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Thank you.

What's in your pack?

Hey! I just want to look.

I swear I'll pound you.

Got some good stuff here.

Hey! Nice hat. Give it back. You first.

Sorry. It was an accident.

Hey!

Sorry. It was an accident.

Freak.

Where are you going?

Where do you think?

Don't. I'll get somebody to get it.

You can't climb a tree.

It's not safe.

What a wuss.

A 13 -year -old boy broke his back when he fell from a tree in Lincoln Park

yesterday. The tree had been scheduled for trimming by the city, but was

apparently bypassed by crews who were behind schedule. Great.

That's great.

A branch could break. You could get hurt.

Hey, you're the one who threw it up here.

Just be careful coming down, okay?

You all right?

Well, be careful next time.

I will, mister.

Thanks.

That's what I do.

Nikki, where have you... Out.

Please don't interrupt your mother. She's not my mother. Out where?

Out. You were supposed to come right home after school. That was our

I forgot.

Forgot.

Sweetheart, we've been over this so many times.

What's the big deal? It's not like I was robbing a bank or something.

All right.

What were you doing?

Working on a book report for extra credit.

I went to the library.

You tell me I should read more?

You weren't at the library.

How do you know? Because I checked.

Are you calling me a liar?

We're saying you need to come home after school.

You're not my parents. You can't tell me what to do. We've been through this

before, Nikki. We need to know where you are.

What are you, the police?

No, we were worried.

Don't bother. I can take care of myself.

Dinner's ready. I'm not hungry.

Why is our produce bill going to the roof?

Well, it's usually higher this time of year.

Huh. That's odd. The cat's water dish is still full.

You seen him around?

Not since this morning.

I don't think he's been here all day.

I'm sure he'll show up.

I wonder where he goes.

Oh, we get nothing from that child but contempt.

Nobody ever said it was going to be easy.

Certain rewards were implied.

I mean, give her a little time. You know, eventually she'll learn to... To

To not load.

Oh, you know, the agency's going to want an answer on adoption soon. I know, I

know. At some point, we're going to have to be realistic about... Let's just

hold on, okay?

Let's see what happens, okay?

Wednesday.

Are you a stray too?

Kitty? Kitty?

Kitty?

Hmm.

Hmm.

Where you been, Fleabag?

School

bus

route to the Art Institute was broadside yesterday by tanker truck which failed

to stop at the intersection.

I'm passing out worksheets for the museum.

Worksheets for pictures?

It's art. And yes, I expect you to make observations.

Work in pairs, get a partner.

Thank you.

Nikki, pick a partner.

Gee, it's so hard to choose.

People, who needs a partner?

Quick, so we don't get stuck with that lame -o.

Hey, you can work with Heather and Kate, okay?

I'll take it.

Stop the bus.

Excuse me?

Stop the bus. Something's wrong.

Tell her to sit down.

Nikki. Stop the bus. Stop the bus. Stop the bus. Nikki. Nikki. Sit down. Do you

want to cause an accident?

No.

Somebody help.

Somebody help.

How's everything at school?

You like your teachers?

Sweetheart, Mrs. Keller's just trying to find out how you're doing.

You don't have to call me sweetheart just because the social worker's here.

Um, have you made many new friends, Nikki?

Tons. Oh, who?

Britney Spears.

Nikki. Nikki.

I hear that there was a problem on the bus today.

You want to talk to me about it?

Not really.

Okay.

Vicki, why don't you let us finish up here?

Whatever.

I wish I could tell you that was out of the ordinary.

She's a just thing.

She needs understanding.

We've tried understanding.

We've tried firmness.

We've tried everything short of bribery.

No, actually, we have tried bribery.

This is a new environment for her. She needs time.

Well, unfortunately, that's something that we can't offer.

Why not?

Michael's been promoted.

Yeah, I've got a report to the Denver office by the end of the month.

We just found out this morning. But you can't take Nikki out of the state as

foster parents.

I know.

Well, if you decide to adopt, that's another matter.

Hopefully you'll want to talk it over, I understand. But to get the paperwork

done in time, you'll need to decide soon.

I can't find my jacket.

I left it. Going somewhere?

Yeah.

