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Amanda!

Amanda, turn that down!

Geez!

Yeah!

Danny, are you still on that thing?

We've got to go, honey!

We got to get rolling here.

Uh-huh.

Did your sister come in here to help you with anything?

Uh-huh.

In five minutes.

Amanda!

Amanda?

I can't even hear myself think in here.

What?

In time for your father if you won't help?

Aw, you can do it, Mom... I believe in you.

I have a ferry to catch,

and I've only got two hands.

Count 'em... one, two.

She can count, too!

That's enough, smart mouth.

What is that all on your stomach?

Honey, go wash off. Are these clean?

Actually, I can't wash it off, 'cause it's a real tattoo.

What? Whoa.

You got a real tattoo without asking permission?

Wait till Dad sees.

You are.Please...

You are. You are.

Get out! Get out!

Get out of my room!

I don't want to go with Dad.

Honey...

It's Orlando, Dan... there's lots to do.

It'll be fun.

No, it won't.

Okay. So it won't.

But you know what, we'll talk every day.

You're being so brave.

Mm.

Amanda, your father's here.

You better cover that thing up, unless you

want to deal with your father about it this weekend.

You look tired.

Yeah. I'm sure I do.

Okay, who wants to have some fun around here?

Daddy!

Oh, oh...

Come on, buddy. How you doing?

Come on, give me a big hug. Ade.

Jack.

Danny's medicine's in his backpack.

I know, he takes 'em every night.

Yeah, she and I talked... don't worry about it.

Look, Ade, between you and me, we got it covered.

Well, I don't know about you,

but I've got to get on the road... shouldn't you be leaving?

Ade, sit down. I've got a ferry to catch.

For a minute. Please.

Yeah.

I want to come home.

What?

I don't know how I could've been so stupid.

Don't say anything yet.

Forgive me is probably right out the window. Forgive you?

I know that. Only... Only what?

All I want is a chance; I'm not saying

that I deserve it; I'm saying I'll try.

Please, Jack, I can't.

Adrienne, I love you.

I love you so much.

I know what I've lost here, Ade, and I'll do

anything in my power to get it back.

Jack, you can't just walk in here

and do this to me out of the blue.

I mean, what,

because it didn't work out with what's her name?

We ought to be together.

Now, Adrienne, you know that.

All you've got to do is look at the children.

Come on... come to Orlando with us.

What? We'll put the kids on the dumb rides, it'll give us

time to be alone... that's all we need.

Oh, Jack, I can't, I can't.

I told Jean that I would help her,

you know, and that's what I'm going to do.

I'm going to do what I said I would do.

Okay. Okay, okay.

When I get back, we'll talk?

Yeah. Okay.

We'll talk when you get back.

Jack, okay, we'll talk then.

Hey, guys.

Oh, Dr. Flanner, um, I thought we'd missed you.

No. I...

Tell 'em I hope they're happy here.

You remember where I keep the extra towels

and extra sheets? I know where everything is; I'll be fine.

And how you have to wait for the hot water

to burble up at you? You reminded me twice.

Oh, and I got an emergency generator

just in case the storm

turns into anything and you lose power.

But it's never been turned on before, though,

so I wouldn't count on it working.

If it gets stuck, kick it hard.

And that goes for most things around here.

Jack wants to come back.

Uh-huh.

I wouldn't worry about the storm, though.

Weatherman's always predicting this, predicting that.

Jean, what do you think?

I think I'm not gonna say anything, because if I do,

and you say you're gonna let him come back to you...

You gonna let him come back?

I don't know.

Uh-huh.

The storm boards are underneath the house.

They hook into place; you'll figure it out.

Just go on and get out of here.

This place has been through so many hurricanes,

I wouldn't even worry about it; won't feel a thing.

So, what happened?

Jack get tired of that Miss Flip Curl

he was reptiling around with behind your back,

your best friend?

She was not my friend.

She was in my carpool.

You're my best friend.

Don't play me.

What? You know, the kids want things

back to normal, you know?

Doing it for the children, huh?

