All language subtitles for A Memory in my Heart (1999) 1080p

Rebecca, what?
Oh.

What is it?
The same thing?

No. I...
I don't know.

I was in a...
In a fire or...

Or a jail?

Or a gingerbread house?

Oh.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

You still have
another hour. Go...

Go back to sleep.
You sure?

You want me
to get you something?

No.

Okay?

They signed off?
That's great.

Yeah, we can start loading

a couple of days early.
Pray it doesn't rain.

Okay.

Yeah, I'll meet you there
in half an hour.

Bye.

What?

I'm not pregnant.

Oh, sweetie.

I wanted this.

It's okay,
it's okay.

It's gonna happen.
I promise.

Don't, Joe.
There are no guarantees.

I can guarantee you
one thing.

We'll keep trying.

It's a dirty job,
but I'll force myself.

Maybe I should
call the bookstore,

see if they need me.
No.

At least
if I go back to work,

we can save some money.
When your headaches stop,

we'll talk about
going back to work.

You're gonna be late.

I still haven't
fixed your lunch.

Beck,

it's done.

I owe you one.

Now you better
get out of here.

But if you're late for
your mother's birthday dinner,

or you forget the wine,
all bets are off.

Well, now,
don't overdo it, okay?

My folks don't need fancy.
Okay.

You know, I've been
thinking about the...

The headaches and the...
The nightmares.

You realize
they only started

after we decided
to get pregnant?

And?

And it could be
that the idea
of having a baby is...

Is just too scary,

when there's so much about
yourself you don't know.

But it doesn't frighten you?

No, no, I'm there.

No matter who you are.

Clean-up on aisle three.

Clean-up on aisle three.

Oh, oh.

We have a sale
on our Gala apples today.

A four-pound bag for...

Adam!

Get back here!

You listen to me
when I talk to you.

Do you understand me,
young man?

I have had it with you!
Come on!

Let me go!

- Get me...
- Let's go!

Let me go!

Let go of me!

Let go of me! Let go...

Mrs. Vega?

Mrs. Vega?

Mrs. Vega?

Mrs. Vega?

Welcome back.

I'm Dr. Cooper,
a neurologist.

You're in the Wave Crest
Emergency Clinic.

What happened?

I was hoping
you could tell me.

Well, I...
I have headaches.

It's nothing.

Headaches that
make you panic
and then faint

can't be considered
"nothing."

I was in the market.
Yes.

And apparently
you became very agitated.

I... I don't remember.

Hmm.

Oh, I've got to go.

No, I... I strongly
advise against that,

until I can do a full
workup on you.

I'm fine, really. Thank you.

Mrs. Vega, I don't
like to alarm you,

but you'll be taking
a very foolish risk

running out of here
without letting me
finish my exam.

Especially with your history
of severe cranial trauma.My what?

I'd like to know
where this came from.

So would I.

Was it a childhood injury?

I don't know.

I'm going to assume,
well, at least I hope,

you have your own doctor.

I want you to give him
my name and phone number,

and have him call...

Taxi!

Abbie?

Oh. Oh, God, Abbie!

I'm sorry.
It's Lynn.

Lynn Wyman
from Santa Barbara.

Oh, my God,
it's been so long.

I've thought about you
a million times.

Why didn't you call me?

I think you have me
confused with someone else.

Oh, no, no.
No, I don't.

Excuse me.

Abbie?

Abbie, just tell me,
did you ever find
your children?

Where we going, lady?

Miss?

Thriftway on Kafi.

I left my car in the lot.

No, no, no,
sit please.

Isidro, it's the only pizza

that you've cut
for a long time.

It wasn't exactly
what I had in...

It was fine.
I love...

Hey, at my age,
it's a real guilty pleasure.

I never treat myself
to any of the cheese
and the salt,

let alone the pepperoni.

You made her
birthday, Beck.

I'm still sorry.

Things just don't happen.

You just don't faint
for no reason.

Mama, I'm sure that the doctor
who examined her

wouldn't have sent her home
if it was serious.

Mijo,she had to give up
her job because of
the headaches.

I know, I know.

But we're doing fine.
We're gonna manage.

We had to lean on
you guys a couple months,
we appreciate it.

But I'm gonna be making
better money now,

I'm gonna be a foreman.

I love Rebecca.
I really do.

And she may be the best thing
that happened to you.

There's no doubt about that.

And your dad and I
have come to terms
with the problem.

Gracias,Papa.

I hear a "but" coming, Mama?

Having no money is the least
of your worries.

You're trying to have a baby.

And Becky's entire life
is a mystery.

