The Man in the Moon Page #4

Good to see you,

too, Mr. Trant.

How's your mama?

She's fine.

She got a job at

the shirt factory.

That's good. She always

was a good worker.

Yes, sir.

Dani tells me

that your wife's

doing better.

That's right.

Better every day.

Well...

you kids

have a nice time.

I'm going to see Abby.

Your sister will

be here shortly.

You can sit down

if you like.

Sure.

What's the matter

with you?

Nothing's the matter.

I'm letting you kiss me.

Weren't you supposed

to let me try first?

[Car approaching]

Hi there.

Hi.

Let me help you

with those things.

Thank you.

I'd appreciate that.

You must be Court.

I've been

meaning to come by

to visit with your mother

and say hi.

I've been busy

getting ready for school

that I didn't

get around to it.

I promise Ill do it.

Tell your mother that?

Sure. She'll be

glad to see you.

Thanks.

Any time.

You can

set these things down,

and I can put them up.

You must be Maureen.

I forgot to say that,

didn't I?

You two can go back to

whatever you were doing.

I can handle this.

Court, you want

to go walking?

Why don't you two

do that, and, uh...

Ill have

dinner ready

by the time

you get back.

You're welcome

to stay for supper

if you'd like.

Isn't he, Dani?

Sure.

Great.

That's fine.

I'll set the table.

Show me where

the things are.

I think we ought

to have supper

in the dining room,

don't you, Dani?

Whatever.

Court, the last time

we saw each other,

we were both running around

in our diapers.

I'll bet that

was a sight.

Mama says I used

to beat you up regularly

with my sand pail.

I wouldn't

try that these days.

Everybody dig in.

I, uh, imagine that you

work up quite an appetite

handling the farm

all by yourself like that.

It's a lot of work.

I can't imagine

having the guts

to tackle a job

that big.

Yeah, well,

sometimes I wonder

if Ive bitten off

more than I can chew.

I bet you'll

do just fine.

[Clunk]

Are you ok?

Sure.

I'm just fine.

Well, thanks for dinner.

You're welcome.

It was nice meeting you.

Good night.

Oh, good night, kid.

Court seems real nice.

He kiss you yet?

All the time.

Is he a good kisser?

He's all right.

Sh*t.

Hey.

I was just going

down to the pond.

You want to go?

I've got work

up to my eyeballs

and no end in sight.

There's nobody

to tell me how to do it.

It all depends on me.

I can't play

whenever you want to.

You don't have

to sound so hateful.

I don't have time!

Sorry I took your time.

Maybe if you were

a little bit older,

you'd understand.

If I were older,

I could do everything,

couldn't I, Court?

I love you, Court.

Don't.

Don't love me now

when things

are so mixed up.

I've got more

than I can say grace

over right now.

You look real nice.

I think Ill go out

for a little while.

You going over

to the Trants' again?

I might.

I saw Maureen

at the hospital today.

That girl

sure is turning out.

You see Matt,

you tell him

to holler at me

if he needs anything.

Yes, ma'am.

Ok, guys, let's go!

Get out. Come on.

I'll see

you later, ok?

My, my, my.

Night-night.

Ok, we're going

to go night-night.

Oh, there we go.

There we go.

[Car door opens]

Here's your doll.

[Knock on door]

Court.

Hello.

Hi.

Dani is

at the hospital

if you want to run on down

and visit with her.

I don't think so.

It, uh, sure was

a nice day.

Yeah.

Looks like

it's going to be

a nice night, too.

Looks like.

Yeah, looks like.

[Radio static]

I'll sure be glad when

I can leave this place

and take you with me.

Why don't you go home

and get some sleep

for a change?

I'll see you

in the morning.

Call me

if anything happens.

Yes, sir.

I will.

[Music plays]

Thanks.

So, do you like Elvis?

Sure.

Who doesn't?

Dani absolutely

adores him.

Well, she did

until you came along.

You...

pretty well shot Elvis

out of the saddle.

I can't believe

my little sister

is grown-up enough

to have a boyfriend.

It's not quite

exactly like that.

I mean...

it's more like

we're sort of buddies.

Just...

real close buddies.

Does Dani know that?

I tried to tell her.

You like her a lot?

Of course I like her.

I mean, she's...

special.

Oh.

Yeah, she, um...

she is that.

But what if

I met someone else...

someone special

in a different sort of way?

Someone...

she's my sister.

If you...

need a friend,

I make

a pretty good one.

A friend's not what

I need right now.

[Telephone rings]

You better go.

[Ring]

[Ring]

Daddy!

The hospital called.

Mama's having the baby.

All right.

I'm on my way.

Ok.

I'm glad you're the one

here with me.

Me, too, mama.

You're not frightened?

No, mama.

Good.

Are you scared?

Not a bit.

I've done this before,

remember?

Aah.

Lord, Court.

[Baby crying]

Hope you ordered

a girl, Abigail.

I know someone who's going

to be mighty disappointed.

Matt had his heart

set on a boy.

Want me

to put it back?

God, no.

Court!

Hey, Court!

Where are you?

Court!

We've got a girl!

She's just

the tiniest thing

and perfect all over,

except she's baldheaded.

And I was there

for the whole thing.

They didn't actually

let me go in,

but I was there.

It was beautiful.

Anyway...

I couldn't wait to tell you

about the baby.

And I wanted

to apologize

for the last time

I saw you.

I was being unreasonable.

But when two people

really care about

each other...

well, when two people

really care...

they try

to understand things,

even when it's hard.

Don't you think so?

Yeah.

Sure.

Well, Ill

see you, ok?

Yeah.

I never thought

I could feel this way.

It's like,

Ive been waiting

for you to come back

and find me, and...

now Im afraid

it'll all go away.

I'm not going

anywhere.

Come on, Dani.

Unlock...

door.

He's unlocking it.

Daddy's going

to open it.

Come on, missy.

Let's put the baby to bed.

Maureen!

Maureen!

Where could she

have gotten off to?

She knew we'd be back

about noon.

[Giggling]

I love you.

I love you, too.

I have to go.

What are we

going to do?

Don't think

about that.

We have to think

about it.

Not yet

we don't have to.

Yes, we do.

I have to go.

I'll see you later.

Court, come on.

Stop it.

You're going

to make me late.

Dani, I need

to talk to you.

Maureen!

Maureen, can you

get in here, please?

Where have you been?

The baby's home.

All right, boys.

Got to take

your brother his lunch.

He forgot it again.

Boy can't remember

his name these days.

I want you to sit there,

eat your lunch,

and no messing around,

you hear me?

Do you hear me?

Yes, ma'am.

Court?

Court!

Court!

[Moaning]

Baby boy.

[Sobbing]

Court?

Go away, Dani.

Go away, Dani!

Go away!

Daddy!

Daddy!

Dani?

Daddy!

Daddy!

Daddy!

Dani, what's

the matter?

What's the matter?

It's Court.

What?

The tractor...

it's Court.

Help!

Abby!

Abby!

No!

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Dani...

Im sorry.

We didn't mean

to hurt you, Dani.

I love you...

and I need us still

to be close somehow.

I don't want to be close

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