Salvation Boulevard Page #3

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We will fight this evil!

And we will win! We will win!

We will win!

Amen! Amen!

I just wish that

everybody could hear

what was said in there,

you know?

It's so important...

Carl, you just had no idea

what was going to happen when you

were with him last night, did you?

The point is, the man

had nothing to live for.

I mean, if you think your only

destiny is to be worm food,

you might as

well off yourself.

Carl, could I

have a word?

Oh, hey, Jim. Gwen.

Jerry, hey,

let me just barge in here.

I gotta teach an art class

in literally one minute.

So, I'll see you

at home at 12:
20.

Okay.

Okay, bye.

I want to help you but

you've got to come with me.

Just smile and

pretend nothing's wrong.

What are you

talking about?

I mean right now.

Hey. See you, Jim.

Jerry.

Hey, what's going on?

No talking, just moving.

Jerry?

Wait a minute.

Where are you parked?

Ezekiel.

Go, go, go.

Help me, it hurts!

That's because you aborted your baby, Jan.

You're going to hell!

Jerry...

Come on!

Where's your car, Carl?

Left.

I'll drive. I'll drive.

I'll drive.

Give me the keys!

Okay, okay, okay.

Keys.

What's going on, Jerry?

Pastor Dan told me

everything.

He did?

And if you listen to me

carefully and do what I say...

Okay.

...I think everything

will work out just fine.

Okay. Okay.

Please tell me this was

all a big mistake, right?

It was an accident,

you know?

And putting

the gun in his hand?

Was an even

bigger mistake, right?

It was just a panicked moment.

It just happened very quickly.

You're willing to go on the record?

With the police?

Yes. I am. I will.

Good.

Okay.

Here's the thing, Carl.

Okay.

Pastor Dan

wasn't in that room.

Right.

What?

He wanted to

call the cops.

But he didn't.

You know why?

Why?

Because he loves you, Carl.

And he wants to protect you.

The only way for

this to work out okay

is for you to just

admit what you did,

and leave him out.

What I did?

Me? What?

Yeah, what you did.

You shot that guy and tried to

make it look like a suicide.

No, Jerry, I...

Carl, I've gotten

hot under the collar...

Dan shot the professor!

...when Bedelia was doing

that thing at the barbeque,

you saw me go crazy.

None of this

happened, Jerry.

But shooting someone?

Pull the van over

right now, okay?

I would never

shoot someone!

I want you

out of my van!

Right now, Jerry!

Fine.

What are we doing here?

Let's go.

Jerry?

Hey.

You remember the story of

Abraham and Isaac?

From Bible study?

Yeah, the father

and son who go out...

God told Abraham to take his

son Isaac out into the desert

and make a sacrifice

of him!

Abraham loved his son

with all his heart.

But Abraham

loved God even more.

Jerry, Isaac was innocent!

And God changed his mind and

he told Abraham to let him go.

The whole thing was a test.

Don't confuse the issue!

You right or left-handed?

Huh?

Answer me!

I'm left-handed.

All right.

Let's get down on our knees,

and ask for forgiveness.

Now. Come on.

Come on.

Come on, here we go.

Jerry.

Close your eyes, Carl.

Close your eyes.

Okay. Just...

Jerry.

I said close them!

Okay, okay, Jerry. Jerry.

This is...

What are you doing?

We're friends, man.

Okay?

Our kids are friends. I let you

run the grill at my barbeque!

Why are you doing this?

Why are you making

me do this, Carl?

Someone's got to stop you from

taking this church over a cliff!

In this mission,

I am as Abraham was.

Huh?

Carl?

Carl, what just happened?

What's going on?

- Hello?

- Angie, where are you?

I don't know!

I just woke up.

Mom, I think Carl

just killed someone!

No, no, no.

Mom, no, no, no.

Wait, wait, wait, Mom...

Gwen?

Carl?

Yeah.

You said you'd

be home at 12:
20.

She has no shoes.

You know that?

She hasn't decided on her shoes yet.

Okay, but I...

I think we might

have to call you back.

Is everything okay?

No, fine.

Okay. So, are you driving now?

Where are you exactly?

Who is that?

That's Jerry,

sweetheart.

Jerry Hobson.

Pop the trunk, honey.

It's Pep-pep!

The next thing I know

he had a gun on my head,

she popped out of the van, and I

hit him over the head with a rock.

Yeah, I had to drag

him to the van.

He was gonna kill me, he had

the gun right on me, man.

Oh, wow.

That is insane.

I know, Jim,

it's completely...

It's screwed up!

Watch the language!

It just doesn't

really make sense.

What I mean is, you've

gone completely insane.

Well, I mean...

I know Dan would never

do a thing like that.

Not in a million years. That's the thing.

Accident or no.

Gwen, I stood there and watched

him do it with my own eyes.

The way I watched Jerry Hobson take

me out to the desert to murder me.

Jerry.

Jerry-and-Bedelia Jerry?

Yes.

He did, Mom.

That is ridiculous.

No, Jim. Come on.

Why did you bring him?

I told you not to

tell anyone.

She brought me because

you're off in some kind of

acid flashback

la-la-land!

- Okay. Okay. Okay.

- Come on.

You dreamed that Pastor Dan

shot that professor,

and now you've hallucinated

this thing with Jerry Hobson!

Honey!

That is it!

What?

You had a bad dream

this morning!

This whole thing with Dan

that you think happened,

was that bad dream that you

couldn't remember! Yes!

Gwen...

That is it!

And the whole

thing with Jerry,

I'm sure it's

a misunderstanding.

Do you know that Bedelia told me

Jerry's been dieting recently?

That can really mess with

your blood sugar levels.

I know.

I can get very irritable...

Gwen, he went completely...

He went nuts! Okay?

He went completely...

Am I right?

He was really scary.

Crazy!

Honey. Honey, nobody's

going to hurt you.

You have messed

with this child's head

just the way you've

messed with your own!

Honey, why don't you tell Dan

about your dream?

He'll understand. People have

bad dreams all the time.

Just talk to him about it.

Are you even

listening to me?

Before

the Purity Ball tonight.

You listen to me, son.

When I was in the Navy,

I could look

into a man's eyes

and tell when he was

hiding something.

And you, my friend,

are hiding something.

So, whatever's going on,

I need you to

tell me about it.

I need you to

tell me straight,

and I mean right now.

Please, Carl.

All right.

But I...

I have to pee first.

Hey, come on!

Chicken! Let's go!

Leave a message for him.

Can I help you?

I met you the other night.

At the auditorium.

Oh! Hey!

There's the guy!

What's up, man?

Oh.

You're here for

Professor Blaylock.

I need to talk to you.

Holy crap!

You fraking kidding me?

The pastor?

Yeah.

The Church of the Third Millennium

Pastor who was on this campus

just last frackin' night?

There's a security camera on the

other side of that building.

It would have seen him and I both

leaving right after it happened.

Uh... Ooh... If the police

would look at that...

No. Uh-uh.

What do you mean no?

No. That was one

of the first things

they checked early

this morning, man.

Okay.

Here he comes.

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