♪♪
Melinda?
This is your last chance.
Do not fuck with me!
♪♪
Melinda!
♪♪
[Audio book] Many times, we limit ourselves,
when we think about what we deserve.
We forget what we want.
Our imagination has been traumatised, and we are...
lies beyond what others have laid out for us...
we become reactionary...
♪ Pop music on radio ♪
Excuse me, Sir.
I'm sorry, but it's against the rules
to smoke near a pump.
What do want me to do?
I just lit this.
I know.
And I have nothing against smoking, I smoke too.
It's okay to have one over there by my van,
if you want me to show you.
Nah, I'm almost done here.
It's just really dangerous to smoke by the pumps.
The whole gas station can light on fire.
Hey, I'm not a fucking idiot, alright?
What do you think?
I take this and stick it in the pump?
I wasn't trying to be mean to you.
You don't need to yell at me.
- Hey. - Hey.
Diane left again without cleaning the bathrooms,
or restocking.
That's okay, I'll do it.
The pistachios are really amazing.
My bad.
They're my favorite nut in the store.
Cool.
If you don't like them, I'll give you a refund.
Okay.
My name is Melinda by the way.
Thanks.
[Footsteps approaching]
Whoa! Jesus! Is this the ladies room?
No, you're in the right place.
This is the men's.
I was just cleaning the bathroom.
Oh, you can go ahead and use it.
You know you really ought to put a
sign if you're going to be in here.
[Male voice] Is the coffee ready?
Yes. Here you go.
How do these skanks do this?
Do what?
Here, watch my ass.
Do you see it?
I think so.
Now try flexing your ass cheeks one at a time.
- What? - Just try it.
Okay, go left, yeah right.
Left, right, left.
Right, yes, left.
Right. Keep going.
I think you're doing it right.
Yeah, left, right.
Left. Left.
- Wait, you were filming me? - Keep going, keep going.
- Sheila. - People need to see this.
What do you mean people?
What, people coming into the store?
[Sheila] What? No!
Sheila, can you please can you delete that?
[Sheila] What are you doing? What do you care?
No one knows who you are.
Please can you delete it?
[Sheila] Oh God.
You take this one okay? Uh what are you doing, freak?
I don't want anyone to see that.
Alright, I'll delete it.
Hi, there.
Hi.
Hey, there.
How can I help you?
Um, what's her name?
Sheila.
[Customer] Sheila, right.
Hi, Sheila.
Uh, I was in here a few nights ago.
Do you remember?
It's Fred.
No, I see a lot of faces in here.
Hi, Fred, my name is Melinda.
Um, we were talking, and you were telling me how your feet
hurt so much from standing all night and so um, uh,
I thought um these might help.
They're padded insoles for your shoes.
I'm guessing you're a size nine?
Here you should, uh, try them on.
[Melinda] Wow, these look really comfortable.
She's right, after a long shift we all have aching feet.
I'm not a size nine.
Oh, well that's okay because you can cut these down
if they're too big.
Okay, okay, stop stop stop stop!
You could get plantar fasciitis or...
Just stop, stop.
I don't want your foot pads okay?
I don't want anything from you.
Well, they're um.
Sheila, I think he's just being nice.
I don't care how nice he thinks he's being,
he comes in here every night.
We're not going to have some sort of thing
happening between us, okay?
You understand?
Excuse me. Is there another register open?
Um...
Fred, your insoles.
I swear to God, he's pathetic Melinda.
[Customer] Can I get two of the Lucky Seven scratchers,
and two of the Platinum Payoffs.
The insoles fit my shoes perfectly.
What?
It's like Cinderella.
The shoe fits.
Your insoles fit my shoes.
Hi there.
Let me know if you need help with anything.
My name is Melinda, I work here.
Hi, Melinda.
Um, that's very kind of you.
Is everyone else who works here as nice as you are?
Not really.
Sheila over there can be quite mean,
but that's because everyone talks to her.
I understand.
She's very pretty.
Okay.
Um...
Maybe you could help me out by telling me
where the cigarettes are?
Oh, that's easy.
The cigarettes are always by the counter.
Great.
Don't you just wish people picked up after themselves?
I guess that means you wouldn't have a job then.
