Winter Passing Page #2

- Please give me a call

at your earliest convenience...

So that we can discuss her options.

- So, I got your message!

- Hey, Reese. Can I get a beer here?

I'll need money to get home!

- We'll be glad to arrange a flight for you!

- Oh, I don't fly!

Okay!

And I'll, uh, need cash!

Uh, I don't know if I'm gonna

be able to arrange cash, Reese!

I'd have to talk to my boss, put through a

check request. It could take a couple of weeks.

- Then f*** it!

- Well, wait a minute!

There's two!

You got all three!

- Will you be renting a car?

- I'll take the bus!

And I'll need money for cigarettes.

And food.

A girl's gotta eat, right?

Take it easy.

Well, that's that!

Can you tell me when you plan

on heading to Michigan?

I'll leave in a few days.

- So, uh, how can I get in touch with you?

- You won't! I'll call you!

I'll look forward to it!

- Okay!

- Thanks for the drink.

Good luck, Reese.

Dd

Dd

- Dd

- What happened?

Smoking break!

Are you all right?

Oh, I'm fine!

Do you know where we are?

We just passed Traverse City!

- Hi!

- Hi!

Who are you?

Corbit!

Is my dad around?

- Who's your dad?

- Don Holden!

Got any I!D!?

- I!D!?

- Yeah! Preferably passport or driver's license!

- Seriously?

- Seriously!

- What's your date of birth?

- April 6, 1980!

- Zodiac sign?

- Aries!

Are you, like,

his secret service guy or something?

Sort of! He's in the garage!

- What's he doing in there?

- That's where he lives now!

- Who lives in the house?

- Me!

Me and Shelly!

- Who's Shelly?

- She's a girl!

Just this girl! You don't know her!

You look different than your pictures!

Yeah, well, people change, right?

Well, I gotta go rock!

Okay!

If you see Mr! Holden,

tell him his balls are clean!

Dd

What? Who's there?

Corbit? Shelly?

Reese!

Hey, Daddy!

Come in! Come in!

Here! Sit!

Oh, I've been sitting all day,

but thanks!

What a surprise!

- You want a drink?

- Sure!

What are those pills for?

Those were your mother's!

They! help me sleep!

I hardly use 'em!

So, what brings you home?

Oh, I don't know!

I just thought it was time!

If you need me to write you a check

or something, all you gotta do is ask!

Whew!

- How was the funeral?

- Pretty low-key!

Fair amount of her fans showed up!

No Pin the Tail on the Donkey

or anything like that!

- Where is she buried anyway?

- They cremated her!

Your Uncle Dick took her ashes

back to Louisville!

So that guy in the house said

you were living in here now!

Yeah. Pretty easy.

I got my books and my bed, my worktable.

Got this- Got a new stove here!

Are you writing?

A little here and there!

Shelly!

This is my daughter, Reese!

- Reese, Shelly.

- Hello!

- Hey.

- Reese just arrived from New York!

Well, it's such a surprise!

- Here you are!

- Mmm! Good! Thank you!

The car's making strange noises again!

Probably the transmission.

Have Corbit take a look at it.

Well, I should go put this stuff

in the fridge!

- Nice to finally meet you, Reese!

- Bye!

Bye!

Wow! Where's she from, Wimbledon?

She's one of my former students!

She needed a place to get away

from things for a while!

She's been a big help.

- You still teaching?

- I stepped down a few semesters ago!

Why?

I got tired!

Corbit!

Come in!

Corbit, I understand you've

already met my daughter.

She'll be staying with us...

for an undisclosed period of time!

- In the house?

- In her old bedroom! Yeah!

What about Shelly?

She'll be okay

on the sofa for a while!

- The upstairs study's open!

- I don't want anybody in there!

I'm sure Shelly won't mind!

Right on!

Uh, Shelly told me

to tell you that dinner...

will be served promptly at 6:30!

And if Reese doesn't like chicken...

there's meat loaf and twice-baked potatoes

left over from Monday.

Tell Shelly

Reese is fine with chicken!

Okay!

Tee time's in 55 minutes?

I'll be ready!

Tee time?

- Golf game!

- Since when did you start golfing?

Oh, I mess around with it a little!

- Is Corbit a former student too?

- No.

When I was still living in the house,

I came downstairs!

He was sleeping on the sofa!

Well!

It sounds like you got yourself

a little utopia here!

Works pretty well!

I'm sure Mom would be intrigued!

Mary'd probably get a kick out of it!

I guess I'll see you at dinner!

Okay!

- Hey.

- Hey!

Wow!

Um, the hot water isn't working.

Just, um-Just flush the toilet

a couple of times!

- That will help with the hot water.

- Okay!

Yeah.

It's pretty cool-plumbing.

Well!

Enjoy your shower!

Thanks!

Here. Just relax.

- Watch the ball.

- Yes.

Nice and easy.

- That's it. That was beautiful.

- Yeah, that was pretty good.

Sorry!

Ow! Sh*t!

Run cold water over it!

If you've come down to help, I'm grateful,

but I think I have everything under control!

I was wondering if you could fill me in

on the little golf game that's going on upstairs!

- Don hits a bucket of golf balls

every night before dinner!

What happened to all the furniture?

Don had the movers

put it in the backyard!

- Corbit, would you like to say grace?

- Sure!

- Grace?

- Yes! Grace!

Since when does anyone in this house say grace?

I thought you were an atheist!

- Grace is okay!

- Wow.

- Wow what?

- Nothing.

I just can't believe that

this is the same man!

Who told his six-year-old daughter!

That Christmas was a Republican

capitalistic conspiracy...

created by the Hallmark Corporation!

And that,

ifJesus were alive today...

he'd be down in Nicaragua

rallying the Sandinistas!

- Grace away!

- Corbit?

Dear God!

Thank you for the food!

And the company.

Reese seems pretty cool!

It's nice to have her here.

And thank you for a nice home.

- Amen.

- Amen!

You want some?

- Do you want some salad?

- Please! Thank you!

Mmm. Shelly,

your breasts are delicious.

Glad you like it, Corbit!

So, how were the links?

Mmm!

He was really whackin' 'em today.

We need to get a new driver though.

Also would like to get a four wood.

- It's just a nice club to have!

- Is that something you can sort out?

We can just order one

through the catalog!

Great.

Don?

You've hardly touched your plate!

Corbit, did you get a chance

to look at the car?

The filter's old!

I'll replace it tomorrow!

Corbit here's quite the mechanic!

He used to repair speedboats.

Right, Corbit?

Mmm!

Evinrude Outboard Motors, actually!

And he's a musician too.

What are you working on now, Corbit?

Just some new stuff!

He used to be in a Christian rock band

down in Flint.

- What did you call yourselves?

- Punching Pilate!

L- I had to leave the band though

'cause they were trying to get all ska.

So! I left 'em!

Reese, would you mind

passing the potatoes?

Thank you!

There you go!

You need to eat, Don!

I need to borrow the car!

Did you hear me?

I said I need the car.

- Do you have a license?

- Of course I have a license! Where are the keys, please?

- She has one!

- Where are you going?

Nowhere!

I just need to clear my head!

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