Which reminds me, when are you gonna send me Miss Amanda

so I can out-attitude her attitude

and send her home right?

I wish you would.

I wish you would.

Where was that man?

Hmm?

Where was Jack when your father died?

Your father who was so good to him, too.

Anyway...

When do the guests arrive?

Guest, meaning one... tonight.

I thought about closing this place down,

but when a man calls from Raleigh

and he offers to pay double the price and it's off-season,

as my grand mama used to say,

count your blessings and keep on steppin'.

Which is exactly what you need to do

when it comes to Reptile Jack.

You should've married that hippie potter

with the great ass back in school.

Hell, I should've married the hippie potter

with the great ass.

Love ya.

Be safe.

Mmm. Mmm.

Have fun for the both of us.

Have fun yourself.

Hello?

Anybody here?

Hello?

Oh...

Uh, you must be Mr. Flanner.

Yeah. Yeah, I am.

Ah... the wind just came up.

Ah.

Let's get you signed in.

You must have taken the, uh,

3:30 ferry... you're early.

Yeah. Yeah, I did.

Four nights? Leaving Tuesday?

Pretty early.

If you don't mind signing this, please?

Yeah, you may have heard some talk about bad weather.

Um... radio said only 50% chance, though.

Yeah, I heard something about that... doesn't matter.

Well, people come here even in winter for the...

beach, you know? Doesn't matter.

Jean always asks for home address.

Thought you were Jean.

Oh, Jean and I are old friends.

She had to work in Miami, so I'm standing in for her.

Look, I'm gonna leave this home address blank,

if you don't mind.

Okay.

Okay.

Sorry.

It's all right.

It's called the Blue Room.

Oh, the hot water,

you may have to give it a little time to...

burble up at you.

If you need any extra blankets, towels, anything,

don't hesitate to ask.

After all,

you are the only guest.

If you're lucky, you'll see bankers.

That's the wild ponies that were descendants

of the horses that were shipwrecked here,

hundreds of years ago.

They swam miles to shore.

Well, uh, dinner's at 8:00.

Or 7:00, 7:30, if you'd prefer; whatever time you'd like,

because you are the... The only guest. 7:30's great.

Yes.

Can I get you anything else?

No, I think I got everything, thank you.

Thank...

tightly lock and secure all doors and windows,

and also bring all deck furniture...

And now for those listeners

not familiar with the region, the Outer Bank.

They are a strip of islands...

I don't know, I don't care!

I just want it there! I want it!

I want the equipment there when I arrive.

That's the whole point!

You're listening to WROH,

the music of Rodanthe, where yesterday lives today.

Unless you'd prefer white.

No, no. Red is... fine.

Red is good.

I'll come back with your salad.

Okay.

Dinah. Dinah Washington.

She's so great.

Something wrong with your table?

Absolutely not.

I didn't want to eat alone.

Oh.

Okay.

Here's your salad.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hungry.

It's probably the air.

What?

Makes you hungry.

I've been coming here for years

with my husband Jack and the kids.

But just the kids... lately.

Yeah, well, I never got home for dinner, either.

Oh, Jack made it home for dinner, all right,

when he, uh...

when he was there.

Thank you.

We, um...

I... We might be getting back together.

Sorry, I just...

It's weird not knowing if you're married or not.

It's all right... I don't know where I live.

Well, you didn't come here for the beach.

No, I came here to... talk to someone.

More wine?

Yeah, sure.

Oh. Can I...

You're not having any? No.

Well, wai... Why not?

So if you're not Jean, who are you?

Oh...

I'm sorry, I'm...

Adrienne Willis.

Adrienne.

Adrienne... Taylor.

I was Adrienne Taylor, and...

Adrienne.

Well, uh, do you have kids?

Yeah. Yeah.

I have a son.

He's a doctor.

Really? Yeah.

Well, you must have done something right.

Yeah, well, not me. My wife.

Ex-wife.

Can't take any credit.

Oh, that's great, thank you.

What is that?

That glow? Yeah.

It's called Teech's Light.

