Reservation Road Page #5

I just feel nauseous.

I got you a gift,

all right?

Thanks, Dad.

It's a Red Sox

yearbook.

I love it.

Our boy, huh?

Yeah.

You were great.

All right.

All right, Norris.

I'll see you, Ruth.

I'll see you Friday, right?

Yeah. Friday.

You were really good tonight.

Thanks.

See you.

Bye, Dad.

Hey.

I've been looking for you.

What happened tonight?

It was good.

We were okay.

We were okay

for a little while,

Ethan, I don't know

how to get you back.

Tell me what to do.

What happened?

What happened?

Murder happened.

That's what happened.

I love you.

And I want to get help.

I want us

to talk to someone.

Okay. You wanna talk

to somebody, Grace?

We'll talk to

whoever you want.

We can talk to the police,

lawyer, a therapist. I'll talk

Anything you want, okay?

Now can I please be alone?

Okay, Ethan. Okay.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Mr. Learner.

No, no, I was running.

Yeah, I'm free.

Yeah, you wanna meet

at the office?

Where?

Dwight. How are you?

Mr. Learner.

Nice car.

Is it new?

No. It's a rental.

A rental?

Been down here before?

No, no.

Why do you ask?

I just thought

maybe you'd come down

and familiarize yourself

with the case.

No. We have

a private investigator

Yeah.

I've been down here a lot,

trying to put it together.

This is where Josh was hit.

He came over here

to release fireflies.

I guess he was

going to the woods

And then from around

the bend... Here, turn around.

From around the bend

the truck came.

Report said

it was doing nearly 50.

Hit Josh here.

And he hesitated

like he knew

but then just drove off.

What kind of person

could do something like that?

I'm mean, what, was he drunk,

was he on drugs,

How could you

just drive off?

There's no way of knowing.

When we get him,

we'll know.

The police have given up

on this case, haven't they?

No, not completely.

The police are working

on a few things

and I'm hopeful

that they'll have

Like what?

Mr. Learner, I believe that

I'm gonna have something

I'm tired of waiting.

He's out there,

just laughing at me.

Now understand this.

I want this guy

to feel hunted.

I want him to know that

no matter how long it takes,

Your son, Lucas,

if somebody killed him,

what would you

want to happen to them?

I'd want to see him

go to prison.

That's it?

Knowing that he'll only

get a slap on the wrist?

Mr. Learner, this is not

a conversation that I think

you should be having

with your attorney.

Maybe you're right.

Thanks for meeting me

out here.

Hey, Dwight.

Yeah, hey, Norris. Listen,

Can you get her

for me, please?

We're having a little shindig,

you know? A few friends.

Yeah, listen, it's important.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be here.

Sort of busy right now,

Dwight.

Norris, I want to talk

to the mother of my kid, okay?

All right, look,

take it easy. Just...

Honey, is everything...

Hey, Ruth.

Dwight, what are you

doing here?

Can I have

a word with you, please?

It's not a good time.

We've got people over.

Yeah, a shindig.

You can come back Saturday

if you want to talk.

Listen, I need

a big favor from you.

Can I just have

a word with you

Okay.

Norris, do you mind

going to our guests?

It's okay.

What is it, Dwight?

Tomorrow's the first day

of the World Series. I want

No. That's not

what the court ordered.

Okay, can we just forget

about the whole court thing

Norris doesn't care

about the series.

When is that

ever gonna happen again?

I just want to

take him for the week.

I'll get him to school

on time. Please. After that...

After that,

I have to go away

Jesus, Dwight,

you're always running away.

Listen, you're always

telling me that I gotta take

Well, that's what

I'm trying to do here, okay?

Let me have him.

Will you tell me

what's going on with you?

I just wanna spend a week

with my son, okay?

Jesus, Dwight. All right,

you can have him,

Thank you.

You know, I'm sorry.

I got to go.

Good night.

This is for you.

- Hey.

- Hi. How are you?

Well, she played so

beautifully at the concert,

Oh, hey, check it out.

They have a Halloween

You wanna go next week?

Let's talk about that

later, okay?

I'll race you

to the hot dogs.

Look at all this chocolate.

Mr. Learner?

No. None for me, thanks.

Please call me Ethan.

I have some coffee

if you'd like it.

Sure.

That would be great.

I really hope that Emma

is going to stay

now that

she's finished the concert.

I'd like that.

You're so talented, honey.

Your son's quite

the Red Sox fan.

He must be excited

about the series coming up.

Yeah. He and Dwight

are fanatics.

He's over there right now.

They're gonna watch

the game tonight together.

Oh, Dwight lives nearby?

Yeah.

He's just over there

on Cove Road.

He moved there

so that he could be

Thank you.

These hotdogs are definitely

worse than before.

Worse, but better.

The Red Sox are gonna win

tonight, right, Dad?

You know it.

So, how long were you

and Dwight together?

Eight years.

Yeah, we had

a nickname for each other.

Nitro and Glycerin.

You could say

we had a kind of

So he had a bit of a temper?

Yeah. We both did.

More coffee?

No, that's all right.

We actually have to get going.

Can I just use

your restroom first?

So, anyway, each one

could be a different animal.

Right, like if you

could have a horse, and then

Ready?

Yeah.

Listen.

When the series is over,

I got to go away for a while.

Why?

There's just something

and I'm not going to

be able to see you

So how long do you have

to go away for?

I don't know.

Let's wait and see.

Hey, we don't do so bad,

you and me.

We're all right.

Yes, hello, um...

I... I saw your ad on the Net.

Can I help you?

Yes, I'm looking for

a pistol. Something simple.

A revolver.

Hey, Dad! Sleep tight,

don't let the snakes bite!

Oh, that's funny.

That's funny.

I'll get you for that.

Sh*t.

Yeah!

That's it! That's it!

Yeah, you think

we could sweep?

I don't know. I think

if they could do it,

All right, it's bedtime.

Go on.

All right. Night, Dad.

Good night.

Get washed up.

I'll see you

...in the middle of

this diamond at Busch Stadium

to go up three games to none.

Mr. Learner?

Okay.

Dad?

That's my son.

That's my son.

Dad, what was that noise?

Lou, Lou,

it's just a stool.

It's a stool.

A stool fell down, honey.

Look, please,

let me just talk to him,

Okay,

we're going. Go.

Okay.

Okay.

Lou.

Dad, what was

that noise?

It was just the TV, okay?

I dropped a stool.

Go to bed, all right?

I have to pee anyway.

Oh, Jesus, Lou.

Just go to sleep, all right?

Dad, I really

have to pee.

All right, come on,

hurry, quick.

Come on, come on.

Come on, hurry up, Lou.

Come on.

Lou, come on, honey,

you got to get back to bed.

I'm coming.

Okay.

Get into bed.

Get in.

Good night.

Good night, Dad.

Get to bed.

You have a big day tomorrow.

I love you, Lou.

Love you, too.

Get back.

Outside. Just take me

out of the house.

Take me out of the house.

Look away.

Okay.

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