"I miss you, honey." "I'll be home as soon as I can." "Yeah." "Bye." "That was my wife." "You know, she gets nervous if I don't call, every Friday night when I'm on the road." "It's just something we do." "Ahem." "Let me tell you something:" "In this world, it's either fuck or get fucked." "That's why in a stinking world like this you need something that you can rely on." "And you know what that is?" "It's family." "Everybody else... they'd just as soon stab you in the back as have your back." "But not family though." "Those are the ties that can't be broken." "Your laws and your morality... all that "good," "bad"... that ain't got nothing on blood." "Blood runs deep." "Because you could hate your family, but damned if you ain't bound to them anyway." "I mean, look at you." "You think you would have ended up like this if you hadn't turned your back on your family... if you hadn't run away?" "Don't matter what kind of trash you turned out to be, Sara Jean, your daddy would have seen me dead before he'd let this happen to you." "You see what you lost?" "Person ain't nothing without their family." "Ahh, don't matter how far I travel," "I always know I got a family to go back to." "I know that my blood is waiting for me." "Hey there." "You need a ride?" "Is that an offer?" "I didn't just stop to smell the flowers." "I'm Cliff Michaels." "Pleased to make your acquaintance." "Summer." "Where you headed?" "Uh, Massey." "It's a little town about 15 miles north of here, I guess." "That's not too far out of my way..." "I can drop you there." "I'd appreciate that." "It's not a problem." "Not a problem." "Maybe you can do me a favor sometime." "So what's waiting for you up in Massey?" "Old ghosts." "Maybe a couple new ones." "Well, it's a nice little town anyhow." "You don't strike me as a type of person that stays in one place too long." "You don't get scared hitching out here all by yourself?" "There's some crazy motherfuckers out there... pardon my language." "I can take care of myself." "I bet you can." "I bet you can." "So why don't you take care of old Cliff while you're at it, huh?" "Rules of the road and all that." "Mine's bigger, Cliff." "Now why don't you keep your eyes on the road, and that little micro-dick of yours in your pants?" "We got a little tradition of paying for our groceries in this town, miss." "Ahh, that way." "Get in." "You got about 15 seconds before he comes back this way, so..." "Get down." "Do you mind telling me who the hell you are?" "My name's Tom Hoxey." "Summer." "Well, now that we've dispensed with the formal bullshit," "I could use a smoke after all that excitement." "Why did you help me?" "That asshole sheriff busted me on a DD once." "I had two beers." "I still spent a night in the tank." "Guess I have a problem with authority." "You want some of this?" "Yeah." "So what do people do for fun around here?" "What, you're not having fun now?" "You know what I mean." "Well, let's see... there's drinking, fighting, fucking if you're not too drunk." "Aw, sounds like a happening place." "So how'd you end up here?" "Okay, let me guess:" "you got sick of your boyfriend knocking you around, so you torched his car and took off?" "I strike you as the type of girl that lets a guy knock her around?" "Well, Summer," "I give up." "So is there a place around here where a lot of old guys hang out?" "What, toothless and wrinkled get you hot?" "Not that old." "Like 50s or 60s." "You know, like one of those clubs where they wear the Grand Poobah hats and shit." "No, there's nothing like that around here." "I couple crazy old 'Nam vets hang down at the pool hall, but sounds to me like you're looking for someone particular." "Oh, was it something I said?" "I just need to get some sleep." "Is there a cheap motel around here?" "Well, you know, my place isn't that far." "Do I look that easy to you?" "Darling, I've never worked harder in my life." " Tom." " Jessie." "How's it going?" "You haven't been by the shop lately." "You miss me or something?" "Have fun, guys." "So how many times have you nailed her?" "Jessie?" "No, she's not my type." "More like you're not her type if you ask me." "Well, I'll give you that." "Guess I'm just too nice a guy." "Are you all alone out here?" "Next house is about a quarter mile up." "So how many people live in Massey?" "What are you, writing a book or