Visible Scars Page #4

Matt Warren.

Mike Gillis...

Ken Bruce.

No...

Is that all you got? Three names?

For now, yeah.

It's hard at first when you have nothing,

but as I investigate, I hope to...

find more that'll lead us down the right path.

"Nothing" is the appropriate word here.

That's all you and the

cops have done for years.

Nothing.

Well, I think we did the best we could,

based on the circumstances.

- Bullshit.

So you and your fellow officers

still think I'm crazy?

Nobody said you were crazy.

You didn't have to...

I saw how you looked at me when

I brought my friend in to help.

She's a gifted psychic.

She knows things.

I have a missing, probably dead, sister.

Well, your sister probably skipped town,

because of her... well, profession.

She was a known prostitute and it's hard

to keep tabs on those kind of people.

So whores and children of

whores aren't worth finding?

I didn't mean it that way.

I know what you meant.

Now look, I'm the only one that thinks

there's any more to this case.

Everyone at the precinct

gave up on it years ago.

Now, if you want my help, I'll help you,

but I would appreciate not

being treated like your enemy.

So what's it gonna be?

Find my sister and my nieces.

Hello?

- Hey, John!

How the hell are you, you old goat?

So, you're finally one of us now.

So how do you like retirement?

I can take it or leave it.

Hey, bud, I got a favor to ask you.

Could you look up a few guys for me?

People of interest?

People of interest?

You mean like a real case?

Man, I haven't done that in years.

Why don't you call your old precinct?

Eh, let's say I wanna be discreet.

Ooooh...

I don't think you completely grasp the

concept of retirement, Black.

Okay, I, uh...

I still know some people still on the force

over there that owe me a ton of favors.

Okay, what's the names?

Matt Warren.

Mike Gillis...

Ken Bruce.

All right.

I'll see what I can find.

Thanks, buddy, I owe you.

Yeah, okay.

Take care.

What was it that I saw last night?

Must be my nerves.

Park ranger warned me about

this place being haunted.

Was it a ghost or just my imagination?

Has to be my nerves.

I need to deal with Brad when I get back.

I wish I didn't love him so much.

Love... if that's what you call it.

Then when you cover your bruises with make-up

and wear a scarf around your neck,

everything looks all too normal...

Yesterday I looked in the mirror

and that was all I saw, was just bruises.

This time I didn't want to cover 'em up.

Taking a really good look at myself.

How could he?

I wanted to keep it.

Brad called it an accident,

I can never forgive him for that.

Come on!

Move it!

Wow. This is a tiny town.

F***in' Mayberry.

I like small towns.

Heart of America.

You've never been outside of the city.

I read about them, Kell.

Books?

And they seem nice.

Okay, I have questions.

How long have you guys actually been dating,

and why don't you ever come to the house?

Stacy doesn't tell me anything.

I like to remain mysterious.

I like that.

You know, you two didn't have to come with.

I can handle my girlfriend.

"Handle" her?

Okay. The only one who can

handle Stacy is Stacy.

Babe, let it go.

No! I'm sorry Brad, but Stacy is a grown woman.

You don't "handle" sh*t.

You're fightin' a losing battle on this one, dude.

Yeah, just tune her out,

sometimes it goes away.

"It... goes away?"

I'm gonna be going away for you, buddy!

You are not getting any tonight.

Stacy and I have been going

out for 6 years now.

We've had our ups and

downs like every couple.

I am the luckiest guy to

have a girl like her.

She should be lucky to have you.

Must be nice to have a true friend

like you to stick up for her.

I'm thirsty.

Oh wait, Brad, stop over here.

Sure, just wait a minute.

Hey, excuse me.

Yeah?

- Yeah, I'm sorry to bother you, um...

I'm kinda lost, I'm looking for someone.

She might have stopped here yesterday?

She?

- Yeah, uh...

You probably haven't seen her, but...

long dark hair, 25 years old...

driving a gray sedan?

Yeah, there was a girl.

Yeah, she, uh, said she was

heading up to her uncle's cabin.

Yeah, that's her.

Oh...

You must be the boyfriend.

Yeah. Yeah, I am the boyfriend.

Yeah, I remember.

I'm great with dates.

Steel trap, Black.

Steel trap.

Y' know, I talked to Maggie

Meeker the other day.

Maggie Meeker?

- Yeah.

That old b*tch still around?

Yeah, I gotta admit,

she is persistent.

Persistent? Try obsessed.

There's a thin line between that

and persistent.

Look, what if it was my family member?

Lost for years without a trace,

wouldn't you want to know the truth?

Yeah, but this is not your story, Black.

What happened to us, Burke?

We became cops to help people.

To right the wrongs in the world, huh?

When did we become so jaded?

The day I finally realized

that the system is crooked.

And good guys always end up last.

Yeah, well, I don't wanna be the bad guy,

I wanna see what I can find.

What's that?

That info you wanted.

Sh*t, if the captain finds out I been

sniffing around the Becky Comfort case,

he'll have a sh*t hemorrhage!

Where did you find this?

I got a friend still on the force

over in Hander County there,

he checks criminal records.

Well, what do you got?

Ken Bruce, 39 years old,

five prior drug convictions,

married with 5 children.

Mike Gillis...

assault and battery in '79,

domestic abuse in '85.

Hmm! Model citizen.

According to our records,

never had children, never married.

Matt Warren, 44 years old,

no criminal record, no prior arrests,

married, two kids, both boys.

Choir boy.

Do you know where I found that photo?

Where?

Uh... a WWW dot...

face...

tweety, uh, dot com or something.

Times sure have changed.

- Yeah, they have.

Thank you, honey.

That was a long time ago.

We were married at the time.

I was young, stupid,

I'm not proud of what I did.

My wife doesn't need to know about this.

Greetings.

Hi.

Sorry, I didn't know anyone

was living up in these parts.

Well, we're not really here.

Wink, wink.

Here, but not there.

We don't get many visitors around here.

Oh, well, I just got here actually.

I'm staying a few miles north,

my uncle has a cabin.

Don't you just love being with nature?

I do.

You should come chill with us for a bit.

Have a drink of water.

Come, come...

Take your bag off...

y' know, chill for a while.

Here you go.

- Thanks.

Ever go to Burning Man?

No, can't say that I have.

Oh, we're going in August.

This'll be our... sixth time?

You should totally

go, you'd love it.

Oh, no thanks.

That's cool.

Do you guys, uh, notice anything

strange about the...

the forest at all?

What? What's so funny?

Nothing, no...

Well...

the park ranger said they were haunted.

I don't know.

That they say.

Some people say they hear

the voice of a little girl.

But, God bless her...

we wouldn't have this operation here

if it wasn't for the ghost.

Amen!

The whole town is just scared shitless.

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