Look, we spent
the first several years
of our lives together

trying to figure this out.
It practically
drove us crazy.

Enough is enough. You know,
we have an agreement now.

Whatever her past is,
whatever's back there,

it stays back there.
That's the way it is.

We're not gonna waste
any more time
thinking about it,

and you don't
have to either.

But that's fine,

if only the two of you
are involved.

But to bring a baby into it...

I'm gonna check and see
if she's okay.

Mmm.

Hey...

Your mother's worried.

She's always worried.
It's no big deal.

I can't blame her.

She adores you.

She adores you too.

I know.

I'm hardly...
Hardly the kind of girl
every mother dreams of.

How do you think we'd feel if
our son brought home somebody

who doesn't even know
who she is?

Did you mention it
to the doctor today?

It didn't come up.

That's too bad.

He might have been
able to help you
with the headaches.

I can't go through
any more tests.

Not now.

Yes?

Hello?

Ms. Wyman?

Yes?

My name's Rebecca Vega.

I saw you in the street
outside the clinic yesterday.

You thought I was
someone named Abbie.

I'm... I'm sorry.
I had to find you.

You asked me
if I'd got my children back.

I... I couldn't let that go.

I needed to find out
what that meant.

You don't remember me?

I don't.
Believe me, I wish I did.

Look, I am not crazy.

You are the Abbie Stewart
that I knew in Santa Barbara
a long time ago.

Now that...

Now that you see me up close,

you're sure
you haven't made a mistake?

You know, I don't get this.

Why did you say
your name was Rebecca Vega?

I was diagnosed with amnesia.

It's been about
eight years.

Eight years ago,

you were working
in a steakhouse
in Santa Barbara.

I was your boss.

And you had three children.

Three?

Two girls and a boy, I think.

They were quite young.

Why don't you come in?

Come on.

I... I didn't know you
that well.

You know,
a couple of months.

And you were kind of
a private person.

A little sad, really.

But you were the hardest
worker I've ever seen.

I mean, overtime,
double shifts.

I don't think you ever
took a day off from work.

But you saw my children.

No, they, uh, they lived
somewhere outside of town

with their father.

Chase.
His name was Chase.

I remember because
it was such an unusual name.

But you never met him,

he never came to
pick me up after work or...

No. You were alone.

You said you'd come to
Santa Barbara without a dime,

and that's why you were
trying to save everything.

And then one day,
you just left.

And nobody
ever saw you again.

That's all I remember.

Wait a minute.

I am such a pack rat.

I... I can't believe
I forgot about this.

When I sold the restaurant,
I found this.

It was yours.

Lord knows why I dragged it
down here when I moved.

For some reason,
I just couldn't throw it out.

There's nothing
of much value there.

I couldn't have left them.

How could I do that?

I'm so sorry.

I've gotta go.

Winslow, a listing
for Chase Stewart, please.

Okay. Thanks anyway.

Directory assistance,
what city, please?

Fillmore.
Chase Stewart, please.

Is that a business
or a residence?

Residence.

Hold for the number.

The number is area code
814-555-1130.

Once again, the number is area code...

Chase Stewart.

Abbie Stewart, please.

Who is this?

I'm... I'm looking
for Abbie Stewart.
Is she there?

Look, whoever you are,

I don't know if this is your idea of a joke,

but Abbie Stewart is dead.

What?

I said,
Abbie Stewart is dead.

Becca?

So you were
gonna tell me about this
Lynn person, were you?

Of course I was.

I mean, if it hadn't rained,
and I hadn't come home early.

Joe, stop.
Please.

I thought I'd ask
for Abbie Stewart,

she'd come to the phone
and this would all be over.

Rebecca, we spent years
searching for answers.

We've never hidden
anything from one another,

let alone something
like this.

I know. You're right.
I'm sorry.

Do you believe it?

You think

you could have been
Abbie Stewart

with a husband
and three kids?

Well, look
at the picture.

Is there any doubt
in your mind?

Well, you know, obviously,
it looks just like you, but...

You know, sometimes
people look a lot alike.

And this is an old picture,
for God's sake.

But what about
where it came from?

What about the woman
who's absolutely convinced
that she knew me?

And when I looked at the list
of towns in Alto Loma,

I knew that it was Fillmore.
I knew what it looked like.
I could see it.

So maybe you were there once.

There could be a million
explanations for that.

What about the headaches
and the nightmares?

You said it yourself, Joe,

not one headache,
not one nightmare

until we started
trying to get pregnant.

Maybe the thought
of having a baby

just set off some sort of
an alarm in me.

