Forever My Girl Page #7

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- Grab a beer, man.

Join me.

No, I'm all good.

I'm just kind of greasy

from the rigs, you know.

All right.

We'll be out here.

Billy?

Billy! Hey, Liam,

do something, man,

she's choking.

Hey, it's going to be okay,

Billy, I got you.

- ...Billy's choking.

- All right? Come on.

- It's going to be okay, Billy.

- Billy?

Take a breath.

- Take a breath, sweetheart.

- Come on, come on.

Take a breath, come on.

She's not breathing.

One more. One more.

Come on baby, breathe.

Jake, it's not working.

- She's not breathing.

- I've got it, okay?

Jake, you have to do something.

Okay. I got this, okay!

- Calm down.

- Come on baby, breathe.

Come on, you got this.

Stay with me, Billy Anne,

- stay with me.

- A couple more,

- come on, let's go.

- You got this, baby.

All right.

One more, come on.

Julie, give her

10 CCs of epi and push it.

Come on, Billy, not yet.

Liam, sweetie,

would you go

get your daddy for me?

Liam?

Sweetie, I need you

to go get your dad.

I think he went down the hall.

Go get your daddy for me.

Julie, just take him

to see his dad.

I don't want him to see this.

Come on, Billy Anne Page,

come on, there's still

a little more in you,

not yet.

- Not yet.

- Come on, baby, breathe.

Come on, you got this.

- Come on baby, come on.

- Take a breath.

- Come on, breathe.

- Here comes a big one.

Come on.

- Squeeze her.

There you go, you're good.

Oh, my God, you...

- Oh, my God.

- Let's go.

Let's get some water.

Let's have some lemonade, okay?

Oh, baby.

Hey, everybody want some milk?

She's all right.

She's all right.

She'll be just fine.

- Mama, I love you.

- Here's some lemonade.

You okay, honey?

- Yeah?

- Are you all right?

Yeah,

let's eat, everybody.

Here, drink

some more lemonade for Mama.

Oh, you scared Mama.

You scared me so bad.

You say goodbye

so many times

It's lost its meaning

And memories are gone

What's left to love?

Oh, believe me

Slowing down

Oh, believe me

Slowing down

It don't come easy

Man, I didn't know

you could sing like that, Walt.

Well,

I only sing in this bar.

And you...

you weren't old enough

to come in here

before you left.

You know,

I used to sing in here

with your mom.

You used to sing with my mom?

Billy and I used

to get quite the crowd in here.

Man.

But it was you

she liked playing with the most.

She was always so proud of you.

That's really nice

tonight, Walt.

Thanks, Fred.

You need a ride?

I'm all right.

All right, son.

Take it easy.

How you doing, Jake?

Good, Walt. Yourself?

Good.

You know,

I had a feeling you'd be here.

Hey, Freddy,

- can I get a beer?

- Yeah.

So you think

you're ready to be a dad

because you spent a couple

of weeks playing house?

- Uh-hmm.

- No.

My little niece was choking

and you just sat there, Liam.

I mean, she could've died

if she'd been alone with you.

Man, you got to be on 24/7

when you're a parent, Liam.

You think you're equipped

to keep that little girl

alive every day?

Yeah.

I ain't going to forget

all the bad years that Josie

had because of you, right?

And I was there for her.

I'm the one that got her

through them.

Josie finally managed

to rebuild her life

not just for her,

but for Billy, too.

Because you and I, we both know

that you're just going to find

some way to mess it up...

and it'll destroy them.

You might have

everyone else in this town

fooled right now, but...

you ain't fooling me.

I can't believe

you smashed your hand

through that bar mirror.

I'm almost done.

You'll be able to play again

in no time.

I never want to play again.

Now, don't say that.

Don't say that.

It's a God-given talent

to be able to play

and sing the way you do.

I don't deserve it.

Let's face it.

Just be honest.

I'm a bad person, Dad.

- Liam.

- Come on, it's okay.

It's true.

We've... we've all

forgiven you, son.

You shouldn't have.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry that I left you.

I'm sorry that I didn't

get in touch with you.

Honest, I don't

know why I did it.

I know.

I know.

The further away I went...

the longer I was gone...

the more pain I was in, Dad.

I'm sorry.

I know you are.

I just didn't know

how to get out.

I know.

You know,

when your mom died, son,

I was so stuck

in my own grief...

somehow I overlooked yours.

I got comforting words

for everyone in this town

during their time of need but...

I wasn't able to talk

to my own son during his.

That wound,

that terrible wound,

losing your mom the way you did

at such a young age.

I think being famous

just fed that pain,

knocked down everything

in its path.

So I'm the one

who's sorry, Liam.

I'm so, so sorry.

Shh.

Sitting waiting tables

While she's sitting

waiting for him to show

What her name or story was

Maybe I'll never know

She ain't trying to hide

What's going on inside

And I know

I've been there before

Waiting for somebody

at the only place

You'll see them anymore

Well, she's hiding

out there in her car

Smoking and crying

She don't have

to go too far

To figure out

that she's dying

Thinks her cigarette

will make it better

But she's just lying

To herself about

getting him back

She's still trying

Nothing's ever

going to change

But the time and man

It's flying

While she's smoking

and crying

She sees him pull up

in his old truck

With a brand new girl

I saw her face as she walked

into the place

And it wrecked her world

Wish I could go outside

and give her my best advice

And tell her

it would be okay

But I just drank my coffee

And then I went on my way

Well, she's hiding

out there in her car

Still smoking and crying

She don't have

to go too far

To figure out

that she's dying

Thinks her cigarette

will make it better

But she's just lying

To herself

about getting him back

Man, she's trying

And nothing's ever

going to change

But the time and man

It's flying

She's smoking and crying

Thank you. Thank you, London.

We love you, Liam.

We love you.

All right, all right.

Oh, man. Oh, man.

Great, great show, man.

Nice singing there, Stacy.

- Thanks, Sam.

- Liam,

that's seriously the best set

I think I've ever seen

you perform.

Man, I think

these new songs of yours,

they're just crushing it,

you know?

Just get me

out of here, Sam.

It doesn't matter,

please take your...

Liam, why are you

doing this to yourself?

What?

What the heck happened

while you were home?

She almost died because of me.

Who?

Billy.

Man, we were...

We were all about

to have dinner in the backyard

and Billy started choking

and I just... I froze, man.

I was paralyzed by it.

I'm not... I'm not

a fully formed human being, Sam.

I'm just not.

Liam, you froze with Billy

because you love her.

She could've died, Sam.

But she didn't die, Liam.

And look, we all mess up

sometimes, Liam,

but it's what you do

after you mess up that counts.

You show up,

you be there.

Now, you know what?

This whole time I managed you,

you ain't been nothing

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