The Clovehitch Killer

The first murder happened before I was born.

The killer called himself Clovehitch

after his favorite type of knot.

Our town lived in fear.

And then, 10 years ago, he stopped.

Every year, our community had a memorial

for friends and family of the victims.

At the time, I didn't think about it much.

Someone has to be leading the detail.

Why?

Anyone?

To keep everyone in step, that's number one.

Number two, here, stand up, come here.

In my day, what we did was,

flag up, shoulders back.

Put your shoulders back.

There you go.

Now, if it's windy on that day,

what's his other arm gonna do?

- Steady the flag. - Right.

Then on the day, you two, come up here.

Side to side.

Your job is you're gonna, you're gonna push.

Here, right?

Shoulder to shoulder.

You're gonna keep that formation solid for the flag bearer

who's got the weight of the flag plus wind.

Very, very nice.

Okay, great job, have a seat.

How about giving them a round of applause?

Hey, bud, I, uh, I've been meaning to talk to you.

Work's been slow and, uh,

Uncle Rudy's insurance is going up, so I can't,

I can't send you to leadership camp.

Yeah, but I, I need it to stand out on my application.

That's what the recruiter said.

Yeah, it's just, um, you know, we're gonna,

we're gonna work on your rank together.

It's just gonna take a bit longer

before you're flyin' around at Mach one.

Oh.

- Let me get that. - No, I got it.

Yeah, I got it, I got it, I got it.

Oh, no!

Oh-ho, we got him.

You may be getting taller, but I can still kick your butt.

- Quit. - Say it.

- No! - Say it.

Say it. - Uncle.

There you go.

Hey, I like your truck.

Yeah, my dad said I can't get a car until I'm 18.

- Oh, really? - Yeah, 'cause you know,

teenage drivers are the most deadly.

Yeah, oh, yeah, that...

That makes sense.

Mmm.

Hey.

I like you.

I mean, you like me too, right?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Hey, um, how do you push the seat back?

- Oh, uh, there's a lever. - Okay.

Down there, yeah.

Whoa, what is this?

- Um, where'd you get that? - Right there.

What?

Is that what you're into?

No, no, I...

I don't even know where this came from.

Okay, well, it's your truck.

Yeah, but this isn't mine.

Really, no, this, this isn't mine.

It's gross. - Okay.

Um, I'm sorry.

Do you wanna keep going? - No, it's getting kinda late.

Yeah.

You see how tall you're getting?

Honey, she's taller than Tyler was at the same age.

It's all the growth hormones

I've been adding to the batter.

- Tyler, hurry up! - Sorry, mom.

- Woo-oop! - One more for me.

There we go.

- Amen. - Amen.

Let's eat.

Are you gonna have time to pick up Uncle Rudy?

We gotta take separate cars.

I can't find my keys.

Tyler, have you seen my keys?

- Mm-mm. - We gotta go, eat.

Stuff your faces. - Mmm.

- Oh! - This is good.

Is that, is that delicious or what?

If you say so yourself.

What?

Hey, Rudy?

Hurry up, bud.

If we're late, your mom's gonna lay an egg.

There we go.

Did you see her?

- Amy? - No.

Her.

She's here again.

Who cares?

Just what is she doing?

Planning a church shooting or something?

She's not planning a church shooting.

She's not Christian.

She's sick.

I know her from school.

She always does the same report

about the killings every year.

What, do you have a crush on her or something?

That's disgusting.

Don't you know she did it with, like,

five different football players

because her mom left the family to be a stripper?

We should pray for her.

Or maybe call the cops.

Tyler, you can speak with Billy later.

We have rounds to do.

- I'll see you later. - See ya.

And remember,

Daniel is showing us not only faith,

but he's showing us the kind of faith

that can cope with Babylonian captivity.

You see, in order

to live in Babylon, Daniel lived his whole life.

He was like a layman, he wasn't like a...

- Put that away, please. - Like Jeremiah.

He was a layman.

He lived his whole life in the arena of Babylonian politics.

It was just as hostile a world

as you could possibly live in.

How come dad doesn't have to help with couponing?

Because your father has his own hobbies.

What did you think of the sermon today?

Without reservation

he believed in the power of God.

That's why he made that appointment with Nebuchadnezzar.

He said...

You're addicted to this thing.

I don't like it. - I need to see that.

I just need to see

who's texting. - He believed

in the power of God. - What's so important?

Daniel believed

in the power of prayer

absolutely. - Nothing.

Never mind. - The last of those miracles...

- Hey, what's goin' on? - Oh my God.

Don't follow me. - What is this?

Is this about the photo?

No, I texted like one person who I thought

would never tell. - What?

I don't even know what that was.

It wasn't mine, okay?

It was in my dad's truck.

Do you even know what people are writing on my profile?

And then you show up at this and parade around

in front of everybody? - I swear to God,

it's not mine.

You have to believe me.

You gotta tell everyone the truth.

You'll tell 'em, right?

What'd you do to piss off all your little pals?

Someone's been spreading a rumor about me.

It's not true.

Teenage drama.

Must be hard.

You know, I've heard about you.

You're into this stuff.

It's sick.

Yeah, I heard about you too.

Perv.

Give it back!

No, it doesn't!

Hey, what's going on here, huh?

What do you think this is, hmm?

What do you think this is, huh?

You can't do all this.

You wanna dance, huh?

Wanna dance, dance, dance with me?

Oh, go on.

Go get 'em!

Happy birthday, Susie.

Tyler, give me a hand out here!

Tyler?

Tyler?

What are you doing?