Because I walked away
from my own children.

I have to go
to Fillmore.

You don't.

We could hire somebody,
a private detective.

That guy who followed up
on your fingerprints,

what was his name?

And pay him
with what?

I'll talk to my parents.

Oh, they can't afford it.

None of us can
afford it anymore.

Then I'll get a second job,
and we'll save the money.

Joe, this is the first real
lead I've had in eight years.

I can't wait for us
to save any money.

Beck, you have to wait
until I can go with you,

and you know I can't
get away right now.

Joe, I'm not gonna wait.

I'm going tomorrow.

I'll drive up early.

It'll only be two,
three hours.

I'll be back
in time for dinner.

And meanwhile
I'm supposed to do what?

Just sit around here
and wait,

while you take off
looking for three kids

and another man you might be
married to? That's insane.

If you hadn't gone
downtown yesterday,

if you hadn't come
out of that clinic exactly
at that moment...

But I did.
And it happened.

And we always knew it could.

Fine.

You'll have to forgive me

for being the most selfish man
on the planet, but...

I don't wanna lose you.

And I'm scared to death.

Okay.

Matt, it's Chase.

Uh, we got a prowler out here
around the grounds.

It's a woman.

She was driving a red Geo.

Hi.

I wasn't sure
you'd have your phone on.

I was hoping you'd call. Where are you?

I, um, I just checked into
a motel outside of town.

You said you'd be
home tonight.

I know
and I meant it then,

but when I got here,
everything was so familiar,

the streets, the church,

my house.

House?

I saw it, Joe.

I remembered it and it really threw me.MAN: Hey, Joe.

I, uh, I can't leave yet.

I have to find out
if I have children here.

How do you think
I can come back
without even knowing?

I just don't know
how else to do this.Yep.

Don't be mad. Please?

I'm not mad. I'm...
I'm worried, you know.

It's... It's...
It's hard not to wonder

what's gonna
happen to us, Beck.

I mean, I keep thinking
you could disappear

just as easy as
you turned up.

I won't. It'll be okay.

I love you.
I love you too.

Please be careful.

You wanna step out
of the car, please?

I don't know what the hell
you think you were do...

Oh, my God.

Abbie, what are you
doing back here?

Are you crazy?

Why in the hell
would you come back here?

Who are you?

We were
the best of friends.

Then tell me
something about myself.

Well, first, I guess,
would be your father.

His name was John Swenson.
He was a good man.

You didn't have a lot,
you two,

but you took care
of each other.

And you lived over on Grand.

And he built you a cabin
up in the mountains.

Hammered every nail
with his own hands.

He passed away about a year
after you disappeared.

Did my husband
ever try to find me?

I don't know.

Oh, it's late.
I have to get back.

Why do you
have so much trouble
talking about Chase?

All right.
What do you wanna know?

Who is he?

He's the principal
of the high school,

a member of the school board.
And very powerful.

What makes you say that?

Because I spend a few minutes
outside of his house

and all of a sudden,
the sheriff pulls me
off the road.

That tells me a lot.

Who is he
to make that happen?

Well, he's a Stewart.

His family owned this town.
What else do you need?

A lot more.

Well, he was a member
of the City Council

for quite a while.

He resigned after your divorce
to take care of the kids.

There was a divorce?

Oh, yes, there was
most definitely a divorce.

And somehow he got custody
of my children.

You're never gonna
convince me

that I gave them up
without a fight.

Abbie, listen to me,

leave it alone.

Chase has
no idea that was you
in front of his house.

He has no idea
you're in town,
and he doesn't need to.

I must have
loved these children.

Go home.

From what you say,
you have another life now.

You're right,
it's late.

Chase Stewart knows
I'm alive, doesn't he?

What do you mean?

When you saw me,

you were shocked
that I came back,

but you didn't say
anything about the fact

that I was alive.
You knew, didn't you?

He knows I'm alive,
doesn't he?

Abbie, Abbie.

His dad's just a bad guy,

and Chase is no different.
Everybody knows that.

The trouble is
he's just like him anyway,
only not as smart.

And that's
a lethal combination.

He's only teaching

because he flunked
the MBA program at Stanford

and his daddy
couldn't buy him back in.

Well, I don't
believe that.

And I wish you'd have some...
Some kind of faith in me.

Abbie, Abbie,
you're just too
darn trusting.

What he sees
is a little girl
with a big heart

who'll take him at his word.

Make up for the mother
who didn't stick around.

I worry about you.

- I got it.
- I did it.

Hey, Bob, how are you?

