Day 88

 (he goes back in and gets his laptop and starts to write. Stops. Starts. Stops. Phone rings—it's the climax of the 1812 Overture)

Henry: May! Hi, how are you? How's Jessie? . . . . Another week? . . . . Jaime stopped by . . . . I know . . . . I didn't tell him to . . . . well, actually I called the attorney and told him to go ahead with the work to get the water rights because it seemed we ought to at least be sure of that, it's important to know what our rights are regardless of what we decide . . . . I'm glad you're having a good time . . . . miss you . . . . I'm eating fine . . . . ok. Love you. Bye.

(Sips beer. Starts to write. Stops. Starts. Stops. Get's up and crosses to steps off porch)

Henry: Guess I should take a good look at what we're talking about. (crosses off in direction of orchard)

Scene 10

Henry: Jessie? Yes. How are you? School going alright? . . . Good. And Brian? . . . Oh. Well, sometimes a break is good. . . . Yeah, and sometimes not. Is your mom there? . . . Oh. . . . A class? She's signed up for a class? . . . . No, didn't say a thing to me. . . . I don't think so. Do you know something I don't? . . . . Sure, we didn't agree about the orchard, but we haven't agreed on lots of things over the years; we always work our way through. We'll find a middle ground. I'm actually getting intrigued by the orchard. . . . Ok, well ask her to call me when she's back.