Our Souls at Night Page #5

All right, you put her

in the car, all right?

- Be patient.

- Yeah.

- Good-bye, Gene.

- Good-bye.

Put on your seat belt.

Bye!

Bye!

You know, I feel it, too.

The absence.

But at least he's got the dog with him.

Yeah.

The dog was a good idea.

- Hmm.

- Hmm.

Hey.

I've got another idea.

You ever been to the Brown Palace?

- In Denver?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I've always wanted to stay there.

What do you think? Just the two of us?

Get away for a few days,

get our minds off of things?

God, I haven't been in the city for ages.

Here you go. Enjoy your stay.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Hi.

Louis Waters.

Welcome to the Brown Palace Hotel,

Mr. Waters.

- Thank you.

- Mrs. Waters.

Uh...

Here you go.

Shall we?

Yeah.

What a difference a day made

24 little hours

Brought the sun and the flowers

Where there used to be rain

My yesterday was blue, dear

Today I'm a part of you, dear

My lonely nights are through, dear

Since you said you were mine

Oh

What a difference a day makes

There's a rainbow before me

Skies above can't be stormy

Since that moment of bliss

That thrilling kiss

- Well, hello.

- Hello.

So...

we're doing this.

- Do you want to?

- I do.

Yeah, but?

- No buts.

- Oh?

It has been a while.

Have you forgotten how?

No.

Well...

you know, we don't need to rush.

We can take our time.

I want a Sunday kind of love

Oh, yeah, yeah

I want a love that's on the square

Can't seem to find somebody

Someone to care

And I'm on a lonely road

That leads to nowhere

I need a Sunday kind of love

I do my Sunday dreaming

Oh, yeah

All my Sunday scheming

Every minute, every hour, every day

Oh, I'm hoping to discover

You guys have a good one.

That's you, too, Madame.

Let me tell you about them two.

She is what you would call

an angry b*tch...

Hey, Louis.

Hi. How are you guys?

Face from the past.

- Here.

- Here you go.

- Long time no see.

- Yeah, it has been.

I was telling one. Here's another one.

You guys remember the one about

the guy who started to have sex again?

Here I go.

I'm gonna go to France,

which I'm so excited to go to Paris.

I have friends

that have moved to Switzerland,

so I'll take a little break there

and then finally end up in Italy,

right in Florence.

You've got it all planned out.

You sure you want to do this?

Dad. Yeah.

I've already been accepted

into a print-making workshop.

Gonna need any help paying for this?

- I've saved up a little.

- Hmm.

I mean, more than a little,

actually a lot.

You know what I wish?

I wish that you'd find a really nice guy

to travel to Europe with,

go to Italy with him?

Travel around, have him take care of you,

have him cook for you.

Just wait on you hand and foot.

You know, maybe she'll find one there.

Thank you, Addie.

My dad seems to think it's his fault

that my relationships don't last longer

than six months.

But... yeah.

I'm trying to take responsibility

for my own stuff.

- Maybe you two should...

- No, no. Stay, please.

Don't go.

There was, um, a year when I was little

when things weren't so good at home.

And my dad bought me a train set.

And he told me

that we were gonna build it together,

and then when we were done,

it was gonna take us to amazing places.

Well...

this is me building my own train.

And I wanted to make sure

to come here and tell you that.

And my therapist wanted me

to come here and tell you that.

I don't know.

But...

Hey.

I'm gonna hang on to this...

so I can keep track of you.

I'll get the check.

Good for you.

Good for you.

Bye, Addie. Bye, Dad.

I love you. I'll call you!

Oh, my God.

Be careful!

That daughter of yours

is really something.

- Yeah, she sure is.

- Wow.

- Do you know what I realized?

- What?

We're not big news anymore.

We're not only not big news.

We're not even little news anymore.

- Do you want to be news?

- Well, you know what I want?

I just want to live out my day

and then come tell you about it at night.

Aww.

Where there used to be rain

Hey, Louis.

Oh, hi, Charlie.

Everyone's been looking for you

all morning.

Where have you been?

I was up at Phillips

getting my winter tires. Why?

Uh, hey, Louis, um...

W... What's up?

- Yes?

- Addie Moore?

Addie Moore.

Addie.

- Oh.

- I didn't mean to scare you.

Louis. Oh, Louis.

Oh, I'm so stupid.

It was just a dumb fall.

I... I wasn't paying attention.

You have much pain?

- Mm.

- Yeah.

I'm gonna have to have surgery,

but I'm gonna be okay.

What can I do?

Kiss me?

Really?

How are you?

Oh, I'll be fine.

Yeah, you'll be fine?

I just spoke to the doctors,

and they say it's not so good.

Gene, it's gonna be fine.

I'm sorry. Would you mind

stepping out for a second?

Gene.

Mom, it's supposed to be

family only back here, all right?

It's okay. I'll go back to the house

and pick up some stuff.

Gene wants me to move in

with him and Jamie.

He's worried that I'm too far away

and on my own.

I told him I was not on my own.

Well, I appreciate that.

I guess it's...

I guess it's good, right?

I mean, he cares about you.

I, um...

I don't think Beverly's coming back.

And he's gonna need help

with Jamie.

So what are you gonna do?

Well, I told him...

that I couldn't just...

I couldn't just give up everything

and leave here.

Mm.

What was it you said about not trying

to fix everything all the time?

That was for you, not me.

Oh, that's right.

I missed our bed.

Yeah.

Oh.

Hello? Jamie?

Where's this go?

I think that you can finish this here.

- See if that fits.

- No.

No?

Well, you did great here.

This is awesome.

Almost.

Yeah, but...

Hey, let's take this into your room, okay?

Come on, here.

Let's finish this off in your room.

Okay, I'm going.

Gene?

Where the hell have you been?

Shh. Don't start.

He's seven years old.

What the hell are you thinking?

Is it... Is that Louis' truck?

Yes.

He's inside with Jamie.

So you and Louis Waters are going to

have a pretend family, is that it?

Gene, come up here.

Let me make you some coffee.

Come here.

Oh, come on.

Stop pretending like you care. Come on.

I'm your mother. Of course I care.

No, you don't, and you never did.

And that's okay. It's okay...

I know that I wasn't perfect, but I tried.

No, you didn't! You didn't!

You didn't. Come on.

You weren't there.

Uh...

I'm really drunk.

Look what I did.

You should see what I did.

Come inside.

Listen, I gotta tell you something.

Do you remember that night...

after the accident at the ambulance?

I remember the ambulance. Of course.

- Yeah?

- Oh, God, Gene.

Now, you remember or you don't.

I'm giving you another chance here.

- Of course I remember the ambulance.

- You do? Okay.

You couldn't even look at me for weeks.

Oh, honey, I never blamed anybody

for Connie's death.

I didn't.

Stop denying it.

Stop denying it.

I'm, uh...

I appreciate you coming here.

Let's go inside.

Let's go inside.

Louis, do you mind

if I sleep alone tonight?

Okay.

Can I at least help you upstairs?

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