Frozen Kiss

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Ryan, Jeanette's on the phone.

I'm not home.

She's crying, Ryan.

When isn't she crying?

Well, can you just...

talk to her?

Otherwise she's gonna keep me

on the phone half the night.

Hang up on her, Wade.

I can't do that.

Will you just... talk to her?

Just... tell her I'm in the bathroom

and I'll call her back later.

Please.

I'm in the bathroom, Wade.

Yeah, Jeanette?

Yeah. Um, he says he's gonna...

be in the bathroom.

He'll call you back.

You know,

I should probably go over to my mom's.

I was supposed to be there,

like, two hours ago.

Hm. I wouldn't worry about her.

She made a pact with the devil,

remember?

Good rest ye merry cheating

wives, nothing you dismay.

But that won't be a problem

if you never would have strayed.

What do you think?

Maybe I'll cut a record, huh?

Think it's got potential?

What are you doing here, Keith?

What am I doing here?

It's, uh... it's a good question.

I, uh... I don't know. Not anymore.

Oh my god.

Relax, sweetheart.

I'm not here to hurt you.

Just want you to see something.

No!

Well look who finally decided to show up.

You have any idea what time it is?

Couldn't help it.

Something terrible happened. Keith s...

I know. Larry called.

He heard it on the police scanner.

He always said he would.

I just didn't believe him.

I never thought for

a second he would have...

Don't. Don't. Don't cry.

It's too late for tears now.

What you did to Keith,

there's no escaping it.

Did you get your medication?

I forgot.

Shelley.

Bruce! Oh my god! Hey!

What are you doing here?

- Moved back.

- You moved back...

Just got here

a couple days ago.

Well, I never think you would come back,

living in Vegas and all.

- Yeah, Vegas didn't treat me so good.

- Oh.

I got to like

gambling a little too much.

Been working up near

Truckee last couple years.

- Yeah? Doing...

- Law enforcement.

- If you can believe that.

- Very nice.

- I just transferred to Meadville.

- Great.

- Shelley, your order's up.

- Hold on a second, Bruce.

Right. Here.

Avocado and noodles.

You guys good? Yeah.

And- and you? What's new with you?

How's your mom?

Um... pretty much the same, actually.

And, and Keith?

Sorry. That's, uh, that's actually

a long story, Bruce.

Oh. You look good.

Aw, thanks. So do you.

Um, I was hoping I'd run into you.

I've been so busy since I got back

I haven't seen anybody from school,

and... Shelley?

Bucktoothed moron by

the window wants his check.

Oh. Bruce, you kind of...

you caught me at a really busy time.

Is there any way we can do this...

Maybe we can get together sometime,

and- and really catch up.

I would really like that.

I want to hear all about Vegas.

Yeah. There's a lot to tell.

Later, Bruce!

Where's that good looking deputy

we just hired?

I'm gonna go home and-

and grab a little sleep.

I got a long night ahead of me.

Me too. They put me on a double.

Can you believe that?

Hey, excuse me, can you tell me

how to get to Pine Grove Avenue?

Uh, yeah, just, uh go down to the light,

and, uh, make a right, and, uh,

go about two blocks.

You should see it right there.

You look like a whore.

You know, the kind of woman that makes

a man leave his wife and child.

Kind of woman that makes a man

take his own life.

Who are you?

You know it's- it's really not a problem

with me if you're a whore,

but then again, I ain't one of

the ones you been hurtin'.

You've never seen him before?

Never.

He- he doesn't sound like

anybody Jeanette would know.

How do you know who Jeanette knows,

Ryan?

He- he- he could be a hitman.

You know how crazy she is.

She's not that crazy.

Oh no? Calling us at three, four,

five o'clock in the morning, Ryan?

Calling my own mother to

have her turn against me?

Your mother was already against you.

Yeah, well you know at least

she didn't get somebody to show up

at my work and call me a whore.

You don't know that was Jeanette.

Who else would it be, Ryan?

She's- she's- she's going around town

telling everybody lies about me.

You know, people think I killed Keith.

Nobody thinks you killed Keith.

Everybody thinks that, Ryan,

or else they think you did it.

I just- I'm going crazy.

I'm going out of my mind, Ryan.

Okay. Okay. Whoa. Come on.

Why don't we just go out somewhere.

I don't want to go out.

People just stare.

Wade told me about this party way up

in Pulaski.

- Pulaski?

- Yes. Nobody knows us out there.

We're supposed to get,

like, two feet of snow.

I have four wheel drive.

Larry, it's me.

I know it's you.

There's a thing called caller ID,

you know.

Or are you too drunk to remember?

Don't start with me.

Hey, I didn't start anything.

You called me.

So what favor can I do for you?

You really think I only call

if I want something, don't you?

No, I don't think, I know.

So what is it?

Are you listening to

your scanner right now?

I'm always listening.

Well, Shelley was supposed to come by

a couple hours ago, and she didn't.

That's typical Shelley.

Yeah, well,

she's a little later than usual,

and I got a little worried, so...

Well, I haven't heard anything

about any accidents.

Does that set your mind at ease?

It does.

Good. B*tch.

Jerk.

Well, damn. Look at all that snow.

You sure you don't want to

stay the night?

No, we should get going before

it gets too bad.

Already bad.

We'll be fine.

Go away! You're not welcome here.

Hey, watch it!

Friendly local morons.

Damn-it, open the door!

I will break this damn door down.

Don't think I won't.

Bull crap he's not.

Where is he?

I don't know.

I haven't seen him all night.

I'm sick and damn tired of him

not picking up my phone calls.

He is the father of my child.

How does he know Eliot's

not sick or something?

Is Eliot sick?

That's not the damn point.

The point is he's irresponsible...

running around with that slut,

and ignoring his duty as a father.

You want a beer?

It's Jeanette, isn't it?

- Yeah.

- Oh my god!

How many times is

she gonna call tonight?

As many times as she calls

every other night.

Why don't we just...

why don't we just keep going?

Why don't we just run away,

right now?

Look, we can't do that, alright?

I got a kid...

and you have your mother

to take care of.

Yeah, I don't care anymore.

She can find somebody else

to look after her.

You can call for Eliot later.

Yeah.

Jeanette would never let that happen.

Then let's steal him.

Let's go over there right now

and take him.

You want to?

Yeah. What's to stop us?

I mean, he's your son.

How long has that car been behind us?

What car?

The one behind us.

I never noticed.

Just... just make the next turn

you can.

- Why?

- Just do it.

- It's him.

- Who?

The man outside the diner.

It's him, Ryan.

He's following us.

- You think?

- Yeah, I think.

Oh my god, he...

he probably wants to kill us.

He... he's gonna try to

run us off the road and kill us.

- Go faster, Ryan, you gotta go fast...

- I can only go so fast in all this snow.

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