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Jasmine? Jasmine?

Hold on.

I will get that.

I was trying to help, Dad. Well, I love that, Jasmine. That's beautiful. I just

hate the sound of broken glass.

Now, you know there's some more stuff in the car, sugar.

Can I unpack my barometer first?

Well, you can unpack it. You can set it up. You can do whatever you want. But

this little baby right here, huh?

This little baby just has to stay in one piece.

Right?

And please, keep an eye on your sister for me.

Ashley? Not in the house.

But it's dad in the box.

And your foot.

Go grab some more boxes out of the car and put your jacket on.

But I'm hungry.

We'll get you some pizza. Just hurry up because the truck will be here soon.

Jeff!

Look! There's a hoop in the driveway.

Like maybe after pizza we could like... No, we can't.

It's too cold. The pressure's falling.

We should stay inside.

And I don't want pizza again.

Daddy, Ashley always gets pizza. I want a hamburger.

And I want pizza.

Look, I am not driving two places.

Come on.

WWMD.

What would Mom do?

Mom would have made, like...

Those movers should have been here by now.

It's cold in here.

Are you cold?

I'm little.

Aha.

So we just turn up the heat a little bit, see? No problem.

All right?

Huh? This is Washington, girls. It's going to be colder than Los Angeles.

Okay? Now, I think we passed a pizza parlor that's right next to a hamburger

stand on the way in. But we're going to get it to go.

Jacket? Come on, snow folk. Let's go.

I'm still amazed by the creativity of humans.

Look at all these wonderful details.

All the little knots.

A long time ago, they called those puzzle bottles.

Why take something that's already incredibly difficult, because

no cakewalk, you know, and then make it that much harder by confining the

construction to the inside of a bottle?

It's their patience that I admire.

Their determination, when it would be so easy to give up.

Their self -control.

Tevis Lockwood's father made that ship by putting every little piece exactly

where it needed to be.

He understood the importance of doing things right, but he also understood

there are some things in life that you cannot control.

He tried to pass that on to Tevis, like keep your eye on the horizon.

Try to find a port in the storm.

If you can't, Batten down the hatches and prepare to ride it out.

But Tevis never learned that.

Tevis decided to fix the storm instead.

The problem is he's only human, and he won't accept that there are just some

things he cannot control.

Like the weather?

Like life and death.

When you walk down the road,

heavy burden, heavy load,

I will rise and I will walk with you.

I'll walk with you till the sun don't even shine.

Walk with you.

Every time I tell you, I'll walk with you.

Believe me, I'll walk with you.

Yes, yes, I'm still holding.

Yes, I'm still holding.

What are you talking about?

What? Tomorrow night.

You must be kidding me with that.

We'll get a tow truck. We have a contract that says I get delivery today,

Okay.

Here is the situation.

The moving truck goes down so we get the sweep on the floor.

We can't sleep on the floor. It's going to get cold and there's a storm moving

in. Well, we could stay at a hotel. There's one right down the street.

Now, don't I always have you covered, Jazz?

Hello.

Hi, can I help you?

I'm Monica.

I'm sorry?

I'm the relocation specialist from the shipping company.

I thought the relocation specialist's name was Janice. Ah, yes, but Janice,

was called away on family business to Florida, but she's left me with a very

thorough list of your needs.

Oh, okay. Good.

Well, come on in.

Thank you.

Hello.

How do you like your new home?

Well, I've never spent any time in the Northwest before. I mean, it's great.

It's beautiful up here.

Oh, congratulations on your promotion, Mr. Lockwood.

Thanks. Call me Tevis.

I run a tight ship with a friendly one, Monica.

So, where are Ashley and Jasmine? I'm really looking forward to meeting them.

Well, they're upstairs playing the guitar sitting on the floor.

As you can see, I'm having a little trouble with the moving company.

I would offer you a cup of coffee or something, but... I understand. I just

spoke to the movers myself a short time ago.

Yeah, well, so did I.

How do these people even stay in business? If I ran my shipping company

way, we wouldn't last a week.

Well, sometimes unforeseen things happen.

Not if you keep your eyes open.

Come here, let me show you something.

See this?

It took my dad years to build this.

And it can all be gone in just a split second if somebody gets careless with

That's the problem with the world, you know?

There's just too many fragile things in it.