Captain Teech, the pirate.

Swore he'd put his enemies

to an everlasting fire.

It's not considered a good omen.

Thanks for warning me.

It's from a folk tale my dad used to tell me.

He loved telling stories.

And he had a beautiful eye.

It's because of him that I went to art school.

So you're an artist.

I used to be.

Yeah.

He died a few months ago.

I'm sorry.

That's just been my year, you know?

Dad died and...

my husband and...

and my daughter decided she hated me.

I don't know why I thought things were gonna get easier.

Yeah, we-we all did.

I think I'm gonna go in now.

I think I'll go for a walk.

Okay.

Good night.

Night.

Danny still up?

I told him that we'd talk every night.

Aw. Well, don't wake him.

Did he do his inhaler before he fell asleep?

Jack, I told you.

Wake him up and give him his medicine.

Yes, I have been thinking about it.

Of course I've been thinking about it.

I'm not ready to talk about it.

Jack, please, let's... have that conversation

when I get back, like I said.

Can I just say good night to Amanda?

Okay, okay. Hold on.

Ade, she's out.

iPod on and everything; she's asleep.

Really? Well, please let Miss Amanda know

that I know she's not asleep

and that I love her very, very much.

Ade, I love you.

I love you.

Let's just say good night, okay?

Good night.

"Mujer."

"Hombre."

"Mijos."

"Quien es..."

Dad.

What happened? Are you okay?

We're doctors... we can't control

everything all the time.

I'm asking if you're all right.

Look after yourself.

Jen, I...

Look, your mother and I... we're worried about you.

We just want to make sure that you're safe, that's all.

Since when?

Since when is it my mother and you?

Since when is it "we"?

All right, okay. That's not why I'm here.

Why the hell are you here?

Mark...

Any problems with the anesthesia?

No problems.

Miles Davis again, Dr. Flanner?

Bach today. Bach.

Come on, now!

Three, four, five, six,

seven, eight,

nine...

Good morning. Good morning.

Coffee's ready.

Um, maybe later... I got to go into town.

Looking for someone?

Yeah.

This Robert Torrelson's house?

Yeah, that's my father.

You with the bank?

No, I'm Paul Flanner.

Is he in?

What the hell do you want,

coming here?

Get back in your car and go on

out of here. I told you, he wrote me, I'm here.

And I told you to leave.

What do you think?

Think you can just show up, talk your way out of it?

Now, git.

I'm staying at the inn.

You can let him know that.

I ain't telling you again. Let him know.

Son of a bitch.

What happened?

Where are you taking these?

They're for the windows.

Oh. I can do this.

I got it.

You sure? Yeah.

God...!

Damn!

It's all right.

Hey...

I can...

Let me do this.

Okay.

I should, um,

Bye. All right, y'all take care.

Oh. Adrienne!

Dot. Adrienne Willis!

How are you?

Half out of my mind, that's how I am.

Getting folks stocked up in case the storm blows in.

You better get ready, 'cause it's gonna hit hard!

They say it's a comin', and it don't;

they say it ain't, and it does.

I'm not used to seeing you so, uh, late in the year.

I'm looking after things for Jean.

Don't tell me you still got guests at the inn.

Look out, 'cause it's gonna happen!

I know exactly how many cold Buds I got back there.

Hey, Dot, did you hear anything

about this family, the Torrelsons?

Well, there's only, uh, Robert and their son Charlie left.

You know what happened to poor Jill.

I heard something.

Oh...

They saved all their pennies

for some famous doctor from Raleigh.

I told her not to do it; I warned her.

God rest her soul.

You want some candles.

Yeah, look, I want to get out of here, now. Yeah.

Soon as I can.

Call me back.

So you're leaving early?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm trying to.

I'm thinking about it.

Look, I'm sorry I was a little... spun out before.

Does it have anything to do with the, uh...

Torrelsons?

I'm sorry. It's, uh... it's a small town.

What exactly did you hear?

Look, you don't owe me any explanation.

No, I don't. What did you hear?

Huh?