I'm doing great,
Mr. Stewart.

How are you?
Good to see you again.

Listen, I want to talk
to you about my son.

Pick it up.

It's not gonna get
any hotter.

I'll be right back.

Be great.

Hey!

I asked for grilled onions,
not raw.

You know, you don't
have to be totally bright

to know the difference.

Did you ever eat eggs
with raw onions?

I'm sorry.
This is my first day.

I must have misunderstood.

Well, that's
not my problem.

Excuse me, I couldn't help
but overhear.

You sound upset.
Mind your own business, pal.

Well, that's what
I'm doing, pal.

I'm one of the owners.
Chase Stewart.

You ought to teach
your lousy waitresses

how to take
the order right.

No, actually,
she's a very good waitress.

I'll tell you what,

why don't you
bring this gentleman

some grilled onions,
and some fresh eggs.

Here, tip included.
Don't thank me.

Just treat people
with a little respect.

Makes breakfast a whole lot
more enjoyable for everybody.

Okay?

You, uh, read the stocks?

Check the year-old
pork bellies there.

Hey, not bad.

Hi.

Oh, hi.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, don't worry about it.

Anybody gives you a hard time,
you just tell Frank about it.

All right.

I'm at a distinct
disadvantage here.

Why?

I don't know
your last name.

Oh. I'm Abbie Swenson.

I know yours.

Okay, Chase,
she's already impressed.

Come on, kid,
Frank wants you
in the kitchen.

Don't get any ideas, Ab.

He's off limits
to minimum wage earners

and you know it.

Coffee?

Yes, thank you.

You're Nell, aren't you?

Abbie!

Oh, I can't believe it.
It is you.

Oh.

How have you been?

Fine. Really fine.
And you?

Oh, you know,
what can I say?

We're still here.

I swear
that'll be my epitaph.

"Nell Whitmer was still here."

Nell.

Just a minute!

So when did you get back?

Yesterday.

Have you seen Chase?

No, no, not yet.

If you have a minute,
I'd like to...

Nell.

The guys on four,

they want their check.

See what I mean?
Still here.

I'll be right back
with the menu.

Believe it or not,
we actually changed it
once a few years ago.

It's, uh...
It's good to
see you, Nell.

Maybe if we could
talk together sometime?

Sure. That'd be great.

Whenever.

What's she doing here?

She wants to talk.

She said
it was good to see me.

You're kidding?

No.

Frank, no!
Get off!

Abbie's back.

Abbie, you get your things
and come with me.

What?

I thought you might
like to see your kids.

They're just through here.

Now let's keep
this short, okay?

Remember,
you're Rebecca Vega,

an old friend of mine
from high school, that's all.

Well, they'll recognize me.
They won't.

Well, of course they will.
They've seen pictures.

There are no pictures.

What?

They were little, Abbie,

and, uh, Chase
convinced them
that it would be easier

if he got rid
of everything.

And they were his kids,
they had to believe him.

Now I don't want you
to say a word about this
to anybody, all right?

And we're only
gonna do this,
this once.

Oh, my God.

Swear to me, Abbie.

Clear.

Over here,
over here.

Over here.

Oh, quick, throw it.
Throw it over here.

Wait, Ethan.

Nice shot.

So you beating
their buns off
as usual, Ethan?

Yeah.

You wish.

All right,
this is my friend, Rebecca.

She knows all about you.

This is Ethan,
and Lily, and Jenna.

So...

Does he say nice things?

Very nice.

Then he lies.

That's 'cause
I don't want her to know
what a stinker you are.

Are you shy?

Sometimes.

I'm gonna go check in.

Why don't you show
Rebecca the pond,

and I'll catch up
with you later, okay?

Have fun.

The pond's really pretty.

Come on.

It's a bee!
It's a bee!

It's gonna sting me!

It's a bee!

Help! It's gonna sting me!

Help, it's a bee!

Where? Where is it?
Help!

It was right there.

Help!

I think it got me.

Lily, there's nothing.
It didn't sting you.

- Are you sure?
- I'm sure.

It's gone now, Lily.
It's far away now.

It's probably
just a leaf again.

She always overreacts.

Ethan, shut up.

I think it was
the yellow jacket.

Do you know they make
the most honey?

Really?
That's what I heard.

Jenna's in eighth,

so next year
she goes to high school.

Really?

That's if she gets
through English.

No, Ethan.

Don't hit me
again, Lily.

Jenna writes
better than you.

What do you
write about, Jenna?

I don't know.
Just stories.

She won't let
anybody read 'em.

That's okay.

It's okay to be private.

