Next of Kin Page #3

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Her name's Jessie.

I wanna thank you

for being good to Gerald.

His letters, they all said

you made him feel at home.

How'd you and Truman meet?

At a church.

Truman in church?

Actually, he was investigating a robbery.

Truman says you play the fiddle.

I teach violin.

Yeah, you know where it is.

- Would you?

- Now?

Why, sure. While we're waiting.

Sure.

Wait, can I have that?

Come on in.

- What you looking at? Lt ain't changed.

- Gotten dirtier.

- Got another one of those?

- Refrigerator.

- You get good reception on that dish?

- Only when the TV ain't busted.

- Nice trophy. It ain't season yet, is it?

- Bow season.

Got it about two weeks ago.

Kind of hoping Gerald and me was...

So where's the coal truck?

- Bank took it when the mine shut down.

- When was this?

About the same time Gerald went north.

It kind of makes sense, don't it?

- Briar, he never told me.

- That's because I told him not to.

He wanted me to go, Chicago. Sh*t.

Not me, brother. I been there

and you can have it.

I wouldn't wanna leave

these accommodations either.

At least it's my place.

I still own the land it sits on.

I can open the door in the middle of

the night and take a piss on it if I want.

Don't worry about paying for the funeral.

I'll take care of it.

Is that what you come down here to talk

to me about, paying for his funeral?

No, it ain't.

Goddamn it, Briar, you act like

it don't bother me about Gerald.

Don't you think I ask myself 100 times

a day what I could have done to stop it?

You tell me what I could have done.

It ain't what you could've done,

it's what's gotta be done!

Briar.

Rosie. Rosie.

- So how are you handling all this?

- Better.

You can do better than that.

Try again.

You're doing pretty good.

My daddy said you used to be good

with a bow and arrow...

...before you went off to the city

and forgot everything.

"Forgot everything"?

I've seen this man shoot a hummingbird

out of the sky at 75 yards.

You ever heard of William Tell? This man

makes William Tell look like a beginner.

- Show us.

- Yeah, show us.

- Sure.

- Come on.

- Why, thank you, darling.

- You're welcome, darling.

You know paybacks are a b*tch,

don't you?

Can I borrow this?

Good luck.

I just wanna say good luck.

Oh, my God.

Now your turn.

Lock your arrow.

Now put three fing... Yeah, good.

Put that into first... Yeah, yeah.

Now put that finger up. Keep that finger

down. Let your breath out as you let go.

All right, congratulations.

You just got a 10-point buck.

No, sir. I just killed the man

that shot Uncle Gerald.

Wait up.

It's yours this time, Briar.

And if any mischief follows,

then I shall give...

...an eye for an eye, a tooth

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