Forever My Girl Page #4

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too, Josie,

whether you like it or not.

Can I have a little time

to think about it?

Yeah.

Of course you can.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Here.

You got a pen for me to sign?

You sign it

with your finger, Liam.

Yeah. I knew that.

Do you need help with those?

No, I got them.

Eight is thirty-two...

always try

to remember that one.

That's a really good one.

Do you want me

to cut you a piece?

- Ready?

- Cheers.

Mmm!

Good, huh?

Uh-hmm.

So, sweet pea, there is...

There's actually something

I want to talk to you about.

It's about your daddy.

I thought you never wanted

to talk about him?

I did not.

But that is not fair to you.

You have a right

to know your father.

But that only is if you want to,

because if you don't,

that's okay, too.

I don't know.

He seemed nice to me.

The guy from outside the church

and the flower shop, right?

You two weren't exactly subtle,

if you know what I mean.

How did you get...

Okay.

Yes.

Now sweet pea,

we met when we were

very, very young.

But it's important that you know

that he did not

abandon you, okay?

He didn't even know

that I was pregnant.

Yeah.

He looked pretty shocked

when he saw me.

We should invite him

over for dinner.

Might help him process the news.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

You amaze me, child.

Uh-uh,

that's my blackberry!

Don't you dare eat that, Billy.

Billy!

- Okay, Maria?

- Yes, ma'am.

Hey, try Liam.

- Of course, ma'am.

- Please.

Oh, and you know what?

Oh, hold that for a second.

I want a...

I want a Cobb salad,

just... I want it

with no chicken,

no tomato, no cheese, no corn.

You know, I'll call it in.

I'll call it in

because the last time,

you messed it up and you got

me something with bananas.

Yeah. Hello?

Liam, it's late, wake up.

Yeah, I am awake.

- Who is this?

- Hello?

It's Doris Grossnickle Hines,

your favorite lifeline.

Oh, hey, Doris.

Hey, so guess

where I have the paparazzi

thinking you are right now?

Uh, somewhere

in the Caribbean, right?

Yes. St. Barts

at a rehab for exhaustion.

They are on a wild goose chase

as we speak.

- Great.

- So, listen,

those pap smears

can only run around

that tiny little island

for so long

without figuring out

even in their tiny brains

that you are not there.

So, L-I-am, when am I

going to tell the public

that you are out

of that sexy little rehab?

Because your fans

are chomping

at the bit right now.

I'm in my hometown

right now, Doris.

An old friend of mine

passed away.

Oh.

Oh, that's terrible.

I'm so sorry, Liam.

But, listen to me, funerals

are much better than rehab

for playing the sympathy card,

so what I want you to do

is take as many selfies

as you can of yourself

in the shower,

shirtless, bottomless,

I don't care, in the coffin,

by the coffin,

hugging the corpse.

It doesn't... just get

these pictures into me

and I will get you

the cover of People.

Yeah. Goodbye, Doris.

Liam?

Did he just hang up on me?

Uh-uh. Uh-uh.

This is not good.

Hello?

I need

to buy something, Sam,

on the internet.

- Are you drunk?

- No.

I have not been drinking. I...

Say if I wanted to buy

an espresso machine,

how would I...

How do I go about doing that?

Okay. You Google it

and you click buy.

Oh, it's... so it's that easy.

Okay. All right.

Say if I...

If I wanted to buy

some jewelry or a teddy bear,

how would I do that?

Okay. What the heck's

going on down there, Liam?

I mean, you said you're going

to be there for a few days,

- and...

- Yeah, uh...

I think I might...

I might be staying

for a little longer.

Okay. Great. So how long

are we talking about?

Turns out...

I have a daughter.

What? Shoot.

Liam, with a groupie?

My ex-fiance

from a long time ago. Um...

She's seven,

and her name's Billy.

Sam? You alive?

You... no, yeah, I'm...

I mean, wow.

Oh, Liam Page is a dad.

You think I'm going

to be terrible at it?

No, no, no, no, no.

I think you'll be great.

Hanging out

with a scarecrow loose

On the other side

Of

The whine and the whistle

Of a passing train

Sounds so heavy...

I remember these plates.

Your mom used to use them

all the time.

You knew my mom's mom?

Yeah, I did.

I used to come

over here for dinner

all the time growing up.

He did, sweetie.

Back when this was

my mama's house,

Uncle Jake and I

were growing up.

Like the bear?

It's very big.

I mean, you like

teddy bears, right?

Yeah, when I was four.

Billy, manners, please.

Thank you, Liam.

You don't mind me

calling you Liam, do you,

since I don't know you

well enough to call you Dad?

Billy Anne,

what's gotten into you?

What? It's the truth.

I said I wanted to meet him,

but I never said

I'd be easy on him.

She's got a point.

Yeah, Liam is fine.

Liam's fine, Billy.

Open your present, Mama.

You don't have

to stay down

You don't have

to stay down

I don't know what to say, but...

May I be excused?

Of course you can, sweet pea.

Hey, Liam, you wanna see

my pet rabbit?

That sounds...

That sounds like fun.

You know what,

I'll come with you, okay?

Mama, I'm all right.

You're not gonna kill me

or anything, are you?

Billy Anne,

that's enough.

I'm just joking.

Come on.

You're not

seriously thinking about

letting that guy back

in your life, are you?

Hello?

Yes, you are so cute.

Do you want some water?

Here she is.

Yeah,

here she is.

So, are you gonna take

her out of her cage?

No way.

She might bite me

or scratch my eyes out.

Well...

you mind if I take her out?

Okay.

But if she bites you,

you only have yourself to blame.

Okay.

Are you sure

you don't wanna pet her?

I'm sure.

She is very soft.

So, my mama played me

some more of your songs.

Oh, yeah?

You're better than I

originally thought.

Thanks.

So, I guess we should

get to know each other

or something.

Yeah, I'd like that.

Why don't you pick me up

after school tomorrow?

I would love that, Billy.

That was terrible.

I was terrible.

I mean, I don't know

how to do kids.

She hated that teddy bear

just like you hated

that necklace.

Liam, Billy doesn't need you

to buy her things,

and I don't need you

to buy me anything, either.

I can't accept this.

She got your smile, you know.

Got your laugh, too.

You don't remember my laugh.

I can't do that part

with you, Liam.

- Good night.

- No, no, no, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait.

She asked me if I...

If I could pick her up

from school tomorrow.

Liam, this is moving

way too fast.

You're gone for eight years

and now you wanna pick up

my daughter from school?

Our daughter.

I...

I'm... I have no right

to ask for much here at all.

I know that.

But I'm here now...

and I wanna be here, Josie.

I wanna get to know Billy.

Please, just give me

the opportunity

to do that.

- I'll beg.

- Okay. Okay.

You want me to beg?

I'll beg for you.

- Liam, Liam...

- I'll beg for you.

Liam, stop. Get up.

Fine, tomorrow...

meet me at 3:
00

at the old benches.

We can pick her up together.

Thank you.

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