Sweet Virginia Page #5

a payment on the casket.

It was solid mahogany.

I can't give that back.

If..

If I had known about..

Any of this, then..

I would have Th...

thrown that monster out

with the trash.

Thanks.

Close the door behind you.

- Hey, hey.

- Sh*t.

Hey.

Been paintin' the town?

Somethin' like that, it's

a, uh, retirement party.

Oh. Hope it

wasn't your own.

How 'bout you? What are

you doin' up so late?

- Causing mischief?

- No, not at all. Just can't sleep.

Was thinking about going to that diner

there up the road, grabbin' a bite.

- It's pretty good.

- Yeah?

Wanna join me?

I appreciate it, but, no,

I, uh, I gotta work.

- Oh, come on.

- No, no. I gotta work.

Shift starts at midnight,

but you have a good time.

I'll have you back

before 12:
00.

Promise.

Come on, Cinderella.

- Alright.

- Yeah?

- Sure.

- Should I drive?

Uh, no, let's, uh..

- Let's take the truck.

- Lemme lock up.

Thank you, ma'am.

Sure you don't want

nothin' to eat?

- Nope. Just, uh, just coffee for me.

That's it. Hm.

Not sure how you do it though.

What?

If I was eatin' all that sugar,

I'd be bouncin' off the walls.

- It doesn't affect me.

- Is that right?

- Mm-mm. Look at that.

- Uh-oh.

Steady as a clam.

Okay.

- No offense.

- Hey.

Hey. It's alright.

None taken.

- That wasn't a dig.

- I understand.

What, uh, what is that, anyway?

- The, with the shake?

- My hand there, huh?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, it's..

- Is that rude? Okay.

- No, no, no, um..

Look, I guess I just took one

too many falls, you know?

Got bumped on the head.

You see, doctors, they

they... they call it

early onset, see?

So, I guess

it's only going in one direction

and that's just

you know, that's, that's

just the way it is.

Thanks for keeping me company.

I didn't know if you'd be up.

It's alright.

Haven't really been

sleepin' much lately.

Yeah.

Me neither.

It's like every time

I close my eyes

I have a nightmare.

Mom says I used to get

bad dreams as a girl

every summer.

And she used to have to

sing me Christmas Carols

to get to sleep.

- Did it work?

- I guess.

You miss ridin'?

Ever?

To be honest, no, I don't.

- Yeah.

- I just don't.

I mean..

I can see how a fall like that

can put off any young rider.

Even you.

- Yeah.

- But now you're in the motel business.

- Yes, I am.

- Mm.

The place belonged to my brother

so I, I got it from him.

How's that?

Well, he..

Well, he died, you know?

Didn't have a wife, didn't

have kids, anything like that

so I guess

I was just next in line.

Man.

You know..

When my mother passed

she left me with nothin',

either.

Nothin'.

Her only son too.

Imagine that.

Hmm.

But she had it tough.

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