How are you, Melinda?
Everything good tonight?
Yeah, everything's good.
Is that your new car?
Yes, it is.
It's my first night going solo.
Does that make you nervous?
No. I've been training for this for a long time.
Feels great being by myself.
Looks powerful.
Do you need help?
No.
Zero to sixty in 5.3 seconds.
Wow.
The back of it kind of look like a robot with sunglasses.
No, I'm uh just looking for condoms.
Really?
You've been looking for like five minutes.
Do you need me to assist you with that?
I can't imagine how you could.
Are the windows bullet proof?
Like if bad guys were shooting at you,
would the bullets just bounce off?
No, they'd hit me.
I can take my break right now.
Can you take me for a ride?
Here, these should work.
Yeah.
I'll ring you up at the counter.
This is amazing; it's like an office.
Yeah, it is.
This is one of the newer models.
What about the parking lot?
Could we just go around the parking lot?
I wish I could, but I really need to stay on schedule.
Maybe I could get arrested and then you could take me on a ride
and do your job.
What if I took this?
No!
I'm sorry.
I'll take you on a ride later, I promise.
I'm going to go get a coffee, stay on schedule.
Okay.
Hi, Sheila.
Hi, Officer Liu.
That's $9.45
Hey, you know what?
Uh, keep the change.
You sure?
I believe in karma.
Is there a bathroom I could use?
Yeah, right around the corner.
Alright.
How's everything tonight?
[Sheila] I'm ready to go home.
But I can't because Perry's being an asshole right now.
He just does not care that he's late everywhere he goes.
I'm sorry to hear that.
This cracks me up.
Fast action, extra stimulating sex enhancements.
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[Sheila] It's always about sex with you boys, isn't it?
Oh, I... no I don't.
No, it's not, it's not me.
Oh, I see, you've never had that problem.
No, no.
Melinda, what the hell are you doing?
Were you just taking pictures of us?
I wasn't.
Officer Liu is a police officer.
I wasn't.
That's so inappropriate.
Sheila, Sheila, it's okay.
Relax.
Is your phone alright Melinda?
[Sheila] Melinda, show us your phone.
Oh, that's not good.
I broke my screen as well.
[Dispatch] Attention all units, we have a 503 in progress.
Suspect white male believed to be armed,
last seen in grey sedan driving south on 93.
Well that's me.
Sorry about your phone, Melinda.
I've got to run.
You are so creepy.
Who else do you take pictures of when they're not looking?
Do you take pictures of me?
Give me your phone, Melinda, or I'll report you,
and you'll lose your job.
Show me your phone!
I wasn't taking pictures of you.
Oh, just Officer Liu?
That's fucking creepy, he probably think you're so weird.
I would.
Oh!
Oh my God, you have an entire album for him?
What do you do?
Do you go home and rub yourself looking at pictures of him?
Officer Liu?
Don't tell me you're some kind of weird virgin.
Stop it, Sheila.
Oh my God, are you holding out or something?
Cause I'm sure one of these truckers out here would bang you
in the bathroom if you asked them to.
I can probably set something up for you.
You're such a bitch.
Uh, did you just hit me?
[Billy] Hey, Melinda.
Don't be afraid, okay?
I was just in the middle of explaining to your friend
Sheila here, that I'm not here to hurt anybody.
That's not why I'm here, but I do need your cooperation.
Can you follow some simple instructions?
Yes? Great.
Would you mind going over there and standing next
to your friend Sheila?
She's not my friend.
Okay, regardless, get over there.
Where the hell were you?
I'm not even supposed to be here.
Hey.
Okay, now listen.
No one is going to be getting hurt.
Alright? I am not some evil criminal.
Do I look like some evil criminal Melinda?
No. Great.
I'm just in a little bit of trouble and I know it's not your
guy's fault, however, I will be needing your cooperation.
When this is all said and done,
you're going to have one hell of a story to tell.
There are some very unreasonable people who are trying to kill me
and it wasn't even my fucking fault.
I did lose my temper, but anyways I'm sure that you ladies
wouldn't want a face like this going to waste on a dead man.
Right Melinda?
[Sheila] Can you hurry up?
You're robbing us, right? That's what's happening?
