Manglehorn Page #4

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Okay.

Sorry about that, Dad.

Just... real idiot.

But he went for it, you know, so...

He's a good guy, He's a... he'll learn.

How you doin'? How you been?

Great.

- Good. Yeah.

- Good?

Yeah. Great.

What the hell's that?

My friend, the elephant.

He's lookin' at you.

That's some elephant.

It doesn't... I don't know,

look like an elephant, Dad.

Well, it depends, you know.

From where I'm sitting here now,

looking down?

- Yeah.

- He does look a little like a baby elephant.

But, you know, that's...

neither here nor there?

You like it?

So you workin'?

Yeah, I'm working. Sure. Of course.

Work is good?

Work is alright.

You know, it's what I do.

- Workin'.

- Yeah.

That's what we do, right?

Why'd you come see me?

Do you need some money?

No.

- I'll give you a loan if you need one...

- No, I don't need your money. Come on.

I just came to see my son, you know.

I mean, you're never ringin' my doorbell

so every once in a while

I come around, ring yours.

- That's all.

- Yeah.

You do what you wanna do

with your money.

You take care of yourself

and you take care of my granddaughter

with your money.

Because that's what your money's for.

- What does Kylie have to do with anything?

- It's got everything to do with her.

You don't want her slippin'

through the cracks now, do you?

You gotta give her

all the love she needs.

- Yeah.

- Even if you have to pay for it.

That's what it is.

- That's great advice.

- Well...

You know who I saw?

- Who's that?

- I ran into Gary.

- Gary who?

- He asked for you.

Gary, you know, old Gary...

Baseball Gary. Remember?

What's his last name?

- Hodges?

- Yeah.

- Gary Hodges.

- Yeah, there it is.

You keep in contact

with Gary Hodges. Why?

I don't keep contact with him, I just...

now and then I run into them.

He's got this successful salon

he's put together.

See. There it is. He's a good kid.

You gotta be kidding me.

Well, he's doing nice.

- Tan-Man? Nice?

- His own business.

Okay, this guy was a drug addict.

Do you remember that?

Gary was a drug addict.

Yeah, I do. I remember it.

He's not a drug addict anymore.

He's got a good head on his shoulders.

He's... you know...

We have the same taste in music.

And... also modern art.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- You up on modern art?

- I don't give a sh*t about modern art.

I wonder why.

You know what? Here's the thing.

I'm just gonna be honest with you.

Gary...

he doesn't mean anything to me.

Okay? I beat Gary.

I beat him long ago. While he was

washing cars you know what I was doing?

I was putting myself

through college, Dad, okay?

While he's running a tanning salon,

you know what I'm doing?

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