Clara's Heart Page #5

COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS

SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE

I DIDN' MEAN THIS, CLARA.

I DIDN'T DO THIS

TO HURT YOU.

HOW COULD YOU:

DO THIS TO ME?

HOW?

AFTER THE TRUS AND FAITH I PUT IN YOU--

HOW COULD YOU:

DO THIS TO ME?

THERE WERE:

SO MANY THINGS.

WHY DID:

ALL THOSE LETTERS

COME BACK?

DID--DID HE DIE, TOO?

IT'S NONE

OF YOUR BUSINESS,

IS IT?

IS IT?

I KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

THAT IS NONE:

OF YOUR BUSINESS.

I'LL DO ANYTHING

YOU SAY.

YOU HAVE RUINED:

OUR FRIENDSHIP,

AND YOU'LL GET OUT.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN

LIVING AT HOME:

REGULARLY.

IT SUDDENLY:

DAWNED ON YOU:

STAYING OUT SO MUCH

MIGHT NOT BE:

THE BEST THING:

FOR A KID:

WHO'S DEPENDEN ON A BLACK WOMAN

WHO'S NO SPEAKING TO HIM.

WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING

MY LIVING ARRANGEMENTS.

I SEE DAVID AMPLY.

AMPLY?

WHAT IS THAT?

AN ACCEPTED WAY:

OF SEEING SOMEONE?

MAKE YOUR POINT,

BILL.

YOU SAY:

YOU ARE STUDYING

TO BE:

A LAY THERAPIST--

NO PUN INTENDED.

DOESN'T IT OCCUR

TO YOU:

PUTTING YOUR CHILD

IN THERAPY:

WITH A STRANGER:

WILL MAKE HIM:

FEEL MORE SEPARATE?

IF I THOUGHT THAT,

WOULD I BE DOING IT?

PREDICTING:

YOUR MOTIVES:

IS NO SOMETHING I CARE

TO MAKE BOOK ON.

YOU WANT ME TO PAY

FOR THIS TREATMENT?

I ONLY WAN YOUR SUPPORT.

THAT'S WHY

I ASKED YOU:

TO COME HERE.

I WISH I COULD:

BELIEVE THAT.

I CANNOT BELIEVE

YOU'RE SENDING A CHILD

INTO THERAPY.

STAY OU OF THIS.

MESS UP YOUR OWN LIVES.

DON'T DRAG HIM INTO IT.

DON'T TALK TO US

THAT WAY.

DON'T YOU TALK TO ME

LIKE THIS.

WE HAVE:

A JAMAICAN SAYING--

NOBODY:

GIVES A DAMN:

ABOUT THAT.

I DO.

STAY OU OF THIS.

"THE HIGHER

THE MONKEY CLIMB,

THE MORE HE EXPOSE."

YOU TELL HER:

YOU'RE NO INTERESTED,

SHE TELLS YOU:

ANYWAY.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?

NOTHING'S WRONG WITH YOU.

PSYCHIATRISTS JUS HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND

YOURSELF BETTER.

WILL CLARA TALK:

TO ME AGAIN?

HE MIGHT HELP YOU

UNDERSTAND WHY YOU

DISREGARDED HER PRIVACY.

THEY'LL MAKE FUN

OF ME AT SCHOOL.

DON'T YOU SEE

THAT'S PAR OF THE PROBLEM?

CAN DR. EPSTEIN

STRAIGHTEN:

THIS OUT?

I MEAN, LOOK

WHAT'S HE'S DONE

FOR YOU.

BILL, I SWEAR TO GOD--

YOU LEAVE GOD:

OUT OF THIS MESS.

I'LL MAKE SURE THE CHILD

GOES TO A PSYCHIATRIST,

BUT YOU LEAVE THIS BOY

OUT THE MIDDLE.

I REALLY RESEN YOUR INTRUSION

INTO THIS.

THEN FIRE ME,

MR. HART.

HE'S NOT FIRING

ANYBODY.

DAVID,

YOU COME WITH ME.

