Water's Edge Page #3

My hair was that long once.

Why did you cut it?

It got in the way. I was catching it | in doors and cooking it on the stove.

- What? | - Um...

my daughter, | when she was little,

she would lie in bed behind me | and twist my hair around her finger.

All night sometimes.

What did she do | when you cut it?

She never knew I did.

Herman's not just | a mayor around here,

he's one of our primary | property holders.

Half of what you see around here, | he owns it.

So when it came time | to revitalize the town square,

Herman tried to buy | T. Wallace's feed store.

T. wouldn't budge. | He made a fuss in the papers.

But he's the only one | that runs against Herman

when it comes time | for re-election.

It gets ugly between those two. | Quite a show.

I need more punch.

( whispering )

( tires squeal )

Sh*t!

When she was born,

I couldn't stop thinking | about ways I could lose her.

You hear so many stories--

how they just stop breathing | in the middle of the night.

My doctor told me it was-- | it was natural.

Most mothers get obsessed | with the worst-case scenario.

But in time, it goes away.

And it did.

It did go away.

But now it's hard | to think about anything else.

How l-- | how I found her...

in the pool.

When a child drowns, the mother is | responsible whether she's there or not.

But I was there.

I'm to blame.

I have these dreams,

these horrible dreams,

where I'm...

trapped...

underwater and I can't breathe.

And there's nothing I can do

but just imagine | when-- she was just...

I'm sorry.

Please don't-- | don't tell Robert about this.

I'm doing better.

I swear, | I'm-- I'm doing better.

Listen to me,

just put one foot | in front of the other.

It's all you can do.

I know.

One foot in front of the other.

Robert should be back by now.

( panting ) | All right. It's hooked.

( winch whirrs )

So why don't you | tell me again?

Did you see what happened?

Yeah, that's him.

Give me a hand, Kendall.

( metal bangs )

I didn't see anything.

I heard like, banging and stuff.

We're just | clearing some things up.

What happened to you?

Who's in the trunk?

No, no, no. This little "virgin" act | stops right now.

- What are you doing? | - Molly, stay out of this.

I've had enough | of this silent treatment.

You two want to lick your wounds, | you can do it later.

But right now, | I want some answers.

- Please don't make me talk about it-- | - I count two.

Two dead bodies out there.

I killed one of them, | that much I know.

But who's the other guy, Rae? | 'Cause I don't remember killing him.

- If you want me to leave, I will. | - Oh you want to go?

- Fine, you can go. | - Molly: Wait.

Before you do, there's something | I want to show you.

You can let go of me now.

- Get off me! | - You don't like people touching you?

( lock banging, key jingling )

What is it?

- Out of the sheriff's squad car.

I counted it already. | It's $200,000.

You mean the man you killed-- | he was carrying this?

buying something.

- What? | - Ask her.

Or do you think maybe | I should just show her?

You want to show her | more than anything.

So you can go right ahead.

It ain't what you think.

That's the mayor, Herman Block.

Rae, how did this-- | how could you allow this?

"Allow"? You think I allowed this | to happen to me?

Is somebody blackmailing the mayor? | Is that what's happening?

- I don't want to talk about this-- | - Did T. Wallace take these pictures?

We just want | to understand this, Rae.

Answer me. | Did T. Wallace take those pictures?

Robert, let go of her!

Rae! Stop!

Now you talk to me. | I want to know everything.

Who's behind all of this? | Who's money is that?

- And who's in the damn trunk? | - My husband!

He was killed | right in front of me.

Here.

My husband, Robbie Butler.

across the lake.

to the folks in town.

I always thought the anger | that he kept in him

would fade over time. | But it didn't.

Well, thank you, fellas.

It's been a riot.

to each other once.

he grew to hate me.

I just didn't believe | in him anymore.

I didn't believe in myself | much either.

at the mayor's office

had her stroke.

and the left side of her body.

speeches, "thank you" notes.

was put my name on them.

That was for Mayor Block to do.

paperwork there is

for a small town like Reedsville,

each other and all.

laws get overlooked.

( door shuts )

- Ahem-- | - Mr. Block.

I was just about to lock up. | I didn't know that--

Shh.

( whispers ) | It's okay.

This year hasn't been | very kind to us, has it, Rae?

No, sir.

You know, | I'm not a terribly religious man,

but there is one verse from the Bible | that stands out in my mind.

It's the Philippians, | chapter four, verse seven.

"Give you peace,

which surpasses | all understanding."

"Give you peace..."

"Which surpasses | all understanding."

tenderness...

it's hard to refuse a man's touch.

Any man.

but whatever it was...

we needed it.

( clicks )

Then it all changed.

- ( music playing on radio ) | - What the?

Have a seat, Rae!

( chuckles )

you see, it seems | your wife here has a--

oh, hell,

why say anything when a picture | tells a thousand words?

Oh.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

We got ourselves | a disgruntled citizen in town,

he fancies himself a shutterbug.

He thought he'd catch | Mayor Block in a...

well, let's call that | a "compromising position."

And now I've got to spend my evening | running around town paying this guy off,

cleaning up Herman's mess

when I could be at home | watching wrestling.

We some of that "mess" | you was talking about cleaning up?

Yeah, you caused the mayor | a world of trouble,

and it's time you two | disappeared.

You're a bad man, Dodd.

Well, maybe you better | call the cops.

I got a better idea.

Rae:
No!

( Rae screams )

- Come on! | - No!

( Dodd laughing )

( laughs ) | Oh, come on, darling.

( laughing )

Oh!

( screaming )

Come on, darling.

I want out to find out | what all this fuss is over.

Ooh, that's it, yeah. | Whoo-hoo-hoo!

( Rae screams )

You know, | my mom always said

Reedsville looked best | in your rear view mirror.

She got that right.

If the truck can run on fumes, I've got | enough gas to get back into town.

I'll fill her up, come right back here, | and then we are gone.

that's it.

- Can I talk to you for a minute? | - Yeah.

Are we packing up | the shed, too?

We'll talk about that later.

That sheriff's car they're pulling | out of the lake

Is a few miles from here. They'll be | knocking on our door in no time.

Well, we leave, first thing, | the three of us.

The three of us, huh?

Something my old man told me once | keeps popping back into my head.

What's that?

He said the two hardest things | in this world to catch

is a pop fly at a day game, | and a young woman when she's lying.

- You don't believe her? | - I don't know.

I mean, her story answers | all the right questions, but--

You saw the sheriff try to kill her, | what do you think?

I think $200,000 | is a lot of money.

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