The River King Page #4

You don't wanna come skiing

at my dad's?

We've made all the plans.

They were your plans,

actually.

Okay, I'm selfish.

I want you there with me.

What's wrong with that?

I changed my mind,

that's what's wrong with that.

Well f*** you.

I'll take someone else.

Take Nathaniel or Robbie.

You prefer their company anyway.

Hey, Carlin.

You didn't wanna go home

for vacation?

I wanted to stay with Gus.

Won't your parents miss you?

They won't even notice.

We'll have to find you something

more stimulating to do...

while you're here.

I'm fine.

Carlin.

What are you doing

out there?

It's okay, it won't crack.

I wouldn't be so sure

of that.

It won't.

Gus'll protect me.

Okay, young lady.

That's enough.

What do you say we get off

the ice right now?

I can feel

the water move beneath me.

And if the ice breaks

and you go in the water...

I may not be able to save you. So

what do you say we get off there?

I told you.

Gus'll protect me.

Carlin, Gus is dead.

Hey.

Working late?

Make the rest of us

look bad.

It's a little too late

for that, isn't it?

Abe, I made a huge mistake. I should

never have brought you along.

I should have kept you out of it.

Like everyone said.

I thought your mistake

was taking the money.

You want me to say the kid

was murdered?

Fine, he was murdered.

And maybe Frank was too.

Maybe what you wanna somebody shot

him. Is that what you wanna hear?

No, it just doesn't...

feel right.

You know, nobody wants

to take it any further.

I don't know what to do.

Glen Tyson seems to know

what he's doing.

Dad, the boy's own father

doesn't think he killed himself.

I mean, is that...

how you felt

when Frank died?

I can't remember how I felt.

Yeah, well, maybe that's

what people do, right?

They don't wanna accept it.

You know,

you never said why...

you thought

Frank killed himself.

- I don't know why he killed himself.

- But you must have given it some thought.

Did you think

it was an accident?

Were you surprised? Was Frank capable

of doing something like that?

Did he ever mention anything?

- It was a long time ago.

- Jesus Christ, dad.

Now look, I just wanna talk to you about

this. You never talked to me about it.

I don't hold with all

this emotionalism.

It's best to let things lie.

Let things lie?

There's no point stirring it up.

The past is the past.

He was your son, goddamn it!

I just wanna know

how you felt?

I felt ashamed.

That's how I felt.

He was weak!

And I felt ashamed.

What the hell's up with you?

FRANK GREY BELOVED SON

Are you okay?

Yeah.

You look

a million miles away.

Get off me, man!

- Get off me!

- Relax, relax.

- I f***ed up, Joey.

- A**hole!

You f***ing...

What's your problem?

Who's there?

Anybody there?

I wasn't gonna give you this,

but then I realized...

Gus can't get into trouble.

I found it hidden

in his coat...

but I really don't think that

it's his. He wasn't into coke.

What makes you think

it's coke?

What else would it be?

Aniline crystals.

- Aniline crystals?

- I knew it wasn't heroin.

Could have been cocaine cut with baking

powder. But no, it's aniline crystals.

The same as the residue we found

on the kid's chest and clothes.

The red stuff on his chest?

- It was all in the report.

- Not in the report I read.

Okay.

Let me ask you. Where might someone

get these aniline crystals?

Any pharmacy.

Simple but effective.

My little brother

is driving me crazy.

Well hey there, stranger.

I like your hair.

No you don't.

Should have come with us.

We had a blast.

I have something for you.

Come to my room later.

This better be good.

Who sent those?

I bought them.

But now I want

red roses instead.

Turn them red,

why don't you?

Gus could,

couldn't he, Harry?

If you're implying

that I had something to do...

with what happened to Gus,

you're wrong.

I wouldn't have wasted

my time on him.

I just don't think he was a great

loss the way that you obviously do.

I think you'll find

that's my desk.

- Is there something you wanna tell me?

- Nothing to tell.

Are you trying to hide

something?

It's a Haddan kid's scarf.

Yeah and it says right here that they found

traces of human blood and faeces on it.

Did they match it

to the Pierce kid?

And what about these initials

"NG"? Did you check that out?

What difference

does it make?

It's over.

Hello.

Hi.

I called earlier

about getting a list...

of all the Chalk House

students.

Hi.

Hello.

- How are you doing?

- All right, I guess.

I wondered

when I might run into you.

How's the investigation

going?

Actually, there doesn't seem

to be much of one any more.

Excuse me.

Tasty burger?

It's okay.

Nathaniel, right?

Nathaniel Glass. Initials N G?

I was hoping you could answer a few

questions about August Pierce.

I don't have anything

to say about that.

Nathaniel, you know

we found your scarf.

Near the bridge,

near where Gus's body...

was pulled from the river.

Had traces of blood on it and faeces.

Do you wanna explain that to me.

Yeah. My scarf, I lost it.

Nathaniel, this boy is dead.

Now tell me what happened

that night.

Like they say...

he jumped in the river.

Then you'll come down to station house

first thing tomorrow morning...

and you'll make a statement to that fact.

And you'll sign it.

Why?

If you wanna talk before then

here's my number.

Feel free to call.

Abel?

Abel?

Nathaniel?

I wanna talk.

You're doing the right thing,

Nathaniel. I'm listening.

Nathaniel?

I didn't do anything wrong.

As long as you know that.

Who's there?

- Grab him!

- Nathaniel?

- I didn't say anything!

- Nathaniel?

- Excuse me, you know where I can find...?

- Jenkins.

I think you're

in the wrong place.

I'm here to see

Nathaniel Glass.

Out of luck.

He's in the hospital.

Accident this morning.

Fell down the stairs, actually.

Landed very badly, apparently.

They all come running down here as

if they're being chased by a bull.

Perhaps now they'll be

a little more careful.

You had to push it didn't you?

Couldn't take my advice.

We got a kid

who was severely beaten.

Accident. Boy, he isn't

saying any different.

Because he's terrified.

You wanna go and make out that

the Pierce kid's death...

was some kind of 'hazing'

gone wrong?

You'll make the school

look bad.

Is that what we're concerned about?

Whether or not the school looks bad?

Did you know that the Haddan School

has made a contribution...

that's gonna let us start work

on a medical centre?

There's gonna be a party

to celebrate next weekend.

I couldn't give a sh*t.

There's my gun.

There's my shield.

I'm done.

What the hell do you think

you're doing?

I'd say you have a couple of minutes

before that ice cracks and you go under.

Stay right where you are. You're not

going anywhere until you do some talking.

Jesus!

Once you're in the water, it's

frozen all the way down-stream.

I figure you'll be dead by

the time you hit the town limits.

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