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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