Midnighters Page #3

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Sure.

Does your sister

live with you?

- Temporarily.

- Is she here right now?

She's with my husband, but

she wasn't in the car.

I was always jealous of families

that spent the holidays together.

Never happened with mine.

No, my, uh, dad walked

out when I was seven

and my mom drank herself to

death a few years later.

I'm sorry,

that's terrible.

Oh, no, no, no,

it was for the better.

What doesn't kill you

and all, right?

My partner says

I talk too much.

Probably true.

I think

the coffee's ready.

In my opinion, that's

nothing a little hair

of the dog can't fix.

Mm, that hits the spot.

Nice and strong.

Thank you, Lindsey.

Now where's the body?

It wasn't dead.

It limped into the woods.

One minute you're alive

and then, boom!

Dead as a doornail.

Detective,

where's your partner?

He's running an errand.

You know, odds and ends.

Do you have any creamer?

What the...

I didn't open it.

Holy sh*t.

This is...

This is $50,000.

Fifty thousand

f***ing dollars. Yes!

- Merry Christmas.

- Sh*t.

Lindsey barely makes

this much in a year.

And that's before taxes.

- I get it. I really do.

- No.

You really don't.

She wanted to go to

Cozumel for our honeymoon

but we ended up at some

Radisson in Daytona Beach.

The breakfast buffet

wasn't even included.

I mean, this...

This is the break

we've been waiting for.

We can...

We can finally

get our heads above water.

Even if that bag had

a million dollars

it wouldn't fix anything.

She has me on an allowance,

for Christ's sake.

It's still true.

Boo.

Oh...

Oh, no.

My ex used to cry

all the time.

It made me wanna

strangle her.

Better.

Thank you.

Look, I know

what you're thinking.

You're gonna hold out.

Not gonna talk.

Protect your family.

Blah, blah, blah.

It's all

very noble of you.

But I have to tell you

that now is not the time

for nobility.

Some people say

the blood tastes sour

like, aluminum.

That'd be the hemoglobin.

Well, it's actually the iron in the

hemoglobin to be more precise.

Some people say

it tastes sweet.

I bet that's the glucose.

Sweet versus sour.

Must be something genetic.

But I always wondered if somehow

it was connected to personalities.

Like, like an astrological

sign or something.

I'm a Scorpio, by the way.

My astrologist says that we like

to get to the bottom of things.

Which brings me

to my point.

I can do this all day.

I could.

But eventually your lips will

begin to flay and at some point

your teeth are just gonna

pop right through them

and, pardon the pun,

but I'm sure your

pretty smile's

a real asset at the bank.

Wouldn't wanna ruin that,

now would we?

Where's the body?

In the garage,

we hit him with the car

and then he attacked

my sister.

Please, you can have...

Shh... shh.

Oh, you must be

a Capricorn.

So honest and forthcoming.

There's a flip-side

to that, you know.

Yeah, Capricorns, they

get taken advantage of.

Long hours at the bank.

The boss copping a feel

when no one's looking.

And then it's home

to Jeff. Jeff.

Yeah, I read about his go in the

College World Series. Ouch.

Blowin' a lead in the bottom

of the ninth, that's rough.

Riddle me this, Lindsey

how does someone like you

a born go-getter

end up with a testosterone-filled

joker like him?

Gerome, he's my therapist

he would have a field

day dissecting you.

All your fantasies

about white picket fences

the prayers that Jeff

might turn a corner

the desperate desire to fix

your screwed up little sister?

The sad truth is

you'll always be trapped

by the same dysfunctional

relationships you try

so hard to escape.

The cat got your tongue?

I didn't hear a question.

Where did they go?

You know...

...she didn't tell me

she had a sister until

we'd been dating for, um...

...three months.

Is that supposed

to hurt my feelings?

It wasn't that

she was ashamed.

I don't know.

Maybe she was. You'd

just been out of juvie.

Just say whatever it is

you're trying to say.

I'm not sure what she'll do when

we tell her about the money.

Okay,

I could ask nicely.

Pretty please

with a cherry on top?

I think this might be

too much for her.

You mean,

don't tell her?

No.

No.

I'd never do that

to Lindsey.

You passed the test.

She's under a lot

of pressure, is all.

Scorpio and Capricorn,

Lindsey.

There is always a spark.

Do you feel it?

'Cause I sure do.

If you need anything,

just whistle.

Boo.

Honey?

In here.

Hey, Linz,

whose car is that?

You forgot to call.

We got it, hon.

50 grand.

Did you hear me?

$50,000.

I heard you.

What happened?

Come on.

He happened.

He showed up

right after you left...

...and he knows

everything about us.

What are you doing?

- Softening him up.

- Stop it.

Please.

Don't even look at her.

Go back to your room.

We'll handle this.

Now!

Ready to talk, a**hole?

Who else knows

you're here?

Sweet.

It tastes sweet.

No, no, no, no.

Here's a thought.

Let me talk

to your sister.

You sent a man to kill her and

now you wanna talk to her?

Either we settle this like civilized

beings or someone else dies.

Maybe you, maybe me.

No offense, but she doesn't look

like the type to chop off my balls

and shove 'em down my

throat, now does she?

She might listen.

We'd be right here.

No, no. Alone.

Not a chance in hell.

Come on, slugger.

You don't want me to

tell her about the stash

of Asian schoolgirl porn

you got in the cabinet...

You're not getting

anywhere.

Come on.

It's like baseball,

Jeff.

Sometimes you gotta call

in the relief pitcher.

Especially

in the ninth inning.

If there's porn in there,

he planted it.

I don't care.

I'm gonna go get Hannah.

You're crazy to leave

her alone in there with him.

There's more to her

than you think.

He wants to talk to you.

Okay.

- You don't have to...

- I said I'd do it.

Are you sure?

Do you know what it was

like after you left?

'Cause our mom had

bad boyfriends before.

I can't apologize

for leaving, Hannah.

I didn't ask you to.

I thought you were dead.

- There was so much blood.

- No.

It was not mine, babe.

Not mine.

I told you that we would

always be together.

Is that why you sent

that a**hole after me?

I had to make sure

that you were safe.

I was worried sick

about you.

I missed my little,

Hannah banana.

I missed you too.

Cut me loose.

It's startin' to hurt.

You shouldn't have done

that to her.

Babe, for Christ's sake,

I asked her for creamer

and she came at me

with a butcher knife.

I would never hurt

your sister on purpose.

Did you get the money?

Yes.

Good.

Hey, we're gonna go

to Europe.

Australia.

See the pyramids.

You name it.

Just the two of us.

We can even split it

with them if you want.

Does anyone else know

you're here?

No, babe.

We got a one-way

ticket out.

When you disappeared...

...I realized how I felt.

I couldn't say it before

but... I love you.

I can't let you go

right now.

Just... just think

about this

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