WEBVTT - Chapter 7: Damaged Goods

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<v Speaker 1>You were listening to Strawberry Spring, based on a short

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<v Speaker 1>story by Stephen King. M I couldn't leave my eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>I stood there staring at the two of them. The

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<v Speaker 1>currents were a mess. Mrs Curran's cheeks were swollen from crying.

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<v Speaker 1>Here you go, ask I have a tissue. I could

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<v Speaker 1>see the puffiness. The whites of her eyes, well what

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<v Speaker 1>was left of them, anyway, were bloodshot. She had crow's

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<v Speaker 1>feet around the corners of her face, nothing unexpected considering

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<v Speaker 1>how much time had passed. Even still, when I looked

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<v Speaker 1>at her, I could see the same woman that I

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<v Speaker 1>saw all those years ago in the New Sharon Home

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<v Speaker 1>for Boys. She was a mere image of her younger self.

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<v Speaker 1>In a weird way. She hadn't changed a bit. She

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<v Speaker 1>would damage been shattered back then, a woman who would

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<v Speaker 1>never have her own children, but she had a glimmer

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<v Speaker 1>of hope when she was looking for a child to adopt.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there was no hope left. She wouldn't be the

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<v Speaker 1>woman who couldn't have babies. Instead, she would be the

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<v Speaker 1>mother who adopted and no longer had a daughter. Here

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<v Speaker 1>I have some water. Please say believe me when I

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<v Speaker 1>tell you we have the entire department on this thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Curran's voice cracked. He was trying to be the

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<v Speaker 1>strong one. He wasn't even close. He was all we had.

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<v Speaker 1>He was her only daughter. The irony was palpable here

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<v Speaker 1>I was standing right in front of them. In another life,

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<v Speaker 1>I would have been their son, a thirty year old

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<v Speaker 1>man with a child of his own on the way,

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<v Speaker 1>but instead their daughter, Marcia, the latest victim of spring

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<v Speaker 1>heel jack. It's hard to believe was one alternate decision.

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<v Speaker 1>They would have never needed to know the pain of

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<v Speaker 1>losing a daughter, and I would have had to know

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<v Speaker 1>the pain of being unwanted, of being left behind a

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<v Speaker 1>fence for myself in an orphanage. Do you really think?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you really think it's the same man from all

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<v Speaker 1>those years ago? We do? But why? Why? Now? Why

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<v Speaker 1>would he come back after all this time? Why are Marcia?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand. I wish I could say something to

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<v Speaker 1>make you feel better. We're all here last time, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to do everything we can to help find

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<v Speaker 1>him and stop him. Please don't despair, Mr Mrs. Current

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<v Speaker 1>police work has come a long way in the past

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<v Speaker 1>few years. I have a file right here with the

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<v Speaker 1>full side report on the oiler disassociative behavior, obsessive compulsive disorder,

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<v Speaker 1>possible child to trauma, physical and psychological abuse. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>textbook serial killer. We will find him this time and

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<v Speaker 1>bring him to justice. Henry here is an expert on

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<v Speaker 1>spring Hill Jack. We have the latest forensics techniques, and

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<v Speaker 1>between the citywide man hunt and our determination, there's no

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<v Speaker 1>way he's going to get away. Isn't that right, Henry Um? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Chief Spencer is right. Please please don't despair. Don't despair.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder if that's what I should have echoed to

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<v Speaker 1>the currents. Don't despair. They'll find her body. Don't despair.

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<v Speaker 1>She probably didn't feel a thing. Don't despair. There's plenty

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<v Speaker 1>more orphans to go around. Don't despair. Hi, everyone, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if you can hear me. I replaced the

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<v Speaker 1>transistor on my hands, so hopefully this pose well, here goes.

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<v Speaker 1>I have some news. President Kennedy says they'll be launching

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<v Speaker 1>a Saturn rocket before the end of the year. How

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<v Speaker 1>neat would that be in sports? For just a few

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<v Speaker 1>months away from the beginning of baseball season. Spring training

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<v Speaker 1>has already started, and some people are saying the Yankees

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<v Speaker 1>have what it takes to win the one World Series.

