He Never Left

- Are you ignoring me now?

- Look, this is the only town for 40 miles, okay?

I promise you this is the safest place.

What is it?

Where are you?

It's a little motel.

I'll get a room looking down the main street

so you can see Andre coming.

- What the hell is taking you so long?

- You should have stayed in your room, Carl.

- What about all the other guests?

They're not in their rooms.

What did you see?

I think you know what I saw.

Did you kill someone, Lewis?

Hello.

Oh my God, I am so sorry.

I could not resist that.

Just gearing up for Halloween.

What can I do for you?

I'm looking for a room.

Sure.

How many guests?

Just one.

- How long will you be staying with us?

I'm not sure yet.

Three days,

give or take.

- Okay, well I can actually put you in room two,

right next door.

- Actually, could you do me a favor?

I was hoping to get a room on the north side.

I kind of wanted a view of looking down the main road.

Oh.

It's an OCD thing.

What about number 10?

- Well, let's see, 10 has water damage.

I do have a reservation already for room nine.

Number eight?

Yeah, sure.

That will be perfect.

Eight it is then.

That is three days,

give or take.

Let's just call it $148.00

and that's cash only.

Is there anything else I can do for you, Miss?

Heller.

And no, that'll do it.

Thanks.

Alrighty.

There you go.

Thanks.

No turning back.

I'm sorry?

The password,

for the WiFi.

No turning back.

All lower case.

- What the hell is going on?

I can barely breathe in here.

Relax, I'm coming.

We good?

Yeah, room's clear.

Go.

Go, go, go, go, go.

Yeah, yeah.

It's good.

Motherfucker.

I am not losing my son over this.

Whoa.

- You on of a bitch, you hear me?

Carly.

I'm not losing my son!

What the fuck?

- Christ as my witness. - Okay.

Whoa, hey.

Stop it.

Whoa, whoa!

Stop.

Please, just,

you're not losing your son.

You're not losing your son!

Everything's fine.

Okay? Just -

Don't you dare tell me

to calm down! - Okay!

I'm not, I'm sorry.

All right? Just...

- And don't tell me to take it easy.

Okay.

We're okay.

It's safe.

We're safe here.

Everything's fine.

Nobody's losing anybody.

Nobody's taking anyone away.

Look, we got the room.

I got the room.

What?

I got the room.

Yes you did.

You got the room.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

I do.

Okay?

You got the room.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it.

No one's gonna hurt you,

okay?

No one is gonna hurt you.

Got your nose.

No.

No.

I gotta check the news.

Come on.

You happy now, huh?

Hey.

Toothbrush, deodorant

and that Irish waterfall shave cream you like so much.

What's Mountain Refresher?

What is this?

It's like Mountain Dew,

but for assholes.

So what the hell happened?

Gabe?

I'd been out for four months.

Part of the requirements are that I got a full-time job,

which is easier said than done.

I couldn't find shit,

and I started to get desperate

'cause they kept threatening to send me back

if I didn't land something soon.

So I applied everywhere,

and I do mean everywhere.

Dishwashers, short-order cook,

warehouse job, custodial, right?

But even then you need a background check, all right?

Or you gotta download an app.

I'm not gonna download a fucking app.

So I interview for this snow cone,

Shack.

The manager, he's like 17 years old.

He says, I show potential.

Can you believe that?

He's gonna start me at nine bucks an hour.

I'm making snow cones and snickers

and keeping the place clean.

So I did it for about a week and I worked hard.

All right?

I'm pumping the syrup into the cups,

I'm handing out the cones

and the cookies and all that shit.

They don't pay you for two fucking weeks.

All right?

I got no fucking money, right?

Nobody fucking, they don't tip, right?

Who's gonna tip a 40-year-old man in a fucking snow hat?

Look, you know what?

Look, I take responsibility for my choices in life, okay?

I know what consequences are, but it's a two-way street.

Okay? Everybody has lessons in life to learn.

And it's not just me, okay?

Not just me.

All right?

It's real shit with real consequences.

And you gotta take the opportunities as they arise.

Okay? I saw an opportunity and I took it,

and I take responsibility for that.

But I can't take responsibility for what other people do.

Okay? That's their thing, okay?

Not me, you.

You gotta know, okay?

You see something going down?

You use your fucking head man.

Use your fucking head!

You fucking lay low, or you get fucking hurt.

That's what fucking happens!

Use your fucking head.

You don't hero shit.

You don't fucking hero shit, for what?

For what?

See? That's why people are so stupid.

They're so fucking stupid.

All right?

Giving me a job.

Fuck.

You know what?

What you need is a fucking job, all right?

In fact, what you need now is a life

because you're dead bitch!

You're fucking dead!

That's how people get hurt.

Whoa, whoa, hey, where are you going?

I'm going home.

I'm tired.

I'll be back in the morning with some food.