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there up the road, grabbin' a bite.

- It's pretty good.

- Yeah?

Wanna join me?

I appreciate it, but, no,

I, uh, I gotta work.

- Oh, come on.

- No, no. I gotta work.

Shift starts at midnight,

but you have a good time.

I'll have you back

before 12:
00.

Promise.

Come on, Cinderella.

- Alright.

- Yeah?

- Sure.

- Should I drive?

Uh, no, let's, uh..

- Let's take the truck.

- Lemme lock up.

Thank you, ma'am.

Sure you don't want

nothin' to eat?

- Nope. Just, uh, just coffee for me.

That's it. Hm.

Not sure how you do it though.

What?

If I was eatin' all that sugar,

I'd be bouncin' off the walls.

- It doesn't affect me.

- Is that right?

- Mm-mm. Look at that.

- Uh-oh.

Steady as a clam.

Okay.

- No offense.

- Hey.

Hey. It's alright.

None taken.

- That wasn't a dig.

- I understand.

What, uh, what is that, anyway?

- The, with the shake?

- My hand there, huh?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, it's..

- Is that rude? Okay.

- No, no, no, um..

Look, I guess I just took one

too many falls, you know?

Got bumped on the head.

You see, doctors, they

they... they call it

early onset, see?

So, I guess

it's only going in one direction

and that's just

you know, that's, that's

just the way it is.

Thanks for keeping me company.

I didn't know if you'd be up.

It's alright.

Haven't really been

sleepin' much lately.

Yeah.

Me neither.

It's like every time

I close my eyes

I have a nightmare.

Mom says I used to get

bad dreams as a girl

every summer.

And she used to have to

sing me Christmas Carols

to get to sleep.

- Did it work?

- I guess.

You miss ridin'?

Ever?

To be honest, no, I don't.

- Yeah.

- I just don't.

I mean..

I can see how a fall like that

can put off any young rider.

Even you.

- Yeah.

- But now you're in the motel business.

- Yes, I am.

- Mm.

The place belonged to my brother

so I, I got it from him.

How's that?

Well, he..

Well, he died, you know?

Didn't have a wife, didn't

have kids, anything like that

so I guess

I was just next in line.

Man.

You know..

When my mother passed

she left me with nothin',

either.

Nothin'.

Her only son too.

Imagine that.

Hmm.

But she had it tough.

Full-blown tuberculosis.

Spread like wildfire.

- She was a skeleton by the end.

- Jesus. I'm sorry...

My father wasn't around

to take care of her either

'cause he was serving time

in El Reno, Oklahoma.

He shot a federal judge

over a previous conviction.

Grand-theft auto,

I think it was.

But he got his comeuppance.

He was stabbed in a prison riot.

Christmas Eve, 1996.

They said he was dead before

he even hit the ground.

So..

What goes around comes around.

Okay.

- What flavor?

- Surprise me.

- Okay.

- Oh, let me give you some money.

No, no, it's fine.

So, uh, you got a woman?

Must be a woman in your life.

Yeah, a woman, yeah..

You know, I don't, uh..

I don't talk

about it much, but..

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess there is, I guess.

I guess, yeah, I guess

I got a woman. Yeah.

She special?

Yeah, she is.

- That's good.

- Yeah.

Make sure you hold onto that.

Uh-huh.

I mean, my parents'

marriage was built

on damn lies, you know...

Wait a sec, is that..

Hey, Lila!

Hey.

Hey... How are you?

- Hanging in there?

- I'm, I'm okay.

I'm surviving.

How are you?

Okay, good, good, good.

Uh, this is... this is

Elwood.

He's staying

at the motel, he's..

- Oh..

- Hi.

He's from Virginia,

same as me, so..

- Hello. Nice to meet you.

- You too.

So, what... what... what... what...

what... what brings you out so late?

Some milkshakes. We're

watching a movie over at...

Oh, which one?

- What?

- Uh, what movie?

- It's, uh, it's an oldie.

- Oh.

- It's with rock Hudson.

- Oh, he's awful.

I should, um, get going

Bernie's waiting outside

in the car.

Oh, is she here?

Okay.

Yeah.

It's really good to see you.

- And you.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- And nice meeting you.

Wow..

She's pretty.

- Hey, I'm, uh, I'm going to hit the head.

- Okay.

- Gimme a minute, alright?

- Mm-hmm.

What'd you go for?

Chocolate.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

Why?

You look pale.

No..

I'm just tired.

Tom?

Tom, a bird just flew

into the window.

Tom?

Tom?

Tom?

- How long have you been f***ing him?

- What?

Sorry. Sorry.

You want me to sing you a Carol?

I'm okay.

You're saying

that you don't believe

the major problem,

the major moral issue

confronts our country

today is not pornography

it's not sexuality,

it's not abortion

it's not liberalized education

or any of these other things

that we typically identify.

The real basic

moral problem in America

is the lack of

confidence in one god.

Well, yeah,

that's absolutely right.

The lack of,

not only the lack of

confidence in the word of god

but the lack of submission to it

is the absolute point.

Even I would..

I saw the most gross

obscene, pornographic stuff

painted in frescoes

in the first century in Italy.

Just bent on sexuality

uh, heterosexual scene and..

Homosexuality,

where they wanna rape

the angels that show up,

they're so base.

Uh, even abortion.

If you go back in history,

abortion has been done..

And, so, those aren't

the issues.

The issue is all of that

runs absolutely rampant

when there is no fixed standard.

And, uh, this nation..

- Sam?

- Yeah?

Bernie's here.

- You alright?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- I'll tell her you're in the shower.

- Okay. Yeah.

- Hey, Bern.

- Hey.

Hey.

- Sorry to drop by unannounced.

- Ah..

Rose said you were takin' a

shower, I just thought I'd wait.

Yeah.

So, what, you just, you just

in the neighborhood, or..

I thought maybe, uh..

You might wanna

come over for dinner.

Tomorrow night, I mean.

- Uh... No. I..

- But, y... you know, I... if, uh..

Uh..

Um, yeah, it sounds great..

Bu... but, you know, I do,

I do have plans tomorrow..

So I, I don't know

if that's gonna..

No biggie.

It's Maggie, you know, playoffs.

I told her I'd take her to have some..

Uh, just I gotta do it. Okay?

That's nice.

Well, uh..

Y... you know if you wanted, I

could come by later, you know

after I drop her off, if that's

if that's good to you.

I'd like that.

Well..

- Alright.

- Yeah.

Rose, thank you. It was

nice talkin' with you.

Take care, hon.

- Bye, now.

- Okay.

Ma?

Hey, ma? It's me.

It's your son.

It's your son, ma.

Yeah, it's your boy.

Oh, miss you.

I thought you were dead.

Hey, ma.

Ma, listen.

I'm out of state

right now, okay?

I'm workin' though,

and I'm makin' some money.

And I'm sorry I haven't

called in a while.

I love you, ma.

Ma, do you hear me?

I love you.

F***ing f*ggot piece of sh*t.

- What? Huh?

- What did he say?

What'd you say?

What'd you say?

- You got a f***ing problem?

- Oh.

Yeah, f*** off.

Keep lookin' at me.

Keep looking at me, you f***er.

Keep f***in' looking at me.

Look at me, you waste of life.

Look at me, you

f***in' waste of life.

I'll f***in' kill you.

What the f*** you lookin' at?

Pick up your f***in'

phone, you c*nt!

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