You want to hear the truth?

Mrs. Torrelson came to me with a hemangioma.

A cyst on her left cheek.

Benign but substantial.

It was disfiguring, that was all;

it wasn't life-threatening.

I have removed cysts this bad,

and worse, much worse, hundreds of times.

Nothing's ever gone wrong.

She died on the table.

Her husband, uh...

he filed a suit for wrongful death.

And then he wrote me a note, he said, he wanted to talk,

and I thought, sure.

Fine. One conversation, I'll clear this whole thing up.

So I get to the house,

his son won't even let me see him.

Kicks in my car!

Must have been very hurtful.

He was angry.

I meant for you.

To be held responsible for the death of a mother.

Look, if... me being here makes you feel uncomfortable,

I can go.

I was planning on... grilling a salmon for dinner.

Sounds good.

Oh, Jean, don't worry so much.

Whatever I didn't find in the inn,

I bought downtown.

We're gonna be just fine.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

"We"?

Hmm!

Don't start with me.

I didn't mean anything by "we," all right?

Uh, Dr. Flanner and I.

Doctor, is it?

Listen to me, I'm not gonna do this with you.

So, now, we know he's rich.

But is he good-looking?

I am not having this conversation with you!

That good-looking, huh?

I didn't say that!

You know I didn't say that!

Oh, come on!

Tell me my great-grand mama's place is doing you some good.

Come on, it is, isn't it?

It is. You can tell me.

Don't you have something important

you're supposed to be doing,

I am meeting and I am showing.

I am giving all I got.

God.

This is Miss Amanda. PAUL: Oh.

Before and after.

You see the whole story there now?

She is really something else.

Whatever she thinks or feels, she will let you know.

You don't have to second-guess her.

But I do admire her for her honesty, really I do.

I don't think there's much she admires about me lately.

But that's fine.

And this is my Danny.

Oh... look at him.

Is he about nine?

Ten. Yeah.

He's always in his own world.

I think, when he grows up, he's going to be a writer.

Or a philosopher, or do something...

really special with all of that solitude.

You light up when you talk about him.

Thanks. Both your kids.

I saw a picture of you with a little boy.

Must be your son?

Mark.

He's 28 now.

Believe that?

Oy, my God.

Yeah, he's a...

He's a doctor, like his dad.

Well...

Well, I don't think he'd see it quite like that.

But he's-he's...

Wow.

I tend to think he's hiding down there.

Probably from me.

Oh, stop. Stop.

Yeah.

Uh...

it's been almost a year now.

Yeah. Yeah.

I am sorry, I just can't imagine that.

I mean, uh...

you know, Amanda drives me crazy, but...

not talking for a year, I...

And I had, uh...

I sent the surgery nurse out there to tell the husband.

Which, in retrospect, probably wasn't the smartest thing to do,

but I had four operations that morning already, and...

another patient waiting in the next O.R., and...

feeling me going out just standing around with her husband

was not gonna bring his wife back home.

Mark did not approve.

I'm sure he felt it was just another...

another example of me making the wrong decision.

Bad doctor, bad father, bad, bad, bad...

bad.

Anyway...

in a month, he was gone.

Hmm.

Yeah, I've been leaning on a pharmaceutical company

to send... drugs and medical equipment down there.

I'm going down there, for two weeks.

I'm gonna bring him back.

There must be something in this wine.

I am just blah, blah...: No!

I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.

Stop.

I'd like for you

to come with me.

Okay.

All right, where are you taking me?

Jean had a great-grandmother

who came here right after the Civil War.

You're surrounded by the spirit guides

that she taught Jean about.

That's Yemanja.

This is you, isn't it?

I was in my 20s.

God of thunder.

Not a happy guy tonight.

Oh, there's Amanda... with Jean.

Hmm. Jean's her godmother.

Oh, she's adorable.

That's sweet.

I made that.

This? You made this? Yeah.

Yeah. Get out of here.

Years ago, from driftwood.

Something I learned from the local women.

Yeah.

