Beyond the Gates Page #2

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So good to meet you, too.

I'll, I'll see ya.

John, we'll see you tomorrow.

Hank.

- Well, that went well.

- That was f***ing awful.

Ah, drinks!

Thank you, Dahlia.

Hey.

Everything okay?

Yeah. I got it.

What's wrong?

What do you mean?

You're just acting weird.

You did great

with that creep back there.

Hey, Gordon, talk to me.

I know you think

you need to protect yourself

from everyone and everything

but you don't have to do that

with me.

That was a huge improvement.

Well, thanks.

Uh, it justbrought up

a lot of stuff

that I didn't want to remember.

You know, I,

you know, I've already f***ed up

so much between us.

You did f*** things up

but the only way

we're gonna get through it

is through time and commitment.

I love you for the man

that I know you are.

I just don't wanna end up

some drunk weirdo

with an irrelevant video store.

Well, as long as I'm around,

that's not happening.

Hm, Gordon.

Gordon.

I just took an Ambien.

You wanna have, Ambien sex?

Yeah.

Well, before I pass out.

Uh, tomorrow?

Well, not in his bed.

Fine.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Why are you so chipper?

You know, I'm just workin'.

Hey, did you try to get

into the house last night?

Dude, I have the keys.

Why would I do that?

- What about that Hank creep?

- No, man.

He lives, like,

way out in the boonies.

Why, did someone

try and break in?

Thought I heard someone

messing around with the window.

Felt like somebody was watching us.

Yeah, man,

it was probably some meth-head

trying to steal dad's stuff.

The whole neighborhood

has gone to sh*t.

It's for the birds.

Hey, why do you hang out

with that scumbag, anyway?

Well, um, that scumbag is my friend.

I mean, he might not be

the independently wealthy

stuffed shirt you are

but I mean, at least he was

around when dad disappeared.

You know,

that whole disappearance thing

it loses a lot of weight

when it's the 40th time

dad splits town

and cuts off communication.

Whatever.

I have a mortgage to pay, John.

Hank dropped everything

when I called him.

Hey.

Check out...

...what I found.

Ooh.

Do you wanna...

- Maybe we should, right?

- Yeah.

Ooh. This is momentous.

- Shut up.

- Hm.

Hm. So this is it.

It's, like,

exactly how I'd pictured it.

Really?

I always thought

it'd be bigger, for some reason.

Hey, you know what else

I always pictured?

What?

Comin' back here and going

through all of this sh*t.

Hey, there's gotta be

some weird stuff back here.

- Kind of afraid to be honest.

- Oh, don't be a puss.

- See anything interesting?

- Uh-uh.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Whoa!

- Holy sh*t!

- This is some serious firepower--

whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, hey!

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