Paris, Texas Page #3

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Walk home?

I don't want to walk home, Mom.

- Why?

- Nobody walks, everybody drives.

Come on Hunter, it won't hurt you to

walk home once in your life.

No, no, I don't want to.

Travis, I insist! It's

what you're looking forward.

Eveybody will see me!

Walt can tell you how to get there.

It is not far.

Get in the car, Hunter.

We are late it is.

You're mean.

- Can I come with you?

- Sure.

I'm really sorry about this, Travis.

It's not easy for him, Anne.

Anne it's OK. He's in here.

What're you doing?

Driving.

Where to?

Just driving.

You're not hiding out in there, are you?

No.

Hunter,

Travis is your real Dad.

You know that, don't you?

Dad, when are they gonna

make spaceships like they...

make cars?

Hunter, I'm asking you a question.

Can you answer it?

What?

Well, Travis went to meet you at school,

and he wanted to walk you home.

Nobody walks.

That's not the point.

Travis is your real Dad and...

he wants to talk to you.

Why?

What about?

OK, come on, let's go have dinner.

Come on.

Hey Trav,

do you remember the time that Anne and me

came on a visit to you about five years ago?

No.

You and Jane were down in

Texas right there on the coast.

Hunter was about three.

Don't you remember that?

No.

I remember. We went fishing.

Yeah.

I took some super8 on that trip.

And I put it all together.

Thought maybe you might like to see some of them.

What is it?

Movies. You know, super8.

- Oh!

- Walt,

maybe Travis doesn't want...

What?

Well, maybe he'd like to wait a while

before he looks at it.

You know, it's up to him.

I just thought maybe he'd like to see some of it.

Movies? Sure.

Great!

There's some great stuff on it.

Some great shots of Hunter in it.

I've already seen it.

Well, you have to see it again.

Come on, help me set up the projector.

OK.

That's me driving.

I know you're gonna be good.

Time for bed now, Hunter.

Oh, Mom!

Don't complain.

It's past 10.

- Good night, Dad.

- Good night, baby.

Good night, Dad.

Do you think he still loves her?

How would I know that, Hunter?

I think he does.

How can you tell?

The way he looked at her.

You mean when you saw him in the movie?

Yeah, that's not her.

What do you mean?

That's only her in a movie...

a long time ago...

in a galaxy far far away.

What are you looking for?

Um, I'm looking for...

the Father.

Your father?

No, no, just a father.

Any father.

What does a father look like?

There're many different kinds of fathers,

Senor Travis.

Well I just... I just need one.

You think you're gonna find him in there?

Well I don't know where else to look.

Oh I see.

You want to look like a father?

Yeah.

Tell me:

do you want to be a rich father?

No.

- A poor one?

- No.

Eso gonpus.

In between.

No, no, there is no in-between.

You'd either be a rich father,

or a poor one.

Rich.

Bueno, un momento.

- Que Tal, eh?

- Esta, Bueno.

OK, one thing you must remember:

to be a rich father, Senor Travis,

you must look to the sky,

and never at the ground.

A little higher.

Eso. Mm-hmm.

Walk a minute.

No, este...

You must walk stiff, Senor Travis.

Con confianza, cme, entiente?

Con respecto.

- Dignity!

- Eso.

Con dignidad.

Mm-hmm...

You got it!

Who is that guy?

You know him?

Yeah, he's my father's brother.

No, they're both brothers.

No, they're both...

they are both fathers.

No, forget it.

Both whos fathers?

My fathers.

H- how how can you have two fathers?

Just lucky I guess.

- Well bye.

- Bye.

That's my Dad's suit.

I mean Walt.

That's OK if you call him Dad.

Yeah, I borrowed from him.

He said it was OK.

What're those pictures?

That's my Dad.

And your grandfather.

What was his name?

- Travis.

- Same as yours.

Where is he now?

He died...

a couple of years after this picture,

in that car.

Oh, he's dead.

Well can you feel

that he's dead?

What do you mean?

You know when he was walking around,

and talking, right?

Yeah.

So, can you feel that

he's gone?

Yeah, sometimes.

I know he's dead.

I never felt like you were dead.

I could always feel you walking around,

- talking, someplace.

- Yeah.

- I feel Mom too.

- You do?

Don't you?

Yeah.

It's me, when I was in the Navy.

You were a General?

No, that's when I was in the band.

A high school band.

And here's you. I like this picture.

Look at that!

That is really wild.

It is wierd when it

when there is water in between...

and then it turns into nothing,

then goes pfew.

Yeah, it's a great picture.

And this is my Mom.

Your grandmother.

I don't know...

It just seems that...

everything has changed

between us so fast,

ever since Travis came.

What's changed?

I'm just afraid.

You're afraid of Travis?

No.

Then what?

Of what will happen to us

if we lose Hunter.

We're not gonna lose Hunter.

Then why do you keep pushing them together?

It's almost as if you wanted him to leave.

Who?

Hunter.

You know what I'm talking about.

You keep promoting this father-son

business between them.

It's not business!

Travis is his father!

And Hunter is his son!

That's a fact.

We've known that all along.

And Travis happens to be my brother.

I know he is.

Then what's this promotion bullshit?

You want us to go on pretending

that we are the parents of my brother's son?

How long do you expect Hunter

to buy that?

I was never pretending!

I love him just like

he was my own flesh and blood.

So do I.

- Hi, Anne.

- Hi, Travis.

You don't sleep much, do you?

Travis,...

there's something I have to tell you.

I was not going to,

because somehow it makes things easier

that nobody knows.

I never even told

Walt or Hunter.

Well, what is it?

After Hunter came

to live with us,

Jane used to call,

asking about him.

She made me promise

not to tell anyone she was calling.

Did she ask about me?

Yes, in the beginning.

Where did she call from?

Places in Texas.

What places?

Let me finish, Travis.

After what happened

between you and Jane,

she decided Hunter

should be with us.

She said she couldn't be a mother

to him any more.

She stopped being a mother to him

a long time before that.

Travis, I don't want to feel

I'm hiding something from you anymore.

She was young.

She wanted something,

I just couldn't figure out what it was.

I just didn't realize

how much rage I had.

A little more than a year ago,

she stopped calling.

I haven't heard from her since then.

Nothing?

Not a word.

But on the last call,

she asked me to open

a bank account for Hunter.

A bank account?

All I know about Jane now is...

she goes to this bank

on the fifth of each month

and wires money for Hunter.

Jane still sends him money.

Sometimes a hundred dollars,

sometimes fifty, or five.

For Hunter's future.

I had the bank

trace the wire.

It comes from a bank

in Houston.

What bank?

I wrote it down if you want it.

what's the date today?

The first of November.

I don't think we should do that.

You're right.

I meant the other thing.

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