something?" "Oh, that would sell, I'm sure." "Why are there bolts on your windows?" "My mom's kind of security conscious." "You live with your mom?" "I tried moving out but I missed her cooking." "It's a big house." "So, um, what is there to be worried about here in Asscrack, Nowhere?" "I think she read "In Cold Blood" as a kid and never got over it." "Can we stop talking about my mom now?" "Why?" "Does it get you hot?" "She's a very attractive lady." "With the exception of biker chicks," "I guess those are rare around here." "Rare as tits on a bull." "So are you gonna take me upstairs and fuck me or what?" "Come on." "Do you like classical music?" "I figured I'd avoid the awkward "Good morning and goodbye."" "Goodbye?" "No one said you had to leave, Summer." "A-actually, I do." "But don't take that the wrong way." "I mean, you were... top notch up there." "Don't take this the wrong way, but..." "I just changed your plans." "That's cute, but I really don't have time for this shit, so why don't you get out of my way before I show you what a bitch I can be, okay?" "I don't doubt you're a bitch." "But you're not leaving." "Period." "Get the fuck back." "Move." "I mean it." "Don't move." "Mom!" "What in the hell?" "I was just messing with her." "You can be so damned childish." "Amber?" "Amber?" "Who is that?" "You crazy fucking psycho!" "Let me the fuck out of here." " Fucking let me out!" " Summer..." "Summer, calm down." "You're upsetting Amber." "What the fuck did you do to her?" "Nothing." "Calm down." "It's just the lack of sunlight, I think." "Jesus Christ." "How long has she been down here?" "Since I lost Clarissa." "Isn't she beautiful?" "Amber is the one that brought life back to this garden after Clarissa passed." "Here, I'll show you." "It's hard to tell from just her skull, but you can see she had really nice cheekbones." "You crazy fuck!" "You're not gonna kill me like you killed her." "I didn't kill her." "I would never... ever have hurt her... or you." "I..." "I don't hurt women." "Oh, no?" "Then why is she just a fucking skull now, Tom?" "It was terrible, what happened." "She got bit by a spider." "A little... brown recluse." "There was nothing I could do." "I didn't know about the infection until it was too late." "No." "You killed her." "I didn't..." "kill her." "Don't you ever say that again." "You understand?" "Tom?" "Tom?" "Poor Mrs. Garson." "I sure hope she beats that cancer." "Yeah, it don't look good." "I didn't charge her anything for fixing her tub." "Didn't have the heart to." "Surprised you even had time for work." "What's that supposed to mean?" "All the attention you've been paying to your new little whore." "Don't call her that." "I asked you not to call them that." "Tell me that's not Darwin." "Must have got paroled early." "He's gonna be asking questions." "So what if he does?" "People around here know that girl would up and leave town every time the wind changed direction." "You're not taking this very serious." "It's been two months, Ma." "No one's even mentioned her name." "We got nothing to worry about." "Let me go." "I'll forget I ever saw this place." "Just... just let me out." "But I need you... here." "For what?" "For this." "For my garden." "What kind of garden is this, Tom?" "That girl over there... she's dying." "And the one with the good cheekbones, she died too." "And if you keep me here, you'll end up killing me just like you did them." "Everybody dies sometime." "Summer don't last forever." "Hey, listen to me." "I didn't tell you why I came to Massey." "I came looking for my father." "And all I want to do is to just find him and see him one time, face to face." "Well, what if I told you your father's here?" "What?" "Your dad." "He's in there." "I was gonna keep this a surprise, but... you do deserve to see him one time." "Whoo!" "I'm just kidding." "How in the hell would I know where your dad is?" "I brought you some fried chicken and mashed potatoes." "My mom made it last night." "Your mom can kiss my ass." "Ahh!" "You better learn to keep a leash on that mouth of yours." "Otherwise I'll cut your fucking tongue out." "I'll starve first, you sick perv." "Good night." "Well, I'll be..." "if it ain't my best customer." "I thought I was your best." "I'll be your best." "Hey." "You seen Amber around lately?" "She said she was gonna be here when I