The Last Ride Page #5

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Oh. Good.

I'd hate to think I was contributing

to the delinquency of a minor.

Thank you. Hey, chief.

Can you get those two

pretty girls over there

a round of drinks

on us, please?

So you like beer, boy?

I can take it or leave it.

Not me, Sorbonne. Not me.

Is that your doctor?

Yeah.

Guess I better go

get that shot of B12.

Go ahead, sir.

Mr. O'Keefe,

this is Silas Combs.

Tell me you're on the

road and not still at the hotel.

He won't wake up. He just

keeps rolling back to sleep.

Oh, hell. Did he get

drunk last night?

Yes, he did. The doctor

came about 11:
30.

What doctor?

Why, I guess they're friends.

He gave him a vitamin

shot or something.

Son, you gotta get moving.

What do I do?

He looks real bad.

You want me to call

that doctor back?

No. Can you dress him?

Okay-

Now, listen to me.

Everything,

and I mean everything,

is riding on you

getting there tonight.

Do you understand me?

Yes, sir.

Here we go again.

I'm getting too old for this.

When leaves begin to die

That means

He's lost the will to live

I'm so lonesome

I could cry

The silence of

A falling star

Lights up a purple Sky

And as I wonder

Where you are

I'm so lonesome

I could cry

Turn the radio on.

What's the matter,

you don't like music?

Never much cared for it.

What the hell time

is it, anyway?

About 11:
30.

What we got,

like 300 more miles to go?

More like 400.

Well, you gonna have to

do better than that, boy.

I gotta be there

in seven hours.

The roads are real bad, sir.

I'm going over the speed limit as it is.

I can't go any faster.

Boy, this Eldorado

is the best damn car

that ever rolled

out of Detroit.

There ain't no road

she don't eat for lunch.

Well, I can make it up

when we get on the highway.

Punch it, boy.

How the hell

did I get in this car?

I put you here.

Did I dress myself?

No, sir, I did it for you.

You didn't go poking around

in my suitcase now, did you?

I put your gun in there

after I unloaded it.

You do anything else?

No, sir.

You sure about that?

Yes, sir, I'm very sure.

'Cause I know exactly

how much traveling money

I brought with me, boy.

I didn't see no money 'cause I

wasn't looking for no money, sir.

I changed you

into a fresh shirt

and left you in your pants and

your drawers from last night,

it's all the same to you, sir.

You can stop

calling me "sir."

I'll stop calling you "sir"

when you stop calling me "boy."

Well, now, that's fair.

I call you Sorbonne.

I like that.

How old do you think

I am, Sorbonne?

I ain't much at guessing games.

Go on, guess.

I don't know.

Twenty-nine.

Oh, that surprise you?

Yes, sir, it does.

It's all that clean living I done.

It ain't natural.

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