Bee Season Page #5

I didn't go camping.

Where'd you go?

To a place for...

people who want|to get closer to God.

Dad wants to get|closer to God.

Yeah, well.

Do you like it better...|there?

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Saul ] Hello?|Yes, this is Mr. Naumann.

Yes, Saul Naumann.

[ Sighing ]|Look.

Your mother"s been-

I'll call you as soon|as I know everything, okay?

[ Door Opens ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Brushing ]

Is it because of my spelling?

It has nothing to do with you.

Go to sleep.

What is this?

It"s the address your wife gave as her|place of residence. She had the key in her pocket.

Manager said she's had|the space for years.

We"re looking into how much|of this stuff is stolen.

[ Tinkling ]

[ Objects Jingling ]

[ Loud Tinkling ]

- Mind if I smoke?|- No.

[ Police Radio,|Indistinct ]

[ Sniffling ]

[ Crying ]

[ Crickets Chirping ]

[ Saul ]|She"s in the hospital.

She was exhausted.

Sick and confused.

Can I see her?

I don't know. Some hospitals|have rules about children.

- But I'll see later when I get there.|- Will she get better?

Yeah, yeah.|Of course she will. Yes.

[ Sighs ]

Aren't you riding|with us?

I've got some stuff|to do before school.

You didn't eat anything yet.

Good-bye.

- Bye, El.|- Bye.

- Maybe we'll try some takeout tonight.|- Yeah, maybe.

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

[ Buzzing ]

[ Woman On P.A.,|Indistinct ]

Did you see it?

[ Sighs ]|Yes.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

I've never|seen anything like it.

It's beginning|to hold the light.

- I'm sorry. I don't understand.|- The shards, putting them together.

Tikkun olam-|to make things whole.

Hold the light.|You showed me.

Miriam, it-|It was a metaphor.

A-A poem.

Yes, a poem.|I made a poem.

The police think that you took|all those things.

- Some of them are mine- ours.|- And some aren't.

I needed more.

They said they found you|in another family's house.

I need you to come home, honey.|Kids need you to come home.

[ Breathes Deeply ]

I don't want|to come home right now.

They're not going|to prosecute.

They just want to make sure that you|get some help. All you got to do...

is you say you're sorry that you took|the things that didn't belong to you.

I'm not sorry.|It wasn't stealing.

- Miriam, please,just-|- I thought maybe you'd understand.

- I do understand. I do.|But I need you to come home.|- Stop it. You don't understand.

I can"t go home|with you now, Saul.

Look at me.

What do you see?

You-You love to talk-

talk about things that don"t-|that don"t come from your heart.

You talk and talk|and talk and talk.

Are they all empty words?

Do you want to understand?

Understand me?

[ Sighs ]|This?

That room, those things-

It wasn't-

Miriam, please.|Please, talk to me.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I-I want to go back|to my room now, please.

Tell me what"s wrong, please.

I just wanted to hold|the light, that's all.

I didn't do this|to hurt you.

She took some things|she thought were hers, but they weren"t.

The doctors are|working with her now.

[ Eliza ]|She said she didn"t want to see me?

Elly, she"s-She"s really not ready|to see anybody right now.

She took all that stuff|and now we can't go to the finals.

[ Tires Screeching ]

What are you talking about?|Who told you we"re not going?

It's my fault, isn't it?|That's why she's sick.

No. That's-|That's not why she's- [ Sighs ]

It is nobody's fault,|all right?

We'll go to the finals,|and your mother will watch.

It's on TV. We'll tell her|about it, okay?

All right. Okay?

- [ Cell Phone Ringing ]|- I'm sorry, baby.

Yeah? Aaron, where are you?

No, uh- No, they're|keeping her in the hospital.

I'll explain when-|when you get home.

Of course you will|be coming home. Where are you?

Aaron? Where-

I can't deal with this now.

- [ Beeps ]|- Sh*t!

[ Beeping ]

Where am I calling?|The what?

All right.|Stay in the car.

[ Doorbell Buzzes ]

- [ Speaking Foreign Language ]|- I've come for my son.

- Yes?|- If you don't give him to me, I will call the police.

- Come in.|- Right.

Oh, Aaron.

All right, get dressed.|We"re going home.

- I am dressed.|- Then let's go.

- You can't keep me from coming back.|- Oh, really? Watch me.

- I really can't believe you did this.|- Get in the car.

[ Car Door Closes ]

[ Aaron ]|Don"t talk to me.

[ Saul ] Get back here.|You"re acting like a child.

- Eliza has more sense.|- Of course you think that.

- She agrees with everything you|say. Talk about brainwashed.|- I'm not finished.

- Don't walk away!|- You're going to stop me|from going to my room now?

- I want you to come here-|- You do not get to tell me what to do-

- control what I feel or think.|- Stop it.

- I'm not Eliza. I'm not Mom.|- Goddamn it!

- You do not talk to me like that!|- You don't f***ing control me!

She's not even in the hospital, is she?|She just got tired of being here.

Tired of you and your house|and your cooking and your religion...

and your everything,|and you just can't face the truth.

You want to know|the truth, Aaron?

Your mother has been stealing things|for years. Maybe her whole life.

She's very sick.|She's in a mental institution...

and I don't know when or if|they will give her back to me.

You're the one who's sick.

- Me?|- Yeah,you.

[ Scoffs ] Who's the one|who's walking around in a sheet?

- In orange bedsheets.!|- Stop it.

- Aaron,you are a baby.! You"re a kid.|- Stop it! Stop it!

You want to go to- Go to your room.|Go to your f***ing room!

- Go.!|- Why can't you live your own stupid life?

Why do you have to drag me|and Elly into it?

Why can't you leave us alone?

[ Door Opens, Slams ]

[ Sighs ]|Aaron.

Aaron?

Please, God.|Please, please, please-

[ Eliza"s Voice ]|We can talk-

really connect with God.

Notjust pray...

but have God listen.

And sometimes|in special cases...

have God talk back.

Got it?|Okay, this way.

[ Man ] Chris Wilcock,|Midland Monthly News.

- "Ecchymosis. "|-[ Chris ] "Ecchymosis. "

E-C-C-H-Y...

M-O-S-I-S.

- ''Ecchymosis.''|- [ Man #2 ] Correct.

[ Man #1 ]|Number 1 3.

Arrow Arram, Hillsdale Morning Sun,|Hillsdale, Michigan.

''Thanatophidia.''

Please, please make sure|that she knows I called.

- [ Sighs ] All right. Thank you.|- [ Handset Settles In Cradle ]

[ TV, Indistinct ]

Dad?

Hey. Hey, you were incredible|up there today.

Thanks.

- What"s your brother doing?|- Watching TV.

You want to try a few more,|just to keep loose?

Mmm, I don"t know. Okay.

All right, no thinking.|''Usurper.''

U-S-U-R-P-E-R.

''Piazza.''

P-I-A-Z-Z-A.

''Origami.''

[ Flapping ]

''Origami.''

O-R-I...

G-A-M...

I.

You can do this.

Yes, you can.

[ Sighs ]

[ Aaron ]|He should leave you alone.

- It's okay.|- Hejust wants this for himself.

You know, he's using you,|like he used Mom...

and like he used me.

I just think you should|forget about him.

That's all I mean.

He needs this-all the attention|and the control-

and he doesn"t even know it.

He needs Mom.

[ TVContinues ]

[ Sighs ]

What are you doing down here|this time of night?

I want to see|the television cameras.

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