Razorblade Tears

Ike goes to the hospital to see Mya. She has serious damage to her spleen, intestine, lung, and a fractured skull. Deputy Hogge says the wreck was intentional and that someone kidnapped Arianna.

Buddy Lee wakes in a hospital bed nearby. He tells Ike how it all happened, and Ike tells him about the text message Tangerine showed him. The boyfriend had only been saved in her phone as “W.” As they talk about regrets, Buddy Lee admits that he defaced the graves to get Ike to commit to helping him. Ike shouts at him and leaves.

Christine calls an hour later. She saw the story of the kidnapping on the news. Christine mentions that her husband, Gerald Winthrop Culpepper, is too busy with his campaign to care about her. Buddy Lee focuses on the W in Winthrop. After being shot, Buddy Lee remembers Tangerine mumbling something that had sounded like: “We can’t win.” He now believes she had been saying “Wynn.”

Buddy Lee leaves the hospital and goes to his truck. He takes out a baseball bat with nails in it and thinks: “Anything could be a weapon if you were dedicated enough.