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Now you may think you have the situation under control,

but God has other ideas.

God always wins.

You're late.

I'm feeling kind of sick, Aunt Val.

Mickey, we can't keep doing this.

We missed too many days already.

But you might come back today. We've been through this.

But you couldn't. No, we'll talk about it after school.

Here's your lunch money.

Have a good day.

Okay.

Hello, Mickey.

Who are you?

My name is Andrew.

I'm going to be filling in for Mabel for today.

Okay. Nick can go to school as well?

Barely.

I'm running out of ideas for how to get him through this.

I know.

Classified?

Yeah. Thinking about getting a job. Well, what happened to thinking about

college?

I don't want to go away right now.

Not with the way things are with Mickey.

Guy Garfield, star of hit TV series Avenging Angel, will be making a public

appearance at the Portland Convention Center this week.

That's amazing. That's Mickey's favorite show.

Yeah, I know.

You know, I got something to do after school today. I think I'm going to be

of late.

Bye.

fasten seat belt signed, so please feel free to get up and move about the cabin

and enjoy your trip.

Oh, I'm sure it's him. And look, he's even wearing his angel shades.

Oh.

What a wonderful vision to wake up to.

Ladies, you have certainly made my day. And please, call me Guy.

Well,

goodbye.

Guy? Bye.

Guy, goodbye.

Bye.

You were wonderful with them. I meet a lot of stars, and always this nice in

real life.

If one more loser bothers me before this plane lands...

I will not be inviting you back to my hotel room.

His

name

is Guy Garfield. He plays an angel on TV.

It's human beings like that that give angels a bad name.

Human beings like that give human beings a bad name.

Every week he tells a story about an angel. But it's not the story that God

wants him to tell.

And there's a little boy whose whole future depends on the truth.

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

I'm in Oregon, Marty.

Manhattan's got nightlife.

L .A.'s got weather. You know what Oregon's got, Marty?

Cows. I mean, that's it. There is no jacuzzi tub, no minibar, no spectra

And where is this assistant, Francine, somebody? I'm waiting for her. And I

don't wait, Marty.

What's this?

Is that something wrong, Mr.

Garfield? It's just fruit in here.

Uh, it's a fruit basket, sir. I want a liquor basket.

Uh, we don't have those, sir.

Sure you do, pal.

See, you take the fruit out, you put the booze in, you bring it back. It's

simple, huh?

And here's a little something for you, huh?

You're a good kid. I mean it. Yeah, there you go.

Okay, here we go. And thank you.

Hello, Mr. Garfield. I believe you were expecting me. It's about time.

Francine, right?

No, it's Monica.

I think it's a very funny story because... Well, Monica, Francine,

bottom line is you're the one that Marty sent over to schlep me around, right?

Oh, yes. He said there would be some schlepping. Yeah, well, it's no big

Just do your job, make sure I get to all my commitments on time, and keep the

ice bucket full.

Okay, well, I have your itinerary, a car, a map, and it says here you have to

at a convention this afternoon. What sort of a convention is that? The kind I

show up to, do my time at, and then...

Run from.

Let's go, Francine.

Okay, Mickey.

Here we are.

What's the matter?

My mom's car isn't there.

I thought she'd be home by now.

You want to talk about it?

No.

But thanks.

Sure.

Hey.

If you change your mind, I'm a pretty good listener.

Thanks.

Hey, you know.

Where's Ryan?

Oh, he's going to be late.

He had something to do after school, but he'll be back.

But Mom's gone.

Mickey, it's okay.

Ryan will be back.

It's all angels. How to summon your angel. How to get rid of your angel. How

pray to your angel.

How to dress your dog up to look like an angel. I could have lived all eternity

without seeing this.

They're worshipping us, Tess. It's all wrong.

Speaking of all wrong, haven't you lost somebody?

He's preparing for his appearance.

Is he preparing it straight up on the rock?

What is this?

The halo protects you from evil spirits.

And if you buy two, you get a unicorn angel pin free. Oh, for crying out loud.

special guest this afternoon who is taking time out of his busy schedule to

with us.

Thank you.

Please bring him now.

A great star.

A wonderful man.

You know, I am beyond thrilled to be here.

And everywhere I go, I'm always asked two questions. The first one is, Guy,

you married?

The second one is, Guy, do you believe angels exist?

Now, the answer to both questions is the same.

No.

I'm not married.

And I...

don't believe angels exist.

I know angels exist.

