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Where you at?

Almost done.

Hello?

Who's there?

Hey, is that you?

Shame to leave this poor little barstool empty.

Taken.

Hey.

Weren't you Mr. Popular?

Really? Thanks for meeting me.

Wasn't sure you'd come.

I was in the area.

Really? No.

Huh. Not at all.

So what's this all about?

Like I said, a job.

I need some help, and you're the best I know.

Besides yourself.

Just keeping track.

What's the job?

Missing high school baseball pitcher Eric Dobbs disappeared two days ago.

Missed the fall ball championship game.

Last seen by his coach practicing Thursday night.

I used to play a little ball.

Really? Yeah. Any good?

I think it could have been.

My dad wasn't too keen on team sports, so I didn't pursue it.

Doesn't sound like you had a choice.

No. No, I did not. This missing kid, police involved?

No.

Everyone's hoping he's just being a teenager, flaking out until he shows up

again. Plus, the parents don't want any negative attention.

Why not?

Eric's supposed to sign a letter of intent to play at Southern Nebraska

University next year.

Neither side wants bad publicity, even if he's just being irresponsible.

Who posted the reward?

SNU through a booster group. Been talking to a Shane Nile.

He's a big shot alumnus.

Wants constant updates. Yes, one of those.

Guess he wants to know what he's getting from a $50 ,000 reward.

And you need my help with all this? Why exactly?

Missing baseball star.

Worried family?

Eh, try again.

I missed you.

Okay, I knew this was a bad idea.

Good luck with all of that. Come on. There's always an agenda with you. Wait,

wait, wait.

I know you don't like to trust me, but I swear there's no personal agenda.

There's something you're not telling me.

I'm from here.

This town.

You're from here.

You're from this town.

You're not from Miami.

Nope. Huh.

Well, I guess there's a lot of things I don't know about you.

Phil doesn't explain why you need my help.

Well, there's some people in this town that won't exactly be thrilled that I'm

back. A lot.

Actually, I kind of left and never looked back.

So you need me to run interference.

It won't be good for me to be out in front of this one. But I know this town,

inside and out, will be a team effort.

You gonna tell me why you're not wanted here?

It has to do with my mother.

Let's just say she screwed a lot of people over.

Eric's family included.

If you help me, maybe I'll tell you about it.

I cannot believe you're not from South Beach.

Are you in or out?

I'm in. I'm at 60 -40 split.

I should tell you to shove it. But you won't.

I'm getting greedy.

Let's get to work. Come on.

Talk to the parents?

Oh, no, no, no. That's going to be your job. Ah.

All I know is that Eric had his phone in his bag at the field when we moved last

scene. I checked the phone. Nothing helped want it.

Thought maybe he grabbed a couple of buddies and skipped town, right? Any

was at an all -time high. Maybe he just needed to get away for a little bit. I

mean, that's the hope, right?

The booster guy told me he had a girlfriend, Ashley.

I've been trying to reach her. She's not answering my calls.

Maybe you should go off with her.

Fingers crossed.

Like I said, easy money, and maybe we have some fun.

I'm going to go see what these parents have to say.

Cool. I'm going to keep trying to track down Ashley.

Oh, and Coulter.

Yeah?

It is good to be working with you again.

Billy? What about that missing painting in Cleveland?

Cleveland can wait. I'm going to help her out.

You're going to help her?

Missing high school baseball player.

I really don't think this is a good idea. I'll be fine. A couple days max.

This is where Eric spends all his time.

I can see why.

Everything a kid would want is right in here.

That picture was from the state championship last season.

Eric pitched a shutout.

Well, you must be very proud.

Eric ever do anything like this before? Just disappear for a couple days?

No, and never would in seasons.

Tell me about the girlfriend.

Ashley? Yeah.

Well, she's a couple years older. They've been dating a couple of months.

she works in a diner.

And is going nowhere.

Can I get you a lemonade, Mr. Shaw?

Sure. Thank you.

So, uh, this girlfriend.

Yeah.

