Best Man Down Page #5

[ GRUNTING ]

I told you.

Global warming.

[ EXHALES ] Holy sh*t.

It's a wintry mess here...

I still think you should've gone

to the hospital. Mm-mmm. No, no.

No, Duluth is, like,

two hours away from here.

I took a hot shower.

I'll be fine.

Well, you look purple

and bloated.

I always look bloated.

It's okay, it's okay.

I work really hard

to look this bloated.

[ LAUGHS ] It's a

point of pride for me.

[ TV ] Good evening.

I'm Michelle Lee.

Mother Nature is once again

trying to put a damper on...

Do you mind if I shower?

- You want to take a shower here?

- I was on the ice too.

Remember? I do.

I do. Yeah. Yeah.

Uh, yeah.

Knock yourself out.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

[ TV CONTINUES ]

Um...

I think I should probably take

you home after that though. Okay?

Are you sure?

Uh, what would, uh...

What would your family say

if they saw you here with me?

We're not doing anything wrong.

I just think that it would probably be...

the right choice.

Okay?

Like it was the right choice for me to

risk my life saving a total stranger?

I thanked you for that, like,

a hundred times. Didn't I? I mean...

I just, uh...

- You want me to get out of here 'cause

you got what you needed. - What?

That's real f***in' nice.

Hey, you don't even know me.

Okay?

A-And watch your mouth,

young lady.

I know you. I know men. You want money.

You want sex. You want drugs.

Whoa... What?

Wh-What are you talking... Hold on.

I was just simply saying that

I think maybe you should...

Get the hell out of here!

I heard you.

Maybe if I get home in time,

I can still score some pharmaceuticals...

for my mom's boyfriend...

and we can all do some meth

together and watch cartoons.

[ DOOR OPENS, SLAMS ]

[ TV CONTINUES ] From the

direction of Eau Claire City...

[ SIGHS ]

Hey, stop! Stop!

Hey-hey-hey!

God... bless America!

Stop!

- You're gonna get pneumonia.

- I-I-I'm really sorry.

I'm really, really sorry. I didn't

mean it like that. Okay? Genuinely.

All right, listen.

Just, uh, you know, come back inside.

Let me at least put some clothes

on and I will drive you home.

I can walk.

Get back into the hotel room,

or I'm gonna drop this towel!

[ SHIVERING ]

You'll be scarred for life.

Good choice.

Smart choice...

Ohh!

Let me in.

Now, the state patrol,

as well as local law enforcement agencies,

are stepping up their...

And, uh, you know,

I was gonna be a big-shot lawyer.

I was gonna be,

you know, rich, have a...

[ INHALES, EXHALES ]

a house on a lake,

a different car for the winter,

a different one for the summer.

But everything just...

fell apart.

Rough.

Yeah.

Anyway, uh...

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

So, you, uh... you guys

just moved here, yeah?

Me and my mom move around a lot.

I'm gettin' out of here though.

- You are? On your own?

- I'm filing for emancipation this summer.

I'm gonna get my G.E.D. and...

Whoa.

I got a 1990

on my S.A.T.'s.

No, you didn't.

They only go up to 1600.

They changed it.

They changed it.

Nobody ever tells me anything.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

So, um,

what college you gonna go to?

- I don't know.

- You don't know?

You gotta go to college.

It's sort of expensive.

Yeah.

[ BANGING ON DOOR ]

Open up. Cook County Sheriff.

What? No. No way.

Oh, my God.

Put your shoes on. Wait...

- Ho! Whoa!

- On the floor.

Okay, okay. Okay.

Okay.

[ STEREO:
WOMAN ]

# You wake up early

# I do anything I can

# [ CONTINUES ]

We should stop and ask.

This is why we should have gotten

a G.P.S. Take you right there.

Hey.

"Lutsen, 25 miles."

All right.

[ KNOCKING ]

Yeah?

Hi. Ms. Anderson?

Maybe.

I'm Scott Thomas This is my wife Kristin.

We're friends of Lumpy's.

[ KRISTIN ] Hi.

W-We have bad news,

I'm afraid.

Who's Lumpy?

Aren't you Ramsey Anderson?

No, that's my daughter.

Your daughter?

Is she home?

How old is your daughter?

Um, look, I don't know

who you people are, but...

You're friends of Lumpy's?

[ MOTHER ] Who is Lumpy?

Mom, it's cool.

You know these people?

Sort of, yeah.

Fine.

I gotta go to work.

I'm sorry about that.

She's... tired.

- You guys can come in.

- Thanks.

Um,

I'm afraid we have

some bad news, Ramsey.

Lumpy passed away this week.

[ SCOTT ] There was an accident

at our wedding, and it was...

it was very sudden

for everyone.

So we wanted to tell you.

What happened?

Well, he, uh...

he fell in the desert

and he hit his head.

And he... he died.

We don't know what, exactly,

your relationship was

with Lumpy.

It's none of

our business, so...

No, but we want you to know

that you can talk to us.

[ COINS CLINKING ]

I should probably get going actually,

if that's cool.

Oh.

Sorry.

Okay.

Well, would you like the details

for the funeral service?

'Cause it's gonna be Monday

in Minneapolis and...

That's okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

[ CLEARS THROAT ] Um...

Sorry you guys had to

drive all the way up here.

I'm...

just glad we were able to tell you.

Nice to meet you.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

What was that?

I don't know.

She acted like

she didn't even know him.

[ FOOTSTEPS ] They're gone?

Yeah. It was just

a misunderstanding.

[ SIGHS ]

Danny gets all bent out of

shape if I'm five minutes late.

If you see Winston,

tell him I'll be off at 1:00.

Is everything all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Smile.

Hmm?

You never smile.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

[ CRYING ]

[ KRISTIN ] Can't we

just drive back tonight?

Oh, come on.

Please, no.

It's so cold.

I'm tired.

Let's just order a pizza

and crash here.

It just seems like a waste of money.

[ SIGHS ]

Waste of money?

[ CHUCKLES ]

It's, like, 39 bucks a night.

Think we can still swing that.

Mmm.

[ EXHALES ]

What are you doing?

I'm gonna check for bedbugs.

Um...

[ EXHALES ]

I quit my job.

- What?

- Yeah.

Quit. Done.

Quit my job.

Rick wouldn't give me

the commission yet again,

so I finally called his dad...

Please tell me

that you're joking.

Nope.

And, uh, Rick Senior tells me

that I'm not a team player.

You quit your job now?

Why are you saying it like that? I mean,

you're the one that said they were crooks.

Yeah, they are, but I didn't say "quit

your job." We have a wedding to pay for!

Well, you're the one

that bought a $2,000 dress.

It was 3,000.

Oh, Jesus, Kris.

Oh, my God.

You have to get your job back.

I can't get my job back!

I don't want to get my job back!

Keep shafting you on commissions,

and I'm done.

That's what Lumpy

would have done.

Oh, well, by all means

let's follow Lumpy's example.

What has he done? He dropped out of law

school. He got fired for embezzlement.

Now I think he's committed

statutory rape!

Stop it! Please don't.

Just don't.

You know how we could

afford Mexico?

Lumpy gave me the money.

He got us a honeymoon,

and I can't even

get his funeral right.

You never told me that.

He asked me not to tell you.

Wh-Where are you going?

I'm gonna find us some food.

[ GLASS BREAKS, FAINT ]

[ VOICES, FAINT ]

[ MAN, WOMAN LAUGHING ]

[ WOMAN ] Get away!

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