Prodigals Page #7

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her angry face.

- Ooh, this is my angry face.

- Yeah, I hear.

Hey listen, (Kelly laughing)

I've been thinking

of coming back,

maybe finishing law school.

Goodnight, Wesley.

Tomorrow.

[Chandra] Goodnight.

Okay.

Yeah?

Are you the stupidest

idiot on the planet?

This guy's my f***ing lawyer.

Can you believe he

talks to me that way?

Benny.

Look, I gotta

protect myself in here,

not that you'd understand that.

We are so close but this

thing can turn at any minute.

Don't you understand that?

How, with no evidence?

F***, you guys are

such good lawyers,

I could probably kill anyone

I wanted if they deserved it.

Hey!

It's a joke, okay?

Relax.

The guy is fine.

You broke his orbital bone!

He came at me!

Okay?

Some f***ing bullshit

turf war like he's proud.

I don't wanna

f***ing be in here.

Well, you're doing a

pretty good job fitting in.

F*** you!

Oh, this is f***ing

funny, right?

This is f***ing hilarious!

I'm gonna knock that smirk

right off your f***ing face!

Sit down, sit!

What, you think you're

making friends out here?

You gotta keep your

nose clean, pal,

because there is still

a jury of your peers

who are gonna find

it very difficult

to forget what they

saw on that video

if they find out you're

beating people up in here!

What did they see?

Huh?

Because as far as I

recall the guy fell

and hit his head on

the ice near his car.

Right, Wes?

(laughs)

(door opens)

[Guard] You can't go in there!

(smacking) You

f***ing little sh*t!

[Junior] Hey,

whoa, whoa, whoa!

Nina, don't, calm down!

(speaking French)

You don't give

a sh*t about me?

You don't give a sh*t about mom?

[Junior] Enough, enough!

Are you trying to

f***ing kill her?

You called my sister?

- What the f***?

- Get him outta here!

(Nina crying)

[Television Reporter] Shifted

in favor of the defense.

Which might be a fear shared

by the victim's parents.

It seemed like a slam dunk for

the Crown less than a week ago.

At least appears

like potentially

a nightmarish result

for the Michaelsons.

Back to you.

(groans)

Jesus, Jen!

When is your guy gonna come

and fix the dart board?

There's no guy,

it's a dart board.

Well then, get a new one!

Does she seem

different to you guys?

Who, your cheap ass girlfriend

who won't fix the

f***ing dart board?

[Nips] Yeah.

[Greg] No.

I'm taking a Mulligan, BT dubs.

God, this is garbage!

[Wesley] I'm starving.

[Jen] There's nothing here.

I might have some fruit.

(groans)

I don't want fruit.

I want something gross.

I want nachos,

pepperettes,

Jamaican patties.

(Jen laughs)

Something processed.

No, no, no, wait.

I'll go and you

regain your energy.

My treat, then, take this.

Minimum 50 bucks.

Don't come back with

less than too much.

Be your most disgusting self.

Oh, no problem.

Give me that. (both laughing)

And candy!

[Jen] Yep!

Eliot.

Hey.

Jen, what are you doing here?

One sec.

I'm hungry.

What are you doing here?

That's a lot of food.

What, are you

pregnant or something?

I got laid off.

Holy sh*t!

Yeah.

Nina's gonna kill you.

Promise you

won't say anything.

I can't, I can't promise that.

Oh, please!

Please, please,

please, Jen, f***!

Only if you tell her yourself.

I will, I will, I promise.

Look, it's not as bad

as it seems, okay?

I just need a

little bit of time.

My union rep is working on it.

Maybe I get my job back.

If not, severance.

When did this happen?

A couple of weeks ago.

A couple of weeks ago?

Just remain calm,

I am handling it.

So you've been pretending

to go to work all this time?

What do you do,

just hang out here?

Most nights, yeah.

Or I jump on a cash crew

if they're short laborers.

You have to get another job.

If I have to I will.

This is just

temporary, of course.

Please, please, please,

please, do not tell her.

[Cashier] Sorry, wrong PIN.

Right.

Sh*t.

I won't.

There you are.

I was about to send

out a search party.

You wouldn't believe it.

What, what's the matter?

Hydro called and

we're two months behind

and then that was just the bank

and said our mortgage bounced.

Must be a problem

with my check.

The direct deposits, yeah,

these are automatic payments.

I had to borrow

money from my mom.

You didn't have to do that.

We have $87 dollars

in our account!

I told you I would

take care of it!

Yeah, you did say

that, but you didn't!

You also said you would

get us an advance.

Yeah, you're putting a

lot of pressure on me, okay?

Maybe you shouldn't

have quit the

dance school without asking me.

I have to be there

for my little brother.

It's always something

with this little sh*t.

This f***ing trial!

[Nina] You think I like this?

It's f***ing 9 a.m.

What are you doing?

I work nights!

Wesley's on his way over here

to brief you for your testimony.

Oh, can I not get a break?

[Nina] You go on

the stand tomorrow.

Well, he doesn't

have to come over.

[Nina] What is your

problem with that guy?

He's just so f***ing smug.

He blows into town,

expects everyone to

stop and take notice.

What, what are

you talking about?

With all his bullshit

talk about Toronto,

like they don't have their

fair share of fuckups.

Trust me, he's still

a piece of sh*t.

He's here to

help your wife, me.

Why are you chopping him down?

What, are you his

f***ing cheerleader?

Why don't you ask him for money?

Okay, maybe I will.

At least he's not

a f***ing failure!

A f***ing failure?

I'm the failure?

Yeah, well this

failure could have

left you high and

dry like any of

the thousand guys

before me, but I didn't.

I f***ing married you!

And now I live in

f***ing Sault Ste. Marie!

You're welcome.

Yeah, cheers.

I'd feel a lot better if

we went over the main points.

Oh, would you?

I'm fine, I'll just

answer the questions.

But the way you answer can...

Yeah, I'm not

an idiot, alright?

You don't have to feed

me every sentence.

Listen, I know

this is stressful...

Yeah, yeah, it's stressful.

Yeah, why don't you

f*** off, Wesley, okay?

I didn't invite you here.

I get that, but Nina did.

She asked me to coach you.

She did?

Well, that's just f***ing great.

I'm gonna go out

for a quick dart.

Unless you wanna

coach me on that, too?

[Junior] Were you present

when the incident occurred?

No, I was not.

[Junior] And had the

defendant, your brother-in-law,

mentioned any intentions

he had that night?

Not to me, no.

Well, was there any discussion

regarding Mr.

Michaelson before that?

Yes, but I'd ask him about it.

Would you please tell the jury

what that conversation

was about?

Nina was upset.

He said that Shane was all

over her the night before.

He asked me if I was going to do

anything about it and I said no.

And did the defendant say he

was going to do

anything about it?

Not to me, no.

Hey, this is good,

it's almost over.

Your brother-in-law

never indicated to you

in any way that he planned

to harm Mr. Michaelson?

No, he did not.

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