You need to calm the fuck down.
Okay, now.
Neither of you two ladies own this gas station, correct?
- No. - No.
That's great news.
That's great news because you know why?
This is not personal.
Okay, I'm not robbing you guys, it's not your money.
Everything inside, both the registers
and everything in the safe.
Well, we don't have the keys to the safe.
Only the managers do.
Fuck.
Okay, just give me everything in the registers.
It's less than a hundred dollars.
People don't really pay with cash anymore.
Well, except you.
Here you want your change back?
You're really being a buzz kill, Sheila.
Well, you're the genius trying to rob a gas station.
Is that thing even real?
[Gunshot]
Fucking asshole.
Shut the fuck up! Okay?
Melinda could you please tell you friend here
to quit being so fucking difficult?
She's not my friend.
Sheila, stop being so fucking difficult.
Hey, fuck you.
Okay, that's enough, alright here.
Thank you, money, bag, let's go.
What are you going to do with the money?
I am going to go pay off my debt to these fucking stupid bikers.
Is this going to be enough?
No, apparently not.
There's more money in the safe, I can get it for you.
You're going to help this asshole?
Sheila, he has a gun.
I have a gun.
I'll go get it.
How much do you need?
All of it.
Okay.
Shouldn't you be wearing a mask or something?
[Doorbell]
Uh oh.
Don't you fuck around, okay?
I need this money, if I don't get it,
I'll kill everybody in this store
I don't give a shit, you understand? Hey!
Yes, okay.
Got it.
- Evening. - Hi.
[Sheila] That's $12.45.
Oh, we actually don't have any change right now.
You don't have any change for a twenty?
We just counted the register with a new shift person.
Can you ring me over here?
That register's not open right now.
Sorry, it's a really weird situation.
Credit card? Is that good?
- Yeah. - Alright.
Do you know how to get to Wrightwood from here?
There's no service.
It's a few miles, right?
Yeah, it's just a few miles down.
Hop on Eighteen, right?
Only a few miles?
Yeah, you just, okay, so you go down.
It's just a couple of miles down here.
Where were you trying to go?
Wrightwood.
Oh, Wrightwood is simple,
just get on the Eighteen East and you'll be there
in about twelve miles.
You can't miss it.
Alright.
Thank you. Come on, let's go!
What was that?
I have the money all ready to go.
Ah... Thank you.
Melinda, you're an angel, thank you for making this so easy.
Can I have the backpack?
Where are you headed to after this?
I'm going to go pay off my debt,
and then get the hell out of wherever the hell this is.
Can I go with you?
What?
Can you take me with you?
Please.
Are you out of your mind?
Melinda, come on.
You know what? You should go.
- No, no, look? - You two belong together.
Come on, come on, Melinda.
Are you being serious?
Yes.
Melinda, just give me the backpack, please.
Take me with you. I'd like to go with you.
No, that's, that's not going to happen, okay?
Give me the fucking backpack.
You don't want to get involved in this.
I do want to get involved.
I can be useful.
Melinda, I have no use for you, okay?
Give me the fucking money.
You do have use for me.
I just go you the money from the safe,
you wouldn't have gotten that without me.
Yes, and I appreciate that, but Melinda,
I don't have time for this give me the fucking backpack.
- Just give him the backpack. - Stop.
Melinda, give him the fucking backpack.
Give me the God damned backpack.
Melinda, give it to me, fuck!
God, you are such a little bitch.
Yeah you're just a little bitch with a gun
bullying two girls. You call yourself a man?
When did I ever say that I was a man?
Oh good! 'Cause you're not.
You know what your fucking problem is?
You don't know when to shut the fuck up.
Oh yeah, you think I'm scared of you?
- You shut your fucking mouth. - You're not tough.
- Shut your... - I-I'm not trying to be tough.
I was nice to you. I didn't hurt you.
What are you going to do? Are you going to shoot me?
Why are you being so fucking difficult?
You know what, you're lucky my boyfriend isn't here right now.
Oh, wow, am I?
The fucking boyfriend.
Yeah, yeah, he's got guns too.
Definitely has a bigger dick than you.
Why the fuck are we talking about your boyfriend's dick?
You're not tough.
