Donovan's Echo Page #5

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Back... back it up.

Right there.

Pretty fast for an old guy.

One more time.

Must've known

it was falling.

The city workers do

their best to detour traffic

towards the Dunlop bypass.

When asked to comment,

city officials pointed

to records indicating

that 30 years ago,

the designer Andy Andreasen

had raised concerns

over the structural

integrity of the bridge.

A formal assessment at that

time showed no visible signs

of structural engineering

faults or deterioration,

and a mandated annual

inspection since then

has not revealed any

indication for concern either.

Once again, searchers

are trying to confirm

if anyone was on Junop

Bridge when it collapsed,

just after midnight.

I sometimes get my letters

and my numbers mixed up.

My D's and P's,

my 6's and 9's.

Hello?

Sarah?

Thank God you're okay.

It's Donovan.

I was right!

- I told you to stop

bothering us.

It happened.

The bridge,

the bridge that Maggie's

great grandfather built,

Junop Bridge!

I thought it was going to be

the 6th but it was today!

Something's happened,

I can't explain.

I'm going to go now.

Hang on.

Maggie's scratch...

I saved her!

The saw that fell

at the grocery store.

That's not what happened.

I know it sounds strange.

I'm trying to figure it out.

Listen, the truck

from Jason's accident...

Don't.

I've seen it!

I was there!

A black truck.

With lights on the roof.

Donovan?

When I saw it, I saw

a vision of Maggie...

Put the phone down!

Donovan!

She was

crushed slow.

We're leaving now.

Don't make me call

the police.

Wait, wait, wait!

Sa-Sarah? Oh sh*t!

God damnit.

Oh Damnit!

Donovan?

I have someone that's

in danger!

I've seen it.

I'm not crazy

God damnit!

Hey! It's okay.

Can I just...

give me a second.

Finn! It collapsed!

Don...

Look here. The girls, man!

Now look here,

you've got to listen to me.

We've got to do... Maggie...

I believe you.

I believe you.

Sweetie, how did you get

that scratch?

You said it was at recess,

right?

A big saw fell at

the grocery store

and smashed by my bike.

Donovan saved me.

Excuse me?

How long are we uh...

Oh, we're trying to detour

traffic as best we can,

the bridge collapsed

last night.

Donovan said that

would happen.

What did you say?

He knew it was going

to collapse.

Just like he knew the saw

was going to fall.

Did he mention

anything else?

Maybe a... a black truck

with roof lights?

No, but I saw one like that

at the shop on the lift.

Uncle Kit painted it silver

but didn't do as good

as a job as Dad.

I can't put out an APB for

them without sound reasoning,

they're going to think

I'm nuts.

Uh... yeah, sorry.

There's got to be a clue

I'm overlooking.

Something, maybe to do

with her father's accident.

Well what about the garage?

You have their number?

Hey, Finn!

Woah, what do you think

that means?

Maybe... What if...

What if these images

and feelings, whatever,

came to me 30 years

too soon?

Maybe provoked by similar

dates and circumstances.

A scaffolding accident

that never happened.

A feeling about a bridge

before it was built.

I thought this had to do

with my research.

This image came to me

30 years ago, today!

The same...

The same date

my family died.

It's always been this!

Everything's about now.

If I hadn't been preoccupied

with this image,

everything would've

been different.

Don... Don... Just...

That Christopher Bailey kid

killed your family, not you.

Just try and stay focused.

You think it's about

the garage?

Then we'll call them.

Your past is an anchor

holding you down.

It's time to forgive

that young boy.

It's Kit!

Christopher?

You mean Jas and Magnolia?

He was the kid driving

the truck 30 years ago?

That can't be right!

Right after juvie his

parents sent him off

to live with relatives

out East.

As far as I know,

he's still there.

I don't know.

They say at the A.A. he moved

here three months ago.

Finn!

I think it's him.

Buzz me out please!

He hasn't been assessed

by his doctor.

Look, I don't have

time for this.

Just buzz me out!

You can show me your

Air Miles card sir,

it doesn't change the policy.

You want to take

this up with the...

Wait in the car, sweetie.

I'll just be a few

minutes okay?

'kay

Kit?

Hey!

I thought you and Maggie

were heading out.

You know uh, I've never been

to one of those IMAX shows.

I hear they're

pretty good.

Whose truck is this?

What's that?

Whose truck is that

on the lift?

Oh, it's some guy

that came in a while ago.

It's actually someone that

Jason was dealing with.

It'd been stuck up on this

broken lift for a while now.

I tried to fix it but...

Did you come to the garage

that night?

What?

Did you come here to rob us?

You broke in here...

Sarah, why would you?

...and Jason caught you!

Sarah.

I'm in over my head.

I have so much debt.

I knew you guys had insurance,

I wasn't trying to steal

from you!

Jason hired me,

he was my friend.

Why would he follow?

You son of a b*tch!

You son of a b*tch!

You killed him!

Sarah!

What is it?

Someone's going to die.

Wait here.

No. Wait.

No Finn, this is why

I came.

Wait. In the car.

I'm calling the police.

No!

Hey, hey, hey!

What's going on here?

We're closed!

Mrs. Waldgrave?

You must be Christopher.

Who the hell are you?

I'm Sergeant Boyd.

So what, you're

going to arrest me now?

Hey, you've just got

to calm...

Kit, stop it!

Ahhhhh!

Oh, my God Kit,

what have you done?

It was his gun,

it was an accident.

We need to call

an ambulance!

He needs help!

Kit!

Sarah, I didn't mean

for this to happen!

Kit!

None of us did, Kit.

Kit, put the gun down.

You!

You keep following me.

What do you want?

The same thing

we both want.

To forgive ourselves.

You don't know me!

You were just a young boy,

30 years ago today.

You went for a joyride.

Donovan, don't!

What are you talking about?

It was my family.

My wife and daughter

were in that car.

Jasmine and Magnolia.

It was an accident!

I was just a stupid kid,

it was just a dare!

I couldn't show my face

in this town,

my own parents wanted

nothing to do with me!

It wasn't your fault

my family died.

Shut up!

I paid my dues!

It was my fault, Kit.

I said shut up!

Really, Don...

why are you back?

I'm trying to figure out

what it means.

It's a symbol for hope.

I believe that I returned

to look out after this girl.

That's pretty advanced math

that you're doing there.

Alternative energy sources.

Maybe there is

some hope for the future!

Ahhhhhh!

Oh, God!

Maggie!

Oh my God!

The individual

I'm about to introduce,

has changed our global outlook

by reducing world dependence

on nuclear energy,

bringing us a new energy.

A new way of life.

A renewed hope for a nuclear

free future.

Expanding on the work of

Doctor Donovan Matheson,

please join me in showing

our appreciation

for the "mother of cold fusion",

Doctor Maggie Waldgrave!

There's hope,

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