Strange Weather Page #6

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and I let my son

slip through my fingers

and that I didn't see

a goddamn thing

that was going on with him

when he was staring me

in the face.

- Darcy, he was depressed.

- I know that.

I know.

What kind of mother

doesn't grasp that

and doesn't try to fix it?

You tried.

You couldn't fix it.

But what you're telling me

is that I didn't see Walker

as he was.

- So what was I seeing then?

- You saw the parts of him

you wanted to see,

just like we all do.

You saw the parts of him

that reflected

the right way on you.

I'm just trying to figure out

some things

about my boy and how he died.

Enough time passes,

and nobody's even gonna

remember Walker anymore.

- That's not true.

- Well, it sure feels that way.

And I'm sorry if I...

f I'm not evolving

the way you think I should be

or Clay thinks I should be

or geri thinks I should...

Does she know about this?

Great.

Just great.

And she still doesn't think

you're a dabbler?

She loves me as I am.

Do you know why I came

on this trip with you, Darcy?

It's not because

I think you need

some showdown with mark Wright.

No, I came with you

because I want to see you

find a way to come back

and live in this world again

before you let this kill you.

You're one of the most amazing

people I know.

You're so tough and so funny

and so damn smart.

You show me lots of ways

to think about

how to be a woman in this world,

and most of the time,

there's nobody

I'd rather talk to,

and that's including geri,

but you can't ask everybody

to keep standing by and watch

you put yourself through this.

Everybody who loves you

deserves better.

I know I do.

I had a really good time

with Walker.

I cared for him a whole lot.

He was special.

He was fragile.

He was here,

and then he was gone.

All I can say is that

the small piece of life

that was about him and me

really got lived.

And that's a lot.

Sometimes that's all we got.

Good luck, darce.

How could it have

gone out already?

It was only a couple

of hours ago!

It was right under my pillow!

Those papers!

I need those papers!

Now what, Darcy?

What now?!

I'm going to mark's office.

Excuse me, ma'am,

may I help you?

I'm here to see mark Wright.

Addie bundren?

Um, what is this here

at the bottom?

Oh, that's just a standard

clause acknowledging

that the dawg house

and its franchises

are the exclusive property

of Mr. Wright.

Oh, okay.

Here we go.

Exactly, look,

you gotta hold on right there.

Let them know you mean business.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, you got it.

I gotta fly.

I'll catch you

on the flipside, buddy.

I'm so sorry, Ms. bundren.

Come on, please take a seat.

It's been a busy day

for us here,

but I did want to make time

to see you.

I've had my eye on Mississippi

for a while now.

So, uh, you already running

restaurants down there, or?

I'm sorry, you want to...

You want to sit down?

All right,

so why do you want to put

Mississippi in the dawg house?

Well...

It seems like, um,

everybody likes

a family restaurant, right?

It's a business

you can't go wrong with.

I mean, no matter what

the economy is like,

parents always want to take

their kids out to eat.

That's the truth.

That's the truth.

You could ask my wife

all about that.

She says a wife just needs

to take a break every so often

from putting dinner

on the table.

- Yeah.

- All right, so tell me,

what are you picturing,

Ms. bundren?

You wanna start out with the one

dawg house and build them up?

Well, that's the way

to a grow business, right?

I heard you got your start by

selling t-shirts at rock shows.

Yeah, somebody's

been doing their homework.

Well, you know,

it's all there on the website.

I'm just curious,

where'd you get that idea from?

Uh...

Just seemed like a natural way

to generate some capital,

get things moving.

What band did you

make shirts for?

Who... who's

interviewing who here, huh?

Oh, sorry.

Um...

So in terms of setting up

a franchise,

would you say that parents

are looking for a place

that's bright and clean

for the kids,

a place where their needs

are taken into account?

And then you need

to make sure the chain

gives back into the community

to build a brand.

I guess you can find out

just about anything

on the Internet these days.

That sounds a lot

like my business plan.

Except it's not

your business plan.

Pardon me?

It's from a business plan,

all right.

But it's not yours.

So I'm not sure what

you're getting at, Ms...

Baylor, actually.

Darcy baylor.

I guess I wasn't important

enough for you to remember,

but you met me a bunch of times

back when you and Walker

were friends.

I'm sorry, I did know

a Walker baylor

back in school but...

Looks like you're still

doing coke.

A whole lot of coke.

Am I right?

I'm calling the cops.

You really want

to mix them up in this?

I'm sorry, ma'am,

not to be rude,

but take a look at yourself,

and take a look at me.

Who do you think they're

gonna believe?

What the hell?

I am Darcy baylor,

and I am Walker baylor's mother,

and you are not to diminish

or belittle us,

do you understand me?

How much do you want?

Come again?

How much money do you want?

You think I'm here

for your money?

Don't insult me.

I want you to tell me

what happened

the day Walker died.

What the hell happened?

Every damn detail.

I need you to tell me why.

Why what?

Why he killed himself.

Why he...

I don't know why.

But you know what his last hours

on this planet were like,

and that's what you need

to tell me about right now.

I mean it. Now.

This is crazy.

This is crazy.

I guess.

Okay.

Walker was...

He was so goddamn bummed out.

What was he bummed out about?

Stuff, just...

I had a daddy with means.

I couldn't possibly know

what he was talking about.

I was probably

gonna graduate on time.

He probably wasn't

gonna make it.

And then, what kind of job

was he gonna be able to get?

Could he ever get married,

have a family of his own?

Stuff like that.

I was like, "little man,

if life is that tough",

do us all a favor,

all right, and put yourself

"out of your misery because

you're bringing us down."

Stuff like that.

I was just messing with him.

Sh*t!

And then, uh...

And then we all went upstairs,

and I guess I fell asleep,

because when I woke up,

it was real late.

It was just me and Walker

in the room at that point.

And he was sitting over by

the window in a rocking chair.

Real quiet

just rocking back and forth,

looking out the window.

And he asked me if I'd give

him a ride back into town.

I was still pretty messed up

by then.

But I said all right.

So I did.

I'm curious.

Since you were the last one

to see him alive,

what did he say to you

when you...

When you dropped him off

at my doorstep?

It was a long time ago.

Honestly, I don't recall.

It was just a night

like any other night for me.

Did you ask him...

What was on his mind?

Because I'm guessing it was

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