Pure Country 2: The Gift Page #6

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Never. I'II be there for you,

no matter what.

I'II be there.

I promise.

MAN 1 :
Mark, Iet's do another mic check.

MARK:
AII right. On my way.

MAN 1 :
Hey, doubIe-check those IeveIs.

MAN 2:
Got it.

WOMAN:

Check for the house sound.

MAN 4:
Are they gonna use this spot?

MAN 1 :
Yes.

[CREW CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Hey, check this out.

Come on, come on, watch me, watch me.

[CROWD CHATTERING]

How are you?

Me and my best friend right here.

GUARD:

Come on, Roy, cooI off.

[CATTLE MOOING]

ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]:

Get the adrenaline pumping...

...and let's get ready for the bull riding

event of the evening.

MAN:

Hey, DaIe. Good Iuck, man.

ANNOUNCER:

Make some noise for this cowboy...

...because that may be

the only paycheck he gets.

He's a cowboy that needs to make

a paycheck, folks.

He's finished number eight all around

and this year he's making a big comeback...

...after some injuries

he took at Cheyenne last month.

Cowboy Dale Jordan

was last year's winner...

...but he's gonna need to score big

to hold the lead.

MAN:

Get ready. Nice and easy.

ANNOUNCER:

This bull has been unridden this year.

He's setting in the chute,

waiting for the nod.

[BULL MOOING AND SNORTING]

[CROWD CHEERING]

ANNOUNCER:

Oh, no. That doesn't look good folks.

The bullfighters are out there

doing their work.

Oh, God.

-Any good news, Bubba?

-Not much.

-Spurs Iost.

-Damn.

ROY:

AII right.

-Bobbie, teII these rent-a-cops who I am.

-Miss, he keeps saying this is his show.

-Get the heII out of here. I run this show.

-Stop it. Everyone. Everyone.

-You shut up.

-Daddy, stop.

I'II handIe this. Shut up!

-Your daddy?

-Yeah. Come on.

[GRUNTS]

-What are you doing?

-Get off me!

I don't take nothing off nobody,

especiaIIy some IittIe snot-nosed kid.

-What is wrong with you?

-You watch your attitude, you IittIe tramp.

You're just Iike your mother.

AII your makeup and a IittIe hussy.

Get out.

-Get out of here.

-Nobody teIIs me what to do.

-Get out. I never wanna see you again.

-I am not Ieaving. I Iike it.

-There's Iots of action, free booze.

-No, you are not staying here.

-Party time.

-I hate you.

I wish I'd never found you.

[THUNDER CRASHES AND ALL GASP]

Oh, no. No, no, no.

-That's, um...

-Three.

...three. Yeah.

Hey, what's the probIem?

You want some?

[GRUNTING]

Hey, Bubba, get his ass out of here.

Come on, Roy.

You aII right?

I think so.

Good, because you got a show to do.

-You get yourseIf together.

-I know. I'II be ready.

Okay. Then Iet's do it.

Damn, I think I broke my hand,

that hardheaded SOB.

[SIGHS]

[PHONE RINGING]

[LINE RINGING]

We're ready for you, Miss Thomas.

[CROWD CHATTERING]

[WHIMPERING]

-Poor IittIe guy.

-It's empty.

It was a very big voice.

Perhaps too big for her.

We'II have to put it back on the sheIf.

What was that?

[CROWD CHEERING]

ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,

Miss Bobbie Thomas.

[BAND PLAYING COUNTRY SONG]

[CLEARING THROAT]

[MUSIC STOPS]

[CROWD MURMURING]

[BAND PLAYING COUNTRY SONG]

[MUSIC STOPS]

What the--?

[CROWD JEERING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Bobbie, how Iong have

you been singing?

My whoIe Iife. Why?

What's wrong with me?

WeII, nothing. Ha.

That's what makes this so unusuaI.

We've run every test imaginabIe,

over and over...

...and they aII say the same thing.

With your Iarynx, you shouId never

have been abIe to sing at aII.

In simpIe terms, it's defective.

-CongenitaI?

-Since birth.

HASKINS:
What are you saying, doc?

When wiII she be abIe to sing again?

She'II probabIy never be abIe

to sing again.

That's what the voice clinic said, Charlie.

They ran every test possible.

They don't know how she sung in the

first pIace. They said it was a miracIe.

WeII, maybe it was just a matter of time

before this happened.

WeII, we can't be heId responsibIe

for that.

The contracts?

WeII, of course I have them.

Of course I read them.

Oh, you gotta be kidding me.

Come on, oId buddy,

how Iong we been working together?

Yeah, weII so Iong to you too.

WeII, kid, I'm sorry.

If you can't sing,

you're not worth anything in NashviIIe.

-What do you mean?

-It's simpIe.

You signed the contracts. It's over.

-What's over?

-Everything's over.

Your singing career, your record deaI...

...your rented houses, your money,

everything.

But I've had a number one hit.

We haven't even reIeased a second singIe.

There's gotta be some money Ieft.

Who do you think's paying for aII this?

The cash advance, the studio time...

...the studio musicians,

the professionaI band...

...the producer, the music video...

...the transportation...

...Morita's CadiIIac...

...the ceII phone biIIs, everything?

This is part of your deaI.

Right now, you owe the record company

a Iot of money.

And if you're Iucky, Iucky...

...your aIbum saIes wiII offset

most of the costs and you won't get sued.

Singing's what made you speciaI, kid.

If your voice is gone, so are you.

I been waiting for you, chiId.

I tried to caII you a miIIion times.

Why didn't you answer?

-Are you okay?

-Oh, I'm fine.

Didn't wanna taIk on the phone.

You Iook sick.

You sound sick.

I Iost my voice.

I know.

It takes a strong person to carry

a gift that big.

You have to be strong enough

to foIIow the ruIes.

I don't know what to do if I can't sing.

You can sing, chiId. Sing Iike a bird.

You just have to Iearn to do it differentIy.

You don't understand.

I've Iost my voice. It's gone.

And the doctors say I'II never get it back.

Then you'II have to Iearn to sing

with your heart.

How do I do that?

You search your heart.

Search for what?

For a way to make amends.

For the wrongs that were done

and the peopIe that were hurt.

Right now...

...your heart is empty, chiId. I can feeI it.

When your heart once again is fiIIed...

...with Iove and joy...

...you'II sing again.

It might not sound the same

but you wiII sing.

Sing Iike you never thought you couId.

[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

Sure is nice to see you, again, Bobbie.

It's nice to see you, too, Wes.

I appreciate you driving me aII this way.

Aw, what couId be better than

a beautifuI girI in my truck...

...driving down the road

on a beautifuI afternoon?

It reaIIy is a nice truck.

-Sure you don't mind waiting?

-No, no.

Not when I got a CD pIayer

Iike this baby's got. Ha, ha.

[SIS CHUCKLES]

SIS:

Just gentIe, Iike this.

Hi, I'm Sis. This is Megan.

Hi, I'm Bobbie.

I was Iooking for DaIe.

I know who you are.

DaIe's my brother.

But he isn't here right now.

[PHONE RINGING]

CouId you stay with Megan

whiIe I go answer the phone?

-Sure.

-Thanks.

How you doing, Megan?

-Do you Iike horses?

-Yes.

They're soft.

They say the softest spot

in the whoIe worId is a horse's nose.

-Do you wanna feeI?

-Mm-hm.

-You Iike that?

-Mm-hm.

[BOBBIE HUMMING]

Wow. That's amazing.

Most of the kids wiII reIate to horses...

...even if they don't pay any attention

to peopIe.

But we've had troubIe with Megan.

She hasn't responded tiII now.

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