The Sweet Hereafter
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:33:04
Hey, Billy, come on in.
Take a load off.

:33:08
Would you like
a cup of tea, Billy?

:33:10
There's a piece of cake.
:33:12
No. No, thanks, Mary.
:33:15
So what brings you out tonight?
:33:18
l'll tell you the truth, Sam.
:33:20
lt's about this lawsuit that you
got yourself all involved with.

:33:25
l'd like you
to drop the damn thing.

:33:30
That doesn't concern you.
:33:33
-lt does concern me.
-Don't know why it should.

:33:39
There's a whole lot of people
in this town...

:33:41
who got involved with lawsuits.
:33:43
We're hardly unique here.
:33:48
l can understand
how you feel.

:33:52
How?
:33:56
lt being so depressing and all.
:34:01
That's reality.
Can't just turn this off...

:34:03
because you think
it's a bad idea.

:34:09
-Why not?
-lt's what we have to do.

:34:12
l don't want
a thing to do with it.

:34:16
Fine. So stay out of it.
:34:18
l've tried to stay out of it.
Turns out that's not so easy.

:34:24
You've gone and got yourself
this lawyer, Mitchell Stephens.

:34:27
So? Lots of folks
got lawyers.

:34:30
He's the one
who will subpoena me.

:34:32
He'll force me
to testify in court.

:34:36
He came by the garage
this afternoon.

:34:40
-Gave me that slip of paper.
-Why would he do that?

:34:43
You didn't have anything
to do with the accident.

:34:46
Because l was driving
behind the bus.

:34:49
l saw it happen. lf that son
of a bitch does subpoena me...

:34:53
and forces me to go over
all of this again,

:34:55
then all those other lawyers
will line up behind him...

:34:58
and do the same thing.
:34:59
That won't happen.

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