1895 Sycamore. It's a faulty heater.

There's a cat upstairs.

have some treats for him? No, no, no. I haven't seen him. That's strange because

he hasn't been around much lately. Well, maybe he's got a girlfriend.

Harry.

I gotta go.

Okay.

See ya.

Yeah, you like that?

Just a minute.

Be very quiet.

I brought you something.

Aren't you cold?

No.

This is Anne of Green Gables.

What's this for?

Well, it was my favorite book when I was your age, and I thought you might like

it, too.

Because I'm an orphan?

No.

Because it's a great book.

Right.

Nikki.

If there's ever anything bothering you, anything at all... I'm cool.

Okay, then.

Good night.

Good

night.

Come on.

that will build across most of the plains as high -level winds from the

prevent Arctic air from reaching across the border from Canada.

Warmer air will speed through the north...

Who

are you?

Who are you?

How'd you get in here?

I followed him.

You weren't here when the paper came, were you?

Yeah?

You didn't by chance see who brought it, did you?

The paper guy.

Yeah? And what did he look like?

I don't know.

You just said you saw him.

I said I was here when the paper came. I didn't actually see who brought it. I

was petting the cat.

Does he live here?

Who? The cat.

Well, yeah, sort of. Are you like his owner?

No, it's more like he owns me. Now, listen. Hey.

What?

I know you.

In the park, you caught that creep, James, when the tree broke.

I was, uh... Yeah, I guess I was walking by.

Were you just walking by my bus, too?

Your bus?

My school bus.

Did you stop that truck?

I'm not sure what you're talking about.

The big tanker truck, the one that almost hit our bus.

Listen, isn't it a little bit early for you to be breaking and entering?

Do your parents know where you are?

They know where I am. It's no big deal. Good. Why don't you give me your

parents' number, huh?

See you, kitty.

Too bad you live with a jerk.

Hey, wait a minute.

Well,

just because she followed you home doesn't mean you can keep her.

Nikki, thank God, where have you been?

Didn't you see my note?

What note?

In the kitchen.

There wasn't any note.

I'm sure I left one. No, you didn't. And you can't just waltz off any time you

please. I didn't know it was a crime to take a walk. Michael didn't go to work.

He's driving around looking for you. Geez, don't have a cow.

Nikki, you just can't act this way.

What? You'll send me back to the home for social rejects?

Nikki, I... Go ahead, because I don't care.

Your place isn't that great.

My parents' apartment was way better, and they let me take walks. We need to

know where you are. It's for your own safety. Can't you understand that? Don't

worry. If I croak, you can always find a replacement.

Excuse me. What?

Could you tell me what time it is, please?

I'm not sure.

It's 11 .30.

Oh, are you sure? I've got 11 .32.

What are you asking me for, then? Oh, well... Oh, jeez.

Hey, every minute counts, pal.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Hey, dude.

Come here.

Shouldn't you be in school?

You'd have to drag him along.

Well?

I don't go to school.

Then why would that be?

It so happens I'm leaving next week for a private school in Switzerland.

In Switzerland?

Yeah. It's what my parents wanted.

What did they want?

They're dead.

I'm sorry.

Yachting accident.

In the Caribbean.

I was supposed to go along, but at the last minute they left me with the nanny.

Well, I've never been to Switzerland, but I hear it's very beautiful.

Any place is better than this dump.

Dump?

What's wrong with this? It looks very nice.

Except the people here hate me.

They do, huh?

Everybody does.

Well, it appears that he likes you. He happens to be a pretty good judge of

character, too.

Yeah. I like him, too.

I'll tell you what, I've got to go, but he can stay here as long as he wants to.

Thanks. Do you want to pat him before you go?

No, that's okay. We've got a love -hate kind of relationship going.

Come on, look how cute he is.

No, that's all right.

Come on.

Kitty.

Hi.

Watch out for the airplane.

What?

It's gonna crash.

I'm not taking an airplane.

Whatever.

How can we just give up?

I mean, she's a good kid. There's got to be some way to reach her.

She doesn't want to be reached, Michael. She's made that abundantly clear.

If we don't take her with us to Denver, she's going to go back to the home. And

we both know, we both know that at her age, her chances of getting placed are

pretty slim.

And it tears me up, Michael. It does. But we, we did not create this problem.

