Jackie and Ryan Page #2

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- The guitar.

- That's right.

So, you just carry everything around

with you? Like a turtle?

You ever seen a turtle

with a backpack? Imagine that.

I already have this stupid

house on my back

and now I have to carry 'round

my shampoo in this thing?

I don't even need shampoo, I'm a turtle.

I don't have any hair.

- You think they have TVs in there?

- Yeah, absolutely.

Why else do you think they move so slow?

- It's good, Grandma.

- It's delicious, thank you.

No, we're not gonna come back

to New York for Christmas.

We're staying at my mother's.

For the first time in 9 years you were

going to tear yourself away from the office

and spend some quality time

with your kid during the holidays?

You want some chips, too?

Got some chips left.

No, really, I'm... I'm good. Really.

No, I don't want you to fly out...

Because, I don't want you...

Stop, Wes, stop it,

just stop it, please.

This is exactly why we left last week.

Okay, water, pop, soda,

what do you like?

- I got a leftover Mr. Pibb, you want that?

- No, honestly, this is fine.

I'll tell her you said goodbye.

I got this bag, would you mind taking out

the trash on your way past the cans?

Of course.

- Nice to meet you, Robert.

- It's Ryan.

Well, good luck in all

that you do, okay? There you go.

Thank you, ma'am.

Mom?

Mom?

- Jackie... Lia...

- Mom.

I gotta go, Wes, Lia is up. I gotta go.

I gotta go, Jesus! Hey, sweetheart.

- Where'd you go?

- Momma's right here, sweetheart.

Come on, sleepy head,

let's go back to bed, come on.

Hey, don't leave. I... found some stuff.

Is my mom having you take the trash out?

- Little bit.

- Jesus Christ, come on, sweetheart.

You get her back down?

She's not used to it here yet.

The quiet, you know, it's its own kind

of sound. Not like New York.

So...

Useful? Not useful?

Well, you don't...

you really don't have to do any of this.

It's supposed to have matches in it.

No matches. I don't know.

And, as it turns out,

the flint doesn't work.

Compass works.

So you'll be able to tell precisely where

you are when the big emergency occurs.

Plus, I'll have this extra,

long piece of string.

Yeah, you can spell out 'SOS'

in tiny, little neon letters.

- I'm sure it'll come in handy. Thank you.

- Cool.

There's a flashlight in here, too.

And I found these, and these.

Thanks.

So where after Portland?

Probably take the low-line down

West through... through Texas.

I got a friend down there... got

an old time band, makes his own banjos.

- Yeah?

- Deer skin, just like the old time kind.

- Different sound?

- Yeah, deeper, kinda. Beautiful.

Too small. Thanks, though. You're sweet.

When did you start traveling?

After high school?

I didn't really get through high school.

I didn't get much past 7th grade.

- Home schooled?

- Not really.

My mom, she had us kids

and my stepdad... job.

Worked her fingers to the bone.

- When was the last time you were back?

- Stepdad's funeral.

I'm sorry.

Don't be.

Yeah.

I had one of those kind

of stepdads, too.

Can I take a drag of that?

Can I hear you play?

Sure. What do...

What do you want to hear?

That song.

No one's heard it?

It's nothing to hear, really.

It's like this, right?

Keep going.

That's all I got.

Now that ain't true.

There's a fold-out cot in the back

in the studio. Some blankets next to it.

I know, Georgie.

'Cause it was snowing and I'm not gonna

catch a ride in the middle of a corn field

in a damn snowstorm.

Yeah, I'm leaving to head

into town right now.

Hey, did Cowboy call yet?

There's no girl, Georgie.

No, no one is falling for anything

and there is no girl.

Yeah, I'm headed there this afternoon.

Yeah, I'll call you when I'm on my way.

Okay, bye.

Lia, Lia, hold on, wait!

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

- No! No, Mom! No!

- Wait. Stop.

It's not even sunny, Mom.

Look, Mom, it's not even...

Hey!

- Hi, what you doing?

- You got leaks.

- You a roofer?

- Sometimes.

Your Mom doesn't get this fixed

this whole left side of this porch

is gonna come down

first really heavy snow.

- Yeah, that's what the other guy told her.

- So she knows there's a problem?

We can't afford to fix it right now.

Jeopardizes the foundation

you let it rot out like this.

Probably get you patched up.

Take an afternoon. Couple hundred

for supplies. You guys do that?

- Mom!

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I'm coming, I'm coming. I'm coming.

- I'm gonna be late, let's go.

- What about you?

- What about me?

- The labor... we can't...

- Don't worry about it.

Besides, you seen this fancy,

new compass this nice lady gave me?

- Mom, come on, I gotta get to camp!

- Okay, I'm coming.

Who do you think you are, Ryan?

I'm sorry. Look at you.

You did not grow up around here.

State Road 26. Murdock Elementary.

- When'd you graduate?

- A lady never tells.

I like that answer.

I'm gonna use that answer.

So... when do you think Mr. Kooper

will actually be holding the interviews?

Well, of course,

there technically is no job.

Well, you put that ad up online,

'Music teacher', ' Experience preferred'.

I'll be honest with you, Jackie.

Mr. Kooper was kinda hoping we could

get into an intern-type situation.

Someone who just got their degree

from University State

and is looking to pick up hours

toward their certification.

Okay.

Of course, we do have

some subbing coming up.

- That'd be great.

- We got a lady choir teacher.

Third pregnancy in four years.

I am like,

"Honey, shut the damn bedroom door,"

you know?

Right, well, I'm gonna leave

my resume with you, Darlene

because I'd be thrilled to subbing

or if you get the money for a position...

You know, I just have

to ask you one more question.

When you had the album out,

which I loved, by the way...

I used to listen to it all the time when

I'd take my Sunday afternoon lady baths.

- Thank you.

- So, on tour and stuff,

did you used to ride around in limos?

Every now and then, sure.

Is it true that they have

free candy cups in the back?

Someone told me about free candy cups,

M&Ms and Reese's and stuff,

- and you can eat what you want for free.

- It depended on the limo.

- You must have been so proud.

- It was just pop song stuff.

- Well, that's not nothin'.

- Actually, it is, Darlene.

Okay.

How'd it go?

You drive. I should be

in charge of nothing.

What happened?

So, there's something wrong

with her card.

Why don't you go ahead and try it again.

And his attorney

will be on the call, too.

Yeah, well, we can discuss

that in mediation...

Hey, Jackie?

Says declined, I don't know

what that means, but...

It means my soon-to-be-ex-husband

is an a**hole.

Thank you. All right, 20 minutes?

I can do that, yeah.

- Listen... I've got this...

- Conference call, is it here in town?

- Yeah.

- You want me to drive?

'Cause I said I'd fix the roof

and I'd like to do it.

What guy in Portland, Georgie?

He works at a recording studio, as what?

He... he said that?

For free, why?

Well...

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