Sweet 16 Page #4

Marci.

- Sir?

- Stay in the car.

- Oh, Dad!

- Hey come on, you're already on my list.

Yes sir.

- Greyfeather?

G reyfeather?

G reyfeather?

It's me, Dan.

I should've seen this coming,

I should've seen it coming!

Well just a minute here,

it says in this report

that it was suicide.

Those reports are

public knowledge George,

hell, you know, what can I do too.

- You're telling me that the white people

in this town did it?

Hell I don't have to

tell you, you know it.

- What are you gonna do?

- I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna find this madman

before he strikes again

and believe me he will,

and then going I'm after

the son of a b*tches

that hung Greyfeather,

and you can put that in your

peace pipe and smoke it.

- Hi, Dad.

- Hey there Mr. Martin.

- Okay Hank, you going up to the services?

Yeah.

- Now listen.

- Ah, I'm not for funerals.

- George.

We'll talk about this later.

' Sure.

- You ready?

- Yup.

- Yep.

- Let's go.

And although our immortal

hearts are burdened

with the grief over the

untimely loss of these two

fine boys, Tommy and Johnny,

seemingly struck down

before they had the opportunity

to truly grow and prosper

in your blessed life, let

us not judge their departure

in mortal terms, but in

terms of life, everlasting.

Let us now dearly hold

to our savior's promise

of eternal life, world without end.

Oh lord, let our faith in

you grow ever stronger,

even in the face this tragedy,

and give us your loving light

to soothe our common sorrow,

help us in our search for

an understanding of your

divine wisdom, and teach us

forgiveness in the face

of mortal transgression,

oh lord, calm our angry

hearts when we seek vengeance,

raise our spirits above

our petty mortal desires

and guide your faithful

children to joyous love

that awaits us all in heaven,

now let us join together in silent prayer.

His will be done, amen.

- Amen.

Melissa, I suppose you

heard about Greyfeather?

- What's a Greyfeather?

- Greyfeather is the old man

that you accused the other night.

- And I hope they caught the creep.

- Oh they did, and then they hanged him.

Oh gee did I upset you?

- Look leave me alone okay?

What, what's the matter,

don't you wanna hear the details

about that poor old man was

twitching from his ceiling

because you decided you

wanted a little attention?

Maybe Greyfeather was in that alley,

and maybe he was there all by himself,

but he didn't kill

anybody, just like Jason

didn't try to kiss you the other night,

do you know Melissa, you

like to make up stories

don't you, you like the

attention that they get you.

Well this time your little

story killed someone.

You know you might as

well have put the rope

around his neck yourself,

you stupid little b*tch.

Melissa wait, would you wait a second?

Well why do you have to be

so damn tough all the time?

- Well why do you have to be so damn good?

- Well I'm not.

I mean I've done a lot of rotten things.

- Like What?

Well it was pretty rotten

what I just did to you.

Look, it uhm, it's probably my fault, but,

we've really gotten off to a bad start,

and well if...

Hi I'm Marci Burke.

- Marci I didn't wanna hurt that old man.

- I know.

Listen Melissa if you ever

need someone to talk to you,

you know just about

stuff in general, well,

I'm a good listener.

- Thanks Marc.

We've just got to find

that common denominator.

- It's Melissa.

- What?

- Well she's the common denominator.

She was the last person to

see both Tom and Johnny alive.

That's crazy, I mean

Tommy was already dead

when she found him.

- Yeah that's what she says.

- Well he does have a point, Marci.

- I mean Dad you've got to admit that she

isn't your average kid, Marci

you and her are the same age

and look at the difference

between you and her.

So she's got fancier

clothes and she knows how

to wear make up, big deal,

she's still a sensitive girl.

- You're outta your mind.

- And she's lonely too.

- Oh she's lonely, sure.

Every guy at school only wants

to ask her out for a date.

Hank you have no idea

of what I'm talking about.

I mean she and I really got along today,

have you ever talked to her?

- Sure all the time.

- Sure all the time, no you haven't.

Most of you guys just drool over her.

She's really a nice person.

Sounds like you made

a good friend today.

- L did, Daddy.

You know actually Marci,

I'm glad you guys came

together closer.

Now maybe you can set me

up on a date with her.

I'm just kidding.

I'm just kidding, take

it easy, it was a joke!

- Coffee.

- Thank you.

Morning.

- Morning.

I don't have a lotta time, Sheriff.

What I have to say doesn't

sit easy with me either.

- I take it you're talking about Jason.

- I fired him this morning.

- I'm sorry to hear that.

- I also want him arrested.

Well maybe you'd

better explain that John.

Since the first days

of the dig, things have

been disappearing, now

I thought that Jason

was putting them in the

crates, I checked yesterday.

Do you have a description

of what's missing.

- They're all listed there.

Now Sheriff this is my

work, those aren't just

artifacts to me, they're more than that.

Those knives alone could bring me enough

financial support to excavate

the entire burial mound.

- Knives?

- I've never seen anything like it,

five exquisite pieces, and

they're buried with their chiefs.

- Excuse me.

Dan.

Let's see, I like my

steak two inches thick.

- You got something?

- How does a matching MO sound?

- Not bad for starters.

Listen I think

you'd better get up here,

because there's probably

gonna be a lot more.

Well I couldn't get up there

until late this afternoon.

The computer picked

up some real interesting

information on a Jason Longshadow,

I'm gonna do some followup NCICs

and I should have 'em around four.

- Kathy you're beautiful.

And I'm single, and

I'm great in the garden.

Yeah, your kids just love me.

- Come on, yeah hold on.

John I'll go up and talk to Jason

and I should have something

for you by tonight.

- Good, by tonight then, Sheriff.

- See you at the party?

- See you at the party.

- Yeah?

- You know how great I iron your shirts.

I'll promise I'll make

it up to you, I promise.

And I can change the

tires on my car and your car.

- I know, I gotta go now, bye.

And you know

I'm great at cleaning up.

- Frank?

- Hmm-mm?

- Make a run on that will you?

Jason?

- Why would he do it?

Well I'm not saying that

Jason did anything honey.

He did have a motive.

- What motive?

Come on Marci, Dad you

know he hated the Franklins.

Yeah but he didn't

even know Tommy Jackson.

Could somebody put their finger here.

- I Will.

Well I'll know more when

I get back from the lab.

Can't I go with you, Dad?

Oh I'd like you to honey,

but I think you'd more fun

at Melissa's birthday party.

Now George said he'd pick you

guys up in a couple of hours

so wait for him.

- Will do, Dad.

And I should be back,

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