Angels in Stardust Page #7

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I, uh... I think

you might need glasses.

Yeah?

Mm-hmm.

Don't know as I want them.

Why?

Look at Thurley Breakbill.

Thurley? Who's he?

Guy in school.

Kids put tacks on his chair.

That's mean.

Yeah. He jumps a mile.

And one time, Skeet and Rooch

gave him the noogies

with a file cleaner.

I suppose Thurley wears glasses.

Mm-hmm.

Ahh!

Whoo, yeah!

All right.

You... Hey.

Hell of a shebang.

Vallie Sue!

Oh, my God.

Hey, Vallie Sue,

come on out, little girl.

What's going on?

Mickey and Old Ray.

Come on out with Old Ray.

Sounds like a rhino is right...

Shh. No, no, no.

I know you're in there.

I smell you, girl.

Okay. Mm. Mm.

Slide over in here.

Where's your mom at, girl?

Is she still riding that...

that broke-down old cowboy?

Ride us, Vallie Sue!

Come out!

Ride us like a cowgirl!

Hey, you fools!

Do you know what time it is?

Hey, shut up, you old hag!

Shut you up

when I call the cops,

you lousy stinking swine!

Come on. Come on.

Come on, Ray.

We don't want no more

troubles with Johnny Law.

Whew.

Get off my truck,

you dumb b*tches.

Go on! Get down!

Well, look who

decided to show up.

Now, don't get frosty, Ashley.

I rushed.

Huh.

It's just Hoyt,

he won't let me leave.

It's kind of sweet, you know?

No. And unless he's paying

you for your time...

Ashley!

You tell him I am

and you got responsibilities.

Okay! Okay! Don't get

your feathers up.

Who's the new stiff?

"Decedent," please.

Doris Dinwiddie.

What?

I know her.

Hmm.

Jeez.

How'd she go?

Turned on the gas.

Oh, no...

What is that stuff?

Ah, some of her things.

Tenkill dropped 'em off.

She was pretty.

Mm.

What are you gonna do with it?

She got no family I know of.

Heard she had a son once.

Yeah.

Welcome back to...

Hey, Pleasant?

We've been discussing...

Pleasant!

Where are you?

...sightings we've

been having recently.

Come on.

Hey,

Mrs. Stubblefield...

...how many UFOs and...

you seen Pleasant?

No. Ought to be

home this hour.

Yeah. I know.

Well, I'll keep eye out

for him, though.

Thanks.

See any saucers?

No, but they's out there.

You have a good night.

...regarding an alien

that he had a relation...

Pleasant, I ain't

messing around!

Pleasant!

Over here, Pleasant!

Pleasant!

Pleasant!

Pleasant!

Hey, Pleasant!

Come on. I ain't

messing around.

Hello, little girl.

Here, chick, chick,

chick, chick.

Where's Pleasant?

Oh, Pleasant?

Pleasant!

Over here, Pleasant!

Where is he?

Shh.

Don't you worry about Pleasant,

little girl.

'Cause I'm gonna

show you pleasant plenty.

So we got us some settling up to do,

eh?

Tenkill.

Now, we ain't

bothering you, Tenkill.

This ain't none of yours,

Injun. Move on.

Hey, maybe he wants a piece of her,

Ray, huh?

Oh, is that it?

You just want a piece

of her, too, don't you?

Come on over, big boy.

Yeah, come on, T.

You know what

you two remind me of?

That scum that

collects on the creek

where the current

can't carry it away.

You don't want to mess with us,

Tenkill.

No, you don't, Injun.

Yeah.

Well, boys,

even if you two can take me...

which I don't think you can...

then you better be

up to killing me,

'cause if you leave me alive,

I'll get a knife or a gun,

whatever it takes, and kill you,

everyone near and dear to you.

I'll erase every trace of you

from the face of the earth.

So the question you

gotta ask yourselves is

do you want to mess with me?

What the hell's

the matter with you?

The girl almost put you in jail.

Come on, now.

What is it?

You want her all for yourself?

Is that it?

Then go ahead.

You take her, kemo sabe.

She's all yours.

Come on, Mickey.

Come on.

What the hell's the matter?

Let's go.

Val, you okay?

Yeah.

All right.

Good.

Where's Pleasant?

He's safe.

He's at my place.

He is?

Yeah.

All right, now come on.

Let's get out of here.

All right.

I was always scared of him.

Understandable,

the way your mama

badmouthed him.

And he's really, uh...

He's really...

Indian.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The world's damn confusing.

Hard to know

what to believe anymore.

Hey, Vallie.

Hi.

I almost got you in trouble.

Why'd you help me?

Why'd you get me in trouble?

Thought I was doing

what was right.

There you go.

Why doesn't my mother like you?

Well, it's not so much

that she doesn't like me.

It's my kind.

Yeah.

The Indians.

Yeah.

Except rich ones, maybe.

Pleasant likes you a lot.

I like him, too.

You spend lots of time with him.

Yeah, some.

Hey, did you, uh...

give this to my ma?

I expect I did.

He's your son, isn't he?

Heh.

Why didn't you

tell us? Huh?

You're his father,

and I accused you

of being someone that...

Well, I...

I thought you were

a bad person. I did.

Don't make any sense.

Hi, hon.

Hi.

Been waiting for you.

We gotta talk.

Yep.

Something wrong?

Uh-uh.

Got some good news, hon.

Oh, yeah?

Well...

Hoyt and me's getting married.

Married, huh?

That's right.

Wow.

That's good, I guess, huh?

It is.

It is...

and isn't.

Why?

Well, hon, I don't

know how to say it,

so I'll just do it plain.

Hoyt ain't fond of kids.

Fact, he don't want any.

Which is fine by me,

'cause I done that, but, you know,

it presents a problem, 'cause...

'Cause of Pleasant and I.

Well, yeah.

What's he want to do?

Kill us?

Don't be a smart-ass!

He don't want no such thing.

Don't even know about you.

He doesn't know about us?

I never told him.

I just said I was keeping my sister's kids

for a while,

you know, for a favor.

Ma, you don't have a sister.

Well, that's not the point.

The point is we

don't want any trouble,

so we gotta have a plan, 'kay?

A plan?

Yeah, suppose

you got one of those.

Well, I do. I do.

You sit down, and I'll

tell you that plan.

Sit. Sit down.

All right.

Ready?

Mm-hmm.

Well, you know Tinsy Johnson

owns the Country Kitchen, right?

Well, she's offered to let

you stay there for a while

and to work at the restaurant.

Ain't that nice?

And, you know,

Tinsy's got a son,

gonna inherit the place one day.

Uh, I don't want

to work at Tinsy's.

Don't you say that, okay?!

You gotta help me!

You're trying to ditch me, Ma!

I ain't doing no such thing!

I done right by you,

and you're not gonna

spoil it for me now.

This man is my deliverance,

and I need something here.

I need something of my own.

Okay.

What about Pleasant?

Oh.

Well, Pleasant...

Pleasant likes Tenkill,

and, Tenkill, well,

I'm pretty sure

that he's gonna look

after him for a while.

Fact, I know he will.

Okay, so you're

going to split us up.

I'm not doing that.

You're gonna see each other.

Ma, why can't we just stay here?

Because if the county

folks found out

that you was here alone,

I'd be in deep.

Come on, baby.

Come on.

You're gonna like Tinsy.

I promise. Honest.

And Tenkill is gonna

protect Pleasant.

I know he will. He will,

just like he did you.

Okay?

Pleasant, look at you.

I got 'em,

but I ain't wearing 'em all the time.

Okay, honey, but who

got 'em for you?

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