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<v Speaker 1>In other news, Henry Denton was left behind at a

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<v Speaker 1>new share in home for boys. It's looking like you'll

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<v Speaker 1>never get adopted. But why would anyone adopt him? He's

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<v Speaker 1>a teenager with lingering psychological issues from seeing his mother

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<v Speaker 1>and brother die right in front of his very eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>He sustained head injuries and his emotional scars run deep.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't that right, Henry? What hi, Henry? Are you doing? Okay? Um? Yeah, fine,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess don't despair. We'll find a home for you. Yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate to have to break the news to you.

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<v Speaker 1>What news. I don't know if you've heard. But the

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<v Speaker 1>Currents who you met last week, Yes, I remember them.

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<v Speaker 1>They decided that adopting a teenager right now might be

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<v Speaker 1>too much for them, and I figured, I hope you understand.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about finding the right fit. But chin up,

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<v Speaker 1>there's always families looking to adopt. Like I said, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>find a home for you, yet, just wait and see.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't despair. The Headmaster was a kind man. I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 1>sure somewhere deep down inside he felt for all of

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<v Speaker 1>us boys. He tried his best to go room to

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<v Speaker 1>room instead of making an announcement over the p A system.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he figured it was a little more personal,

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<v Speaker 1>like some sort of surrogate father and Sun chat by

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<v Speaker 1>the fireplace. Isn't that right, Henry? I said, isn't that right, Henry? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, don't despair Mr and Mrs Current. For all

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<v Speaker 1>intents and purposes, the Currents were too total strangers. But

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<v Speaker 1>somehow I couldn't help thinking we were connected. Maybe we

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<v Speaker 1>were in more ways than one. What would my life

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<v Speaker 1>had been like had they adopted me? Fate was cruel.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifteen years later and here they were standing right in

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<v Speaker 1>front of me. Thank you. Yes, we appreciate all of

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<v Speaker 1>your help. Now I remember you. You haven't changed. Excuse me.

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<v Speaker 1>The Home for Boys Henry Henry Hartigan, Oh, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>My last name is Denton. I was coincidentally at the orphanage.

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<v Speaker 1>But you must have mistaken me with one of the

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<v Speaker 1>other boys. No, I'm sure it's you. It's in your eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you okay? Yeah? There must have been another Henry

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<v Speaker 1>at the boys phone. It was so long ago, I

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<v Speaker 1>can't remember either that, or they were so busy looking

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<v Speaker 1>for someone to adopt. They went somewhere else, whatever it was,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel bad for them. They have my sympathy. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have much sympathy for them. If I'm being honest

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<v Speaker 1>with myself, I'm not sure I felt any sympathy for

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<v Speaker 1>them at all. But that's when she Spencer interrupted. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to bring this up with the currents here,

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<v Speaker 1>but we should go see Dancy. What do you mean

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<v Speaker 1>we haven't been a holding sale downstairs. He was picked

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<v Speaker 1>up right before they came in. Do you really think

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<v Speaker 1>he's spring heel jack? Let's go find out for ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>Where are we going? Holding sales are in the BASEBA

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<v Speaker 1>and knew me well enough to tell with one glance.

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<v Speaker 1>Seeing the currents change my demeanor. Are you okay? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you look like you've seen a ghost? I nodded her way.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to say something, but what I feel more

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<v Speaker 1>like the ghosts just saw me. Follow me. Dancy cell

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<v Speaker 1>is just a back Oh my god. We got to

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<v Speaker 1>Dancy's holding cell and what we saw was jarring. Time

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<v Speaker 1>had not been kind to John Dancy. His hair was long, scraggly,

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<v Speaker 1>and unkept. He was filthy, wearing a beat up and

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<v Speaker 1>blood stained army jackets streaked with dirt. His fingernails had

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<v Speaker 1>grime under them, and his teeth were stained yellow and chipped.

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<v Speaker 1>He stood there with a hunch that made him look

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<v Speaker 1>like an old man, not someone in their late twenties.

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<v Speaker 1>It was hard to wrap my head around who were

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<v Speaker 1>what I was seeing. I didn't know him well back

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<v Speaker 1>at school. Wasn't that long ago? What could have happened

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<v Speaker 1>in eight short years that could have transformed him into this?

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<v Speaker 1>Take a good look. He's our number one suspect, John,

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<v Speaker 1>that's whatever it mean? Hurt you? Why would we do that?

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<v Speaker 1>And realized right away what I failed to see. The

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<v Speaker 1>blood on his jacket wasn't from a murdered victim. It

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<v Speaker 1>was his. The cops had been the ship out of him.

