CREDITS OVER:
3. INT. TOM'S TRUCK - DAY
Tom driving through wooded hills on a two-lane highway signage shows as 287 southbound. Northbound traffic on the other side of median. Colorado plate on the car ahead of him. He turns on the RADIO. STATIC. He punch-tunes to Rodney Hayden's Down on the Pecos, at the two-minute mark, just before "Once I used to roam," let's it play to the end. A pause before Glen Campbell's Galveston starts, plays to "...sea waves blowing."
4. INT. MOTEL ROOM - SUNSET
Basic room lit through crack in the curtains across the window above the desk. KLICKING OF BOOTS ON CONCRETE, nearing. His form visible through the curtains before the CLICK OF KEY before Tom enters. He puts his hat on the rack near the door, sets suitcase on bed, opens the curtains to second-floor view of Albuquerque skyline under monsoon clouds that obscure the Sandia Mountains. He gets phone from pocket, sets it on desk, sits on chair, takes off boots, picks up phone, speaks into it.
TOM: Wanda.
Just now. What'd you and Daisy end up doin'?
Alright.
Well, I'd planned to read but as you prob'ly know I left the book behind, so I think I'll run a bath, have Chinese delivered and find a movie or a ballgame.
I love you, too. Call ya in the mornin' when I'm leavin'.
Sweet dreams, sweetheart.
He sets down phone, watches the first rain drops tap the window, picks up phone, speaks into it.
TOM: Ruthie.
Hey sis, just now in my room. Bout to run a bath, call me when ya can. Love ya.
He sets phone down, leaves into bathroom. We HEAR A BATH STARTED.
5. EXT. YUCCA BLOSSOM MOTEL/PARKING LOT - SUNRISE
Two floors, a couple dozen rooms. Tom's truck and other vehicles in the wet puddled lot under clear sky. Tom comes out of his room, suitcase in hand, gets in the truck, starts engine, buckles up, drives out of lot to street and away out of view.
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