An Unfinished Life Page #4

The one in the hat

is Jed Spear's boy, Josh.

And the other guy?

Some dude from the Midwest.

Einar.

- Her ex-boyfriend's in town.

- Yeah, I know he is.

He's staying down

at the Sage Creek Motel.

Why in the hell didn't you arrest him?

'Cause I can't do anything, except keep

an eye on him. Unless he bothers her.

Does she know he's here?

I haven't told her yet.

Look, if he'd been out at your place,

I could make that enough.

You'd let me know if he'd been

out there bothering you?

Oh, he doesn't bother me one little bit.

Jesus.

Here.

Bad news.

Bad news.

That's 15-2,

That's two runs of three

and a pair which puts me out.

- I haven't had a decent hand all night.

- Well, don't growl. You dealt half of them.

I'm not growling.

Give it here.

- You want some help getting to bed?

- No, I'll manage that.

I always thought

this was one of your best.

Why, thank you.

Ever wish you'd lived a different life rather

than living up here and working with me?

No.

I was always happy

that I found work that suited me.

Since I was a kid,

all I ever wanted to be was a cowboy.

Sh*t.

- How about now?

- Now too.

Mind if I leave Griff here with you

for a while till her mother comes home?

There's an errand in town

I'd like to run.

Be all right with me

if she stayed up here all the time.

Hey.

Be careful with that errand.

Yeah?

Take it easy, buddy.

What do you want?

I'm helping you pack.

You don't know how much I love her.

Your love was written all over her face

when she got here.

There's nothing more useless than running

after a woman that doesn't want you.

She wanted me to find her. If she didn't,

she wouldn't have come back here.

Pull over. Here.

Keep going.

I see you back here again, I'll kill you.

You've seen too many westerns, old man.

That doesn't exactly work in your favor.

- You need a ride?

- A ride would be fine.

- That man threaten you?

- Yeah, he sure as hell did.

Jean Gilkyson's a friend of mine.

She doesn't want you here.

- You don't know her like I do.

- No, you're right. I don't.

I'll make this simple for you -

I don't want you here.

Now, get going.

Is this something we're gonna

have to talk a lot about?

No, Einar.

We never have to talk about this again.

Jean?

Jean?

- What?

- Get dressed. I wanna talk to you.

What is it?

Just had a chat with your ex-boyfriend.

Thought you oughta know he was in town.

- You mean Gary's here?

- He was.

- Gary's in town?

- He left.

Well, we should call Crane.

Crane knows all about it.

- I'm sorry.

- Tell me something. I'm a little confused.

By bachelor number one

and bachelor number two.

Are you screwing Crane Curtis

for protection or sport?

Would you like to ask your daughter

how she feels about it?

Don't bring Griff into this.

You don't know anything about her.

- And whose fault is that?

- Oh, it's my fault, Einar. Right?

Isn't it my fault?

Isn't everything my fault?

Griffin flipped a coin.

What are you talking about?

Griffin flipped a coin and I lost.

So I was the one driving.

It was three o'clock in the morning

and we were both tired.

We wanted to make it down

to the rodeo in Great Falls.

It was a flipped coin?

What was it - a quarter?

Was it a nickel?

- I don't remember what it was.

- I wanna know what killed my boy!

I killed him, Einar.

Is that what you wanna hear?

It wasn't the change in our pockets

or the weak-ass coffee or the rain.

It was me.

I fell asleep

and I flipped the car six times.

I killed Griffin.

You got no argument from me.

You think it's something I forget?

You think I'm not sick with it

every day of my life?

But I tried to keep living

and you haven't.

Is that why you hate me so much?

You know, you act like I killed you

the day Griffin died.

Well, great.

Lie all the way down

and we'll bury you.

What's the matter? You're afraid

no one will come to the funeral?

- We'll talk about your leaving tomorrow.

- We're done talking.

Just so you know,

I have been trying.

But forgiving...

just isn't easy for me.

Son of a b*tch.

What the hell did he call it?

What - does he think he's a preacher

or some goddamn thing?

Know-it-all.

I'm sorry

we woke you up so early.

That's OK. I'm not

a great sleeper anyway.

Hey, I got a regular mattress

out in the storage shed.

Maybe you and I can wrestle it

in here after work.

Did you drink the whole bottle?

She left. She walked out of here

and took the kid.

That her idea or yours?

I didn't drink the whole thing.

Which side of your ass you want

the needle in this morning?

Left.

Well, what'd you dream about last night?

I didn't dream at all.

I lay awake all night, wondering if you'd

ever stop blaming the world for whatever.

Wondering if you'd be able

to hold on to the family you've got.

I managed to hang on to you, didn't I?

Have you ever wondered

why I'm the only one left?

Well, I have my boy.

I have his memories.

Yeah.

Maybe he'll remember how desperately

he wanted to get out of here.

How bad he wanted a life of his own.

If you weren't a cripple,

I'd jerk you out and kick your ass.

Oh, talk sense.

I never saw the day you thought

you could kick my ass, Einar.

- Einar!

- What?

I wanna go see the bear.

You've seen the bear.

- I want you to take me to Angie's.

- You're not up to it.

I'm not asking permission, goddamnit!

I want a ride!

Well, then call a taxi.

- I'm going back.

- What?

I'm staying with my grandpa

and Mr. Bradley.

- The hell you are, Griff.

- Yes, I am.

No, you're not!

You're not going anywhere.

You're staying right here.

I'm going back, OK?

You make decisions like they don't matter

for anybody else but you!

That is not true.

I always think about you first.

Then it should start to show.

Griff! Get back here!

I'm not gonna say it again.

Let her go.

Let her go be with

her grandfather for a while.

Do you think I'm a shitty mother?

I think you're doing the best you can.

That's her second-grade picture.

Of your daughter?

Yeah.

We were having a picnic at the river

and she went for a swim.

She wanted to practice.

She was a great swimmer.

And I, uh...

I looked away for a minute.

And she was... gone.

She was...

I would do anything

to have that minute back.

But I'm never gonna.

- Nina, I'm...

- We're not supposed to outlive our children.

You have to understand that about Einar.

- Where's your mother?

- She's staying with Nina.

You walked all the way

out here by yourself?

I got hungry.

Want one egg or two?

We got a lot to do today.

How about two?

What are we gonna do with that?

You spread it around

so we don't have to walk in it.

Here, slide on over here

and take the wheel.

- Come on.

- I can't drive.

You're not gonna be driving.

You're gonna be steering.

Come on. You can do it.

Turn before you get to that fence.

Don't touch anything else.

Yeah.

OK.

- Set.

- Yeah.

Six o'clock in the morning,

I wake up to gunfire.

And I look out the window

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