An Unfinished Life Page #5

and everything's shot to hell in the yard.

- Jonesy, it's pottery.

- Still, man.

Shouldn't you be catching people

who are shooting the neighborhood up?

Why the hell didn't you tell me

Gary was in town?

Excuse me.

- I didn't think you'd want to see him.

- Well, I had a right to know.

I just... I would have thought

you'd had enough of him.

Come on, Crane. Why don't you ask me

what you really wanna know?

Why didn't I just walk away

the first time he hit me?

Why didn't I just call the police? Right?

It's so simple.

- Crane, are you gonna deal with this?

- Just give me a second here.

Jean.

I couldn't care less

about his personal problems.

There's a buffalo over there.

His name is Ronnie.

And then there's two wolves.

Tom and Jerry.

Come on. Look.

Food.

Come on.

Aren't you hungry?

You had enough?

Yeah.

Yeah, I've had all I need.

No, no, no, that's OK.

I gotta run to the feed store for a minute.

You think you can fix Mitch some lunch?

Sure.

OK, then.

Einar?

Einar!

- Mitch?

- Griff.

- Get Einar for me.

- He went to town.

Oh, no.

Do you know where

he keeps my medicine?

- In the refrigerator?

- Go get it for me.

- Right now?

- Quick as you can.

OK.

- OK.

- OK. Good girl.

Do you... you know how to load it?

Yeah, just... That's it.

OK.

Pull the pants down,

stick it in me and push the plunger down.

Was that OK?

It was so smooth,

I thought my mom had done it.

Thank you.

Hey.

Jean.

As it turns out, you're right.

I'm a complete a**hole.

I never judged you

for being with him, though.

You're wrong about that.

You made it stop.

You left him.

You wanna know the ugly little truth?

You stay because you don't think

you deserve any better.

'Cause you think

it's the best you can do.

It's Mr. Bradley.

How you doing?

We can't just leave him there, Einar.

We walked into his business.

Hell, he was just doing what bears do.

We can't punish him for that.

You got to let him go, Einar.

Get him out of that cage.

Don't you lie here

and think I can do that.

You know, I can get myself

shaved in the morning.

- All the way dressed too.

- OK.

Could probably manage to stick myself

in the butt with one of those syringes.

But what I can't do is continue

to lie here every day and watch you mourn

for a life you think you should have had.

There are people everywhere

who think they got dealt a bad hand, Einar.

Hey.

Did I give him too much?

No.

You did great today.

Goddamn bear.

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

I never do anything right.

Well, what do you think?

Attagirl.

- Right, let's try third. Let the clutch out.

- Third?

Now, let's go to the left.

Not too hard.

OK, that's good.

You're getting the hang of it.

There you go. I think we're

gonna get this thing done.

Hey, Griff.

How's life on the ranch?

It's good.

Jean, you got two customers out here.

Hey.

- We're just visiting, OK?

- OK.

I miss you.

What you been doing?

Einar's been teaching me how to drive.

Why don't you go look to see

what Nina's got in the kitchen for special?

- OK?

- OK.

Would you care if I took her camping?

Thanks for bringing her in, Einar.

- Did she say driving?

- It's a ranch.

- She's 11.

- I know, I know. She...

But she's a good girl.

Good kids don't get that way by accident.

- Is that a compliment?

- It's just the way it is.

What else you been teaching her?

I don't know enough

to know what to teach a girl.

What I'm saying...

is if you wanna come back

to the ranch, that's...

that's gonna be OK.

Maybe tomorrow then,

when you get back.

Tomorrow would be fine.

I think camping would be great.

She'll love that.

- Do you want all of these?

- Yep, all of 'em. Hold on to those.

What's the medicine for?

When we get that bear in the cage,

I'm gonna give him a shot.

That way, he can sleep

all the way up to the mountain.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to scare you.

- Jesus Christ, Gary.

- How are ya?

God, you look great.

I thought you left town.

Well, I wanted to see you.

You know I miss you.

I don't want you here, Gary.

Can't you understand that?

Must be nice for Griff,

living up here with her grandfather.

Country living and all.

Of course, it's not for you.

Just give it up, Gary.

I'm not coming back to you.

Can we just at least sit down?

Have a drink or some kind of...

Offer me a coffee or some...

It's pretty country up here.

Might stick around a while.

We're gonna get caught.

These are government guys

we're stealing this from.

They went home to dinner a long time ago.

I thought you said we're just borrowing it.

As long as I pay my taxes,

it's the same thing. Let's go.

OK, now scoot on over

and get ready to back up.

Come on ahead. Easy.

Come on.

Whoa.

OK.

Here.

Hold that still.

- When I tell you, you start cranking.

- OK.

- I'm a little bit scared.

- That makes two of us.

Start cranking.

OK, now get in the truck.

OK.

Come on.

Einar!

- Get behind me. Get behind me.

- Einar, I'm sorry.

Get in the truck.

Walk slowly and don't look right at him.

Get in the truck!

Go on.

Look here.

- Einar!

- Wait a minute. Oh, sh*t.

Are you OK?

I think that he went through an artery.

I think you'd better get me to a hospital.

- Oh!

- Sorry.

Hello?

What?

I was just trying to pull... Oh!

Pull the, uh, loft door down.

You know, to keep the bats out.

'Cause once those bats get in the rafters,

then you can't hardly get 'em out.

And that's when he fell.

Right. That's when I fell.

It was just dumb.

I didn't know what the hell I was doing.

- Let's try this again, Einar.

- Hmm? Oh, Jesus, no...

I hit the gearshift.

- I didn't mean to.

- It wasn't your fault.

It was an accident.

You did everything just right tonight.

As well as your dad could have done.

I guess God kept me alive

to bring her into the world.

But every day, I wish...

I wish it was me that died

in that car instead of Griffin.

I wish you both had lived.

I was fallen-down drunk

the night that Mitch got mauled.

That's why I couldn't get

the bear off him before I did.

He never said anything about it.

He never would.

You.

I'm not just gonna lie down here.

Just keep going.

Heard you made a hell of a fall, Einar.

You're lucky you only cracked two ribs.

It was the soft part of the yard.

- Am I finished?

- Not yet.

I'm going to keep you here for a little bit,

make sure your spleen's OK.

Ah, I'm fine.

Well, I'll check back on you this afternoon.

So you can double-bill me?

Seems fair to me.

You are twice the trouble.

Let's give it a day or two, OK?

Hmm.

Couple of days.

That's bullshit.

Einar?

OK?

Yeah, I'm fine. Got clumsy.

Mitch.

Mitch, we set the bear free.

I know.

Thank you.

You want me to run

some breakfast out to Mitch?

No. Usually coffee's enough

for him in the morning.

You know,

she could go to school here.

Not a bad school.

Whoa, Jimmy.

Stay there.

- What do you want, Gary?

- It's time to come home, baby.

I love you, Jean.

You love me?

- That's what your love feels like.

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