Shotgun Stories Page #3

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new Aguilera single,

"Car Wash"?

Did you talk

to your brothers yet?

Talked to Boy some.

Haven't talked to Son yet.

I found out about that raise

on Thursday.

You know I don't care about that.

I know...

We'll see.

I think you got the right shot,

you head there.

Hold it!

Go get one of those sacks

out of the back of my truck.

- What are you doing?

- I wanna catch our snake.

What do you need that snake for?

Is Boy here?

You just missed him.

He left Henry?

Yeah, he says it's getting

too hot for him in the van.

It's too hot for his dog,

but he'll sleep in it.

He couldn't get that

window unit grunt in there.

That's a shame.

What you've been up to?

Spent a day at Tunaco.

- How'd you do?

- Ah, broke even, pretty much.

I'm being close to figuring that out.

You'll get it.

You still love Annie?

More than ever.

Even with her

livin' at her mother's?

Yeah.

I think I might ask Cheryl

to marry me.

All right.

Told her if I got that raise at Keo,

I'll put a ring on her finger.

That sounds good.

I worry about

taking care of her, though.

I mean, I don't have a truck,

I don't have a house.

Hell, I sleep in a damn tent.

That sh*t's hard.

I mean,

a lifetime is a long time.

Just for two people.

I don't even know if I can

stay faithful to her.

You just got to decide

if she's the one you're gonna love,

and love her.

Everything else

will take care of itself.

Yeah.

You're gonna be all right.

Henry!

Chow time!

Henry?

Jesus Christ...

We gotta clean this place up.

We got problem.

- What's that?

- It's Henry.

- What's up?

- Hey.

We need to talk.

What's wrong?

It's about Henry...

What?

Henry's dead.

Kid found him this morning.

Snake bit.

Said he curled up at his water

bowl. Bit him on the nose.

Sh*t.

Kid found it,

cut its head off with a shovel.

Sorry.

What?

Man, I wanna park my car

here tonight.

- No.

- C'mon, man!

No.

It's cool. I got this tarp, man.

Nobody'll see it's mine.

You're just gonna have

to talk to Son.

Yeah, all right.

What are you doin'?

Give me a hand with this, man,

it's just until Son gets back.

No...

Son had to get to tell Boy

his dog's dead.

Yeah, I heard about that.

What?

Snake bit, right?

Yeah.

How'd you know that?

I heard Stephen Hayes

talkin' about it.

What'd he say?

Said his brother Mark's the one

who put the snake back there.

What?

Everybody knows that.

You're sayin' Mark Hayes

killed Boy's dog?

That's what I'm sayin'.

You know where he's at?

He's probably still at the bar.

Let's go.

Damn!

Mark Hayes!

Hey.

They let you off the farm

for the day, huh?

Yeah.

- How the hell you've been?

- All right.

- Rain's help.

- Yeah, skyin' up.

Got a light?

I don't, man.

I finally quit cigarettes, I think.

Get out of here.

You like snakes, Mark?

What should we do?

I figured we bury him

in the back yard.

Kid started a hole.

Hello?

That cop over there says

Mark Hayes is dead.

Kid busted his scull open.

After he gets of out here,

he's gonna have to answer for it.

You are Son Hayes?

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry,

your brother is dead.

We, uh...

We did all we possibly could.

I'm really sorry.

There'll be someone

down here shortly...

to help you make

arrangements for the body.

I gotta get back inside.

To talk to this person.

OK.

Would you go by Annie's mom,

let her know?

Yeah, I will.

Somebody's gonna have

to tell Cheryl.

Hey...

I'll see you at home.

- Son?

- Yes, sir?

- Wanna take some time off?

- No.

You're sure?

This is what I do.

That doesn't mean it's gonna be

some time off.

I'll be here.

All right. If you change

your mind, let me know.

I'm also gonna need...

Thank you.

You been doin' OK?

You call me if you

need anything, OK?

Yeah, all right.

You happy now? You happy

now that my brother's dead?

Just calm down, all right?

You should never come

to that funeral...

You started all of this.

This started a long time ago.

It's OK.

Somebody's got to finish it.

Son.

Hey.

Sorry I didn't make it to the funeral.

Yeah. Thanks.

What did the cops had to say?

Said that Kid and Mark

killed each other.

They didn't say nothing

about Stephen and John?

Why would they?

They were there.

Who says?

I was there.

What happened?

Well, after Mark went down,

you know, Kid was kicking him,

John and Stephen

came out of the bar.

Stephen then overtackled Kid.

They were wrestling

on the ground for a while.

Knife came out.

It all happened really fast.

They helped him?

Like I said, man,

it happened really fast.

I figured the cops

are about to shop up,

so I got the hell out there.

I don't know, man...

It's really too bad.

You know, Kid was all right.

I'll see y'all.

I didn't know they were there.

What was that?

What was that?

Nothing.

I guess you heard by now.

You raised us to hate

those boys, and we do.

And now it's come to this.

- Hey, John?

- Yeah?

Could you hold this just a minute?

I need you at the shop.

OK.

Give me a minute.

Steve, what are you up to?

This damn thing.

Changed the fuel line on it.

Still stallin' out.

I'm gonna take John and the boys.

I'll swing by later,

take a look at it.

John tells me you ran into

Son Hayes yesterday?

Yeah.

- You exchange words with him?

- Yeah.

I don't wanna hear any more

about that.

I'm not willin' to lose any more

of my family in this fight.

I'll see you at the house

for supper.

Boy!

You're OK?

Yeah. It's just my radio.

Still not workin'?

No.

I can't stop thinking about

what Shampoo said...

about them other two

boys being there.

It used to be,

when I see them Hayes boys,

I'd just see our old man, but...

Now, with Kid...

They can take our daddy.

Good riddance!

But they ain't takin' Kid...

They ain't takin' Kid.

What are you gonna do?

I don't know,

I'm gonna go after them.

I gotta get done with this.

- Annie's not gonna like it.

- Well, I don't like it either.

You want me to come with you?

I just wanted you to know.

Let's go, boys!

What do you want?

Getting on my property.

What truck is that?

Hell!

Son!

Stop it!

Stop!

- Does that feel OK?

- Yeah.

Where's my brother?

He's upstairs.

He's still unconscious.

They wanna talk with you downstairs

about your insurance.

All right.

Why is this happening?

Can I help you?

I need one of these guns.

Oh, Jesus...

So, no one's ever

taken you huntin'? -No.

That's too bad.

Son never let us have guns.

Just take that off...

and this just slides right on.

And you screw this back on.

You got the shells?

Gettin' a fishy condition

'cause of plug in here...

so it can only fit 3 shells.

But I'll take that out for ya,

don't worry about it.

You try it out on a tire.

That's got a kick to it.

Hey!

Y'all get back!

Paul, take your brother

to the back!

Still call me if anything

changes? -Of course.

Go home, take a break.

- You need some rest.

- I know.

Hey mom, you stay here,

watch Carter for just a second.

I'll be right back.

Hey baby, stay here with

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