They, they used them for special things

that they loved and wanted to keep safe.

The more scarred and twisted the wood, the better,

because then, if you could make something beautiful out of it,

it meant that much more.

What would you keep in yours?

My children...

Jean...

and memories of my father.

Yeah.

Who keeps you safe?

Well, you... fall in love with someone,

you know, and you make a family, and...

you become...

what you think you're supposed to be.

And, um...

you change and you give up certain things.

Then they look at what you've got left, and you wish you...

I don't know, you just think maybe you shouldn't have.

Don't.

Don't do it anymore.

Huh.

Mine.

Sorry, I forgot it was even...

Oh, it's Amanda.

Oh.

Hi, sweetheart.

I knew you were going to have a good time.

That's great, sweetie.

I'm looking at a baby picture of you right now.

How's Danny?

Good, that's great.

That's great, honey.

Yes, I am thinking about what your daddy asked me.

That's right, thinking about it, sweetheart.

That's what I said.

Amanda, Amanda, listen to me, honey.

That's something that your father and I are deciding.

It's complicated, sweetheart.

We have to talk about it.

There isn't anything to talk about, okay?

Dad says he loves you and he wants to come back.

You promised. I promised?

What did he tell you, honey?

You said you would give him a chance.

You know, you're only thinking about what you want,

and it's really not fair to us.

Amanda, put your father on the phone, please.

Now.

Why don't you stop being such a little mama's boy?

Dad, Amanda just called me a mama's boy.

So, Ade, I hear you're going to have some bad weather.

Did you tell Amanda that I promised you something?

Don't get mad at Mandy.

She just got a little ahead of herself because

she wants things to work out.

You drag the children into a conversation

that you and I haven't even had yet?

You know what?

I don't even deserve a weekend here alone to think by myself

after you've pulled a 180 on me?!

And what am I supposed to do, just, just pretend

that the last seven months didn't even happen?!

You okay?

I think I'm going to have a drink.

How about a shot? Would you like to have a shot?

Yeah, yeah, I'd like a shot.

You know the thing about this music?

No, what?

Mmm.

The thing about this music

is the same thing about this whiskey.

Which is?

Ah.

I forget.

Now, I love Jean, but...

she buys all this canned food

in case of a hurricane or something...

Mm-hmm. and she never eats it.

She keeps it forever.

1996.

'96?!

That's... that's Hurricane Bertha.

Spam... Spam!

Who eats lard?

Lard... you know what lard does to your arteries?

Do you understand...? Please.

I have always wanted to clean Jean's pantry.

Succotash. Succotash.

Thank you.

Swish! Vienna sausage.

In a can?: In a can.

In a can? In a can!

Yes! Here comes the windup.

Watch out, okay, come on. She's on the mound,

warming up... World Series, the last game.

Smokin' John Smoltz. The crowd is on their feet...

Get out of the way. Wait a minute, wait.

She wins!

They win! The crowd goes wild!

Yes, yes!

Wow. Oh, yeah.

Quite an arm you got there, tiger.

When I was a kid, Barbie's head was the ball

and her body was the bat.

Ah!

- Yes! - Yeah!

Another one. Yes, three.

Okay, okay, who's next? ADRIENNE: Whoo!

You okay?

I should go to bed. I have to go... to bed.

I have to go.

Okay.

Good night.

Easy with the door, tiger.

Oh, thank you.

How are you feeling?

Well, after five out-of-date aspirin, I'm a little better.

You?

Eh, ran it off. Sort of.

I put Jean's cans back.

Even the succotash?

Listen, it's official.

I mean, if you're going back to the mainland,

you should probably get started.

I-I, uh, I couldn't get an earlier flight anyway,

so, so...

How about you? You going back?

I can't; I told Jean I'd look after the place.

Dr. Flanner.

I'm Robert Torrelson.

I believe you've met my son Charlie.

Get down

off your high horse and say hello to these people.

You have a minute to talk, Doctor?

Sure. Won't you come inside,

Mr. Torrelson?

I'm all right here.

I'm sorry for your loss.

