Lost in the Sun Page #3

Come on.

Turn around, over there.

Spread your legs. Come on.

Where you headed?

Uh, his grandparents' place.

I'm real sorry

about this, officer.

It's just that, you know,

we didn't have much of a choice.

Our truck broke

down back there, so...

Well, now is it a car

or is it a truck?

He meant car.

You better both come with me.

We'll clear this up

down at the station.

Come on.

Uh, sir?

We're just on our way to church.

What was that?

We're going to church

to pray for my mom.

Yeah, his mama died.

- Is that right?

- Yeah.

Is that right, son?

Your mama just died?

Yes, sir.

Just last week.

I'm sorry to hear that.

All right, get in the car.

I'll give you a ride.

- Come on.

- No, no, we can do...

No, it's all right.

Don't worry.

Come on.

Don't make me wait.

Can I sit in the front?

Sure.

Thank you, Officer!

All right, let's get

the hell out of here.

Hey, where you going?

Church.

Louis?

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I By and by I

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I In the sweet I

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- Praise the Lord!

- Praise the Lord!

- Amen!

- Amen!

I am so pleased to see some

visitors with us this morning.

Come on up here, son.

Come on up here, son!

I'm not gonna bite you.

Come join me here.

There you go.

Let him by there.

Here you are.

What is your name, son?

Louis.

Everyone please welcome

our child of God, Louis.

- Welcome, Louis.

- Welcome.

What is your name?

John.

- John.

- Yep.

Why won't you join us?

Nah, I'm good right here.

No, no. I'm extending my hand

in the name of the Lord

so we may greet you

as a congregation.

If you wouldn't mind removing your cap

here in the house of the Lord?

Everyone please welcome

these brothers in Christ,

John and Louis.

Welcome, John and Louis.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah, can we sit?

- Please do.

- All right.

Take your seat, gentlemen.

We don't see too many

new faces around here.

It's exciting when we do.

We won't be staying for long.

What, you just passing through?

Yeah.

Listen, I want you

to know something.

You're welcome to stay

as long as you like.

My mission is

to grow this family.

Spread the word of God.

Well, like I said,

we won't be staying for long.

All right.

He's a quiet one.

Got many friends?

I have no idea.

A boy needs friends, you know.

Jesus had 12 of them.

Yeah.

Well, look what good

that did him.

Listen, we're having

a retreat tonight.

Want to stick around?

The boy will love it.

You gonna have food there?

We'll have food there.

One piece of advice.

What's that?

You want to save a little room

for the coconut cream pie.

Good to know.

Louis, hello, my friend.

- Hi.

- How are you, son?

Good, thank you.

I'm gonna sit here and

join you if you don't mind.

It's fine.

We're happy to have

you with us today.

Happy to be here.

So tell me about yourself.

Hey.

Louis. Louis?

Hey, hey, wake up.

We gotta hit the road.

Come on.

What the hell is...

What the hell are you doing?

- Come on.

- I don't want... I'm not f***ing leaving!

Come on, it's time to go.

- What the hell's your problem?

- Hey, come on!

Come on!

This is yours.

I hate you.

I think you were scared.

You're scared they'd find out

you're a bad person.

A wolf, like the pastor said.

A wolf?

He called me a wolf?

Beware of false prophets

who wear sheep's clothing

because really

they're ravenous wolves.

He said that?

That's...

I'm not doing this anymore.

What do you mean,

you're not doing this?

I'm not doing it.

Hey, get up!

Come on!

We've been over this!

Hey, get up!

We gotta keep moving.

Hey!

Can't just sit around all day!

Come on!

Let's go!

Thank you.

I need a lift for me

and my friend back here.

Just take a minute.

Hold on one second.

Louis! Come on!

Louis.

Grab our things and take

them to the room, will ya?

I'm gonna go grab a drink.

HOW long?

I don't know.

As long as it takes me.

Give me a whiskey

and a beer chaser.

- Oh, God.

- Okay.

Ah!

I don't know where the damn kid is.

How can you drink those things?

They give me heartburn.

Yeah? I think they're just

fine in the morning.

Oh, there he is!

Great.

This is Louis, Louis Moody.

- Hi.

- Hi, honey.

I'm Mary.

This is Rose.

Mary and Rose are

headed into Mexico.

That's right.

You're gonna pay for the gas, huh?

'Cause she pissed off

our meal ticket!

Oh, Rose, shut up!

So there you have it.

Well, get in.

You're driving, right?

Oh, yeah.

Should I put

the stuff in the trunk?

- Just throw it in the back.

- Back there?

Why don't you guys both

get in the way back?

We got some adult

conversations to have.

Get in.

This is gonna be fun.

Were you the one

knocking on my wall?

No.

Yes, you were.

Why didn't you knock back?

That's how it works, you know.

You're supposed to knock back.

I don't know.

How old are you anyway?

I'm 13.

Well, I mean, I guess, 14.

I'm 13.

Is that your mom?

You could call her that.

It's that you don't look

like each other, so...

I was just wondering.

People say I take after my dad.

People say I take after my mom.

That's an amethyst.

That's turquoise.

Oh, I know turquoise. I got a...

check that out.

Brand new ring.

- That's nice.

- Turquoise.

Well, that's what

they call kismet.

Oh, yeah?

What's that mean?

Well, it's a Middle Eastern word

for coincidence or serendipity.

Ah, kismet.

Kismet.

So here's the deal.

You pay for the gas.

We'll pay for our

own lodging, okay?

All right.

You know, I don't just let

any stranger into my car.

These are unique circumstances,

you understand?

I understand completely,

and we're not exactly

strangers at this point.

Just don't get any ideas,

lover boy.

I won't get any.

Well, I might get

a couple ideas.

I'll just keep 'em

right up in here.

Don't go telling 'em

too much about yourself.

Remember what

I told you about women.

Well, look at us.

Just like one big happy family.

Hardly.

Hey, you know what I think we

should do?

We should go shopping.

Might as well have a little fun

while we're on this trip, right?

I don't know.

She loves buying stuff.

All right, y'all.

What do you think?

Well, well, well.

Just like Miss America.

Can we go now?

I'm gonna buy that for you.

- We need that money.

- I got plenty.

I'm gonna go pick out

some things for the kids.

Oh, yeah.

I hate dresses.

You two look adorable.

You look nice.

You know, I'm usually a pretty

good judge of character.

But I'm gonna admit

I read y'all wrong.

I thought you were gonna

be greedy and selfish

like most of the men

I've been with.

But you ain't and I like you.

Yeah? Well,

I like you too.

You know, my mama always said,

"Don't waste time waiting

for the perfect man because,

well, life is too

goddamned short."

That's what she said?

Wish I could just

run away, don't you?

I don't know.

There's nowhere

to really run off to.

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