Like your family, your health, your career.

You can't let your guard down one second or you lose it all.

I suppose that's true in a way, but it sounds so pessimistic.

Yeah, well, nice guys finish last, Monica.

Tell you a little secret.

I actually am a nice guy. I just can't let that stuff get around.

I know.

Well, um, I found a great nanny service here in town, and they're pre -screening

some applicants for you to interview next week. In the meantime...

My friend Gloria and I are at your disposal to help with the girls.

I don't suppose you know how to braid hair.

Well, I might surprise you.

Yeah, well, I'm not big on surprises.

You know, Ashley, excessive motion is detrimental to the braiding process.

My mom always did it. Well, she had to, because this one won't be still for

anything.

I hope I have a really nice teacher, Monica.

Oh, I'm sure they're all really nice.

They're always nice, Dad.

Maybe to you they are. Don't worry, Jasmine. I'll talk to the principal.

ever let my girls down?

No.

Hey, a carnival!

It's a school fundraiser.

I hear they still need another booth.

How about knot tying?

Grandpa taught us all these cool sailor knots.

And you can help us, Dad.

I don't know, honey. I'm going to be pretty busy for a while.

School could really use your help, Tavis.

There's a flu bug going around.

A lot of the teachers are out, some of the kids.

Flu?

Well, there's a flu season every year, honey.

But Mom always made sure we had our flu shot.

We never got one this year.

It's on the list.

Yeah, 22nd at 2 o 'clock.

And I'm sure you'll love your pediatrician. She's really nice.

It doesn't matter if she's nice.

She just better be really, really smart.

Good morning. You Mr. Lockwood?

Some kind of weather we're having, huh?

Yep. Not L .A. No?

No, it's not.

You did it, Tevin.

Where's the receptionist?

Does anyone work in the front desk?

Excuse me, I'm looking for personnel.

Uh, me too.

You want a job?

Well, I... Good, good, good. All I need you to do is answer this phone. Just

answer the phone for me.

Hello,

uh, uh, Chinook Shipping Company.

That's our overseas department.

I'll put you right through.

I'm Tevis Lockwood, regional manager.

Tess. I like you, Tess.

You remind me of me.

Is that a good thing?

Well, it is if you want to work for me.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

How can I help you?

What's your name?

Joaquin.

Well, I'm Tevis Lockwood.

Hey, Mr. Lockwood.

We weren't expecting you until tomorrow.

I know.

Yeah, I was at a doctor's appointment. It took longer than I expected.

Yeah, I should have called.

It won't happen again.

I know it won't.

Because I've replaced you with someone who knows how to stay on top of a job.

But Mr. Lockwood... Time waits for no man, Joaquin, and neither do I.

Thank you.

Are you sure you're taking everything into consideration here?

Yes. I need someone who's fast and reliable, and that someone...

It's you, Jess.

Oh, hey, upstairs hallway all the way to the very end. Thank you.

Stop. Just let it go. Give it to me. You give it to me. No, stop. Just... Jess,

it's mine.

No, you had the flamingo one. I had the one with the red egg.

Liar. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, girls. Hey, hey, look, look, look.

I don't want to hear anything else about apes and flamingos, okay? I got too

much to do. All right, just calm down.

Dining room.

You never have to run with the red apes.

Ashley! Daddy, Ashley just took my sweatshirt.

Girls, girls,

girls, girls.

WWMD.

Where did this one go?

Upstairs hallway.

Are you sure? It looks more like appropriate for a bedroom.

Hallway's where it was.

Hallway's where it goes.

Jasmine, what's this?

Oh, that's my weather tree.

I still have to hook the barometer on it. Can you show me how it works?

It's really important to keep track of whether it's going to rain, snow, or get

cold. We've got to stay out of damp weather.

Ashley?

You okay?

Damp weather is really bad for us.

I don't think we should have moved here.

Everett's a wonderful city, Jasmine. There's lots to do and see here. The

Park Animal Farm, the Children's Museum.

Yeah, but my mom's not here.

She's buried in the ground all the way down in Los Angeles.

Your mother is with you wherever you go.

She's in here.

And all you have to do is think of her.

It's not the same.

I used to go down to the cemetery every Thursday.

Because Mom was a really good speller.

And that was the day before our spelling test.

And I practiced the words while I sat there.

Do you think she gets cold?