And that is why I am here with you fine people today to

celebrate these wonderful, mysterious, miraculous, amazing beings,

angels!

Making questions from the audience?

Oh, did I mention I wrote a book?

It's called, um... I Am an Angel.

Oh, brother.

And I just happened to bring one or two with me. One or two thousand.

First question.

Yes. How much money do you make?

Not enough to answer that question.

My name's Ryan, and I don't watch a lot of TV except for sports, but my little

brother Mickey, he's seven, and he thinks you're great.

As a matter of fact, he thinks you are an angel.

Well, that is just precious. Where is the little guy? Let's bring him up here,

huh?

Well, he's not here. He's at home.

He's sick.

As a matter of fact, Mickey's dying.

I'm sorry, did you say dying?

Yeah.

And I was hoping, you know, since you're in town, maybe you could come by the

house and say hi.

It would really mean a lot.

Ryan, is it Ryan?

If my work can bring one moment of happiness to a child, it not

only reminds me of why I do what I do, but who

I am.

And I would be honored to visit Mickey.

Scotch and soda. Hold the soda.

They don't have liquor here. I'm sorry.

You're sorry.

Hello, dear.

Hi.

You know, a lot of these fans really believe in what you're doing.

Well, they've got to believe in something.

Might as well be me.

There you go.

Thank you.

Who's up next?

How's it going, baby?

It's a little unsettling.

Well, tell me about it.

Hello, dear.

What's your name?

My name is Tess.

Your new name is Mariah.

Excuse me? I just channeled it from my angel, Gordon.

Gordon, huh?

All right, lady, you want to talk about angels. Let's talk about angels.

Hi. Hi. I wasn't sure if you had a car or something, but I've got my truck

up front.

You promised to visit his little brother, Mickey.

Oh. Right, yes, I'm sorry. There's so many people here, it's hard to keep

straight. Look,

I'm here until five. Why don't I meet you out front then, huh?

Make sure I'm out of here by four.

But you promised Ryan.

The only thing I'm going to be visiting this evening is the jacuzzi tub, a

bottle of scotch, and maybe Wendy, the blonde behind the front desk.

Hello, dear.

Hi.

Where is he?

Ryan, I don't know how to put this, but Mr.

Garfield... Blowing me off.

Yes, I suppose he is.

That's just great.

He was my last hope.

Well, maybe I could talk to him and he'd change his mind.

Yeah, that'll take a miracle.

Miracles happen every day.

Not to me, they don't.

He broke his promise,

didn't he?

Not the first time, I'm sure.

Well, you just keep doing your job and it may be the last time.

Do you know what time it is? It's 1 .30 in the afternoon.

I don't do the convention until tonight.

But you have a personal appearance today.

I don't remember that.

Well, that's why you have me.

Well, there's some mall opening.

Anyway, all right.

I'll be right down. A little notice next time, huh?

Amateurs.

Wake me when we get there. Here

we

are.

Here we go. Let it face my fan.

How did you do it?

It's a miracle.

No, it's kidnapping, and you two are in this together.

You said it was my job to get you to your commitment. You made one to Ryan.

Dramatically escaped.

That way.

Uh -oh.

This kid kidnapped me. What is going on here?

Sorry, Aunt Val.

Sorry? Save it for your arraignment, you little...

Aunt Val.

He said that he would be there right at the convention.

Arrest her, too. She's an accomplice. I wanted him to be the angel he plays in

Meet Mickey.

He said yes when everyone was looking and then backed out like a jerk.

You have nothing on paper.

Guy Garfield avenging liar.

I want him tried as an adult.

No crime has been committed.

Hey, cool it. Simmer down.

So where is Mickey, anyway?

He's on a field trip today with his class.

What?

Dying kid goes on field trips?

Dying? Where'd you hear that?

He's not dying.

No, he is so.

Just a little at a time.

Mom died a couple of months ago.

Ryan and Mickey are my sister Becky's boys.

She was killed in a car accident.

Tell me something. What was it that you mentioned about your mom yesterday?

She's been gone a pretty long time, and everybody says that she's gone to heaven

and she's never coming back.

And you don't believe them?

On my TV, this angel Gabriel goes to heaven and comes back all the time on

golden ladder.

If he can do it, so can my mom.

Do you believe in heaven?

Yes, I do.

Do you think that if I prayed for an angel, I'd get one?

I think you got one already.

We told Mickey what happened. He just doesn't get it.

All he remembers is that his mom walked out that door and her last words were,

I'll be right back.

