Winter Passing Page #4

Oh, those are Shelly's!

- Is she sick?

- I think she was!

But she doesn't really talk about it!

Hey, so do you want to

hang out after dinner?

Sure!

Right on!

Hey, Reese?

I'm not really an officer of the law

or anything!

But, uh, I'm pretty sure it's illegal!

To take someone else's

prescription medication!

No, no, no, no!

Hey!

- Hi, Reese!

- What you doin'?

I'm just wakin' up!

Jesus!

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine! I-

Just a dizzy spell!

Would you hand me my bourbon, please?

Yeah!

Ooh!

So, what are your plans today?

I don't know!

- Thought I might go to the lake!

- Well, be sure to layer!

- Daddy!

- Hmm!

Did Mom leave anything for me?

Regarding any money from her estate,

I'm sure a lawyer will be in touch!

No, I mean, besides money!

Was there anything else?

Your Uncle Dick mailed that box

a couple of months ago!

Haven't gone through it, but feel free!

What's in there?

Just some old junk!

So, Corbit said that Shelly's

had some medical problems!

Yeah, she was in pretty rough shape

there for a while!

What was wrong with her?

She had endometriosis!

The doctors tried a lot of things.

Nothing really worked,

so she had to have a hysterectomy!

- Jesus!

- Yeah, I was all she had there for a while!

She's a good kid, Reese!

You oughta give her a chance!

- Thanks!

- There's a plate for you in the oven!

Reese, are we still on for later?

Is something wrong?

What room did she do it in?

I don't think this is the time or the place

for this conversation, Reese.

- What room?

- Reese-

Shut up, Shelly! What room was it?

The basement? The bathroom? Tell me.

The study upstairs!

In the middle of the night, I found her hangin'

on a coat hook on the back of the door!

She used a necktie!

Hey, this is Rob.

Leave me a message.

Hey, hey!

- Mom used to play that!

- Yeah.

I think she played it in a different key!

It sounded nice!

I'm gonna go do some work!

Daddy-

Are you, like,

mad at me or something?

I guess I'm just a little disappointed!

Why?

I don't know, Reese. I th-

I think it would have been nice

if you'd made it back for the funeral!

She wasn't perfect,

but she was your mother.

Is that who she was?

My mother?

The woman who treated me like a!

Mild curiosity all my life?

- She suffered, Reese!

- She suffered?

We all f***ing suffered!

This house was one big,

silent museum of suffering!

We did our best!

Yeah, well, don't fault me

for being just a little disappointed.

Do you know how many times

you guys saw me act?

Once!

One f***ing time in the seventh grade

when I played Wendy in Peter Pan!

And you had to nudge Mom awake

during the curtain call!

So I missed her funeral.

- Her f***ing loss!

- Please don't swear!

- F***! F***! F***! F***! Fu-

- Stop it!

Hey, Reese!

Hey-

Are you a f*ggot?

Are you a f***ing f*ggot, Corbit?

- God is my copilot!

- God is your f***ing copilot?

Yeah. Jesus loves me,

and he loves you too.

Corbit? Don was just asking for you.

In your mother's third letter...

she talks about killing herself.

How... drowning would be

too terrifying...

and a bullet to the head

would be too messy!

She was in St. "Looey"at the time,

working on her second novel.

Your father replied...

that he would do anything she wished

to make that not happen!

He said he would

get on a plane if he had to!

In her next letter she said

that she felt better...

and that her thoughts of suicide

had subsided!

And that she had a new idea for a novel!

Can I borrow a cigarette?

Thank you!

It's St! Louis!

St! Louis!

The later letters...

particularly!

77 through to 123!

Are less passionate!

And almost approach bitterness!

Perhaps even jealousy!

And then by 130...

they dissolve down

to two or three...

very uninformative half-sentences!

And then they end!

Are you going to publish them?

I honestly don't know, Shelly!

Well, I hope it's worth it!

Thanks for the cigarette.

Shelly, I found these under my bed.

Oh, thank you!

You know, Reese,

if it wasn't for your dad...

I don't know if I would have made it!

In his own quiet way, he cares

a great deal about other people!

I think he really

wants to get to know you!

It's probably gonna take some time.

Thanks for these!

Daddy, are you okay?

Leave me alone!

I thought maybe we could talk!

Please go away!

Sh*t!

- You okay?

- Yeah!

Can you- Can you make a fist?

Yeah, like that!

- Does that hurt?

- A little bit!

Hey, Corbit, I'm-

I'm really sorry about

what happened last night!

Yeah, that was pretty weird!

Hey, what happened to your eyeliner?

It was too Adam Ant!

I thought it looked! cool!

- Really?

- It looks really good on you!

Made you look kinda like a wolverine!

- Wolverine?

- Mm-hmm!

- Wow!

- Yeah! Wolverines rock!

Wolverines do rock!

Hey, you know,

there's this bar in town!

That has open mikes

on Wednesday nights!

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah, the Great Notch Inn!

You should go in, play a song!

Oh, man, I don't-

I don't know, Reese!

Why not?

Um-

In front of anyone, I-

I have this thing that happens to me!

When I have to play and sing

at the same time!

What happens?

- I sort of freeze up!

- Mmm!

If I'm alone, it's cool!

And if I'm just playing

or just singing, it's okay too!

But when I have to do both, it's bad!

Well, what did you do when you

were in Punching Pilate?

I was pretty much

the designated rhythm guitarist!

- Mmm! - They had me go up to

the front once, but that was-

- That was a disaster!

- Well, what happened?

Let's just say I I- lost my sh*t!

Excuse my French!

I just froze up,

and they stopped the show!

And then for some reason, I-

I kicked the drummer!

He was this total

Black Sabbath wannabe and-

We got in this big fistfight,

and I broke his collarbone!

So, they kicked me out of the band!

It was a pretty big mess!

I've never done

an open mike before, Reese!

It- It would be pretty scary!

I think you should just do it!

I mean, you only live once, right?

I'm sure Shelly would come!

- You think?

- I totally think!

And I'll be there!

Right on!

Karate!

"Kara-tay!"

"Kara-tay!"

It helps me relax!

Wow!

Yeah! You need not worry!

I'm a total pacifist!

- Can I join you?

- Sure!

How far do you usually go?

Uh, about two miles if I'm lucky!

I think my jock days

are pretty much behind me!

Do you wanna sprint

some telephone poles?

- Are you sure?

- Yeah! Feel okay!

Okay, but if I have a heart attack,

it's your fault.

- dd

- dd

dd

All right. Let's keep it going.

Next up we have Corbit.

Come on out, Corbit!

All right!

So where you from, Corbit?

Uh, Pontiac, originally, but I've been

in the U!P! about seven months now!

All right! Well, welcome

to the Great Notch Inn!

Where luck and love come

from the same hairy family!

Right, guys?

What song are you gonna

do for us tonight, Corbit?

"I Can't Tell You Why"

by the Beatle- by the Eagles!

All right, that sounds great!

Let's give it up for Corbit!

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