Least Among Saints Page #4

Excuse me?

Uh, the boy.

He's good.

Where's his mother?

She's dead.

What?

She died.

Yeah, I'm his neighbor.

I've been looking out for him.

What does that mean?

You're looking out for him?

It means I'm trying to do

something nice.

Thought you might

appreciate that.

It's weird.

What, you're weird.

He's cute.

Huh?

The kid, he's cute.

Yeah, I know, he's good.

What happened to his eye?

Oh, he fell on his skateboard.

Why don't I believe you?

Because it's not true.

Um, he's gonna stay

with me in my house...

for a little while.

I'm gonna take care of him.

He's not a stray dog,

Anthony.

I mean, the kid needs

to be taken care of...

and that's not exactly

your strong suit.

You need help.

Oh, that sh*t, don't start

with that sh*t right now, okay?

Please?

What do you want me to say, Anthony?

What do you want me to say?

I don't know!

But just don't do that.

You've got this...

this boy...

And he needs some place safe.

And you are not

a safe place to be.

Anthony... you are not safe.

Right on.

Come on, Wade!

Time to go!

What do you got there?

Bark.

That's good.

Is that who you were married to?

Yup.

For three whole years.

How come you're not married

to her any more?

Well, there's such a thing

as a restraining order, Wade.

And that prevents someone

from being close to the one they love.

I don't get it.

Yeah, me, neither.

Why is she so mad?

You see, when you marry a woman,

you make a promise to take care of her...

and I didn't do that.

Why not?

Well, it's complicated.

I went away for a little while.

I went away for a little while

and when I came back...

I wasn't the guy she remembered.

And that made her sad.

She didn't seem sad.

She seemed mad.

Yeah, well, she's that, too.

But you see when a woman

acts like that...

it's because they really like you

and that's their way of showing it.

No, she just seemed mad at you.

You may be right, Wade.

You may be right.

What did they say?

No one answered.

Okay.

When's the last time

you talked to him?

I just want to go.

I mean, you said

you'd take me to him.

Yeah, go ahead.

Pack your stuff up.

Hey, bud,

you see that car there?

It's been there a couple of

weeks. Can you give it a tow?

Come on, Milo.

Come here, bud.

This way, Milo.

Get up there!

Good boy.

Are we all upset

about this? Okay, wow.

Here we go. Finally.

Can I do the talking? Because

I was here for the entire thing.

Wow, you guys

arrived in record time.

It's not like a child was

assaulted or anything.

Now there was some kind

of altercation here on the playground?

Yes, with my son.

Uh, yes, that's correct,

Officer.

A man brought one of our

students to school this morning.

They entered the playground together

and then picked a fight with this student.

And I was attacked, okay?

I was insulted and I was attacked.

Okay, did you see any

distinguishing marks or tattoos?

Yeah, he had tattoos

on his arm right here.

Okay, they shouldn't

be too hard to find.

I take it you guys

want to press charges.

Abso-f***ing-lutely.

Why are you wearing those on your

head if you're not listening to music?

Makes a cool sound.

Makes me feel calm.

Yeah?

What is that?

Oh, my dad gave me this.

I was going somewhere and he

said it would keep me safe.

Here. We'll put it

here for us.

All right, let's check it out.

I'm gonna knock on the door

and see if anyone's home.

Police Department, anybody home?

Let's call it in.

Here you go, put this on.

It's my fault.

What?

I was sitting in my room,

and I could hear.

I had my headphones on,

but I could still hear

that she was in trouble.

And I could hear that man

panicking.

And I didn't go out.

No, Wade...

She was already gone

when I got there.

She wasn't breathing.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because we had to try

and save her, Wade.

We had to try, man.

I was too scared.

Sh*t, man,

I was scared, too.

But you came and got me,

right?

And we did everything

we could to save her.

You showed great courage, man.

I waited too long.

No, Wade, no.

There was nothing anyone

could have done.

Your mom,

she was on her own path.

And no one could save her.

I know life is coming down

on you real hard right now.

But you're gonna survive this.

You're gonna make it through.

You're gonna walk your own path.

You're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be okay.

Come on.

Oh, where'd you...

where'd you find that?

It was under the seat.

Right. Sh*t.

Well, what do they say?

You shouldn't play with guns.

So don't.

I was just holding it.

You ever shot a gun before?

Just on my Nintendo.

You want to learn?

All right.

Okay, come on.

Okay.

Now, keep your finger off the trigger

until you're ready to fire, all right?

Get the butt of the weapon

into your shoulder.

Get it in there nice and tight.

Hold on here.

Keep it nice and tight, okay?

You're gonna feel like you're

getting kicked by a mule.

All right? Okay, now.

Pull back here, push it forward.

Always rack the weapon hard,

okay?

So you don't jam it

and look stupid.

Yeah.

Switch it to fire.

You're holding a loaded weapon

now, okay?

You got one in the chamber.

Okay?

All right.

Come here, Milo.

Stay close.

Okay.

You're good to go.

Breathe in...

Whoa! Oh, my god! That was crazy!

You all right?

You all right?

Yeah.

Told you, man!

Get over here, Milo.

Atta boy.

Can I shoot it again?

Yeah, all right.

There you go.

Ready?

Fire!

So you gave him custody

of this kid?

Yeah, that was a mistake,

George.

Worse mistake than

your first marriage?

Watch your language.

So his ex-wife has a restraining

order out against him?

They had a pretty messy

divorce...

when he came back

this last time.

He'd park his truck on her lawn

at night and see who came to the door.

Hmm.

Drunk and disorderly.

Assault with a deadly weapon.

His boot.

The deadly weapon was his boot,

you know? He was outnumbered.

We had to charge him

with something.

He assaulted the kid's teacher.

Well, there is a case pending.

I should have my head examined!

Don't be too hard on yourself.

A lot of these guys, they come

back and they can trigger...

on the most random things.

I know this guy.

You know him?

I know... what

it's like to come home.

He's operating

from a different set of rules.

He's trying to do

something good.

Hey, don't worry.

We'll find them.

Bring him in

and get you the kid back.

Hey, what is it with you

and those things, anyway?

Yeah, where'd you get 'em?

Look like they're

from the 70's or some sh*t.

Well, they were my dad's.

He used to wear them when he

listened to his records.

He'd put these things on and...

he'd like disappear.

When he left, my mom took all

his records into the backyard.

She threw them against the wall.

And she smashed 'em up.

Took his headphones

when he was packing his stuff.

How come?

Because I thought

he'd come back for them.

Wade, I'll be right back,

I gotta make a phone call.

Try and eat something, bud.

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