My Sister's Keeper Page #8

...so by the time they get out, boom,

they're scratch golfers.

It's true.

I've even heard about those mothers...

...the ones who get supernatural power...

...and they can lift up a car

and save their babies. It's amazing.

TOMMY'S WIFE:
Miracles happen every day.

PERVIS:
That's right.

This world isn't

made up of science and medicine.

There are powerful things out there

that none of us can understand.

TOMMY:
Read the book.

KELLY:
There's more over here.

SARA:
We'll read the book.

KATE:
I promise, I'll read the book.

Sorry, guys, everybody's gotta go.

Visiting hours are over.

- Seriously, out.

TOMMY'S WIFE:
We just got here.

TOMMY:
We just gotta eat.

I'm personally starving.

TOMMY'S WIFE:

See you really soon, okay?

[MUTED DIALOGUE]

[MOUTHS]

Come on.

KATE:

Hey, guys?

I love you all, but could you go home?

I need some time with Mom.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's go. Come on.

[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

You don't wanna talk?

Nope.

KATE:

Are you mad at me?

I'm not mad at you, I'm just mad.

You gotta get some rest, okay?

You be strong for surgery.

I made this for you.

What is it?

It's everything.

It's us.

It was a good one, wasn't it?

The best.

Remember that summer

when I went away to camp?

And I was so scared

that I'd miss you guys.

- Yeah.

- Before I got on the bus...

...you told me to take a seat

on the left side...

...right next to the window...

...so I'd be able to look back

and see you there.

I remember.

I get the same seat now.

It's gonna be okay.

[SOBBING]

It's gonna be okay, Mom.

I promise.

ANNA:

My sister died that night.

I wish I could say

that she made some miracle recovery...

...but she didn't.

She just stopped breathing.

[MUTED DIALOGUE]

And I wish I could tell you that there was

some good that came out of it...

...that through Kate's death

we could all go on living.

Or even that her life

had some special meaning...

...like they named a park after her,

or a street...

...or that the Supreme Court

changed a law because of her.

But none of that happened.

She's just gone...

...a little piece of blue sky now.

And we all have to move on.

[KNOCKING]

A few days later, I got a surprise visitor.

Hi.

Somebody here wants to see you.

[BARKING]

ANNA:

Hey, Judge.

Hello.

I brought this for you.

We won.

You still have to do your homework and

go to bed when your parents tell you to...

...but you're now officially

medically emancipated.

Ninety-percent success rate, right?

Ninety-one.

Well...

...I suppose I should go.

Thanks for stopping by, Mr. A.

It was really good to see you.

You too.

If there's ever anything else you need...

...you know?

Okay.

Judge.

ANNA:

Life is different now.

A lot has changed in the last few years.

Mom went back to work,

rebuilt her practice...

...and is now making a very nice living.

Dad took an early pension...

...and now spends time

counseling troubled inner-city youths.

And Jesse's doing best of all.

After Kate died, he turned his life around.

He went back to school...

...and got himself a scholarship

to a fancy art academy in New York.

And even though we've grown up

and moved away...

...every year, on Kate's birthday,

we all take a vacation together...

...and it's always to the same place.

I'll never understand why Kate

had to die and we all got to live.

There's no reason for it, I guess.

Death's just death,

nobody understands it.

Once upon a time...

...I thought I was put on Earth

to save my sister.

And in the end, I couldn't do it.

I realize now...

...that wasn't the point.

The point was, I had a sister.

She was fantastic.

One day, I'm sure I'll see her again.

But until then...

...our relationship continues.

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