Winter's Bone Page #3

ain't l, little Ruthie?

lt's Ree, you a**hole.

l'm only out to find Dad.

Come on in, ladies.

[makes kissing sounds]

This don't gotta take long, man.

l'm looking for Dad and thought maybe

you'd been seeing him.

Maybe you two been getting

into stuff together again.

Not since the summer,

at ya'll's place.

You ain't seen him nowhere since then?

Uh-uh.

He kept leaving

the house, going some place.

You don't know where?

You got cat sh*t in your ear, girl?

I've got them two kids

and my Mom to tend, man.

l need him.

If I see the dude, I'll tell him you said

that.

[Megan]

Your dad left you to do all that?

That's f***ed up.

Well, he had to.

The way things go, you know.

You want a line?

No.

You wanna blow some smoke?

No.

[slams table]

Then l guess l got nothin' for you.

Go on.

Don't tell nobody it was me

who told you this, okay?

[distant gunshots]

But you're going to have to go on

up the hill

and ask for a talk with Thump Milton.

Now, l hope he'll talk with you.

He generally won't.

That man scares me

way more than the rest.

Well, scared ain't a bad way

to be about him, neither, hon.

He's my own grandpa,

and l still make damn sure

l never piss him off none.

You go see Thump.

[faint gunshot]

Go on.

[dogs barking]

You got the wrong place, I expect.

Who might you be?

l'm Ree.

My Dad's Jessup Dolly.

You ain't here for trouble, are you?

No, ma'am.

'Cause one of my nephews is Buster Leroy,

and didn't he shoot

your daddy one time?

Yes, but that ain't got

nothing to do with me.

They settled that theirselves, I think.

Shooting him likely settled it.

What is it you want?

I got a real bad need to talk with Thump.

And he ain't got no need to talk to you.

But I need to.

I really, I really, really

got to, ma'am, please.

Some of our blood at least is the same.

Ain't that supposed to mean something?

Ain't that what is always said?

Ain't you got no men could do this?

No, ma'am, I don't.

You go wait in the yard

somewhere by that coop,

and l'll tell Thump you're here.

Thanks.

Come on, already.

He ain't likely to have time for you, child.

l've got to talk to him.

If he don't know, nobody does.

Nope.

Talking just causes witnesses,

and he don't want for any of those.

l'll wait.

You need to get yourself on home.

Here, drink it down and be on your way.

Thanks.

Thump knows you were in the valley, child,

with Megan, and at Little Arthur's.

He knows what you want to ask,

and he don't want to hear it.

And that's it?

He ain't gonna say nothing to me?

lf you're listening, child,

you got your answer.

So I guess come the nut-cutting,

blood don't really mean sh*t

to the big man.

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