So, every day after school, he comes straight home and won't leave the house

case she comes home.

Yeah, well, that's a very sad story, so I'll forgive you for kidnapping me, and

I do hope that you figure this all out. Let's go, Francine.

Now, now, wait. I still need you to be Gabriel.

I need you to tell Mickey that Mom's in heaven and that you've seen her and

she's okay, and Mom wants Mickey to be happy again.

But he's not really an angel. But Mickey doesn't know that.

Ryan, I know it must be very hard for you to see your little brother in such

pain, but lying to him now is not going to help him deal with his terrible loss.

What he needs most is love and patience and truth.

No one finds real peace through a lie.

I lost my mom.

Now I'm losing my brother, too, a little more every day. I just want him back

before it's too late. All right, Ryan, calm down. No, you don't understand.

Look, I'm hurting here, too, Ryan.

When you lost your mother, I lost my sister.

Not to mention my life has been completely ruined.

Go ahead, Annabelle, say it. I didn't say that.

Yeah, right.

You don't find peace through the truth, either.

Ryan.

Ryan, come back here.

I just can't talk to him.

Maybe I could try.

Yeah. Your aunt is very worried about you.

No, she's not.

She never wanted kids, and now all of a sudden she's got two.

She just needs some time to adjust.

To what? Being a mom?

She doesn't want to adjust.

Our mom did stuff for us all the time because she wanted to, and Val just does

it because she has to.

She told you that?

No, but it's obvious.

Our mom hugged us every day, told us she loved us.

And Sal?

Nothing.

I don't need that stuff anymore, so it's okay. But Mickey, he's just little.

So I do it for him, but it's not the same.

You want coffee?

Double cappuccino.

It was really a yes or no question.

You want coffee?

Yeah.

It's the only thing I know how to make.

My sister was the cook.

I can't even get a can of tomato soup to taste like hers.

I must be doing something wrong.

Look, I don't know anything about soup. And I don't know anything about kids.

All I know is that I am stuck in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of

somebody else's life.

Oh, you got someplace better to be? Like the Emmys or something?

No. I missed my breakfast.

And it's going to take a whole lot of coffee before I can walk back out on

stage and yell, Hello, Portland, to a bunch of crazos dressed up like angels.

So, if you don't like doing it, why do you?

Because I make more money than God.

Oh, so it's all about money.

You're a very rich liar.

Hey, Oprah.

Look, I am the wrong party here.

And I need a little more than amateur psychology and bad coffee. I'm leaving.

And if I ever see you or any one of your family again, I... I am home.

Wow!

Gabriel!

There's an angel in our kitchen.

Yeah, Mick, isn't it great?

You know how he always shows up to help people out?

Or to kick some butt. Yeah!

Hello, Gabriel.

Look, my name's not Gabriel. It's Guy, and I was just leaving.

You stink.

You're just undercover.

He starts every case that way.

Hello, Mickey.

I'm Monica.

How come you're here?

The Avenging Angel works alone.

You know the difference between what's real and what's made up, don't you?

Yeah, I'm not a little kid.

No, you're not.

And this is not an angel. This is a man.

Nah, he goes up and down on his golden ladder.

My favorite time was when you beat up those ten guys on the plane.

Twelve, actually.

I was good in that one, wasn't I?

You're the best, Gabriel.

Yeah. Mickey, I know this is hard for you to understand, but... No, it's all

right.

He's on me.

I can always be seen by the pure at heart.

Mickey, I have been sent down to see you. Mr. Garfield.

Is this one of those times in the show?

Angel moments, yes.

Wow. Now, Mickey, your mom... She's in heaven, Mickey. Yeah, that's right,

heaven. And I saw her there yesterday.

You did?

Where is heaven?

Well, it's way up in the sky.

Higher than the clouds.

Wow, that's high.

And she wanted me to tell you that she doesn't want to look down here anymore

and see a sad little boy.

She wants to look down and see a happy boy laughing and playing and having fun

because that's what she's doing in heaven.

She also said to keep your room clean and mind your aunt Val.

Wow, she's happy in heaven?

Yes, but... Are you kidding?

She has a condo on the biggest, puffiest cloud. And when it rains, it's like she

has a waterfall in her backyard.

Cool. No, it's not like that, sweetie. And the address is 1507

Pearly Gates Drive.

Wow.

Wait here, Gabriel. I'll be right back.

I haven't seen him smile for months.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

How'd you like the address thing?

A condo on a cloud?

