we gotta head down to Texas, the old man said while he rocked in a Lazyboy and poured a Pepsi….

I got three women down there waitin’ on me..let’s get goin’, he wasn’t letting up….

you have a doctor’s appointment today….and….you have no money, I told him, Dad…we just can’t do it…

he looked at me angrily….quietly…..and said, boy…you just get me to Texas….