got home." "No, last time she was in here was a while ago." "By herself?" "Amber never spent much time alone." "Came in a couple of times with Tom Hoxey;" "few other times with strangers." " Drink up." " You know Amber... probably ran off with some band." "I wouldn't give it too much thought." "Yeah." "Maybe." "Cheers." "Tom," "I want both of them out of here by the time I get home from work." "What do you mean?" "I don't care what you do with them." "That stupid little garden you got is gonna cause us more trouble than it's worth." "It's no trouble." "Six years I've had it, I haven't had any trouble." "So you decide to take a girl that lives right here in Massey?" "Now that damned Darwin's out of jail..." "I am not... getting rid of my garden." "Ever." "And that's that." "Head up." "Here." "Careful, though." "Don't gulp it." "Thank you." "That's what I'm here for." "Can't say I don't tend my garden the way it should be done, hmm?" "Hey, 10:00 I gotta change a window for a guy across town." "Should take me a couple hours." "You gonna be okay while I'm gone?" "Oh." "Here..." "I have an idea." "This will cheer you up." "Besides, the plants..." "they love music." "Helps 'em grow." "See?" "How do you know she didn't just take off?" "I mean, she's been known to do that before." "She knew what day I was getting out." "She wanted to take me to dinner." "Besides, everything she owns is at home." "And her car?" "No, her car is gone." "Purse?" " I didn't see her purse around, but..." " Uh-huh." "Sounds to me like she picked up her purse, she got in her car and she left." "Look, Sheriff, with all due respect," "I know you and I have never been real close, but I wouldn't want that to stop you from looking for my daughter if she's missing." "Now if I believed for one moment that your Amber didn't just dart off with the first cross-country trucker that offered her a beer, well, I'd be out looking for her." " I know my daughter." " Oh, do you now?" "And how'd you accomplish that being in a drunken stupor the last 10 years, and in and out of jail the last two?" "So you're saying you're not going to do a damned thing about this?" "I didn't say that." "I'll look into it... right after breakfast." "Glad to hear you say that since it is your fucking job." "Darwin?" "You keep your nose clean." "I'd hate to be the cause of them throwing you back into County." "Amber?" "Do you want to die in here?" "Amber, say something." "No!" "Fuck!" " Hey." " Hey." "I just need some spark plugs." "Sure." "What kind?" "Six like this." "Let me see if I have 'em in stock." " Tom Hoxey here." " Hey, Tom, it's Darwin." "Darwin, how are you?" "Good good." "Listen, you know I've been away for a while." "It seems my oven isn't working." "You think you could come by and give it a look?" "Ahh... yeah." "I have some time tonight." "I could come by." "Sounds good." "The sooner the better." "Yeah, sure." "See you at 8:00." "See you then." "That'll be $66." "I'll just put 'em on your tab." "All right." "Thanks." "How long have you had this little paradise?" "That's a good question." "I guess I started growing stuff down here when I was little." "My dad used to lock me down here when I was bad... sometimes for days." "I was a pretty ornery little kid." "I remember the first time I made something grow." "It was just a little weed right there where you are." "It wasn't much." "But I used to sit down here and imagine it was part of an incredible garden... leaves, flowers and vines." "Well, your garden can still be beautiful without me." "Or Amber." "No." "Not really." "You see... women are the most beautiful thing in the world." "You're all so soft... and fragile." "You bring a life to this garden it wouldn't have otherwise." "What about your mama?" "Is she like you?" "Real firecracker and such?" "We didn't get along." "Why not?" "Lots of reasons over the years." "But this last one was about my father." "You never even told him about me?" "It was for your own good." "No, it was for your own good, you selfish bitch!" "You didn't want to see him again, so you made sure I wouldn't either." "She always said that she didn't know who he was." "And then I found a letter from him that he had written a few months before I was born." "And what did it say?" "Apparently she told him that she'd had a miscarriage." "You fucking liar!" "Read his letter." "He