The Place Beyond the Pines Page #5

So there's, um...

You know, it's been hard on my wife.

It's a shock.

And then, um,

it doesn't help that

there's a...

You know, a baby around.

But it's okay.

I mean, it's okay.

What do you mean, "it doesn't

help that there's a baby around?"

Well, I just mean, with everything that's...

That's going on...

Just trying to... To get

all this in order, uh...

Before I can take care of that.

It's been... (STAMMERS)

I've just been so busy

that it's been hard to, uh...

(SIGHS)

I have a...

I have a hard time

looking at my son.

Mmm-hmm.

And that's something new,

since the shooting?

Mmm-hmm.

Mmm-hmm.

You know,

I saw in the police record

that this perp also

had a 1-year-old son.

His name is Jason. Have you

been thinking about this?

This? You mean...

The fact that he had a boy?

Yeah. Do you think you're having

a hard time looking at your son

because you're thinking

about this other little boy

that won't have his father?

(CROWD CHEERING ON TV)

(ANNOUNCER CHATTERING ON TV)

(BABY GURGLING)

(DOORBELL RINGING)

You expecting someone?

No. You?

SCOTT:
Hey!

Hi.

(LAUGHING) Hi.

How you doing?

Hey.

Hey, how's the gimp doing?

AVERY:
Hey, come on in, guys.

No, we're just coming in here

to check up on you and see

how you're doing.

Hi, how are you, Jen? I'm good.

How are you, Scotty?

Oh, I'm all right, doing

good, better than this guy.

Oh, he's okay.

Come on in. How you doing?

Hey, Pete, how are you?

Good.

Good to see you.

Good to see you, too. Did you

ever meet my wife, Jennifer?

No. Hi. It's a real

pleasure to meet you.

Hello.

Hey, how are you?

Know Doc?

Yeah, we've never met,

but Avery Cross.

How you doing?

Good. How you doing, pal?

That's my wife, Jennifer.

Hey, how are you?

Nice to meet you. Hi.

You guys hungry?

No, we're... We'll just

leave you to it.

No, come on in,

have some dinner.

No, we didn't

come here for dinner.

We got plenty of food. Come on in.

Well, I... (CHUCKLES)

There you go.

Oh, yeah.

Glad we decided to do this.

AVERY:
Oh, good.

I'm glad you guys came.

Here you go.

Thanks.

So how's it feel

to have the hero home?

Probably can't wait for him to

get back to work, huh? (LAUGHS)

No, it's great having him home.

I just thank God

he's okay, you know?

DELUCA:
God bless that. I think

we should toast on that.

To our hero.

DOC:
To hero boy.

SCOTT:
Hero boy.

DOC:
There you go.

DELUCA:
Glad you're okay.

I've been on

the force for 22 years,

pulled a trigger

maybe three, four times.

You're on for six months, you

already got one in the bag.

And he was white.

(ALL LAUGHING)

That's an extra 50.

(DOC CHUCKLES)

AVERY:
Oh,

better him than me, right?

DELUCA:
Hey, you got that right.

OFFICERS:
Absolutely.

You guys have any

plans for tonight?

AVERY:
Um...

No, we're just... This is it.

Yeah?

This is the big plan, having

you guys here for dinner.

Aw! Would you mind

if we stole the hero

for a little police work

after this?

Uh...

Tonight? And we'll have

him back by curfew.

(STAMMERS)

I don't know, honey, you

should probably rest tonight.

Maybe tomorrow night.

DELUCA:
Yeah, we kind of need him tonight.

Is there a problem?

What about your leg, or...

DELUCA:
Well, we're not gonna be running.

We'll carry him.

(OFFICERS LAUGHING)

What are you gonna do?

DELUCA:
We just wanna introduce

him to a bunch of people

who really admire him

for what he did.

They just wanna

congratulate him in person.

Good, yeah, that sounds good.

DELUCA:
Leave in about 20 minutes?

Not that we wanna eat and

run, but we are on duty.

JENNIFER:
No, you should go.

That's a great idea.

I'm sure everybody

would love to meet you.

DELUCA:
Yeah, there you have it.

You're a hero. (CHUCKLES)

DELUCA:
I hear a little

sarcasm in your voice.

Me?

Yeah.

He is a hero.

Yeah.

He's a hero around here,

that's for sure.

You don't mind if we take him

then, do you? Not at all.

I think it's a great idea. Yeah,

all right, there you have it.

You're released.

Release the hounds!

Yeah.

Hey, Avery,

does she sometimes, like, tuck

her balls up, at least at night?

(DELUCA LAUGHING)

Hey, Pete? Pete?

What?

Can you pop the trunk?

DELUCA:
Sure it's okay with her?

Scott, you know I'm not

on active duty, right?

Yeah, we're aware. It's a little

gift we got going for you.

(ENGINE STARTS)

DELUCA:
Let's go!

(TIRES SCREECH)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Police.

Yes?

Hi. Romina Gutierrez, please.

DOC:
That's the woman, right there.

Romina.

Yeah.

Hi. Hi, I'm Officer Deluca.

Romina Gutierrez?

Yeah. Yeah, we're here

to search your house.

What for?

For evidence.

Evidence for what?

We're looking for the money

that Luke Glanton may or

may not have given to you.

Yeah, well, we don't have

anything that... (STAMMERS)

You can't just walk in here.

Yeah, I can.

No, you can't.

Why's that?

'Cause it's my house.

Look, you assume

that I have a warrant,

and I'll assume that

your mother has papers, okay?

This won't take long.

Come on.

ROMINA:
Kofi.

We're just gonna start upstairs, okay?

ROMINA:
No, no, no, no.

No, no, my baby's upstairs.

My baby's upstairs sleeping.

Your baby's...

Yeah, my baby's

upstairs sleeping,

so, no, we're not

gonna start up there.

No, no, no, don't go up there.

Romina, hey, relax, relax, relax.

He can't go up there.

DELUCA:
Yeah, he can. You can

go up there if you want.

But if we find evidence

while you're up there,

you're under arrest.

For what?

We've done this a lot of times, okay?

It'll be quiet.

Go on, Scotty. Be quiet.

(WHISPERS) How about

a cup of coffee?

Yes, yes, yes.

That'd be great.

Is it all right if I go

into your living room here?

Yeah, go ahead.

Thanks.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Romina, let's go. Come on.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(PANTING)

(HUSHED) What are we doing?

What are we doing here?

Hey, this is crazy.

Wait outside. I don't want...

No, we gotta go.

This is f***ed-up.

Why the f*** are we here?

Let go of my arm, man.

What the f*** are we doing here?

Let go of my arm.

Scott, what the f*** are we doing here?

Shut up.

DELUCA:
How long did you know Luke?

ROMINA:
A couple years.

Did you know he was robbing banks?

No.

You didn't know that at all? No.

Let me just ask you one more time,

because this is what we do.

You have no knowledge

to this money? No.

Officer, I swear to God.

It's not here?

No.

It's not outside?

SCOTT:
If I was gonna

hide something,

I would hide it

closest to my heart.

AVERY:
(WHISPERING) Scott.

SCOTT:
Pick him up.

Pick up the baby.

I don't think

we should do this.

I don't wanna wake him.

I don't wanna pick him up.

Pick him up.

I'm good.

Put him back and let's go.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

What's up?

Yeah, they're clean.

All right-y.

We'll get out of your hair.

DELUCA:
What do you

got there, Scotty? Come on.

Help him out, will you?

DOC:
Scotty, stop. Stop. You gotta

give me a chance to count it.

You gonna count like that, we're gonna

be here till 5:
00 in the morning.

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