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<v Speaker 1>When he turned to the light, we saw his face.

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<v Speaker 1>His eyes were swollen, not like Mrs Curran's, though Dancy's

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<v Speaker 1>swelling was from the bare knuckles of New Sharon's finest.

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<v Speaker 1>He must have been in that cell for hours. They say,

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<v Speaker 1>if you corner a wounded animal, the best way to

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<v Speaker 1>keep them from attackinginess to make eye contact. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>think Dancy was going to attack anyone, not in the

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<v Speaker 1>shape he was in. Plus he was behind bars, but

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<v Speaker 1>none of that stopped an from making the effort. What

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<v Speaker 1>happened to you? I'll tell you what happened to him?

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<v Speaker 1>He refused to confess. How long has he been in here?

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<v Speaker 1>Not long? A few hours at most, Henny, can you

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<v Speaker 1>form me a cup of water? Here? You got there, thirsty?

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<v Speaker 1>What happens here? I'll tell you what happened to him.

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<v Speaker 1>We picked him up and he resisted arrest, and the

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<v Speaker 1>officers they did what they had to do in order

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<v Speaker 1>to bring him in. You beat the ship out of me,

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<v Speaker 1>You and your fucking pigs. You're lucky you still have

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<v Speaker 1>breath in your lungs after what you've done. Come closer.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to make sure you can hear me. This

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<v Speaker 1>close enough, plenty, I'm gonna make sure you fry for

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<v Speaker 1>what you've done. You and Alma Laura, you're fucking crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>old man. I've been telling him for hours. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>do anything. I didn't kill anyone. I mean I did,

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<v Speaker 1>but but what they were orders I had to I

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<v Speaker 1>had to kill. But it was Vietnam. They gave me orders.

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<v Speaker 1>They were orders. I didn't have a choice. They may

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<v Speaker 1>be kill. It was hard to watch. I couldn't just

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<v Speaker 1>stand there and do nothing. I took Anne and the

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<v Speaker 1>Chief aside. This guy is not a killer. Look at him,

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<v Speaker 1>Chief Spencer, you're grasping at straws. This guy has damaged goods.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly my point. Come on, the ward did amend

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<v Speaker 1>if he was spring Hill Jack? Do you think he'd

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<v Speaker 1>be suffering like this over his time in Vietnam? Jack

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<v Speaker 1>loves what he does. He lives for it. He takes

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<v Speaker 1>pleasure in killing. We're looking at a man that's been

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<v Speaker 1>weduce drugs and alcohol in order to live with what

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<v Speaker 1>he's done, not what he wants to do. Chief Spencer

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<v Speaker 1>didn't like hearing what we had to say. Chief. I

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<v Speaker 1>know your history with this case is personal. We were

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<v Speaker 1>friends with Chelsea too, So I'm going to cut you

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<v Speaker 1>some slack. You're gonna cut me some leg If you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have a reason to hold Dancy, let him go.

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<v Speaker 1>If he's here tomorrow with just one new bruise, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>make sure you're on the front page of every paper

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<v Speaker 1>in New England as the poster boy for police brutality.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope I've made myself clear. Let me make myself clear.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to know where he was last night, and

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<v Speaker 1>I want to know where Ama Lara is, and if

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<v Speaker 1>it turns out either one of them had anything to

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<v Speaker 1>do with this, then you'll have something to print. Let's go, Henry.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be back first thing in the morning. If you

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<v Speaker 1>find Ama Lara, let us not JAF Spencer has lost it.

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<v Speaker 1>I know Dancy didn't kill anyone. Am Lara isn't going

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<v Speaker 1>to turn anything up either. Where your part, I'll walk

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<v Speaker 1>into your car. What are you gonna do? I'm going home.

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<v Speaker 1>Rachel is alone. She's gonna have pay be any day now.

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<v Speaker 1>The last thing she needs is for me to be

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<v Speaker 1>out until all hours of the night, chasing the goats

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<v Speaker 1>of Christmas past. M Laura will turn up, but it

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<v Speaker 1>won't matter. He's not going to be the guy. That's

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<v Speaker 1>to say. I'm sure you're right. Dancy is a mess.