Not even your dad?

Our dad's very busy.

What about your mother?

She died.

Tell it right, Lily.
First she left us.

Then she died.

What's the matter?

I'm sorry.

I'm sure if
she had to leave,

it wasn't because
she wanted to.

Don't be so sure.

We're not allowed to
talk about our mother.

Especially not Jenna.

I wouldn't want to
get you into trouble.

Look.

Are those forget-me-nots?

Yeah. We have 'em
at our house too.

They grow wild
all over the place.

They're Jenna's favorite.

Mine too.

They're the color
of your eyes.

Um, we have to get back.

Oh, I thought that...
Matt knows we can't be late.

Come on.

Come on.

Sorry.

Dad wants us home by now.

No harm, no foul.
I spoke with him.

It was really
nice meeting you.

Come on.

You swore.

Chase will never know
you helped me.

You can't win, Abbie.

Chase will never allow it.

Hi, Abbie.

You look good.

Thank you.

Why is it women
always age better?

At least in the beginning.

How did you know
I was here?

Well, it's a small town,
remember?

I mean, do you?

Some people say you don't.

Who are "some people"?

Old friends.

See the kids?

From a distance.

Let's keep it that way.

What happened, Chase?
Why did you get the kids?

Do you remember leaving me?

You don't, do you?

Well, why did I go?

I didn't know then,
I don't know now.

You were young,

the kids came quick.

You were pretty hard on 'em.

Well, what do you mean?

Well, let's just say

that you couldn't handle
the pressures of motherhood,

so you took off.

They were devastated.

They loved you very much,
and you left us, Abbie.

The children believe I'm dead.

Forgive me,

but I thought that was
the easier thing to do.

I mean, knowing that you left
and never even called them,

it would have been
more painful.

Well, you've had your look,
from a distance.

Now the decent thing
is to just turn around

and go back
when you came from.

It's for the children.

Don't hurt them again.

Please.

Abbie,

sorry things turned out
the way they did.

You could not have been
that kind of mother.
I know you.

You know a different
person, Joe.

You have no idea
who I really am.

I do. I know
who you really are.

There's no way you would
ever hurt anybody like that,

let alone a child.

There's no way you would abandon your own kids.

You know, that's...
It's ridiculous.

Beck?

I'm here.

Did you see 'em?

Yes.

They were really wonderful.

I'll bet.

So what are you gonna do?

I don't know.

Um, I'm gonna try and
get a hold of the transcripts

of the custody decision.

I... I don't expect much.

Don't worry about me, okay?

Just sorry to put you
through all this.

It's not a problem,
you know. It's...

It's just another part
of the package.

I went into it
with my eyes open.

Well, at least we know
I'm divorced.

You and I are legal.

That's a relief.

I'd hate to think I've been
sleeping with a married woman
all these years.

I'm going to bed.
I'm exhausted.

Take care, Joe.
Okay.

Chase!

Chase, damn you.
Open this gate!

Mommy! Mommy!

Jenna!

Come here!

Come here!

Hey, Rebel.

You remember me.

Rebel?

Rebel.

Jenna.

I just wanna
show you something.

Have you ever
seen this before?

It was my mother's locket.

I gave it to you.

And I have one just like it.

Both with petals inside,

exactly the color
of your eyes.

Well, where is it?

I don't know.

When you
said that in the park
about my eyes,

I knew who you were.

I'm sorry I couldn't
tell you the truth.

I promised Matt,

and it would have been
a terrible shock for you.

I know you thought
I was dead.

You are dead to me.

To Ethan and Lily too.

Oh, you...
Your father told you that

because he didn't know
where I was.

He thought
it would be less painful.

Yeah, but he told us
the truth too.

That when you left
in the first place,

it's 'cause
you didn't want us.

Oh, no, Jenna, no.
My father doesn't lie.

Not when it counts.

Why have you come back here
all of a sudden?

Because I didn't
know anything about you

until a few days ago and...

I didn't know who I was.

I didn't know
I had children

or where I came from.

I was sick for a long time.

That's your excuse.

You lost your memory?

Yes.

Well, now that you know
who you are,

I guess you can just go back
to wherever you came from.

But keep that.
In case you forget
who you are again.

Hey.
Remember me?

I love you, baby.

The transcripts
from the custody hearings

say that more than once
I found the baby,

age 16 months,
lying in her crib unclean,

unfed, crying.
Stop.

I don't want you to read
this anymore. It's crap.

I'm ready to go home.

Rebecca, how can you leave

thinking that's
the kind of mother you were?

You may not want
to believe it, but...

