Of Two Minds Page #5

- It's my house too.

If you bring her back here, Billie...

...I'll leave.

And I'll take the kids with me.

Mom?

Why aren't you at work?

Is school out?

You and Dad had a fight?

He doesn't want Baby to come back.

It's my fault.

I thought it was my fault.

I don't want her to come back either.

I don't want Mollie to call her a freak,

you and Dad to fight.

Sol have this idea.

You wanna hear it?

Yeah.

You take Baby to the ranch.

Aunt Will said

she could come with us, right?

I looked it up.

Maybe she'd shirt remembering

the good times...

...with you and everybody.

It might help her somehow.

I don't exactly know how.

I don't know anything.

Isn't that better

than watching her come back...

...and drop into that chair

and just smoke all day?

- Hey.

- Hey.

I'm-

I'm not gonna bring Baby home.

I thought that would get

your attention.

I'm taking her to the ranch.

Davis can look after Mollie...

...and I'm gonna cook some dinners

and put them in the fridge for you.

Billie.

Call me.

Tell me how it's going, okay?

Okay.

Baby...

...I have something to tell you.

We're not going home.

I'm taking you to Aunt Will's.

- Where?

- The ranch.

You remember the ranch?

I don't wanna-

Look, I won't go near Davis.

I won't bother Mollie.

I could stay up in my room.

Billie?

Welcome to the ranch.

It's been so long.

Baby.

This is Billie and this is you.

And your mom and your dad.

Look how young Kathleen is.

Honey, that's just frogs.

They make such a racket.

They make so much noise.

Hey, look.

Remember this?

You must have been, what...?

About 3.

And look, you could already write

your own name.

Always so smart.

I'm getting kind of tired.

Baby, are you all right?

Yeah, I'll be all right.

And this is what I wanted

to show you.

Remember?

You used to love it here.

All these horses are boarders.

That's how Aunt Will makes her living.

- Hey.

Good boy.

Yeah.

You want to pet him?

Good.

You were such a great rider.

When we were young,

you could ride circles around me.

I was so jealous.

Me?

You wanna go for a ride?

We'll ride together. I'll sheer.

You just hold on.

All right. You can do it.

Put your left foot in the stirrup.

Here, grab the horn.

I won't let you fall. I promise.

Great.

And you put your foot back

in the stirrup.

All right.

Are you ready?

Okay, here we go.

You remember how it feels?

Well...

I don't know. Maybe.

Do you like it?

Yeah.

- Good.

- Yeah, I do.

So I found this at a garage sale...

...and the lady wanted $10 for it

with this broken tail.

There. See?

All better.

- Hello.

- It's me.

Why haven't you called me?

I haven't because I've been-

I don't know. I've been waiting

for something to happen.

Well, what happened?

Baby's better.

You won't recognize her.

Well, that's great, honey.

I think you should come up.

It's really beautiful here.

Aunt Will would love to see the kids

and so would I.

And Baby's getting better.

Yeah, you said that.

Look, I think it's better

if we just wait it out where we are.

I miss you.

Yeah. Look, hey, I gotta run.

- Okay

- Bye.

Nice. Good job.

Oh, my God. I can't believe it.

I missed you so much.

Oh, I'm so happy you're here.

Oh, it's gonna be great.

Wait till you see the horses.

You're gonna love it.

- Hi.

- Hi.

You're amazing.

Hello, Baby.

How you doing?

I'm doing well.

I'm doing really well.

I think it's this place.

I feel like it saved my life.

It's given me my life back.

I'm starting to remember things too.

Did you know your mom

was named after Aunt Will...

...and their real name

is Wilhelmina?

When I was 8 and Billie was 11

we stole two horses and rode off...

...because we didn't wanna

come back home.

It's good.

It's really good.

I think it's this place, you know?

I didn't come here alter I gal: sick

so it's not infected.

Does that sound scaly?

I'm sorry.

I don't wanna scare anyone.

- Anyway...

- Anyway-

Anyway, who wants to go for a ride?

Mollie, you wanna go for a ride?

Can I?

Oh, good. Then I can take you.

I'm gelling really, really so good

at this stuff.

And this one is my favorite.

His name is Chester.

Go to sleep.

- Good night, honey.

- Good night.

- Good night, Davis.

- Good night.

Can I kiss you too?

You're a genius, you know that?

Does it make you uncomfortable

to see her?

- She's so different.

- I know.

- Better.

- Much.

I'm glad.

Me too.

And there is nothing wrong

with you.

- Hey.

Even/body's in bed.

I'll be up in a minute.

I wanna sit here and think for a bit.

This is the best place to think.

And I can think now. I don't have

all those voices in my head.

I have ideas. Ideas.

- Okay, just-

- No, don't. I'm good, Billie.

- I'm so good and you know why?

- The ranch.

Yeah, you know what I'm thinking?

I should slay.

- I should stay here. I wanna stay here.

- Stay here?

It's not a bad idea.

Aunt Will's getting old.

I could help her like I helped Mom.

And no one would have to worry

about me.

I could help with those horses.

Something about those horses.

I'm telling you, this place is magic.

I know. I'm hiking too much,

but I'm excited.

I can remember things...

...but I don't remember

the last time I felt this good.

It's okay for me to feel good, right?

Yeah. Yeah. Of course.

- Just come up to bed soon, all right?

- Okay, Mom.

No, I Will. I Will.

I'm just gonna sit here for a little bit.

I just feel...

...normal.

Okay.

Good night.

Stay there.

Billie, look.

Billie, look at what I'm doing

Isn't it nice?

I know. I know. You don't like it

because you don't like anything I do.

But it doesn't matter anymore

because this is my house.

Oh, Billie. I have something very

very awful to tell you.

Aunt Will...

Aunt Will is dead.

She died in my arms. You weren't

there, like you weren't there for Mom.

Because you were too busy,

in bed with him.

How was he?

She died in my arms, Billie.

In my arms. With her last breath,

she gave me the house.

- Did you stop taking your pills?

- No. No. I didn't forget.

I didn't forget the pills

because they're for your house.

- Not my house.

- Hey, put down the scissors.

You're jealous because my house

is better than your house.

Look. Look at what I can do.

- I can do something I could never do.

- No. No.

Call 911!

Because I have talent and you don't.

- Baby!

- You have no talent.

- Baby!

- Stop!

The faces.

Oh, the faces.

I'm an artist.

- I'm an artist.

- Okay.

Don't you understand? You can't

understand. You couldn't understand.

None of you could understand

except for Davis.

- Davis, you-

- Baby. No.

You- You get it.

You're sweet, beautiful, smart.

Don't let them take that away.

- Stay right where you are, Davis.

- You wanna help me, Davis?

You can help me with the house

if you want.

I have plenty of it left

and I have so many plans!

- Get to your rooms!

- No. No.

Baby, stop it right now! Stop it!

- You did this to me.

- No.

- You did. You did this to me.

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