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<v Speaker 1>He couldn't plant a murder scene like always thought. Tonight

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<v Speaker 1>let alone went eight years ago. When I look at him,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think he could tell you what he had

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<v Speaker 1>for lunch. I'll do you one better. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>he ate lunch. Come on, Skinna late, I cannot tell

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<v Speaker 1>you how much I hate this fog. It hasn't been

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<v Speaker 1>this bad since since when since five women were murdered

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<v Speaker 1>since spring heeled Jack got away. Since I had a

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<v Speaker 1>migraine since the murders, Yeah, since then, I'll talk to

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<v Speaker 1>you in the morning. Drive carefully best. I watched the

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<v Speaker 1>red tail lights disappear into the fog. I got a

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<v Speaker 1>chill up my spine. My visions started to blur. I

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<v Speaker 1>knew feeling like when an old friend comes to visitor,

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<v Speaker 1>except this one was uninvited. The pain was searing into

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<v Speaker 1>the back of my brain. My ears started to ring,

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<v Speaker 1>and I could feel the pressure building up through my

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<v Speaker 1>head like a tea kettle, except there's nowhere for the

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<v Speaker 1>steam to go. My hands clenched in A rage of

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<v Speaker 1>pain started to wash over me. That's when I heard

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<v Speaker 1>my name, Mattery, Henry Datton. Is that you. I turned

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<v Speaker 1>and saw a shadow running out of the police station.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the outline of a man, but I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>sure why he was running towards me. Your wife just called.

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<v Speaker 1>She needs you to come home right away. She's going

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<v Speaker 1>into labor um ship. I raced across the lot. Each

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<v Speaker 1>time my feet hit the pavement, the pain amplified. But

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<v Speaker 1>before I got to my car, I saw a shadow

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<v Speaker 1>under the street line on the opposite side of the

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<v Speaker 1>parking lot. It's starting to come closer. It's the shadow

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<v Speaker 1>of the man, the same shadow I saw at the porphanage,

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<v Speaker 1>the same shadow from school, the same shadow that's been

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<v Speaker 1>following me my entire life. In the dark. I can

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<v Speaker 1>barely see them. Where are they? They're there? Are I've

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<v Speaker 1>bent over to grab hive. That's when I heard the voice,

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<v Speaker 1>familiar and distant, all at the same time. Henry, is

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<v Speaker 1>that you? I recognize that, police, but it can't be.

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<v Speaker 1>It's impossible. Tonight of all nights, ghosts all coming back

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<v Speaker 1>to hunting first hand, then Chief Spencer, Mr Curran, Mrs Curran,

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<v Speaker 1>John Dancy, one ghost after another. Why now? Who is

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<v Speaker 1>that coming closer? My head hurts. I haven't had a

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<v Speaker 1>headache like this year's. The pain is unbearable, and not

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<v Speaker 1>since the last killings, not since the first time Spring

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<v Speaker 1>Heeled Jack showed up. My god, I would do I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't think to make the pain go away. It is you?

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<v Speaker 1>Who is it? Who's there? I can see him, but

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe my eyes. I missed you, Henry, Dad,

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<v Speaker 1>You're alive, Henry, Henry, Henry, wake up? What are you

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<v Speaker 1>doing here? Those are my boys. You're not taking them

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<v Speaker 1>from me. You can't have them. You can't even be here.

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<v Speaker 1>I know what you did. The army was here. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not true. They're liars and scared. It's okay. Can here,

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<v Speaker 1>stay close to me. He's got a mom. Liars. They

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<v Speaker 1>said you killed five women then went a wall. Where

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<v Speaker 1>have you been all this time? They were in an encampment. Commies.

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<v Speaker 1>The army was worried about. Goddamn commies. They showed me

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<v Speaker 1>the reports after you went missing. There were civilian and

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<v Speaker 1>women living in a village. You slaughtered them all. They

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<v Speaker 1>weren't a threat. Everyone was a threat. It was war.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop it. You're scaring the boys. Hey, it's okay, boys,

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<v Speaker 1>Daddy's home. Everything's gonna be just fine. Okay. Where can

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<v Speaker 1>it be? A family again? Hello? Operator? Get me the police.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you doing? Yes, this is an emergency. Get

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<v Speaker 1>off the phone. Hang up on my head. Don't look

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<v Speaker 1>stay under the table, Dad, Leave her alone? Are you okay? Henry?

