Don't Come Knocking Page #2

Yeah, I'm travelling light.

You didn't have to bring

any flowers.

I didn't. These aren't

for you.

What would you do

with a bunch of plastic roses?

Come on, let's get going.

Sold the old ranch house?

Oh, I had to when

your father died.

So you're not living

in the country anymore?

Oh, no, I moved

10 years ago.

SKY:

I don't know

what to do with you, Mom.

It all happened so fast.

I mean, I remember, uh...

I remember you

talking about that place.

That place out near

where you grew up.

You were always

talking about that

like you were happy

there or something.

When I was a kid.

You remember that?

Always seemed like

you liked that place.

I thought maybe I'd,

uh, take you up there.

Hmm?

Well,

what were you thinking about?

Nothing.

So now they'll be

looking for you,

is that it?

Yeah, I guess.

And you want me

to hide you out

or something?

Just like Jesse James?

Yep, just like Jesse James.

Well,

I suppose I could do that.

You are my son,

aren't you.

Just need a place to

rest for a while, Mom.

Might as well be

the place you grew up in.

Yeah.

You know...

I always have the

same damn problem...

finding your

father's gravesite.

Well, don't you recognize

the stone, Mom?

Well, they're all alike.

I mean, they used up

all the pretty little white

arches during Vietnam.

Then, by the time your

father died, all they had

were these simple

slabs of granite.

Just a slab,

flat on the grou--

Here it is.

That it?

Yup.

I never thought it

was appropriate.

Flat slab on the ground.

People just walk

right on top of it.

Dogs pee on it.

Just isn't right.

Gentlemen, I can shoot

around Howard for

another day or two--

That doesn't solve

the problem, Anthony.

Well, you know,

Mr. Daily, sir...

I, uh, I don't see exactly

how the director, or any

of us, for that matter,

can be held totally

accountable for

Howard's actions.

Well, somebody has

to be held accountable,

don't they, Jim?

I mean, Mr. Daily's

company's insured us

for 30 million dollars.

Thirty-two-point-five.

Yes, of course, but

Howard has a long history

of this kind of behaviour.

I don't think he's ever

completely disappeared

before, though, has he?

No, no.

He's never done that before.

We gave the guarantee

of completion, didn't we?

Yes, we did, Mr. Sutter.

Well, then, we'll find him.

There's no question,

we'll definitely find him.

What kind of trouble

are you in, Howard?

Trouble?

Oh, it's nothing, Mom.

I mean, I might end up...

owing them a little

bit of money, is all.

I don't--

I don't mean that.

Then what?

Well, a man doesn't

go off for nigh 30 years

without a word...

then show up at

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