A Daughter's Nightmare Page #3

I just think maybe I could use

some alone time.

Yeah, ok, sure.

That's fine.

And, you know, it

would give you a chance

to catch up on your studies.

You hardly brought any books

home this weekend.

Yeah, that's true.

I need to do that.

Hey, you ok?

Yeah, I just feel like crap

all of a sudden.

The flu's going around,

I think I may have gotten it.

Well, do you want to go

lay down?

You feel pretty warm.

Uh, no actually.

Can you just drive me back

to school?

Yeah, of course.

Ok, thank you.

No, I think that's a good idea,

honey.

I do.

Ok, well why don't you

just check in with me

before you go to bed, ok?

Ok, bye bye.

Hi!

Hi.

I just thought no sense in us

both wasting our gas.

You going to group tonight?

I am.

Hop aboard.

Well, that was very thoughtful

of you.

Evening, folks.

Hey, Cameron,

what're you doing here?

I left work early to drive you

to your meeting.

Apparently you've made

other plans.

Adam was kind enough

to offer me a lift.

And I do have my own car,

you know.

Adam, this is Cameron,

my brother-in-law.

Jack's brother.

Cameron.

Hello.

I'll see you later, Cam.

Sorry.

I hope you like country music.

You kiddin' me?

Is there a Southern girl

who didn't?

My daughter, she loves it

even more than I do.

Dana, what would you say if

we went for dinner instead?

Adam, I don't really think

that's appropriate.

I know, I'm not trying

to come on to you.

It's Karen's birthday today,

the first since...

I thought it would help.

I don't feel like being

in a group.

It would be doing me

a favour.

Thank you for doing this,

it's almost over.

I should thank you.

The food here is amazing!

It's unbelievable.

Jack and I didn't really

get out much in the last year.

Here.

Oh, no. No more for me.

This happens to be the finest

wine in the region.

You see those grapes

out there?

Squished in this bottle.

They died for us?

They died for us.

Ok, one drop.

What a sacrifice.

That's good.

Ok.

I can't remember the last time

I had more than a glass.

Yeah, well we tend to give up

a number of things

when we have spouses

who are ill.

I suppose that's true.

So you never did tell me...

how did Karen die?

Well, Karen had a number

of issues.

Stomach infections, joint

inflammation, kidney trouble.

I took care of her and Ben

through most of our marriage.

Dana, I haven't...

I haven't told very many

people this,

but Karen died of an overdose.

I'm so sorry.

Painkillers.

She took so many pills,

Dana, it was...

she would take all her pills

and then she would forget

she took them and then

she would take more.

And I would try to warn her,

but...

I was, um...

I was working the night shift,

and I came home in the morning

and Ben was in the living room

watching game shows,

so I went into the bedroom,

and I didn't know that

she wasn't sleeping

until I kissed her.

And then I just sat

on the edge of the bed

and I thought...

"my wife is dead".

Dana, are you ok?

This wine just went right

to my head.

Can you excuse me?

Yeah, of course.

Hello, Ariel.

Hello? Who's this?

Adam, Ben's stepfather.

Uh, why are you answering

my mother's cell phone, Adam?

Well, your mom is in

the ladies room, so...

Uh, really?

I thought you guys would be

done with your meeting by now.

Well, yeah, we would have been,

but we decided to play hooky

and go for dinner instead.

Would you like me to have

her call you in the morning?

Uh, no, I wanted to talk

to her tonight,

so I'm just gonna

call her later.

Ok, I'll tell her you called.

Bye, Ariel.

Bye.

Hello?

Hi!

Just gonna walk right by?

Uh, sorry, I...

I didn't see you there.

What's going on?

How come you're here?

I thought you went home

on weekends?

Uh, yeah, I was going to,

but um...

I wasn't feeling good

so I stayed.

You got time

for a coffee break?

Yeah!

Ok.

Hey!

That's my coffee.

Is it good?

It is good.

This is funny.

This is, uh, what our parents

are doing right now.

Really?

Yeah, your stepdad's

having dinner with my mom.

I didn't know that.

Yeah, I thought it was kinda

weird, actually.

I didn't know that.

Hey, you never really

talk about your mom much.

What was she like?

Um... I didn't really know her.

Um, she was always sick.

Sleeping.

Yeah.

Adam was the one who

was always there for me.

He took care of me

since I was, like, ten.

Where's your real dad?

He took off when I was little.

Never left a forwarding address

and my mom, she never

sent one either.

That must have been

really hard growing up

with your mom sick all the time.

My dad was sick, too,

but he didn't get that way

until the very end.

Yeah.

I think that's why Adam and I

get each other.

His mom died of TB

when he was a kid.

Oh my gosh.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's been rough.

Yeah, I'm sure.

It makes sense.

What makes sense?

It makes sense

that it's been rough.

Adam told me you'd been having

trouble adjusting to college

and it makes sense

with your mom and everything,

that's terrible.

What else did Adam

say about me?

Um, nothing.

Just that you were having

trouble adjusting to school.

That's totally normal.

What?

What're you looking at?

Excuse me.

May I get you something

else, sir?

No.

My friend has been in the ladies

room for a long time.

Would you mind checking

on her?

I'll go right this minute.

Thank you.

Ma'am?

Are you doing alright

in here?

Ma'am?

Oh god!

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y!

Finally, where have

you been?

Hey, I'm sorry honey,

I didn't get your messages

until right now.

Really? I've been calling you

since last night.

Why was your phone off?

It wasn't.

It went straight to voice mail.

Uh, what were you doing at

dinner with Adam last night?

I thought you guys had

your meeting.

Oh, it was really sad.

Yesterday was his wife's

birthday.

How did you know

we went out, anyway?

Oh, I called you at the

restaurant and Adam...

Oh, you know what babe?

That's the door.

Can I call you right back?

Hi.

Hi.

What's all this?

You weren't doing so well

at the end of the night

and I thought you'd appreciate

a homemade breakfast.

Yeah, what happened

last night?

May I?

Yeah. Yeah, come inside.

So where did you learn

to make grits?

Libby.

Who's Libby?

My first wife.

She taught me all about

southern cooking.

Come on.

She was the reigning

Miss Texas.

Are you serious?

Mmmhmm.

You married Miss Texas?

Mmmhmm.

Wow.

I thought I struck gold.

She was killed in a car accident

shortly after we married.

That' awful.

I had no idea you'd been

through this twice.

Well, enough about

my depressing past.

Bon apptit, y'all.

Oh.

Cheese grits!

I'm sorry, I just...

I don't have much

of an appetite today.

Just one?

I can't.

You'll feel better.

I'm sorry, I can't.

I just feel like I've been hit

by a tractor.

Ok, alright.

Well, red wine will do that.

That was weird,

I feel like I didn't have more

than two glasses.

Hope I didn't do anything

too embarrassing.

Does waking up on the ladies

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