INT. PORSCHE CAYENNE SUV - DAY
John, 70-something, driving, Chloe, 17, front passenger seat, Jan, 70-something, behind John, Barbara, mid-40s behind Chloe.
Northbound Hwy. 101, signage re distance to Salinas, San Jose and San Francisco.
John in polo shirt, khaki pants. Left hand on the wheel features his gold watch and wedding band. Chloe in tracksuit. Jan in Martha Stewart stylish casual. Hands in lap, silver watch and wedding ring featuring prominent diamond. Barbara in: Corduroys and long sleeve PARK CITY t-shirt.
All physically fit.
JAN: Do we know what Jackie does for a living?
CHLOE: History professor at New Mexico State. I'll send you the link to her department page.
BARBARA: She's beautiful.
CHLOE: We're riding horses tomorrow.
JOHN: We being whom?
CHLOE: Me, dad, Jackie and her cousin who works at one of the stables in the Ruidoso area.
JAN: Isn't Ruidoso where Carl and Nancy Jackson retired?
JOHN: Cloudcroft.
JAN: That's right.
CHLOE: Dad is looking at cabins in Cloudcroft.
JAN/JOHN: Really?
CHLOE: Yep. Just recently.
JOHN: And selling Las Cruces?
CHLOE: Yeah.
BARBARA: He always said that if he could he'd be in the woods in the mountains.
JOHN: Foglost becoming a bestseller makes that a little easier.
CHLOE: And he's noticing more drive-bys.
JAN: The other side of the bestseller coin.
BARBARA: Goodbye comfortable anonymity.
CHLOE: And he just sold the movie rights.
JAN/JOHN: Really?
BARBARA: For a few very pretty pennies.
JAN: Well good for Hunter.
JOHN: I'll have to call to congratulate him.
JAN: I'm on that call.
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