I want to know what went wrong.

Your wife, Mr. Torrelson,

what happened to her...

It happens in one out of 50,000 cases

that react to the anesthesia.

One out of 50,000?

Yeah.

Yeah, I've spent I can't tell you how many hours

breaking down the surgery.

There's no one to blame.

You'll never convince a jury otherwise.

That what your lawyers told you to say?

Actually, my lawyers told me not to come.

You've come anyway.

I guess that makes you some kind of great man.

Can I ask you something, Doctor?

Do you know what color my wife's eyes were?

My wife is dead.

My wife is dead.

We were married... for 43 year.

What?

What?

It's all right,

I'll do it, I got this.

You got something to say, say it.

The man is in mourning.

He lost his wife.

I know a little about mourning.

Okay?

Okay. Do you have any idea

how much courage it took that man to come here

just to see you?

I'm the one who drove 200 miles to see him.

And then what?

Not for one minute

did you show him that you knew

he'd lost anything precious.

You defended yourself.

Of course I defended myself!

Is that how you plan on handling things

when you go visit your son?

What's my son got to do with this?

You know, protect yourself,

defend yourself.

Never mind, you don't get it.

No, you don't get it. You don't get it

and Torrelson does not get it.

I kept going over and over this operation... over and...

a thousand times I went over this,

thinking that maybe I'd made a mistake,

that I wasn't as good as I need to be.

'Cause I made a decision,

not the best... husband, maybe, or best father...

the best doctor.

And the only thing that really matters to me

is I did everything I could to save that woman's life,

and that's what I came here to explain to him.

He didn't want an explanation, Paul!

What did he want from me?!

You have to realize that you are part of the worst thing

that will ever happen to him.

He's still in that hospital room,

waiting for you to come out and just look him in the eye.

What are you so afraid of?

What are you so afraid of?

How long you been married?

What does that have to do with anything?

Can you even remember who you really are anymore?

It's all about choices, Adrienne, you make choices.

You chose that life.

You chose that man.

Now you're going back to him, aren't you?

Just stop it.

Just stop it!

Adrienne!

Adrienne?

Adrienne?

Hey. You all right?

Yeah.

Did you hear the phone ring early this morning?

No.

Is he all right? Yeah.

It's just that this is the first time

anything like this has happened and I wasn't there.

My son was lying in a hospital bed,

and where was I?

The lines were down.

You shouldn't blame yourself.

I shouldn't blame myself.

God.

Well, I do blame myself.

I mean, there was one thing

that I thought I got right in this life.

It's being a good mother.

I can't just do whatever I want to

whenever I want to, you know?

Maybe that works for you, but it doesn't work for me.

I'm sorry, I just... I can't.

I know you're hurting

because you weren't there with your son last night...

but I want you to know...

that I envy what you have.

Your kids are very fortunate

they have someone who loves them as much as you do;

someone who tries so hard.

And...

and any man is a fool who doesn't...

know how incredibly lucky he is...

to have you.

Paul, wait.

Her... her eyes were dark brown and soft,

l-like she never hurt a soul.

And she wouldn't, neither.

I knew Jill since we was in school.

Th-That thing on her face, she always had it.

I-I didn't care about it.

I never even saw it.

But...

she wanted it off.

I-I'd... f-find her

in the bathroom...

crying, looking at it.

She'd be saying, "I want to be pretty for you."

It broke my heart when she'd say that.

'Cause she was pretty.

She was so...

But...

that's what she wanted.

She wanted the operation.

And in our whole life,

I don't remember her asking for anything.

So I said yes.

That was how we come to you.

I want to thank you for showing this to me.

Y-Y-You were the last person...

she saw or spoke to on this earth.

She had all of the love and kindness in the world

right inside her.

You didn't know who you were seeing.

And now you do.

Mr. Torrelson...

I'm sorry.

I am so... very sorry.

I'm glad I was there.

Me, too.

Maybe...

Maybe today's the day you're gonna see those ponies.

The bankers?

Yeah.

Okay, honestly, they don't come

this far down the island.

