Thursday, November 21, 2024

Howdy

Tom has made the U-turn back to Hunters.

Hunter, crossing through foyer, hears the DOORBELL, etc.,. opens.

EXT. HUNTER'S FRONT DOOR

HUNTER: Can I help you?

TOM: Howdy. My name is Tom Walker.

Hunter surveys Tom, looks past him to the truck.

HUNTER: Tom Walker from Texas who was in Reno about this time fifty years ago passing through on your way to Oregon?

TOM: Yessir. 

HUNTER: What's my mother's name?

TOM: She went by her middle name Olivia, first name was Evelyn. If I have the right Hunter Hardyn.

HUNTER: How did you find my address?

TOM: Paid a few dollars for an online search.

HUNTER: Just happen to be in the neighborhood?

TOM: Sorta. On my way to Texas.

HUNTER: From?

TOM: Laramie, Wyomin', where I live. 

HUNTER: What if I didn't know who you are?

TOM: I'da been turned around and askin' for directions back to Drippin' Springs Road.

HUNTER: I'm on my way to the airport in El Paso to pick up my daughter.

TOM: Yessir.

HUNTER: Any idea when you'll back through on your way home?

TOM: I reckon about a week. 

HUNTER: We won't be here in a week.

TOM: Yessir. 

HUNTER(beat): Come in.

He opens the door wider, steps back for Tom to enter. Hunter takes a look at the truck, closes door behind him.

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