Absence of the Good Page #3

Sheridans were friends of mine.

You got it.

Hello!

Sir?

Excuse me, sir?

Detective?

You might want to see this.

You think this guy

is Mr. Clean?

Go get the boys to come down here

and dust, all right?

Yes, sir.

Give me a few minutes first, huh?

You got it, sir.

Hold on a second.

D and D, right.

The year? Right.

- Where's Barnes?

- He's in the basement.

He wants to dust

for prints down there.

- Childress.

- Right there.

Yeah?

Dormitory from hell.

All right, so the guy upstairs

is Charles Lowman.

We got him on the books for an old DUI

and a couple of drunk and disorderlies.

He's been dead about 48 hours.

Same amount of time

as Agnes Thurmond.

Gets worse.

Same blows to the back of the head.

Same good housekeeping seal.

Only thing missing is a note.

But he didn't need one.

He had a map.

Yeah, that clears up everything.

What do you think happened here?

Boarders?

I don't think anybody

comes down here to live.

I think somebody would

come down here to hide.

- From what?

- Whatever scares 'em.

I think we should invite

our friend Dr. Lyons in for a look.

Oh, sh*t. I gotta go.

- Everything okay?

- I forgot something very important.

You change your mind?

Yeah.

I thought this was a good idea.

Talk to somebody

and work this thing through.

I could talk to you.

We could always talk.

I know.

We will.

I can try harder, Caleb.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

What if I go up there...

and she says I'm crazy?

And then you'd leave.

I can't lose you too.

You're not crazy.

And I'm not going anywhere.

I just think about him,

that's all.

I know.

Then why don't you show it?

God, you never f***ing show it!

Caleb, people who hurt,

they cry.

They ache, they lose themselves.

They ache for what's lost,

for what's gone.

I don't want to go in there.

Okay.

I'm Detective Barnes. My wife

had an appointment with Dr. Lyons.

Detective.

- Where's your wife?

- She won't be able to make it.

Do you want to reschedule?

Come in.

The lieutenant called.

There's been another murder.

- Do you think it's the same person?

- It's possible.

Mr. Clean?

I don't like that.

- Excuse me?

- Names.

I don't like those names.

They catch on and before you know it,

people are just walking around...

saying them like it's just

some weird neighbor.

Isn't that the point?

That if we name them,

they're not as scary.

- They still are.

- Have a seat.

What scares you, Detective?

Questions like that.

It was just a question.

You know what St. Augustine said.

Excuse me?

St. Augustine.

He said that evil has no embodiment,

no incarnation.

It is simply absence of the good.

Absence of the good?

He believed that a will,

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