But what if it happened?
What if that's who I was?

You weren't.
You could never have been.

I don't know
how to get through to you.
But that woman told you.

She said that you were
trying to get your kids back.

Chase Stewart is a liar.

This doesn't
make any sense.

And if I went to
so much trouble to
get my day in court,

why wouldn't I show up
for the hearing?

I don't know.

What's this?
Is that your signature?

What?
This. Look at this.

Is that the way you write?

It doesn't look right.

Look at this.

That's your signature.
That's not.

I never noticed this.

Well, it's not like
you had nothing
on your mind.

You see,
he's not just a liar,
he's a forger.

You can't walk away
from this now.

I'll stay
as long as it takes.

No. No.

I need to do this. Me.

If you really
wanna help me,

you have to let me
do this myself.

Okay.

You really understand?

Yeah, I do.

I'm gonna get my kids back.

Somebody knows
what happened. Somebody...

Somebody's gonna
listen to me.

Oh.

Yes?

There's a phone call.

Joe?

No, it isn't Joe.

Abbie, why are you
still here?

Why did you tell them
I didn't love them?

Well,
what am I supposed to say?

I mean,
what kind of mother

walks away from
three beautiful children

and a man
who'd do anything for her?

I didn't do it.
I couldn't.

Abbie, please.
Why is it always about you?

It's about the kids.

Now, I'm telling you,
stay away from the kids.

Thanks, Rosie.

And good morning
to you too.

Eat, Lily.

I'm not hungry.

Don't start.
Dad will be here
any second.

I'll dump it for her.

No, you will not.

How come you saw
Matt's friend yesterday?

Who said?

I saw you.

Rose? Good morning.

So, you do your book report?

Yeah.

I saw it, Dad.

It's in my backpack.

Can I see it?

Yeah.

Thank you, Rose.

This is it?

Of Mice and Men
is a short book.

You can do better
than this, Ethan.

I didn't even like it.

Mmm-hmm.

Well, that's no excuse
for half-ass work.

Dad, it's due today.
I just have to...

Yeah, well,
it's gonna be late.

But it's gonna be a good
book report, don't you think?

Yeah.

I always preferred that
when I was teaching.

All right?

Thank you.

Oh, this looks good.

Begin.

Lily, hurry up.

I'm coming!

All right,
I want you all here
right after school.

Rose will pick you up.

But it's Wednesday.
Lily has gymnastics.

Until I say different,
you're here or you're home.
That's it.

But we're supposed
to practice for the meet.

Yeah, well, anybody
you don't know

tries to strike up
a conversation with you

at school,
I want you to walk away

and I wanna know about it.
Is that clear?

Yes.

Yeah.

Thanks.

May I help you?

I'd like to see
Chase Stewart.

Do you have an appointment?

No.

But it's very
important and...

And very personal.

I'll wait.

Well, it'll just be
a few minutes.

You can sit in his office.

Thanks.

Abbie.

What did you do?

Abbie?

Abbie, are you all right?

What happened to me?

Nobody will talk to me.
Nobody will tell me
the truth.

You were my friend.
Why wouldn't you tell me?

If I could help you,
don't you think I would?

Then tell me, how did I
find myself in San Pedro?

What happened to me?

For God sakes,
how did I lose my children?

It's too late.

Did I love them, Nell?

Was I a bad mother?
Did I run away from them?

Who is it you're so
afraid of? Chase?

You didn't run away, Abbie.

You went to Santa Barbara
to work

and save money for a lawyer.

It was the only way
you would have gotten
your kids away from him.

Jenna?

Some lady's looking for you,

but she didn't wanna
come over.

What?
She's waiting in the garden.

Don't tell me
to go home, Jenna.

I've already heard that
too many times from Matt,

from your dad.

I need your help.

Ethan and Lily have a right
to know that I'm alive.

I loved you, Jenna,
all of you.

How do you know?

I thought you said
you can't remember?

Because of how I feel now.

And when I saw you
in the park, these...

These wonderful feelings
just welled up inside of me,

so strong,
so beautiful.

I never left you, Jenna,

not because I wanted to.

I know that you were
very young,

but isn't there anything
that you remember about me?

You left us.

Well, before that,

when I was home?

You sang.

You danced with me.

You said I had wet kisses.

Will you help me?

What do you want me to do?

What's going on?

I didn't tell them.

Tell us what?

I'd like to
show you something.

That's us, isn't it?

Yeah, that's us.

A long time ago.

Did we know
you then?

You knew me very well.

That doesn't prove anything.

You took
a picture of us.

So what?