doesn't even know I existed." "All right, I lied." "'Cause I didn't want to ever see that son of a bitch again." "I hate you." "I hate you so goddamned much." "Then hate me so goddamned much." "You can't take that." "It's mine." " Mine!" " Don't." "I'm sorry that happened to you, Summer." "That ain't right." "Family is the most important thing in the world." "She had no right to deprive you of yours." "Well... it's no more wrong than what you're doing now, Tom." "You're keeping me from my father just like she did." "What's his name?" "I don't know." "Well, how do you expect to find him?" "I have a picture." "I was hoping someone might remember him and tell me." "Tom?" "What is it?" "You don't have to keep me here." "I can be the special one... the one that you let go." " Ha." "Sheriff, hello." " Good afternoon, Gaia." "So what can I do for you today?" "Well, I was thinking of getting a little gift for my daughter." "Oh, such a sweet man." "I got the perfect thing right here." "Mm-hmm?" " She'll love it." " Yeah." " Good?" " Yeah." "You know, that husband of yours been gone a long time now." "And, well, I been thinking you must get kind of lonely." "I got Tom, Sheriff." "Well, it's not quite what I was thinking of." "I know." "Well, it's like I was saying to that prick Darwin this morning... see, it's my job to take care of the folks here in Massey." "Darwin?" "What, he back in town?" "Oh, yeah, he's back." "He's all worried that something's happened to his daughter." "He's probably got some half-cocked theory, huh?" "Oh, who knows?" "You can't believe anything that drunk says." "Sheriff." "Here." "My gift." "You tell her hi for me." " Well, thank you." " Thank you." "Bye." "We'll see you soon." "Mm-hmm." "Who rattled your cage?" "That fucking Darwin." "Sheriff Suttey came in... wants him to look for his missing daughter." "Now that is real interesting." "Guess who called me today, wants me to fix his stove." "I'm telling you, he's gonna bring trouble down on us." "I'll set him straight when I see him." "No!" "You are gonna get rid of those girls down there." "End of discussion, boy!" "Ahh!" "No!" "You are not listening to me." "I built that garden up from nothing." "And I'm not gonna see it wasted on account of some drunk no one believes anyway." "Let go of me." "Are you gonna behave?" "He is not." "Are you gonna behave?" "All right!" "Let me go." "Oh God." "So... you haven't seen Amber, have you?" "Not in a couple months." "Why?" "She stopped calling and writing letters about two months ago." "It's got me a little bit worried." "That is kind of weird." "We had drinks, but it was a couple months back." "Amber?" "Amber?" "You remember seeing her with anyone else?" "The night we hung out she mentioned something about going to Trainor in a couple weeks, see a band, but that was the last I saw her." "I assume that's where she went." "Listen to me, Amber." "Focus on what I'm saying." "Do you want to go home?" "Daddy?" "Yeah, Daddy." "Daddy." "Okay?" "We're gonna go find your daddy." "But first you have to do something for me." "You see those tools on the wall?" "Amber did have that... oh... what do you call it?" "Wanderlust thing going." "Sweet girl, though." "Yeah." "Real sweet." "Come on, Amber." "Can you get one of those tools for me?" "Please?" "Come on." "Come on." "You can imagine if I find out that somebody did something to harm her... there's gonna be hell to pay." "Coming from her daddy, I wouldn't expect anything less." "Yeah." "Just... just get one of those." "Ho!" "Oh God!" "Oh no!" "Fuck fuck fuck!" "This one's on the house, Darwin." "You consider it a welcome-home gift." "Thanks." "What the hell happened?" "What did you do?" "What the fuck did you do?" "Nothing." "I didn't do anything!" "You made her do this." "You killed her." "No." "No, Tom, I would never." "Come on." "Come on, come on." "He takes it personal when he loses one of his garden angels." "Tom, I'm sorry." "Sorry." "I don't know what he sees in you." "Please... convince him to let me go." "I'll never mention either of you to anybody as long as I live, I swear." "You know I can't do that." "I don't give two shits about this garden, honey." "But Tom... whoo... he kinda needs it." "Tom?" "Please don't." "Tom, please don't." "I'm not gonna hurt you." " I'm so sorry." " It's not your fault." "I don't understand." "You