The Gift Page #7

- Well, you can talk to somebody.

I've got no basis to open this case.

I'd look like a fool.

I don't give a damn

how you look.

Now, you listen to me.

I know you had

an affair with Jessica.

So how do you think you're

gonna look if people find out...

you had sex with the victim

the night before she was killed?

Do you want money?

No. I want you

to reopen the case.

There's a saying about

letting sleeping dogs lie.

You think you're in danger now?

Look at it logically.

The real danger begins if this case

gets reopened and someone starts...

worrying that you're gonna have

another one of your damn dreams.

All I know is,

the wrong man's in jail.

I don't care how awful he is.

And I helped put him there.

I can't live

with something like that.

So you find a way

to reopen this case, sir.

Or I will.

Buddy!

Buddy, I'm here if you...

- Hello.

- Hi, Miss Francis. I'm back.

- Good.

- How are the boys?

They're fine. They went to sleep.

You want me to bring 'em over?

No. No. Listen.

Could we stay over

your house tonight?

- Sure you can. You all right?

- Oh, yeah, I'm fine.

Come over. I'll make a bed for you.

- All right. I'm just gonna lock up.

- Okay, doll.

- Okay, thank you.

- Bye-bye.

Buddy!

Oh! Did you see

Buddy Cole?

Buddy? No. I thought he was

at the hospital over in Benton?

- Oh, he is. Maybe I imagined it.

- Are you okay?

I don't know

what I'm gonna do.

Ever since you told me what you told

me, I feel like I'm going crazy.

Annie, I can't stand

another night of this.

I need you

to read for me.

It's no good.

- Try it again.

- I can't make it happen.

How about

what you said today?

What?

The pond.

What if we did

go back out there?

Do you think

it might help you?

I... I...

I don't know.

Yeah. Maybe.

Yeah, okay. Well,

it's worth a try, right?

You mean tonight? No, Wayne.

I can't... I can't do that.

I got my kids. It's dark.

You know, it's... it is a pol...

it's a police matter now.

How long do you think

that's gonna take, Annie?

It's gonna sit on somebody's desk

for months. Nothing's gonna happen.

It's over for them. They've got

their man. It's up to us.

I know that, Wayne. But I'm

telling you, I don't see anything.

I can't keep running

from things.

Maybe if you just

sort of walk around.

All right.

Oh, shoot!

Jeez, you all right?

You okay?

Yeah.

Yeah.

What are you

doing here?

You seeing something?

I've been thinking

some real bad, bad thoughts.

Annie?

I'm glad that girl is dead.

Jessica.

She was messin' around with my

husband and deserved what she got.

I couldn't sleep.

Met the girls for a drink.

Take off your clothes.

Aren't you taking yours off too?

There's a saying

about letting sleeping dogs lie.

You just f***ed him,

didn't you?

Donnie Barksdale?

So?

Why would you do this to me?

I love you.

Maybe I wanted to be

with a man for a change.

- Watch your mouth.

- You watch your mouth. F*** you!

- I'm sorry.

- We're through.

I don't like being spied on.

The only reason I'm with you

is 'cause my daddy likes you.

You horrible little b*tch!

I'll show you a b*tch if you

don't let go of me. Let go!

- I think we better go back.

- Nothing's coming to you?

No.

Nothing.

You know.

I knew if I got you close enough

to it that you'd see it.

- Wayne, I told you...

- No, no. It's okay.

I swear to God, Annie,

it's okay. It's okay.

I wanted you to.

I swear to God.

I wanted you to see it so bad.

I mean, that's why we're here.

I'm not some killer, Annie.

I'm not.

You don't... I mean, do you know

what it was like with her?

She was so f***ing hurtful

and spiteful and all of it...

Wayne, I'm not gonna...

But all of it just happened

in this flash of a moment.

- Wayne, I...

- Listen to me. I'm a good man.

If it had been you instead of her,

none of this would have happened.

Wayne.

It's all right, you know?

I won't... I won't tell.

I won't...

I won't tell anybody.

No, Annie...

You all right, Mrs. Wilson?

I thought you were supposed to

be in the hospital.

I escaped, Mrs. Wilson.

I'm free.

Buddy, I'm so sorry

I wasn't there for you.

- I should've...

- Now, don't you say another word.

You was the only one

that was a friend to me.

And I love you.

You're the soul

of this town, Mrs. Wilson.

And you just need to keep doing

what you're doing.

I washed it.

Will you come back

into town with me?

Yeah.

You know you're

gonna have to go back.

Yes, ma'am, I know.

Can I have your keys,

ma'am?

Well,

I just talked to Wayne.

He pretty much admitted

to everything.

I've known that boy

half my life.

It just goes to show,

you can know somebody and...

not know 'em.

How's his...

How's his head?

Well, you put

a pretty good dent in it.

Oh, no, Sheriff,

I told...

I told the deputy

it wasn't me who did that.

It was...

It was Buddy Cole. He saved me.

- No, ma'am. It weren't Buddy.

- Well, yes, it was.

- Why don't you just ask Wayne?

- I did.

He don't remember

what happened.

Head injuries is funny.

- I'm telling you, it was Buddy Cole.

- What I'm tryin' to say is,

it couldn't have been Buddy.

I... I just called up

at the State Hospital.

- He told me he escaped.

- Ma'am.

Buddy Cole is dead.

He hanged himself

in the shower room...

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