Ever.

But thank you.

You'll see. One day, they will.

Really? Yeah.

Thank you.

Came and went, and just like

Rodanthe Pier, we took a few knocks,

but we're still standing, so come on down

for a Rodanthe-style crab crack celebration, tonight.

Wow.

Whoo!

Can I just get these? Did you make these?

This one fat enough for you?

It just jumped on the boat...

Hey, Dot! Oh, I'm so glad to see you.

Hey.

You got a table for us? Uh-huh.

He is great. I'm telling you.

Thank you.

Hey, there's more food!

Oh, thanks.

This is wh-where I'll be flying into Esmeraldas.

But then, uh, take this long road...

goes up into these mountains over here,

that's where Mark's clinic is,

on the south incline of these mountains.

Wow.

There's no... phones,

no electricity, running water, nothing.

Nothing. It's true.

And I might take the, of course,

the long road here up to that,

which continues along here,

and then up this very steep mountain

and down this beautiful,

beautiful, broad valley,

and up this steep incline here,

and around the river, and then,

oh, there's the post office...

where you send your letters from.

Yeah, and then come around this

beautiful tree over here, and then,

oh, there's another... post office right there.

I assume you got another one.

I don't know how long I'm gonna be down there with Mark.

Maybe a long time.

I know.

As long as it takes.

That's the most important thing.

You said we'd work it out!

Jack, please...

Daddy.

Come here, baby.

You'll see him in a bit.

He wanted me to talk to you first.

Here it comes.

Here comes the crap and the bullshit.

Please, just listen. Come here, honey.

What is there to listen to?

Dad's gone.

Your father and I are not going to be together.

And what you mean by that is that Dad wanted to come back,

and you wouldn't let him.

He will always be your father,

but I will not be his wife.

Okay.

I know that he's not perfect, okay?

Maybe he's not perfect,

but you say that we don't

have to be perfect! Amanda, please.

Why can't you just forgive him?

It's not about that. I forgive your father.

It's not about the past.

Amanda, please. God, I hate you!

Stop it. No, I really do hate this!

Stop it, please. No!

Yes! Listen to me! Listen to me.

I know that this is hard for you to understand.

All I can tell you is that, listen,

I am still your mother,

and I am not going anywhere, baby.

I love you so much.

No matter what.

For my whole life.

Do you understand? And that goes for your father, too.

That goes for your father, too, Danny.

But this was my decision.

You have to trust that I made the right decision.

Amanda...

Come here, baby.

It's gonna be okay.

It's gonna be all right.

It's all gonna be okay.

Hey, Mom, watch this!

Keep it up, honey!

Dear Adrienne,

Saying good-bye to you was the hardest thing

I've ever had to do.

And I know I'll never do it again.

But I'm gonna look at our time apart

as a chance to get to know you even better than I do.

Dear Paul,

After you left, I felt like I was waking up from a dream.

I'm a grown woman, for God's sake, not a teenager.

I have a teenager.

I kept thinking, "Was it the storm,

the wine, the way you looked at me?"

I don't know how or why, but I'm old enough to know

how lucky I am to have found you.

Hi, Mrs. Willis.

- Hi, girls. - Hi.

Ooh, that's a lot of stuff.

Your mom's looking pretty good these days.

Anyways...

It's so beautiful here.

But believe me, nothing, nothing can compare

to the peaks and valleys I traced

along the map of your body.

Mark is really something.

He never stops working.

He's available to everybody all the time.

I never thought I'd say this,

but now I understand why he came.

Dear Paul,

If Danny and Amanda were older,

I'd be right there by your side.

But as parents, this is one of the sacrifices we have to make.

If I've gone this long

without seeing you, talking to you, touching you,

what's a few more months?

Listen, Tiger, it's not

it's everything you are.

When Jack left me, it wasn't

just our marriage ending, it was the loss of all the hopes

that I'd had for the future.

Your compassion, generosity, the way

you see beauty in simple things.

I tried to move on,

but the world didn't seem that interested

in me anymore.