She got his head all screwed up. What do you mean, all screwed up? I mean that

before she came along, baseball was his priority.

His focus.

Now he seems more interested in running around with her than he does in taking

care of his business on the mound.

Maybe what he wants is not baseball. Yeah, well, what he needs to understand

how much we have put on the line for him.

All of the training, all of the private coaching, all of the clinics.

Hell, this adds up.

Yeah. Sounds like you're pretty involved.

Yeah. Excellence comes from being pushed.

I know a little something about that, actually.

My old man drove me pretty hard.

Sounds like a good dad.

You know, sometimes I wish he would just be dad.

You're not going to push so hard.

Maybe you pushed Eric a little too hard.

Maybe you pushed back.

I noticed the bruises on your arm.

Yeah, we got into it pretty good the other night.

This time I lost my cool.

I pushed him up against the wall and he grabbed me.

He told me I could go to hell.

Maybe he had reason to leave.

Maybe. But I can swear to you I never meant for it to go that far.

It's got to be this girl, Ashley.

Maybe.

Maybe. Do you mind if I poke around a little bit?

Yeah, go ahead. Yeah.

It's vitamins and instructional videos and training tapes. It's regular stuff.

Yeah.

A lot of money.

Look like Oxy.

What? No.

No, there is no way that that's Eric's.

I don't know who that belongs to, but that's not my son.

Drugs? No chance.

I run a clean program.

How long have you been coaching Eric?

Since Little League.

Couldn't wait to get him in high school.

He's a rare talent.

That's what makes me sick that he's missing.

That his catcher over there?

Yeah, that's Hunter.

You mind if I talk to him?

Hunter!

Reach out.

Hunter, right?

Coach Fred told me you're Eric's catcher.

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, he's my boy. Great. You talk to him recently?

No. I texted him like 20 times. He never got back to me. That's weird.

He left his phone behind at the field.

Tell me, was Eric having any arm issues maybe he didn't want anyone to know

about? Nah, he was firing on all cylinders.

Why are you asking about that?

Found some oxy at his place.

Thought maybe you might know something about that.

I'm not trying to get in there.

Whatever you tell me is going to stay between the two of us.

I'm just trying to help him out, trying to make sure he's not in any trouble.

It might be Ashley. His girlfriend?

Did she have a problem?

I think, yeah.

Any chance maybe she got Eric involved?

I guess.

They were pretty tight, but I don't know for sure.

Thanks.

Billy, what do you got? Nothing on Ashley's phone.

Hey, you still got your guy Bobby doing this kind of thing?

Oh, now you need my guy to help you. I just figured since you're already

40%. No, it's 60 % on my end. Right.

Bobby has his own rate. Fine.

Are you going to make me beg?

Or can you find Ashley's location?

I will send it to you as soon as I get it.

Yo, what's Gucci?

Uh, well, it's not really my job.

Yeah, you're working with Billy again.

Not gonna ask why.

Hey, you do your thing, I'll do mine.

Velma told you? You know it. Eric Dobb. Looking baseball player.

Can you track his girlfriend's phone?

Ashley Waller. I'm already into it. You got a location?

Nothing recent.

Went offline yesterday, but I was able to track the location before it powered

down. Send it to me.

On its way.

This is where Ashley Sell last had a signal?

According to Bobby, it is.

Doesn't look like much going on here.

I know where they could have gone.

There's an old rail yard not far from here. Some old train cars there.

At least there used to be. Like in high school when I'd go there to make out

with guys.

Descriptive. Important.

Based on my experience, this is where Eric and Ashley would have hung out.

Which one of these train cars is your favorite?

What do you like to know?

Come check this out.

That's a lot of blood.

The hell happened here?

Somebody went this way.

I got a body.

It's Ashley.

She's got a pulse that's faint, but she's got one. Call 911.

Hi, we need an ambulance right away.

Penny?

Detective Bullard.

Right.

Sorry. What are you doing here?

Look, I don't want to make this awkward.

I'm just here for a job.

Right. I heard you're some sort of rewarder.

