Small Crimes Page #5

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[train whistle blowing]

[knocking]

[train crossing bell clanging]

[TV dialogue continues]

- [door closes]

- Hmm.

[car door closes]

[inhales]

- [door slams open]

- [man] B*tch, I knew it!

- [gunshots]

- [Toni screams]

[door opens]

[thunder rumbling]

[door slamming]

[car engine starting]

[tires squealing]

Police! Stay in your room!

[door closes]

Sh*t!

No.

[groans]

[thunder rumbling]

[door opening]

Joe.

I gotta talk to you.

All right.

[grunts, exhales]

I read this while you were inside.

I didnt know there was a name for it.

I have always known

since you were little...

there was something in you.

And I didnt do anything about it.

Ive done a lot of soul-searching...

about my part in what happened to you.

- Dad, you didnt do anything.

- Let me finish.

Thats what Im saying.

I didnt do anything.

I didnt make you run with wild people.

I didnt make you gamble all that money.

I didnt make you take drugs

or drink liquor

or be so goddamn angry all the time, Joe.

I knew how you were.

I did nothing to help.

I am sorry, Joe.

For that I am truly sorry.

But Ive gotta do something about it now.

For your mother, for me...

- [sighs]

- maybe for you.

I dont know.

But this cannot continue.

Give me the keys.

Dad...

Give me the keys.

Tomorrow morning.

Youre gonna have to leave.

Dad, Im leaving right now.

Joe?

[door opening]

Where is it?

I will not have dirty money in my house.

Its not dirty money. Its my money.

Who keeps that much money in a bag

unless its dirty money?

You have no right to go through my stuff!

We have every right!

Where did it come from? Where?

Whats the difference?

Im leaving! You get your wish!

My wish is to have my son back.

- All right...

- I dont know who you are!

- [Joes dad] Take it easy, Joe.

- Mom.

Im going. Okay? Im going.

But I need that bag.

- Mm-mmm.

- I am dead without it.

So where is it? Please.

Please.

No. No!

No!

[Joe] What the f***?

[sobs]

You...

have been in touch this whole time?

The best thing

that ever happened to those girls

was to get away from their father.

[shouts]

[Joes mom] Remember, you had everything

and you destroyed it all!

- [Joe] F*** you!

- [Joes dad] Just stop!

[Joe] Youll never hate me

as much as I hate myself!

[Joes mom] Oh, no, you dont!

You dont get to turn this into

a little pity party!

This is beyond your little feelings!

[Joe] When did you ever care how I felt?

[Joes mom] Thats all I ever cared about!

And I dont hate you!

I hate what youve done to this family!

- Wheres the f***ing money?

- [gunshot]

[glass breaking]

[gagging]

- [rapid gunfire]

- [screaming]

[distorted] Joe! 911! Joe, call 911!

- [Joes mom] Oh!

- Call 911, Joe!

- [speaks indistinctly]

- [gagging, gasping]

- Oh, Jesus Christ, Joe!

- Aaah!

Dad?

Dad?

Who did it?

[Joe sighs]

Junior Vassey or-or Dan Pleasant.

I dont know.

Your friends.

[Joe] Oh.

You bring mayhem with you, Joe.

[knocking]

I f***ed up.

[water splashes]

[Joe] Then what happened was...

I got behind with my bookie.

It started slow, ya know,

couple of Sundays of bad luck.

Next thing I know, Im underwater.

I kept thinking, Aw, Ill sort this out.

[sniffs] Ill dig out from this.

My daughters...

when they look at me, when they look

at my face, theyll forgive me.

Me and another cop...

a guy named Dan...

we did whatever Manny said,

and he said, Do terrible things.

Now it...

Its happening all over again.

Hes gonna talk about all that now,

Manny is, and when he does...

that prosecutors

gonna give me the death penalty.

[sniffs]

Assuming Dan doesnt kill me first.

You dont know that.

You dont.

Were not defined by our pasts.

Youve remade yourself.

Youve chosen to be a good man.

Its a choice. Thats all it is.

In prison, uh, there was a chaplain.

Chaplain Morris.

And he sat with me for...

For f***in years.

Im tellin ya, if someone tells you

for that long that you can be forgiven...

Youre the only one who made me feel

like maybe he was right.

He was.

I need money to run.

[mewing]

[piano:
classical]

[classical continues]

[groaning]

[beeping]

[Manny groans]

[groaning, exhaling]

[groans]

[monitor beeping rapidly]

[classical continues]

[beeping rapidly]

[music ends]

[beeping rapidly]

[steady beep]

[exhales]

[steady beep continues]

[hisses]

[snorts]

- Lets go.

- [Joe] Hey, guys.

[zipper zips]

[Joe] Im gonna go.

Big time.

But...

youre gonna see the playroom first.

Junior, you dont have to do this. I...

I swear Im gonna leave.

What-Whatever Phil is gonna do

with your Dad had...

My dad?

My father... is dead.

He was a great man. A king.

And...

Well, theyll never be

another one like him, right, fellas?

- F*** yeah.

- [thug] Hmm. [chuckles]

[stammers] Dont, dont! No!

Your girlfriend isnt

the most competent nurse Ive ever seen.

[screams]

[whimpering]

Jesus Christ, you sound like she did.

[laughs]

But dont worry. Youll see her again.

[laughing]

[thugs laughing]

[Joe] Where is she?

Out there.

[thug] Lets go. [speaks foreign language]

[Junior] Were gonna go in there together,

you and me.

[Joe groans]

We are gonna go down there

and work it all out.

[Junior] We got all day, dont we?

Theres nothing to work out. Uh...

I didnt do anything. It wasnt me.

Thats not what she said.

[Joe] We dont have to do this.

It wasnt me.

- All right, come on.

- [Joe] No. No!

- [thug speaks foreign language]

- No. No. No, no, no!

No, no, no, no, no! No!

- [tires screeching]

- No, no, no, no, no!

Who the f*** is this?

[thugs speaking foreign language]

[thugs speaking foreign language]

- [car door slams]

- [thug shouting]

[rifle c*cks]

- [gunfire]

- Aaah!

[Scotty] Ill kill you, Junior!

[gunshots]

[shotgun c*cks]

[shouts]

[Scotty] Die, motherf***er!

- [shouting]

- [Scotty shouting]

[gunfire]

[Scotty] I see you, Junior!

I see you back there, b*tch!

[both grunting]

[Scotty laughs]

There you go, Junior! There you go!

[Scotty] Get some!

Get some!

Now, Bill is my brother!

[Junior] Suck my cock, you f***in retard!

- [grunting]

- [keys jangling]

F*** it.

[screaming]

[grunts]

[Scotty cackling]

[Scotty] F***, man.

[Scotty] Joe?

Hey, Joe.

[coughing]

[door rattling]

[flies buzzing]

[Joe] You hold on, okay? You just hold on.

Scotty, you hear me?

Yeah, yeah, I hear you.

Good.

Youre gonna be fine.

- Getting you help.

- Yeah?

Cause...

you were like a brother to Billy.

That makes you like a brother to me,

right?

Thats right.

Except he didnt fall

on any f***ing train tracks, did he?

Not the way they said.

You... put him there.

Thats crazy, Scotty. Just...

Were almost there, okay?

Junior... told you to do it.

[clears throat]

And you did it.

I talked to Phil about it, you know?

- Hes not such a bad guy.

- Did you...

Did you maybe take a shot at my house,

Scotty?

Yeah.

Sorry.

[engine revving]

[thumping]

[keys jangling]

[thumping continues]

[Joe grunts]

[gasping]

[gurgles]

[phone buzzing]

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