Lake City Page #3

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Mom!

Get off me!

Hold on a second.

You understand

what you've done?

You're not leaving

with that.

Let go of me!

I can't let you leave

with that sh*t.

Stop it!

Give me the bag!

Don't worry about Red, okay?

I got it all figured out.

Okay?

Jesus Christ, Hope.

Mom!

Mom!

Hey, Mom, don't leave me!

Mom!

Hey, it's Hope.

Leave a message.

Beep!

Billy?

What?

Where are you going?

I'm going to find

Clayton's mother.

And what are you

going to do with him?

I don't know.

I'll figure it out.

Oh, and that's

your rock-solid plan?

Fine; I'll take him

with me.

Oh, and then what?

Give him back to the woman

Who came to pick up drugs

from her kid?

There was a mountain

of drugs on my floor, Billy.

They weren't mine.

You could go to jail.

I said

that they weren't mine!

If this is the way

it's going to be

with you home, I'd rather

you not be here at all.

I won't go through this

again!

Fine.

You won't have to.

Hey, man.

Rick.

How you doing?

Good.

Good.

Can I buy you a beer?

It's kind of early.

Oh, hell, man.

Beer don't know

what time it is.

Loretta,

can we get two more?

Good to see you.

Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

Hey.

It's been too long.

Maybe some other time,

Rick.

Frank, play something.

Sounds good.

Okay.

Hey.

Come on in.

Sit down.

Grab a guitar,

if you feel like it.

Okay.

# come with me. #

# come with me. #

# let me take you away #

# from the madness you see. #

# come with me. #

# let me show you a place #

# where your heart

can run free #

# if you come with me. #

# baby, come with me. #

I thought you were asleep.

You hungry?

Little bit.

I can make you some eggs.

Earlier when I said I--

I--I didn't--

I didn't mean that.

Those weren't my drugs.

Whose were they?

They were Red's.

He's a dealer.

Hope took them from him,

and he thinks I'm in on it.

Are you?

No.

Is he dangerous?

Not as dangerous

as the people he works for.

Billy.

How did you get mixed up

with these people?

How are you?

I don't know anything!

Stop!

I'll f***ing kill you.

Where are they?

I--I don't know.

Where'd you get that hat?

Take it off.

What?

I said take it off.

You can't make me.

Take it off.

If I tell you to--

A**hole.

What are you doing?

It's what I do when I'm trying

to sort things out.

Want to try it?

You done?

Now what?

Now you just think

about it.

Nothing's happening.

Shh.

You have to be patient.

Now just let it go.

That's all?

That's all.

Nice family.

Which one's Billy?

Who are you?

I'm a friend.

He's not here.

Yes, he is.

Your mother's

a very attractive lady.

I saw the--

I saw the boy.

Where's Hope?

She took off.

She left him with me.

Look, I don't know

where Hope is,

so what do you want

from me?

I want you to find her

so things don't have

to get ugly.

He said he doesn't know.

Ma'am, I can think

of a hundred thousand reasons

that he should find out.

You got one day.

I'm going to get you

your stuff back, I swear.

If you don't...

I will be the least

of your problems.

Have a nice day, ma'am.

It's a nice place

you got here.

I'm at the Red Roof.

Mom.

Mom.

Hey.

Hey.

Where is she?

Sit down, Billy.

I have some bad news.

Is this her car?

Is she dead?

She suffer?

She died on impact.

I don't think she felt anything.

I'm so sorry, Billy.

What are you doing?

Building a house.

Who's Andy?

He's my other son.

Where's he?

He died.

How?

An accident.

Have you ever been to Mexico?

I haven't.

My mom and I

are moving there.

That sounds

like an adventure.

I bet it's beautiful there.

Gonna live on the ocean,

go scuba diving every day.

Oh, Clayton,

they don't fit that way.

This is not the way it works.

You're not supposed

to mix them.

Why not?

Well, it just doesn't work

that way.

See?

Works all sorts of ways.

I'll just put this here.

I guess it does.

What are you looking for?

Oh!

You scared the hell out of me.

It's not there, Billy.

It's been confiscated.

You think those are my drugs?

Were they?

No.

- Come on, Billy.

Well, arrest me, then.

Looking at me like that.

Come on, Jennifer;

arrest me, then.

F***.

Well, look

what the cat drug in.

Can I ask you a question?

Shoot.

You got kids?

Four of 'em.

Where are they?

All over.

Talk to 'em?

They don't talk to me.

Hell, I don't blame them.

Time was, I wouldn't talk

to me either.

How's your mom?

She's fine.

She seeing anybody?

My mother?

I'm not sure.

Well, I got to make a run

to the parts store.

I'm not very good

at this kind of thing.

Never really

taken it seriously before.

Well, I thought you all

were just crazy.

But truth is, you just--

You're asking me to do

something I don't want to do,

and that's to look at myself.

And, well, I'm just afraid

of that truth.

So...

I don't want to look at it.

I lie to people,

and I run.

As far as I run,

as fast as I go,

I end up staying

in the same place.

Anyway, my name's Billy,

and this is my second meeting.

Thank you

for letting me share.

All right, Clayton.

I'll be right back.

Oh, excuse me!

Hi.

- Hi, Roy.

Beautiful day, huh?

Yes.

He--he spent the night

at the station.

What?

Billy.

After his AA meeting.

Oh.

Guess he just needed

a place to crash.

I figured you'd want to know

he was okay.

Well, thank you

for looking out for him.

He's come by, you know,

played with us.

He's good.

Taught us old boys

a few tricks.

Well, I expect

you've got things to do.

Maybe you'd like

to come by sometime,

hear us play.

I'd like that.

Good to see you.

Yeah.

Hi.

Here.

Thanks.

You want some sugar?

Sure.

I know you think I'm a f***-up.

And maybe I am.

Hope's gone.

I got this kid,

and I don't know

how I'm going to tell him

that she's not coming back.

I don't think you're a f***-up.

Hey, Jennifer.

Hey, boys, Jennifer!

Get in the truck!

You can talk about it

if you want to.

I was there too, you know.

It's been a pleasure.

Thank you.

Clayton?

Clayton, lock the doors.

I'll be right back.

Click!

For me?

Yes, it's for you.

Try not to drip.

I'm coming.

Hold on a second.

Well, well, well.

Come on in.

Come on.

The thing is--

The thing is,

I don't have your money.

Red, I don't have

the drugs, 'cause--

'cause Hope's dead.

She drove off the road.

The police found the wreck

and took everything

that was inside the car, so...

Yeah, that's a surprise.

I don't have anything

for you.

I got a little bit of money

in the bank and my car.

It's not much,

but it's all I have.

If that's not enough,

then I guess you can just do

whatever you want to me.

That's for my face.

That's for my drugs.

That was for fun.

You need to rethink

this martyr thing.

It's all taken care of.

Get out of here.

Before I f***ing kill you,

get the f*** out of here.

I got some celebrating

to do.

Ready?

Split!

I think that's mine.

No way.

Fine; take it.

I'm going to read my book.

What's wrong with him?

He thought

you weren't coming back.

What am I supposed

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