The Barber Page #5

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I'm playing this motherf***er.

He has a box of this sh*t

in his basement.

Baby.

It's a front, John, okay?

He's playing a part, just like you.

You didn't hear the way that he talked to me

about everything that happened,

the way that he talked about my father.

Your father was wrong.

Not about Visser. There's no way he was

wrong, because he gave up everything.

He gave up his family

and his career and his life.

And you.

Yeah, and me.

I can't.

I can't watch you go down the same hole.

We can't do this right now.

You gotta get out of here, okay?

You have to go right now.

I asked you to teach me

how to get away with it,

and you never did, because you couldn't,

because you never did it.

The watch trick,

it wasn't yours. Kemper used it.

Right here,

there's a chapter

on how to kill people in your head,

the aura phase, right?

And then... And then right here,

underlined and highlighted,

the unguarded moment,

it's exactly what you said to me.

What did you do? You just learned

everything from these books,

and then you just puked it out

at me like it was yours?

I told you who I was

that night in the woods.

But you wanted me to be

this awful person, and I figured...

who better? I've lived it.

It's because they said that it was you,

and people believed it.

I believed it.

And then I believed you.

No one has listened to me

for a long time.

I'd almost make it true...

if you'd stay.

I got a bad heart, arthritis.

Life's a gift from God,

and I've wasted it,

no good works, no kids.

There was a lady I loved once

back in Chicago, Sharon.

I was gonna adopt her son Franklin.

Man, oh, man, did that kid love me.

They handcuffed me

right in front of them.

I'll never forget how scared

they were, their faces.

The man who arrested me was so cruel.

He didn't care I had a family.

He didn't care a boy

was gonna be without a dad.

When they let me go,

I went to see her.

She looked at me like I was a monster.

I never saw them again.

What I did to you,

lying all this time...

there's no excuse.

There's no excuse.

But if you'd please stay

until after dinner tomorrow...

you would surely make

an old man's Harvest Day.

- Yello.

- So you two playing house over there?

Don't have a clue

what you're talking about.

Hardaway came snooping around yesterday

wanting to know if I talked to your boy.

- What do you want, Luis?

- Well, my last check

and pain and suffering for my injuries.

How 'bout that?

Oh, okay. Come on by the shop

couple or three days, and we'll...

Nah, nah, nah. Let's do this now, Gene.

I've gotta go by the shop, see Luis.

- Eugene, I think...

- I won't be long.

Yo, Eugene.

Eugene.

F***ing kidding me?

What the f...

Hey, let go of my f***ing hand, man.

Let go of my f***ing hand, Eugene.

What's wrong with you, man?

Kidding me, man?

Give me the f***ing check.

Not bad.

You still there, son?

Sh*t.

- Yeah?

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Mr. Van Wingerdt?

We met yesterday.

You gave me a lift in your truck.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm...

Look, I'm really, really busy right now.

I know that I... I told you

that I didn't know anyone in town.

- Actually, I'm here to see John.

- John?

- You guys know each other?

- Yeah.

Well, I, you know, knew him...

a couple times.

- And he told me to meet him here.

- Here?

Yeah. I really need to speak with him.

It's important.

Oh, okay. Sure. Come on in.

So he's here?

Yeah. He's here.

He's...

He's out back.

Yeah.

Hey, Visser.

You didn't think this was over,

did you, John?

You've known all along who I was, right?

That bit about you being a serial killer,

that was truly inspired.

And that thing with Kelli in the tub,

you might just be better at this

than your old man.

You may not believe me, son, but...

I never intended for him to go

and shove that gun in his mouth.

Thomas stopped answering my calls,

tried to go on living a normal life,

- whatever that is.

- Stop talking about him.

Girl came around looking for you,

pretty thing.

I told her not to panic, John.

That's the key.

She stays calm, well...

- you might find her.

- Where is she?

You have all you need,

one hour, maybe two.

That seems fair.

All right, get the f*** up. Come on.

Man, you have officially

f***ed yourself for life.

- Give me your keys. Let's go. Let's go.

- Okay, okay. Okay.

Okay. Eugene is not who you think he is.

He's a serial killer

named Francis Allen Visser...

- Knock off the story.

- He murders women.

You know what? Look at this, this photo,

that picture. He ever show you that?

Look at that. He bought this photo.

He made it all up,

and he's starting again.

Chief, he takes those girls,

and he buries them alive.

Is that what you did to Kelli?

Did you bury her alive?

No, I didn't bury her alive! I left Kelli

in her car up by Highway 2 with...

When you're ready, drive out of this

sh*t town, and don't ever come back, okay?

Sh*t. Oh, God.

No.

Hello?

Kid, get me out of here!

Audrey!

Audrey!

Hello!

Gary, what are you doing in there?

- Eugene. Thank God.

- There we are.

That kid you've been hanging out with,

he's gone off the rails.

He's talking about you burying people.

F***! Audrey!

Hello!

Oh, sh*t. What do I do? Oh, f***.

F***.

No.

Can anybody hear me?!

Somebody help me.

- Audrey?

- Hello?!

Hello?! I'm down here!

John.

- John, I'm down here!

- I got you! I got you!

Baby? Baby, you hear me?

John!

Get me out of here. Get me out of here.

This must be real exciting for you,

following in your daddy's footsteps.

F*** you.

Shame the way that ended.

- Sh*t.

- Gotta give him credit,

real bulldog, never let up.

You know, I've got Hardaway

in the car right now.

He's got your fake family photos.

He knows you're a liar.

You think I'm going down

for a couple postcards? Some fairy tale?

What about Luis or Kelli?

Kelli. I had to follow the two of you

all the way out there to finish that one off.

And I gotta be honest.

With a yummy ass like that girl had...

it was fun.

You gotta know you're not walking

away from this.

Son, look at me, son. I'm an old man.

I've always walked away.

Oh, God,

- a lifetime of walking away.

- F*** you.

As long as there's nothing

linking me to Luis,

I walk right out of that police station

just like I did with your daddy.

You, on the other hand, you really

should have been more careful.

You are leaving puzzle pieces

everywhere you go.

You've been setting me up.

And here you are, the smoking gun.

I gave John an antique straight razor.

Grace, the manager,

saw you leave with Kelli.

Careful with what you leave behind.

You came here to bring me to justice.

I'm not gonna soft-serve it for you.

You failed.

- Just let... Just let... Let her go.

- Nah. I just don't think it's in my nature.

But don't worry. It'll be over soon.

And then you'll feel everything

your daddy felt.

F*** you.

John.

Audrey. Audrey.

Audrey, it's me. You okay?

I thought I was dead.

I always wondered what it'd be like

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