Sounds pretty sketchy, but then again, that's right up your alley, isn't it?

And who are you?

I'm a rewarder.

This is Colter Shaw.

He's, um, assisting me.

Great.

Two of you.

Is Ashley going to make it?

Hope so.

But she won't be talking to anyone soon.

How is it that you just happened to find her? We're looking for Eric Dobbs.

Figured they might have run off together.

Eric Dobbs is missing?

His parents wanted to keep it on the down low.

I don't know what kind of scam you're running these days, but I won't let you

interfere with my case.

Okay. I'm going to take a step back and let you do your thing.

Good idea.

Okay.

I'm going to do some more digging on Ashley.

I'm going to stick around, see what I can find out. If you're thinking of

to charm Penny Bullard, think again.

I like the challenge.

Good luck with that.

Oh, and by the way, her nickname in high school?

Pitbull.

Stan.

Good to know.

He was in a relationship with Eric Dobbs.

Already on it, sir.

Yes.

Inspector Bullard, I know we got off on the wrong foot. Look, I'm just trying to

help Eric's family find him.

They're awfully worried.

Lucky for you, it's now a police matter.

I'd appreciate it if you and Billy didn't interfere, especially since Eric

our main person of interest.

You think he did this?

Most of the time, it's the spouse of the boyfriend.

Awful lot of blood.

It could just have come from one person, especially if they made it out of here

alive. And judging by the freshness of the blood and the cuts, this only

happened a few hours ago.

Could be Eric's blood, too.

Maybe she fought back, possibly wounded him. Now he flees.

We're putting an APB out for him.

Before you do that, do you mind if I show you what I found?

Yeah? All right.

So, look at that right there.

Three sets of prints, right? Over here on the wall.

Take a look at this handprint. See that? Look at the size of that.

That's small.

Could belong to Ashley.

Okay. Okay.

So I think a third person came in here.

assaulted Ashley and Eric, and left her for dead.

Except she wasn't. Except she wasn't, right? She made it over here, used the

wall to get herself upright.

She followed the blood trail.

She's off this way.

She falls down here, picks herself up, makes her way all the way to the ditch

where she collapsed.

So then maybe Eric was taken by the third person. That's what I'm thinking.

That's an interesting theory.

What is this?

I don't know.

Looks like a blood donation bag, doesn't it?

Should explain.

All this blood, wouldn't it?

You mind if I take a picture?

Go ahead.

I'm going to have the lab run this.

Put a rush on it.

I need you to run some blood for me, A -10.

Bobby, I need you to track something down for me. Yeah, I got the photo, but

what is it?

It's, uh... Blood donation bag, partial serial number.

All right. Give me a few beats. Figure out what I can do.

I'll hit you back if I find something.

Appreciate you.

Oh, and Shane, we don't have to text every hour. I'll update you whenever I

something, but I got to go.

I'll check in later.

Hey, Roger.

Billy Madelon.

I'd spot you a mile away with those eyes and that figure, just like your mother.

So what do you want?

You here to steal my wallet?

I want to know more about Ashley, one of your waitresses.

Now, why would I give you any info on one of my employees, huh?

I mean, you're not even asking nice.

Nice?

Are we really going to do this?

What? You're a transactional girl.

Well, what exactly are you looking for?

Okay, okay, okay.

Is Ashley using drugs? I don't know.

Okay, she had a problem with Oxy about a year ago after some car accident.

When things got worse, she was trying to find some fancy rehab place to go to.

So did she go? No. She didn't have enough money.

How much do you need?

Ten grand.

See? Didn't have to be that hard.

Sorry about the noise.

You all right?

Oh, never better.

Let's find out.

Ashley needed 10 grand for rehab.

How about you? Did you get anything?

Heard from Detective Bullard.

Lab results came back, and most of the blood found in that train car was, in

fact, Eric's. There was no sign of Oxy, but it was mixed with acid citrate

dextrose.

An anticoagulant used in the blood donation bag.

She give you all that?

Yeah. Pitbull finds me charming.

So Eric might still be alive.