I'm your mother, Ethan.

My mother's dead.

No, I'm not.

I was right beside you then,

just as I am
right now this minute.

I remember that car.

I do.

Is it true?

I thought you were
Matt's old friend.

I am.

Just another lie.

Who is it?

Who's there?

Hey.
Lily.

You by yourself?

Yeah. I biked.

I'm pretty athletic.

Where's your dad?

He's at school.
Rosie's babysitting.

Well, won't she
be worried about you?

Nah, she thinks
I'm asleep.

I fixed the bed.

You know, um,
it's not a very
good idea.

It's... It's dangerous for you
to be biking alone at night.

I believe you, you know.

You do?

Yeah.

Jenna told me
a secret about you.

She did?

She said our dad
used to hit you.

Well, I...

I don't remember that, Lily.

I guess it's not something
I wanna think about.

He doesn't hit you, does he?

Not so much.

Ethan, sometimes.
He always gets in trouble.

Oh. I'm sorry.
I didn't know.

Well, we're not
supposed to tell.

You remember this?

I've been saving it.

Jenna told me
it was my mom's.

It was yours.

You kept it
all this time?

Since I was little.

Would it be okay
if I gave you a hug?

I would never have stopped
loving you, Lily.

Not for a minute.

Oh.

Lily?

It would be good

if we could come
live with you, Rebecca.

Dad isn't so nice
all the time.

It would be good.

Good night.

Good night.

I asked you nice, Abbie.
Now I'm telling you.

Get out of here.

We should talk,
like two adults.

Look, I have nothing
to say to you.

Now I don't want you anywhere
near the kids' school,

I don't want you
in my office,

and I don't want you
on my doorstep.

This doesn't need to be ugly.

Oh, you're playing games
with me, aren't you?
You remember.

I think you remember
everything you want to.

But I'm telling you,
you've gone too far.

Now get in the motel,
get your stuff,

and get the hell
out of here.

I'm not afraid of you.

Don't be stupid.
You know better than that.

You'll lose,
just like you did before,

only this time, you'll pay
an even bigger price.

Excuse me.

Oh, just seat yourself.

I'm... I'm looking for Nell.

Oh, she's not here.

She took off
for a couple of days.

Oh, a vacation?

No, something came up.

It was kind of sudden.

Smells good.

Is this the cabin
you told me about?

The one my father built?

Yeah.

Just a coincidence
that it burned down

the night before
my hearing?

Well, I don't know.

Was he violent, Matt?

Well, where'd you hear that?

My memory's just
beginning to come back.

Just little bits
and pieces.

Did Chase hit me?

Abbie, it's ridiculous
for you to trust

these little bits and pieces
after all this time.

It's better than trusting
my so-called friends.

Where is this cabin?
I want you to draw me a map.

Damn it!

Save me another trip to
the Hall of Records,
will you?

Abbie, I am your friend.

Believe me.

And I'm asking you
to get out of here

before you get in so deep
you can't climb out.

And I'm saying thanks
for your concern,

but I am not leaving
without my kids.

We had a deal.

Well, screw your deal.

Draw me that map.

My lawyers have read
every word of the
deposition.

It's all crazy.

Chase can't possibly hope
to prove any of it.

It must be costing you
a fortune.

No. I made enough
to get him started,

but he says he's gonna
let me pay the rest out.

Well, he doesn't think
that the trial's gonna last

more than a few hours,

with you guys
and my dad as witnesses,

and my testimony.

What?

Oh, let's not
talk about it so much.

I'm nervous as hell
about testifying.

Are you gonna
see the kids?

No. The last time I tried,

he wouldn't let me
get near the house,

Jenna was hysterical.

Nell?

Nell,
something's not right.

Ever since you picked me up,
I've sensed it.

Where's my father?

I thought we were
having dinner with him?

He's not coming.

Then who is?

Chase?

Look, he just wants
to talk to you, Abbie.

He said you hung up on him.

He said he's done
everything he can.

He's lying.
How could you listen to him?

Let's just go back to town.
Forget this.

They're his kids
too, you know?

He loves them, Abbie.

Then why are they
so afraid of him?

Why are you?

Frank, maybe we could...

No, no!
We owe him this much.

Why don't you guys take off,
come back in about an hour?

Oh, but, Chase...

I just wanna make
a reasonable deal with her.

Keep it out of the courts.
I'm thinking of the kids.

You know that. Go on.
Back in an hour?

Yeah.

Hey, Abbie.
How's Santa Barbara?

You must have worked
pretty damn hard.

Hard enough to have
my day in court tomorrow.

