Jackie and Ryan Page #3

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well, he'll wait...

because he will.

Because I got a feeling that he will.

Well, yeah, you head on and I'll head out

tomorrow and just tell him I'm coming.

And just call me when you get there.

Did... did Virginia get a call

from Cowboy yet?

Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. All right, bye, bye.

Yeah, and thanks again

for the last minute.

We wanted to make sure we caught you all

before end of business there in New York.

So everyone is clear, so Wes is clear,

are you representing Jackie, Matt?

I'm just an old friend here

asking a few questions on her behalf.

- Gratis.

- Of course.

So Jackie still has no legal

representation at this time?

Jesus Christ, Jackie, it's like you can't

help but put yourself at a disadvantage.

Is it like a goddamn compulsion?

Matt, with all due respect to what I'm sure

is a tremendously successful business

you have going on there in Ogden.

And regardless of how much we

appreciate you giving Jackie counsel

I think what Wes and myself

want to make clear is at this point

Jackie should very seriously consider

getting herself some actual representation.

We understand, we're gonna need

a list of assets, Bill.

Things that Jackie brought

to the marriage, jewelry, art,

the condo in Manhattan obviously

is the biggest item.

You're aware, I'm assuming that Miss Laurel

took several loans on her Manhattan condo.

Yes, of course, and it will be

assessed at its current value.

Listen, we just need to assure you

that Jackie will be fully prepped

and in good shape for the mediation.

We're not mediating.

Maybe I misunderstood,

Jackie was under the impression

- that you had already...

- I changed my mind, I'm not doing it.

Not with my daughter's

well-being at stake.

What the hell did you just say?

Did I just hear you saying somehow that

I don't have Lia's best interest in mind?

- Where are you? Utah? Really?

- Her well-being is the only thing I think about.

It is the only thing I think about!

F*** you!

Will you calm her down, please, Matt?

Jackie?

Matt?

- Yes, we are fine. Everything is good.

- Let me put it to you this way, Matt.

The fact that I am the attorney

you're talking to on this phone call,

you're talking to me as Wes' representation

that needs to let you know

that Jackie's situation is well past the point

where mediation is even a possibility.

God.

Take me off speaker. Jackie? Okay?

I'm sorry I yelled,

I'm sorry I said that about Lia.

Jackie?

Yes.

Yes, I want this to stop, how?

I understand.

Yes.

What did he say?

Jackie?

You guys are in my band now.

I gotta know the names of my band,

so what's your name?

- Alan.

- What's your name?

- Millie.

- What's your name?

- What's your name?

- Dylan.

- Are you gonna sing with me?

- Yeah.

Now you guys.

Comes in now.

Boys.

So, you just run alongside and jump on?

Better if you wait in the yard.

Climb on and settle 'til it go.

Gotta wait for the right one, though.

Sometimes for days.

What makes it the right one?

It's going where you wanna go.

- They give you a hard time?

- Who, the train cops?

Sometimes.

Some of 'em are real nice.

So you just wait.

- Just wait.

- Then you get on.

- Yeah.

- And you're gone.

My husband just told me

that if I don't go back to New York Monday

and stop divorce proceedings,

he's gonna sue for full custody of Lia.

What would you do?

Better.

No.

Hey, Mom, listen.

- That's really great, honey. It's great.

- Hey, Mom, can we go to Fiddler's tonight?

- Yeah, sure, I don't see why not.

- Can we take Ryan, too?

Hey, Mom, can I have five bucks

for an elephant ear?

- Five bucks, really?

- Yeah.

- For an elephant ear?

- You don't have it?

Jesus Christ, okay, hold on.

- All right, get Mommy one, too, okay?

- Okay.

Where's the elephant... Where are they?

- They're down here, aren't they?

- Yeah.

When you gonna stop talking

to her in the third person?

What's third person mean?

Take Grandma with you,

have her explain third person.

- They're good, right?

- Real good.

Little guys been playing here

like that since I was a kid.

That's the way Ogden is.

Has its little secrets it never tells.

Ryan. Ryan!

Hey.

Come meet Virginia.

- Hey.

- Hey, how you doing?

- Good.

- Who's this?

This is my friend, Jackie. This is Virginia,

this is my friend Cowboy's girl.

Taught me everything

I know about traveling.

- And who's this?

- This is Henry.

That one over there, that's mine.

- That one?

- Yeah.

She's beautiful.

I remember these days.

Changes everything.

Yeah, I'd a done it years earlier

if I'd known how much fun it was.

Right.

Ginny, you hear from him yet?

He worries.

Cowboy took you

under his wing, remember?

Little 16-year-old crustpunk runaway

messed up in all sorts of no-good nonsense.

Took care of you.

He can take care of himself.

Betcha he calls tonight.

Yep.

Jackie! Jackie, is that you?

- Man, you're a sight. Come here, girl!

- Doc. It's good to see you.

- Good to see you.

- This is Ryan.

- Hey, Ryan.

- Hey.

- How's everything going this year?

- I'll tell you later. Come on.

- What's going on? What are we doing?

- Come on. Now come on.

- No, no, no. Doc, no.

- Yeah, yeah. Come on, let's go.

Yeah!

Folks, hey, folks,

how about they do something with a little

gal who was born and bred right here

in Ogden who's very first time

on stage was at this festival

our own... Jackie Laurel!

- Proud to have you back, hon.

- Thank you.

How are ya'll doin' tonight?

Good!

I'm gonna sing you something that I've been

thinking about a lot lately,

an old-time number because...

I don't know about you, but I been seein'

a lot of people I know,

good people, smart people,

hard-workin' people

havin' to make different kinds

of choices these days.

Tough choices.

The kinda choices you make when... you don't

feel you have much to choose from.

Lia, come on, come on.

I'm gonna have my daughter sing this song

with me 'cause she has the voice of an angel

and she knows this one.

- Come on, come on.

- What is it, Mom?

You're gonna know it when they

start playing. Please sing this with me.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Two, three, four...

She always been able to do that?

I love you so much, sweetie.

More than anything in the entire world.

Jackie Laurel, folks!

And now an old favorite, folks.

Ferghis Daley.

Jackie!

Jackie!

Hey!

Hey.

Hey.

What's wrong?

Hey, come here.

- He's not gonna take her from you.

- He's got money. He's got family money.

- He's got this attorney already...

- Hey.

He's not gonna take her from you.

How do you know?

Because you're not gonna let him.

Who told you not to sing?

No... no one... no one

told me not to sing.

A song is havin' something to say.

You got songs and you don't sing 'em. Why?

Someone tell you they didn't wanna hear?

No.

Who told you not to sing?

- I sang.

- Like you did tonight?

No.

You're right.

Of course, you're right.

You...

You ask yourself,

"How'd I get here?" You know?

You chose to be here.

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