The great equalizer (The Equalizer) (№ 242777)

- When you look at me... what do you see? The answer is: nothing. I feel nothing towards you: you're like... like dust or... tube in the bottle - what you need to remove.
- I knew a police captain in a previous life. He worked on a confusing case, don't remember the name of the guy, he was... seen, a scientist, a well-known personality, philanthropist, writer. In short, he decided to share his abundance with someone less fortunate. And, although he had five children, he opened his door to the sixth - it was an orphan, twelve-year-old boy. A child with a crippled nervous system. Problem. Prone to violence. The cub. You didn't hear this story?
- No, go ahead.
Okay. So, kind people opened their home to this boy. And when the boy stole something from him... a good man loved him anyway. When the boy failed in school, this man showed understanding and patience. When the boy lied, swore, scratched, and fought, this good man showed compassion... and love. The boy who never knew what it was like to be loved, finally understood what it is. The man broke through the wall - it was a real miracle. A week later in their home gets robbed. Killed a man and his wife. Directly in bed. From the house of missing something minor. It could steal a child. No one knows exactly. Children of men was sent to live with relatives, the boy is an orphan when he came back to Hell. Only... he has found his chance in life, as two bullets crossed all.
Is a well - known story.
They caught the killer?
- I don't think.
- Maybe they weren't looking? Sometimes the answer is right before your eyes. I think the boy... killed them. Yes, I think the boy did it. I think the boy was scared that his foster parents would Wake up one day and realize that he is unworthy of them. So they all thought. And he couldn't live with the thought that this man, this good man would do that to him - to get rid of him. Like a piece of lint or... the cork in the bottle. So he decided not to check. What do you say, Nicholas?
- Don't think you know me. Am I a sentimental man, Mr. McCall? That's a surprise. I... I don't have that feature and never understood what comes from sentimentality, in addition to weakness.
Your people I killed... I gave them a chance. They made their choice. I'm giving you the opportunity to make your.
Thank you.
- Not for that. Let me know... when you decide.
- Of course.
- I have done many bad things in his life, Nicholas. I'm not proud of it. I once promised someone that I love very much that I will no longer do that. But for you... I'll make an exception. You asked what I see when I look at you? And you, when you look at me?