANGELlST [ON RADlO]:

And l know there's not a man,

woman or child in this church today

that has not sinned.

But God did not bring you down

on this Earth to be perfect. No.

God wants you down here

to be saved.

[CROWD CHEERS ON RADlO]

And when you're down with God,

God is eternally down with you.

[]

EVANGELlST [ON RADlO]:

When Jesus knew his time was near,

when he knew he was gonna die,

when he knew they would not take

that cup from his lips,

his thoughts were not

upon his own.

His thoughts were for those

that he loved.

WOMAN:
Amen.

EVANGELlST:
That's right.

His thoughts were for those

that he loved, preparing them.

EVANGELlST:

Why is that?

He used the example of his birth.

That's right. Here it is.

Jesus told them how a woman

goes through pain and sorrow

in the throes of childbirth.

But then as soon

as she has delivered,

there is no more anguish.

[CHEERlNG]

After all the screaming,

after all the pushing,

after all the blood and the tears,

there's only joy that a new child

has been born.

WOMAN 1 :

Hallelujah!

And l'll tell you my--

WOMAN 2:
Amen! Amen!

[CROWD CHEERlNG]

WOMAN 3:

Amen.

WOMAN 4:

Amen. Amen. Amen.

WOMAN 5:
Hallelujah!

Amen!

MAN:
Amen!

Sing me a song!

[CHEERlNG]

[BAND PLAYlNG GOSPEL MUSlC]

[SlNGlNG ''TROUBLE lN MY WAY'']

[SlNGlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]

EVANGELlST:

l was wondering

when you were gonna show up.

You've been the subject

of many of my sermons

these past few days.

l heard.

You heard.

But did you listen?

Everything okay,

baby?

Everything's just fine,

honey.

l was just catching up with

an old acquaintance.

You go on home now.

Let's take a walk.

[]

Was that your son?

Adopted.

One of five.

Wayward boys.

Not unlike me or you

at that age.

You turned your life around.

Doesn't change

what you did.

l wouldn't want it to.

l know it sounds cold,

but every good l've done

hinged on the evil l did.

Who set us up?

l don't know.

l never did find out

how they knew about

your safe house.

When l got the call,

''Easy money,'' they said.

All l had to do

was guard the door,

be the lookout.

l was in a dark place

in my life.

Numb to the chaos and--

Right here.

But when they cut

that boy's throat...

Oh, Jesus, man. No.

That boy they killed was my brother.

l can't bring him back.

And in my heart l'm sorry.

l still took my cut,

spent it on drugs and women.

Ended up in prison.

But it was there

that l found my calling.

To save and help boys like me.

And like you.

lt was there

that l gave my life to God.

God can't save you from me.

But maybe he could save you

from yourself.

l know there's good--

You don't know me.

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