An Uncommon Grace Page #6

They're antiques.

The young womanwho

brought them in

said they belongedto

her grandfather.

She seemed quite upset,

but she said she needed

the money, so...

Would you like to see them?

Actually, do you haveany

antique mirrorsabout so big?

It's funny you should

askabout a mirror.

That same young womanbrought

one injust a few days later.

I think you're gonna like it.

Something like that?

Oh.

Voicemail:
Hi, it's Becky.

Leave a message.

I'll get back to you. Thanks.

Becky, it's me. Where are you?

I know you're

gettingthese messages.

Call me back right away.

I did not do these thingsthat

Zillah accuses me of.

Please believe me.

I do believe you,

but theMeidung...

If you are putunder the ban,

the rest of ushave no choice

but to observethe

bishop's decision.

I know.

- Even you.- How can

I abandon my own?

But how can I ignoretheMeidung?

If I am shunned, I

will not be allowed

to take the childrento church.

My friendswill not speak to me,

they will not buy our crops

or the basketswe take to market.

How can I feedyour

brother and sister

without the money we make?

We must have faiththat

the truth will come out.

And if it does not?

Then you mustobey theMeidung.

You must shun me.

Grace:
Yeah, hi. Deputy

Small, this is Grace Conner.

I'm looking for the sheriff.

Okay, well do youhave any

ideawhen he'll be back?

Can you just tell himthat I think

he was rightabout Owen Peterson

and that I reallyneed him to come

out hereas soon as possible?

- Thank you so much.

- All right.

What is it thatyou're

not telling me?

Do you rememberthose letters

that Becky was

writingthrough the ministry?

Well, they were going toan

inmate named Owen Peterson.

Pretty soon they werewriting back

an forthdirectly to one another,

and this is actuallyfrom him.

Listen to this.

"I just found out thatthey're

releasing me early."

When I get out, we'll

finallymeet face-to-face.

"I can't wait to see

you, sweet Becky."

And apparentlyPeterson

was released

just beforethe Millers

were attacked,

and the sheriff thinks

that he was inthe

area at the time.

And then on top of that,

Deputy Small told me

that they foundPeterson's

fingerprint

on one ofthe bullets in the gun

that was usedto kill Abraham.

Even if Beckywas helping him,

after she heard thathe'd

shot Abraham and Claire...

You'd think she'd tell us,

unless he threatened her.

Do you think he got herto

sell the luresand the mirror?

I don't know, but I

just want her home

so that we can help

herout of this mess.

This is my fault.

I should've been here.

She needed me.

Oh, no, Grace. Please, no.

Grandma, I want you to

goover to the Miller's

and stay with Levi and Claire

until I get all

this settled here.

No. I'm not leavingyou

here alone.

Hey, that's an order.

( Sighs )

Becky! Becky, are you home?

- Becky?- Grace.

Okay, Becky, you need to

come hereright now, quickly.

Grace, no. I'm helping Owenget

out of here right now.

Owen is not whoyou think he is.

He has doneterrible things.

I swearl didn't do anything.

- Don't... Owen didn't

attack the Millers.

Honey, his fingerprintswere

on the bullet, okay?

I talked to Deputy Small. The sheriff

is on his wayhere right now.

- You told Deputy

Small?-Of course I did.

He's dirty, Grace.

He's a drug dealerand

a blackmailer.

Owen was working for

himwhen he got arrested.

You dealt drugs for Small?

I did.

I was an addict, but Becky's

lettershelped me change.

I'm all done with that.

She helped meon the inside,

and now she'sstill helping me.

But your fingerprintswere

on the bullet.

Small is lying.

He was waiting for

Owenwhen he got out,

told him that he hadto

keep working for him,

said that Owenowed him $10,000.

Owen didn't havethat kind of

money, so I had to help him.

Is that why you wereselling

Grandma's things?

I'm sorry, Grace. I had to.

Small said thatif he didn't get his

money, he was gonna hurt Grandma.

After what happenedat the

Miller's, I knew that he would.

Small:
And you were right.

To be honest, it was

never my intention.

I didn't expectthe old

Amish manto jump me.

But since you made itso clear

that Owen hereis done selling,

there's nothingthat

would make me happier

than to pin a murderor

three on him.

Leave us alone. We

already paid you.

I'm afraid moneyis no

longerthe issue here, kiddo,

not since your sisterdecided

to get inthe middle of it.

Now it's nothing personal,

just not a big fanof witnesses.

You can't killall three of us.

It would be

impossibleto explain.

Oh, is it? How about this?

I got your call, so I

drove out to investigate.

I heard shots, and I

came in and found

that Owen had shotyou

two ladies with this.

Look familiar, Owen?

No? It should.

It's registeredin your name.

Then he pointed his gun at me

and I shot himwith

my service pistol.

How's that sound?

Sounds likel chose a good

timeto come for a visit.

- Whoa.- Levi!

Don't move! Don't move.

Trust me, I knowhow

to use this thing.

Roll over. Roll over!

You guys all right?

It's over, okay?

You're gonna need a

slingfor that shoulder.

I'll be okay.

I, uh, have totake Becky

downtownto make a statement.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking I'm nota

very good Swartzentruber,

but I've known thisfor

some time now.

Levi, you are a good man.

Ah, but I have rebelledagainst

many of our rules.

When the manwho killed

Abrahamwas threatening me,

my heart was notfull

of forgiveness.

I understand nowwhy Abraham fought

to savethe life of my mother.

Even though this is not our way,

I must fight to protectthe

lives of my family.

And I've got feelingsfor

an Englisher.

I... I do lovethe

people of my church,

but I can no longerfollow

their rules.

So you're leavingthe church?

Mmm. I am.

And your family?

I don't know.

I don't know.

- Here you go.- Thank you.

Becky and I had a

longtalk this afternoon.

- Good.- About you.

- Oh.- We wanna tell

you how we feel.

Elizabeth:
When you

joined the Army,

your parents didn'ttry

to stop you,

and neither did I.

I think we allkind of understood

that you were

lookingfor something,

something thatyou didn't

thinkyou could find here.

Grandma, I...

I know you have

toanswer that email.

Before you make a decision,

I'd like youto

consider that maybe

whatever you're looking for

could be right

herein front of you.

What Grandmais trying to say

is that she wants you to stay,

and I want you to stay,

and Dusty wants you to stay.

So, it's settled.

So I don't get a vote? Nothing?

Sure, but it would

bethree to one,

so it wouldn't matter.

Okay.

(knocking on door)

Grace.

I, uh, thought you

mightlike these back.

Oh, thank you.

Over there's fine.

That's a nice

slingyou got there.

You know, maybe some day

I will grow toappreciate

your sarcasm.

I got you a present.

Ready?

What is this?

It's a library card.

I really can't waitto take

you theresomeday soon.

They have a lot of books.

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