Max Page #5

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then leave us out of it.

Come on, Max.

Hey, come on. Let's go.

Let's get in the cage, come on.

Max, hey, come on. Hey.

Get some rest, Max.

- There he is.

- Mom?

Hi. Justin, come on in. Come on in, now.

Look at you.

Justin, what have you done?

Done?

Tell the truth, Justin. Don't you dare lie.

Ma'am, if I may...

Now, I was just having

a few off-duty beers...

...with my buddy Tyler here when...

Wham!

My dog didn't know what hit him.

Got me pretty good too.

Now, that's assault.

I mean, I'm willing to drop all charges...

...if you go ahead

and put him down yourselves.

Truth is, he'll be put down regardless.

Max wasn't anywhere near you

or your dog. Mom, I mean...

Found this out near my place.

It's your bike, ain't it?

Well...

Ms. Wincott.

How about me and you have

a few words in private? Man to man?

You know what this is?

It's a Beretta M9.

Built-in laser sight, the works.

Do you know how much it's worth?

About $600 here at the mall.

Now guess what it's worth over the border.

A shade over three grand.

You see, Kyle wouldn't give Emilio

the time of day...

...but I do business with him

and so do you.

That's right. We found out

about your deal on our last leave.

Kyle was gonna tell your dad too,

but I talked him out of it.

Hey, that's word of honor.

We're more alike

than you and your brother were.

Why don't you just leave Max out of it?

If it were up to me, believe me, I would.

But Stack's steaming mad.

I ain't getting downwind of it.

And, hey, you shouldn't either.

That's a bad man down there.

And them cartel dudes we're in

business with are even worse.

Do you want a front row seat

at a couple more family funerals?

That's right.

Stack knows where you live.

Things go wrong, you think he'll be shy

about telling those guys who's responsible?

Your mom and dad

are family to me, Justin.

So do us all a favor

and keep your mouth shut.

Did Kyle know about your business?

My business.

I'm just a small fish in a big pond.

Okay? The big fish sell weapons

all over the world...

...and then send wide-eyed hicks like me...

...and your brother over there

so we can get shot and killed by them...

...so they can cry their crocodile tears,

salute the flag...

...and then sell some more.

Kyle always wanted to be a hero.

Look where it got him.

Now, you see, me, I'm a realist.

I know the way the world turns.

Which one are you gonna be?

Come on. Come on.

Max, hey.

You don't deserve this, okay?

I know. I just...

I don't have a choice.

Thanks, Ray, I'll see you later.

Sorry I'm late.

It's all right. Pam called.

I just thought I'd hang out

a little bit longer, kind of cool down.

- Can't say as you didn't warn me.

- Yeah.

Hey, did you rent out 17-B?

Seventeen-B.

Yeah, there's a lock on the door

and I don't have an invoice.

That's mine. I mean,

it's a friend of mine's.

I'm letting him keep his stuff there

for a couple days.

- I should have asked.

- That's all right. We're all friends here.

He can keep his stuff in there.

Just come in, fill out the paperwork

and pay what's due.

Hey, Mr. Wincott. Ray.

Every kid gets in a spot of trouble

now and again.

Hello, you've reached the Wincotts. Leave a

message. We'll call you as soon as we can.

Thank you.

Mr. Wincott, Mrs. Wincott,

this is Sergeant Reyes.

Please call me at your earliest...

Harne's service record is protected by

privacy laws, but I talked to some people.

- I wanna tell your folks about...

- No.

I'm talking about some bad business.

No one could prove Harne's involvement,

but he got busted...

If you talk to my dad, I'm gonna tell

your higher-ups about that training disc.

Justin, are you all right?

I'll say you gave me

more classified stuff I threw away...

...because I was afraid

of getting in trouble.

Okay? I'll swear it. Don't

ever call here again.

Come on, boy.

Easy, easy!

Come on, come on!

Get him in there!

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa. Watch out!

Whoa!

What's on your mind, Ray?

Something just isn't sitting right.

That deputy's place is way out there

in the middle of nowhere.

What would Justin and Max

be doing out there, Pam?

I don't know, Ray.

I told you, he wouldn't talk to me.

If you wanna know

what's going on with Justin...

...I think it's time

you ask him yourself.

I've been keeping the peace between you two

since the day Kyle left this house.

We already lost one son, Ray.

If it's all right with you,

I'd like to hold on to the other.

Justin.

Is there anything you wanna tell me

about what happened today?

- I'm sorry.

- That's not what I meant.

I've seen you start trouble before...

...but I've never seen you do anything

other than own up to it.

I don't know, Dad,

I guess I'm just not a hero...

...like you and Kyle.

Just the way the world turns.

In '91, my unit got deployed

to Saudi Arabia.

I'd just made sergeant.

It was my first command.

I was excited.

That first night, we went into Kuwait.

We were about an hour in and we started

taking fire from our right flank.

The guy next to me got hit

and he went down.

I went to help him and I got hit. Twice.

One through the muscle

and one shattered the bone.

Turned out it was our own guys.

Friendly fire.

I got medevac'd to Germany

and the war was over so fast...

...most of the guys

got home before I did.

I got back,

there were some crazy stories.

At first, I tried to

straighten people out...

...but they just looked

so disappointed.

They didn't want to hear the truth.

They wanted a hero.

And so I stopped correcting them

sooner than I'd like to admit.

I wanted to tell Kyle.

I wanted him to know the truth.

The way that he looked at me.

The way that he looked up to me.

I just couldn't do it.

A hero always tells the truth...

...no matter what people think about him

or what the consequences are.

And you've always been that way.

So if there's anything different

that happened today...

...from what Tyler and that deputy

are saying...

...I need you to tell me about it, son.

Dad...

...I think I'm gonna go to sleep now.

Ray?

Now, you said this was a safe place

for us to store the merch.

It was, okay, but Wincott

started getting nosy.

Look, the ridge

is an isolated enough spot...

...to keep us under the radar

till the pickup tomorrow night.

Tyler, I wanna talk to you.

What's going on here?

We're just moving my friend's stuff out,

like you said.

Deputy.

You two seem to be spending

a lot of time together lately.

Is this the beast that Max

supposedly chewed up today?

That was his brother.

He got bit so bad,

I had to put him down.

- You put him down?

- That's right.

Not Max.

What do you got in those crates?

You know, just odds and ends.

Nothing to concern yourself with.

Now, this is my property

so it is my concern. Which means...

Which means you should have

stayed home.

You know, Ray, I'd like to know

what's going on. Yeah.

Justin! Justin! Hurry, please.

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