What kind of junk is that? Why couldn't you just say normal stuff? Ryan, it

worked. Mickey goes to school talking about condos and waterfalls. He's going

get laughed off the bus.

Hey, I can't win with you, kid.

I won't make him feel better, and you get mad. I do make him feel better, and

you get mad.

Guy was just trying to help. Guy?

Now you're calling him Guy?

Oh, brother.

Well, you're his special friend. You go talk to him.

I will.

Can I make you a cappuccino?

Oh, you've been holding out on me?

Relax. It's from a can.

The last time I saw my mom, I was leaning out the window.

Waving goodbye, and she was in the car, and I just...

Waved goodbye.

I guess I'm handling it better than Mickey because... I don't know.

Because I'm older.

Let me ask you something.

Did you both go to the funeral?

I did, but Mickey stayed home.

And Val thought he was too young to go.

It was hard being there.

At least I got to say goodbye.

Saying goodbye begins the healing.

Because saying goodbye makes it real.

And Mickey never got to say goodbye.

Here we are.

Fresh out of the can.

Oh, I'm sure it's wonderful.

You strike me as the sort of woman who does everything well.

Take a sip first and then tell me that.

It's delicious.

Actually,

I was thinking of making some cookies, too.

Their mom used to make them.

Seems like now might be a nice time for it.

Well, these look harder to ruin than the tomato soup.

Do you want to stay for cookies?

If you tell me your life story.

You would be so bored.

I doubt it.

Start at the beginning, when you were born. Say, what, 25 years ago?

Hey, there.

Hey, kid. No hard feelings, huh?

Whatever.

Hey. Where are you going?

Hombre. Very nice.

My mom got me this for church.

I said I wanted one just like yours.

So where are you going all dressed up like this?

Heaven.

What? He said he's going to heaven.

See my mom. With you.

Oh, that's just great, guy.

Don't forget, it's 1507 Pearly Gates Drive. I hope you got a key to the

Have a nice trip.

So, Gabriel, I got toothbrush, my pajamas, and this.

It's a paperweight.

I made it in school.

Mom always said she really, really liked it.

Oh.

Mickey, this man can't take you to heaven.

Sure he can.

The golden ladder will come down and we'll both grab on.

Well, Mickey, the rule is that people can go up to heaven, but only the

angel can come back down again.

I want to see my mom.

Please.

Mr. Garfield, please don't say any more.

No, no, wait.

I can fix this.

Here. Now, these aren't the knockoff that you get in the stores either.

the real thing.

Congratulations. You're now an angel in training.

I am?

Yeah. Now get outside and practice your karate, and maybe later I'll show you a

chokehold that leaves no marks.

Cool.

You know, I have got a box set of all of our episodes. When I get back to Los

Angeles, I'll send them to him. It'll fix him right up.

Mr. Garfield.

The damage that has been done to this little boy cannot be fixed by some

videotapes. Did you go to bummer school, Monica?

I need to get some fresh air.

That is hysterical.

Well, you've got some great stories.

Yeah,

I'm thinking about writing a book.

Oh? I already did.

Do you need to call somebody?

Like your wife, maybe?

No. I never got married.

Well, let me guess.

You never met the right person.

Actually, I've never been the right person.

From the time I was knee -high, all I ever really cared about was being a big

star.

Well, you did it.

Yeah.

Yeah? That's it?

Come on. Your life is exciting, right?

I suppose.

Sometimes I think I would trade ten years of exciting for one day of real.

What is real?

A warm kitchen on a cold day in Oregon.

Good company.

No autographs.

Cookies.

It has been nice, hasn't it?

It's not so bad being kidnapped when I get saved by you.

You gotta come now.

What is it? It's Mickey. Hurry!

Monica, what is it?

Oh, no.

Mickey!

Oh, my God.

Mickey, what are you doing?

Gabriel won't take me to heaven, so I'm going to go there myself.

It doesn't work that way, Mickey.

Oh, God, I never thought this would happen.

Go back to the house and call 911. I'll get on the police radio.

Just keep them talking.

Mickey, come down.

Mickey? Mickey?

Mickey!

It's dangerous up there. Come down.

Mickey, be careful.

I don't get it. Where's the golden ladder?

The ladder... Mickey!

Somebody better get here fast.

Somebody is here.

What, me?

Die? I can't.

I mean, the firemen are coming, and I'm terrified to hide.

God will be with you.

What? If you go up there, if you help Mickey, God will be with you.

God?

I am an angel, Guy.