can get up." "Let's get you cleaned up." "Shh." "Just rest now." "Honey?" "That is the second time you've tried to get the jump on me." "You don't learn too quick, do you?" "Let go of me!" "You play nice with me and I'll do likewise." "We've just got to learn to trust each other." "And that takes time." "I know that." "But you belong here with me, darling." "You just don't know it yet." "All we gotta do is housebreak you." "What is this?" "I let her take a bath." "She's back downstairs." "You're letting that little whore get inside your head." "I thought you knew better." "What is this?" "Just read it." "What's going on?" "What the fuck was that about?" "Here." "What are you gonna do with me?" "You can stay here." "Or?" "Or you don't have a choice in the matter." "You can help around the house... tend the garden, that kind of thing." "There's a lot you don't know yet." "But there's a place for you here... with us." "With me." "Here." "So how is this gonna work, with me staying here?" "Well, that kind of depends on you." "I've never actually had one of my angels come up from the garden, so... this is kind of new to me too." "Well, I'll do anything I have to do." "You know," "I enjoyed our night together." "I think something could grow between us." "Maybe so." "I'm not stupid, though." "If you try and play me, I'll know it." "Well, you let me live, Tom." "I won't forget it." "Ground rules:" "when I'm here, you can be upstairs, working or whatnot." "And when I'm gone, you get chained up down here... just till I can trust you." "Come on." "I just want to say something." "I know we got started off on the wrong foot, honey." "But I want you to think of this as your home, and me and Tom as your family." "Okay?" "You don't have any other family, do you?" "Uh, my... my mom." "Oh." "So tell us about her." "What's your mama's name?" "That's not all that important now, is it?" "My mom's name was Twila." "Um, well l..." "I came here to find my dad." "Twila." "It's pretty." "Twila what?" "Mom!" "Enough." "Tom's right." "What matters is that you're here... with us." "Welcome home, darlin'" "Tell me you love me, Summer." "Go on." "I want to hear you say it." "I love you." "I believe you." "I do." "I love you, Tom." "This better be important." "Oh, what's the matter, honey?" "What's the matter?" "You don't sound good." "I was wondering when I was going to hear from you." "Well, not a day goes by I don't think about you." "You know that." "Um, something bothering you?" "I can hear you..." "Where are you, Gant?" "Well, I'm somewhere between the armpit and the asshole of the world." "You know, work work work." "You know me." "There's a lot we need to talk about." "Is there?" "Well, I can't wait to hear about it, you know, 'cause..." "Honey, just hang on a second." "How you doin', honey?" "You looking for company, sugar?" "Well, I am now that I see your pretty face." "Right." "You got any dirt?" "I got enough for both of us back at the motel room." "$300." "That's no problem." "Hop in." "Yeah, honey." "So tell me:" "who's bothering you?" "Ha!" "Wake up." "Your daddy's coming home." " Well, did you tell him?" " Yeah, of course I did." "You know I don't keep secrets from your daddy." "He's starting back tomorrow." "What... what's wrong?" "You're quiet today." "Is it because of your dad?" "This is his house." "He's welcome here anytime he likes." "What is he gonna say about me?" "I never try and guess what my dad's gonna say." "He's the unpredictable one." "I'm the charming one." "Should I be scared?" "My dad does whatever he has in mind to do." "Tom... you have to protect me." "I'm here with you." "I need you to keep me safe, okay?" "Promise me." "You and I... we can leave together, just the two of us." "We can start a family of our own, someplace new... with a beautiful garden." "Don't say that kind of thing." "I mean it." "You know, you and I can both put our pasts behind us, start over." "Just shut up." "Tom?" "I love you." "What are you doing?" "No, Tom." "No." "Please don't." "Please don't." "I'm sorry." "Tom?" "Holding down the fort all by yourself?" "Yeah." "Wayne's wife went into labor." "It's just me." "You getting ready for a barbeque?" "Nah." "My mom just wanted to grill out." "Pork ribs are my dad's favorite." "He coming home?" "Seems like he's been gone for quite a while." "Since Easter." "Just