Backyard Page #4

Either they were kept captive,

or killed and preserved somehow.

- Where are the others?

- Here.

Sara.

We've perfected the funeral service.

I collect bodies, you bring mourners,

they bring crosses.

The first thing you notice about Jurez

is the extraordinary sky.

A blue that isn't just heavenly,

it's incredibly cobalt.

Then there's the 150 degree sky the ice-cold

wind seems to make bigger by the minute.

Maybe it's because of the surreal sky

we live under surreal circumstances.

A case in point:

remember that serial killer,

the one whose capture

our valiant Governor pinned

on his chest like a medal?

Well, you may recall that

after he went behind bars,

the bodies of another eight

women appeared within days,

and since then, every week another

body, like goddamn clockwork.

But incredibly enough, this

alleged serial killer is still in jail,

as if he could murder from his cell.

Or maybe he does it by...

telepathy?

I have on the line so he can explain

his magical techniques,

Mr. Abdalah Haddad,

the so-called telepathic killer.

How are they treating you in prison?

I can't complain, Mr. Peralta.

I'd like your listeners to know...

that I'm the perfect scapegoat, Sir,

because of my reputation as a

ladies' man and heavy drinker.

You also have quite a rap sheet.

Criminal records in Florida,

Texas, and Ciudad Jurez too.

Yeah, that's true.

Last I heard...

Fabricated evidence.

Yes, I cross into

Mexico every Friday.

I check the books and tell

my managers what to do.

Banks move the money, the rest

is processed by phone or Internet.

- You only visit Jurez on Fridays?

- I might have on a Thursday,

...or Monday, as an exception.

The Sultan called you from jail.

Yes, he left several messages,

but I didn't answer.

He wanted to ask you a favor.

What was it?

I didn't talk to him. I don't

know The Sultan that well.

I hired him, then fired him for the

same reason you think he's the killer.

- Which is...

- Which is that he's sick with hatred.

He hit a secretary, picture that.

I can picture him doing

something as awful

as biting off a teenager's

nipple before killing her.

You two met in jail in El Paso.

In the sex offenders' area.

That's official.

If it's official, I don't see

what your question is.

Are you familiar with the word

"rehabilitate"?

Some say there are jails where

prisoners are rehabilitated,

and jails where they're punished.

I say it depends on the prisoner,

not the prison.

I died when I went to jail,

and I rehabilitated myself there.

You know those eight

women found last month?

Three were kidnapped over a year ago.

Forensics says these women were frozen.

Frozen?

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