No.

Oh, she's not cold or lonely.

Your mother's not alone.

She's with God.

Maybe it's me who's lonely.

Ashley's sick.

I'm taking her to the hospital, Monica. You know the way?

Yes, of course.

I'll get my coat.

No, you stay here with Gloria. Come on, honey, let's go.

Excuse me. Excuse me. We need to get through, please.

Sir, you're going to have to wait your turn.

This is the emergency room. You're supposed to deal with emergencies.

Please, this little girl urgently needs help.

So do the other 30 people inside of you. My daughter needs to see a doctor right

now. Does she have a high fever, chill, vomiting?

She has sickle cell anemia, and she needs help.

I'm Dr.

Josephs.

How are you doing?

Okay.

Good. Temperature's down. Your vitals are good.

I'll have the nurse bring you discharge papers.

Excuse me.

Can we talk privately for a minute?

Uh, sure.

So are you really feeling better? Did you just say that so you can go home?

I'm feeling mostly better.

Are you still in any pain?

A little.

But it doesn't feel like nice of stabbing me anymore.

Well, that's good.

Don't tell Jasmine, okay?

She's just going to say I told you so.

She's always afraid we're going to get sick and catch a cold.

She just knows that both of you need to be very careful.

I know, but she glues herself to that barometer and never has any fun at all.

This doesn't make any sense to me, Dr. Jones. There's no sense at all.

How many sickle cell cases do you treat in a year, doctor?

Honestly, I rarely see it here, but I am familiar with the proper treatment

protocol. And frankly, Mr. Lockwood, I think your daughter is probably

with the same stomach flu as 90 % of the other patients that I've treated here

so far tonight.

Yeah, well, I think it's a pain crisis. I can understand that, but kids with

chronic conditions are susceptible to regular illnesses, too. I'm sorry, if

you'll excuse me.

Doctor.

Is there someone here with more sickle cell experience?

Look, if you want me to admit her, I will. We have no beds available.

She's going to lie on a gurney in the hall until something opens up.

We can keep her on a saline drip, give her $5 aspirin every four hours, but

of that is going to change the fact that all your daughter has is a stomach

virus. Man, everybody's got an excuse in this town.

Take your daughter home, Mr. Lockwood. Put her in bed. Load her up with fluids

and ibuprofen. If she starts to get the chills or fever again, then bring her

back here. Or you can take her to the sickle cell clinic down at Weaver

Center in Seattle.

It's just 40 miles down the road on the inter... Yeah, I know where it is.

What did the doctor say?

Well, she said it's the flu and that we should take her home.

And they don't have a bed open tonight.

WWMD.

She'd take me home.

For sure.

What? What is it?

Monica? Gloria?

Yes, we're heading to the Everett Community Hospital now. No, they don't

what they're doing there. We're going to the sickle cell clinic at Weaver

Medical Center.

That's 40 miles away.

I know where it is.

Maybe the ambulance can meet us along the way.

Hello, sorry, yes, we're going to the Weaver Medical Center.

We're heading south on Madison. We're in a silver SUV with California license

plates.

Ashley's going to die.

You don't know that.

Yeah, I do.

When my mom went to the hospital for the second time, she never came back.

Why don't we say a prayer that God will take care of your sister?

That's what Mom would do.

Thomas, pull over.

What? Please, just pull over.

Tell us.

She's gone.

Ashley. Ashley.

Ashley.

Oh, God.

Ashley. Oh, God.

Mr. Lockwood, I'm so sorry.

Thank you.

I need to talk to Jasmine.

She's upstairs. I haven't told her anything, but I think she... Daddy,

Adeline?

Jasmine, I've...

Do you want us to stay here tonight?

No, thank you.

I'll see you all tomorrow.

I tried to get him to put this off for a while, but he's a man in pain, and he's

trying desperately to find someone or something to blame for this.

Andrew, right? Yes, hi.

Hi, I'm sorry I'm late. I had to make some arrangements.

Yes, sir, I understand.

Messages? The funeral parlor called, and they found a minister to officiate at

the services, and Dr.

Josephs called.

She wants you to call her as soon as possible.

Yeah, I'm sure she does.

Come on, Andrew, my office is this way. Of course.

This is Jasmine.

This is Ashley.

Ashley's the one I'm going to bury tomorrow.