You want to see tough? I can show...
Take your money and get the fuck out of here like a little bitch.
Ow!
I fucking told you, I told you.
You made this happen.
I was trying to be nice and you wouldn't shut the fuck up.
Melinda, lock the door.
Lock the fucking door, Melinda.
You need to learn how to fucking talk to people.
I would have been out of here,
if you would have shut your dumb fucking mouth.
Give me your phone Melinda. Shh!
Go into the bathroom 'til I tell you to come out!
You know what?
I'm going to fucking teach you how to talk to people.
Get up! Get the fuck up! Get up.
[Sheila grunts and gasps]
[Billy] Get on your knees! Get on your knees!
[Banging, gasping]
[Sheila] Get the fuck off me! Aaagh!
[Billy] Don't you fucking tempt me! Don't you fucking tempt me!
Whooh! Get 'em down.
♪♪
[Muffled sound of struggling]
Now fuck you!
Get the fuck off me you fucking...
- Dumbass. - Fuck you!
I told you to wait in the fucking bathroom. Ow!
[Gunshot]
♪♪
[Billy gasping]
Melinda, you stupid, stupid idiot.
Ah, Ah, Ah!
Fuck.
I wasn't going to shoot her.
You can clean up all you fucking want but it's your fault.
Why are you cleaning it up?
Huh? What, are you going to tell some bullshit story to the cops
when they get here?
I wasn't going to shoot her.
I'm not a murderer.
Alright, what... What are you going to tell
the cops when they get here?
Fuck.
Did you throw hot coffee on my face?
It's fucking on fire.
Oh God!
What?
What the fuck are you looking at?
I'm just looking at your face.
Yeah?
Yeah, well, I'm sure it looks pretty fucked up.
Thank you.
Why didn't you want me to go with you?
What?
When I asked to leave with you,
why didn't you want me to come with you?
Why?
That's fucking crazy.
I don't know you.
There's no reason for you to get involved.
This didn't have to be this complicated.
I didn't think Sheila would get shot, that wasn't what I wanted.
Well, you made it happen.
Okay, Melinda, seriously, you got to let me out of here.
Okay, I'm not going to hurt you.
Okay, I just need to give them their money
or else they're going to kill me.
Who's going to kill you?
The-the-the-the bikers.
The the fucking clown stupid assholes who care too much about
their dumb motorcycles.
Okay, well, they know that I'm robbing this place,
and if I don't give them their money,
they're going to come here looking for me.
Well, why didn't you just leave with me then?
You haven't called the cops, have you?
What's your plan?
I'm not sure.
Listen, Melinda,
you and I are in lot of trouble right now.
At this point, you're my accomplice.
You helped me get the money.
Because you threw hot coffee on my face, Sheila is dead.
And at some point someone's going to figure out
that Sheila's dead.
So let's get out of here while we still can, together.
Look I know I can trust you now.
Because we're on the same team.
But, I was always on your team.
I got you the money from the safe.
You're right.
I just didn't want you to get in trouble.
I didn't want you to get hurt.
I didn't want anybody to get hurt.
Except Sheila.
No.
Instead of leaving with me, you decided to stay,
and try to have sex with her.
I wasn't trying to have sex with Sheila.
Melinda, I lost my temper.
Okay, it's-it's-it's a problem that I have,
and it's something that I'm working on.
But what were you going to do?
What, you were going to come with me?
To deliver the money?
I mean, come on.
Those guys, if they saw you,
a pretty, pretty girl like you, with me,
they could have murdered you, they could have raped you,
just to get back at me.
I didn't want that, okay?
I mean, I guess also why I didn't say yes, was...
I didn't believe you.
Believe what?
Believe that you'd actually want to leave with me.
I wasn't lying to you.
No.
Yeah, no, I-I-I believe you now.
It just didn't, it didn't make sense to me at the time
why why you'd want to come away with me.
I'm breaking the law because I have to.
I don't want to be doing this, okay?
And it didn't make sense to me that someone like you would want
to just throw their life away and take off with a stranger
with a gun.
I mean, I know I'm handsome, but...
Unless you were just planning on robbing the place yourself.
Or you're just that unhappy with your life.
Are you?
Are you that unhappy with your life?