A real one.

Sent by the real God.

I... I don't believe it.

It's true.

You mean there really is a God?

Oh, yes.

In a real heaven.

In genuine truth.

Not make -believe stories.

And God loves you, Guy, very much.

But you have spent so much time pretending to know him that you've

precious time truly knowing him.

And if you did know him, then you'd know what he wants from you now.

I only know how to act like an angel. I don't know how to be one.

You don't have to be an angel. You just have to be the man that God created you

to be.

The man you were before the success and the fame.

Before you started glorifying yourself instead of God.

He remembers when you were humble and hungry.

He remembers when you were grateful for the simple things of life.

When it was easy to stop and offer a kind word to someone in need.

When you let God use you instead of the other way around.

I don't know how to be that person anymore.

Oh, yes, you do, Guy.

He's in there somewhere.

Look, you can walk away right now and wait for the fireman to come and help

Mickey.

But if you do, that wee boy will go on believing the stories he's made up and

the lies that you told him today.

And he'll never really find peace.

Or you can go up there.

You can risk the danger and the love, not just to save his life, but to let

use you to help heal his heart.

And to heal your own heart, Guy.

And if you do...

Then you will see that God has prepared something real there for you too.

A family.

A family.

Gabriel! I can't wait anymore!

Maybe the ladder will come if I jump!

Nicky, don't!

What should I do then?

You wait for me.

Why don't you just fly up here?

I can't fly, Mickey.

I don't get it.

I don't see the ladder.

Come on, give me your hand, buddy.

No, it's okay.

We're angels. Right, Gabriel?

I'm not Gabriel.

I'm Guy. I'm just a human being like you.

Except more scared to be up here.

Angels don't get scared.

I'm not an angel.

Yes, you are. You're on TV.

Let's just pretend.

Okay?

I'm a plain old person. There's no clouds, no golden ladder, no angel

It's all made up.

You said you were an angel. I lied to you, Mickey.

I knew how sad you were because you couldn't see your mom anymore.

I just wanted you to be happy.

So then there isn't any heaven?

And there aren't any angels?

Oh, Mickey, there are angels.

Real ones.

But they don't kick anybody or fight.

See, they just love people.

Sometimes they bring us messages from God.

Messages that maybe we don't want to hear.

But we need to.

You know what I mean?

You said she was coming back.

I know.

And I bet she really thought she was.

But sometimes people don't always know what's going to happen.

But the good news is, God does.

And that's why he made sure that you have a brother and an aunt who love you

very much.

You know that, right?

I know.

Do you think Annabelle's pretty?

Yeah.

She's real pretty.

Hey, I got a wacky idea. Why don't we talk about this down there?

Okay. Come on, give me your hand now.

Don't stand up, Mickey.

Mickey!

Mickey!

Hey,

Mickey. What are you doing here?

Well... Today is not a good day for you to go to heaven.

Let me guess.

You're an angel.

He's just a bus driver.

Well, what would you say if I told you that I was both?

Do you remember that angel that you prayed for?

That was you?

Yep. Wow.

This is better than the latter.

You see my mom?

Yeah, I have.

I'm the angel that got to take her to heaven.

The real heaven.

And one day, I might get to be the angel that takes you to heaven. But that's

not going to happen for a long, long, long, long, long time.

Is she ever coming back?

No.

But let me tell you something about where she lives, okay?

Now, she doesn't...

live in a cloud or in a condo.

She lives in the presence of God.

And that is the most beautiful place that you can imagine.

And that's also where she needs to stay.

But I miss her.

And it hurts.

I know it does.

But you know, part of the reason that it hurts...

is because you never really got a chance to say goodbye.

But now, now that you know that you're going to see her again, it'll be easier.

Bye -bye, Mommy.

I'll see you later.

me mickey you hold her okay and you remember all

the good times and all the good things you know the times that she took you to

the park and the dinners that she made for you and the hugs that she gave you

you hold on to those um there's something

else she wants you to tell your aunt val something what To put milk in the

tomato soup instead of water.

There's nothing like a hot bowl of soup.

On a cold day in Oregon.

Come on, Mickey. Let's go find your aunt.

Oh, thank God.

Thank God.

If anything would have happened to you, I don't know what I would have done.

I love you.

You too, kid.

Did I mention I make a great grilled cheese sandwich? And I've got some

soup, I could think.

Oh, about that soup.

Anyway, the soup.

See, you put milk in it instead of water. No, no, I know this.

I know this.