Pray for Rain Page #4

Pumps it 200 feet uphill

into the aqueduct...

That runs into our valley.

So... why were the pumps turned

off?

You ever heard of the delta

smelt?

It's actually a little fish,

it's about yay big.

They live in the Sacramento-San

Joaquin river delta...

Which is where this water

is being diverted from.

Apparently, the smelt need fresh

water to survive...

So some environmentalists filed

a lawsuit on behalf of the fish.

So now we don't get a single

drop of any of this water.

All of this for a 3-inch fish?

The irony is, that since they

made their changes...

Fish haven't changed in

population... but we sure have.

All we're asking for is five

percent of this water.

Less than two minutes.

The female record is 77 seconds.

One time your father was in

and out of that shower...

In less than a minute and he

started out dirtier than most.

Sometimes he used to farm naked.

Yeah, I remember.

What are you doing?

Well, as soon as the insurance

money comes in, I'm selling...

I'm getting out of Bella Canejo.

Well, you're not wasting

any time, are you?

Yeah, well, I wasted enough.

Mom, can you stop jerking off

to real estate for a second?

I can multi-task.

What do you need?

I think dad was murdered.

By an evil tractor?

Apparently he had a lot

of enemies.

Yeah, present company included.

Mom, if he was so bad, why

didn't you just leave him?

And go where? We were stuck

in this shithole...

Circling around the drain

together.

Used up all our money to send

you to school.

We had a hell of a 15 years!

After you told your dad

that little lie.

I saw what I saw.

I want to go and live

by the ocean.

I want to drink homemade white

wine from a Mason jar.

I want to see the world that

you've seen. I want out.

Is that too much to ask

for after all this dirt?

No.

I know you have this idea

of your father...

But maybe that idea was

outdated.

Maybe the truth is that he just

got on that old tractor...

He just plumb forgot how to

drive it...

And he ended up in the ditch.

Sometimes, there is no mystery,

no story...

We just have to get

on with our lives.

I'm gonna hang around

for a while longer...

If that's okay with you?

Suit yourself. You've always

done what you wanted to do.

Be careful.

Look, I know you like to think

of yourself as the smartest...

Person in the room, but this

isn't New York...

And they work by different

rules here.

Goodnight.

Hi there.

Oh, hey.

Hi.

Thanks so much for

rescuing me the other day.

Oh, of course.

What can I help you with?

Um, is your boyfriend here?

Yeah, come on back.

Here, can you finish this real

quick? Thank you.

So, when are you due?

Two months.

Congratulations.

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