I mean you do work at a gas station.
There's nothing wrong with working at a gas station.
I meet a lot of interesting people.
Gas stations are community gathering centers.
Oh.
There was this famous architect named Frank Lloyd Wright.
Everyone thought he was a genius,
and he was obsessed with gas stations.
He even built this really artistic one in Minnesota.
He said in the future, gas stations would be where every
town would gather to socialize and talk
and get to know one another.
I'm going to visit it one day.
Wow, that's very interesting.
I didn't think of it that way, I guess yeah.
I mean, on a busy shift I usually meet around
two hundred and forty customers.
Some of them are regulars, but I'm always meeting new people.
Unless I work a graveyard shift like tonight.
After midnight I sometimes only meet like twenty people.
And then you meet an asshole like me.
But hey, I'm glad I met you.
People don't usually give me the chance to get to know me.
They usually want to get to know Sheila.
Fuck Sheila.
Melinda, I've met a thousand girls like Sheila,
and there's nothing special about her.
But you, you and I, we're a lot alike.
In a good way.
We go for what we want.
Oh...
I would love a cigarette. Do you have a cigarette?
Yeah.
Ah, thanks.
I still can't believe you threw hot coffee in my face.
Burns like hell.
It's not a bad thing.
I burn myself all the time.
See?
You're just feeling a quick change.
I know it hurts, but it doesn't have to be a bad thing.
Fire just forces things to change really fast.
Like when a forest burns down,
it all just grows back even better,
and the fire was just turning it back to what it used to be
in the first place.
Okay, uh, Melinda,
you know I really want to keep talking with you,
but I could use some Advil or something,
if you wouldn't mind.
Hey!
I'm really sorry about all this.
You deserve better.
I wish would have just left with you.
♪ Dramatic Strings ♪
[Knocking at door]
[Sirens]
♪♪
[Knocking at door]
♪♪
[Knocking at door]
♪♪
Oh, thank you.
Thanks.
Hey, you know what I was thinking?
I really want to go see that gas station in Montana
you were talking about.
That sounds so cool.
Alright?
Once we get out of town
that's the first place we're going to go.
I want to leave with you, but I just need to figure out
what to tell my boyfriend.
You have a boyfriend?
I do, yeah.
Has he... will-will-will he be worried about you? Or...
Maybe.
But I don't care.
I want to leave with you like you said.
Right.
It just makes things a lot more complicated.
It's not that big of a deal, I don't really like him anyway.
Okay.
Okay, yeah, but
how about this?
How about I go alone to give them the money
and then-then you stay here and you call the cops
and-and once they get here you can just tell them
that somebody robbed the store and then shot Sheila.
And then, and then once that's all sorted,
we'll meet back up and we'll get out of town
before anybody realized what happened.
Don't you want to leave together still?
Yes, but you have a boyfriend.
Is that going to stop you?
No, but Melinda, it just makes things really complicated
for us to leave right now.
Does it still hurt?
Oh yeah, ha, yeah, thanks for reminding me.
Thanks.
Melinda, you know what, look if you really don't give a fuck
about your boyfriend, then let's do it.
Let's go, but only if we do it right now.
Okay?
Come on, what are you doing?
Oh fuck.
My heart.
Ah.
Okay, Melinda.
Whoa, did you fucking drug me?
Oh come on, Melinda, let's stop fucking around, okay, let's go.
Let's get the fuck out of here, please.
Ohhhh.
Oh no-no-no-no okay, stop please please-please-please stop.
Uh, Melinda, what are you doing?
What are you doing?
[gasps]
Look-look, hey we can do this later, okay?
Just, let's get out of here.
I know you're lying to me.
I know you don't like me.
The second I untie you I know you're going to kill me.
I know this is all a lie.
But I'm going to be okay with it.
♪♪
Fuck! [Grunting and gasping]
♪ Frantic strings playing ♪
♪ Ominous droning synth ♪
[Customer] Since when the hell do you all close at night?
I been out there ten minutes banging on that door.
[Customer] Hey, where's the regular coffee?
[Melinda] We don't have any right now.
[Customer] Don't have any right now?
You're a damn gas station.
Can you make some?
No.
