Heritage Falls Page #5

in my shampoos and stuff.

I mean, you don't just recover

from something like that.

The shower is

a sacred place, all right?

You're wet, you're naked,

you're vulnerable.

Snake can't respect that,

none of us are safe.

Gotcha.

You know, I heard your, uh...

I heard you play

some of your song earlier.

It was, uh...

It was interesting.

Yeah, it took me

almost a year to get it right.

You wrote that?

Yeah, I write all my stuff.

You write?

Yeah.

Wow.

Can I give you some advice?

No.

Just hear me out, okay?

Writing is writing

whether it's a novel, all right?

Whether it's poetry or if it's music.

It doesn't matter.

If you can't take advice

from your old man about something...

Take advice from a failed novelist

who knows nothing about music

and owns a boring old book store?

Dad, how can you make me better?

You don't even think

I can be successful.

Whoa, no.

No, no. That's not it at all.

I think you're great.

And you're right.

I am a failed novelist.

So I should know.

If I hadn't have gone to college,

and if I hadn't gotten

a business degree,

and if I didn't have that boring

old book store that takes care of us...

Look...

All I'm saying is that,

if-if-if you don't make it

as a musician.

- If-

- Not now, Dad, okay?

I know this sermon.

Hey, babe. Everything okay?

Yeah, yeah. I'm fine.

You're breaking your phone rule.

I told him.

How'd he take it?

Fine, I guess.

Not so sure what

a great idea this was.

We haven't really come any farther

than we were when we started.

Did you look

in my little goodie bag?

No.

Well, yeah. Markie did.

Thanks for the ice-breaker game

by the way.

Hey, what did you say

for what color

best describes

your temperament and why?

Got as far as, "I am an oak,"

and then things kind of fell apart.

Mmm.

Well...

Go back and look in the bag.

I put a little reminder in there for ya.

"The Strength of My Father,"

by Charles Evan Fitzpatrick Jr.

"To be a man, to be a king.

That is my dream.

To soar like

the birds and roar like a lion.

To be strong and bold,

big and strong.

To be the man

that my father would have me be.

To see him smile

and know that he is proud of me.

That is my dream.

This is my dream."

Teenagers.

Markie... Markie.

Shh, don't make a sound.

You gotta see this.

Look at your dad.

Oh, my gosh.

What kind is it?

Black razor, I think.

Is that bad?

Well, they ate a man under

his pillow, but it's not poisonous.

What do we do?

Just watch and enjoy.

What?

Good morning, Evan.

Evan wake up, son.

You, uh...

You got a snake on your belly.

Is that your new man scarf?

It's crucial that you don't move

or make a sound.

Get it off. Get it off.

Don't let him wrap around your neck.

Can you help me? Help me.

Dad, don't... Don't move!

- Okay...

- It's a constrictor.

It's a constrictor moccasin.

It's got... It's got big fangs.

Shh!

Let's go...

Let's go back outside.

I think it's a black mamba.

Ah, ah, he's around my neck.

He's around my neck.

I told you there was a snake.

I told you there was a snake.

You have to be very, very quiet

and very, very still.

If he closes that coil...

We'll just... Ah, ah...

Oh, we'll just...

Okay. Oh! Oh.

Will you help me, please?

It's a lost cause now.

Come on, come on,

come on, come on!

I got it! Grandpa, help me.

I thought you had it trapped.

I did.

- Don't tell him.

- Don't tell him.

Oh...

Oh, I hate snakes!

I hate camping! I hate camping!

I hate it! Smoke!

I hate beans, I hate hot dogs!

Ah, smoke!

I smell like smoke!

I haven't slept!

Okay.

So, it's just one more day.

Okay.

I want to conquer that wall.

I want my name on it.

- Huh?

- Really?

Let's go right now.

Come on, just a little more.

Just a little more.

Come on.

- Come on, man, you got it.

- Almost there.

You almost had it.

Come on, a little higher.

- A little higher, a little more.

- Come on, Dad.

Ah!

- Here.

- All right, let's go.

- Come on.

- Get yourself up.

Okay! Pull me up!

Your hands are slipping.

No, don't let me go!

Don't let me go!

Hold on, hold on.

You all right, Dad?

Yeah.

Yeah, come on, let's go again.

Let's go!

Let's call it a day, Evan.

There's someplace

I want to show you.

Nah, come on. Let's go again.

- Son?

- What?

I want to show you something.

Hey, wait, Markie?

Follow me.

There it is, boys.

Heritage Falls.

Wow.

This is not what I expected.

You know, when I'd, uh...

camp with the team,

I'd come here in the mornings first thing,

for a little peace, a little prayer

before I'd start my day.

This is my spot.

Yeah. It's an epic spot, Grandpa.

It's beautiful.

It is, Grandpa.

- If something happens to me...

- Dad...

If something happens,

this is where

I'd like to be remembered.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Evan.

You guys want a coffee?

Really?

So now, uh,

what is this concoction?

That is a coffee filter

and some dental floss.

Huh.

Tell you what,

give that boy a book.

Hey, Pop, I got a question for ya.

Ha, well, I don't want to be a tree

or a flower

or a dadgum weather pattern.

No, if, uh... If you could have

had Grandpa teach you

anything that he didn't

teach you when you were a kid,

what would it have been?

Well, it's gonna sound

kinda silly, but...

I always wanted Dad

to teach me how to tie a tie.

He was an insurance salesman and

wore a tie every day.

I'd ask him, "Can you teach me

how to tie that thing?"

He said

"Sure, I will. Tomorrow,"

and tomorrow he'd be gone again.

Ah... so that's why you wear clip-ons.

You never learned how?

Never did.

Hmm.

What about you, Dad?

What do you wish Grandad

would have done for you?

Why don't we keep it light, huh?

Nah, come on... I wanna know.

- Nah, Dad...

- Tell me.

Really.

Well, I, uh... I really wish that

you had read my book.

I've read your book.

- No, you didn't.

- Yeah, I... started it.

You didn't, but, you know, that's fine.

No...

No, it's not fine.

Not fine at all.

What about you, kiddo?

Saw that comin'.

No... Come on, tell me.

I wanna know.

- No, you wouldn't.

- I do. I do wanna know.

Come on, you can tell me.

I'm not gonna be mad.

I guess I wish

you'd let me be my own man.

Markie...

Aw, man, I love you.

I know.

- I-I just want the best for you.

- Dad, I know.

You gotta understand where I'm comin'

from when I say these things to you.

Okay, Dad. This is why I didn't

want to do this, okay?

Can we just leave the dirty laundry

for home and talk about this later?

Okay, look, just hear me out.

Okay, I've been through

what you're going through.

- It's different.

- No, no. Everybody says that,

but it's not.

I wanna help you

make the right decisions.

I get it.

Look, you don't.

You don't get it. Look...

I don't want you five,

ten years down the line

regretting that you didn't

get a college education.

- I know your perspective.

- Well, if you know my perspective,

then why aren't you listening?

Because I wanna make

my own decisions, okay?

Look, I want to be my own man!

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