Godsend Page #3

---

And then look at him.

I honestly forget sometimes

you know?

And then something like that...

that toy dinosaur thing will happen.

It's OK. It happens to me, too.

- I just worry, you know?

- What?

- If he ever found out.

- He won't find out.

What if he did?

About what it would mean to him.

I just love him so much.

Both of you.

Mm.

No!

No!

Help!

Adam!

Adam!

It's OK.

- I'm right here.

- Who are you?

Dad!

- Adam!

- No!

Mom!

Help!

Adam?

Oh, my God! Adam!

- Go away!

- Take it easy! It's OK. It's OK.

- Stay away!

- Take it easy.

Jessie!

- Get away from me!

- It's OK.

- OK. All right!

- Get off!

- Get off me!

- It's OK. Jessie!

Honey!

- No!

- Oh, God!

Adam! Adam!

- What happened?

- I don't know. He just collapsed.

- Call 911!

- I'm calling Richard!

Richard. Thank God.

I want him in a hospital.

- My staff and I can handle this.

- Your staff don't know about this.

They don't need to. We're close friends.

You know our arrangement.

Maybe we need to reconsider that.

It's five hours, he's still unconscious.

Breathing and color are good

he's responding to stimuli.

He's basically just sleeping.

But for some reason he's not waking up.

What you describe

sounds a lot like night terrors.

It's a sleep disorder.

A child screams in his sleep

he may sit up, walk, even talk

but all attempts to wake him are futile.

No, you weren't there.

This is something entirely different.

All right. Hold on a minute.

I know it's scary

but we talked about this.

The possibility that things could change

once Adam crossed the age

at which he died.

Well, it's been eight years.

As of now, he's crossed it.

You said change.

You never said anything like this.

Because I couldn't have known.

He is the only one, period.

We are and always have been

at the mercy of that fact.

Up till now, we've had a map

Adam's first eight years.

Now we're entering uncharted territory.

We have no way of knowing

who the Adam of age nine

age ten, age 50 is going to be.

What problems he may or may not have.

I promise you, there's nothing more

a hospital would be doing for him.

- What's happening?

- I'd like to find out.

My feeling is it's probably nothing.

Let's just give it a little time. OK?

Yeah.

The last eight years

no matter how happy I've been

I've always had this feeling that

somehow we wouldn't get away with this.

Not that someone would find out. Just...

...somehow we'd lose him again.

We're not gonna lose him.

We're not gonna lose him.

It's OK.

It's OK.

- Adam!

- Oh, gosh!

But no, no, no! Is he all right?

- He's fine.

- Are you OK?

I feel hungry!

Mommy!

- Come on, kiddo.

- Everything's OK.

This is fantastic. Fantastic.

Come on, come on.

Do you feel good?

Yeah.

Thank you.

- Richard, thank you.

- I'll see you all tomorrow.

Adam! Dinner's on.

Come on, kiddo.

Jessie!

He's not up here.

Adam!

Hey! Come on!

Adam!

Hey!

Adam?

Adam.

Adam!

Adam?

There you are.

What are you doing here?

Didn't you hear me calling you?

Hey.

Are you all right? I'm talking to you.

Adam?

Hey, I'm talking to you.

Hey!

Answer me!

Yes, Daddy?

Did... Did you hear me calling you?

Your dinner's ready. Go in the house.

No, Paul just said it was

kind of a strange moment.

No, he seems fine.

Yeah, that's what I'm hoping.

It's probably nothing.

I don't think it's anything to worry about, OK?

All right, take care and I'll see you soon.

All right, well, thanks, Richard.

Take care.

I think

we should take him to a specialist.

- Richard doesn't think it's anything...

- And his word's gospel?

How long are we

supposed to live like this?

When does all this gratitude end?

- Sure you're OK?

- Yeah.

- Sure?

- Yeah.

Bye, Mom.

Anybody know what this is?

It's a big, ugly visual aid.

Let's do it like this.

If you think of DNA as a fuse box

each of the genes

are either switched on or off

depending on which cell

we're talking about.

So that the genes responsible for, say

the length of Kevin's er...

...nose hair

wouldn't be much use in his pinkie toe.

- So what, the gene isn't present?

- No, no, it's present. It's just inactive.

It's turned off.

It's dead.

You know what er...

why don't you just take a look at...

chapter 11 for the rest of the period

and then er... you know, go.

I'm going to put on a little show

for you guys

and you're going to pay me

your lunch money.

And if you don't, I'll rip the crap

out of you for the rest of your life.

- How about this?

- No.

How about, "Yes"?

Ha-ha!

What are you gonna do about it, huh?

What if his having outlived

the life of that first original cell

has somehow allowed some

dormant problem to be switched on?

Maybe it's significant and maybe it isn't.

The fact remains that any changes

in health or behavior

could have occurred naturally

the last time. Night terrors...

- If that's what it is.

- It's a common sleep disorder!

He isn't "common".

What do you want me to say?

That there's something badly wrong?

- You don't think I'm concerned?

- No. No, I don't.

You have every right to worry.

But for eight years

we knew what to expect.

Most parents never have the benefit of

hindsight. From now on, neither do we.

- We?

- You know what I meant.

Can I get back to my patients, please?

Ever want to have any children of your own?

Jessie says how great you are with Adam.

It seems like such a shame.

Paul, he's your son.

I know what he means to you.

But maybe you can keep in mind

what he does mean to me.

Here they come.

- Oh.

Hey, there, there you are!

Why so glum, chum?

There's this new kid, Roy Hazen.

He's always showing off.

Like how high he goes on the swings

and stuff.

He's a total asswipe.

Hey! Where'd you learn that language?

I don't know.

I don't like it. Get in the car.

- Oh, God!

- Adam!

- Are you all right?

- I'm fine.

- Adam!

- I didn't see you.

I swear to God, I didn't see you!

I came so close to hitting you!

Do you know that?

Do you know you could've been killed

just now? Do you?

How many goddamn times do I gotta tell you

to keep your bicycle out of the street!

Paul! What's the matter with you?

- Are you OK, honey?

- Yes.

You sure?

Hello.

Yeah, I would, actually.

Let me get a pen.

Dr. Lieber?

OK. In Beauford?

Great. Sam, I appreciate this.

Talk to you soon. Bye.

Who's that?

Wrong number.

Adam?

Adam?

Adam, open the door!

Open the door, son.

Open the door!

Adam! Open the door!

Goddamn it! Open the door, son!

Dad!

What? Why is the door locked?

Help. It...

- The curtain...

- What?

- He was under there.

- No, no, no, no. Look.

What are you talking about?

Look. It's fine.

No. No.

Don't let him hurt me.

There's nobody going to hurt you.

Look, look, look. It's OK. Shh.

Calm down.

It's all right.

I think you just had a bad dream.

- No.

- Huh?

- I saw it.

- What?

What did you see?

Adam, talk to me.

Please. Ple... Please.

You gotta talk to me.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes