The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Page #4

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-Just fine.

-Morning.

-Morning.

l need to talk to you about

that dead Mexican y'all found.

What about it?

-l'd rather talk outside.

-All right.

lt's our new officer, Mike Norton.

Yeah. Little prick.

Apparently, he was out there

on the Boracho Peak, okay?

Shots were fired.

And he returned.

There was only

two of them out there.

Mike Norton, new kid from Cincinnati,

and that wetback.

Shots were fired?

Who fired at who?

He fired at him first.

Now, l don't want any sh*t.

-What are you doing here?

-l need to talk to you.

What about?

-Belmont came by the caf today.

-So what?

Border Patrol by the name

of Gomez came looking.

So what?

Gomez told him who killed

that Mexican.

Don't fool with me, girl.

Hell, no.

He told Belmont a Border Patrol

killed him in a shootout.

-Did he say his name?

-Yeah.

A guy named Mike Norton.

-You heard him say that?

-Said his name, like, three times.

-What are they gonna do with him?

-They didn't say.

-What's wrong with you? Goddamn!

-Arrest him.

-Who do you think you are?

-That fellow who killed Melquiades.

-Who would that be?

-That Border Patrolman, Mike Norton.

-With what evidence?

-You know damn well who killed Mel.

l don't know a goddamn thing.

You know damn well

who killed Melquiades.

You ain't gonna arrest him, are you?

You better get out of here

before l throw your ass in jail.

You ain't gonna arrest him.

Who is it?

l'm here for Patrolman Norton.

Captain Gomez sent me.

Yeah, just a sec.

You scream again, l'll kill you.

Put your hands over your head.

You got any handcuffs?

-Yeah. ln my uniform belt.

-Get them handcuffs in that uniform.

Bring them back in here

and keep quiet.

Do what he says, Lou Ann.

Put that uniform on

and then them handcuffs.

You tell her what you did?

What did he do?

He killed Melquiades Estrada.

You need to try to relax.

Might get cold.

There we go.

Now, if you call the police,

l'm gonna have to kill him, darling.

There's rain coming now

through Cincinnati.

We could be looking at heavy rain

through the day on Friday...

...so flash flooding will be a huge

concern in the tri-state area.

Get out.

You gonna kill me?

Get out.

Dig him up.

-Who?

-Melquiades Estrada...

...you stupid, gringo, son of a b*tch.

You killed him, now dig him up.

Today's storm that swept Ohio...

...sent dozens of vehicles

sliding on the roadways...

...forced hundreds of stores

and businesses to close.

Good news here is no one

was seriously injured.

Get him out.

Get out.

Get around here.

Take him in the house.

Sit him on that bed.

Turn that light on.

Sit down at this table.

ln that chair.

Melquiades lived here.

That was his bed.

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