Sugar Mountain

As the search for miles west continues,

hope for finding the young man alive is decreasing.

In these conditions, the real dangers are exposure,

hypothermia, and starvation.

In locals new today, Liam west, the brother who

originally reported miles west missing, was seen

driving with Lauren Huxley, the girlfriend of miles.

Miss Huxley is the daughter of police chief

Huxley, who has said again that there is no evidence

of foul play in the disappearance.

I don't know why I treated you the way I did.

I just want you to know I love you.

Cause I don't know if I'm gonna make it back.

Look at this, man.

Fuck yeah!

You wanna try to get into this?

Liam! What's up, baby?

Liam!

Come on, man. It's a party.

Liam! Liam! Liam!

Six hundred grand.

I warned him.

I said, kid, don't wrap the line around your fingers.

Six hundred grand.

That's three hundred grand a finger.

He was a concert pianist.

So they reattached them.

Well, apparently they don't work so good.

Miles, can you get my...

Fuck it, you know?

We're the ones that found their finger anyway.

If there was any justice in the world,

- we would've gotten a slice. - Miles, can you please get my...

Alright, alright. I'm taking a shower.

Here I go.

My underwear.

They settled the insurance months ago.

I don't know why he keeps...

Here.

Kinda wet.

Mom's bringing her kids today.

I just really don't wanna be late.

So, how much would I get if I lost a finger?

What if I lost an arm?

Not the same thing.

You can lose all of your limbs.

The kid's fingers are worth more.

Remember that dude in Utah?

In the desert?

Got stuck under that rock, had to chop off his arm.

Dude made a killing.

From selling his story, not insurance.

Yeah, I'd sell the story.

Right. Man chops off arm in insurance scam.

It's a great story.

Okay, I'm sorry it didn't work out.

Go ahead. Get on the bus.

Who's ready to see some fish?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Wait, wait, wait.

Nah, we're good.

We can make this happen.

We'll have her ready in no time.

Uh, I don't think so.

I'm sorry, mom.

No, I'm sorry.

I'll call you later, okay?

It's my fault. It's all me.

Notice of possession. Sugar mountain coastal charters

will remain closed until further notice.

The port authority.

No, that's a mistake, Liam!

Hey, I'm gonna call the bank.

I'm gonna sort this out.

No, no, what the hell!

Four months late on your boarding fees.

Insurance is overdue again.

What? No, Warren knows that we always...

No, it was Warren that called it in.

He can't carry you kids no more.

Yeah. Well, thank you very much.

So...

The good news is we have a month before they try and sell her.

We'll get her back.

We, uh...

We just need cash and fast.

You fucking knew.

Right?

That's why you've been talking fraud.

Well, see...

I've been thinking about this for a while.

Mom captained this thing for twenty-one years and

we lose it in three.

Alright, man, I'm serious.

All we're missing up on that mountain right there...

Boy, we'd have a hell of a story.

It's stupid.

Hey, hey, whoa now.

People make money all the time from being stupid.

I read about this girl who hid in cupboard for years.

There's this Australian guy, he got lost in the

Himalayas, survives off a Mars bar, sells his story

to 60 minutes.

I'm not kidding, man.

This is serious.

I can pretend to go missing up on that mountain.

Yeah, with no survival skills and no sense of direction.

You'd get lost and die.

But you would train me.

You'd still get lost and die.

Okay, you'd have to do it.

He knows the mountains too well.

No one would believe that he got lost.

- Thank you. - You'd have to do it.

Ooh.

Are you trying to get rid of me?

No, who'd wanna get rid of you?

But at least I can finally get some sleep.

Oh okay.

Maybe you're just trying to get alone with Liam.

I don't know.

Liam, do you snore?

I really don't know.

I don't think anybody knows.

Can we just go?

Hey. I was talking to Bob mills today.

There's work going on at the reindeer farm.

Cash in hand.

And James will be headed back to Seattle soon so

they'll be work here.

Or I can just shoot Carol and you can start tonight.

I got it, I got it.

Ah!

You know, you should reconsider joining the force.

Then I'd have to leave here.

No, you wouldn't.

You can get station here.

I can put in a good word.

I happen to know the chief of police.

Thanks, thanks.

You know, you should talk to miles about this, too.

Him and I are both looking for work.

Miles?

Join the police force?

What are you kidding?

No, I don't think so.

Think about it.

I think you'd make a good cop.

See you around.

Here's the best part of it.

We're not hurting or robbing anybody.

We're selling a story.

It feels wrong.

You wanna know what's wrong?

It's the harbor screwing us for missing a couple of payments.

Some kid making a fortune for being an idiot.

Mom getting lung cancer.

Never even smoked.

You know?

Here he is.

There you go.

I think we shaved off ten minutes.

It's not a race, miles.

That said...

I can do it faster.

You know, ten days is nothing.

I was reading about this nine-year-old autistic kid.

Survives for twelve days down in Nevada.

I could do two weeks.

No.

I'd fight a wild animal.

- What? - You know, like a bear.

Maybe not a bear, you know.

But one of those Grey wolves like uh...

Sharkey saw down there at barker's creek.

Coyote. There aren't any wolves in this area.

See the thing is, I'd come back with all these scratches

all over my head and sell the story right there.

Hey. We already settled on your story.

Yeah.

I will survive off of moss and lyceum.

That is riveting.

Home sweet home.

Hey, I only agreed to do this if we did it my way.

When you get back, I'm moving out.

You're the only one who can cook, man?

Who's gonna watch e! News with Lauren?

Her boyfriend.

Yeah well, I don't know for how much longer.

She's starting to get clingy, man.

She's always talking about kids and...

It's a shame, too, because boy, the sex.

Okay.

I mean, we can't do it right now because we're

involved in this whole thing and she's involved.

But yup.

Once this is all settled, she's gone.

Just me and you, brother.

- No. - Come on, just take it.

Mom, I'm not taking anymore.