Winter's Bone Page #4

with you, baby girl?

Kill me, I guess.

That idea has been said already.

Got any others?

Help me.

Ain't nobody said

that idea yet, have they?

I tried to help you some before.

This is what come of it.

[door opens]

You got somethin' to say,

child, you best say it now.

I got two kids

that can't feed themselves yet.

My mom's sick,

and she's always gonna be sick.

Pretty soon the laws are coming

and taking our house

and throwing us out to live

in the field like dogs.

If Dad has done wrong, Dad has paid,

and whoever killed him,

I don't need to know all that.

But I can't forever carry them kids...

and my mom,

not without that house.

[car approaching]

Oh, sh*t.

I ain't gonna stand here naked

when that motherf***er comes in.

[garage door opening]

Where is she?

Don't get all excited, Teardrop.

She was warned, and more than once.

You hit her?

He never.

No man here touched that crazy girl.

I put the hurt on her,

me and my sisters.

They was here, too.

What Jessup done was against our ways.

He knew it, I know it,

and I ain't raised no stink at all

about whatever became of him.

But she ain't my brother.

She's about all

the close family I got left,

so I'll be collecting her now

and carrying her on out of here to home.

That suit you, Thump?

You're gonna stand for her, are you?

If she does wrong, you can put it on me.

She's now yours to answer for.

This is a girl

who ain't gonna tell nobody nothing.

[Thump]

You boys give him a hand.

Go on, put her in his truck.

[thunder rumbles]

[rain pattering]

Chomp down on that

till the blood lets up.

Your daddy couldn't face this last bust,

couldn't face a 1 0-year jolt.

He started talking to that f***ing sheriff.

You own me now.

Understand?

They been waiting to see

if I'll do anything.

Watching.

I can't know for a certain fact

who went and killed my little brother.

Even if you find out,

you can't ever let me know who killed him.

Knowing that would just mean

I'd be toes up myself pretty soon.

Deal?

[Gail]

No, get out of the-- open the door.

- [Sonny] What? What's happened?

- Go on. Watch out.

[groans]

Gonna burn.

Squeeze my hand.

[swishes]

Thank you.

[door opens]

l just heard.

I brought these over for you.

They're painkillers. They're real strong.

These are gonna kick in real quick.

- Start with two.

- Okay.

She's gonna want more,

but start with two and build from there,

whatever number lets her rest.

Thank you.

Will you stay until I fall asleep first?

Yeah, I will.

But then make sure

they're doing their homework.

All right.

Does your arm hurt?

No.

Not bad.

[chainsaw buzzing]

[tree cracking]

[chainsaw stops]

[chainsaw buzzing]

[fades]

[distant gunfire]

[fire rumbles]

[distant bird crying]

Blond Milton said him and Sonya

would take Sonny in.

I tell you that?

Raise him on up from here for me.

Does he know? Sonny?

Not from us.

lf he knows, it's from somebody else

blabbing, 'cause l never.

He doesn't even know Dad cooks.

If they took him, that might help some.

What about Ashlee?

She don't shine for them.

Well, what else can you do?

Beg Victoria and Teardrop

to take Ashlee in.

God, I hope that ain't

the way it goes, Sweet Pea.

l hope to hell it ain't.

[class bell rings]

It was nice meeting you.

- Have a good day, okay?

- Thanks.

Hi, how you doing? Sergeant Schalk.

- Ree Dolly.

- Nice to meet you.

So what brought you

down here today, Ree?

Um, I wanted to find out more

about the $40,000 I get for signing up.

Well, that's a good reason

for joining,

but why don't you give me

three better reasons for joining?

Because once you join up,

there's no turning back,

and it might not be worth

$40,000 dollars to you.

Well, the main reason

is I need the money.

It'd be nice to travel, I suppose.

You know, five years

is a long commitment.

Well, how long

before l get the money?

Well, after you sign up,

it would be anywhere

between 1 4 weeks to 82 weeks.

Well, how come it doesn't say that

on the poster?

Probably a clerical error,

or it just wasn't on there.

It might have been

in fine print at the bottom.

Do you mind me asking,

what happened to your--

your eye and your lip?

l fell off my bike.

Fell off a bike?

Well, um, how old are you?

- 1 7.

- You're 1 7.

Okay. Now, if this is something

you really wanted to do,

we'd have to bring Mom and Dad

in on this, okay?

I can sign for myself.

Not at 1 7, you can't.

At 1 7 you're still considered

a minor by the U.S. Government.

You have to be 1 8 to sign up.

Would it be a problem

getting Mom and Dad in here?

l mean, l can come out

to you guys' house--

My mom is sick.

My dad's. . . gone.

Well, do you have any brothers or sisters

that might be able to help?

I got a little brother

and a little sister, 1 2 and 6.

Well, who's taking care of them right now?

- I am.

- You are?

Is that why you need the $40,000?

Yes, sir.

Well, it sounds like

it might be a bigger challenge

just to stay home, you know,

and actually take care

of your brother and sister

because you know you're not

going to be able to take them

with you to training, right?

I thought maybe I could.

Not right at the beginning.

Plus you wouldn't be able to have them

when you're actually

in the active duty Army

because who's going to be

there to take care of them

if you have to go off and actually fight?

So it sounds like right now

you need to buckle up and stay home.

It's going to take a lot of backbone

and a lot of courage to stay home,

but that, l think, is what you need to do

right at this point.

Okay?

Now, something might change

here in the next year or so.

You might decide

this is what you want to do, you know?

But don't take it lightly,

and don't do it just for the money.

You need to have a good reason

to do this, okay?

- Okay.

- All right, well, it was nice meeting you.

Nice meeting you.

Have a good day, okay?

Thank you.

What's going on?

I'm tired of waiting around

for sh*t to come down.

Let's get out and poke 'em

where they're at,

see what happens.

[groans]

[country]

[chatter]

[sighs]

[chattering, laughing]

Oh, Lord.

Ray and them are over there.

Ray.

[Ray]

What do you want?

l ain't seen him.

If I could help you, I would.

There's certain things you can't do.

lt's bullshit, this f***ing sh*t, man.

[kicks door]

You're useless as tits on a f***ing boar.

l don't know where he is.

It's gonna be much worse

next time I come back.

l'll tell you that right now.

[Ray]

Best thing you can do

is leave it alone, brother.

Believe me.

You come back up in here,

you gonna get you an ass whoopin'

that won't quit.

Oh, yeah?

Look what the f***

this sh*t already caused.

- What the hell?

- [clattering]

[Ray]

Hey! What the hell are you doing?

[pound]

[Ray]

Hey!

[Ray]

lt's on now.

[starts engine]

[Ray]

lt's so on.

We're coming after you, dude.

We're coming,

and we're bringing hell, too.

[Ree]

What the hell are we doing?

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