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Mr. Evans?

Mr. Evans?

Mr. Evans, I'm Dr. Reese.

You're waking up in

Valley Memorial Health Center.

Hmm, Dawn.

Where... Where is Dawn?

I'm sorry to wake you,

but there's a police officer

here

who needs to ask you

some important questions.

Dawn?

Where's my wife?

I'm going to miss you.

Not as much

as you'll miss me.

No, of course not.

You're the sun, I'm...

I'm but a moon,

a mere satellite.

Sputnik.

No.

Heh.

Not Sputnik.

Heh. Actually, true story,

a girl I knew once told me

that I had a celestial body.

Hmm, I don't really think

she used that word.

No, no, no. She did.

I don't forget a compliment.

I just wish I could remember

who she was.

I wish I could be with you.

I'm here now.

I'm sorry you drove all the way

out here to sign your contract.

I just found out

this morning.

I knew when you knew.

These things happen, Will.

One investor drops out,

they drum up another one.

It's bullshit

and it's bad due diligence.

Look, I know you've gone

through a long drought here,

but don't worry, you're the guy

I want for the job.

That's not the issue.

It's a financial matter,

as simple as that.

It's got nothing to do

with you or me.

How's Dawn?

Did she make the trip with you?

Are you heading back today?

I want the job

you said was mine.

You can't manage a site

if I don't have a site

to manage.

I don't care if it's

topping trees or mopping floors,

you can transfer me

when you get your financing.

Jesus, Will, I don't hire

for those kind of positions,

you know that.

So call in a favor,

make a deal.

I'll make some calls.

He can check my phone,

I didn't want him

to see the call.

No. He just knows

you hate him, Da...

Dad, can we not do this

right now?

There isn't gonna be

a foreclosure,

Will's working.

The bank says

that they'll work with us,

but that was

a few weeks ago,

and we just missed a payment

and...

Well, you hear stories,

and I just...

I thought maybe you could offer

a guarantee,

just a name

and Will doesn't need to know.

Dad...

it's just for two

or three months,

just a little gap,

and then

you can take your name off.

No, I haven't forgotten

that I still owe you.

You don't stop reminding me.

But this job is gonna help me

pay you back.

We're almost there.

Yeah.

This for me?

How did it go?

I'm in.

No hiccups?

Did you get a letter

for the bank?

I'll get it faxed

later today.

Hi. Did you get the photo?

Yeah, isn't it great?

I can totally see myself

getting back into it.

Dad said what?

No.

No, he didn't have

to interview for the job.

No, they're starting him

right away.

Here's one. Hey!

What are they wearing?

Argh.

I thought you were going past.

Quite a deep freeze,

we got going, huh?

Yeah, you aren't really

dressed for it.

Could we get in?

Where are you going?

Out of this.

Where are you guys going?

Home. Vancouver.

Yeah, Vancouver's perfect.

Us too. Thanks.

I gotta tell you,

I am so glad you guys stopped.

There's hardly anybody

out there,

and they keep on driving by.

Well, I'm Dawn and this is Will,

and we're going to Vancouver,

obviously.

So are you guys from there?

No. We're visiting friends.

Oh, nice. Where at?

Jesus.

He's just out of prison,

I'm a prostitute.

Is that enough info?

Can we sleep now?

My name's Lee.

This is my sister Cheryl.

She thought she was gonna freeze

to death out there,

and she's quite tired so...

Vancouver,

I mean, that's great.

Hey.

Already got it.

I... I don't have cash,

so...

Don't worry about it.

Just paying our way.

Cheryl.

Hey, we should, uh...

I, uh, want to leave them.

We got them off the road,

let's go.

He just filled our tank.

It'll be fine.

Oh, sh*t!

Oh, my God!

- Ugh!

- What are you doing?

What the hell was that?

Hey!

The hell are you doing?

Hey!

Holy sh*t!

Cold.

Let's get him in the car,

come on. Sir?

You can't be walking

out here.

- Get him in, get him in.

- Argh.

Okay. Okay, Dawn,

he's seriously hypothermic.

Call 911. Get the ambulance

to meet us at the next stop.

No signal. I tried.

I'll keep trying.

Okay, Cheryl,

hold him real close,

keep him warm.

Yeah, this is the place.

He's still sleeping?

Yep.

You know,

I never saved a life before.

I'd say

that's pretty good karma

to start a journey.

Oh, God.

He's not sleeping.

No, awake is good.

No, things are not good.

Ah, sh*t!

No, he's... He's really cold.

He's...

He's probably been dead

for 20 minutes.

What are you doing?

"Cormac Leith White Rock."

What kind of karma

do you call this?

Same. We're just people

doing the best that we can.

And we can't control

the results.

Ho! Ho! There must be

a few grand in here.

Oh, what the hell!

Hey, I saw you dancing

the credit-card shuffle.

Okay, this is karma, man.

The guy could have a family,

okay?

Hey, you had no problem

taking our money.

Look, we're alive, Will,

so let's live.

I mean, Cheryl and I,

we could use the scratch.

What's the shame in letting

the universe help you out?

Yeah. Let the universe

pay for your gas.

God, just let them have it,

Will.

Look at this, the guy's

carrying around a math equation.

These are GPS coordinates.

Somewhere around here.

So you said you found him

out on the highway?

You think

he was out driving?

Kind of strange,

don't you think?

Out there driving

with no ID?

Yeah, I mean, he wasn't out

driving when we found him.

He was late stages'

hypothermic.

And he didn't say anything?

His name? Next of kin?

- Said he was cold.

- I believed him.

Look, I don't mean to be rude,

but we wanted to help him out,

we really need to get going...

You're not going anywhere.

Black ice.

Caused a bit of a pile-up.

Yeah.

Highway will open again soon.

Early morning.

Hey, sh*t like this

happens up here.

You did good to pick him up.

Hmm, most folks wouldn't.

If you ask me, you deserve

a reward, not a hard time.

Great, thanks a lot.

"Cormac Leith. White Rock."

Ah, there's a hit

from an old paper.

Gang broke

into a series of banks

in '95.

Real organized, though.

Killed a guard

in the last one.

Their run was 4 million

in gold coins.

Holy crap!

Never took any cash.

You know,

I think I heard about this.

You're kidding, what happened?

Three weeks later

cops show up to a 911 call

and discover the guy

shot in a hotel

with the rest of the gang

dead around him.

Crap.

And the gold?

Says he has no idea

where the loot wound up.

He went down for it

for 20 years.

Guys,

they didn't recover the coins.

At least,

not when this was written.

- Heh.

- Wow!

Son of a b*tch

pulled it off.

So you think what?

The cords mark the hiding spot?

Only one way to find out.

He was out there,

and it wasn't

for his health.

So what?

You think he gets out

and he makes a dash

right for the money?

- It's what I would do.

- Heh.

Four million,

the four of us.

This is not a coincidence.

No, no, no. This is...

It's speculation.

We don't know sh*t.

Nah, I'm guessing if he...

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