Adoration Page #7

making this meal,

do you like to see her drinking?

- You have no idea...

- No! No!

...what you're talking about.

- You make her do this.

She is miserable here.

You make her miserable here!

Come, please come. Tom, can you hear me?

...who's civilized!

- Tom, can you hear me?

Please, just come back!

Tom, just come back.

Please, just come back.

...you don't talk!

I pretended I couldn't hear,

that the connection was bad.

And she kept calling.

And I didn't pick up.

Why not?

Because someone

was finally giving it to him.

No one had ever stood up to him

like that, confronted him like that.

I wanted him to explode for me.

That's what I wanted Sami to do.

- Explode?

- Yes.

- How long did it last?

- I don't know.

He must have seen

that she was too drunk to drive.

I know... I know it's not my fault.

But it is your fault.

You didn't answer her call for help.

If you had driven back,

you could have taken them home.

Sami wouldn't have had to drive.

You have lived with this far too long

to deny your responsibility.

When I got back it was done.

They were gone.

I walked in, my father's screaming

that he did it on purpose.

Okay?

That he killed himself and Rachel.

That he called from the car and said

he was going to kill himself and Rachel.

- Why?

- 'Cause he was a monster.

That's what my dad always thought,

and now there's no one to disprove him.

Okay?

But Sami was not a monster.

No.

Not him.

How long have you known

that Simon was their child?

The moment I was transferred to the school.

The moment I saw his last name.

It became my secret.

Does Simon know?

No.

I watched him grow.

I always saw him as Sami's child.

Not the way he looks. His manner.

These things became

much more complicated as Simon grew.

And that's when you decided

to visit his house.

I used to drive by.

I would watch him inside,

playing with Simon, cooking.

He was a great cook.

I watched him put up

the Christmas decorations.

That was very generous of him,

coming from the upbringing he had.

I'm sorry. I should have never done that,

come to the house.

What were you expecting to find?

I don't know.

I don't.

Thanks, man.

You can sell the violin now, Tom.

You have my permission.

Remember when I asked you

about cutting the scroll off?

Well, it's something that I had to do.

It's kind of hard to describe why.

I don't think it'll

affect the value very much

since it doesn't change the sound.

I hope it'll pay for all the things

that we'll need.

I'm going to the Holy Land.

It's all the Holy Land.

I can feel the baby kicking.

Grandpa, I really need to know

what happened that night.

He was going to kill her.

- He called and said...

- He could have called to apologize

or to find out if I was back.

Or it could have been my mother.

Would you like to come in?

For coffee?

Must be strange

to see those wedding photographs.

He never said he wasn't married.

It's part of the reason

my dad was so suspicious of him.

- If he could do that to me...

- That sort of idea, yeah.

Except your father did not know me.

If he did, maybe he would understand

what Sami was running away from.

What do you mean?

- I have strange ways.

- Yes, you do.

You thought I was crazy. You thought...

You told Simon that people dressed like me

don't come to your part of town.

- You had him record the conversation?

- He told me about it.

You were testing me to see if I'd explode.

Yeah?

- And you refused to let that happen.

- Yeah. Not in front of Simon.

And if Simon wasn't there,

would you have beaten me?

- Like you attacked that man today?

- He was going to vomit on us.

What if I did that now?

Hey. Stop it.

Do you think I would do that?

- Vomit on my own rug to prove a point?

- I'm not sure.

You must think I'm capable of anything.

Isn't it best to stay away

from people like me?

Maybe.

Except people like me are everywhere,

people who are capable of anything,

capable of seeking justice, seeking revenge.

- For what?

- I lost my entire family in Lebanon.

One day I came back home from school

and they were wiped out, just like that.

Sami was my salvation.

He provided me

with something I could believe in.

I don't know what you expect from us.

I would like to be a part of Simon's life.

Why?

He's all I have.

I was never upset at my husband

for leaving me.

I can't explain why.

Your sister was from such a different world,

and she gave him a child.

Sami wanted a child.

You're going to have to pay for the ticket.

The tow was free.

Grandpa.

I really need to know

what happened that night.

He was going to kill her.

- He called and said...

- He could have called to apologize

or to find out if I was back.

It could have been my mother calling.

You have to believe me, Simon.

Your father was a killer.

Why didn't you tell me about this before?

I didn't think it was appropriate.

Yeah, good call.

He looked happy.

He was.

We were happy.

And then what happened?

Then he met your mom.

You let him go.

No.

I never let him go.

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