We have ice coffee and energy drinks in the fridge.
[Customer] Energy drinks?
This is goddamned ridiculous.
No hot coffee!
I can't have energy drinks.
I can get a damn heart attack.
Lose control of the wheel.
Hit a bus.
What the hell?
I don't even know what half this shit is.
Whatever happened to coffee?
Why do we have to have all these choices?
...This whole country, this whole country
is going to hell in a handbag.
Look, I don't know what your issue is,
but I just want some coffee.
Can I, can I pay for this?
Please, just take what you want and leave.
Look I'm not asking for a handout.
Please, just leave me alone.
Filson County 911 where's your emergency?
Hello.
This is the 911 operator
Hey, Melinda.
What are you doing?
Where's Sheila at?
She's not here.
What do you mean, she's not here.
What? What, she leave already?
She's not here anymore.
Uh, what's the matter?
Nothing.
I been trying to call her for like an hour.
She knew I was picking her up.
What, she get a ride?
Who the hell gave her a ride?
I don't know, I didn't see, I just know she's gone.
Wha-what did she say to you?
Was she mad at me?
I told her I was finishing up at the shop.
Damn it, she always does this shit.
If I see her, I'll let you know.
Yeah.
[Phone buzzing]
What is that?
[Phone buzzing]
Shhh.
[Phone buzzing]
Is that her phone vibrating?
[Phone buzzing]
What's her phone doing on the ground?
She can't go two minutes without her phone.
Where is she?
She still here?
No, she left.
You're not lying to me, are you?
She's not like in the bathroom or the back or something?
Because if she left, she's going to realize that her phone is
missing in like two minutes and come back for it.
Why do you keep crying?
I'm sorry.
Look, hey, hey, hey, Melinda listen to me, it's okay.
This is my girl we're talking about, alright,
just... I don't give a shit alright, if she's mad at me,
or if she got you to lie for her.
Alright, I just need to know where she is
aright, and that she's okay.
That's all that matters to me aright?
That's all I care about.
Look, if... if you're lying to me,
and something happens to her,
Melinda, I swear to God
She left.
With a guy.
Shut up! A guy?
What guy?
I don't know. I'd never seen him before.
What'd... what'd he... what'd he look like?
Some guy. He had like a jean jacket on.
What?
Did she know him, were they like touchy or something together?
Yeah.
I think they went to a motel or something.
They what?
Did you get his name?
Was his name Devon?
Was it Devon?
I didn't hear it.
I'm really sorry.
What motel they go to, Melinda?
I don't know.
Everything just happened really fast.
Okay.
Look, I'm going to uh...
I'm going to go to the Motel 6 on the eighteen, alright?
If she comes back for her phone, you tell her I have it.
Alright, and she better wait here for me.
Alright, do not let her leave before I get back.
Okay.
Alright.
Look, thanks for telling me, Melinda.
♪♪
Can I help you guys?
Yeah, we were thinking of going in the store
and um buying some things.
I'm sorry, I'd really like to help you guys
and normally I would, but right now the store is closed.
Yeah, the sign says 24 hours.
Yes, but not today's 24 hours.
Did something happen here tonight?
No, nothing happened.
I'm just cleaning up a little mess.
We're looking for a friend of ours.
A little wannabe cowboy type.
'Bout this tall with his high heel boots on.
You'd know him if you saw him.
Do you guys do illegal things?
Of course not.
You don't accidentally kill people
and get rid of dead bodies?
What kind of people do we look like?
We're just looking for our friend.
I haven't seen him.
How are you so sure?
Well, he said I'd know if he came,
and I don't know if he came so nothing happened.
I'm going to get some smokes.
Uh, excuse me, I said we're closed you can't go in.
In fact I was just going to lock the door.
You can do that right after I get my cigarettes.
I said you can't go in.
What are you doing? What are you doing?
[shovel crashes to ground]
Have you lost your fucking mind?
It's very possible.
Now can you please just leave?
I'm just, I'm really, really busy right now.
Put your pieces down.
What!
You heard me. Put 'em away!
There's cameras everywhere.
No need to make a scene.
She says the store is closed, I guess it's closed.
We're going to take a look around.
And if we don't find our friend, we're coming back.
