God's Country Page #5

there would be a phone I could use.

Um, yeah, well,

the only phone's in my father's office.

Other than that, the closest phone's

about 10 miles away in the nearest town.

I could ask him if you like.

Oh, no.

I guess I could drive you to

town if it's that important.

Yes, it is that important.

Just far enough until I get some cell signal,

and then I could make the call.

Yeah, sure.

Come on. We'll take my car

and we'll be back before lunch.

Yeah, all right.

Where are you guys headed?

Oh, she needed to make an

important call and use the phone.

I didn't want to bother you.

Is that right, Meghan?

Yeah.

That's right.

You okay?

Yeah. All of a sudden

I just feel sick.

Maybe Carol can help her

with her sudden sickness.

You know, I think I'll be okay.

I just need to sit down and rest.

Run! Run!

Come back! Come on,

come on. Come back! Come on.

Let's go!

Come on!

Run, run! Go, go! Come on!

We would have won if I didn't

have to run two legs of the race.

Yeah, what's her problem?

She scared of breaking a nail?

So how do you feel?

I still feel a little dizzy.

I understand if you wanna leave, but...

I wasn't trying to leave.

I will be here until next Saturday,

'Cause we agreed

that you would sign that deed.

And I'll be here to

personally hand it to you.

It sure looked like you

were trynna leave today.

I wasn't trying to leave.

I was making a call.

My job is at stake and I needed

to let Mr. Whitaker know

it's taking a lot longer than I thought.

Meghan,

the point is to leave that behind.

You being here is about resting

and getting in touch with God.

Calling Whitaker is not gonna change that

or speed up the process.

You are just so in control.

But you know what I've figured out?

You're the only one who knows

how bad things are around here.

And you're the only one who knows that

this may be the last week

this place is in business.

(I) wonder how your family

would feel if they found out.

You threatening me?

You've reached Meghan Doherty.

Please leave a message.

Meghan, hey, it's me.

I've been calling for three days now.

No one in God's Country

is answering the phone.

So, if you had closed the deal you

would haves called by now, right?

I'm really getting worried.

Hola, Meghan, soy yo.

It's Valentina.

I wish you would just

pick up the phone.

We are all trying to locate you.

I really hope that

Your not calling has anything to do

with our discussion the other night.

I'm so sorry.

I miss you.

Please, just...

just call me back or,

or call Adam, okay?

All right.

Bye.

gotta love it in God's Country

nice!

You know what, I was

just thinking something.

When I was a kid growing up

in California,

one of the things

that I remember the most

was spending the holidays

together with my family.

And even though we were

all packed in there,

it was a tiny little two-Bedroom house,

- I was the runt,

- Rightfully so!

Right?

I slept on the floor.

I had my brother here,

I had my sister here,

these cousins everywhere.

I never felt crowded.

Never.

You know what I felt?

I felt love.

I felt togetherness.

I just don't think there's anything

that can replace that feeling,

that feeling of being

together with your family.

Amen.

I think maybe we should

take a little moment here

to realize how lucky we are

to be here with each other.

Amen.

You know.

Okay.

All right.

(I) Guess I'm sorry if I got you

into any trouble this morning.

No, you didn't get me

into any trouble.

I do have a question for you.

What's going on?

Why is my father hovering over you

like a mother over a new born baby?

When I came here I told

him that I needed help.

And so he agreed to help me

and treat me like everyone else.

(I'm) Not being nosy,

but help you with what?

Don't worry. I'm not

a drug addict or anything.

I'm a workaholic.

And so it's work that

I think about all the time

and hence I'm up here for rest.

Hence, no cell phones,

no computers,

None of that stuff.

That's what your dad's

been helping me with.

Yeah, well, he can be bullheaded

and stubborn sometimes.

Tell me about it.

How's your back?

You know, it's...

still a little tight.

But I think the aspirin

has helped ease the pain.

So what do you...

So tell me about Jake.

I've been a counselor here since my

parents owned and ran the place.

I left for a couple of years to go

to college and business school.

And then I came back to help

my mother and father run it.

Where did you go

to business school?

Harvard.

You went to Harvard business school?

Yeah.

What are you doing here

working as a counselor?

Well, who needs Wall Street? You know.

I came here to learn how to build the perfect bonfire.

Plus I make one heck of a smore.

Listen, do you wanna

come with me?

There's something

I wanna show you.

Okay.

So, this is my vision.

I wanna build a Christian college

with full student housing.

Uh, the campus will be a state of the art

college with full academic curriculum.

And the students, they

can earn college credit

and they can earn scholarships by

working at the camp during the summer.

This, um...

Well, this is a day care center for single

mothers who wanna attend college.

This is student housing.

Oh, and look at this.

That's the student activity center.

I'm impressed.

Does your father know about this?

Oh, yeah, of course he does.

I mean, we spent thousands putting together a

business plan with some really solid projections.

And we can get state funding, tax relief.

But,

I'm talking about building

an entire infrastructure here,

I mean electricity, sewage, water, paving a

road that goes all the way to the highway.

I'm sorry.

Am I boring you with this?

No! No.

So why haven't you

put this plan into action?

Graham Estates is a nonprofit organization.

It raises most of our funding

through church offerings.

With the economy hitting

all churches, big and small,

it's put our entire organization into flux.

What we need is a venture capitalist to invest,

but so far efforts have fallen on deaf ears.

Our vision is not their vision.

My family...

We really believe in helping

those who need help.

It's God's way.

Paperwork looks good.

And we are ready to move forward

with Whitaker & Associates.

Mr. Whitaker, one question:

Where's Ms. Doherty?

Have you heard anything?

Nothing. Adam,

I'm worried.

My brother thinks

she's very impressive.

It's been four days!

Okay, hold on.

- Ms. Doherty?

- Yes.

Valentina hasn't heard anything.

...and she is. She is

very impressive indeed,

And right now she's away.

She's handling...

some very detailed business, but...

I don't know what to do

or how to reach her.

Why doesn't someone just drive down

there and make sure she's all right?

...I can assure you that

everything is going to plan

and the closing will take place on time.

How's the weather over there, Hoshi?

Mr. Whitaker doesn't wanna

go down and interfere.

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