And he's not the one with the drug problem.

I think he was selling his blood to pay for Ashley's rehab.

Isn't the going rate for plasma like 50 bucks a pop at the donation center? How

much could Eric have made?

Bobby, what do you got?

Track that serial number.

It's part of a shipment of blood donor bags, but... The weird thing is the

address isn't linked to a hospital or any kind of business.

Where is it?

Fuck, it's a commercial building that rents office space about 35 miles

southwest of town.

I got the suite number.

You sent it to me?

Did and done.

Thank you.

No one's here.

This it?

According to Bobby.

Fuck. Let me.

I'm faster.

Better. Okay.

My mother taught me, actually.

Huh.

How to pick locks?

And other stuff.

What is this place?

I don't know.

Sort of backroom blood bank.

It's up Wow

Blood

bag

let's be hundreds of them

What

do you got feel like a bead

The dust again.

Oh.

What's in there?

One way to find out.

Here.

Thanks.

Yeah.

Is that Eric?

Not Eric.

Randy, age?

Age 17.

Costs Eric's age.

What do you think the numbers on the wristband mean?

Send this to Bobby. Yeah.

Get an ID?

Randy Hopper, teenage runaway from Lincoln, Nebraska.

Any connection to Eric? Not that I could find.

Emmy says the body's blood was drained.

Weird. Why put him in the crate like that?

Hide the body until it's shipped off for disposal.

Bobby, what do you got?

Okay, the numbers on the kid's wristband, those are blood serum

levels. Not sure why.

Not even a hospital puts that on their wristband.

Could be some gray market biohacking setup.

Biohacking? For performance, longevity, a lot of money. Right, right. Some anti

-aging gurus believe that transfusing young blood can actually reverse the

clock, literally.

They're like vampires.

That's what Eric was doing?

Well, maybe not for himself. Maybe he got caught up in it. Okay, this got

weird. So if Eric sold his blood to a biohacker, how much could he get for it?

Like that?

Talking like thousands for a bag of blood.

That's how he was paying for Ashley's rehab.

Only something went wrong. If he's still out there, he could be in bad shape.

And we don't even know who has him.

Bobby, you got a name associated with that office space you sent us to?

It's registered to a Randall LLC in Delaware.

I'll keep digging.

Okay, let me know when you come up with something.

What do you got? I'm getting texts from our employer. He's been pinging me all

day.

College Booster? Yeah, Shane Nile.

He wants to meet for an update.

I've got to go talk to him.

No matter how much I pay my pool guy, somehow I always end up taking care of

myself.

Do you really think that Eric was a part of this biohacking stuff?

We believe he was selling his blood for money.

Well, who's buying it? We don't know that yet, but they may still have Eric.

Why did he do this?

He needed the money to help his girlfriend.

Any update on her? She's in a medically induced coma, but the doctors think

she's going to make it.

Great to hear that. Yeah. Okay, well, I'm going to keep looking for Eric.

that.

I'm pulling the reward.

Southern Nebraska U is rescinding its scholarship offer to Eric.

Not that the police are involved.

They're worried about the negative publicity.

Girlfriend of star recruit stabbed isn't exactly the kind of headline they want

to be associated with.

So you should discuss with the parents next steps, because at this point, I'm

out. You're making a mistake.

I really have no choice.

I do want to thank you for all your hard work, though.

There's $10 ,000 in there.

The reward money is $50 ,000.

Just give me a little time to earn it. We can find... Sorry, Billy.

It's over.

I have to support the university.

It's as simple as that.

Thank you for your time.

This is all so unbelievable.

It's a lot to process, I can only imagine.

Did you see Eric talking to anyone he didn't recognize recently?

No. No, no one I can think of.

I noticed Eric had a lot of nutritional supplements, protein powder in the

garage. That stuff he purchased on his own?

No, his coach set all that up. He has them on a performance plan.

Coach Perez, you think he has something to do with this?

I don't know.

Someone recruited him for this biohacking thing, right? Someone who

Knew he needed money.