Maybe the store will be open by then.
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[motorcycles roar to life]
[lighter flicking]
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[motorcycles approaching]
[door chime]
Oh, Melinda.
Are you okay?
Is there anyone else in here with you.
No, it's just me.
You're here by yourself?
Yes.
Did you notice anyone suspicious come through?
Uh, I don't know.
Who's suspicious?
You can put your hands down.
There's a grey Toyota Camry in the parking lot
right next to your van.
That's the stolen vehicle I'm looking for.
Did you notice it outside?
No.
Keys were still in the ignition.
When was the last time you looked outside?
Maybe twenty minutes ago.
Okay.
I'll check the tapes.
Tom 66, 1124 on the 503 copy.
[Dispatch] Uh, Liu, you don't need to use codes every time.
Just say it.
Stolen vehicle abandoned at Paradise Pumps on the 63.
Suspect missing.
I'll clear the location.
Melinda, you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
I don't think we can look at the tapes though;
I can't access them.
Well, who has access?
Diane?
Yes, but she's not here.
I hate to have her drive down at this hour.
Nah, I've got to do it, what's her number?
She's definitely sleeping right now.
I hear what you're saying.
I hate to wake her, but I'm just trying to do my job.
You know, just follow procedure.
What's her number?
I actually, I remember now something suspicious happening.
Okay, let's call Diane first and when she's on her way,
then I want to hear what you have to tell me.
That way we're firing on all cylinders.
Not wasting any time.
- Okay? - Okay.
They should really give you the keys,
you're the most dependable one here.
I think you're right, she's probably asleep.
Yeah, she was really tired.
Plus I don't think you'll need...
Hold on, let me try again.
What?
Sometimes when you... it takes a couple of tries,
and you know, when you call twice,
people generally take that as an emergency.
Diane?
Hi.
I'm sorry to wake you, uh, this is Officer Liu
of the Filson County Sheriff's department.
Yes, hi.
Uh, we have a situation here at the Paradise Pumps and we're
going to need to see the surveillance tapes ASAP.
Yeah, Melinda's right here.
She says you're the only one that has access to them.
Uh huh.
I'm sorry, Diane, I know this is unfair but we have a situation?
I'm not authorized to give you a raise.
I personally can't compensate you to drive down here.
As a police officer I'm ordering you to come down with the keys
and show me the tapes.
Is that clear?
Thank you.
She's a very negative person.
Okay, so what were you saying?
I was saying that I remember something suspicious now.
About half an hour ago someone came in asking about the nearest
hotel and I told them about the Motel 6 by the eighteen.
He was the last person I saw since that car showed up,
and I think he left in a green jeep.
And you're saying this person was suspicious, how?
He was just suspicious.
You can take my word for it.
Okay.
Hum.
Sorry I couldn't remember that earlier
when you were pointing the gun at me.
I apologize about that.
I didn't mean to scare you.
I'm fine.
You might actually be able to catch him still
if you leave right now.
Did you get a license plate?
Uh, no.
Wow.
That's one hell of a first night.
Tom 66, possible suspect in a green jeep.
Be on the lookout for all green jeeps near the eighteen.
Alright, I'm going to go check out the Motel 6 and by the time
I get back, Diane should be here and we'll check the tapes.
I'm just going to do a quick sweep of the store
just to make sure we're all clear.
A quick sweep?
Yeah, it's just procedure.
But I said he's not here.
Melinda, is everything alright?
Yes.
You keep asking me that and I keep telling you yes.
Do you not believe me?
Hey, if there's something you know,
or there's something wrong,
you know you can tell me, right?
I just want to make sure you're safe
and I don't want anything happening to you.
I care about you.
You don't need to say that.
Say what?
I know you're just doing your job.
You're always just doing your job.
You don't need to say all that extra stuff to me.
You've never said it to me before,
you don't need to say it now.
It's too late.
I'm sorry, but I mean it when I say I care about you.
You don't even really know who am, so...
it's not real.
I'm going to go sweep the premises.
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Alright.
Everything looks good.
I'll go check on the Motel 6.
Who has the morning shift?
Uh.
I'm not sure.
Okay.
I'll go check on the jeep.
I'll be back.
