Uncle John Page #2

Cheaper? No.

Better, yes.

It's the research

they're pitching, anyway.

I don't know... he's got

some new rep coming by.

Why?

My margins are sh*t.

I got to do something different.

Thanks, Franny.

Well, bend Dale's ear.

He's deep into something.

Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen.

Afternoon. What's blowing

up your skirt today?

Uh, no, nothing like that.

There is a bit of commotion

this morning, though.

Franny?

Sheriff just got back from up

by the dam there.

They found Dutch Miller's

rowboat spinning around up there

this morning, full of gear,

but no Dutch.

Damn fool probably got drunk

and fell in.

No, not anymore... not

with his new holy roller thing.

The charlatan just probably

skipped town.

Oh, well, look, I don't know.

I don't know about that.

But his old lady

put in her report, too.

Apparently hasn't been home

in three days,

so they're dragging the lake

right now.

Hell, that's...

Well, that's too bad.

He burned down Merlin's barn.

What?

15 years ago.

Yeah, 15 years ago, he got drunk

and burned down Merlin's barn.

Carl, what in the hell

are you talking about?

He burned down

your brother's barn?

Yeah, yeah.

I drove by the other day

to tell him.

Said he was real sorry and all.

Said he saw hell,

and he was real sorry

and all now.

Jesus Christ, Carl,

when will you...

I mean, that's a pretty god

damn big one, don't you think?

Yeah, yeah, a big one.

Well, I know he was talking

to damn near everyone.

Surprised you

didn't know that one.

Well, I heard some of it.

I mean,

but not the whole god damn barn.

Ah, he was out to ray Reynolds

about the money

he stole from him.

Just the other night,

he was down in the bar

pulling damn near everyone aside

on a real mission, apparently.

He come out to see you, John?

No.

No, I haven't, uh...

I haven't talked to Dutch

in years now.

Well, I imagine he will be

or would be or would have been.

Oh, you know.

Oh, you know,

all the stories with...

Well, you know.

People always said

he was with Dede, you know?

- You know.

- Yeah, well, I...

I heard plenty.

Most of that,

just not about the barn.

Danny, you know,

ain't none too happy

about these Dutch confessions.

He, uh, hasn't seen the light

or whatever like his brother,

you know?

Danny maybe killed Dutch

himself, huh... to shut him up?

- No.

- That right, Ace?

No, I'm just...

I'm just saying.

At least he didn't burn down

your barn.

God damn it, Carl, you...

Jesus.

And, um... and so...

So if I just have something

that he can tug on with.

If he's acting aggressively,

we'll just... he'll just

take it out on the tugging.

You know, when I look

in his eyes in those moments,

his eyes are not

the "I want to kill you"

sort of eyes of a creature

that's trying to hurt you.

His eyes are sort of

in the kind of like...

- Hi. Oh, f***.

- Sh*t.

- I'm sorry.

- Oh, man, no.

- Hey, flip that sh*t over, man.

- That's my bad.

- There you go.

- Ooh, that's a lot of coffee.

It's okay, it's my bad. F***.

Do you have paper towels?

Here you go.

That should be good.

Thanks a lot, Teddy.

- I got this.

- Perfect.

All right, yep.

That's all we need is that.

- Here, take a little bit more.

- Yeah, maybe.

Time is of the essence here.

- Okay, I got this.

- There you go.

Here, you got that end?

I'll be the skewers.

Go for it, yeah.

Oh, yeah, got to double it.

Triple it!

Yeah. Yo, hustle.

- This is enough.

- No, no, no, no.

- This is good.

- This is not nearly enough.

Need more, Mike.

Got to have it.

I'm proud of you. Keep going.

He came to work really high,

so I have to f*** with him.

- That's mean.

- I don't know about mean, but...

I'm moving, man.

Okay.

- Katelyn, right?

- Uh, just Kate.

Okay.

We got to be nearing the end

here, right, man?

- Yeah!

- That's about it?

Let go, we're done.

All right, that should do it.

I think so.

Well done, sir.

Thank you very much.

- Yeah, I do what I can.

- Just save that for later.

- That's a lot of paper.

- Yeah, a lot of paper.

We'll maybe use it next time.

Statue.

Put it in the spill box.

Yeah, put it in the spill box.

Thanks. Your big environment.

- I'll let you guys clean up.

- Oh, sorry.

What's up?

I was just stopping by to let

you know I'm taking over the...

The yogurt ninja shop.

Quicker.

- Got that?

- I'm the quicker.

You are quick on your heels.

Um, and I wanted to apologize

for the barrage of e-mails

that are headed your way.

Yeah.

So, I'm gonna send you one

with the latest details, then.

- Okay.

- I hope your computer's okay.

- I'll be fine, thanks.

- Nice to meet you, Ben.

Good to meet you.

See you, Katelyn.

Come here, tiger!

Here, boy! Here, boy!

Come here!

You don't like me anymore.

- Hey, there.

- Hello, dear.

- How are you?

- Good, good.

Uh-oh, look what you got?

Oh, yeah, just got one

acting up in the basement.

Coffee?

- No, no, thanks.

- You sure?

Yeah, yeah.

I got to get going in a sec.

Everything else been

going all right, though?

Is Ben planning

on coming up real soon?

Yeah, well, you know,

I don't know.

Nothing planned.

I talked to him the other day.

It seems like everything's

going real good.

Great.

Still does that computer stuff

down there?

Yeah, he's doing

some commercials and stuff.

I seen a couple

on TV the other day.

Well, it sounds neat.

Yeah, yeah, he's doing...

Doing okay in it.

He's doing well.

Oh.

Say, how's your back?

Dale said it looked like you got

cut up pretty good on something.

Yeah? Oh, no, no.

I got a couple scratches.

I took a bit of a tumble getting

some of the bushes up there.

A tumble? What kind of tumble?

You okay?

Well, you know, it wasn't -

wasn't really a tumble.

- It was kind of...

- Geez, John.

You know we're nearly always

around over here

if you need anything.

You can pretend

you don't want these

and make a fuss if you like,

but I'm gonna make you, anyways.

Hey, Danny.

All right.

Hey, uh...

I'm sorry to hear

about your brother.

You... you heard any news?

Well, all right, bud.

Uh, listen, I'll, uh...

I'll... I'll just let you be.

Sheriff seems to think

he got drunk and just fell in.

They've been dragging that

god damn lake all afternoon.

No body yet.

Yeah.

I heard.

I doubt that, though.

No way Dutch drowns in there.

Well, let's hope not.

They're just, you know,

doing what they can.

You know, maybe, uh...

Maybe he just took off

for a bit, you know.

Dodging somebody or something?

Yeah.

Plenty of reason for that,

lately.

I've never seen a guy

so upset in my entire life.

That vision or whatever

just scared the sh*t out of him.

Yeah, I know.

I heard about that.

You know, he had quite a bit

to say to a few people

in particular.

Did he come see

you the other evening?

I haven't talked to Dutch in...

In a long time.

To be honest, you know,

there's a lot of people in town

have been pretty worried about

him for the last few weeks.

Well...

Like I said, I'll, uh...

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