El Director Vision: Surviving the Wild Page #3

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so you think it's cool

if I go over there tomorrow

and just kind of hang out

with him?

Dad will pick me up from there,

so I'll be all right.

- Okay, fine.

I can drop you off

in the morning before work.

- Thanks, Mom.

- You think you're pretty

clever, don't you?

- You got cojones.

- Shaun?

Is everything all right?

- Yeah, Mom.

I'm just getting water.

- Okay, honey,

just be careful in there.

- Whew.

You're not going to put me

in that thing, are you?

- That's all I've got.

- I was a Louisville Cardinal.

- I know.

- Your mother went to Kentucky

to spite me.

Your mother's very beautiful,

don't you think?

Too light.

The minute she picks it up,

she's going to know.

Your mom and dad

were drawn to each other.

I wonder what happened.

Was it me?

Did I do something to spoil it?

I suppose I didn't help

sometimes.

That's better.

- Sorry for spilling

your ashes, gramps.

- What's wrong with you?

- You're, like,

the prettiest mom I know.

- Oh, really pretty?

Oh, thank you, honey.

I don't even have a stitch

of makeup on today.

- You don't need makeup.

- What did I do to deserve

all of these compliments

this morning?

- Dad's a fool

for letting you go.

- Honey, Dad didn't just

let me go.

You know that, right?

- Then whose fault was it?

- It's nobody's fault.

These things happen

all the time.

I mean, you think about how many

parents you know of your friends

that are divorced.

Your dad's a great guy.

He's a good man.

I had to go back to school,

and your dad was...

he was gone a lot for work,

and... we just drifted.

- If you were drifting,

then why did you argue so much?

- Because sometimes it's easier

to be enemies

than anything in between.

- That's so dumb.

- It is dumb.

Adults are dumb sometimes.

Your father and I

have made our minds up.

We've thought about it.

And it's the best decision

for everyone.

But that does not change

how we feel about you.

I love you,

your father loves you.

We're not going anywhere.

You got to remember that, okay?

You're stuck with us.

- I'm trying to figure out why

my parents are getting divorced.

- We're getting divorced

because we are not meant

to be together anymore.

Now, we're going to Gus's house,

and your dad's going

to pick you up.

And you are going to have a fun

time with your father...

- Do you love him?

Do you even love him?

Have you ever loved him?

- I think a part of me

will always love your father.

What are you doing

with this thing?

This is my old Kentucky thermos.

I used to hide beer in this.

Whoa. What do you got in there?

It's pretty heavy.

- I just kind of liked it, Mom.

- Maybe when you're older,

you can go to Kentucky and

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