The Scent of Rain & Lightning Page #3

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or those punks, right?

Who else would you look at?

I know it's hard to hear,

but in a case like this,

I've always got

to look at family.

Thank you for this food.

We ask you to bless it

for our body's use.

What, don't I get a hello?

Provided you saved me

some bacon.

[laughs]

[family chattering

indistinctly]

- Oh, my goodness.

- There you go.

- Thank you, ma'am.

- Thank you.

Bacon, table.

Bacon, table.

Hi.

No?

Can I steal your orange juice?

[family talking

indistinctly]

Suppose it doesn't fit you.

Fits you.

Hi, sweetie.

How are you?

[murmurs indistinctly]

[quietly] I can't

stay that long, all right?

[overlapping,

indistinct conversations]

- I don't know.

- Easy, now.

- Good eggs.

- Tell you a fact right now,

- and I'm only gonna say it once.

- All right.

If you want this nice little

honeymooning thing

that you got planned, you know,

I'm not gonna be able to pay

for the circus that you...

- Yeah.

- Are planning for a wedding.

Well, now, I mean, you know,

Senior... Senior's got a point.

I mean, Belle and I... I mean,

we can... we can discuss it.

- We don't...

- It's not a circus.

- Don't pay him attention.

- Hey, Meryl.

You going to the

Grand Ole Opry tonight?

You just have one daughter,

one daughter.

Jealousy's unbecoming.

In fact, I believe you have

- this in a powder blue yourself.

- Oh, I do, yeah.

I need to see you

in my office.

I need to see you

in the office.

Whoa, whoa.

Morning, sunshine.

Hey.

Hey.

Take a look at this.

I need you to go to Colorado

right away.

I...

Now, I put you

in charge up there.

I stand behind it,

but if you can't do it,

- I'll ask Chase to do it.

- Dad, I don't need a lecture.

This shows me different.

If it's what I think it is,

fire Timmons.

I'll leave it to you whether

you involve

the authorities or not.

You'll find it.

- What...

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Jody's right there.

What's gotten into you?

[chuckles]

- [whispering] She's right there.

- All right.

- You all right?

- Yeah. I got to pack my bags.

I'm heading to Flat Rock.

[clears throat]

[scoffs]

All right.

Hugh Jay, I wish you'd learn

to stand up for yourself.

Laurie, can we not, okay?

Not now.

I've had

a couple f***ed-up days.

Shh, she's right over there.

[lighter flicking]

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

You think you're old enough

to be messing with this?

- I was just playing around.

- Where'd you get this?

Well, Chase left it here

after he had

all mom's coffee this morning.

[tense music]

What'd he want?

What do you mean?

He came by for coffee

after the co-op.

I got to pack.

Don't mind him.

He's not happy about

having to go to Flat Rock.

Do we need to talk

about something?

What do we need

to talk about?

I don't know.

You tell me.

Come home like that, you

haven't touched me in a month.

You tell me you're

going to Flat Rock for...

- Okay.

- I don't know what.

I'm going up there

to take care of business.

I just told you what...

you got a problem?

I-I just don't know

when you're coming or going.

- I don't know...

- I don't know when

you're ever happy,

'cause you know what?

The truth of the matter is

I was fine as a ranch hand.

You didn't have to get

all riled up about me

taking over my dad's ranch.

So what is it?

You want me to stay here,

or do you want me to do this?

- Are you... are you insane?

- You ever look in the mirror

and maybe realize

that you're the one

- who's got the f***ing problem?

- Are you insane?

Am I insane?

Am I insane?

Don't try to pin this on me.

- Don't try to pin... [stammers]

- Me?

- Me, pin this on you?

- You'd live in any kind

of life your daddy wants,

and you try to pin it on me?

What about the sh*t that

I've been hearing around town?

Having my brother

over in the morning

- and not telling me about this?

- Oh, my God, are you...

- keep your voice down.

- Huh?

What about the sh*t that

I've been hearing around town?

- She's down...

- Huh?

- I don't...

- You want to talk about that?

You've been spending too

much time in the bar.

Flirting with the boys,

being down at the diner?

Huh?

Yeah, I've been hearing things.

You want to talk about that?

You want to talk?

You want to talk right now?

Maybe I should hang out

in some bars in Flat Rock,

- see what I hear up there.

- You know what?

It's a different story every

week, and if it was last week,

it seemed like you'd be

pretty happy,

me being gone most of the time.

That's truth.

[footsteps receding,

door slamming]

[scoffs quietly]

[quietly] F*** it.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Thought you'd be halfway

to Flat Rock by now.

Yeah, I'm on my way over.

I ran into Doc Taylor,

said we could bring

by the mare tonight.

- All right.

- Hey, Hugh Jay.

What happened to Billy?

- Oh, you didn't miss much.

- He put up a fight?

It's none of your damn

business, Red.

Well, what the hell's

gotten into you?

You don't need to talk

to Red like that.

I mean, we're all fired up.

Kid's just asking questions.

Yeah, kid.

"Kid" is the key word there.

Now, you and Senior will get

the mare over to Doc's?

- You're a dick.

- I'm a dick?

You been looking for something?

- Yeah, where'd you find it?

- My kitchen.

[sarcastically] Oh, yeah.

Looks like you caught us.

We need to talk

when I get back.

Yeah, well, hopefully you're

in a better f***ing mood.

[sirens blaring distantly]

[mysterious twanging music]

I hate you, Collin Croyle.

You're the dumbest,

most stupid, mean idiot!

I hate you!

I hope your dad dies

in prison!

I hate your whole family!

[knocking]

[door creaks]

Do you have the files

from the case?

Uh... yeah.

Uh...

Sorry, it's... [chuckles]

kind of messy.

Do you want a...

do you want a drink, or...

Uh, yeah, that...

that would be nice.

Here.

[coughs]

Do you want another?

Yeah, sure.

Thanks.

[exhales]

When your dad got out...

I was so wrapped up in...

my own pain and hatred.

I wasn't thinking

about anyone else.

I don't know.

It just wasn't fair, and...

and what I'm trying to say

is I'm sorry, I guess.

I'm sorry.

I knew you were just hurting.

I've-I've always known that.

The, um... the case files

are in my car.

Here, look at this.

It's George Timmons.

He was arrested in Flat Rock

for embezzling from

your grandfather's ranch

just a couple weeks

after your folks were killed.

Then the charges were dropped

almost immediately.

I'm-I'm not saying that

the two were connected,

but... it wouldn't hurt to look.

I mean, Don didn't do so much

as to make a call up there.

- What do you think happened?

- [chuckles]

I... I-I wish I knew.

I had a lot of questions

but not a lot of answers.

And the people that

put Billy away

weren't exactly

falling over themselves

to help me build a case

on reasonable doubt.

I thought you told them that

you stayed up the whole night.

I did.

Look, I mean,

I want to make things right,

but... I'm not here

to find all the answers.

So you don't care about

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