Part of me wants to jump on a plane

and come right back to you,

but I know I can't.

I can't believe it.

Amanda is actually starting to come around.

First week here, I must have

seen hundreds of patients. I'm counting the days.

I never would've believed

one weekend could change my whole life.

Then you came along

and helped me believe in myself again.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Who writes letters like this anymore?

I know.

Looks this good,

Oh, yes, he's definitely a keeper.

Let me have that back.

Dear Adrienne,

When I write to you, I feel your breath.

When you read these letters, I imagine you feel mine.

All right, guys, he's waiting.

Bye, Mom.

Love you.

Our letters are a part of us now;

part of our history.

I know. PAUL: A reminder that

we made it through this time... together.

Wait.

Oh, yes.

Thank you.

I'm making the exact same thing

And a promise of what I hope

our future will be. I know.

Jean. Jean.

His flight's landing soon.

I'm not even dressed.

Of course I will.

I love you, too, darling.

Love, Paul. Bye.

Flight 2822.

Arrived on time?

Okay.

Um, well, I'm actually calling about a passenger.

Yes, last name Flanner.

Well, I want to know if he was on the plane.

Of course, I-I understand

but, um...

Of course.

Well, uh, do you have

Well, what would you do in this situation?

I mean, I just want this information,

and I don't know who to ask.

I don't mind holding. I don't mind...

Thank you.

Hi.

Adrienne Willis?

Yes.

I'm Mark Flanner.

I'm...

I'm still trying to work it out myself.

Soon as he got there,

he was different.

I figured, once there,

he'd immediately start taking over

like he usually did, but...

instead, he just started working.

Aah.

Aah.

Aah.

The conditions there

I'd gotten word in the middle of the night

that sections of the mountain were starting to give way.

We got to get out of here!

We got to go now!

I suppose if I hadn't been

so determined to take everything with us...

It'll take two weeks.

We'll lose too many people.

Antibiotics and syringes

are like gold.

All right.

You-you load this stuff up.

I'll go get the rest.Okay.

Just as we were starting to know each other again,

he was taken away from me.

Because of you, he was a changed man.

You gave me back my father.

You saved him.

Well, we saved each other.

Bye, Dad.

Good-bye. I love you guys.

I love you. I miss you.

Mom!

Mom!

Mom, where are you?

Mom? Mom?

Okay! Stop making so much noise!

Hey, Mom!

Mom, guess what? Mom.

Mom?

Okay, Danny, uh, I need you to go upstairs.

But what's wrong with Mom?

Danny, just please do it, okay?

Just go upstairs, okay?

Please.

Mom?

Mama?

Dear Adrienne,

In a few days, we'll be together again.

I can't wait to meet Danny and Amanda,

walk on our beach, and spend another night

in the Blue Room with you in my arms.

But most of all,

I can't wait for our life to begin together.

Thank you for showing me that it wasn't too late.

All I can do to repay you

is promise to love you forever.

And I do.

Come on, Danny, let's go.

School bus is almost here.

And you're the boss of me since...

Since right now.

Let's go.

Okay. Come on.

Go, go.

Thank you.

Look, um...

I've been wanting to explain to you,

but I don't think...

Mama, you don't think that I can handle it.

Because in-in your mind, I'm still just a little girl.

But I'm not.

And-And I know stuff.

Like what happened with you and Dad.

He told me.

About how he hurt you.

Um...

And all that time that I was so mean to you...

I'm really sorry.

But...

I do know what happens.

I do.

So you can tell me.

Okay.

While your father and I were apart,

I met a man.

I know you've only ever known

your father and me.

And I love Jack,

because he's your father.

But there's another kind of love, Amanda.

One that gives you the courage to be better than you are,

not less than you are.

One that makes you feel that anything is possible.

I want you to know that you can have that.

I want you to hold out for it.

I want you to know that you deserve it.

You hear me?

Tell me about him.

You made this for him?

I was going to give it to him.

These are more letters that I sent to him,

which he never opened.

Oh, my God...

Oh, my God.