Gas, Food Lodging Page #5

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I've seen you leaving that Spanish theater.

How do you understand those movies,

anyway? You know...

"I told you once, put down the girl.

Hand me the gold."

Or Elvia Rivero.

"Te quiero."

You know of Elvia Rivero?

Oh, s. Es muy bonita. Es verdad?

Your mamma looks just like her.

Okay, honey, that's it.

- I'll dream about you.

- Breathe.

- Dream for me, Trudi.

- Push, Trudi, push!

Push!

Trudi! It's coming! Push!

Push! It's coming!

Oh, honey, that's it.

I'm so proud of you.

The baby had lips just like Trudi.

Maybe she would have her same smile.

Or maybe she would have Dank's eyes.

Or maybe she would have

raised her eyebrows just like my mom.

Maybe when she started to talk...

her voice would sound like mine.

She'll grow up with her new mom in Dallas.

And she will never see

where any of her features came from.

She will never know Laramie...

or the desert where she was conceived.

She will never know us.

This is my sister, Shade. This is Ivy.

We're gonna be roommates

as soon as I get out.

Nice to meet you.

You guys don't look a thing alike.

Well, I got to dash. Hang in there.

I'm sure you'll feel much better

when those stitches heal.

You'll be able to wear cool clothes again,

and lingerie.

Are you really gonna stay here

in Dallas, Trudi?

You bet I am.

Ivy's a model. She's great looking.

Her agent's all excited about me.

She thinks I've got it.

What about me and Mom?

We really miss you, you know.

Laramie's a sh*t hole. There's nothing there.

There is something there.

Yeah. A lot of bad memories.

The desert, Trudi.

It's just like you said.

It's alive. It's magic. That's not nothing.

It was all bullshit.

This is a rock.

A f***ing, ugly, pointless rock!

Get it through your head,

I'm not going back, Shade.

Just tell me you're coming home.

No, I'm not!

Just go!

I'm sitting at my window

Wonderin' if those sparkling stars

Shine upon that same sweet you

Or is your sky a rainbow

Filled with colored neon lights?

"Natural day-glo rocks."

I'll walk home.

Where is he?

You monster!

You're the one who ditched my sister

and gave her a rock just like these!

I think you got me confused

with someone else.

Your name's Dank, right?

Cecil.

Where did you get these rocks?

Well, they were sort of given to us...

by this British rock hunter.

We just spent two days at Carlsbad...

waiting for the bats

to return to the caves from Mexico.

The bats migrate back in February.

Driving back, we spotted this Jeep

parked at this abandoned mine.

My lady, Persi, said:

"Hey, Cecil, it's the Jeep of that fella

who came in looking for day-glo rocks."

We went looking for him,

but it was empty out there.

He'd been there for a week when

they dragged him out of the mineshaft.

They sent his body

and everything but these back to England.

His girlfriend just had a little baby girl.

Here, take this.

This one's got four colors.

He didn't leave her.

And now, after all that has happened...

it was the single gesture...

the one true heart

which has already changed the paths...

of daughters not yet heard from,

those not yet born.

He was hers till the end.

And I'll tell her in time.

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