The Devil's in the Details Page #2

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What was your relationship

like with them?

Me and Claire are close.

She'd do anything for me.

Kyle, he's my big brother,

you know?

I looked up to him,

he looked after me.

And he was in the service, too,

correct?

Yeah, but he can't...

What?

When he came back,

he didn't come back like me.

Well, the experience is

different for everyone.

We gotta wrap this up.

Hey, doc, are you married?

I am.

How long?

12 years.

Yeah?

Do you guys have any kids?

I have two boys.

Do you love them?

With every fiber of my being.

I sure hope you tell them that.

I can't stand to see a man

drinking alone.

Thomas Conrad.

Listen, I have to apologize again.

I just wasn't paying attention.

Thomas Conrad, you know, sh*t,

I don't know why you keep

bringing it up.

I already forgot about it.

I mean, can you remember

what happened, frank?

I don't know, I only remember you have

to pay the tab this time, Bill.

Details, Frank, minor details.

Besides, my new friend here,

Thomas the killer, he's paying

for everything.

I'm not a cheap date.

Well, look, here's to life

without the ball and chain.

I can drink to that today.

Cheers.

Cheers.

And that makes you feel

like a disappointment?

I am an original.

There's always one, right?

Always.

for once, you need to stand up

for yourself.

You just can't fit into the

background forever, you now?

And you tell your sister Claire

to back the f*** off!

Hey, how did you know my

sister's name was Claire?

You told me ten minutes ago.

I did?

We've had too many drinks.

Wait a minute. All we've been

doing is talking about me.

I don't even know what you do,

What do you do?

I'm an exporter.

You're an exporter?

Sometimes I moonlight as...

as a bogey man, Thomas.

As the bogey man? Okay.

Back home we call it the Cucuy.

The Cucuy?

Cucuy.

Well, I'm so messed up, I have

no idea what that even means.

But, here's to the Cucuy!

We need some more drinks.

Alicia!

Yes.

See you later, David!

Take it easy, Bill.

Bill, you know everyone in here.

I've been coming here a long time.

I bet, it looks like it.

Thomas?

Yeah.

I'm gonna need your keys.

You're gonna need my keys?

Please, I don't want you to get

into another accident.

The next guy might not

be so nice.

That's a good point.

But if I give you these,

I need you to call me a cab.

Of course.

All right.

Bring that in.

You got it, Bill.

What is this?

Happy birthday, Thomas,

Thank you, Bill.

It's time to make a wish.

Thank you.

Chloe, Chloe, come to the door.

Daddy's home.

Help! Help me!

Help me, Help me, please?

One hell of a cupcake, Thomas.

Bill?

Are you going to cooperate,

Thomas?

Are you going to cooperate?

Cooperate with what?

No!

Are you going to cooperate?

That's not cooperating, Thomas.

Where am I?

It doesn't matter where you are.

You're in a place where nobody

cares if you scream, except me.

So, if you scream again.

You're the black sheep

of your family.

Don't you, for once in your life,

want to be the hero?

Look, Bill...

The people I work for, La Sangre,

they're not too happy right now.

Especially my boss.

I don't know your boss.

Don't worry, you will.

You see, a major shipment of ours

didn't quite make it across the border.

What?

It's time to be a hero.

F***! F***!

Bill!

Bill!

Bill, let me the f***

out of here!

Bill!

So, what happened in the house?

Robert, can we talk about

something else today, please?

Of course, we can, but it's important

that we dissect the problem.

To get rid of the pain and the guilt,

we need to talk about it

to release it, Thomas.

How do you feel about Lieutenant

Hutchens?

I feel like he's right here.

Okay.

I feel like every time that

I try to dream it away,

I can't.

It just keeps coming back.

But you know all of this already.

We've gone over this.

I still need you

to explain what happened.

Look, post-traumatic stress disorder

can be treated.

There's no shame in it,

but these are the steps.

We need to confront it head on.

Now you're making progress.

Thomas. You're doing great!

I told you!

Tell me again what happened.

Go on.

We were ordered to clear the house.

We entered the house,

the entry way was clear.

The living room was clear.

Larry went...

Lieutenant Hutchens went

to clear the bedroom...

...while I cleared the kitchen.

And then what?

And then I told you,

how many times do we have...

...to go over this?

I heard gunfire.

What did you see?

I ran into the room and

Hutch was on the ground shot.

And then what?

What? I ran into the room,

the room was empty.

I didn't know what else to do.

The room was empty.

Yes! It was empty!

The window was open,

I grabbed Hutch and dragged him out.

I radioed for help, that's it.

Thomas, look at me.

You realize that there's nothing

you could have done.

Right?

Do you understand that?

That's what you all keep telling me.

Tell me how you feel

about guns.

In case you've forgotten,

they're not my best friends.

I don't plan on touching one

anytime soon.

And how does that make you feel?

In a word?

Weak.

See that guy over there?

That's Corbin,

and he loves his job.

All business, no sense of humor.

I think his mother dropped him

on his head until he liked it.

Where am I?

Somewhere you don't want to be.

Is my family all right?

I don't give a sh*t about your family.

You have to follow the rules.

Rules? What rules?

I'm here to explain to you how

you are to execute these rules...

...and exactly what you need to do.

If you do not comply,

you're dead.

If you do not do them within

the time limits, they are dead.

I don't know what you want from me.

Then maybe you better pay attention.

You paying attention?

Are you?

This is Richard Conrad,

your father.

Richard, in case you didn't know,

is a high-powered judge.

This is Claire, your sister and you

know what else she is?

She's a cop.

That's right, and a good one.

This is Kyle Conrad, your brother and

border patrol officer on the Arizona border.

And this is a stopwatch.

You know what a stopwatch

is used for?

Time?

That's right,

and you're almost out of it.

This gives all four of you limited

time to complete the mission.

Mission, what mission?

Two months ago, my boss, ergo,

your new problem...

...had a major shipment of money

coming across the border into Arizona.

Money, money for what?

Money from selling tacos,

of course.

Drugs, shithead!

Meth, cocaine, you name it!

What does that have to do

with me?

Well, it seems like our shipment

never made it across the border...

...because your do-good brother

stopped it from going across.

Seems like he's pretty good

at his job.

So why do this to me?

Because payback's a b*tch,

ain't it?

He stopped our sh*t, well,

we stopped his sh*t. Fair trade.

He's just doing his job.

And so are we.

Since we can't get the money back,

we're gonna get some drugs back.

From where?

Our boss, has made some enemies

over the years.

I'm sure you can imagine.

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