Undertow Page #4

- No.

For the longest time out here,

just me and the boys, I was sure...

I'd made a wreck of things.

You know what I mean?

I just wanted us to be a family.

Well, anyhow, now you're here.

Maybe I got a second chance.

- Let's not mess it up.

- Okay.

- Are you gonna eat that?

- What?

- That.

- No, go on. Help yourself.

Big old piece of gristle.

Hurry up. Dad wants you.

Hi.

Yeah?

Dad?

Remember when we had

that painting made?

Had to stand still, without sleeping.

It took a night and a day.

What did I do now?

F***.

So I hear you just had a birthday.

How old does that make you?

- Ten years old.

- Ten.

Well, you're a heck of a lot smarter

than most 10-year-olds I know.

That is a sharp-looking jet.

- Chris made it by hand.

- Damn nice.

You're daddy's got

a lot of real nice things, too, don't he?

You know, when I was your age...

my daddy, he had a collection

of old Mexican coins.

He used to let me and John

play with them sometimes.

They were solid gold.

Dad has some like that.

I knew that.

You know, your granddaddy,

he gave them to John and me, his two sons.

Your dad, he probably just forgot

that half are mine.

Where does he keep them at?

Keeps them hid.

Well, where does he hide them at?

It's a secret.

Well, see, I'm family

and I'm pretty good at keeping secrets.

It's a secret from me, too.

You don't say?

You shouldn't do that.

You shouldn't open a can like that.

You'll bust your knife blade.

What are you doing?

I found your stack of nudie books

in a chest under a rock back here.

- You got good taste.

- That stuff ain't mine.

I ain't gonna say nothing.

I ain't got no business

busting in on dirty secrets.

Besides, me and you is friends.

Ain't that right?

- That's right.

- Yeah.

I never had all the advantages like John.

I got the leavings and was told to like it.

I see the way your daddy

looks at your little brother.

You know there's something.

He sees himself.

Like looking in a goddamn mirror.

Then there's you.

You're just one of his little pigs.

A hole in the ground.

I like you, Chris.

You don't play games.

Don't ever let the same dog bite you twice.

You know what I mean?

- Knock-knock.

- Who's there?

- Interrupting cow.

- Interrupting-cow who?

Moo!

It doesn't work.

You've got the wrong tool.

Did you and Uncle Deel fight a lot

when you were kids?

We had our problems...

but our dad didn't put up

with too much nonsense.

He was nice too, right?

He gave you that treasure.

You mean those coins? That's right, he did.

You know those coins ain't ordinary coins?

What do you mean?

- It's a long story.

- It's from pirates?

No, not exactly. Do you know about Charon,

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