I DON'T BELIEVE

I QUITE FOLLOW YOU, DAVID.

PHOTOS FROM OLD:

FAMILY ALBUMS.

YOU AND CLARA?

WE PIN THEM:

ON THE WALL:

AND THROW DARTS:

AT THEM.

WE HAD A 5-3-1

SCORING SYSTEM.

PHOTOGRAPHS:

OF YOUR FATHER?

THEY WERE OLD ONES--

WHEN HE HAD HIS:

MUSTACHE.

HE HATES THEM.

YOU SWEAR YOU WON' TELL ANYONE WHA I CONFIDED IN YOU

BECAUSE, FRANKLY,

IF MY DAD FOUND OUT,

HE'D REALLY

BE UPSET.

I'M SURE HE WOULD BE.

I MEAN,

HE REALLY THOUGH HE LOOKED

LIKE A STUD:

IN THAT MUSTACHE.

I TAKE I YOU'RE NOT CRAZY

ABOUT YOUR FATHER.

WHAT ELSE:

DID THE TWO OF YOU DO?

US TWO WHO?

YOU AND CLARA.

WE DID THINGS:

TOGETHER:

WHERE SHE DIDN'T ASK

AS MANY QUESTIONS

AS YOU DO.

OUR TIME'S UP

FOR TODAY.

WHY DON'T I NOT ASK YOU

ANY MORE QUESTIONS

UNTIL NEXT WEEK?

YOU TOLD THAT MAN

THAT WE THROW DARTS

AT PICTURES OF YOUR FATHER?

I TOLD HIM WE HAD

A SCORING SYSTEM.

THAT WAS WRONG.

NEVER PUT ME UP:

AGAINST YOUR PARENTS,

NOT EVEN IN JEST.

YOU TOLD ME TO LIE.

I KNOW,

BUT I DID NOT MEAN...

THAT MAN MUST THINK

THAT I LOVE BOTH

OF YOUR PARENTS EQUALLY.

MMM.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

YEAH, I SEE.

NOW, I'M NOT UPSET.

I JUST GO A LITTLE OVEREXCITED.

THERE MUST BE ROOM

FOR MISTAKES WHEN YOU

PLAY GAMES SUCH AS THESE.

I'LL BE MORE CAREFUL

NEXT TIME.

NOW, DAVID HART,

WE MUST THINK OF SOMETHING

ABSOLUTELY DEVILISH

TO TELL THIS MAN

NEXT WEEK.

YOU REALLY WAN TO HEAR THIS?

PLEASE.

WHEN BILL GETS HOME

FROM WORK,

HE AND LEONA LIKE--

LIKE TO GE DRESSED UP,

IF YOU KNOW:

WHAT I MEAN.

NO, I'M AFRAID

I DON'T.

WELL, BILL LIKES

TO DRESS UP:

LIKE LEONA,

AND LEONA LIKES:

TO DRESS UP:

LIKE BILL.

WE'RE TALKING

INCLUDING UNDERWEAR.

MM-HMM, AND THEN?

WELL, THEN THEY

START ACTING:

LIKE EACH OTHER.

BILL STARTS WAVING

HIS ARMS LIKE THIS

AND POURS HER:

A DRINK,

AND LEONA'S IN THIS

THREE-PIECE SUIT,

AND SHE STARTS:

BITCHING ABOU THE MARITIME UNION.

HOW COULD YOU KNOW THIS

UNLESS YOU SAW THEM?

OH, I NEVER

SAW THEM,

BUT CLARA DID ONCE

BY ACCIDENT.

SO SHE TOLD YOU:

THAT SHE SAW THEM?

NO. SHE WOULDN' DO THAT.

SEE, I OVERHEARD

A TELEPHONE:

CONVERSATION:

SHE HAD WITH:

HER FRIEND BLANCHE.

MRS. HART,

MAY I SEE YOU:

FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE?

WHERE ON EARTH:

DID YOU GE THAT MATERIAL?

I MADE IT UP.

YOUR FATHER WOULD...

WHAT?

