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Thanks for the ride.

Thank you. I just paid you a leave.

Have a good day. Thank you.

Well, look at that.

Somebody wants me around.

Don't touch my dog.

I need you to leave.

Who's in home?

Uh, she's in the Isle of Cole. Her mom passed away, so she's arranging it.

Of course. That's why she's not answering my texts.

You should come on in. Here, let me help you out. Come on.

Come on.

Why don't you sit down in the living room?

You're upset.

I'm fine.

I'm sorry it's just been a long week.

Hmm.

So, where are you from?

Montana. I took a train to get here, and then a bus, and then a car

service.

I shouldn't have come without hearing from Susan. I just didn't know who

else to turn to.

you and Susan good friends?

We grew up together.

I used to talk to her all the time, but now she works so much.

We had this trip planned months ago.

Her mother was sick, but we had no idea she would fall so fast.

Poor Susan.

I hope she's alright.

Sorry, I didn't catch your name.

Mona.

Mona Wales.

I'm Zach Wilde.

I had to bear with my lady.

I live right next door.

Oh.

Who's this guy?

This is Norrin.

Hi, Orton. Hi.

Is this Susan's dog?

This is Susan's dog.

Susan, you know, she really trusts me to watch Mr. Norton here and come over and

take him out.

Make sure he gets outside regularly, you know.

Norton. King Norton.

King Norton is right.

I'm his humble servant.

He's far too noble to go to a boarding facility.

Mm -hmm.

I am so glad that Norton can put a smile on your face.

You have such a beautiful smile, Mona.

Thank you.

Do you know anyone here in Wisconsin?

No.

I have enough money to make it home to Montana. I just...

Don't know if I'll have a place to live.

But I've stayed here too long. I'm afraid to have imposed on you.

Please. Please, sit down. Please.

The house is empty for a few weeks.

Susan is going to be gone for probably a month dealing with her mother at the

ferry.

I don't see why you couldn't stay here, especially if it was planned already.

I think...

You need a hot shower.

A nice, long, hot shower.

And then maybe you can take a nap.

I got some business to attend to. I'm going to be gone for about five hours,

I'll come back for Norton.

Maybe I could bring you a nice dinner.

I would actually love to stay, but I'll be gone in the morning.

No, you should stay as long as you need to. I know that's what Susan would

insist on.

She doesn't have any cell reception over there.

If I could stay a week, that's what we'd planned. A week together.

You see, I'm kind of having an embarrassing issue.

I've made a series of bad decisions that have left me.

Don't say a word.

Don't say no word.

You don't have to relive anything terrible tonight.

You should just relax.

You should just focus on having a nice, hot shower and a nice, long nap.

And Norton here makes an excellent snuggle buddy.

I'll be back in a few hours.

About five, okay?

Thank you, sir.

Remember, just make yourself at home as soon as it would want to.

Are

you

threatening me?

It's like you've cast a sort of spell on me. You've invaded my mind like some

sort of cancer.

You are a witch.

If I was a witch, I'd make you disappear.

See, I don't like it if you disappear.

Hello?

Dinner's served, m 'lady.

Thank you.

I'll be out in a couple minutes.

Thank you.

Just gotta get the wine glasses.

I hope Red's okay.

Actually, I don't drink.

But please, go ahead. Enjoy yourself.

Okay. This looks great.

Thank you.

Enjoy.

This is bolognese.

With some pan -fried broccoli.

It was Susan's favorite.

Susan never told me about you.

Yeah, I moved here just last year.

We're good friends.

We're kindred spirits.

And then we became more than friends.

But... I decided that we are not compatible romantically.

And... How did you meet her?

I actually saw her walking her dog while I was out exploring the neighborhood.

We got a lot of family here, and my nephew, he's a dog walker, and he's a

kid. He's like 16 years old, and I figured I would solicit a job for him.

That's sweet.

Well, Susan enjoyed walking her dog so much, she didn't have any use for my

nephew's services.

And that's when we started to talk, and well...

And I accompanied her on all of her nightly walks.

I'm merely going for a walk, milady. That's all.

Is it a crime? I told you I don't want to see you anymore.

A man can't walk in his own neighborhood?

You're stalking me, and you're scaring my dog.

You're the one screaming.

You're scaring our boy.

His mother being a witch again, Norton boy.

If you keep following me, I'll call the police.

You're a handsome guy.

I'm sorry that it didn't work out with Susan romantically.

I get hit by Cupid's arrow all the time.

Number two deep.

Just been Nick.

I mean, I love beautiful women. I just... I'm cautious about loving

isn't right for me, you know?

Very smart.

So...

Have you ever been married?

Maybe we shouldn't bring up the topic of love and marriage.

We should talk about something lighter. Like, what do you like to do for fun?

It's alright. I've never been one person all talked.

And you're so easy to talk to.

I'm leaving my husband because of alcohol.

When he gets drunk, he can really get jealous.

A couple months ago, he went to my work and brought a gun and was

yelling. And I lied and told

my boss it was a fake gun.

So they didn't call the police or anything, but they asked me to leave.

They didn't feel safe thinking we might do that again.

They just gave me a couple weeks severance and told me to get some help

him.

Well, did he end up getting help?

He drained my accounts at those recovery resorts in Los Angeles.

It was a series of promises.

broken promises, exaggerations, lies.

What was Susan's advice?

Well, she didn't really know how bad it was.

She thought that I could come live with her in Wisconsin and she could help me

find some work.

What did you do?

I lived that cubicle life.

answering customer service calls for Niles department stores.

But they're moving all those jobs overseas, and they were laying off

and right, so... I might need to start over.

Maybe find something that's not such a dead end.

Huh. Well, what do you want to do? I mean, if you could do anything in the

world.

