Grace Is Gone Page #4

- Yeah. Right now.

It's in the middle of the night.

You arguing with me? Move.

Jesus, Heidi,

you can't just walk around

in the middle of the night

by yourself.

You could have been hurt,

kidnapped, who knows?

I said I was sorry.

All right, but what

I want to know is

what the hell you were doing

out there in the first place.

Make me leave your sister alone

in...some hotel.

I couldn't sleep.

You couldn't sleep? Why not?

Why do you think?

Is that why you're falling

asleep in class?

Oh, boy.

What do you do every night?

I don't know.

Walk around.

I went to a support group

the other day.

What?

You know, the one they got

at Debbie Sager's house.

For military wives.

I stopped by there the other day.

Isn't that weird?

What did you talk about?

Uh-uh. No.

I didn't.

Did it help?

I don't know.

I don't think it did.

Will you do me a favor

if you can't sleep?

Um, will you wake me up?

Why?

So I can talk to you.

Really?

Yeah.

You'd do that?

Yes, I would do that.

Yes.

[Stanley]

You still want to try it?

With you?

Yeah. I'd rather

you do it with me

than some punk kid.

Well? What's it going to be?

Sure.

Have you ever done this before?

No comment.

Do you want one,

or should we split one?

Let's split one.

Good idea.

[cough]

Good one.

[coughing]

Oh, are you okay?

Yeah.

[coughing]

Are you sure?

[coughing]

Yeah, I'm fine.

Okay.

[coughing]

Maybe we should stop, right?

I'm going to go get some water.

You stay here, okay?

[coughing]

[coughing]

## [guitar]

# The world could fall apart #

# But you're my heart, my dear #

# I will sing this song #

# Till we are gone, my dear #

# How do I keep you

from losing your way? #

# Hope you'll go out #

# And you'll come back some day #

# But love is not enough #

# This I know #

Stay together.

I'll be right back.

- I just got to make a phone call.

- Where are you going?

I'll meet you by the dresses.

[dialing]

Hey.

Hey, Dad.

What are those?

Earrings.

Oh, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

You said we could get

anything we wanted.

You know the rules.

Not until you're 13.

I'm almost 13.

And I'm 8.

This is something

you really want to do right now?

Yes.

All right. Let's do it.

Okay!

Really?

Yeah.

Is it going to hurt?

You won't even feel

a thing, I promise.

- You ready?

- Mm-hmm.

Did it hurt?

No.

- Excuse me.

- Sorry.

That's okay.

Is that it?

That's it. Want to see?

Looks good, Bear.

You're all grown up.

- You next?

- Yeah.

Is that all right?

[Stanley]

Ooh.

I just got my ears pierced.

That's nice, sweetie.

That looks good.

This one's nice, too.

Did it hurt?

A little.

A little bit?

You did it.

Where's Dawn?

Find her. How much

do I owe you?

Oh. 32.50.

- [Heidi] Dawn?

- Thank you so much.

Dawn!

Dawn?

Dawn?

Dawn!

Bear, where are you?

Dawn! Bear!

Dawn Amber Phillips!

See if she's over there.

Bear.

Dawn, honey, what are you

doing in there?

Dawn, are you all right?

Dawn.

Anybody home?

[Dawn]

Come in.

Hey.

Hey.

[Stanley]

This is a nice place.

This really is.

You decorate it yourself?

No.

Well, it's really, really nice.

It's a nice little house.

Nice walls, nice-- nice roof.

Phone.

I could see a nice little

happy family living here.

Yeah.

You miss home.

Yeah.

I miss Mom, too.

You know, I was thinking.

Maybe this would be a good thing

to get for the house.

You could put it up

in you and your sister's room.

Would you like that?

Mm-hmm.

I love you, Dad.

I love you, too, Bear.

Come here.

[Heidi]

Dad?

Yeah.

You smell.

I think I like this one.

Try it.

Looks pretty nice.

[Dawn]

Hey, Dad.

Yeah.

What do you do at work all day?

I sell sh*t.

[Heidi]

Dad.

I'm sorry.

I sell stuff.

You know what I do.

I sell stuff at Home Store.

Come on. Give me an H.

[Dawn]

O.

Give me an O.

- O.

- [Heidi laughs]

- Give me an M.

- M.

- Give me an E.

- E.

Give me an S.

- [Heidi] J.

- [Dawn] S.

- Give me a T.

- [Dawn] Q.

Give me an O-R-E.

O-R-E.

What's that spell?

[Heidi]

Nothing.

You're right about that.

#...hold you in my arms #

# It scares me #

# Just to think that

something so beautiful #

# Could just come apart in my hands #

# I've always been chasin' rainbows #

How are you feeling, excited?

You getting excited?

Yeah.

Good.

How are you feeling?

I'm good.

Dad?

Hmm?

Do you ever think

that Mom should have stayed home?

All the time.

Why did she have to go?

She was doing her duty,

Heidi, you know that.

I know, but what exactly

does that mean?

We've talked about this.

We have people all over the world

Iooking out for our safety.

When they discover a threat,

they have to act on it.

That's the way the world is.

On the news they're saying

that we went to war

with the wrong people,

that it was all a lie.

Well, you can't always believe

everything you hear

on television, can you?

Sometimes you just got to trust

that you're doing the right thing.

We got to believe--

Well, what if you can't?

Then we're all lost.

[ring]

[ring]

[Grace]

Hi. You've reached Grace, Stanley,

Heidi, and Dawn.

We're not home right now,

but if you leave a message,

we'll get back to you

as soon as possible.

Hey. It's Stanley and the girls.

I just wanted to hear

your voice on the machine

and tell you that we're all right.

We're in Florida.

I told you we were

going to Florida, right?

Taking the girls on a little trip.

Anyway, do you

remember that, uh--

I was thinking that when we--

when we came down here

before you shipped out,

and I just--

I wanted to apologize

because, uh--

because I was so angry back then,

and, uh, I just wanted to let you know

I was thinking that--

that the reason I was so angry

was because I was ashamed...

that it was you

who was going and not me.

We would have been

better off if it was me.

The girls would have

been better off.

And I made such a f***ing

mess out of this thing.

Grace, I'm such a mess.

I-- I don't...

know how to talk to these girls.

I haven't even told them.

So you got to tell me

what to do...Grace.

Please, God, tell me what to do.

So how do I say it?

[whispering]

You got to tell me what to do.

Who were you talking to?

School.

Mrs. Shimerhorn.

Mrs. Shimerhorn?

She said everything's

going to be fine

but we got to get that report in

and do a couple

of makeup assignments,

but, uh, to enjoy the trip.

So let's go.

Come on.

Load up!

- [Dawn] Are we there yet?

- No.

- Are we there yet?

- Mm-mmm.

- Are we there yet?

- No.

- Are we there yet?

- Mm.

- Are we there yet?

- No.

- Are we there yet?

- No.

Are we there yet?

No.

- Are we there yet?

- No.

Are we there yet?

No!

Are we there yet?

How about now?

[gasp]

Oh, it's right there!

It's right there!

Oh, my gosh, Dad!

Step on it, old man!

There it is, Heidi!

It's right there!

What ride do you

want to go on first?

Mission accomplished.

I wonder if they have a TV there.

They probably do.

It's all yours.

Take your pick.

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