The Frontier Page #3

Okay.

But I did not hide it.

Come on, darling.

And if I don't find it, I'll

bring in the whole damn force!

Of course you will, darling.

Come on.

So, you're still

on that Flagstaff case'?

Between that and the Dunbar

heist, our hands are full.

We're making progress.

Hey. Join me outside

for a smoke'?

Wish I could,

but I'm on the clock.

LUANNE:
Go ahead.

(lighter flicks)

Must have been a real good

reason made you stay.

Needed a job.

Got one.

Mmm.

I know a girl in a hurry

when I see one.

Uh, found it!

Under the mattress, of course!

Thanks so much for your help!

I should get back to work.

You don't need to be coy with me.

I'm not.

Here's what I'm thinking.

9:
00 my shift ends.

Pick you up, bring you back to my house.

I'll throw some rib eye on the grill.

We'll drink some wine

and discuss our situation.

You're barking up

the wrong tree, Officer.

You're not serious.

Your kind will

never do it for me.

Better if you left me alone.

Desert's a lonely place, so don't

come scratching at my door.

Nice to see you too, pops.

Loraine, right?

Luanne.

Yeah. Well, I'm gonna need the

key to my room. I'm gonna crash.

How's room 2?

Yeah, that's fine.

Oh, hey, and got any aspirin'?

Thanks. If I'm not in

a bed in 30 seconds,

I'm gonna pass out

right here on the floor.

Don't worry.

I'll be up by 8:
00.

(coffee percolating)

LAINE:
Luanne'?

(coin clinking)

(record drops)

( ballad intro)

MAN:
By the time

I get to Phoenix

(door opens)

Good afternoon.

She'll find the note

I left hanging

This isn't gonna take

all day, is it?

No, sir. What'll you have?

Tuna on white.

Pickle. Potato chips.

I don't think

we have potato chips.

(sighs)

Then just the pickle.

How's the coffee?

Brewed.

Fine.

'Cause I've left that girl

so many times before

By the time I

make Albuquerque

She'll be working

She'll probably

stop at lunch

I thought you said

it was brewed.

I did.

Milk and sugar'?

Black!

But she'll just

hear that phone

Keep on ringing

Off the wall

That's all

By the time I make Oklahoma

She'll be sleeping

She'll turn softly

And call my name out low

And she'll cry

' Just to think d'

' I'd really leave her

Though time and time

' I've tried

(engine running)

(ignition off)

(engine stops)

(footsteps)

Don't mean to alarm you, but I think

someone just expired in your parking lot.

Yeah, he said he was tired.

I reckon I best get...

caffeinated.

I have a better idea.

Ooh.

A girl after my own heart.

- I bet you say that to all the girls.

- (chuckles)

Put it in a coffee cup,

will you?

Makes it feel

like less of a vice.

Ahh.

Like water on a desert rose.

(cup sets on table)

(liquor pouring)

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