set 'em down on the floor." "Take those two full ones in the corner." "Thanks." "Oh, by the way," "I'm gonna get Darwin to call you." "Darwin?" "Why?" "Found a note this morning saying he wanted to talk to me..." "something about Amber." "Not sure why." "But I figured I'd send him in your direction since you were the last one to see her before she took off." "What makes you think I was the last one to see her?" "I saw you guys in your truck that night... the night before she left for that concert in Trainor." "No." "No, I didn't see Amber that night." "It must have been some other evening." "Oh, come on, Tom." "You afraid he's gonna find out you fucked his daughter?" "I'm just saying it wasn't me." "Well, it sure looked like you... in your truck... smoking a joint at that stoplight." "I'm surprised Sheriff never catches you." "Oh." "You know what?" "That was me." "You're right." "I forgot." "We did get together that night." "So no need to call Darwin back." "I'm headed over to his to fix his stove." "I'll let him know." "Unless... you want to close up early, go for a nice long ride?" "I'm referring to your motorcycle, of course." "I'm sure you were." "I think I'll have to pass, hotshot." ""I saw you in your truck the night before the concert." "I'm a fucking ho-bag, can't mind my own fucking business."" "Shit." "I met Tom's daddy when I was 14." "Ran away from my foster home and my last foster daddy." "I had nothing." "And then I met him." "And it was like this instant connection, you know?" "What's gonna happen when he gets home?" "Your mama ever tell you how she met your daddy?" "No." "She didn't like to talk about him." "Is that why you came around here looking for him?" "Wanted answers your mama wouldn't give you?" "I thought... that if I found him..." "I don't know, I might figure out who I was." "We all know who we are already, Summer." "Deep down we know." "There's not a damn thing we can do about it." "Yeah." "You should keep Dad busy enough." "Tom?" "Oh, Christ." "Tom?" "No." "Tom, please listen to me." "Please don't do this." "Trust me:" "you want her here just as much as I do." "Tom?" "Tom, please let her go." "You have me." "You don't need her." "There are other reasons she's here." "You don't understand those reasons, so shut your fucking mouth." " What are..." " I swear to God, Summer!" "If you don't shut your mouth," "I'm gonna rip your fucking tongue out." "Summer, fucking stop her!" " Fucking stop her!" " Stay back, bitch." "I swear, sometimes I wonder how I gave birth to a child this fucking stupid." " Ow!" " Hold still." "Almost done." "Well, I'm gonna go to the market, get what your daddy likes." "You gonna be okay with her?" "Mm-hmm." "Goodbye." "Go down there and tell her to be quiet." "I don't want to." "Well, I can't do it now, can I?" "Besides... it's just gonna be worse for her if my dad comes home and hears that racket." "That's why you took her, isn't it?" "To distract your father from me." "Get down there." "Jessie?" "Who are you?" "Tell Tom he'd better fucking let me go." "Do you know what my friends will do to you guys?" "You'll wish you were never fucking born." "I'm gonna give you some water, okay?" "Fuck you, you little bitch." "Get the fuck away from me." "You should really be quiet." "I'll rip your fucking throat out, you stupid little cunt." "Wait wait, stop." "Please." "If this is a sex thing," "I don't care." "I'll do whatever you want." "I'll be the best damn fuck you ever had." "Just don't leave me down here." "Please." "I need some fresh air." "Were you serious when you said maybe we ought to just leave together?" "Yeah." "Of course." "What about Gaia?" "Never mind her." "I'm my own person, whatever she might say." "This isn't a place for us to start a family." "Well, where will we go?" "Don't matter much." "See where the road takes us." "As soon as my leg's healed a bit better." "What the hell?" "Summer, get in the house." "Now, damn it!" "Now!" " Let's get in the car." " What the hell's going on?" "He's gonna kill us." "Get in the car." " Fuck." " Please just get in the car." " He's gonna kill..." " Is my daughter in there?" " No!" "I don't know." " Is my daughter in there?" " He's gonna kill us." " She's not in there?" "He's got a gun." "You're not listening to me." "Open your door!" "He's gonna kill us." "Go!" "Go go, hurry!" "Ahhh!" "Summer, don't