Uncle John Page #3

I'll just let you be.

You know, I'm sitting here

because this is

where they found his truck.

So, I figure,

this is where he bought it.

And they say from time to time

that the killer

will come on back to the scene

of the crime, you know.

Oh... yeah.

So, the past few evenings,

I've just been sitting here

having a few smokes

and seeing who drives by.

Well, pretty...

Pretty busy road, Danny,

you know?

You must have seen a lot

of people passing by.

Oh, yeah, quite a few.

Oh, boy. More changes?

Yes, correct, correct.

- Are you filling him in?

- Yeah.

All right, look. I'm... I'm leaving

...Leaving to my car right now.

Where am I meeting you?

No, no, no, no. Just text me.

No, just... just text me.

I'm not writing it down.

Hey, listen.

I got a dinner.

I'll be home later.

You post that.

Call you when I get home.

Yeah, sure.

Well, that guy is, um...

What are the changes?

Uh... headband.

Huh?

The yogurt cup

is getting a headband.

- Cool.

- Totally cool.

All right,

I'll get us some dinner.

Wow.

- Hey.

- This looks great, thank you.

Yeah, of course.

I hope beer's okay.

Yes, of course.

Well?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

These are cute.

I know, right?

How about this?

Did you know kumquats are served

during Chinese spring festival?

Uhhuh.

Um, did you know that in winter,

most parts of China

are quite cold?

It doesn't say that.

It does.

That's a true fact.

Wow, well...

Now you know.

Now you know.

Uh... looks like there's just one

of those.

Do you want it?

Oh, no, I can't do raw shrimp.

It's okay. It's not.

It's not?

If it was raw, it'd be blue.

Oh, god, you're right.

I'm and idiot.

Uh... well, do you want it?

- No, you have it.

- You ever had it?

Yeah.

It seems like you're lying.

- I always thought it was raw.

- Well, you should have it.

- No.

- Have it.

- No.

- It's great.

Okay.

Graceful.

Yeah, I'm just gonna do that.

What do you think?

Mm.

Oh.

Mm.

Kate.

Kate.

Sh*t.

Uh, it's posted.

It's in right now.

All right,

let's get out of here.

Yeah, let's.

This is me.

Well, that sucked,

but you were great. Thanks.

Yeah, the failing is mutual.

The feeling... the feeling

and the failing,

they're both mutual.

Um... do you think

this would fit?

Oh, no. Don't worry about it.

I got to keep my girlish figure,

but, uh, you just get

a good night's...

Uh... you know.

Good night.

You, too. Get home safe.

All right, I will. Thanks.

So, they...

They bring the guy in,

and they don't know anything

about him.

And they should ask

for his I.D.,

and they look

through everything.

And then finally they look

through his motorcycle.

Guy looked like some kind

of a criminal.

I don't know...

Just, you know, you just

can tell when you look

at some of these guys like that.

Just... morning there, fellas.

- Hey.

- Hey, there, John.

We're just talking

about the latest.

- What's that?

- A guy they picked up yesterday

over at the campground

in sauk, the biker guy?

They're pretty sure he's got

everything to do with Dutch missing.

What... what's that now?

- Geez, John.

- What?

You look like hell.

I do?

Yesterday afternoon,

they had some kind

of a scuffle over there.

And once the cops got him in,

turns out that he's got some

heavy history with Dutch

over a bunch of money, I think.

- Well, who he is?

- Some biker type from up north.

Not a real gentle soul,

from what I gather.

You know,

tattooed up all over the place,

- one on the neck.

- Ooh!

Apparently, he had something

like five grand in cash

locked up in his chopper.

Five grand?

Damn.

That's what I hear, anyway.

Well, what are they saying

about he and Dutch?

- Well, I mean, it's...

- He is a person of interest.

Coffee?

Yeah, coffee, yeah, thanks,

Franny.

Anyway, he's a suspect.

Sounds like a no-brainer,

though, I mean.

You know, speaking of...

Speaking of harsh souls,

I'll never understand why

that woman dislikes me so much.

Maybe you should try tipping

her something one of these days.

- I tip.

- More than nickels, I'm saying.

Every day...

I'm here every god damn day,

probably since she

was wetting her pants.

Okay, look,

everything we've got so far

is boring crap, okay?

Now, I don't mind that every now and

then we're gonna put out some crap.

Everybody does, but let's make

it interesting at least.

I'd rather be interesting

and boring.

If it's crap, let's make

it interesting crap, okay?

We're gonna

role play like we're a bunch

of f***ing idiots, all right?

For whatever reason,

we've got some kind

of impaired cognitive function.

Now, what would appeal to us?

What do you got?

Somebody hit a single.

John?

Verne, how are you?

Can't complain.

You got a minute?

Sure, of course.

Can I get you a beer

or something, or...?

Yeah, close enough, sure.

How's Laura?

She just retired, yeah?

Yeah... bored.

Yeah.

What you got there?

Oh, those are for the Maitlands.

They're doing some remodeling

and stuff over there.

Jake Maitland?

Yeah, Jake.

Hmm, funny.

What's that?

I'll just cut to the chase here.

Are you up to speed on

all this Dutch Miller business?

Oh, yeah. I believe so.

- Strange one, huh?

- That it is.

You know, we're

dragging the lake over there.

Yeah, over by that dam

and stuff, right?

Nothing yet there,

but a couple days back,

we get a call over to smoky's

campground over in Sauk.

Pick up this rough-looking

fellow from somewhere up north.

Turns out, he and Dutch had

some big problems in the past.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

Thought we had something there.

Turns out it was a dead end.

For Dutch, anyway.

Guy's got a bunch of cash

on him, so he's up to something,

but god only knows.

Anyways, in the midst

of all that,

as soon as we let him go,

Danny Miller got to drinking.

He pays a visit

over to the campground himself.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

They got into it pretty good.

Danny tagged him one on the jaw,

put him in the hospital.

- Aw, geez Louise.

- Yeah.

We're holding Danny there

right now, but not for long.

Oh, no?

Can't get a word

out of either one of them.

If this is their regard

for their worst enemy,

here's the police.

Oh, geez, I see.

Yeah.

So, that's that.

I wanted to come by, though,

and give you a head's up.

- Head's up?

- Yeah.

When we had Danny

in the squad car,

he was going on about how he

thinks Dutch has been murdered.

- That right?

- I don't know.

He certainly

has himself convinced,

but somehow or another...

He's naming you on it,

too, John.

Me?

Huh.

And how's that?

No idea.

It's not just you.

It's a whole laundry list

of suspects.

Ray Reynolds,

Jake Maitland, old don.

- Old don?

- Yeah.

In fact, we had to go over

to don's place the other day.

He thought he saw Danny

poking around in his barn.

No kidding?

It all doesn't make much sense

to me, so I'm not trying to.

I talked to him already and

warned him about Danny, as well.

They all just seemed just as

confused.

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