Least Among Saints Page #5

Hey, Anthony?

Yeah, Wade.

Do you think my dad will

remember me?

Of course, he will, Wade.

Now eat your food.

Yeah?

Hey, this is Anthony,

Wade's neighbor.

Where are you?

Is Wade with you?

Uh, he is.

I was wondering if I could take care

of him for a little while longer.

Um, it's a little too late

to have this conversation.

You need to bring him

to me right now.

I filed a warrant

for the both of you.

Whoa, what are you talking

about? Wait a second.

You assaulted his teacher.

There's a case pending.

I didn't... all right,

I didn't assault...

Okay, that was stupid.

I have found a bed for him

in a foster home.

And you need to bring him in right

now before you make things worse.

He wanted to find his dad.

What?

I made him a promise

and I gotta see it through.

You what?

Okay, do you have some kind

of auditory processing issue?

Do you need me to give

you some visual cues?

The message I need to get across

to you right now, dude...

is to bring him back!

Anthony?

Hello?

Here it is.

Apache Hotel.

There's nothing.

Wade...

Wade...

I want to leave.

Okay, Wade.

I don't want to be here!

All right, bud.

Hey, take it easy.

Leave me alone!

You want to send me away?

What?

Hey, take it easy.

I don't have to go with you!

You can't tell me what to do!

All right, all right!

Take it easy! Take it easy!

I'm not gonna make you do

anything you don't want to do, okay?

I won't stay with you!

Okay!

Who are you?

I'm your friend.

Who are you, anyway?

I'm your friend!

I hate you!

Whoa! Whoa!

Hey, hey, hey!

We're going, bud.

We're going!

Just take it easy,

all right?

What are you doing?

I'm packing.

I'm leaving.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Just take it easy for a sec.

Let go! It's mine!

Just wait, okay?

I'm trying to help...

Let go, it's mine!

I'm trying to help you,

just wait a second!

Are you out of your mind?

Hey! Slow down!

Milo? Milo!

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

What happened?

He got hit.

We gotta go.

Stay calm, I got this.

Easy, friend.

What is all this?

I just needed somewhere

to come to.

Okay, okay.

All right, just... easy.

I'm gonna set him up in 213.

You serious?

It's okay, I got it handled,

just keep going on your rounds.

Okay, I need you

to stand over here.

I'm gonna...

He's gone.

Mm-hm.

I'm sorry.

How did this happen?

It was an accident.

I remember you.

He wanted to find his dad.

I felt like I owed him that,

you know?

Like I could

at least give him that.

I don't understand.

You have to tell me.

Aw, f***. I can't...

Okay, hey, hey!

Take it easy.

Let me do it.

Okay.

You're okay.

Let's get this off you.

You're okay.

That's better.

Nurse, is everything okay?

I'm sorry.

Sir?

I need to speak to you.

Sir, I need you to stop.

Sir!

Sir, stop right there!

Sir!

I need back-up in the ICU.

No!

Hey!

You be careful, goddamn it!

He's just a kid!

Hey, we're...

Be careful with him,

goddamn it!

Wade, you're gonna be okay!

Anthony!

You're gonna be okay.

Okay, Wade?

All right, the hospital will handle

the remains of the animal.

I have a number

for the mortuary.

You want to tell me

what your plan was here?

Didn't have one. I took him to

find his dad, it's what he wanted.

Excuse me, can I talk to him?

I think you've done enough.

Please...

Don't, don't.

Look, it was an accident.

Come on, Wade.

I was teaching the kid to shoot.

He just grabbed the weapon

and it went off.

It was a ricochet.

Shut it!

Look, it wasn't his fault!

Stand down, Anthony!

It wasn't his fault!

Stand down!

It wasn't your fault!

What happened to Milo was nobody's fault.

Sometimes things happen like that

and nobody has any control over it.

I'm sorry!

I was responsible for you, it's on me.

Let it go.

I was responsible for him!

That's right, you were

responsible, now let it go!

Come on!

Let's go, honey.

Let's go.

We disposed of the remains.

Where is he?

I'm sorry, but we didn't

know what to do.

Hello?

Hello?

It's time to process you out.

The nightmares,

they don't go away.

The time between them get

longer, but that's all.

There was this family.

It was my call.

We hadn't slept and couldn't

really see sh*t.

No one was around, and this car

comes out of nowhere...

flying at us fast as f***.

Everyone's jacked up, squad

on either side of the road.

It was on me.

The silence afterwards

is deafening, you know?

And I was just drawn out there.

I walked out to this car

and I could see this family.

This family...

Father, mother, older lady,

maybe an aunt...

a brother,

bags packed stacked up.

And there was this boy

in the back of the car...

and he was looking right at me.

And he looked fine.

Everybody's yelling at me to get back,

get the f*** back...

I see this boy and he looks

fine. He looked alive.

So, I go to him and I-I reach

in the car and I grab him...

and I pull him towards me...

and the back of his head

stayed stuck to the seat...

and everything just came apart.

I pulled him into the street.

I wasn't thinking, you know.

I couldn't move.

The guys were grabbing at me,

trying to pull me away...

'cause another car was coming.

F***! F***.

You have got to find peace

within yourself.

You have to let it go.

Hey, look, come on.

We impounded your car.

Awesome.

Want a ride home?

No, thanks.

I feel like walking.

Don't forget your court date.

What's this bullshit say?

Some sh*t about child endangerment,

is that the best you can do?

Why don't you shove it up your

ass and see how that helps?

Listen, go home, get your rest.

Thank you.

I always liked

to watch you work.

My mom always said that if you

asked me to take down a brick wall...

I'd either do it or die trying.

I know I left you alone.

If there was a way

that I could&

Don't.

I know you would.

I just always knew you were

gonna be my girl forever.

I was.

I need your help with something.

Wow.

How hard was it for you

to ask me that?

Hm.

On par with when I proposed.

Forever on your knees,

begging.

What do you want?

I wanna talk to you

about Wade.

I want him to be placed

in my care.

Who's your friend?

His ex-wife.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

You want me to set you up

with the Big Brother Program?

Put together a year of sobriety,

have your PO sign off on it...

you can take him to a ball game.

I wanna take responsibility

for him permanently.

I wanna raise him up,

get him through high school...

get him into college.

In what? Food stamps

and recycled beer bottles?

Go sing "We Are the World"

somewhere else.

Look, children of an injured vet

get taken care of by the government

healthcare, college tuition.

You help me put this thing together,

we can give this kid some kind of future.

You f***in' blew it, dude.

It's out of my hands.

I wanna make it right.

You want me to trust you?

That's right.

I don't believe in trust.

Well, what do you believe in?

Character, the display of.

Okay. Well, what do I got

to do to prove to you.

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