Born Wild Page #5

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- You and I got a lot of catching up to do.

- All right. Thank you.

You're welcome.

- Be careful.

- All right. Thanks.

- Good.

- So long, C.J. Thanks a lot.

- See you around.

- All right. Mom.

[ Engine Starts ]

He's a hell of a kid.

Did a good job with him.

Well, he comes from good stock. It helps.

[ Chuckles ]

Well, I better get goin' as well.

I'll see you later tonight?

Yeah. And every night after that.

I'll be there by openin'.

Got a few things to do first.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Woman ] You walked

into the party

With her on your arm

Hey there, Ricki.

- Son.

- Doesn't look like it, does it?

- So the cat's finally out of the bag, is it?

- What do you want, Wade?

I figured your last visit would buy me at

least a week before you came by to gloat.

On the contrary, I came to pay my respects.

Real sorry about Johnny.

He and I had our differences,

but he was a good man nonetheless.

Thank you.

Why don't you give me a shot of tequila.

Good stuff. None of that cheap sh*t.

- You good, Mom?

- It's fine, Brody.

Now what?

Look,

I know we've been a little strained lately.

Johnny's death got me to thinking.

You mean about someone other than yourself?

You think this is easy for me?

I'm sorry.

It's all right.

Anyway, I mean, what you gonna

do when this place goes under?

- Where you gonna go?

- Okay, Wade.

I'm perfectly capable of taking

care of myself, thank you very much.

Let me finish.

What's that?

This is $25,000.

[ Chuckles ]

"Made payable the day the

bar gets foreclosed on."

Why am I not surprised?

Hey, it'll help you get back on your feet.

Should've known your intentions were

more than an actual stab at sincerity.

Listen, personally, I think Johnny

would agree with me on this one.

Well, you didn't know

Johnny very well, did you?

'Cause he would've kicked your ass out

of here the moment you made the offer.

Well, guess what? Johnny's

not here, now, is he?

You've gotta get out from

under this mountain of debt.

You really don't have any options.

Well, she's got one.

Oh. Well, look what the dust blew in.

Man, I heard you were back in town.

I just did not want to believe it.

- Mind if I join you?

- Hey, Ricki and I were just conducting a little business.

I wasn't talking to you, was I?

I was askin' Ricki.

- Yeah. Please do.

- You know what?

You can invite the whole

dang bar if you want to.

It's not gonna change a thing.

Twenty-seven days, this

place is gonna be mine.

This offer right here?

It ends when I stand up.

Yeah. About that.

What's that?

It's, uh, back payment on the mortgage.

Should be enough there to get him cryin'.

Oh, boy, you've been

livin' in a hole, hoss.

Why would I think this check's any good?

From your bank.

You know what? You don't

have the authority...

I don't need your permission,

Wade, to pay off a debt.

Okay?

Especially for my partner.

What do you say?

Works for me.

Well, good.

There's $50,000 there

made out to your bank...

from your bank, so...

you can just run off and cash it.

[ Clears Throat ] I believe

that's your cue to take it...

and get the hell out of here.

Good stuff.

[ Glass Shatters ]

You know, you have no idea what

you've gotten yourself into.

You're right.

I should have gotten myself

into this a long time ago.

[ Laughing ]

What was that about?

Oh. C.J.... just became my partner.

He gave your father...

He gave Wade the money

owed for the back payments.

Where'd you get that kind of money?

I, uh... I borrowed it.

Used my mom's house as collateral.

Oh, no, no. I wish... I

wish you hadn't done that.

This place is old.

It needs a lot of work. I mean...

What if things don't work

out? I mean, then what?

Then you've lost everything.

I've slept under the stars a million times.

I can do it again.

And now that I am your new partner,

I got a couple of ideas

I wanna run by y'all.

[ Tanya ] Ladies and gentlemen...

- And y'all know who you are.

- [ Cheering ]

I would like to welcome you all...

to the first annual Thriftstore

Cowboy Wet T-shirt Contest!

[ Whooping, Cheering ]

Now, if y'all are ready,

let's get this party started.

Yeah, you can read the

menu, but don't touch.

Oh, don't you worry about it.

Yeah, you said it, boy. We do

all right in the country, huh?

Sh*t, yeah.

Be right back. Keep

your gun in your holster.

Love you. I love you both.

- C.J. Jennings.

- Kyle Rich.

- How you doin', man?

- Oh, still standin'. I can't complain.

Uh, I heard you was back in town.

Yeah, here I am.

I guess I haven't seen you

since... what, high school?

Yeah? Somethin' like that.

[ Laughing ]

Look at that.

So you're the, uh, sheriff, huh?

Fifteen years later, this

town won't let me quit.

What you doin', Kyle?

Still riggin' elections?

Oh, kiss my ass.

Look, I can see you're busy.

- I just thought I'd say hey.

- Yeah.

Why don't we get together some time?

- I'll bet you got some stories.

- Yeah? Quite a few.

I'll just bet.

- Take care.

- Good to see you.

- Hey, C.J.

- Hey, Tanya.

- Two, please.

- Sure. Yeah.

- Well, it looks like your plan worked.

- Yeah, yeah.

I tell you what... I like

a man who can think, like me.

Well, you got the girls here from Austin,

so good job.

Mm-hmm. So what are you doin' later?

Um, workin'.

Well, what do you say,

when you're done workin',

you and I go get a drink?

[ Chuckles ] I probably have

one too many drinks after work,

but I appreciate it.

All right.

You just let me know

if you change your mind.

I, uh, got to probably get a

little work done. Excuse me.

Hey, Brody.

Hey, Ricki. It's going good, huh?

Yeah. Appears that way.

Hey.

Tanya's a nice girl, right?

But I'm here for you.

Don't give me that face. Come on.

[ Crowd Cheering ]

One more?

- One.

- One for you?

- Ricki.

- What's the problem?

- Water's out in the women's restroom.

- Really?

- Mom.

- Let me guess. Water's out.

Yeah.

All right. We can use the five-gallon

jugs of drinking water in the storage room.

- I got it.

- That oughta get us through the night.

And, uh, we'll just figure

out things in the morning.

- All right.

- Yeah, we'll check it out in the next break.

Here you go, sir.

[ Exhales ]

Well, I gotta tell you.

This is out of my league.

Johnny had the pipes looked

at a few days ago, but...

he said a plumber wasn't available

for at least a couple of weeks.

He the only one in town?

Well, he's the only one who

actually knows what he's doin'.

Well,

I got an idea of somebody

that can maybe help us.

[ Pounding On Door ]

[ Pounding Continues ]

That's a damn good way to get shot!

Rumor has it you're a plumber.

Here it is.

[ Sighs ] Well, let's see what we got here.

That's where your mainline comes in.

- So?

- So...

we play like a couple

of half-ass surgeons...

and do a bypass.

That oughta keep you in business...

till we can get the whole place re-piped.

Tell me what to do.

I've got some old scrub pipe

and some PVC in the truck.

Let me see what I can rig out of that.

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