We wanted a child.

We want a child.

The question is, do we want this child?

For that matter, does she want us?

She certainly doesn't seem to like it here.

Just a little more time.

We know.

Mrs. Keller called this morning.

If we're going to adopt, she needs to start the paperwork now.

Michael, can you honestly say that you're ready to make a lifelong

this child?

Agency in the morning.

Like I care.

There's a picture?

There's a picture of a plane on the thigh of the truck, and I'm telling you,

knew it was going to hit me.

Lucky guess.

Marissa, she asked me if I stopped that tanker truck committing the school bus.

Why would she ask about an accident?

It never happened.

I don't know, Gary. Some people are just sensitive to their environment.

When you really think that she's clairvoyant, you really believe that she

it's going to happen before it happens.

I don't know how to explain it.

I mean, four years ago I'd have said no, but...

Here I am, I'm the guy who gets the most.

The newspaper today used to say that she can't see into the future as well.

Poor kid.

What?

It's hard enough for you to know the future, Gary. Just imagine what it would

like for a child.

Nikki? Honey?

I'm going whether you come or not.

Backed up on South Lakeshore from Route 55 all the way to West Pershing. Some

good news on Route 80 if you're heading west. They've cleared that van out of

the way and things should start flowing shortly. If you're wondering what's

clogging up the north...

Hey, Kitty.

What you got there?

A newspaper.

Where'd you get that?

You look tired, sister.

I was up late, Father. A few of the sisters got a tad rowdy last night

our weekly canasta game.

We gotta go.

Yes?

Hello. I was looking for my cat, a little orange cat.

I'm sorry. I haven't seen a cat.

He was here yesterday with a girl so tall, red hair.

Yeah, it sounds like Nikki.

But hold on, hold on. Honey, excuse me.

Did Nikki mention anything to you about a cat?

No. Sorry.

Could you ask her, please?

She's getting ready for school.

Well, I know this sounds a little odd, but it's very important.

I'll ask her. Thank you.

Nikki?

Michael?

She's not here.

Don't even tell me.

She has a habit of running off. Excuse me. Only this time she took clothes with

her, Michael.

Oh, God. You don't think she heard us talking last night about leaving and not

taking her, do you?

You don't mean to Switzerland, do you?

Switzerland.

She mentioned private school in Switzerland.

She told you she was going to Switzerland?

What else did she tell you?

She said that her parents had died in a yachting accident.

Mickey's parents died in a car crash right here in town about three years

Her father was drunk.

She was in the back seat. It's a miracle she wasn't killed.

I'll go call the police and tell them she's missing again.

They've heard the name Mickey Karasik so often, they're not even going to

bother.

Did you say her parents' name was Koresik?

Yeah. Do you know him?

No.

Michael, come on.

Right.

I hope you find a cat.

You. Nikki?

Nikki, wait, please.

How'd you know my name?

I know a lot about you.

Like what?

I know you're not going to Switzerland.

Big wow.

And I think you have a secret.

What do you mean?

You know what's going to happen, don't you, Nikki?

That little boy who fell from the tree, you knew that was going to happen,

didn't you?

In the tanker truck with the bus. You knew that was going to happen.

Who are you?

I'm just a friend.

You're not my friend.

Nikki.

Nikki. Leave me alone.

Nikki, I understand.

You don't understand anything. Get away from me.

I know how difficult it is having a gift, Nikki.

Gift?

You call this a gift?

Man, you're even dumber than I thought.

What I mean is... It's a curse.

I hate it. I wish I were dead. No, you don't. Yes, I do.

It's what I deserve.

It's what you deserve.

You don't get it, do you?

No. My parents are dead because of me.

Your parents, they died in a car crash. But I saw it. I knew it was going to

happen. No, what happened, your parents had to... Stop!

You want to know what happened, I'll tell you.

All right.

All right, I'm listening.

It was three years ago.

They were taking me to get pizza.

I was really happy because they had remembered it was my birthday.

My dad bought me a present.

Bet you can't guess what's in there.

A Game Boy.

Son of a... Little brat's been snooping in the closet.

No, I haven't. Was I talking to you?

I started to get this sick feeling like something bad was going to happen.

But I was too afraid to say anything.

