The Masked Saint Page #7

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- There's something wrong with that pastor!

First of all, there's something

wrong with that guy, OK?!

And I don't like him! He gets

in other people's business!

- Ray!

- I can get along well without...

- Ray! Get out here

right now, Ray!

Come here!

Come here, Ray! Right now!

You can be mad at the world,

Ray, you can shake

your fist at the sky

all you want,

but your wife and your little

girl are trying to connect

to something bigger

than your hate!

Like it or not, they found

a home in the church.

You should really

hear her sing sometime.

Mindy's got an amazing voice.

- I am broken

But I am yours

You move mountains

So move me, Lord

Lord, make me

The person I'm supposed to be

I am broken

But I am yours

- Man...

- In my weakness

- I'm done.

- I am yours

I bring nothing

But I am yours

In my weakness

I am all yours to transform

In my weakness

I am yours

- Ooh!

Hello? - I confess

it's been a long time

Hello?

If you are alone tonight

- It's, uh, it's pretty dead

in here, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

Can I, uh, help you? - I

confess it's been a long time

- Yeah. Double burger...

No bun...

A large soda, and a side

of your fish sauce, please.

- Fish sauce?

- Yeah, yeah. You know,

the stuff you put on the fish.

Not ketchup, uh, white...

Tartar sauce. Sorry,

it's been a long day.

- We don't have

any tartar sauce.

- You're kidding?

- I'm sorry, you'll have

to come back. - Come back? You

know, it's been one of those days

where...

- Um, I'm...

- I'm really sorry about that.

- Yeah.

OK.

Quiet!

- OK. Great. Thanks.

- Please come back!

- Great, Chris.

Of all the burger joints

of all the county,

you just happen to pick the one that's

being robbed. Excellent. Brilliant.

- Not a word!

- OK.

- Ah!

- Who are you?

- The good guy!

- Are you OK?

Get inside! Call the cops!

Lock the door!

- OK!

Is there

anything else you can tell me?

- Hmm... no.

- You're sure

that closed-circuit camera in

the restaurant is not working?

- No, they haven't been working

since my little brothers

Lucas and John-John

blew them up on Halloween.

Yeah, it was a little crazy...

- That's OK.

I get it. Well,

thank you, Emily Anne.

- OK.

- You have been a great help.

- OK.

- Yeah.

- Hey, Detective...

there is one last thing.

The guy had a blue binder

with a white cross on it

when he came in.

Do you think that's important?

- Well, possibly.

If you had told me that

in the first hour of questions

instead of the third.

- Oh! And if you ask me,

the guy's a saint for saving us.

- Saint or not, he shouldn't be

running around town

taking the law

into his own hands.

- I guess you'd be out of a job then.

OK, well, I gotta

go pick up my daughter.

- I've been disheartened

So many times

Not knowing when

- Ooh! It is freezing

for ice cream.

- Best time to go!

- Not busy!

- Haha!

- Pastor Chris! Look at y'all.

Hey, Carrie.

- Hi.

- Detective. Uh, donuts...

- Ain't it a little cold

to be eating ice cream?

Best time to go!

- One more thing.

Me and some of the guys

are gonna get together

and play a little poker tonight.

Do you play?

- Not really

a betting man, Detective.

- Me neither. Bad poker face.

- The day will come

- Better off if I wore a mask.

You know, when I was telling you

about that masked vigilante

at the hospital?

- Yeah, you, uh,

catch your man, Detective?

- No, sir, I didn't.

Seems like he struck again

though. Saved some couple

at a burger joint out of town.

They're calling

him a "saint."

And I wouldn't call him a hero;

I'd call him criminal.

Ohhh...

You know what you want to do

when you grow up yet?

- Nope.

- I got an idea.

Why don't you and your pops

come on by the station

later this afternoon, and I'll

show you what I do for a living.

- What's that?

- Catch bad guys.

- Oh yeah? Well,

my dad beats them up.

- Carrie! Sorry, Detective,

I just...

- "From the mouth of babes..."

So, should we say

around four o'clock?

- Yeah.

- And I'm gonna save you

one of these donuts right here.

Just for you. Haha!

- Right on! That sounds cool!

- That sounds cool?!

See ya around four, Pastor.

You do beat up

bad guys for a living.

- Yeah.-

One-way mirror, cool!

- Just like in Hollywood.

Just like in the movies.

Ah, let me show you

something really cool.

Bam!

Ah, now that's for bad guys.

Let me get your daddy over here

to take your spot. Chris,

just come on over here.

Take the little girl's spot.

- OK.

- What do you think?

Looks like a pretty cool

bad guy, right?

- Yeah.

- Ah! Some staff!

Come on in, fellas!

Help me out for a second.

You're really gonna like this.

Alright, you're

where you wanna be.

Wow!

That looks like a real

police lineup, doesn't it?

OK, listen.

They can't hear or see you,

so you're OK.

- OK.

- So, I want you

to look in there and tell me

if you see the man

that was at your restaurant.

Emily?

Do you see him?

- No, I don't.

I don't see him.

- Could you please

turn to the right?

So Carrie can get

a better look at you. Haha!

What about now?

Maybe number 2?

- None of the men are the guy.

- You're not even

really looking at them.

- None of the men

are the guy.

- You know,

lying to a police officer,

that's not a good thing to do.

- Am I under arrest, Detective?

- No, ma'am, you are not.

- Like I said before,

the man was a saint.

- A saint. Yeah, I got it.

- Yes.

He was.

- Hey, Detective!

Can I have my donut now?

- Sorry, Carrie, we...

we're all out of donuts.

But I promise

that next time you come

- and you will come again-

I'll get you a whole dozen

just for you. Haha!

- OK! Let's come back soon!

- OK. So...

you catch your bad guy?

- Not today.

- Then I guess we're done here.

Come on, Carrie.

- Chris!

You sure you don't play poker?

- I'm positive, Ross.

- Do you mind if I give you

a little advice

that I got from the tables

when I was winning?

- OK.

- Sometimes,

it's better to be

lucky than good.

- Lucky for you, Detective,

I don't believe in luck.

- Well, luck, God, whatever

you believe in. Sometimes,

you should just quit...

while you're ahead.

- Is that a threat?

- No, that's just

some friendly advice.

We're friends, ain't we?

- Can I ask you a question?

I notice you wear a cross

around your neck...

you go to church?

- Cross belonged to my brother.

When he died, I just didn't

see no reason to go to church.

- A man who believes in luck,

but not God...

Come by the church;

We can talk.

Have a good day, Detective.

- I'll see you

real soon, Pastor.

I'll see you real soon.

- Hello? Hi, Mom.

- Just tell her

we're on our way home.

- OK, Mom.

Mom says, "Don't go home.

Come straight to the church."

- What happened?

- She says,

"Only stop for red lights."

- What do you think happened?

- I have no idea.

Let's go, Carrie.

Oh, Lord!

- Oh, my! Carrie, come here.

Sweetie, it's gonna be OK.

- Wh-what happened?

- I came in to open for daycare,

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