The Drowning Page #5

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What's this show that you...

Oh, no, it's nothing.

It's...

Bob called me at the last minute

and had to cancel, so I said

I'd put something up.

That's great, right?

Isn't that great?

Oh, no, yeah, it's definitely great.

It's not MOMA.

It's not nothing, though.

It's just a faculty show.

Yeah, no, I think...

I think it's great.

I'll definitely come down for it, hon.

Ian works the night shift at the marina,

so I said I'd give him a ride home.

You know what?

I... I'll take him.

Don't you have to go to court today?

I do, but I can drop him off.

It's right on the way.

Oh, okay. Great.

I... I have to get back

to the city, and...

It's crazy!

It is.

I prefer to drink out of a real cup.

So that's where I work,

and that's where I drink.

So, no kids, huh?

Nope.

Hmm.

'Cause sometimes I wonder

why my parents even bothered.

What were they looking for, you know?

Your dad really doesn't want

to see you at all, huh?

My dad wants to erase me.

He never wanted to see me, not really.

He had the garage.

He fixed it up like a workshop,

put a lock and key on it,

but he'd just sit there

and talk Fallujah, mostly.

He told me the story about he...

He blew a hole in this guy's chest,

and he slid down the wall

like a red glob of spit.

No, my dad, he just liked to hunt.

I hated it.

One time, maybe I was six...

He just pulled over

to the side of the road,

grabbed an automatic out of the back,

and shot six deer in seconds,

like we were in an ambush.

Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop!

I was right beside him.

They were so beautiful up close.

He made me shoot one of them in the head

so it wouldn't keep on trying to get up.

I don't know if it was

the adrenaline or not,

but I... I couldn't stop crying.

With the blood s-splattering in my face.

My dad saw it.

Oh, he was pissed.

Just keep on going straight, man.

You know, I read somewhere

that we only use 10%

of our mental capacity.

You think about that?

Yes, as a matter of fact.

It's like buying a suit that's

too big for you, you know.

Like maybe one day, you're gonna fit it.

Hmm. Then what do you

think the other 90% is?

I don't know.

Maybe it's animal, you know?

Like, if we don't have

this tiny, little fraction,

we're just all animal-like,

like when we're sleeping

or when I was in the river.

No thinking, just animal.

Did you use CPR to revive me?

Yeah.

It wasn't your wife?

Why are you asking?

Nothing.

I'm just curious, you know?

I mean, your wife, she...

She's a very nice lady.

Mm-hmm.

Very sweet.

You're lucky.

She's hot.

- Hey, hey.

- Sorry.

Hey, uh, that's me right there,

that hunk of sh*t.

Hey, good-looking.

Ah.

Why don't you set your bags down,

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