I write romance novels for fun.

And I guess I always...

Dreamed one day that I'd become a famous writer, novelist.

I guess I'd have to get one of them published first.

So that's what Susan was going to help you with?

Yeah.

Hopefully.

When she gets back, she just might.

Oh, I mean, I don't plan on sitting around.

house like a bump on a log. I mean, I already have a plan.

Ah, so soon?

Yeah, I mean, I feel like I really want to get a job immediately.

I figure I'll do anything, but waitressing will give me cash quickly,

pretty useful, you know, around the house. I can fix things. My dad was a

handyman, and he taught me how to do it.

Like, I just see little things around the house. It goes in the shower.

And I noticed the shower head was leaking, so I fixed that.

I'm going to pay her back, you know, for putting me up all this one day.

I'm sure she would not accept a dime of your money.

You're so sweet.

Yes. Thank you.

You don't like it?

It's wonderful, thank you.

I'm sorry, I'm not eating much. There's just a lot on my mind.

Well, do you think you'll be hungry tomorrow evening?

There's a very fine restaurant next to the art gallery downtown. It's called La

Petite Fleur.

And I guarantee, the food is so good.

It'll clear your plate.

Oh, it sounds like a fancy plate.

Yes, but please, on me, of course.

I think it'll lift your spirit.

We can go after five o 'clock after you're done applying for jobs.

I'm sorry, but everything I own is in that suitcase.

I sold everything at Valley's so I could come here.

Well, whatever dress you pick is fine.

I... I don't own a dress.

Please, let me take you shopping before we go.

Sir, you're too kind.

I don't want to give you the impression that I'm some sort of charity piece. I'm

not a beggar.

Please, stop.

This will be as much fun for me as it will be for you.

There's nothing I love more than buying a beautiful dress.

For a beautiful woman.

Plus, I could use the company.

I couldn't.

It wouldn't feel right.

And I'm not ready to go on a date.

Think of me as a friend, please.

I wouldn't dare ask you out on a date.

It's terrible.

You'd probably think that my intentions were... No.

I'm so sorry.

You've been so kind to me.

and know where I'd go if you would have turned me away earlier.

I mean... Okay, you can take me shopping, but only if we go somewhere

reasonable, so that I can pay you back later.

And then we can go to the French restaurant.

What's wrong?

Wait, Zach.

I've just never accepted charity, you know?

I'm a self -sufficient woman.

I don't want you to get the wrong idea.

So you can pay me back for the dress.

But please, don't decline me.

I'm really looking forward to showing you a good time.

I mean, respectfully, as a brother would take his sister out.

Well, okay. I could use the diversion.

Here. Let me wrap these up and put them in the fridge.

Thank you.

I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

Sorry to waste your efforts.

You must be exhausted.

I don't want to interrupt your routine.

I'll take care of this. I'm going to take Norton out and clean myself up.

Good night, Zach.

And thank you for everything.

Of course, my lady.

Tell me, you're such a good dancer.

Oh, I am? Because I'm pretty sure you were leading me.

There's nothing like being twirled around on the dance floor.

I'm so happy. I feel like exploding.

Careful there.

Maybe you should lead.

I'm dizzy from all that twirling.

I don't feel well.

I'm dizzy.

You're tired.

Don't fight it.

No.

That's a girl.

Close your eyes.

I'm dizzy from all that twirling.

Thank you.

Thank you for accompanying me tonight.

It's always good to have a friend.

Thank you for helping me forget everything.

Even if just for tonight.

It was my pleasure.

I'm gonna go let Norton out.

Maybe you won't leave me alone just yet.

You want me to stay?

It's been a dream and I'm not ready to go back to reality.

I'll stay with you as long as you like.

Will you kiss me?

No.

Listen, I'm just afraid where it's going to lead.

There's something special about you and I just, I don't want to mess this up.

You're such a gentleman.

I'm not.

Don't deceive yourself by thinking I have a sliver of goodness in me.

If you knew my thoughts, the aspirations that absorb me,

my fiery imagination that eats me up,

makes me suspect of people's intentions, then you'd pity

me.

I'm sure you'd despise me.

And do you think because I made a misstep in judging my husband's

I'd be too blind to see yours?

No. Do you want to know what I think?

I think that if you have a thought, no matter how good or bad, you should share

it.

And those that love you will listen. And those who don't, well, you can't care

about them.

As for your aspirations, I hope that you'd share them with me.

And suspecting people just seems smart to me.

But smarter still is challenging their thoughts and giving them a chance to

confirm your suspicions or refute them.

I don't want to give you the wrong impression that I'm impulsive.

I come from a good family that's helped me plot out every move in my life.

I'd be with them now if I wasn't too proud to make choice of husband.

Does anyone know you're here?

Your family?

Friends?

Your husband?

I plan on telling them everything when I get back on my feet, get my own place.

I only trust Susan. She's closer to me than my family. She's closer than even a

sister.

I think Susan's name causes you pain.

Yeah?

Maybe I'm more transparent than I thought.

I'm not in the habit of using men like Susan does.

She loves to fall in love and out of love when something catches her eyes.

She badly uses men. She treats them like puppets, like inspiration for her

novels. I'm not like that. Yeah, well, I guess you could say the

experience made me careful.

Loved a few women in my life and I can tell you I lost them all.

I can't promise that I'll never leave, but I'm really happy to be here.

I don't think that there's any crime in an innocent kiss.

And if that kiss could lead to another...

Another.

And another.

we might find pleasure in another kind of dance.

Thank you.

Mm -mm.

I'm so very grateful for everything and everything

you do.

Thank you.

You need to make it.

You need to make it.

You need to make it. You need to make it.

You need to make it.

You need to make it. You need to make it.

Jim!

of a tendency.