Love Takes Wing Page #7

the intravenous contraptions.

- All right.

- All right. I'm gonna go talk to Lillian.

I hate to involve such

a little girl in all of this...

but I don't think we can do without her.

Thanks.

You feeling okay, Lillian?

Do you feel sick?

No.

Ain't been sick a day in my life.

Katie was my only friend.

Now I got nobody.

I didn't know, Doc Belinda.

I swear.

I didn't mean to hurt them.

What are you talking about?

You said it was making them sick-

feeding everybody with the same cup.

It's my fault.

I didn't know!

- You didn't hurt anyone.

- I did!

You said so.

I shouldn't have said that.

I was upset, and I wasn't thinking.

I didn't mean that you made anyone sick.

That's just not true.

[ Sniffles, Sighs ]

If its anyone's fault, it's mine.

[ Sighs ]

But you work so hard, miss.

Before you got here,

Nobody came to help us.

You tried.

Miss Clarence says

sometimes that's all we can do.

She's right.

And Miss Clarence needs us right now.

She needs us to be strong...

even if we don't feel so tough.

- Can you do that?

- I can if you can.

It's a deal.

Come on.

[ Woman ]

#And know #

# That hope can heal#

# And life #

# Must carry on #

# In your face #

# Is my return to grace #

# And your smile #

# Is the light#

# That makes me strong#

# Like a child#

# If I touch #

# Then can I feel again #

# This hurt will find relief#

# If I love #

# Then can I heal again #

# And restore

an innocent belief#

# Like a child##

## [ Vocalizing ]

## [ Ends ]

- [ Fire Crackling ]

- [ Horse Whinnying ]

- Fire!

- [ Ringing ]

Fire!

Oh, God. Oh, God!

[ Grunting ]

Get some water!

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunting ]

I'm gonna go get another bucket.

Fire!

- [ Woman Gasping ] What's going on?

- We need some help!

[ Woman ]

Come on! Get down there!

[ Woman Speaking, Indistinct ]

Water!

Ya ought not let them orphans play with fire,

Miss Simpson. Somebody might get hurt.

Stop, Lee.

I'll handle this.

All right!

What in the hell were you thinking, Ray?

People could've died.

Yeah, a few may have died,

but it's for the good of many.

Does anyone hold

with what this man did tonight?

- We can't abide by this, Ray!

- [ Townspeople Murmuring]

Well, that's just fine.

You go ahead and let those no-accounts

be the undoing of this town.

- I'm proud of what I done.

- You have nothing to be proud of!.

Ustes, lock this piece of trash up.

Get him out of here.

You come along now.

Don't test me, Ray.

just you wait. You reap what you sow, people.

You hear me?

You reap what you sow.

[ Labored Breathing]

How could anyone believe that that's what

God wanted them to do?

If you want to believe something enough...

I suppose you...

search for... justification.

What Ray Russell did...

has nothing to do with God.

I know.

Or at least I used to know.

I worked for this woman once

whose two children died...

and she turned away from God.

And I remember wondering...

how could you not know...

that your faith would carry you

through your hardships?

And then when Drew died,

I waited to be carried.

For weeks, all night and day...

I waited for a sign that God was there...

and I heard nothing.

And then one day,

I just stopped listening.

Just because we don't hear

what we want to...

doesn't mean God isn't speaking.

- [ Exhales ]

- I'm trying to listen.

I just don't understand

what I'm supposed to listen for.

Talk to God.

And then, be silent.

He will answer you.

Sleep well, Miss Clarence.

Ah.

[ Exhales ]

[ Coughs ]

[ Sniffs ]

God, I know it's... been a long time

since weve spoken.

And Ive tried to do right by this town.

By these children.

And I don't know

if theres any more I can do.

These children deserve to be happy...

healthy and loved.

[ Voice Breaking ]

Please, let this be enough...

to save them.

Please, I need you.

Thank you.

Her fever broke just after dawn.

I'm glad, Mrs. Pine.

She's not out of the woods yet.

She'll need to continue treatment

for at least two weeks.

Anything you say.

And I want you eating solid food

as soon as you feel up to it.

Thank you so much, Dr. Simpson.

[Belinda ]

I've gotten to all the townspeople.

Not everyone has responded, but the worst off

will probably come around in a few days.

Good. I'll take that batch up to the kids

and bottle the rest for the town.

Belinda.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Snaps Fingers ]

[ Clucking ]

Looks like he got away from you.

Uh, I know.

I should be helping inside.

But it gets so stuffy in there.

Well, no girl should be

cooped up inside all day.

Miss Clarence says that thing

ain't run well since Buchanan was in office.

And if its rusted through again...

might need Mr. Owens to fix it.

Lillian, a woman is just as capable

at fixing a water pump as a man.

Sure, if you had a wrench.

- Do you got a wrench?

- No.

I better go in and tell

Mr. Owens about the pump.

But if you need water now,

the well is right through those trees.

Come on.

I'll show you.

It's just right back there.

Thank you.

Lillian told me about the water pump.

I'll get it fixed right away. You wanna

stay away from the water in this well.

- You knew it looked like this.

- The town hasn't used it in a few years.

Ever since we got

the water pumps up and running.

How long have people

been dumping into the well?

I'm not sure.

Mayor tried to board it up a few years ago...

but people would just rip the planks off

and use it anyway.

I've known about it for a while,

but I'm not sure when it started.

- Thank you.

- Where you headed?

I need to tell the mayor to stop

the town from using the water pumps.

- Why?

- You want me to tell the people in town...

to stop using water.

Yes. Or at least

boil the water for two minutes.

Because the well is just not safe.

I know the well isn't safe.

That's why we use the pumps.

Except all of the water

comes from the same place.

People have been dumping rotted wood

and rusted metal in it for months now...

both of which are a breeding ground

for bacteria.

The germs spread through the water, and

you accidentally contaminated the entire system.

Which is why none of the farmers

got sick.

See, they're too far away

from the well to be affected.

It started at the orphanage

and moved toward the town.

But the well is separate from the pumps.

Not really.

All of the town's water runs together

underground. It's just like a pond.

You only have

three pumps in town, Mayor...

all of which are only

a quarter of a mile away.

Once the well was contaminated,

it was just a matter of time...

before it spread to the groundwater.

Mayor, if people continue

to drink this water...

people will continue to get sick.

- But the sickness came from the orphans.

- No.

It came from the water

under the orphanage.

It's just like Miss Clarence said-

We left that place to rot,

and now we're paying for it.

I had no idea this was going on.

Y- You have to understand that.

There's no need to place blame.

Doesn't matter how it happened, just as long

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