Dial a Prayer Page #4

of our own negativity.

Please.

You were better with us.

Standing up to the bullshit...

was a good thing.

Lighting a match was the

biggest...

Stop!

Everybody back there

cares for you, Cora.

And you gotta know that

we're the ones who really

got your back.

I don't know.

Um, the wo...

does she have jet black hair,

like porcelain skin,

regal almost, beautiful.

I can't remember.

She could have been gone,

Shane... forever.

And the church is making me

do some bullshit

community service...

because of my a**hole,

connected father...

Cora.

And you know what?

No, I feel bad, really bad.

And the shittiest part is...

is that lately people are

starting to treat me

like I'm good.

It's okay.

It's not okay!

It's not!

I mean, how could I be?

Living back here.

We're all waiting for you,

Cora .

This is no place for you.

Can expect up to an inch

of snow and a high of only 30.

Overnight, flurries will

increase with total

accumulations of three inches.

Tonight's low, near 15.

Scattered snow squall activity

tomorrow with a high of 34.

With the wind out of the north

at 19 miles per hour.

It's currently 20...

Hello, Dial-a-Prayer.

Hi, it's me.

You can't call me here

anymore... okay?

Cora, please don't hang up.

I need to know right now if

what

you're telling me is bullshit..

about me saving you.

I'm sure it is, I just,

I just- -

If you are telling me

the truth, then I need...

I just need to know.

Okay?

You gotta believe me...

can't you?

Please believe me.

I'll be there after work.

Before when I called,

I was in a dark place...

and I... I don't like

to talk about it...

but... I mean,

I will if you need me to.

I do.

I don't know.

It's like...

a voice in my head

telling me I'm no good.

You know?

Sometimes when it gets really

loud, I would just... I would do

anything to get away from it.

Make it stop.

Prayer seemed to settle

everything down for me...

but more than that...

it was you.

I felt it when I met you.

And when I saw you at the diner

it was there again...

and I can't explain it.

But, I don't know...

it was like a calm

came over me .

But... if you don't want me to

come around anymore, I won't.

Okay?

I should probably go,

because... I don't know...

I'm not...

Please don't go.

You sure?

Yeah, I... I'd like it

if you stayed.

Okay.

I'd like that.

Bam! That's what

I'm talking about!

Praise God!

Dial-a-Prayer, this is Cora.

Thanks for holding.

Hallelujah!

Okay, I'll circle that.

Corresponding average...

Praise God! Praise God!

You've just dialed a prayer.

So where are we headed?

Hopefully not as far

as last time.

North... keep going.

So this is the draw, huh?

I know, I mean, it's not...

it's not much, but...

this flat, white surface...

doesn't mean anything to you?

Yeah, the new-ness.

Nothing's happened to it.

It's so white.

Yeah, it's very white.

I don't know, doesn't that kind

of make it boring, though?

I mean, like how long can

it stay like this before

it melts...

or a deer shits on it,

or a truck drives through it?

You know, then what?

Then it's no good?

I mean, you can't stay

perfect forever.

I know.

But did you remember to make

a list of all the good things

that came out of getting fired?

No, I... I get that.

I don't know, maybe think

about the walk that you can

take in the morning.

Cora, it is amazing.

Um, hold, please.

We've had calls backed up

for you for the past hour.

You are on to something.

Is it the uals?

Do you find them helpful?

Or is it...

Cora!

Girl, you are a rock star!

I mean, genius, so, so genius!

My teachings are helping, no?

Our numbers are double the

drive-through center in Barst.

Seriously, they are like

eating our dust!

And just think of the lives

that

you've touched or we've touched

Cora, you must feel so light.

Cora, you're an inspiration!

Cora, you have like

six lines waiting.

Get the phone, honey.

Guys, we may have to work

overtime today.

Overtime.

Yea-yah!

Um, thank you for holding.

When I was a kid, I used to do

these crazy Google searches...

looking for towns

with weird names, like Taco.

Named Nothing or Somewhere.

But any city I'd ever go to,

I'd always like to find

a place like this.

I would look at all the lights,

and I would imagine a person

for every one of those lights.

It's amazing.

Kind of all looks pretty

from over here.

Hm.

When things got bad for me

last couple of years...

I remember they said it was

chemical or some sh*t, but...

I couldn't stop thinking...

"My lights going out...

"And no one is even noticing."

I thought I could fix it...

if I... if I found a town

called Somewhere.

You know, that if I...

if I went there...

and I left everything and

everyone, it had to be

a place that mattered.

You know, a place where

I wouldn't get lost.

Or if I did get lost,

it would be okay.

I don't know.

You seem like someone

who pays attention

when the lights go out.

Real attention.

Hm.

You ever wish

you could start over?

I do.

Completely from scratch.

See you later.

Hey-ho!

Good morning.

Morning, there, Jeff.

Good morning!

Hey... Cora.

Hey, it's got a reindeer!

See you later.

Oh, I remember that.

It was the Chancel Drama,

you were the Angel Gabriel.

What?

Look, the wings are

practically twice your size.

That was beautiful.

Tell me.

Well, the Angel Gabriel

went to visit Mary

in Nazareth...

and told her that she would

give birth to the son of God.

Which was not possible,

because Mary was a virgin...

but Gabriel said that nothing

was impossible with God.

And then you stood up at age

four and you proclaimed...

in the clearest of voices,

"Nothing is impossible

with God."

You were a little angel.

Hm.

Yeah, I guess I was.

Hey.

Hey.

I got a call... you'll

never guess from where.

Who?

Not who, where?

Somewhere.

No way.

She said she was

from Somewhere...

and I asked her to clarify and-

Wow.

I'm serious.

Well, there you go.

Pretty odd chances, right?

Are you okay?

Yeah, no, Somewhere,

it's crazy.

You think the prayers really

make a difference?

Seems that's what people

believe anyway.

Maybe believing it's working

is enough, you know?

Yeah.

Or maybe it's just being

there for someone is all.

Like I was there for you...

right?

Yeah.

You think you'll stay

in town for a while?

Yeah, I think so, for now.

Looking around for some work.

Thank you, Cora!

Cora! Cora!

Pray for me, Cora!

Oh, praise Jesus!

Hallelujah!

It's all a myth!

Based on nothing!

These empty phrases.

You people think you're

helping.

Do it!

Do it!

This machine that asks you

to pray to what?

Come on, Cora!

The same old stories?

Do it! Do it!

Come on! Do it! Do it!

Yeah! Yeah!

Come on!

What does the church represent?

What they say?

What they've done?

Religion is the thing that

destroys countries.

Look at all the wars

in the last century.

How y are connected to this

idea of how to worship?

Go.

Let's go.

Cora! Cora!

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