You know, we all have choices to make. And the kind of change you're talking about, real change, Austin, is not so much about what you put in the glass, but emotional maturity. Now, I'm guessing you didn't have the greatest role models growing up. My advice to you is, whatever you were taught about being a man, do the opposite.
Pay attention, Muncy. You're about to learn the difference between a bad lawyer and a good lawyer. You see, a bad lawyer can drag a case out for months. A good lawyer knows how to drag it out even longer.
The Duchess County DA wants an update on the case. I mean, certainly, Elias is guilty of a lot. Attempted murder, abduction, confinement... but patricide?
He's got pictures of me and him and a couple of the other guys doing... stuff. He sent them to me and he said if I didn't do what he said, he was gonna show them to everyone, my family, my girlfriend. He's right, what he said in there. He's the boss. He's got all the power.
The ocean is a wilderness. And men like me are the breakwater, the only single barrier, between a fun day at the beach, and some out-of-shape stupid person becoming a part of the food chain. And rarely, rarely do those life-or-death moments come down to a matter of seconds. Most of the time, it's IQ points and common sense.
