Around the Bend Page #4

Down near Mexico.

Why? Why there?

A certain time.

And a woman.

We made love on this...

...big rock.

It was pretty good.

Anyway, that's where

the bus was going.

Wake up.

Grandpa Turner's dancing.

He's dancing.

Grandpa, what are you doing?

- Dancing, Zach.

- What are you dancing for?

I'm dancing for you, Zach.

Why?

Dancing. For our tribe.

Hey, look who's up.

Want some coffee?

You look awful.

Maybe you're too old to dance.

Last map.

Go ahead.

You want me to do it?

Sorry I couldn't tell you, Grandpa Turner.

Tell him what?

Why Albuquerque?

Oh, man.

You okay?

Maybe we should improvise, huh?

Go ahead.

Some stairway.

See you later, alligator.

He didn't say anything?

Turner!

Turner!

Turner!

Where do you think he went?

- Why did he take the dog?

- Zach, I don't know.

I don't know.

I wanna go home.

Mom!

I missed you.

Thank you for picking him up.

Do you know where he is?

No. He said he was headed

somewhere down near Mexico.

I guess he balled some girl there.

They have cartoons.

Can I keep watching?

It's fine.

The FBI guy was impressed with him.

The doctor at prison told him Turner

should've been dead a week ago.

What?

Oh, my God. You don't know?

No. I don't know. What?

He walked out of a prison hospital

during a blackout. He was getting dialysis.

His kidneys stopped functioning

six months ago.

He didn't tell you?

Jesus, Turner.

What are you doing here?

What is this place?

Wasn't like this.

We lived here after your mother died.

Why did Henry send us here?

Spite.

Henry's last wish.

Spite.

I thought it was for us.

So we could know each other again...

...but he just wanted to dig up sh*t

one last time.

Why? What happened here?

I'm not doing this.

I was a junkie when I lived here.

- Turner, what happened here?

- I'm dead.

I'm not even that person anymore.

Ancient stuff.

You did something here, didn't you?

She was my breath.

When she died...

...I had no breath anymore.

You understand?

Henry didn't send us here for spite.

- You bet your ass he did.

- He did it so I could forgive you.

All my Post-it said was "Forgive him."

What am I forgiving you for, Turner?

What am I forgiving you for?

What happened here...

What?

There's no forgiveness.

What happened on the stairway, Turner?

Just tell me.

What happened on the stairway?

You were not in the car.

- What?

- With your mother.

You were never in a car accident.

What'd you do? Did you...

Did you drop me?

- Did you get f***ed up?

- F***ed up?

- You got f***ed up and you dropped me?

- I was gone!

- Just say it.

- No.

- Say it. Say you...

- No!

- You dropped me.

- No!

- Say it.

- Nobody dropped you!

Get it?!

I threw you, kid.

I threw my boy.

I threw my boy.

And...

Get in the bus.

I'm not doing that.

Yes, you are.

I'm not going back.

Turner, I'm not gonna take you back.

I'm gonna take you

where you wanna go.

Near Mexico, right?

You okay?

Good. Never better.

Soon.

We'll get there soon.

So why there?

It's where I was going in the first place.

Why?

Going to the rock.

It's where you come from.

The woman I made love with

on that rock...

...was your mother.

Turner?

Turner?

You ready?

Is this Grandpa Turner's rock?

Yeah.

You wanna pour, Zach?

- Sure.

- Pour it out with me?

It's pretty heavy.

Hey. Let me give you a hand.

Okay.

How about I pour him this way.

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