So you're really gonna
go through with this?

Really gonna leave me.

I've already left you.

You've already left me.

But don't think you're
gonna be taking my kids.

They're not your kids,
they're our kids.
They need their mother.

Look, you're not
getting the kids!

Forget it!
You're scared.

I can practically
smell it on you.

The mask is coming off,
and it terrifies you,
doesn't it?

Look, what do you want
to get out of here now?

How much?
Say, like, $500,000?

You can't buy the children
at any price.

Look, I have them now!

I will have them tomorrow!
You can't win, Abbie!

I've lived for this.

I've worked my ass off for it.
It's over, Chase.

Tomorrow morning,
everyone in this town
is gonna know who you are.

You damn thing...

My God!

What did you do to her?

Help me get her out of here.

- Oh, my God.
- It was Abbie's fault.

She came at me
with the poker.

Oh, Chase...
Well, maybe it's self-defense.

Well, look...
We've got to get her help.

I mean,
they could throw me in jail.

They could throw us
all in jail.FRANK: For what?

Well,
you brought her up here.FRANK: Not for this!

Abbie?

Abbie, can you hear me?

What happened?

Who are you?

Who are you?

Jesus, she doesn't know.

Abbie, it's me.
It's Nell.

We've got to get her
to a hospital now.

Well, we can't.
Chase, you can't
cover this up.

You gotta let me
call an ambulance.

Get her what she needs.

Get her to a hospital,
but not here.

- Damn it, Chase.
- Not involving me.

All right,
put her in the car.

Get her
to an emergency room.

Where?

As far from this county
as you can.

Make sure she doesn't have
any ID on her.

Nothing to connect her
to Chase.

Okay.
I'll get the car.

I guess...
I guess we can
all just pray

that we can learn
to live with this.

What about
the mess in here?

I'll take care of it.

"Make sure
there's no ID on her?

"Nothing to connect her
with Chase?"

Why don't we come
into my office here?

I have my scars, Matt.

Do you?

For what it's worth,

I haven't had
a decent night's sleep

since I found you
in that cabin.

It's worth nothing.

I guess
I'm supposed to be grateful

you told him
not to let me die?

You owe me, Matt.

You owe me,
and you owe my kids.

You were my friend.

You broke the law,
and you helped him

to take away everything
that mattered to me.

I don't know what to say.

I did some stupid things
when I was a kid.

Chase bailed me out.
He made me sheriff.

I know it sounds feeble,

but I don't know where
I would have ended up

if it weren't for him.

Maybe you'd be someone who
had a decent night's sleep
once in a while.

Now you have to do
the right thing.

All right, let's get
everybody in position here.

Luke, you ready?
Yes, sir.

Okay, let's get
started with it.

Mr. Stewart?

I want this to go
like clockwork.

Chase?
Yeah. Not now, Matt.

I don't have time.
Well, you better make time.

I'll be right back.

Okay.
No problem, Mr. Stewart.

Listen, wise guy,

you don't tell me
I better make time.

I tell you
if I have time.

Not anymore.
I quit.

You what?

Come here.

I wrote it all down.

I gave it to Abbie.

A copy to my lawyer,
of course.

Everything from
the night you locked her
out of the house

to the emergency room
in San Pedro.

You damn fool.
She had nothing on us.

Oh, she does now.

It may not make up for what
I did, but it'll sure help.

Listen, I can still fix this.

This is a stipulation
to change custody

and an agreement
to see the children
only with supervision.

Two copies. Sign both.

You're out of your mind.

Everybody in the town
knows that.

Assault, attempted murder,

conspiracy to cover it up.

You're in a very vulnerable
spot, Chase.

Oh, yeah?
You better sign.

I've learned a lot
from you, Chase.

School's out.

This is the only way
I don't press charges.

You miserable whore.

You think you're
gonna take my kids?

You have nothing, Abbie!

And you'll always
have nothing!

You blew a good thing!

You're a lot of things, Chase,

but "good"
doesn't quite cut it.

Yeah? Is that so?

Hey, hey, hey.

Don't, Matt.
I'll handle this.

I'm not doing it this way
for you,

for either one of you.

I'm doing it for my kids.

They don't ever have to know

what kind of a man
their father really is.

Know what
I should've done?

I should have killed you
when I had the chance.

I should have
torched you along with
your old man's shack.

Just take it and get out.

Both of you.

Jenna?

Bye.

You found yours.

Yes. And I want you
to have yours back.

You can't ever
leave me again.

Not a chance.

Mama, I have
missed you so much.

Rebecca!

Lily.

Come here.