Swelter Page #4

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Well...

what do you think, Sheriff?

Heads or tails?

I think it's a coin

spinning on a table.

And I think a man's gonna

do what he's gonna do.

Sheriff, I just got a call

from Old Man Johnson.

Somebody shot one of his cows.

Says he wants you to

handle it personally.

Sheriff, should

I meet you out there?

Sheriff?

I can't help but notice you

don't wear a gun, Sheriff.

Grand Canyon. I hear

it's nice this time of year.

Nice talkin' to ya, Sheriff.

A fan in this heat, it's a bit like

a joker on a jack. Don't ya think?

Like tears in a river.

You haven't changed.

You have.

London, get in the car.

But it's hot in the car.

Just get in the car.

She's beautiful. And tough.

Like her mother.

You think,

after all these years,

you can show up here and

I'll fall back into your arms?

Not this time.

Who's that guy, Mom?

He's nobody.

Your keys are on the table.

I don't know why in the hell you're

trying to raise cows out here, Henry.

Hell, this one probably

just committed suicide.

I wanna know what you and Barney Fife

are gonna do about this, Sheriff.

- A cowboy boot?

- Yeah.

Cowboy boot? So?

Well, none of the kids wear

cowboy boots these days, Henry.

Somebody's out there shooting

cows and God knows what else.

I heard shots

out in the flats, too.

What in the hell would somebody

be shooting at out there?

Henry, you usually get good

cell reception out here?

- How the hell would I know?

- Sheriff,

We have a 1033 in Doc's office.

- Ronny?

- Probably just another false alarm.

I want you to head into town and

find out where our guests are.

And if you run into any trouble, you

call for backup. You understand me?

Get that goddamn light

out of my face!

Goddamn it, Doc. You're

lucky I don't carry a gun.

What, are you trying

to burn the place down?

Uh, the smoke set off the alarm.

I should've destroyed

that years ago.

I meant to.

I tried hypnosis, meds,

associative suggestion.

Hell, I even thought about

calling in a, a shaman.

You know, $10 million,

it's a lot of money.

Pike. Pike!

Go, go, go! Come on!

Stay with me, Pike.

That's it. Come on.

Pike!

Go, now, Cole! Leave him.

Hands on the hood!

I oughta shoot you for

impersonating Frank, a**hole.

Ah, it was Friday night.

I was drunk.

F*** you.

Help. Help me.

I mean, what were the odds?

You stumbled out of the dark in front

of the only man for a hundred miles

who could do anything for you.

Help.

"No hospital" you kept saying.

"No hospital. No hospital."

Help me please, in here!

- What's going on?

- Cut away his clothes.

It's all right.

Who is he?

Bishop.

Even when you said it,

it sounded like a question.

Carmen picked Gabriel,

you know, like the angel?

Carmen knows?

There's no medical reason

for your memory loss.

You just didn't

want to remember.

I guess what you found here was worth

more to you than ten million dollars.

I still don't remember

where the money is.

Well then, you

probably never will.

I promised I'd take her away from here.

Away from this town.

The money would've

given us a second chance.

Doc!

Doc, here, up, come on.

I'm afraid your friend

Boyd knows his way around

the human anatomy

almost as well as I do.

Boyd?

The bullet severed my

superior mesenteric artery.

I don't know what that means

but I know it's pretty bad.

Come on. Come on. It's not bad.

Oh, you're the doctor now?

You're just slowing it down.

I'd really rather

get it over with.

I didn't tell him anything.

It doesn't matter.

I didn't tell him anything.

Doc! It doesn't matter.

Doc? Doc, no!

I told you, I'll always

come back for you.

Where is Stillman?

He's on a date.

Really? With the light?

Man.

Where the f*** are you goin'?

Well, everybody else

seems to have a girlfriend.

I think I'm gonna go find one.

And um...

you have a little...

A little what?

A little thing.

F***, man. I thought I was

supposed to be the crazy one.

When I left, I had no choice.

None.

No. It's your DNA.

It was always one more job, one more score.

Nothing is ever enough with you!

Sh*t. Come on.

Where're the dang keys?

There are only two like

this one in the whole world.

Keep it for good luck.

Goddamn it.

Come on, London. Let's go.

It's getting late.

So you're a fortuneteller.

I was palm reader back in Vegas,

before I became a tainted woman.

You're holding it too tight.

She's holding it just fine.

It ain't a dick.

Come on, Stacey. You can break.

So this is who you are?

This is you?

Matching coffee mugs and salt and

pepper shakers, this is you?

That's what I always was.

When you found me I was lost.

I'm not lost anymore.

He doesn't know

where the money is.

So you know about the money.

So you know about him.

Does he know about you?

He came here without a past.

So I didn't tell him mine.

Well isn't that convenient?

I came to Baker

to raise my daughter.

To keep her away

from people like you.

I could've killed you.

Johnny! Johnny.

Bishop, what're you do...

Where is she? Where is she!

We got in a fight.

She's at the Dry Mouth.

What's wrong?

Where is she?

Stacey! What room? What room?

In 103.

I'll find her. I promise you.

What is wrong with you people?

They'll kill you.

They cannot do anything to me.

I've done it to myself

a long time ago.

Save me the best half.

Doc! Doc!

What's a girl like you

doing in a town like this?

What kind of girl is that?

Well, you're obviously

not from here.

You ever been

to Bloomingdale, Kansas?

No. Can't say that I have.

Well, I have.

How far does that go up?

No!

God damn it.

Ronny, I need you

to stay where you are.

See, I know these men, and

they are... they're bad men.

Ronny?

Oh, come on, just...

No.

Oh, sh*t.

It's okay, Ronny.

He was just playin'.

Ronny, stop. He'll kill you.

Ronny, here, here, take it.

Halle, come on!

- Stop it! No! No!

- Come on. Halle, please.

No! No...

Hey, Ronny.

Hey. Ronny. Ronny.

Son? Look, I'm here.

Come on, Ronny. Look at me.

He was headed up

toward the church.

Never thought of you

as a religious man, Pike.

Get up, Boyd.

You remembered my name.

Welcome back.

You sure you're up for this?

It's been a long time.

He killed Ronny and Doc.

And they had nothing

to do with this.

Boyd?

Stay out of it, Cole.

The doc was a drunken fool.

And the deputy?

Oh hell, I did you a favor.

He was after your job.

I gotta ask you, Pike.

How do you stand

this f***in' heat?

Um, Cole.

You're running out of friends.

As long as you got

enemies, I got friends.

London.

London. Baby. London.

Hey.

You here for sloppy seconds?

You piece of sh*t!

F***in' hillbilly.

Blow to the head. All it takes

is one of these bullet fragments

to move even half a millimeter

and you may forget how to piss.

Stop it! London?

London honey, come here.

A**hole. I'm gonna

f***ing kill you!

How 'bout a threesome?

So you rape

little girls now, huh?

Honey, come...

Didn't see that one

coming, did you old man?

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