do anything stupid!" "Fuck!" "What the fuck happened?" "Wow." "You gained weight." "Stand up when you see your father." "Son!" "Hey, how are you?" "I'm all right." "What's the matter?" " He had an accident." " You all right?" " I'm all right." " Oh, that's too bad." "Okay, so..." "where is she?" "Gant, you just got here." "She can wait." "Okay, well, let me see that picture." "You know, the one you talked about on the phone." "Let me see that thing." "Come on." "I'll bet the fruit don't fall far from the tree." "Look at you." "You are so beautiful." "And you got your mama's eyes." "Aw." "You know... you know what happened here?" "Your mama told me you were a miscarriage." "I should have known everything out of that woman's mouth was a lie." "Oh my God." "Yeah, I know." "But you know you couldn't break the tie between you and me, right?" "You couldn't break our family, right?" "Now look at you." "And you come looking for me?" "Aww." "Baby girl, I'm so touched." "Oh, yeah, it's gonna be okay." "Baby girl, listen to me." "Look at me." "Look at me." "You're home now, hmm?" "Wow." "I remember you." "Go to hell!" "I know..." "I know you are gonna be fun." "I can feel it!" "Ha ha!" "Ah, boy, that's a sharp one." "You know, after we're done, I want a piece of that cake." "Let me out of here, you fucking psychos!" "Now she is a firecracker, isn't she?" "I can't wait to get into her, huh?" "Excuse me, honey." "Huh?" "We're gonna break our little girl in." "No, you're gonna leave her alone." "What?" "Are you telling me what I can and I cannot do in my own house?" "You want to do it?" "You do it." "But Summer stays out of this." "He got a little hard-on for his sister." " Ahh!" " Shame on you." "Think about that for a while." "Come on, honey." "Open that door." "Come on." "It won't bite you." "Maybe I will." "Why'd you have to go against your daddy?" "It's the way things are." "You know that." "Oh, how you doin', honey?" "You okay?" "Good." "Just relax." "Relax." "Here, hold that for me, would you?" "Hold it." "Good." "How's that feel in your hand, huh?" "That's a good-feeling knife, right?" "Huh?" "Now... now I want you to run your finger over that thing." "Now tell me, is it sharp?" "Come on, feel it." "Is it sharp?" "Huh?" "You bet." "Feels like a razor." "Now you know what we're doing here?" "This is sales." "I'm trying to put the imprint in her mind." "Now look at her." "Is she looking at us?" " Yeah." " Yeah, you bet she is." "Tom isn't happy." "Well, bullshit." "She came looking for me." "She found me." "She belongs to me now." "He don't see it that way." "Well, bullshit." "What are you being so pissy about anyway?" "You always said I was the one, Gant." "And I looked the other way and I never said a word... to find out that you sent a stupid letter to one of them and your bastard child comes back here?" "Oh!" "Why'd you have to go and knock up somebody else?" "Huh?" "How many more you got out there?" "What, you don't think you're special?" "I mean, really, after everything I've done for you?" "Everything I've provided for you?" "You don't think you're special?" "Now Summer, she isn't gonna give her daddy any trouble." "She's right where she belongs." "She knows it." "Blood calls to blood." "That's how I see it." "Don't worry, Summer." "I'm gonna take you away, okay?" "You don't ever have to see him do that again." "You know something?" "This is the first time that we have ever been together like this as a family." "Isn't that great?" "Ha ha ha." "Boy, that's what it's all about." "So, tell me, Summer, um, how's your mom doing?" "Whatever happened to her?" "She's dead." "Killed in a car wreck about a year ago." "Well... you just have to look at that as destiny." "That is fate." "She closed one door so that you could open another, and come and find me." "Yeah." "It's the sheriff." "No no." "Let me handle it, okay?" "I'll protect you." "Um, cops down at Coleville responded to a..." "a call this morning... car on fire." "Uh, there wasn't any plates." "Everything in it burned to a crisp." "They identified it by one of them hidden VINs." "It belonged to Darwin." "I'll bet Darwin's not too happy about that." "It seems like bad news just follows that man around." "Yeah, well, they haven't been able to locate him yet to tell him about it." "Nice to see you again there, Sheriff." "Yeah." "When