I Am Wrath Page #2

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to drive you home?

Mr. hill?

No, no, no. I'm good.

Mr. hill?

Yes?

Are the arrangements

satisfactory?

They're fine.

Then shall we join your friends

to say goodbye to Vivian

together?

She's already gone.

Take this.

I don't pray.

I only went to church

for my wife.

That's why I'm giving it to you.

Governor meserve,

you've stood by your record

for reducing crime in Ohio.

Do you have any comments about

the murder of Vivian hill?

Well first,

our thoughts and prayers go out

to the hill family.

And secondly,

this tragedy in our state

capitol should remind us

that we need to stay vigilant.

Our fight against crime doesn't

end just because we're winning.

My office is in constant contact

with mayor Roberts

and police commissioner brown.

And we promise swift justice for

Vivian hill and for her family.

Thank you.

Hello?

Dad. It's me.

I'm just checking in.

You okay?

Hi, honey.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

You sure?

Yeah. Yeah,

hey, you get some rest.

Okay. You too.

Dad, just promise me you won't

blame yourself for all this.

Honey,

you just try to get some sleep.

Good night.

I love you.

I love you too.

Thanks for coming in, Mr. hill.

So what's happening?

Well, we may have gotten lucky.

They picked him up at a traffic

stop last night,

tweaked out of his mind.

Good ears, Mr. hill.

What do you mean?

He was driving a '67 charger.

Really?

A charger?

You ready?

It's okay.

The detector's broken.

No. I haven't smoked in years.

You wife hound you too?

Send them in!

You said he had a tattoo

on his face. Right, Mr. hill?

Gentlemen, face right.

Number four, step forward.

No, that's... that's a teardrop.

That's not him.

Take your time.

I will.

Eyes up, guys. Let's see

your faces, both sides.

Face left.

Face front.

Hold.

Two. The second guy.

Number two, up front.

Number two, remove your hat.

That's him.

That's him.

You sure, Mr. hill? Now you said

he was wearing a hoodie.

You had blood in your eyes.

Did you see his face?

No, I didn't... I didn't

have blood. I wasn't hit yet.

That, that's him.

You told us in your statement it

was a tattoo of a bat.

You seemed pretty sure.

This is a homicide case.

We can't go on a guess.

No, I thought it was a bat.

But it's a fly. And that's him.

I'm certain of it.

That's him.

Okay.

Okay what?

Okay, uh...

That's it?

That's it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

What happened?

Why did you let him go?

Keep your voice down.

No, no, no.

You keep your voice down!

Don't make it worse, Mr. hill.

Worse?! Worse?!

What could be worse than

the man who killed my wife

walks out of here like it's a

joke! Like it's nothing!

Even if we bring him back,

it's not gonna help your case.

Okay. How will I help my case?

Tell me.

Time.

Time?

These types don't live long.

He'll od.

He'll get himself killed.

Oh Jesus Christ.

You want me to go home and hope

that he dies. Is that it?

Ah, Jesus.

Mr. hill.

I'd like to hang most of the

sh*t bags who walk through here.

But I can't.

Neither can you.

Know what?

You're right.

It's not my job.

It's your job. It is.

It's okay.

The kid's on lemi k's crew.

That whole file's on ice.

Yeah, well

it better stay that way.

Yeah.

Dad?

Dad, I've been trying to call

you. What happened? Was it him?

Yeah, it's him.

I'm sure of it.

So they arrested him?

No, no. They told me

i wasn't a credible witness.

They let that piece of sh*t

walk?!

The police don't care

about your mother.

It's just another body to them.

That's bullshit.

I know, I know.

Hey. Do you want to

come over tonight?

You could spend the night

with us.

We can talk about it.

No thanks, honey. I'm good.

I just, I just really,

I just need to be alone.

Hi. You've reached the hills.

We're not in right now.

After the beep, please leave a

message for Stanley or Vivian.

You made a big change for me.

A long time ago.

I heard about Vivian.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

We buried her last week.

You know we never did funerals.

That's not why I'm calling.

All right.

So what do you need?

Just a few names.

Hello?

There's no smoking in the shop.

They're your cigarettes,

a**hole.

There's definitely no stealing

in the shop either.

Been a while since you came in.

Yeah, well there's

a lot of things I haven't done

for a while.

Had a grandson.

Good for you.

Buy him a puppy.

That Sao Paulo op.

When was that?

Twenty years ago?

Really haven't thought about it.

Couldn't tell you.

You mad at me?

You're mad at me.

Do I look like a guy who's hung

out to dry and is mad?

No, I don't think so.

Stanley. Trust.

I do.

No. You really don't.

You still have issues.

If you had just trusted me

this much...

We'd still be out in the field.

You know that's not why I left.

I know. I know.

Vivian. A woman like that

was worth walking away for.

You hit the lottery

when you found her.

After San Paulo, what happened,

I just couldn't put her

through it anymore.

Yeah, yeah.

No, I told you it was true then

and it was.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Dennis, don't...Don't question

my trust, please.

Okay.

You want to talk about trust?

Then you trust me

when I tell you to give it up.

What?

This mission of yours.

They killed her for nothing.

Nothing, man!

Look at me. I get it.

You're hurting.

I get it.

You want vengeance.

I was justice.

You want vengeance, Stanley.

I know you.

No. I'm doing this. I have to.

That's it.

Okay. You asked for names.

I got you names.

They're low-level dealers.

Cops haul them in ten times a

year. Nothing ever happens.

What about this guy?

I'm still working on him.

Look. This is my way of helping

you through your grieving.

I owe you that. But we don't

do this anymore, Stanley.

I mean you want to dive back

into this...

I was pushed back into this.

What kept us alive back in the

day? It was just a job.

No emotion.

Nothing to put a pause in our

step or cloud our judgment.

This...

Stanley, this ain't good.

Do you really want to

go down that road?

They already know my name.

Now I know theirs.

That's all I need.

Thank you, my man.

Oh boy.

Whiskey straight.

What up, Nathan?

Lemi says sell this a dime a bag

and nothing less.

Yeah. Got that fine sh*t.

It's what it is, man.

I dunno what sh*t

you got yourself into.

But there's a gringo

looking for you.

Well let him come looking.

He's gonna need

some cold damn steel.

Papi, you don't even have money

to put bullets in that gun.

Drinks on me, lady.

Where'd you get that?

I've been busy.

Actually, I got you a little

gift too. Some high-end sh*t.

See that crack head at the end

of the bar? Who's that?

I dunno.

Why don't you go and find out

if you're so brave?

Don't shoot, man.

Don't shoot.

You lookin' for me?

You must be lookin'

for Jesus too.

My wife had a light about her

that you and your scumbag

friends snuffed out.

For what?

A purse?

A few bucks?

No, man.

It ain't nothin' like that.

That's not how it went down.

How did it go down?

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