I WOULD LOVE:

TO SEE YOUR FATHER

IN SOME:

OF MY UNDERWEAR.

HELLO, DAVID.

AREN'T YOU

DAVID HART?

UM...

UM, YES. I MEAN--

I MEAN--

I DIDN'T MEAN

TO HESITATE,

LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW

I WAS DAVID HART.

I JUST--

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW

WHO I AM.

WHO ARE YOU?

ASHLEY LAFFERTY.

I JUST MOVED INTO

THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

OH, SURE. YEAH.

DO YOU:

KNOW ME NOW?

NO, BUT I'M GLAD

TO MEET YOU.

I-- I--

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD.

WHAT WERE YOU:

GOING TO SAY?

I LIKE YOUR GLASSES.

I WAS AFRAID:

THEY'D MAKE ME

LOOK LIKE A GEEK.

OH,

DEFINITELY NOT. NO.

THANKS.

THANKS A LOT.

OH, IS THIS

YOUR DOG?

NO. IT'S SOME

STRANGER'S DOG.

ACTUALLY,

IT'S MY MOTHER'S

NEW HUSBAND'S DOG,

BUT WE SORT OF:

ADOPTED EACH OTHER.

YOUR MOM:

AND YOUR REAL DAD

ARE DIVORCED?

SURE.

WHOSE PARENTS:

AREN'T DIVORCED, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

WELL.

UM, YEAH.

SO--SO I'LL SEE YOU, OK?

BYE.

BYE.

WELCOME:

TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HELLO, DAVID.

HI, DAVID.

COME IN,

SWEETHEART.

COME IN.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

SIT DOWN,

DAVID.

I GE THE FEELING

I SHOULD STAND.

YOU'LL MAKE US ALL

LESS UNCOMFORTABLE

IF YOU SIT, DAVID.

DAVID, PETER HAS

ACCEPTED AN OFFER

TO RELOCATE THE MAIN BASE

FOR HIS WORKSHOPS

IN CALIFORNIA.

IT'S ALL VERY SUDDEN,

BUT WE'RE LEAVING

IN TWO WEEKS.

AND WE WANT YOU:

TO COME WITH US.

I PREFER, OF COURSE,

YOU LIVE WITH ME.

YOU GUYS:

ARE JOKING,

RIGHT?

NO. NO JOKE.

WOULD CLARA:

BE ABLE TO COME?

CLARA DOESN'T EXPEC TO BE BURDENED

WITH YOU:

FOR THE RES OF HER LIFE.

BURDENED?

WHAT WE'RE SAYING

IS THAT YOU'RE

A STATISTIC KID,

BUT WE WANT YOU:

TO BE A HAPPY:

STATISTIC.

BOTH YOUR MOTHER AND I

WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY.

I'M VERY HAPPY.

I THINK:

WE HAVE TO RE-ESTABLISH

AS NORMAL:

A FAMILY ENVIRONMEN AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU.

YOU, IN TURN,

HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

THAT WE'RE

GOING TO BE A FAMILY.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

DAVID UNDERSTANDS THIS.

WHAT?

THAT WE'RE IN

AN AWFUL SITUATION

NOT ENTIRELY:

OF OUR OWN MAKING,

BUT WE LOVE HIM AND

WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR HIM.

WE'LL LET HIM

THINK ABOUT THIS.

HOW'S THAT SOUND?

NOT GOOD.

WHY NOT, SWEETHEART?

I DON'T WANT TO MOVE

TO CALIFORNIA,

AND I DON'T WANT TO

LIVE WITH YOU.

WHAT, DO YOU WAN TO LIVE WITH CLARA?

[REGGAE MUSIC PLAYING]

OH, YES.

LOOKS LIKE DAVID'S

HAVING A GOOD TIME.

DAVID, WE WANT YOU

TO TALK PATOIS:

TO SOME GIRLS:

OVER THERE.

OH, NO. ME NO A DISPLAY, YOU KNOW.

YOU GOT TO SING:

THE TOOTS SONG.

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