he was pitching a fit about his daughter, he mentioned, um... something about someone saying that she was friendly with... with your Tom." "I don't suppose you've seen him around lately, have you?" "Can't say we have." "Oh." "The husband come back kinda unexpectedly, didn't he?" "Usually does." "Is there anything you want to tell me, Gaia?" "Nothing to tell." "All right." "Fuck." "Why the fuck would you set his car on fire?" "You could've just drove it off and left it." "It was covered in blood." "Okay, don't be hard on the young fella." " Come on." " Gant, everybody knows that Darwin has been snooping around trying..." "Everybody knows that you've been fucking him!" "What?" "The sheriff!" "Everybody knows." "You think I couldn't tell, the way you two were acting out there, that you were fucking?" "No." "Come on, Gant." "Why would I bring the sheriff over here when Tom got his girls down there?" "You know me." "All right, Summer, go... go upstairs and pack your bags." "I got some business up north." "I'm gonna take you with me." "What?" "You go upstairs too..." "help your sister pack." "God damn!" "Are you deaf?" "Summer's not going with you." "She's staying with me." "What what?" "Uh, what did you just say?" "I said she's not going." "Are you deaf?" "Fuck... don't you talk to me like that." "Don't you ever talk to your father like that." "You do it again, I'll cut that fucking tongue right out of your head." "You do what you gotta do." "She's not leaving." "Well, if she's not leaving, you're gonna have to kill me." "Oh, Gant." "If I have to, I will." "Well, hot shit." "Here we go." " Come on." " Tom, you go on upstairs like your daddy said." "There it is, boy." "Now's your chance." "Come on." "I want you to grab that knife." "I want you to take that knife and I want you to stick it right into me, because I wanna die!" "A man's family turns against him, he might just as well be dead." "I will kill you, Gant." "Good!" "Stick it into me." "Stick it into me!" "Go on, do it." "Do it!" "You little pussy." " You sack of shit!" " Ahhh!" "I'll deal with you later." "Damn." "God damn." "I'm sorry about that, honey." "So you've been... you've been sleeping with him too now?" "You've been telling him he's the man of the house?" "No!" "Oh, you turned my own son against me." "That's crazy, Gant!" "Well, he ain't never acted like that before." "It's that whore daughter of yours that did it." "I guess that Oedipus thing was right." "I'm gonna show you how much a man I really am." "Oh, good good good." "Yeah, good." "Come on, come on." "Let me have it." "Come on, right here." "Come on, come on." "God!" "No!" "No, my baby." "Oh, come on now." "Stop crying." "You see what you done?" "You turned my only son against me." "You planned this, didn't you?" "Only thing I ever planned in my life was to have a happy family." "And look what that got me." "As soon as I told you about Summer," "I could hear it in your voice... all excited about your new family." "You fucked that bitch hoping you'd get a daughter, didn't you, Gant?" "A sexy little whore you could have all to yourself." "And then... you wanted to replace me." "Admit it!" "You came back here hoping to end one family and start a new one!" "Okay, maybe I did." "Summer," "I want you to go pack your bags now." "We're leaving." "I'll tell you something:" "I like my traveling companions a lot livelier than you've been." "Come on." "I know you're in there!" "Hey!" "Pack it up!" "Hey, yeah." "We're going now." "Pack it up!" "Okay, honey." "You all right?" "You hungry?" "No." "No?" "Well, I am kinda, you know?" "We'll stop in a little bit, grab a bite." "But you don't have to eat if you don't want to." "Just remember, I like my girls skinny." "Okay." " Hi." " Hi." "Ah, I didn't mean to startle you." "Don't mean..." " You just packing up?" " Yeah." "Man, beautiful day, huh?" "Look..." "I feel like some moron, but me and my daughter, we've been trying to get back on the l-80 for the last half hour." "You know what, it's a really easy exit to miss." " You know, you shouldn't feel bad." " Oh, thank God." "Trying to make an old geezer feel good, huh?" " You know, you're only..." " Kids get so impatient, huh?" "You're only about probably 10 miles out of your way." "Oh, thank..." "Look at me." "Oh my God!" "Please." "He was gonna kill you." "And me... eventually."