Carolina Moon Page #7

Squeeze, now. Don't pull.

So you wanna get married or what?

You gonna make me

get down on one knee?

With everything going on

and I've only been back three weeks...

...that's not just crazy,

that's just plain stupid.

That's what they said about my great

grandpa, Horace Vanderbilt Lavelle.

He met a girl on one of the lifeboats

of the SS Titanic.

Proposed to her the day the rescue

ship docked in New York a week later.

They were married 71 years,

had 11 children...

...and her name was on his lips

the day that he died.

You are not thinking straight.

- I've gotta get ready for work.

- Yeah, so do I.

I'll have Faith come by here,

tell her to bring her AK-47.

She loves that little thing.

Don't you ever wanna

put your talents to use?

Go to Vegas,

hit the blackjack tables?

It's not

something to profit from, Faith.

Oh, I forgot.

This is the totally serious

Miss Victoria Bodeen...

...we're talking about.

"I am psychic, therefore I must suffer."

Knowing my luck, I'd just get

the dealer's childhood traumas.

Faith, I left my hairclip in the car.

Do you mind going to get that for me?

- What's wrong?

- Nothing. I just need my hairclip.

Tory, I'm gonna have to give you

lying lessons one day.

What's going on?

He's coming from the back.

- Go out the front and run for your life.

- No, come on.

- Come with me.

- No, then he'll get us both. Just go.

Go.

You lied.

You told you saw me.

There are more cops in this town...

...than mosquitoes.

I don't have any money here.

You don't ever get to lay

a hand on me again.

Mama didn't have enough

money for you this time?

Is that why you killed her?

You're even crazier than I am.

Now, put that down.

Get your daddy some lemonade.

We'll have us a family talk.

- You never did have any balls.

- No one's said that about me.

I told you to go.

I went to get my gun

and call the police.

Are you shot. Did he shoot you?

No. What are you...? You shot him.

Oh, thank God.

Oh, my God. That's my car.

I left the keys in it.

Tory, get out of the road.

Tory, Get out of the road.

Tory, snap out of it.

Oh, my God.

Oh, God. Wade. I want my Wade.

- Cade.

- Are you okay? Are you guys okay?

I heard the sirens,

I saw the explosion.

He's dead. I felt him die.

Okay, let's get to the house.

The police will wanna talk to you.

Are you all right?

I can still feel him.

- He's watching.

- No.

No. Baby, that was just the echoes.

He's dead. He's gone. It's over.

Come on.

It's okay, let's go.

When do I get to actually

feel like it's over?

Like he isn't standing

right behind me?

Well, once we're clear of the 23rd.

Just four more days.

Yeah.

When do I get to find out

why you brought me here?

Well, there hasn't been

a lot of rain...

...but it's enough.

And the soil holds more water

when it isn't full of chemicals.

My father had to water twice as much

to fight the growth regulators...

...he sprayed on the stuff.

That's how it was done.

You do things differently,

you have to prove yourself.

How much do I have

to prove to you, Tory?

What are you talking about?

Most people have treated you

a certain way.

It's all you know.

I tried to do things differently.

So I brought you here...

...to show you that I finish

what I start.

And what belongs to me

it's everything that I've got.

You make me so happy.

Just the way everything is.

Why do you have to change that?

Well, that's a first...

...telling me that I make you happy.

- It's so obvious.

- Nothing's obvious to guys.

Don't you know that?

Tory...

...do you love me?

Yes, but I think that l...

That's not obvious enough.

I need to hear it again.

Do you love me?

Yes, I love you.

You wanna be with me?

- Yes, but l...

- Well, then come with me.

I need to get something from home.

You mean Beaux Reves?

- I can't go there.

- Of course you can.

It's just a house. It's my house.

Come on.

I'm not allowed in the front rooms.

Just the kitchen.

Those are the rules.

I'm sure once upon a time

when you were barefoot...

...and covered in swamp mud

those rules served a good purpose.

Just hold on a second, okay?

It's in my office.

Catch.

It was my grandmother's

and it came to me.

Cade, I need to talk with you.

Come on down

and we'll talk in the den.

Just you and me.

Well, then it'll have to wait.

Wasn't "The guest is king"...

...always house rule number one

within these halls?

Not every girl whose pants

you get into counts as a guest.

- I'll be leaving now.

- Please don't.

The last I thought I'd hear from

you is pure, low-down bad manners.

I can't have her in this house.

Oh, good, a party.

Anybody care for a gin fizz?

You're talking about the girl

I'm to marry.

What do you expect from me?

- My blessings?

- Yes, I would like that.

I want your blessings

more than I can say.

But you don't need

to keep doing this.

The man who killed Hope is gone.

I can't have this house

fall into the hands of the girl...

...who left her to die.

If you let that happen...

...l'll go to the board and have you

fired from Lavelle Farms.

And I'll fight it and I'll win.

Not if Faith throws

in her shares with me.

And what makes you think

that Faith is gonna do that?

She's out of an inheritance

if she doesn't.

Actually, Faith doesn't need

an inheritance anymore.

Faith's got a job at Tory's store.

She does?

Yes, she does.

Can we all stop talking about me

in the third person, please?

If you stand against me...

...I will leave this house.

And we will have nothing more

to say to each other.

Would you stop being the outraged,

confederate matriarch?

They closed that show

a long time ago.

Mama, people go on from things.

Even the death of a child.

I pray to God you never have to

find out how wrong you are about that.

If I were God,

you know what I'd answer?

"Margaret, last time I checked,

you had two other children...

...that have the distinction

of still being alive."

And two children

who love you very much.

Believe it or not.

Mrs. Lavelle, please don't make him

choose between us.

I had another child who chose you.

She paid a very high price.

I should never have let her

anywhere near you...

...or your family.

Mama, you couldn't

have stopped if you tried.

I'll be going to the lake house.

I'll send for my things.

Cade, talk to her.

Don't let her leave like that.

I will. I'll talk to her

when she's cooled down.

I'm not gonna get through

to her, though.

Will she really leave?

Yeah, if she does,

it just might save her life.

Not to mention mine.

You know, Bee and I

really need to mosey along.

Don't we, precious?

If you even think about

letting Margaret Lavelle's lunacy...

...get in the way of even

one-millionth of a molecule...

...of your happiness with Cade,

I will personally kill you.

Bye, now.

I don't want a girlfriend.

I wanna spend my life with you.

I wanna have a family with you.

Tory, will you marry me?

Why does this scare me

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