Beneath Still Waters Page #5

Gambine. Where'd you find it?

It just came up.

It was like a black cloud

covering everything,

and you could feel it

sticking to your body.

- L've never felt anything like it.

- Where?

- Hey!

- Hey!

Hey, Ruso!

- Hurry up. Go after him.

- Sit down.

Over there.

Ruso!

No! No!

Deep incisions...

...as well as powerful ripping.

Some kind of animal?

Or a propeller?

That's it.

He got caught up in the propeller.

A terrible accident.

He was nowhere

near the propeller.

We felt nothing.

What the hell do you know?

You're just a f***ing cop.

It was an accident.

He got caught up

in the boat's propeller.

Let's not file this until tomorrow

after the celebration. Okay?

Wrap those things up

and take it to forensics.

Okay, let's finish up the statements

and move everybody out of here.

Okay. You heard the captain.

Let's move on out.

What did this is no animal.

And it's no goddamn propeller.

Some very powerful

currents down there.

Nobody makes a fool out of me.

And the next time

I see you in this town,

I'm gonna lock you up and

make sure you stay locked up.

Not a problem. L'm out of here.

I just need my camera back.

Ah, yes. Your camera.

Thanks.

You want your camera.

Here's your f***ing camera!

Now, get the hell out of here.

What was that all about?

He's lost the plot.

Thinks I'm the bad guy.

He thinks you had

something to do with it?

I just think it's time

to get out of Dodge.

What about your story?

I was never really

close to a story.

Listen, when they flooded the town,

two boys were there.

One of them never came back.

So, what happened to the other kid?

He doesn't live

too far away from here.

Samantha, where's David?

He's playing.

David?

Oh, God.

David?

Okay. Yes.

Well, where have you gone?

David!

Don't hide from me.

There you are.

- Wait, please.

- Oh, David.

What are you doing?

Why are you...

Okay. Come on.

Let's go. Let's go.

Okay. Okay.

But, Clara, we were going to play.

Who? Wh-Who were you

playing with, David?

We... We have to go now, honey.

- I want Mommy.

- Hey, you've got me now, okay?

- And I'II never leave you.

- You promise?

I promise. I promise.

Come on, sweetheart.

When you dive,

you usually see fish,

algae, or something.

But down there in the old town,

there was nothing

but that black muck...

a feeling of the total

absence of life.

L've felt it before...

in a frozen lake,

when I lost my son.

L'm so sorry.

One crack, and he fell

under the ice.

When I got to him down there,

there was only death.

Nothing else.

I handed his lifeless body

to his mother.

And our marriage...

what was left of it anyway... was over.

L'm sure you did

what you could.

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