Mystic River Page #8

I say we got a lot.

Anything about Just Ray's

known associates?

Let's take a look.

'Known criminal associates:

Reginald 'Dukie' Neil, Kevin

'Whackjob' Sirraci, Nicholas Savage...

...Anthony Waxman.'

And one James Markum.

And the hits just keep on coming.

You looking for me?

- I'm Sean Devine. This is Whitey Powers.

I already gotta get back.

So you worked a task force

with Major Crimes in the '80s?

Bunch of them.

- You took down a smalltimer, Ray Harris.

He stole a truckload of cigarettes

from a rest stop in Cranston, Rhode Island.

Trucker went to take a piss,

Harris guy jacks the truck.

Think we pulled him over in New Bedford.

- But Harris walked.

He didn't walk, he rolled.

Boston Police Anti-Gang Unit stepped in

for info on another case. He rolled.

On who?

What the f*** was the name?

Him and three other guys knocked over

the MBTA counting room, 60 grand.

Jimmy Markum.

Kid was 19, 20. Slick as hell, man.

Ran a crew, never got arrested.

So did Harris ever testify in open court?

Never went. Markum dummied up

on the guys he was working with...

...DA was afraid he wouldn't be able

to convict. So he cut a deal.

Two years inside,

couple more suspended.

So Jimmy Markum never knew

that Ray Harris ratted him out?

Ray Harris disappeared

about two months...

...after Markum rotated back

into the free world.

What's that tell you?

Hey, Jimmy. Hey, Val.

Hey, coz, how you doing?

- I'm good.

Okay. Hey.

Hey, Celeste.

- Hey, Jimmy. Hey.

Can I talk to you for a sec?

- I'll catch up with you in a minute.

Step into my office.

Beautiful day, huh?

Whatever it is, Celeste, it's okay.

I took Michael last night...

...and I went to a motel.

Okay.

I don't know, Jim.

I might have left Dave for good.

You left Dave?

Yeah.

Well...

...he's been acting kind of nuts lately.

I'm almost afraid of him.

Do you know something?

I know he was taken in by the cops

this morning.

He saw Katie the night she was murdered.

Didn't tell me...

...till after the cops questioned him.

I know he's got a hand that looks like

it's been punching a f***ing wall.

Is there anything else I should know?

Come here.

Okay.

At 3 in the morning...

...on Sunday, Dave came back to the...

apartment covered in

someone else's blood.

What did he say happened?

That he was mugged.

That he...

He bashed the mugger's head in the street.

That...

That he might have killed him.

But there was nothing in the paper.

Celeste?

- Yeah?

Celeste?

- Yeah?

Celeste?

Do you think Dave killed my Katie?

Okay. All right.

Okay.

Oh, God.

Okay.

Oh, my God.

Tell me about your father, Brendan.

- What?

Your father, Ray Sr.

You remember him.

I was 6 when he left us.

- So you don't remember the guy?

I remember little things.

He smelled like Schlitz and Dentyne.

He...

He what?

He carried a lot of change in his pocket.

It jingled when he walked.

You could always hear him coming home.

And if I guessed how much he had,

even if I was close, he'd give it to me.

You remember your father having a gun?

No.

Well, you seem awfully sure for somebody

who was 6 when he left.

What's up?

What's that?

- This is what you asked for.

CSS reports, ballistics, fingerprint analysis,

the 911 tape. Bunch of stuff.

All right, thanks.

We were talking about your father's gun.

I told you, my father didn't have a gun.

- Oh, well, I guess we were misinformed.

When was the last time you talked to him?

- Never.

Never?

He went out for a drink

and never came back.

But your mother never filed

a missing person's report. Why not?

Because he's not missing.

He sends money every month.

- Sends money?

Five hundred bucks every month.

Like clockwork.

From where?

- Postmark says Brooklyn.

How do you know it's him?

- Who else would it be?

Who else would send it?

My ma says that's the way he was.

Do something shitty,

then he'd try to make up for it.

Why do you keep asking me

if my father had a gun?

You know why, kid.

No, I don't.

Gun that killed your girlfriend...

...was the same gun your father used

in a robbery 18 years ago.

So...

...you wanna tell me about it?

My father didn't have a gun.

You are f***ing lying.

Can I go now?

Or are you gonna charge me

with Katie's murder?

Hey. Dandy Dave Boyle,

how's it hanging?

Hey, Val.

Nick. How you guys holding up?

All right.

- It's f***ed up.

Katie.

A f***ing tragedy.

Yeah.

We're gonna get a couple of beers

and a bite to eat.

Yeah?

Yeah. What do you say, man?

How about a boys' night out

in the middle of the day?

I gotta get home after a while.

- Don't we all? Hop in.

Come on, get in.

- All right.

Well, the first round's on me.

Now you're talking.

I think the kid is lying about the gun.

- Absolutely. I told you three times already.

What about the father?

- I don't know. Maybe Just Ray is still alive.

Eighty grand. I mean...

...who else is gonna send

that kind of money if not the father?

Listen, go home, have a drink.

Let it go for a while.

- Yeah.

Hey, anything good on the 911?

I thought you listened to it.

- I thought you listened to it.

What's the nature of your emergency?

There's, like, this car with blood in it,

and the door's open.

What's the location of the car?

- Sydney Street.

It's in the Flats by Pen Park.

Me and my friend, we just found it.

Son, what's your name?

- He wants to know her name.

Your name, what's your name?

- We're so f***ing out of here.

Good luck, man.

That about cracks the case, don't it?

Let's get a burger or something.

Her.

What?

- The kid on the tape.

Son, what's your name?

- He wants to know her name.

He said, 'Her name.'

She's a dead girl, you refer to her as a she.

How does the kid know?

Girl's dead in the park.

How does he know the blood in the car

came from a woman?

Play it again.

This one time, we're going

to take down this stamp collector.

Tie him up, rob him, we're out.

- Here.

It was me, Nicky and this kid

Carson Leverett.

F***ing Carson.

I swear, this kid couldn't tie his own

f***ing shoe if you didn't show him.

We all wear suits because we want to fit in.

We're in the elevator, it stops, this old

lady gets on. She starts f***ing screaming.

Now Val turns to me,

but I'm looking at Carson.

I'm thinking, 'What the f***?'

Because that f***ing bonehead's

still got his Ronald Reagan mask on.

F***ing smiley mask.

Idiot.

And you guys didn't notice till then?

Sh*t like that happened all the time on jobs.

That's why Jimmy was so missed.

He saw sh*t happen

before it even went down.

Why do you think he went straight?

One word, pure and simple. Katie.

What about you guys?

What? Us? Going straight?

That's pretty f***ing funny.

We're like bats, we like the night too much.

Days are just good for sleeping through.

Want another shot?

You know, I should slow down till we eat.

- Come on, don't go f***ing p*ssy on us.

Come on, get up.

Live a little, huh?

Slide over, Dave.

Dave.

- All right, Val. Now you're talking.

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