She's beautiful.

This wouldn't have happened if that doctor had taken me seriously.

Um...

Frankly, you don't know that.

Do you think if Ashley was a white girl as sick as she was, they would have sent

her home from the hospital?

Mr. Lockwood, I thought that this lawsuit that you wanted to bring against

Josephs was about malpractice, not about prejudice.

Let me lay this out for you, Andrew.

My wife and I dealt with this every day since I found out.

My girls were diagnosed nine years ago.

There was always a sickle cell crisis, and there was always some doctor in the

emergency room who didn't know the drill, and that's malpractice.

But not bothering to make the call to find someone who does know the drill,

that's prejudice.

And this Joseph's woman, she claimed that she knew the drill, and she didn't.

And rather than admit that to me, she sent my baby home to die.

She has no business being a doctor.

Mr. Lockwood, before you bring any action, we're going to need to get

all the information.

Rarely in a case such as this is there one simple explanation.

And I would strongly advise you just to take a little time.

before you. Are you interested in helping me, Andrew, or not? There are

lawyers out there.

I want to help you in any way I can.

Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Amen.

Amen.

I spoke with Ashley's father yesterday.

Tevis told me she was Fun, loving, and active.

She enjoyed her friends.

She loved basketball.

Soccer.

Her sport was soccer.

I'm sorry.

And she liked animals.

It was red ape.

Red ape.

Would you like to come up and say some words about your sister?

The zoo built this really cool exhibit for the red eggs.

They had this glass, and you can get right next to them.

Ashley loved that.

She even bought a sweatshirt.

But I always wanted it.

Ashley was always better than me.

Everybody liked her.

She was better at sports.

She was never afraid.

I was the older sister.

I was supposed to take care of her.

But I didn't.

And she died.

No, that's not right, baby.

It's not your fault.

And now she can't even lay down next to her mom.

There you go.

Turn the lights out when you leave.

You've never been to a carnival before.

Looks like it's going to be fun.

Yeah.

You know, you don't have to do this, Tevis, if it's too hard.

Everyone will understand.

I'm not doing this for everyone. I'm doing this for my girl.

This carnival starts tomorrow, and Ashley, she would really want us to

You don't have to stay if you don't want to, Gloria.

I'll do this myself.

Is Jasmine asleep?

Yes. She wanted to wait up for you, but she was too exhausted.

Did you finish the booth?

Yes.

Quite a while ago.

I see.

But we stopped at the hospital on the way home.

Tevis was looking for Dr. Joseph.

That doctor's gonna pay for this.

It's happening so fast. Don't you think you should slow down?

I've slowed down too much.

We've all slowed down too much. My father slowed down his whole life.

Let things take their course, he'd always say. Well, to hell with that.

He bottled these ships forever, just like his dreams.

And his real ship never came in.

Neither did Patrice's.

Neither did Ashley's. And somebody's got to say, enough!

Probably woke up Jasmine.

I tried to tell him it was a bad idea, Monica.

He's not ready to listen to anyone yet.

Jasmine?

Jasmine!

I went to see Ashley.

Don't worry about me.

She went to the cemetery.

She didn't take her coat.

It's going to snow.

Oh, my God.

It's not cold tonight, Ashley.

I don't know if this will help or not.

I don't want you to be lonely.

And Jasmine's song.

The beautiful song.

Oh.

Where'd you come from?

Don't be afraid, Jasmine.

I'm an angel.

Wow.

You really are, aren't you?

Yeah.

You know God?

Yes, I do.

I prayed to God to help my sister.

And now she's dead.

You asked God to take care of your sister when she was sick.

And he did.

He sent her all sorts of angels to help her.

And he sent them to you, too.

And when your sister died, I took her to heaven myself.

Am I going to die too?

Yeah, someday.

Everyone does.

But not tonight, not tomorrow.

Is Ashley okay now?

Yes.

Right now, Ashley is sitting in God's lap.

And you know something?

She doesn't hurt anymore.

I bet that's really something.

Yeah, it really is.

Ashley is going to be just fine.

So are you.

So tell me about this song you're playing.

Oh, I made it up.

Want to hear it?

What are you doing out here? Do you know how worried I was?

I know, I know, but I can't be here. I don't care why you're out here.

Go get in the car now.

It's okay, Daddy.

There's an angel here.

