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JAN: Have you ever set foot in a pair of cowboy boots?
JOHN: I have. Santa left a pair of Roy Rogers under the tree our first Christmas in El Cerrito.
JAN: What did they look like?
JOHN: Faux brown leather with Roy on Trigger embossed on the side.
JAN: The golden palomino.
JOHN: Yep.
JAN: So needless to say you watched the show.
JOHN: Every Sunday night at six-thirty for a couple seasons.
JAN: Lone Ranger?
JOHN: Thursday nights. And for awhile if you missed that show it would be repated late Friday night.
JAN: Lone Ranger gear?
JOHN: Same spot under the tree the next year. His white Stetson and a belt with a holster for the Colt Army revolver he used. Toy model, of course. Like the silver bullets in the belt's cartridge loops. Years later I learned that mom had put up resistance to the gun. Too young.
JAN: History and imagery I'd never have had I not asked.
JOHN: How about you and cowgirl boots?
JAN: I tried on a pair I briefly coveted when I was with Margaret Brown in Fort Worth that day you and Ed interviewed that young lady from Tulane. Gladys something?
JOHN: Gladys Chapman. She's a partner at McCloud Rucker.
JAN: No surprise.
JOHN: What did these briefly coveted boots look like?
JAN: Crimson with an embroidered floral pattern. I think I have a picture on my phone.
JOHN: Coveted briefly because they didn't fit.
JAN: They fit perfectly. Coveted briefly because they were made of alligator.
JOHN: Oh.
JAN: Cowhide would've been plenty to discuss but can you imagine Chloe's reaction to alligator.
JOHN: Yes I can. Not one I'd want to have aimed in my direction. Which makes me wonder if the beef cattle aspect of Tom's cowboying will come up.
His PHONE RINGTONES BARB'S SPLASH.
JAN: Maybe a picture.
John gets, stares at phone screen.
JOHN: A picture.
He hands phone to Jan who stares at the photo of Tom, Hunter and Chloe smiling at the camera from where they stand with the hills of the Tularosa Basin in the background.
JOHN: Cool buckle.
JAN: Horseshoes?
JOHN: Looks like. Bet he owns spurs.
JAN: Bet you're right.
She hands him phone, he pockets it.
JOHN: I've never met a man who's worn spurs.
JAN: Well I reckon you will, partner.