Winter's Bone Page #5

[Teardrop]

Looking for humps that ain't settled.

[sighs]

Oh, hell.

He ain't here.

He ain't anywhere.

[flicks lighter, exhales]

He's somewhere.

[siren bleeps]

- Teardrop.

- [bleeps]

You should stop.

Just see what he wants.

Shh...

[car door shuts]

Get out of the truck, Teardrop.

I need to talk to you.

l don't think so.

lt ain't about you.

You're not in trouble.

lt's about your brother.

Nope.

Tonight I ain't doin'

a f***ing thing you say.

Get out of the truck.

Put your hands where I can see 'em.

Come on, get out.

Why'd you tell?

Why?

You went and got his ass killed.

You happy now?

l know you.

l know your family.

Get out of the car now.

Is this gonna be our time?

[starts ignition]

[Ree]

What I really can't stand

is why I feel so ashamed for Dad.

Well, he loved you all.

That's where he went weak.

Lots of us can be tough,

plenty tough enough,

and do it for a long stretch, too.

But snitching.

For lots and lots 'a years he wasn't.

He wasn't, he wasn't,

and one day he was.

You always have scared me.

That's 'cause you're smart.

[Ree]

Will you look through this stuff?

See what you want to keep?

That's Dad.

And Teardrop.

Ashlee, you remember

when Dad made that for you?

Mm-hm.

Look at this guy with her.

[Sonny]

That's him?

Mm-hm.

How old was he in that picture?

Probably around my age.

"I don't know how l ever

latched on to someone like you,

"but I sure hope I can keep

you interested in me forever.

l love you and will always be true."

Ha! Found ya.

Found ya!

[knocks]

We're goin' to fix your problem for you.

Right now I'm feeling

like blowing me a clean hole

through your f***ing guts.

I know you do,

but you won't.

You'll put that scatter gun

away and come along with us.

You must think I'm crazy.

We'll take you to your daddy's bones.

We know the place.

We need to put a stop

to all this nonsense talk

about us we've been having to hear.

I ain't said a thing about you.

I know, but everybody else has.

l'm bringing this.

No, you won't bring that, either.

You want his bones,

you'll set that down and come along.

You go on and take that sack off now.

Give it to me.

Child, you might know where you are.

If you do, you forget you know it.

You get me?

[cows mooing]

[metal clatters]

[Merab]

He should be right there.

You're gonna need to reach down

and tug him up.

He ain't deep.

Straight down.

Can you feel of him?

[panting]

[groans]

[Whimpering]

All right, now.

- Here, take this.

- What?

- How else you gonna get his hands?

- No.

- Oh, come on, child.

- No.

Your daddy would want you to do this.

Now, here, take the saw.

[Alice]

She can't do it, Merab.

Hold his arm out straight, child.

[yanking pull starter]

Sh*t.

[Weeping]

Why'd you let go?

You're gonna need both hands,

or sure as sh*t they'll say he cut one off

to keep from going to prison.

They know that trick.

Now reach back down in there, now, quick.

[Water splashes]

[starts chainsaw]

[gasps]

There you go.

Let's go, Alice.

[Man on police radio]

Christian County 1 36,

that thing comes back

to a P.O. Box address out of Cassville.

The owner appears to be

a relative of the female

who is taking care of the kids.

[Woman on radio]

Christian County to 1 60.

[Man]

Got it.

Come on back.

Oh.

How in the hell did you come by these?

Someone flung them

up on the porch last night.

Reckon l'll run these straight over.

The lab can tell me if they're his.

They're his.

Those are my dad's hands.

We'll know yes or no

on that soon enough.

l bet your dad would still be here

if he was just growing his marijuana.

Hey.

I didn't shoot the other night

'cause you were there in the truck.

He never backed me down.

It looked to me like he did.

Don't you let me hear

that's the story getting around.

I don't talk about you, man, ever.

You're a good boy.

Good boy.

Thank you.

Clip. Thank you.

[car door shuts]

Sonny.

Hey, Ashlee.

I brung these for you two to raise up.

[together]

Thank you.

What's he doing here?

I have no idea.

l know you.

[Satterfield]

Yep.

Looks like you earned

this money with blood, kid.

- That's yours.

- How's it mine?

Well, that feller never did give a name,

but he sure was good news for you all

when he put that down on Jessup.

Ain't it still his, though?

You can use it

a hell of a lot more than him.

He ain't gonna come back for it, neither,

not the way things happened.

We took our cut,

and that there's what's left.

That makes it yours.

I don't know how you did that.

Bred and buttered. I told you.

Well, you take care, okay?

Here.

Yeah.

Well, it's been a long time.

Back off a little.

You're making me nervous.

Oh, sh*t.

Hm.

I was never good like your daddy was.

l know who.

What?

Jessup.

l know who.

You should have this.

Oh, no, you--

Why don't you keep it here for me?

[starts truck, drives off]

Does that money mean you're leaving?

l ain't leaving you guys.

Why do you think that?

We heard you talking about the Army.

Are you wanting to leave us?

I'd be lost without

the weight of you two on my back.

l ain't going anywhere.

[chirping]

[banjo]

[Woman]

Tempted and tried

We're oft made to wonder

Why it should be thus

All the day long

While there are others

Living about us

Never molested

Though in the wrong

Farther along

We'll know more about it

Farther along

We'll understand why

Cheer up, my brother

Live in the sunshine

'Cause we'll understand it

All by and by

Sometimes I wonder

Why must I suffer

Out in the rain

The cold, and the snow

When there are many

Living in comfort

Giving no heed

To all that I know

Farther along

We'll know more about it

Farther along

We'll understand why

But cheer up, my sister

Live in the sunshine

We'll understand it

All by and by

[guitar]

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