Turnabout

Sorry, I'm sorry.

It's all right.

Sorry.

It was that way.

Are you okay?

Is he all right?

Whoa!

Easy, man.

Easy, easy. I'm good, I'm good.

I'm all right.

I'm fine.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

You guys are fishing?

You catch anything?

Thank you very much.

I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.

I'm awake.

Yo, man.

You all right?

Operator, I need to make a collect call.

Yes, a collect call, please.

Yes.

2639.

For Perry Hayes.

Yes, please.

I'll wait.

Thank you, operator.

Thanks.

Come on, honey.

Just relax.

Jesus Christ, Lisa.

I'm trying.

Just ignore it.

Baby, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Hello?

Hey, Billy Cain?

Perry.

Billy, it's after 12:30.

What's going on?

I know.

Listen, I really need help.

I'm at the bridge about a mile down the road.

It's a long story, but I'm soaking wet.

No, it's all right, it's no problem.

I'll be right there.

Yeah, I'll bring you a change of clothes.

You just sit tight, okay?

Yeah, okay.

Okay, okay, thanks, my friend.

All right.

Who was that?

That was my best friend from high school.

I haven't seen that guy in about 15 years.

Well, what did he want?

I don't know, but he was really upset though.

He said he was in a lot of trouble.

What kind of trouble?

I don't know.

Well, why did he call you?

Again, I don't know.

It's almost 12:30.

You have to work in the morning.

What am I supposed to tell him, baby?

"I'm sorry, Billy, it's almost 12:30,

"i have to work in the morning"?

I can't believe you.

You haven't seen or heard from this guy in ages

and he calls out of the blue and you're off to his rescue?

He obviously needs my help, Lisa.

Otherwise, why would he have called me?

He may not have anybody else he can call.

That's just great.

You're off to lord knows where in the middle of the night

to see someone you haven't seen since high school.

That's just great.

I'll see you later on.

Billy.

Perry.

My friend.

You okay?

Hey, whoa.

What happened? I'm soaking wet.

I'm David scudzvian.

I'm not sure.

I don't even know where I'm at.

I'm a real mess, Perry.

I took some sleeping pills.

How long ago?

An hour, half hour, I'm not sure.

Should I take you to the hospital?

No, no fuckin' hospitals.

Okay, okay.

I hate those fuckin' places.

How many did you take, Billy?

I don't know.

Eight or 10, I'm not sure.

I.

- Come on. - I just need

to get some coffee.

It's okay, we'll get you to the diner.

Come on, let's get out of here.

So, what caused all this?

Long story, my man.

Perry?

Yeah?

Perry, pull over.

Please, pull over.

Get it all out, buddy.

You all right?

Yeah.

It's good to see you, my man.

It's good to see you too, buddy.

Sorry about that.

Did you puke on my car?

No, no, it went out the window.

I was just kidding.

So, what caused all this?

It's this basic,

you know, disconnected, disjointed feeling

that I'm having, you know?

I'm in my 30's, Perry.

I'm feeling real down about myself, you know?

All this struggling

and pain.

This bare fucking

pain.

You know, I'm working my ass off and just going

nowhere real fast.

And the worse it gets, the more time just passes.

I just...

I can't even get excited about anything anymore, you know?

I've become like desensitized and numb.

That's no way to be.

I'm just sick and tired of all this shit.

There's just mounds.

The mounds of shit.

Wow.

Shall I continue?

No.

No, that's okay.

I know.

I guess I piled that on a little thick there, didn't I?

Typical Billy Cain style.

Thank you.

Now, I was working three jobs.

My checkbook is still in the negative.

Look at you, man.

You look great.

Looks like you're doing real well.

Thank you, but things are never great.

I mean, Lisa and I have had our ups and downs,

but we have a child now, and that changes everything.

No shit?

You got a kid?

Yep.

Jarrod, he's six.

That's fantastic.

Whoa, so you probably have a great job.

It's decent.

I'm able to put away money for his college fund.

That's nice.

What is it that you do?

I'm an optician.

You're an eye doctor?

Not exactly a doctor per say,

but I fit people with eyeglasses.

That's pretty much my job.

That's fantastic.

See, this is exactly what I'm saying.

You know, you're established and that's great.

I never was.

You know, I was jumping around from job to job.

The longest gig I had, you know what it was?

It was pumping gas.

You know how long that lasted, Perry?

Six freakin' months.

Six months.

Standing out there in the dead of winter and pumping gas,

and cleaning other people's windows.

Is that right?

Yeah.

I even cleaned your window once.

What?

Yeah.

When you were in that nice SUV of yours,

you had the wife in the car.

Why didn't you say anything?

I don't know.

I was too embarrassed.

How long ago was this?

About a year ago.

I just got out of rehab.

I was hooked on pain meds, living in my old man's trailer.

Jesus.

Yeah.

You get my drift?

Why did you call me?

Honestly, Perry.