
A Single Shot
1
Shit.
No.
No, no.
No!
No...
"Dear tools...
"By now,
"I guess you know I'm gone.
"I couldn't take it no more.
"Not so much
my foster dad's drinking
and losing his temper..."
Gotta get a lawyer, Johnno.
It ain't gonna go away
by you ignoring it.
Simon?
Boy, you been
mule-kicked in the head?
Who the f*ck you think it is?
I thought...
Thought you was out... west,
on a bridge job.
Ah, the fuckin' bridge
is built, Johnno.
Who...
Who you been talking to?
What?
Made you think I need a lawyer?
Jess.
Jess?
Yup. She waited on me
at Puffy's earlier.
Said she'd moved
into town with Nolan
and hit you
with divorce papers,
and you won't go get a lawyer.
Aw, shit.
That's old news, Simon.
Well, not to me, it ain't.
I been drillin' steel
out in Montana
these three months, remember?
Says she's gonna go
back to school,
be a teacher?
Teacher?
Yeah.
Know what the end of
the world is, Johnno?
When your heart stops
beatin', partner.
Anything else
is just a setback.
How good you'd get to know
Ira Hollenbach?
How good what?
When you worked for him?
Hell, I only worked
for him near a year,
before he and Molly got killed.
Knew him to be a decent boss.
Yeah?
Yeah, but look here.
Go and see my lawyer.
Daggard Pitt.
I don't want a divorce, Simon.
I want my family back.
Yeah, well, go
and see him anyway.
He'll take good care of you.
Thought you'd get away...
Did ya, John?
You know me?
It's a small town, John.
Daggard Pitt.
you'd be a good one
for me to talk to 'bout this.
Come on in, John.
Let's see what you've got.
Well, these were served on you
over 40 days ago.
The law doesn't allow
but 20 to answer them.
They got under somethin'.
The problem, thankfully,
isn't fatal.
I need your help.
Uh... I ain't
interested in a divorce.
Me and Jess don't
see eye-to-eye on that.
I'm so sorry.
She's got this idea
about the boy.
Your son?
Nolan.
After he was born,
she started to see things...
- Different.
- "Different"?
Yeah, all of a sudden,
she wanted more.
Now, I've always provided.
She can't say I don't provide.
I-I ain't lazy.
Says here you've had
trouble keeping a job
ever since your father
lost his farm?
No, sir.
I've had plenty of jobs.
Plenty of jobs,
just not for long.
I even took a job
at that creamery,
just to get her
a few extra things,
and when I lost that,
she... uh...
I can't stay cooped up
inside all day.
I was raised to farm.
It's all I know.
How can I help you, John?
She mentioned counselin', once.
I'll go now,
if it'll bring her home.
You tell her lawyer that.
I was acquainted
with your parents.
I represented the bank
when they foreclosed on
and sold their farm
to Cecil Nobie.
We all did.
The bank did what it could
to keep your father afloat,
but the economy at that time,
and him having
overextended himself...
Yes.
Then, of course...
him taking sick.
John?
The question you have
to ask yourself is,
will you be
comfortable with me?
Simon says you're cheaper
than the rest of 'em in town.
That mean you ain't as good?
Well...
Compensation takes
many forms, John.
Mm. Main one says money.
I have no wife,
no family,
only my clients
and their often-sticky
and heartfelt situations.
I've known our friend, Simon,
for example,
through thick and thin.
How serious of scrapes
you got him out of?
Well, that's between
him and me, John.
Just as anything you tell me
as your lawyer
will be between you and me.
You're not wondering
about my criminal defense
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