Broken Horses Page #2

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- Yeah!

- You remember that?

- Yeah, right. Yeah, I remember that, yeah.

You took those logs,

I didn't see them for weeks.

- Yeah.

- You said you were gonna fix that house.

Yeah, I did fix it, though, didn't I?

- You did, yeah.

- Didn't I?

Yeah, Buds. You did.

Yeah, that's a great story, Jakey.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Yeah, they'll go bananas for that one.

Hey, Jakey,

how many kids you planning on having?

I don't know, Buds. That's a ways off.

You know, I'm gonna quit my job

and look after them kids.

Yeah, sure thing, Buds.

- Where are we going?

- It's a surprise.

You got to do me a favor one second.

- Yeah, I'll do anything.

- You got to close your eyes.

- Really?

- Yeah. Close your eyes.

You want a surprise, or not? Close 'em.

- All right, all right, all right.

- Come on!

Okay, open 'em!

Buds,

what is this?

A promise is a promise, Jakey.

Well, how do you like your wedding gift?

Come on.

Hey, this is my room. Right in here.

And your room's over here.

Let me show it to you. Come here.

Buds, where did you get

all the money for this?

I've been working real hard, Jakey.

Real hard.

You know, my boss,

he saves my money up good.

When I told him I was quitting my job

to look after your kids,

you should have seen his face.

He looked...

You still work at the theater, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

Hey, you know

what the best part about that is?

I get to see all the movies for free.

I tell you that before?

I'm sure gonna miss that. Come here.

I'm gonna put this in your room.

See, Jakey, you get the best room

'cause you're the youngest.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Look at that.

- Yeah, my boss got it for me.

You know, for your wedding.

Yeah, you know, he told the tailor...

- Your boss goes with you to the tailor, Buds?

- No, dummy, no.

The tailor comes to him.

Listen. You know, he told the tailor

that if I wasn't the bestest-looking man

at your wedding,

there'd be a lot of trouble.

A lot of trouble.

He was just kidding.

- No, I know. I know.

- That was a joke.

He seems like a really, really nice man.

- Yeah.

- When do you think I can meet him?

Tomorrow.

Yeah, you know,

he said that after church

that he's gonna take us out to dinner

at El Cortez,

just like Pop used to, remember?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Great.

Buds, you think

I could take your car for a drive?

Right now? Yeah.

Here.

- Just don't take long, okay? Please.

- I won't, I won't.

Ignacio?

Ignacio?

Jakey Heckum!

Jakey! Jakey Heckum!

Why did you come back, Jakey?

Why did you...

Go away, Jakey.

What happened? What happened to you?

I saved my hands, Jakey.

I saved my hands so I could still play.

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