I wish he'd come to us.

After the things I said about Ashley?

Yeah, I don't blame him.

This is my fault.

I'm going to do everything I can to bring your son home.

Thank you.

Billy, hey.

Hey, bad news.

Job's been canceled.

Shane Nile pulled the reward money.

Said there was too much bad publicity.

Well, Eric is still out there, so we should keep looking.

Listen, I think his coach may be involved.

I tried calling him. He's not answering.

Well, you can keep looking.

You know I don't work for free.

Besides, please go find Eric.

So, what, you're just going to leave?

Don't worry.

I'm going to download him on the biohacking. I'll hand over my files, but

am... I'm done.

I just...

I should have come back here.

It's time to move on.

I'll send you your share of the consolation prize.

Niall gave me $10 ,000 for my hard work.

You don't have to be a mercenary.

Mercenary?

That kid is still out there. He could be in trouble.

Well, like I said, you're free to keep looking. My advice?

Hand it over to the police.

You know I can't do that.

I knew you'd say that.

It's been fun.

It's always.

So that's it? It's just business, Colter. You know that.

See you around.

Dexter. What are you doing here?

Have you seen Coach Perez?

Not today.

Why are you looking for him? Well, Eric's parents said that Coach Perez

most of his nutritional supplements. Now, I don't know.

I was just thinking biohacking.

There's only a couple rungs up that ladder.

I've known Coach Perez a long time.

I find it hard to believe, but I'll check it out.

Thank you.

Yeah. Did Billy come by?

Seen her?

No. Why?

She said she was going to come by and drop off some files.

She didn't.

Not a surprise.

Word of advice?

Steer clear of her.

You seem like a nice guy, but trust me, she is just like her mother.

Hey, you've reached Billy Matalon.

Leave a message, I'll get back to you.

What up, C?

I need your help.

I'm looking at Billy's computer.

Looks like she was trying to break into an encrypted file of clients and

investors associated with a company called Everlife Innovations.

Could be a biohacking company.

I'm going to send you the file right now.

There.

You should have it.

Can you break in?

Let me dig into it.

Wait a minute. Can't you just ask her?

She's gone.

Don't tell me she ghosted you again.

I think something happened to her.

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?

Eric.

Eric, are you okay?

Who are you? I'm Billy.

I was hired to find you.

Where are we? I don't know.

I heard them talking when they brought you in here.

They're planning on moving us. This is really bad.

The people who work for Everland? The anti -aging company?

Did they pay you for your blood?

Yeah. They told me they'd give me 10 grand for a few bags of it. I needed the

money to help Ashley.

So why are you here?

They said I needed to come in one more time.

And they grabbed me at the field where I was practicing.

That's why your phone and all your stuff is still at the baseball field.

It was all normal at first.

They gave me something to make me calm and go to sleep like always.

But this time... What happened?

I guess it wore off before I was done. I came to and there was a kid next to me

in a bed, but he was dead.

So I ran.

To the train yard with Ashley.

Why didn't you go to the police?

I was scared.

What I did with telling the blood that has to be illegal.

Why I brought the blood bag with me.

I didn't want to lose my baseball scholarship.

I fought with them, but they put a bag over my head and threw me in the trunk

and brought me here.

They killed Ashley.

Hey, Ashley's not dead.

How'd she survive?

Because she's a fighter.

And we're going to be fighters too, okay?

Come on.

I don't understand. Why haven't they killed us yet?

Because they still need your blood.

Someone like you is worth a lot of money to these people.

What about you?

I'm guessing they might need me for leverage.

Until they don't.

Hi. Sorry to bother you so late.

I'm Colter Shaw. I work with Billy.

Oh, yes.

Great. I know she was with you earlier.

She was.

I can't get a hold of her. I was wondering if you know where she was or

she's headed.

Of course.

Come on in.

Thanks.

This way.

So you're saying you can't find Billy?

No. She told me she was with you.

I know you pulled the reward.

Yeah. Yeah, I did. That was a tough call.

Big time sports, right?

School had to move on.

