Unholy Communion

Hail Mary, full of grace,

the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Hail Mary, full of grace,

the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Glory be to the Father,

and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now,

an ever shall be world without end.

May divine assistance remain always with us.

And may the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

You did a great job today.

Thanks, Father.

I like to say

a decade of the rosary after mass with a new server.

I did the same thing with your brother.

He told me.

Makes us pure.

We just prayed the first Luminous Mystery,

the Baptism of Jesus, it's my favorite.

Primum Mysterium Lucis.

Come here.

You smell clean.

I knew you would.

What else did your brother tell you about me?

Not much.

There's a kind of affection that God grants the clergy.

It's safe and it's holy,

and no harm can come to you on one condition:

that you keep it a secret,

between you and me

and God.

Understand?

Remove your alb.

Don't be afraid.

Come here.

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.

My God.

Don't invoke His name.

What do you want?

Do you recognize me?

Probably not.

I was a lot younger then.

Kneel down, please.

Do you seek forgiveness?

For what?

As God is my witness I do.

Oh, my God, I'm heartily sorry for having offended Thee,

and I detest all my sins

because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell--

Shut the fuck up.

You know what this is?

Speak.

Decade of the rosary.

Right.

This is what we prayed

the first time you put your hands down my pants.

Do you remember me now?

It help if I show you my dick?

You want me pray the rosary?

I want you to eat the rosary.

You have three seconds.

One.

Two.

Please.

I'll do anything you want.

Good.

Because what I want you to do is die.

Why do you even read that?

You always order the same thing.

Because one of these days, I'm gonna surprise you, Brenda.

- Yeah? - But not today.

I'll have three eggs, over-hard, hashbrowns, toast--

With the side of bacon, I know.

Extra crispy. And a diet Coke.

You're amazing.

I look forward to the day you surprise me, Officer Ron.

Father Doyle?

Hello.

County 2442.

2442, go ahead.

23 Mesabi Trail, adult male down,

caller reports blood at scene, no further information.

Copy, 2442 en route.

Sorry, Bren, gotta run, cancel that order.

Scandia Police, this is Marty.

He's not here yet.

Oh--wait--he just got here.

Copy.

Morning, handsome.

Morning, Marty.

How's your husband?

My wife sends her best.

I love your wife and my husband's...the same.

Keep your coat on, Ron just called.

There's a male down north of Scandia, scene bloody.

Copy that.

Um--are you gonna be in later?

There's something I need to talk to you about.

A favor actually.

Sounds serious.

Kinda.

Sure.

Bring that cup back!

Poor guy.

Yeah, he's pretty rattled.

What about this guy?

He's rattled too.

Tried to put him in my rig to keep him warm.

Said he needs to breathe.

Is he clean?

Squeaky, no weapons.

What's he doing here?

Meals on Wheels guy.

Retired geologist.

Worked for Hibbing Taconite.

Okay.

Uh, tell Mr., um...

Delbert.

That I'll be with him in just a minute.

And Ron, would you create some space in the driveway?

Walker from BCA is on the way.

Oh, boy.

What's that mean?

Worked with Phyl last week.

She quit smoking.

She's very crabby.

Phyllis Walker quit smoking?

Chewing Nicco-gum like it's candy.

It's Delbert right?

Yeah.

How you doing?

I'm terrible.

Sorry you had to see that in there.

I'm Chris Majek, Scandia Police.

Am I a suspect?

Did you kill him?

No.

You're off the list.

How'd you know it was a murder?

Father Doyle...

wouldn't have done that to himself.

So you knew him well?

I've been delivering his meal for about a year.

The archdiocese just moved him here.

Apparently, they own this place.

So, when you got here, the front door was wide open?

Correct.

All right, Delbert.

Just need you to tell me everything that happened

right after that, okay?

Walk me through step by step.

I did this with the officer already.

I know, I know.

You may have to do it a few more times

before it's all said and done.

Sorry.

Yeah, I understand.

Like I said, Father Doyle is my first stop.

Come here.

Hey.

You hang tight here, bud.

Then we're gonna see about you.

If this is out of bounds for the workplace,

just tell me to shut up.

It won't be.

Do you and Ron and Dr. Paul still go

on that annual hunting trip?

Yeah.

I mean, unless somebody gets murdered.

Why?

I was thinking maybe Matt could go with you.

Your husband?

Yes.

My husband of three years who still has no friends here.

I don't know--I think he's depressed.

He's drinking like a fish.

Last night, he came home at 3:00 am.

I looked out the window,

and he was just sitting in his truck, staring into space.

Is he working?

Odd jobs, fixing cars.

He's a good mechanic.

We're going through a bit of a rough patch.

I thought hanging with some decent guys might help.

...He picks me up from work.

I used to like it until I realized he's tracking me.

He's the most jealous guy I've ever met.

If I see him around town, I'll talk to him.

You're my hero.

In the meantime, can you do a little research for me?

I love your research projects.

- Yeah, 'cause you're good at 'em.

Here.

I need you to find everything you can on this guy.