On the Ice Page #3

How do you know?

I... I just do.

He wouldn't

stop drinking that flask.

Where are your parents?

My dad's out there searching.

And my mom's not here.

I told her.

What?

That I killed him.

How can you do this?

We're going to have

a baby together, Aivaaq.

I didn't mean to. I'm sorry.

- That's enough.

- Babe.

- That's enough.

- Babe, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to.

Hey...

I'm sorry.

Hey, babe. I'm sorry.

I got him.

- Hey. I gotta talk to you.

- Hey, shut up.

- I wanted...

- Hey.

- Uvlu? Uvlu?!

- Hey, let's go!

- Uvlu?! hey!

- Come on, let's go!

Hey.

Mom.

- Is he drunk?

- Yeah.

Poor baby. Bring him in.

I love you, mom. I got drunk.

I'm sorry.

Why'd you let him

drink so much?

Qalli, come here, bro.

- I love you.

- Yeah, I know.

I f***ed up everything.

dude, shut up.

He thought

he was gonna kick my ass?

Shh.

Like I was gonna

let him do that?!

Sit down.

Fu... he was a real a**hole.

Shh!

I had to go crazy on him.

- I had to.

- Shut up.

Cold killah,

I'll stick it in ya.

Quiet.

I did it.

I really did.

What did he just say?

I'm sorry, mom.

I had to kill him.

Get out!

Don't listen to him.

He's just drunk.

Go home now!

Qalli!

You have to help him.

You can't let him get caught.

He loves you so much.

- Where the hell have you been?

- Calm down.

Well?

I was at Michelle's

with Uvlu and Aivaaq.

Why didn't you call us?

Did you guys find anything?

No.

Winds turned bad.

We had to call it off.

I'm sorry.

Are you drunk?

I've been out all day looking

for the body of your friend

- and you go get drunk.

- I'm not drunk.

- You sure smell like it.

- That was Aivaaq.

Why the hell is Aivaaq partying

while his friend is still missing?

He feels bad.

So Aivaaq is drinking

but not you?!

- No.

- Goddammit!

What's going on, son?

You need to talk to us.

You're gonna sit your

ass down and tell us!

You're not helping!

I'm gonna get to

the bottom of this!

- Sit down!

- Egasak!

What did you see out there?

Nothing.

He... he already fell in.

Something happened.

I went back down

the trail today.

There's a spot where

the tracks are messed up,

like someone dug up the snow.

He didn't say anything?

N... no.

I... I... I think

they might've still been drunk.

- Were you?

- No.

I went to go see

grandma that night.

- Ask her.

- Go to bed. Now!

- They just lost their friend.

- I know.

His snow machine was there.

His tracks are there.

They stopped

and something happened.

There's a spot where the snow was

brushed over, like trying to erase it.

Your job was to find James.

That's it.

Don't you tell me

what my job is.

Our son is going to college

in four months.

You're search and rescue.

You did your search.

It's over.

If it was our son dead,

you wouldn't say that.

F***ing bolt's stripped.

You remember?

I don't think

they'll say anything,

but you gotta quit drinking.

Can't stop thinking about it.

When we tied him down,

his eyes were open.

That won't help.

It doesn't even seem real.

I remember pulling the knife...

After that,

everything was just so quick.

I mean, he was my friend, man.

Maybe you were right.

We should've brought him back.

What about Uvlu? Your kid?

I can't even

look at her right now.

Everybody's so f***ing freaked.

They think he drowned.

Everybody keeps asking me, man,

what happened? What happened?

Aivaaq. Aivaaq. What happened?

Aivaaq. It's driving me crazy.

Seeing his mom,

I just started shaking.

That day on the ice, I thought his

dad was gonna f***ing kill me.

I just want this to be over.

We gotta go to the

singspiration tonight.

No way.

- It's what's expected.

- I'm not going to his house.

Dude, we have to.

I'm not going. F*** that.

Hey, listen.

You can spend the rest of

your life making up for this.

You just got to

raise your kid right.

What the f*** do you care?

- You're leaving soon.

- What?

Couple months, right?

Dude, I'm not leaving.

You're stupid to stick around

here after what we did.

If I was you, I would leave.

Well, I'm not.

What, you think with James gone, you're

just gonna hook up with michelle

like you always wanted to?

Like, nothing happened?

Holy sh*t.

You did, huh?

That's why you followed her

down the hall the other night.

I guess I did you

a f***ing favor.

Nathaniel, I wake you up?

No. We're all done.

Tell them

to bring everything in.

I'll be there in a few minutes.

Oh, f***.

Dad?

Where are you?

I need to talk to you.

It's about James.

No, no, no. I don't want

to do it over the phone.

Can you come home?

I'm at Aivaaq's.

I'll meet you back home?

Qalli?

Hi.

What are you doing?

Just walking.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

What's that?

It's just some oil.

I was working on my machine.

Over here?

At Aivaaq's. He had my tools.

Oh.

You, ah...

going to singspiration tonight?

I was gonna come by to see you.

What?

No.

No!

They can't find out

what we did.

- You can't say anything!

- Okay.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

It's like, I'm his widow.

Everyone comes up to me and

hugs me and says all this sh*t.

Michelle, it wasn't your fault.

How do you know?

You weren't there.

You didn't see it.

Just leave me alone.

I've been waiting.

Sorry.

What did you want to tell me?

Spit it out.

It's about James.

He was with Michelle

the night before.

Michelle Ukpik?

They were together, right?

So?

I... I heard they broke up.

Yeah?

And he got real mad.

Where'd you hear this?

Son?!

Michelle told me.

She was crying.

She said...

she said she thinks

maybe he did it on purpose.

She told me not to tell anyone.

Why tell me?

You told me to tell you everything.

Maybe I shouldn't have.

No.

You have to talk about it.

Don't tell anyone else, though.

It'll just bring

more pain to his family.

You did the right thing, son.

You know, he loved you guys.

You guys were like

brothers to him.

I'm sorry for getting

mad at you over at the beach.

I'm just glad you came, okay?

It's not your fault. All right?

- It's not your fault.

- Sorry.

Yeah.

- Amen.

- Amen.

Grandma?

Mmm-hmm?

Can I sleep over tonight?

- Grandma?

- Mmm-hmm?

My friend...

He got killed.

Oh, dear.

Have you guys seen Aivaaq?

No.

We seen him earlier

at the Arctic pizza though.

All right. Thanks.

Have you seen Aivaaq?

He was here last night.

What did he say?

He's an a**hole.

He broke up with me.

He said that

my baby probably wasn't his.

He said it was James.

Is that why he did it?

No, no, no. What happened

out there was an accident.

- Then why would he say that?

- I don't know.

He's just

freaking out right now.

So am I!

- Well, I gotta go find him.

- Qalli?

It's his.

I know.

Qalli, what's up?

You need to

control your boy here.

Come on, let's go.

You best listen, b*tch.

- Saddle up and ride away.

- Hey, shut the f*** up.

Chill, man.

We want the same thing here.

You ever give him anything,

Sell to him,

I'm gonna turn your ass in.

That's a f***ed up

thing to say.

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