But I do hope they find him.

Anyways, Billy left a few hours ago.

I noticed the security cameras out front. Pretty fancy. I was wondering if

could take a look at some of that footage. I'm just trying to figure out

she left here exactly.

Yeah, no problem.

Could we pull up some security footage for our friend here?

Can I offer you something to drink? I'm good.

Billy mentioned that Eric was selling his blood for money.

Hmm. She did.

Hmm.

Some kind of bio -hacking scheme.

Yeah, I don't have any idea about that.

You got a lot of reading material on it, though, don't you?

Do I?

Hmm.

So tell me, because I'm curious. Does it work?

Young blood?

Really turned back the clock.

How about Eric's blood?

Young premier athlete like that, I would imagine that does the trick, huh? What

are you trying to say?

You were the one buying Eric's blood, weren't you?

He goes missing, the school posts a reward.

You had every reason to get in the middle of that.

You don't know what you're talking about. The constant updates from Billy.

were trying to get to Eric, clean up your mess, and you got him back.

He pulled the reward. The question is, where is he now?

Where is he?

Get up.

Put the scissors down. No one has to get hurt.

Drop the gun.

I'll kill her.

Bad move.

Don't. Don't do it.

You okay?

Yeah? What is wrong with you?

What is wrong with me? Yeah.

Well, how about just a nice thank you?

Thank you.

You could have killed me.

But I didn't.

Come here. Let me look at your head.

Thank you.

Come on, let's go.

Hey.

Thanks for coming by.

I wanted to give you something.

Oh. I know it's not much, but it's what we can do right now.

That's plenty. Thank you very much.

But, uh, you know, I didn't do it on my own.

Billy Madelon helped me quite a bit.

I know your families have a history, and that's none of my business.

But your son wouldn't be here right now if not for her.

You hear anything from Southern Nebraska U?

They still want him. Still want him? Mm -hmm.

They're going to sign his letter of intent tomorrow.

Thank you for bringing my son back.

I made a lot of mistakes, but I knew I'd do better.

You mean giving Ashley a first shake? Yeah.

Eric really cares about her, and...

That's enough for me.

Notice the extra glove here.

Mind if I throw it for you?

Let's see it. Yeah?

Yeah.

All right.

Show me what you got.

Whoo! All right.

Show me what you got.

There it is.

A little rusty. I don't know about that. I'm impressed.

You've got an arm.

You ever play?

I wanted to.

Dad wouldn't let me.

It's a shame.

You had a good kid here.

I do.

Take care of each other, all right?

You good?

I owe you one.

Tell you what.

I'm going to call it even if you tell me.

Why you're not welcome here?

My dad took off when I was little, so I never really knew him.

My mom took care of me and my sister alone.

And to make ends meet, she was a grifter.

Sometimes she used us to help in diverting a store clerk while she was

shoplifting. She even had us shaking donation cans at Christmastime once.

But our big con was when she got a job at City Hall.

She was the bookkeeper, embezzled almost half a million from the treasury.

The town couldn't pay out salaries and pensions that year, and people talk

the long name was ruined.

You were a kid.

It wasn't your fault.

You'd think that would have mattered.

I'm sorry.

It must have been hard.

My sister was already 20, so she left town. And I was still a senior in high

school, sticking it out till graduation.

I will never forget how cruel people were.

Didn't matter that the FBI said I was a victim, too.

They all still blamed me.

You didn't have to come back.

I know.

But I wanted to do something positive.

You know, something lasting here.

You did?

You even got a thank you from the pit bull.

Funny. I'm not being funny. I'm being serious. She sent me a text.

I got it right here.

She says, thank you.

Please give Billy my thanks as well.

No kidding.

No kidding.

The thing is,

I was...

Young. But I knew what I was doing was wrong.

And I didn't stop her.

I loved and hated her at the same time.

I know that feeling.

Do you?

I do.

Well, there it is.

A dark family secret.

Got a few more?

I do, too.

What should we do about that?

Not talk about it.

Right?

Sounds good to me.