Shimmer Lake Page #2

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[tapping]

- Hey.

- I'm not stranding you, am I?

No, no. I'll hitch a ride

with Beavis and Butthead back there.

Where you going?

Oh, I thought I'd swing

past the Burton place

just to see if Ed thinks twice

about leaving Steph behind.

Plus, maybe if I stay there long enough,

I can avoid Martha's dinner.

- Can you do me a favor?

- Yeah.

Just keep an eye on those two.

They seem like decent guys.

I just...

If Andy turns up,

I'd rather hear about it first

before he gets gunned down.

You really think Andy's still here?

He was at the house last night.

Any information I get,

you'll be the first to know.

Thanks, partner.

[curtains rattling]

[laughing]

[both laughing]

How about this?

There's a woman

who looks exactly like Steph Burton,

except she's three feet tall.

Yes or no?

- [mumbles]

- [radio static]

[man on radio] Agents Biltmore, Walker,

I think we have your suspects.

This is Biltmore.

Yeah. Yeah, that could...

Wait, say that again?

No. No, no, no, no, no.

The Camaro is black

and the suspects are white.

[sighs] No, you should...

You should definitely cut them loose.

Yeah, I agree. That is...

It's quite the coincidence, right?

But, no, you should let them go.

I'm sure of it. Thank you.

- Hey, babe.

- Pop the trunk!

Hey, what took you so long?

Zeke. He parked outside the house

for hours. I had to wait.

That's my girl. Always thinking.

Hey, I don't know about you,

but I'm starvin'.

What do you say we stop...?

[gasps] No, please don't!

[clock ticking]

[lighter clicking]

[news theme music playing]

[woman speaking indistinctly on TV]

[line ringing]

This is Ed. Leave a message.

See what happens.

[machine beeps]

Sh*t.

[clock ticking]

Stephanie? Steph?

- Where the hell have you been?

- Where have I been?

In a car, forever! The cornfield!

I spent the night in a junkyard!

Listen, Dawkins has the money.

Dawkins?

Sh*t. I should've known.

- Why?

- Well, that's not important.

What matters is, I gotta figure out

a way to get that money

so we can get the hell out of here.

What's to figure?

Oh...

What? You think Dawkins

is just gonna give you the money?

Yeah, it's just...

I'm not much of a gun guy, Steph.

- Become one.

- Jesus, Steph!

- And go get that money.

- [sighs]

[Martha] Oh, please, Zeke.

You can't start a day

on nothing but coffee.

- Aren't you hungry?

- Um, not particularly, no.

- You worried about your brother?

- That's it.

- Well, isn't there anything you can do?

- Martha, I'm trying.

I'm sorry. I'm just worried about him.

I know Andy, and he just couldn't

do something like this.

Martha, he's my brother and I love him,

but, ultimately, it's gonna come down

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