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Really?

Did your girlfriend die, too?

No.

I hope not.

What do you mean?

She disappeared.

Well, like kidnapped,

or something?

She just left.

And I thought

I was the biggest sucker.

Yeah, you're pronanly right about that.

I do not blame her, though.

I was just a stupid kid.

So, what happened?

Well, I was 16.

And a rich kid

Born and raised in a

wealthy family in Chicago.

My parents had big plans for me.

I was a bit of...

a prodigy in college

so I was about to...

Go into med School

So far, so good, right?

And then fate decided

to change things up on me.

Guess what?

Fell in love.

The only problem with that was that...uh..

She was 20 years old

and a cabby.

I should have been

smarter than to try...

to force my parents, to accept the

fact that I wanted to marry this...

Twenty year-old,

immigrant, taxi driver.

With diamond-shaped tattoo on her face.

Boy, oh boy did they, uh...

Go on a crusade against us.

It was pure lunacy.

And even then

I still tought we could win.

So, we decided

that we'd pretendit was over...

... Until I was legal.

For two years

That was hard.

But we had a secret signal.

Whenever we crossed each other's paths

we would touch our noses.

It's an ancient...um...signal

Arctic tribes used

Whenever the men were gonna go

a long hunt across the icy desert,

The wives would touch their noses

like this.

It means in death

My heart will follow you to the ends of

the earth.

We thought that was an appropriate signal.

Because the environment surrounding us was...

... Cold as an Arctic winter night.

Sad thing is we didn't survive it.

You see, my parents are hard to fool.

They, uh...

Found out she didn't

have a green Card and

had her blackmailed

for deportation.

Hey, crazy teenage drama, right?

So, what happened to her?

Never saw her again.

What did you do?

Tried to go...

back in time.

Like you.

How?

Needless to say I didn't succeed.

Looks like you're stuck.

Life is so much like a dark comedy.

When all this happened, all I wanted to do

was end my life, and...

Here I am carrying an epi pen

on my wallet everywhere I go.

An epipen?

Auto injector of Epinephrine.

I'm allergic to bees,

and without epipen,

one sting could

mean the end of me

Pretty pathetic, huh?

So tell me,

what changed in your

life since then?

What made you trade your razor blades in

for an epipen?

Hope.

Like you, I hope that I can

find a way to travel back in time

and be with my girl again.

I just don't think

killing myself is the answer.

Unless of course you and your camera

can prove me wrong.

What kind of proof do you need?

You could bring me some photos.

You know what they say,

"A picture is worth a thousand words".

If you give me my camera back,

and help me get out of here,

I'll get you the pictures

that you need.

I'll see what I can do.

Thanks for staying overnight.

How could I turn down free lodging

at such a thematic campsite?

What are you thinking?

I think those handcuffs

are gonna look pretty bad on your resume.

I'm sorry but desperate situations

call for desperate measures.

We can't let him go

before we're sure he's gonna be alright.

He's never gonna be alright

if we don't let him go, Claire.

You know,

mom and dad miss you so much.

You should try to forgive them.

Maybe.

It's a damn shame

you had to fall for that wrong girl.

She wasn't the wrong girl.

Sorry, you know I didn't mean it.

God, it's been like ten years.

Did you ever get any news from her?

No.

I can't believe you're still in love.

You are, aren't you?

I think it's a little late for

a therapy session.

You know what?

In part, I really envy you.

I think we both need

to get some sleep.

I'll try my best!

Good night

-Night

Are you heading west,

by any chance?

Jump in Young Dude.

All right. Thanks.

Please tell me

you didn't let him go?

Look, you said

you wanted Daniel

to talk to someone he could

look in the eye and respect.

Someone he knew could understand

what he was going through, right?

Yeah, I guess said that.

Well,the only way for

Daniel to really believe

that I understand what

he's going through...

was to set him free.

He's not much ready yet.

And we know that Daniel

tried to kill himself before.

And... When you think of doing

something that terrible to yourself...

You feel so lonely

it's unbearable.

I know,

because I did.

I felt so miserable and lonely...

that I didn't think anyone could endure

that kind of pain and still go on living.

Daniel may still be out ther,

and he is still be thinking

about killing himself.

But he knows there is

someone else out there...

who endured his pain and

stll walks mlong he living.

He knows he's not alone.

And he knows that person's right here

perfectly happy to give him a helping hand.

I hope you're right, Matt.

I really hope you're right.

If it makes you feel any better,

I think I know exactly

where he's headed.

Where?

Well,he tried to drown

himself at Lake Mirage

to wake up and save his

girlfriend at Lake Mirage.

So I think that is where he's headed and

that is about 3 hours from here.

He's going to die, Matt,

I know it.

No.

Don't worry.

Let me handle this.

Ok?

I'll find him and

I'll make sure he's alright.

So, my sister, she's 65.

She comes home one day...

and she hears this strange

sound, coming from the bedroom

So she goes in...

and she finds her 40 year old

daughter, that's my niece

... Playing with a vibrator.

You know what

a vibrator is, right?

Yeah, I know.

Internet.

Ah, got you.

So she says:

'What are you doing?'

And her daughter says:

Mom, I'm 40 years old.

... Look at me.

I 'm ugly...

I'm never gonna get married.

This is as close to a husband

as I'm gonna get.

Eww, sad.

Yeah. Sad.

Next day...

My brother-in-law comes home...

And hears thame

same buzzing sound

coming out of

his daughter's room...

He goes in and there she is..

...using the vibrator.

Yeah. He says:

What the hell is going on here?

And she she says

Dad, I just told Mom...

I'm 40 years old, I'm ugly

and I'm never gonna get married.

This is pretty much my husband.

So he...

you know, walks out of the

room kind of sad like...

Next day, my sister comes home...

And she finds him

on the couch beer in one hand...

vibrator in the other hand...

And Watching football on Television.

She says:

What in Heaven's name is going on?

He says:
What does it l

ook like is going on?

I'm drinking a beer watching

the football game with my son-in-law.

Son-in-law!

So, where did you say you're from?

I didn't, actually.

Where ARE you from?

I was born in Iceland,

raised in California,

I think such a sudden,

extreme change in climate

must have screwed my

brain cells somehow.

because I ended up in a nuthouse.

Really?

Wow!

When was that?

Very, very recently.

Don't worry,

I'm harmless.

You look fine to me.

You know...

I have had my time

with psychiatrists, too.

How's that?

I got this...uh...seizure that

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