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things up a little bit.

Maybe if you weren't

always at work

letting Crisco

walk all over you.

My job is the only thing

keeping us in this house.

- How do you think that makes me feel?

- You don't seem to mind.

Yeah, well

you don't seem to mind

sitting on your ass

all day.

If the cops

found the license plate

they could be here

any minute.

Hey.

We're gonna make it

through this.

Okay?

But I need you

to trust me.

- I can't. I can't.

- Yes, you can, yes, you can.

If the cops come, we're gonna

tell them that we hit a deer.

We have to do something

about this mess, though.

Back there.

We'll deal with it later.

Him. We'll deal

with him later.

- You know what

this reminds me of?

- What?

That sh*t-hole apartment

we had after college.

Cleaning it after

we moved in.

Those brushes

my mom gave us.

Trying not to gag

on the bleach.

- God, it was so damn hot...

- Shut up, Jeff.

Yeah.

What time is it?

Uh, almost 8:
00, I think.

I could use a little

coffee, if you don't mind.

Sure.

Good morning, officers.

Happy New Year, ma'am. Sorry

to bother you so early.

Oh, I'm an early riser.

I'm Officer Varone.

This is Officer Campbell.

Um, you're

Lindsey Pittman?

- Your husband, Jeff Pittman?

- That's right.

I wondered who bought the old

place after Miss Dainer passed.

It's a real fixer upper,

but we're getting there.

You out late last night,

Mrs. Pittman?

Not especially.

We had a work event.

Anything unusual happened

on the drive home?

No, not that

I can think of.

Did you or your husband have

anything to drink, ma'am?

- No, we don't drink and drive.

- Any car trouble?

Why would there be

car trouble?

- Oh, the doe!

- Pardon?

Th... the deer.

We hit a deer.

Oh, thank you.

It must have fallen off

during the accident.

Was it okay?

Yeah, well, no, the... the,

um, windshield's broken

and the bumper has, you

know, some dents in it.

I meant the deer. There was

some blood in the road.

Oh, poor little thing.

Uh, she twitched a couple

times and then ran off.

Can we see?

Well, she ran off,

like I said.

So there's no body here,

officer.

He meant the car.

Mrs. Pittman,

We'd like to see it.

Is there a problem?

No, we don't.

Just want to have a look

at your vehicle.

Hey, Linz, we're gonna

need some more bleach

to cover up

the rest of this...

Um, good morning,

officers.

- Morning.

- Morning.

These gentlemen

want to see the damage

from the deer we hit.

They found this.

Oh, yeah, the deer.

You know, what they say,

"You don't really hit a deer

the deer hits you."

Is that what they say?

It was a big sucker.

Must have been about a...

...four or five-pointer.

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