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<v Speaker 1>Grab my car keys? Hello? Hello, is anyone there? Let's

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<v Speaker 1>go before he gets up or come out. Mommy. I

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<v Speaker 1>know you are honey, I am too, but we have

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<v Speaker 1>to hurry up and leave before she get sucked. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm bleeding, and I what you do with me? Stay

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<v Speaker 1>away from us. That look in your eyes you have

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<v Speaker 1>it to Henry. You can't help yourself. What are you

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<v Speaker 1>talking about? You're just like me. Get your hands off me.

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<v Speaker 1>That rage, I know that feeling. Fuck you, come one voice.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to go back here, you bitch. I'll kill

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<v Speaker 1>you before you take my son's Just keep your head down. Mom.

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<v Speaker 1>Where are we going? Your green parents sleeping? But he

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<v Speaker 1>knows that's where we'll go. I don't know where else

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<v Speaker 1>to go. Your grandfather will help you. Mommy can't behind.

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<v Speaker 1>Does go faster? Come on, I know, Henry, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>hard to see through the fog. Mom, look at it. Dad.

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<v Speaker 1>I always said women make bad drivers. Momas, she's no exception.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay stay away from her. I hope you're happy now, Mama, Mama, Mama, Jr. Henry, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>can you hear me? O? My god? Where am I? Henry?

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<v Speaker 1>It's cold out? Come on, let me help you up.

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<v Speaker 1>It was you. You're the reason they died. You were

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<v Speaker 1>chasing us now, I remember you killed them. You killed them.

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<v Speaker 1>It's cold out. Let's not attract attention. Come on, let's

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<v Speaker 1>get in the car where it's warm. Let's talk about it.

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<v Speaker 1>What's what? What's wrong? It's been almost fifteen years. I

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<v Speaker 1>blamed myself. I didn't see the deer. I thought it

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<v Speaker 1>was my fault. They died. Oh my head, it hurts.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been alive all this time, son, that was a

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<v Speaker 1>long time ago. I've changed, okay. I've come to make

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<v Speaker 1>peace with you with my past. I'm not violent anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>We can get past. Why did you deal? I did

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<v Speaker 1>what you taught me to do, Henry, I need an

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<v Speaker 1>ambulance of the parking lot now, Hey, their new share.

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<v Speaker 1>Night's DJ Kevin Hard to get here for all your

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<v Speaker 1>late night knees. It's a cool night out tonight. The

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<v Speaker 1>fog is rolled in and it's another amazing strawberry spring.

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<v Speaker 1>A quick check of the calendar because it's March thirty one.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what that means, don't you, Henry, Tomorrow is

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<v Speaker 1>able Fool's day. Spring break is here. It's almost eight

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<v Speaker 1>years to the day spring Yale Jack disappeared into the fog.

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<v Speaker 1>Shut up, I can, Henry. I'm here for you. I've

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<v Speaker 1>always been here for you. Or have you forgotten? Hey?

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<v Speaker 1>This is Kevin Hartigan I'm not sure you can hear me. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>I just got my hand radio working d J. Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Hartigan here the voice of New Share in college with

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<v Speaker 1>the latest music. Here we are again, Henry. You don't remember,

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<v Speaker 1>do you? Ah? Home, sweet home? I'm done. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>to you ship, Rachel. Where are you upstairs in the bathroom.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on my way. Yes, Oh thank god? You are

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<v Speaker 1>you okay? We need sorry my water brook. Where's your bag?

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<v Speaker 1>Never mind, I see it. Come on, I'll help me downstairs.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay focused. There's just a few nuts from the hospital.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, come on, just be careful. We don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to get into Henry. Henry, wake up, Henry. It's me, Kevin.

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<v Speaker 1>You still have time? Oh my head? What the hell

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<v Speaker 1>we happened? We happened you and me? Look at Rachel.

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<v Speaker 1>You should be put around of oistory, just like you

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<v Speaker 1>did with mom. Mom. What are you talking about? Who

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<v Speaker 1>are you? You don't remember? Don't worry, It'll all come

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<v Speaker 1>back to you. It's me, Henry. It's Kevin. Don't hear

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<v Speaker 1>remember I'm your brother? Yeah? Did it? A Strawberry Spring

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<v Speaker 1>executive produced by Lee Metzger, Jared Goodstadt, and Philip Albert

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<v Speaker 1>Stat written and directed by Lee Metzger, starring Garrett Headland,

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<v Speaker 1>Score by Jeff Peters. Original songs and music by Jared

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