An angel?

It's ridiculous.

Is it so hard to believe that God would send his angels?

God?

Yeah, no doubt God is right on top of this.

I'm going to take Jasmine to the car.

Yeah, we'll all go. Come on, Jasmine.

No, David.

You have something else to do.

Don't be afraid, Daddy.

Bye, Jasmine.

Bye, Andrew.

Who you... Who is she talking to?

She's talking to an angel that you can't see.

A what?

And you're talking to an angel that you can't see.

Don't be afraid.

Jasmine!

She's all right, Tavis. She's safe. Glory is an angel, too, just as I am,

Tess, and Andrew.

Angels from heaven.

Yes, from almighty God himself.

God sent me angels.

Why? To help you through this most painful time.

To help me through?

Where was he when Ashley needed him to help her live, huh?

My baby is dead.

And you're telling me now that she died in the arms of an angel?

Yes. So my God, what is that supposed to help? Make me feel better?

Tevis. Look, just get away from me.

Because I don't want anything to do with a God who would let a child die like

that!

I work hard.

I try to protect my family.

I did everything I could to fight against this disease.

I lost my wife.

I lost my daughter. I could still lose Jasmine.

What kind of God is that? What is he doing up there?

Disease exists in this world, Tevis.

So does war.

So do car accidents and all sorts of tragedies.

Which disease should God wipe out?

Which tragedy should he prevent?

Which war should he end?

All of them!

And create a perfect world here on Earth?

Yes! And how long would it remain perfect while human beings live in it?

Little ships can be put in bottles, Tevis.

But that's not what ships were made for.

You can struggle and fight to control every storm, every wave, to protect

detail in your world, but you can't.

If you try to, your life will pass you by, and all you'll have left is regret

that you lived your life in fear.

I had a lot to be afraid of.

You had a lot to trust God with, but you didn't.

It's all my fault, isn't it?

Just gotta have things my way.

You know, we should have stayed in L .A.

If I had just driven you straight to the clinic.

Ashley, I'm sorry.

You did what you thought was best, Tevis.

So did Dr. Josephs.

There are so many mysteries about life and death that you cannot understand.

So many things that you cannot control.

But there are many things that you can know, Tevis.

And God wants you to know that he loves you so much. And he loves Jasmine.

And he understands how much it hurts to lose a child.

And he knows how lonely you have been since Patrice died.

But God is strong enough to bear your grief if you'll give it to him.

If you'll give up the control and let go of your pride and make a simple prayer.

Tell God that you'll take your life out of a bottle and give it over to him to

take care of.

If you do that, he'll gather you up in his arms and there you'll find the peace

that you've been seeking for so long.

And do you know what else you'll find there?

Your wife and your little girl.

They live today, right now.

in his presence, in joy, in peace, and in no pain.

Dad, can we go look at the other booths now? Sure, you want me to go with you?

No, that's okay. I'll go with my friend Cindy.

Come on.

There's somebody here you need to talk to.

Joaquin. Just see him, Sloughwood.

Oh, uh, about what happened?

I'm really sorry.

Me too.

I messed up.

But it kind of worked out since you gave me the time to help when the test

called. Tell him the rest, baby.

I'm sorry about your daughter, Miss Lockwood. I know what it's like.

You lost a daughter?

No, I have a sick cell, too.

Sometimes the pain can slow you down, but...

It doesn't have to stop you.

No, it doesn't, baby.

Tevis, you know I've got to move on.

Oh, right, right. Got it.

Well, would you consider coming back to Chinook Shipping?

Yeah.

Sure.

Thanks, Mr. Lockwood.

I'll see you Monday.

I gotta go check on the cotton candy machine.

Great.

Mr. Lockwood, I'm not sure my coming here was the right thing to do, but your

lawyer thought it might be.

Bill, Andrew knows what he's doing.

May I speak with you for a moment?

I just... I am so sorry for your loss.

I got into medicine originally because I wanted to help people.

I wish that there was something more that could have been done.

Yeah, well, so do I.

But we're only human, Doctor.

Thank you.

You were about ready for that cotton candy.

I was created ready.

Jasmine and I just invented a new knot. It's tough and strong and easy to

remember. Let's go show your dad.

What are you going to call it, Jasmine?

I don't know.

How about the Ashley?

Yeah. The action.