I didn't know somebody stopped us.

I thought we'd be safe.

Hey, somebody tells me when I can't, I can't drive.

My dad drove off again.

I knew we were going to crash. Don't turn that way.

It's not safe. Go straight.

What do you know?

Daddy, please.

Shut up, you mouthy little brat.

Nikki, it wasn't your fault.

It was.

No, it wasn't. Your father, he was drunk.

If I had kept quiet.

No, no, he was drinking too much. He was out of control. He shouldn't have been

driving the car.

How do you know you weren't there?

Yes, I was.

What's going on?

Sal Carrasco?

Who wants to know?

I'm with the Chicago Safe Driving Association.

Never heard of it.

Well, that's because we're new. I'm just here to get you home safely.

It's covered, pal. Well, actually, Mr. Carrasco, I don't think you're in any

condition to be driving.

Oh, yeah?

Watch me.

Look, it's for your own good.

Yeah, so's the fuck chicken you're gonna get. Give me those keys!

Hey!

Give me the keys.

Sal, I can drive.

Hear me?

Give me the damn keys! No!

Hey!

Nobody tells me what I can and can't drive.

At least put on your seatbelt. Mind your own business, buddy.

Now quit your yapping. Get out of my way.

It was you.

You knew.

And things in the tree, you knew about that too.

And the school bus.

You see things too.

Not exactly.

But you know.

When something bad's gonna happen, you know.

Sometimes.

Only you fix it.

No, not always.

Look, I couldn't have stopped your father any more than you could have.

But... I'm sorry.

But they were my parents.

Look, Nikki.

Sometimes no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you know, you can't

make things come out the way you want them to.

And you've got to understand that.

I'm trying.

You were not responsible for your parents' death. You're a good kid.

No, I'm not.

Yes, you are.

Look, you know what's going to happen before it happens. Thank you. That's a

responsibility. I didn't ask for it.

And neither did I.

But you can't run away from it.

I've tried. I know that. Please believe me.

It's a curse.

And that's exactly what it's going to be, a curse.

But if you can look at it as a gift, if you can look at it as a way of helping

people and changing people's lives.

Do you think I'm a good kid?

Yeah, I think you're a good kid.

Yeah, I think so, too.

Teddy.

Nikki.

Hmm? When you woke up this morning,

Was he there?

Yes.

There wasn't a paper also, was there?

Yeah. Why?

Are you sure this is where it was? I'm sure.

Thank you, sister.

What is it? What's wrong?

I've got to get over to 4654 Cannon Road.

That's my old apartment.

What?

That's where I used to live. What's wrong?

Nothing. Tell me.

Oh, no.

Michael.

It's my foster father, isn't it?

It's Nicky's old place. It used to be.

It's condemned.

Nicky!

Michael, nobody's in there.

Yeah, which makes it the perfect hiding place for a kid.

But, Michael.

Honey, we have to check.

Nicky!

Wait for me.

Michael.

Nicky!

Honey, be careful.

Mr.

Fielding?

Michael! It's Mickey.

Mickey, where are you?

Help!

Help! I can't pull up! Hold on.

Come on. Come on, keep me up.

It's okay.

Don't send me back. Please don't send me back. I'll be good. I promise I'll be

good. You want to stay with us?

Thank you.

Hey, that's everything.

Oh, except for the snacks.

Oh, I'll get my mom.

Gary, thanks again for everything.

The change in Nikki, it's a miracle.

Oh, yeah, she smiles, she talks. She talks, we can't shut her up.

She's happy.

Mom, I'm glad everything worked out for all of you.

Whatever it was that you said to her, I... I think she just needed to forgive

herself for a few things before she let anyone else in.

All set.

Thanks.

I think there's someone else that wants to say goodbye to you there.

Yeah.

Take care. Okay.

So,

uh, you, uh, had anything about... I'm waiting for the right time.

But I will.

Thanks, Gary.

What are friends for?

I didn't know till I met you.

I'm gonna miss you.

Well, uh, I'll tell you what, Q. Why don't you give me a call sometime, huh?

We'll see each other again.

Well, I hope so.

I know so.

You do, huh?

There's not anything that you want me to know about my channel.

Sweetheart, time to go.

Bye.

Take care of yourself.

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