Devil's Gate Page #2

Good lord.

I was more focused on

solving the case

than making sure

she was safe.

To protect and serve.

It's a pretty basic

concept to follow.

It sounds like

you went by the book.

Well, then the book needed

to be rewritten

and I should have

seen that.

Is that what brings you

out here?

Administrative

reassignment

or whatever

they call it?

No. Actually,

i requested this case

when it came in.

You know, you can't

beat yourself up.

If you were perfect,

you wouldn't be human.

No! You..

You are not allowed!

I will not be made

a fool of!

I have seen

your true face now.

I know

what you really are.

Sorry. The, uh,

the milk's gone sour.

Oh, no, that's fine.

Thanks, Theresa.

So, this is

a regular thing?

E -- e -- excuse me?

Your sister and her son

staying here.

You expected them

five days ago, right?

Yeah, uh, thereabouts.

Jon -- Jonah had the flu,

so we..

They were gonna come by

a -- as soon as

he got better, um..

Oh, I wouldn't call it

a -- a regular thing.

They, they, they just

come by when they need

to get away for a spell.

Get away? How so?

Life can get pretty dreary

out there at that place

of theirs, you know?

Could you be

more specific?

The farm hasn't turned

to profit for years.

The old house

is falling apart.

Times are tough.

It...Gets stressful.

And Mr. pritchard,

is he a source

of that stress

in your opinion?

I know he's

a friend of yours, Colt.

That was 15 years ago.

We have more of

a smile and nod kind

of a relationship now.

It's okay.

Well, him and me never

really got along well

and, um, he's been

in the county lock-up

more than once.

Uh, drunk and disorderly,

simple assault.

Yeah, but, but in

the last couple of years

I, I don't know,

he's just..

He's changed,

he's sullen all the time.

He -- he, he..

His temper's getting worse.

I mean, the littlest thing

will set him off.

Could you give me

an example?

One time, Jonah

spilled some paint on

the porch and Jackson

dragged the boy

into his room and locked him in

overnight without supper.

He -- he, he wouldn't,

he wouldn't even let him

go to the bathroom.

Maria was livid

like I've never seen.

I mean, after everything

that's happened

that boy is her precious

little miracle.

How do you mean?

Well, they -- they got

married real young

on account of Maria

being pregnant

but she lost that baby.

And after that

she suffered..

I don't know,

half a dozen miscarriages

before she finally

got Jonah.

Oh, I see.

I'm sorry to hear that.

What about

Jackson pritchard

attracted her

in the first place?

He was an upright,

churchgoing man.

The pritchards

weren't rich, but they

owned their land outright.

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