Okay. You didn't find anything strange?
Nope.
Just like you said.
I believed you the whole time.
Look, if you see anything or need anything,
my cell phone number's on this card.
You can call me directly.
[door opening]
Hello?
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[metallic dragging]
[Billy] Melinda?
This is your last chance.
Do not fuck with me!
Melinda!
Okay, stop!
Please, stop now, please.
I'll burn this whole place down right now.
The floor is covered with gasoline.
Melinda, give me the fucking backpack.
You can have it if you let me go and if you don't tell anybody
what happened, I'll give it to you.
What's going on?
What are you doing?
[Melinda] Uh, it won't open.
The security locks the door when the power's out.
Why is the power out?
Did Sheila come back?
Melinda, is Sheila here?
Hey, Melinda!
Where you going?
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- Hey, who are you? - Listen, listen. You gotta?
- Whoa, what happened to you? - You, you gotta trust me.
Back up.
Okay, okay. This bitch, she's totally crazy, man.
She burned my fucking face.
She tied me to a chair.
She tried to rape me.
She shot her fucking coworker.
Now she's going to burn the whole place down.
Whoa, whoa. What did you say?
She's going to burn the whole fucking...
No, no, no. About her coworker, what'd you...
She shot her fucking coworker. She's out of her fucking mind.
what are you talking about, her coworker?
I don't fucking believe you. What are you talking about?
[Melinda] Stop!
- The blond chick. - What are you talking about?
- Stay back. - I-I-I promise you.
- What are you talking about! - I promise, I promise, okay?
- I'm just a customer. - What is he talking about?
I'm just a customer, okay?
Where's Sheila? Where the fuck is she?
- Did you do something to her? - No.
- Did you fucking shoot her? - No, no, it wasn't me.
Did you hurt her?
I was just trying to help, he's...
- Tell me the truth! - He's the one who shot Sheila.
Hey, stop it.
You can have it and you can just leave...
You can take the money and leave, just like you wanted.
Stop!
Stop it!
[Gasping, grunting]
[air hose hissing]
[Choking] Easy!
Officer Liu?
Hi, it's Melinda.
No it's not okay.
Could you please just come back, I...
No, just listen.
I lied, I lied about the guy, I...
Yes, I think so, but the doors are locked,
and the power's out and I can't get out of...
[Crash]
The money is right there on the counter.
Please, you can just take it and leave.
I'm sorry.
I really didn't mean for all of this to happen, it...
Please.
I'll burn the whole place down and we can just forget it.
You were going to take the fuckin' money and run,
weren't you?
Yes, but I thought you were dead and I just figured?
But you can have it, it's all there, I promise.
Oh, and your gun.
Don't forget that, you can have that too.
Look, the police are going to be here an minute.
You, you called the police?
Yes, but you still have time, you can just leave.
You can, you can just leave.
This didn't have to be complicated Melinda.
I know.
You made me into a killer.
I don't think I made you kill anybody.
I mean you definitely didn't need to kill Perry,
he was just really in love with Sheila.
But you're right, I'm sorry I screwed up.
Stop with all your fucking I'm sorrys.
You drugged me and tried to rape me.
Do you think that you were just going to get away with that?
I just, I just wanted to be with someone, I just,
I just forgot what I wanted.
What, what are you going to tell the cops when they get here?
Are you going to tell them about me?
Are you going to tell them about you?
I'll tell them the truth.
All of it.
The truth.
Umn uh.
No.
No, that's, that's not going to be enough.
Not after what you did.
[Screaming]
♪♪
[Sirens]
Melinda? Melinda? Come on, come on. I got you.
I got you. I got you. I got you.
It's okay, I got you. Here we go, let's go!
Come on okay! We're almost there.
We'll get you to safety.
Come on.
Watch your head, watch your head.
Hold tight. Things are going to be okay.
Help is on the way.
Tom 66.
We have a large fire at Paradise Pumps.
I have a conscious, adult female,
severe burns to the legs. I need EMS immediately.
Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.
I should have never left you.
I was just trying to follow procedure.
I'm so sorry.
What can I do?
Tell me, what can I do?
How can I help right now?
You're telling the truth.
What?
Melinda, what happened tonight?
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