Beyond the Reach Page #3

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Nobody's gonna miss him.

But you bring this body back

and they put it on me,

they can put it on you.

50-50, Ben.

Do you like those odds?

Let's... let's look at this another way.

Suppose that I put a

call in that university.

You know, grease the wheels

and I get you admitted.

I could provide a full ride all four years.

- You could be with Laina.

- Just stop. Come on, you're insane.

Let's just say you major in finance.

So maybe I got a position waiting for you.

Starting salary, $300,000 dollars.

Enough to buy a nice house,

pay for diapers.

You could start a life together.

At some point you might have

to relocate to Beijing.

Ben, that's a future.

It's a future you can't

even imagine right now,

especially with one of your

bullets lodged in old Charlie.

So we got a deal?

That's a good choice, Ben.

Now your life, it's never

going to be the same.

Should we say something?

I mean, you know,

was he religious?

What?

Was he religious?

No.

- I'm gonna get some more water.

- Okay.

Step away from the car.

Get away from the goddamn car!

God damn it, what is that?

Drop it.

Drop it!

What, you push your button,

the cavalry comes running?

Is that the size of it?

We had a deal.

And where I come from, a deal is a deal.

We shook hands, God damn it.

- You little sh*t.

- Okay! Okay! Okay!

Boy, did you blow this.

What are you gonna do?

- Take off your clothes.

- What?

Take your clothes off.

- You heard me all right.

- Okay.

Come on, let's go.

Come on, you're not gonna kill me.

Okay! Okay! Okay! Okay!

Okay.

- Now, I suggest you do as I say.

- All right!

Shoes and your socks. Shoes and socks!

Let's go!

Come on, this is stupid. Just

think about what you're doing.

Oh, I have. No, no, I have, Ben.

I'm a fast thinker, you know?

Something was different about

you when you and I woke up.

You know, you were kind of angry, upset,

couldn't stop talking about

your little girlfriend.

- What?

- How she left you, betrayed you.

- Let's go, shoes and socks.

- All right, all right.

Okay.

You were really nervous, Ben.

Really nervous.

- Then you shot Charlie.

- What?

We fought a little bit,

you took my rifle. I ran.

All right, now your pants.

You can keep your Jockeys on, you know.

Keep that dignity.

You know,

I got back to the truck,

hightailed it back to town.

How long is it to the highway, Ben?

40, 50 miles, you think?

And like you said, it's gonna

be 120 by noon, isn't it?

Come on, all right?

You're right, it was an accident,

all right? I saw that.

I saw it, all right? But

this will be murder.

No, no, no, no. No, I'm

not killing you, Ben.

I'm just gonna watch you kind of, you

know, wander around for a while.

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