The Open Road Page #5

I was just thinkin'

What were you

thinking about?

Actually, um,

I was thinking about

that time in Galveston.

Do you remember that carnival

in Galveston?

There was that big fat guy

who would not

sell me that heart-shaped

necklace you wanted.

Yeah. He made you

trade him your watch for it.

Yeah.

That's right.

That was a fun night.

It sure was.

- Do you still have it?

- What, the necklace?

I don't know. Yeah.

I doubt it.

Hey, I...

I don't want you

to marry him.

I know that I hurt you

and, ha...

and there's nothing I can do

to take it back.

You just came home

one day and said,

"Sorry, I'm moving to Corpus.

I need to focus on my game."

God. That's because

I was an idiot.

Hey.

You're going through

a lot right now. I know.

It's not fair of me

to have brought it up.

No. No, it's completely fair.

It's completely fair.

I just want you to know

how sorry I am...

and that if you thought

there was ever a chance that...

that you could forgive me...

What, for being an idiot?

Yeah.

And for not cherishing you.

I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go

get your dad's prescription.

- I'll be right back, okay?

- Okay.

How you holding

up there, pardner?

- Not to bad.

- Oh, hell. That's better 'n most.

What can I get for you?

Why don't you start me off

with a good old cold beer?

Lonestar if you've got one.

I know you from somewhere?

No, I don't think so.

You're Kyle Garrett, aren't you?

Well, to be perfectly honest,

I have been called worse.

What are you doing here?

Well, I'm drinking.

- Hey.

- Hey. Where are you?

I'm still in Kentucky,

but I should be back tomorrow night.

I'm gonna fly out of Memphis.

I thought you were

gonna be back last night.

I don't understand

any of this.

It's just something

that I had to do, Jason.

It doesn't mean anything.

It doesn't mean that I don't...

I wish I just knew what

was going on, you know?

Well, I'll just have to explain it

when I get back then, okay?

" You're supposed to do this.

You're supposed to do that,"

and on and on,

nagging.

And I turn to him

and I say,

"I may not know much,

but what I do know

I know the hell out of."

Son of a b*tch docks me

two days' pay!

- No! That son of a...

- Hey, I was looking earlier for you.

- Hey.

- Come on in here.

This is...

Johnny, this is my son.

Welcome.

Glad you made it.

- Carlton Garrett.

- Nice to meet you.

He's a ballplayer like his old man,

what you call a natural-born athlete.

- How about getting him a Lonestar?

- All right, slugger.

Give me one of those too,

would you please?

Whoa.

Oh oh.

Time for the Lonestar

to take a load off.

Let's get a table.

Come on, just the two of us.

You sure it's a good idea

to drink with all these

painkillers and everything?

Oh, always

a good idea to drink.

- Oh, thank you, Johnny.

- Thank you.

Hey, I don't care

what they say about you.

You're a good man.

Remember it.

- Lucy got these for you.

- Aww.

She's a peach, that girl.

Whew. 25.

I'd kill a man to be 25 again.

You would?

You talk to her?

Your mother?

How's she doing?

She's hanging in there.

Well, I'll tell you something.

I know this old boy,

works for the airlines in Dallas...

Walter Henry Heigan.

And he's got his top guy

here in Memphis.

He's gonna walk us

straight through security

right onto the plane.

- Just show up?

- Yup. That's it.

You don't need your ID

or anything?

No, I sure don't.

Talked to him back at the motel.

That's great.

Thanks.

Don't mention it. I figured

I'd slowed us down enough already.

I know you didn't have

to come on this trip.

Oh, forget about it.

I got to spend some time

with my son.

Hey, I don't want to be

telling you your business,

but if I were you and I had

a pretty little thing like that

waiting for me back

at the Blue Moon Motel,

I sure as hell wouldn't be

sitting here with me talking.

All right.

Dad?

I'm sorry I didn't call you

for so long.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Guess what?

- What?

- He did it.

- Did what?

Uh, whatever.

That thing you were talking about.

He got us on a flight out

of Memphis in the morning.

I guess somebody's

down there waiting.

Uh, yeah, I know.

I was there

when he figured it out.

He said he wanted

to tell you himself,

otherwise I would've

said something.

Huh.

Well, this is a good development.

I must concur.

You look good.

Thanks.

- Um, did you want to talk about earlier?

- No.

Because...

I'm just gonna read.

Uh...

I'm just gonna take a...

a shower.

Cold shower.

You boys hold down the bar.

The Lonestar shall return.

#... a little girl #

# I asked my mother #

# What would I be #

# Here's what she said to me #

# Que sera, sera #

#Whatever will be, will be. #

Hey, come on.

- Where's Kyle?

- He's gonna meet us at the gate.

Why didn't he just

wait for us?

I don't know. Maybe they had to walk him

through security or something.

Yeah, tell her we'll be in

around 7:
00.

Okay. Bye.

We should board.

You ready?

Okay.

- What are you drinking?

- Tasty beverage.

So your friend took care

of your ticket then, huh?

- Yeah.

- That was nice of him.

Yeah, well,

that's old Walter for you.

He even walked me

through security.

I thought you said

Walter was based in Dallas.

He is.

There are two Walters.

His son's actually based here...

Walter Jr.

Walter Jr.

Uh, yeah.

He's a good one.

Heart as big

as all outdoors... Walter Jr.

I'm gonna go find Lucy.

I'll be right back.

Time to go?

What?

- I'd like to know what's going on.

- What do you mean?

I'm trying as hard as I can

to be honest with you.

Okay?

I'm trying as hard as I can

to forgive my father

for being dishonest

his entire life.

And I don't know.

I have this sneaking suspicion

that everyone involved

has been lying to me.

It's not like that.

It just seemed pointless to tell you.

Tell me what?

Well, when I helped

your dad with his bag,

I noticed his wallet in there.

When I asked him about it,

he said it'd be pointless to tell you

because there's no way you'd believe

he'd hide it there intentionally.

Okay, so he made up this whole story

about his airline friend.

And, look, he didn't tell you

'cause he didn't want to upset you.

He didn't want to upset me.

What was I supposed to do?

He's here, isn't he?

You were supposed

to tell me the truth!

I was stuck, okay?

I was stuck in between.

You got him his bag

at the gas station.

- That was two days ago.

- What difference does it make?

We could've flown

out of Louisville.

- We could've been there already.

- No, we couldn't have.

Hey, my mom has been

in the hospital the entire time.

What the hell is wrong with you?

Will you wait a second, Carlton?

You don't understand.

- Where the hell is he?

- Can we talk about this, please?

Just stop, okay?

He's not in there.

Calm down.

He probably got onboard already.

Why would he board

without us?

I can't believe this.

You don't even care, do you?

No, Carlton.

I don't care.

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