Everybody's Fine Page #11

I don't know. He's...

I'm watching him right now.

He's buying his ticket.

He arrives in Vegas at 10:00

tomorrow morning, okay?

Okay. I'll be there.

No, no, no.

He doesn't want you to meet him.

-He wants it to be a surprise, okay?

-Of course I'm gonna meet him.

-If I want to meet him, I'll meet him.

-Rosie, he doesn't...

Okay. But, you know,

he's not gonna like it.

How are you? Are you okay?

Yeah, I am, I guess...

You know, I wanted to spend some time

with him.

I'm free tonight and tomorrow,

but I just can't. I can't do it. I can't do it.

-I don't know what to say to him.

-I know. God, I know.

-Rosie.

-What?

-He's asking about David.

-Okay, I won't say anything.

No, I mean, there's nothing to say.

What are we gonna say?

We don't know anything.

Play devil's advocate

Never I fear

Pay for it afterwards

How do I feel?

A glorified refugee

Nobody ever says goodbye

But I don't mind

Just come home

Where you heading?

-Where you heading?

-Las Vegas.

Not from here you ain't, not tonight.

Let me see your ticket.

-What time you got?

-10:
55.

The ticket office said that there was

a bus going to Las Vegas,

Bay 3, at 11:
00.

Well, now, all we know for sure

is that your watch ain't being

completely honest with you.

There was a bus at 11:00,

but now it's nearly 12:00.

-12:
00?

-Where you just come from?

New York, Chicago, Denver.

Seems like you put your watch

back one too many times, my friend.

There ain't no way you gonna catch

a bus that left here an hour ago.

-There's no other bus?

-There's no other bus.

Not this time of night.

There's a truck stop

100 yards up the road.

If you're lucky, you might pick up a lift

and catch the night train.

Okay. Thank you.

I'm wondering, "Why is this guy

trying to see his whole family,

"all over the country,

all in the same trip?"

Well, I'm not dying,

if that's what you're thinking.

Hey, I'm not thinking anything.

I'm just trying to visit the kids

and surprise them.

Their mother's always kept an eye

on them, and now it's up to me, so...

-You lost your wife?

-About 8 months ago.

I lost my husband.

Just over a year now.

I lost him to drink, but it was my fault.

I was stupid.

Ignored all the signs,

you know how you do?

I listen to that radio all day in this cab.

We got ourselves an epidemic

going on out there.

You know, people eating too much,

drinking too much,

killing themselves, basically.

Making up excuses all along the way.

Because facing up to the truth

ain't always easy.

-No.

-Man, people like things easy.

-That's what they're used to.

-Yeah.

No one likes to get hurt.

No. Nobody likes to get hurt.

I stop off in Reno.

There's a night train from there,

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