Paris, Texas Page #3

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That you got in your hand.

A picture.

A picture of what?

A picture of...

of uh... Paris.

Paris? Really?

Yes. A picture of a piece of Paris.

Where did you get a picture of Paris?

Can I see it?

Yes.

This is it? This is Paris?

Looks just like Texas to me.

It is.

Paris, Texas?

It's right here on the map.

Is there really a place called "Paris, Texas"?

It's right here!

How come you get a picture

of a vacant lot of Paris, Texas?

It's mine.

I know that, but how come you got it?

I purchased it, in the mail,...

a long time ago.

You bought a picture of a vacant lot in the mail?

No, I bought the land.

Oh you bought that lot.

- Yes.

- Oh, let me see it again.

There's nothing on it.

Empty.

Why in hell would you want to buy a

vacant lot in Paris, Texas for Christ's sake?

Um...

I forgot.

Here, Trav.

Do you remember our Mama's very first name was?

Mary.

No, I know.

I mean, uh her... before she found Daddy.

- Her maiden name?

- Yeah.

You don't remember her maiden name?

No.

Sequine.

Sequine.

Spanish?

Her father was.

Yeah.

I don't believe it!

You finally decided to eat!

Eating and talking!

Before you know it,

you'll be back in the land of living, Trav.

You want me to drive?

Sure.

Think you remember how?

My body remembers.

You can sleep while I drive.

OK.

Well Trav,

think maybe you're ready to...

tell me what the hell happened to you

over the last four years?

No, not yet.

Travis!

What?

Where are we Travis?

What happened?

Why did we get off the highway?

Jesus Christ!

I can't even sleep for five minutes

without some crisis!

Why did you turn off?

I don't know where I turned off.

It didn't have a name.

That's great.

That's just dandy.

Here we are in the middle of the Mojave Desert,

in a place that doesn't have a name!

I can find the highway again.

Trav, I need to talk to you

a little bit about Hunter.

How old is he now?

He's eight in January.

He's seven then.

Yeah.

But see what I want to talk about is uh...

well, he's-he's like part of the family now.

Anne and me are like his parents now.

Anne's your wife?

Yeah. You remember her, don't you?

No.

Does he think that you are his father?

Well...

Anne told him you were coming.

Well who does he think I am?

I- I told him you are his father.

But see...

well you've been gone a long time, Trav.

How long have I been gone, do you know?

Four years.

Is four years a long time?

Well, it is for a little boy.

It's half his life.

Half a boy's life.

I remember now!

What?

Why I bought that land.

Oh, Why?

Well...

Mama once told me that uh...

that's where she and Daddy... first...

made love.

Oh, in Paris, Texas?

Yeah.

- She told you that?

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