Killing Me Softly Page #2

greetings cards.

You really bloody could.

Sorry.

Right.

Come on.

Let's get out of here.

I could do with some retail

therapy myself, I think.

I can't,

but come with me.

I'm gonna

see Adam at 3:
00.

You can meet him.

And there's this

really amazing store...

and I haven't bought it

yet, but I will...

It's OK. She's fine.

Call the police.

Adam! Stop!

When I saw him...

oh, Jesus.

That'll never happen again.

I won't let it.

Are you OK?

Yeah.

I'll always be here, Alice.

Yeah.

I'll protect you.

Say you believe me.

I believe you.

Marry me.

The sooner the better.

Tomorrow.

The day after,

as soon as possible.

-Marry me!

-Yes!

Sir, can we ask you

some questions, please?

"Use your head, Alice.

"What do you really know

about him?"

Hey, you ready?

Look at this.

Someone's trying to scare you.

There's been

a call this morning.

There was someone there...

but they didn't say anything.

Makes me sick.

If anything else

happens like this again...

make sure you tell me, OK?

You'll be fine.

Do you, Alice...

promise to love

and cherish Adam...

for as long

as you both shall live?

I do.

And do you, Adam, promise

to love and cherish Alice...

for as long

as you both shall live?

I do.

May the Lord

bless this union...

and secure it from all harm.

How do you know the priest?

This is my family church.

You have a family church?

Wow, I have a mother

who doesn't talk to me...

and a dad I've never met.

It doesn't matter.

My life began

when we first saw each other.

Come on.

I need you to see something.

What?

No, no, no,

wait, wait, wait.

Now, I want you

to see this...

through my eyes

when I was six.

Look. Like this.

You know the story that

we're broken into two pieces?

And we spend our lives

searching for

our other half.

You're it.

OK, here we are.

We're getting dressed here?

Yep. Here.

No! No, no, no, no.

Don't do that.

I need to remember you

like this.

Come on. I don't want you

to freeze to death.

Come on.

This is the only

way station...

for hikers

in the whole area.

The church has kept supplies

up here for years.

You went hiking

on your wedding day?

That's his idea of romance.

I thought a honeymoon

was lying in bed...

with room service.

Oh, I'll give you

a honeymoon you won't forget.

I promise.

No, no, sit down.

Choose your rhythm and then

commit to following it.

Count if you have to.

I'm gonna make you strong!

I wanted him to be

proud of me...

so I followed the trail

for hours.

You made it.

What's that?

It's an anchor...

to catch a falling body.

Catch.

Do you trust me?

Yes.

Don't move.

I gave up all control.

I let him decide

when I could breathe...

and when I couldn't.

I loved it.

God, I love you!

We returned to London...

and Joanna Noble's

article came out.

I was happier

than I'd ever been.

Excuse me.

-There you go.

-Thanks.

Hello, Jake?

No, it's Sylvie speaking.

Hello, Alice.

Sylvie?

I must have dialed wrong.

I thought I was

calling Jake.

Oh, no, no, that's fine.

I just happened to be

over, actually.

Jake's going to be

back soon, I think.

Look, Alice, this is

gonna sound a bit weird...

but I was definitely

going to tell you...

but Jake and l

have actually been...

seeing each other.

You and Jake?

Well, it...

just sort of happened.

Did you move in?

Yeah. Yeah, I did,

uh, sort of.

Oh, Lord.

How cliche is this?

Old friend moves in...

to console jilted boyfriend...

and then these two find

themselves together.

You gonna be OK with this?

Yeah, I'm OK.

We're gonna be late!

Hurry up!

Yeah, I gotta go.

We'll talk

about it later, OK?

Here we go.

How you doing?!

Hey, Alice, Alice,

I'm sorry.

Sorry.

Excuse me.

How you doing?

It's really nice to see you.

It's Alice Tallis.

My rhyming sister-in-law.

Are you OK?

I have a headache and was

looking for some aspirin.

Oh, no, give me your hand.

Can you feel that?

Yeah, it really hurts.

Close your eyes.

Breathe.

Slowly.

That's good.

It's the meridian

that controls the kidney

or the brain

or the left big toe.

I forget which.

But...it's whatever

works, right?

Thank you.

Close your eyes.

OK, you can open them.

Oh, my God.

I want to drink to that

beautiful lady in blue.

Where is she?

I don't think she's ever

climbed past the third floor...

but she has conquered

our Adam.

But what she doesn't know

is that to get Adam...

she also gets us.

Hear, hear!

Most of the people

using the program are women...

and we try

to sell them a game...

but women don't like games.

Women like stories.

Men like games.

Men like to slay the dragon...

and get the princess...

but women like to know...

how did the dragon

and the princess...

all get there

in the first place.

A game is

the wrong approach.

Sorry.

Excuse me.

Alice Tallis.

This is Joanna Noble.

Do you remember me?

Yes, I remember you.

I got a weird note

about the article.

I'm not gonna do

anything with it.

I mean, I'm certainly not

going to follow it up.

It's probably

stupid of me...

but I somehow felt obliged...

to tell you about it.

Shall I send it to you?

Yeah, you can send it.

Is it private?

I don't want this sitting

in a public "in" basket.

I understand.

You can fax it.

OK, I'll do that.

You have the number?

Yeah, I got it

from your secretary.

OK, thanks for calling.

Sorry.

I had to take that.

No problem.

Gave me a chance to think.

We shouldn't be playing games.

It's obvious

women don't like games.

I think this project

needs a new face.

"Dear Joanna Noble,

what you wrote made me sick.

"Your big hero Adam Tallis

raped me.

"Why don't you try

reporting the truth?"

It's out of paper.

I've decided

that from now on...

this is Alice's project.

You're the new point man...

I mean, point girl...

woman.

Excellent.

Congratulations, Alice.

Thank you.

Open or closed?

Closed.

F***!

Alice Tallis' office.

Hello, Claudia,

it's Adam.

Oh, hi, Adam.

Hi. Is Alice there?

No, she's just left,

actually.

Left? Where'd she go?

I think she went

to the doctor's.

So, you thought this woman

was sending the notes?

Yes.

Yeah?

Hello, I'm Joanna Noble

from "The Guardian."

I called you before.

Yeah.

-Are you Michelle Stowe?

-Yeah, I am. Come in.

It was at a birthday party.

I asked him to dance...

and then, I don't know...

we start kissin'.

I mean, I was sh*t-faced.

I came and put my hand

in his shirt...

then we went outside.

Guess at the end, I was just

straightening up a bit...

'cause I remember wondering...

what the hell I was doing.

Then he pulled me

into the bushes...

undid my dress.

It was a zip...

in the back.

I was so young.

I started to cry.

He put his hand

over my mouth and kept going.

He's strong.

There was nothing

I could do.

I tried to fight him.

When he was done,

he shook me...

and said something like...

"It's only sex.

"Just sex."

Then he got up...

and left the party

with his sister.

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