Beneath the Harvest Sky Page #4

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You feel good right now?

It's the same story every

time you hang out with him.

God, it's not...

it's not Casper.

No?

Oh, so is it you?

Yeah, I don't think so.

Trouble does not fall

far from the tree.

You're so much better than him.

I'm... I'm not.

OK, we're... we're no different.

All you want to

talk about is just

me going and working for

George the rest of my life.

Yeah, because it's

a good opportunity,

and it's there if you want it.

It's f***in' here if I want it.

No, I can't.

I'm telling you, no, I can't.

Uh, I'm... I'm f***in'... I'm...

I'm shittin' my... my guts out

my ass here, OK?

Uh, yeah, I've got food

poisoned or something.

I don't know, but I'm... it's

coming out of both ends,

and... and I can't...

I can't make it.

Five... five minutes.

I'll... I'll... I'll... I'll,

uh... no, I... I'm telling you,

I can't f***ing

do it, all right?

You're going to have

to get somebody else.

I'm sorry.

OK.

Hey.

Wake up.

Get up.

I need you.

Hey there, you!

Hey!

How you been?

How you doing?

Casper the Ghost, eh?

That's my friend Dom here.

Hi.

What's his name?

Dominic.

Oh, Dominic.

Yeah.

Hi.

You got a French name.

Yeah.

Yeah, my

uncle couldn't come this week.

Yeah.

Yeah, so you can

pick them up for him.

Yeah.

Yeah, there.

You like them?

Yeah.

They're more Frenchy than yours.

Yeah?

Here, you wear mine.

I like yours too, though.

Yeah.

You're ready for an ATV, you.

Vroom, vroom!

Uh, I mean, is there anything

else we can do for you, or?

Yeah.

When you have time, you

can do the bird feeder

because it's too

far out of my reach.

Yeah.

And then when you have more

time, you can do some wood.

"Anything else we

can do for you?"

Really?

You know, I felt sorry for her.

She makes $3,600 a month on

pills she pays $4 a bottle for,

all right?

She should feel sorry for us.

Pour it in.

We're good?

Yeah.

Look at these fat birds.

You see those holes there?

She shoots the

raccoons from inside.

She'll just sit there, bang!

Here you go.

And, uh, thank you for

your service, you know?

You want some?

No, I'm, uh... I'm good.

You?

No, no, I'm, uh... I'm

good too, thank you.

Uh, Mr. Borgia, we're...

we're here for, um, you know...

my uncle couldn't, but, uh...

Right now the cheapest thing

you can eat is peanut butter,

but put it on a cracker

with a banana pepper,

it ain't half bad.

Sounds good, yeah.

Just give him the damn pills

already and come back to bed.

Do you have to talk

everybody's ear off?

Do you have to

come out and chum up

to every guy who comes in here?

Bring the crackers.

Come to bed.

Let's get the f*** out of here.

All right!

Whee!

Now, you did good.

You did real good.

Now, you want this

to be something more

than just an

after-school special?

You want this to grow

into something bigger?

Then you need to know

the business, OK?

OK.

Now, Badger, he

learned the business,

but he don't know business.

Mm-hmm.

I mean, he got no mind for it.

But you, with you we

might have something.

Who are we?

You know, who are

we in all of this?

We're... well, we're...

Little fish.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Yeah, we're little fish in

the big pond, gasping for air.

But the doctors that write those

scripts and the pharmacies that

fill those scripts and the

companies that distribute all

them big bad drugs... well,

they're the big fish.

You know?

They're like Moby Dick.

Remember?

Yeah?

Moby Dick in a

f***ing kiddie pool.

The bottom line

of the whole deal,

we are just a spoke in

a very f***ed-up wheel.

It's funny, you know?

Almost everyone I know right now

is working the potato harvest

there.

And I'm here.

I would much rather be here

than work in the potato harvest.

So did George tell

you you're going

to be working with

Josh tomorrow?

What do you mean?

Well, my parents are

taking me to Vermont

to look at colleges there.

That's great.

Yeah, it should be pretty cool.

What?

Then you're not going to back

with the harvester for a while.

Ow.

Twig or something.

Ow.

Be careful.

I want to get

a place, like a place for us.

Like... like for us and the baby.

Before the baby comes,

we should get a place.

What?

Don't you think?

Uh...

Don't you want to live with me?

And I'm going to pay

for that, though, right?

That's what you're saying.

Are you going to pay for it?

I'm just saying I

want to get a place.

And I'm just asking you, who's

going to pay for that there?

Well, do you want

people to think

that you can't take care of me?

Your own baby?

I thought you said you were

going to take care of us.

Oh, don't f***ing start.

Don't get... stop.

Don't f***in' start.

Don't... Tasha!

Just... just shut up, please.

Just stop.

Just shut the f***

up, please, Tasha.

Don't tell me to shut up.

Tasha...

Don't tell me to shut up.

OK, I'm sorry.

Just stop talking, please.

Everyone's going

to think you're a stupid jerk.

Oh, really?

Everyone's going to think

Is that what they're

going to think?

On the f***in'

playground, they're

going to think that I'm

a stupid f***ing jerk?

On my best f***ing

day, they're going

to think I'm a

stupid f***ing jerk.

That's the truth there.

I don't give a f***

what any of them think.

Oh, f***.

Oh, f***.

What are you thinking about?

What?

Casper.

Oh my gosh, why are you

thinking about Casper

right now?

It's... here, let me... let

me show you some pictures

of my car.

Oh, the car.

The car.

Check that out.

Oh, wow.

That's wicked cool.

You know, I was thinking

about the other night,

and I think I get it now.

You know, he's... he's

really not half bad.

Here.

I always thought if I could just

earn enough to get this

car, then we could just go,

and everything would be better.

You know?

Like everything

we've been doing up

to now has been to

get to this one night.

I'm so close.

Casper just... I just thought

leaving would be easier.

Sorry.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, it's OK.

Let's have sex.

What?

Yeah, we want to f***, right?

Let's f***.

I don't want to right now.

Why not?

I feel gross.

Oh yeah?

What?

Take off your pants.

What?

Take off your pants.

What?

Either you take off your

f***in' pants right f***in'

now, or I'm going to

take them off for you.

Take off your f***in' pants.

Take off your f***in' pants!

Let's get the f***ing pants off!

Stop!

You're on your period, Tasha.

You're on your period.

Uh...

F***!

Yeah, you f***ing are!

I see it right f***ing there!

What the f***!

What the f*** is wrong with you?

Let me explain!

Go ahead.

Explain it to me.

What?

I don't want you to leave.

Oh, f*** you!

Then you don't f***ing lie!

You're a f***ing liar!

F*** you!

God f***ing damn it!

Stop!

Don't go.

Shut up.

F***.

OK, now.

You see how it

gets hot like that?

Yeah.

Goes red?

That's when you add

the filler metal.

OK.

See?

And it melts it.

It's like water.

Oh.

You see how I kind of

f***ed up right there?

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