Monumental Page #4

- What about your dad?

You don't like to talk

about him much, do you?

- Not really.

Didn't really know him.

Truck driver.

He was gone 12 weeks

at a time, just gone.

She used to work at the

hospital and come home

and have to take care of me

and clayne after a while.

I don't know.

She got sick.

That was it.

- That's really sweet

what you're doing for her.

- It's the first thing i

ever did good for my mom.

Look, look.

Look, you're a beautiful girl.

Seriously, you're

gorgeous, alright?

Any man would be

lucky to have you.

I just, I can't be that guy.

- Nah, it's okay.

Just got caught

up in the moment.

- Yeah, me too.

It was nice.

- This isn't gonna

happen, is it?

- Not without me

feeling any more guilty

than I already do.

Alright, I'm gonna

check on them.

Here, it's getting late.

- Thank you.

- Take it easy.

- Yeah, was very therapeutic.

- You have a safe journey.

- We will, I'll try.

- Good talk.

- Come on.

- Let's go.

- Anything you wanna tell me?

- What do you mean?

- Oh, what do you mean?

- Dude, nothing happened.

- Okay.

What about that giant

bulge in your pants.

- Shut up, f***er.

- Yeah, it's not very big.

No, no, you don't

know where I've been!

- Dude said it's

not gonna happen.

Island's closed

for another week.

- You gotta be kidding me.

- Why don't we just do it here?

I mean, we're pretty close,

the water's nice and calm.

It's a good spot.

- I wanted to take her

inside the statue, man.

Not right here, not

across the river.

- This is great.

Come on man, this

is really nice.

- This statue took the

whole world to build.

The sculptor fredrick

auguste bartoli designed it

along with the same man who

designed the Eiffel Tower,

Alexandre Gustav eiffel.

It was a joint effort between

the French and the American

people, the French were

gonna build the statue

while the Americans were

gonna build the pedestal.

Now at that time, money was

very rough for both countries,

so the French collected

public fees for the work,

and the Americans, well,

we held theatrical events,

art shows, auctions,

even prize fighting,

to make enough money to have

the statue made and delivered.

And when people weren't

helping, well, Joseph pulitzer

of the pulitzer prize fame,

well, he used his newspaper

to call out the greedy

to raise more money.

Your father, he always

used to say that the

statue of Liberty was a

true symbol of the world

coming together.

- What's up?

- I just remember a time

when she was talking

so passionately about the

statue and I just blew her off.

- Well, we're here

now, honoring her.

- A little late to

show our appreciation.

- Why are you so hard on

yourself about this, okay?

You were just a little kid,

what the f*** did you know?

- Is that supposed to make

me feel better about it?

- Alright, think

about it this way.

When you think about curt,

what do you think of?

You think about all the

times he's f***ed up,

or gotten in trouble,

or talked back to you?

No man, you think about how

f***ing happy it makes you

to see his face every

morning and every night.

That's what sticks with you.

I guarantee you it was

the same way for Dorothy.

- Says the so-called

deadbeat dad.

- Alright you wanna play

around, keep the gloves up,

keep 'em high, keep 'em

high, keep 'em high.

- Just playing, alright?

Seriously, sorry.

- Alright.

- Alright.

This will have to do.

Good enough?

- This is good.

This is nice.

- Here you go, mom.

Alright, let's go.

- Your

call has been forwarded

to an automatic voice

message system.

- Really?

All the way across the

country and you can't pick up

and let me talk to my

own son, not even once?

I don't care if you got some

f***ing dude over there,

just pick up the goddamn phone.

B*tch.

- First of all, I'm at work,

but I guess you didn't think

about now that did you, dipshit?

And second of all, I'm a b*tch?

I'm a b*tch for falling in

love with a childish a**hole

who acts the exact same

way he did when he was

18 years old.

You know what clayne?

You can't even hold

down a f***ing job.

You f*** everything

that walks, okay?

And you're drunk more

than half the time.

So don't you dare call me

or try and see your son

until you can prove

to be a real father.

You know I'm not even

going to acknowledge

that stupid f***ing comment

about another dude being

over here.

Grow the f*** up.

A**hole.

- Grab me something, I'll

be out front, alright?

- Nice mohawk, b*tch.

- Why don't you suck

my dick, motherf***er?

- Ooh.

- Oh yeah you like

that, don't you?

- Tough guy, huh?

- Come find out.

- With your big

tough guy haircut.

What you compensating for

with that haircut, man?

- It's gotta counterweight

my big dick, b*tch.

- All you say is d*cks, man.

- Man, put your b*tch on a

leash before she gets hurt.

- Man, don't even

worry about him,

this is between me and

you, don't worry about him.

- I'm not worried.

- You look worried.

Gonna come down off that porch?

- Is that all for you?

- Yeah.

- Tough guy haircut,

torn jeans, muscle shirt.

Ain't gonna save you

from a ass beating.

- Oh yeah?

- B*tch!

- Oh, sh*t.

- Hey, what's going on?

- Glad you showed up.

We were just talking about you.

- Really, 'cause I was

born during the day

but it wasn't yesterday

so why don't you tell me

what's really going on?

- Just--

- y'all got beef?

- Nope.

- No.

- I don't even know this dude.

- Alright, okay, all

y'all's ids please.

Ids.

ID, yeah, great.

Let me get your ID.

- Thank you, appreciate it.

ID?

Give me your ID sir.

- If you wanted my phone

number you could just ask.

- Oh man, I'm busted,

how did you know?

- I can tell.

- You're just my type.

Hey, out of state?

- Yep.

- What are y'all

doing around here?

- Long story.

- Well why don't

you entertain me?

- Well actually his mom

died and we're spreading

her ashes.

- Okay, alright, do me a favor?

- B*tch.

- Stop talking.

Y'all step away from

each other please.

Alright, for your safety

and mine I need all of you

to remain where you are.

I'll be right back

with you, okay?

- You believe this

f***ing guy, dude?

- Clayne.

- What?

- What the f***?

- Alright, tell me why

you're really here again?

- Exactly what he said.

- Exactly what he said?

What was that you said?

- Spreading his mother's ashes.

- Alright, do me a favor, put

your hands behind your back.

What's the deal with

failure to appear

on a suspended license?

- Slipped my mind.

- Slipped your mind?

So you knew you had

a warrant on file?

- Somewhat.

- Come on, do me a favor,

step away from the car, sir.

- Sweet tits, let's just

get in the back of the car.

- Excuse me?

You wanna play like that,

we can play like that.

- Clayne, please

don't make it worse.

- That's cool.

Yeah, come on, stand

up, hold up, hold up.

Nothing sharp?

Alright, come on.

- Excuse me, officer,

is this really necessary?

- Yes sir, do me a favor,

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