Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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EXT. EL PASO INT'L AIRPORT TEMPORARY PARKING LOT - DAY

Hunter and Chloe.

C: Can I tell mom?

H: I already did. 

C: Oh. H: What did she say?

H: That we damn well better get a picture. She was with grams and gramps so they know too.

C: They came with and say hi.

H: How are they?

C: Good.    

C: And I was nervous about meeting Jackie.

H: Well Jackie's nervous about meeting you. 

C: Horse day still on?

H: She'll be by around ten. 

Hunter CHIRPS the Rover. Roller-bag and backpack in, then them.

C: What's he driving.

H: An old pickup in immaculate condition.

C: Dad?

H: Chloe?

C: You seem utterly unfazed.

H: I'm stupefied, sweetheart. 

He starts engine.

H (CONT.): Buckle up,

Buckle up, H backs Rover out of frame.

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LOCATION - DAY

Wanda and Daisy on "the bench on the river down from the bridge."

Re Clem's ashes and the biodegradable (tbd) she'll set on a pon in the snowy range.

TOM'S RINGTONE, W answers.

Receives the news. Her surprise and conversation leads D to inquire.

"Tom met someone he knows in Las Cruces. He's staying the night."  


INT. HUNTER'S GUEST ROOM - DAY

Tom at desk. Window over desk to yard, wall, mountains. Hat on rack, suitcase on bed.

Calls Ruth.


EXT. RUTH'S FRONT PORCH - DAY

R with Gil. Tom's RINGTONE. 

The news.

G: Híjole

T leaves, hat on, shows up in window, at backyard wall, lights a cigarette.

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INT. H FOYER.

Piano and guitar.

Hunter enter, crossing, DOORBELL

Peephole double-take.

  

EXT. H FRONT DOOR

T standing, hat on, truck parked near the bins. 

H open door wide enough to look out.

H: Can I help you?

T: Howdy. My name is Tom Walker.

Hunter surveys Tom.

H: The Tom Walker who was in Reno for the rodeo fifty years ago?

T: Well, one of 'em anyway.  

Hunter looks past him to the truck. 

H: What's my mother's name?

T: Olivia Edith. If I got the right Hunter C Madison.   

H: What if I didn't know who you are?

T: I'da been turned around and askin' for directions back to Drippin' Springs Road.

Hunter considers, opens the door for Tom to enter.

H: Come in.

Tom removes his hat, enters. Hunter surveys the truck, closes the door.  


FOYER

H: How did you find my address?

T: Online. 

H: Just happen to be in the neighborhood?

T: Well, sorta. On my way to Texas?

H: From?

T: Laramie, Wyomin', where I live.

H: What's in Texas, if you don't mind me asking.

T: I don't. You can ask me anything ya want. My sister Ruth lives in a town called Kerrville. 

H: I'm out the door to the airport in El Paso.

T: Yessir.

H: When will you be back through on your way home to Laramie?

T: Oh I reckon about a week. 

H: We won't be here in a week.

T: Yessir. 


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W with D. Tom's RINGTONE.