Premonition

I hate surprises.

- Yeah?

- Yes.

You didn't mind when I surprised you

with my promotion.

Well, that wasn't a surprise,

that was earned by my genius husband.

Good answer by my genius wife.

See, I thought you only liked me

for my body.

I do like you for your body.

What are we doing?

Surprise.

I don't understand. What is it?

- It's a house.

- Yes.

Yes, I can see that. Thank you.

- Also known as a home, sanctuary, dwelling.

- Yeah?

Or, if you like, you could just call it ours.

Ours?

Where would we get the money?

I mean, how do we

get into something like this?

Oh, I don't know.

Maybe with a key.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, are you kidding?

It's a classic.

Three bedroom, one-and-a-half bath.

And the old owners even left us

a brand-new swing set out back.

Oh, well, I think I'm a little big

for swing sets.

We have to fill up those spare rooms

sometime soon, right?

Thank you.

- I love you.

- I love you, too.

Let's go home.

Mommy?

Mommy?

When's Daddy coming home?

- What, baby?

- When's Daddy coming home?

Today, baby. It was just an overnight trip.

Why couldn't he take us?

Because it was work and we couldn't go.

But how about a, "Good morning, Mommy.

- "Nice to see you. "

- Good morning, Mommy.

- Mom, you gotta get dressed.

- Sweetie, we got plenty of time.

- We're gonna be late for school.

- Oh, no.

We're not gonna be late for school.

Better get going or we'll be late for school.

Bridgette, are you okay

with your spelling words?

Yes, Mom.

Hey, hey, hey, don't forget your lunches.

You got it? Here. Got it?

Give me a kiss. Bye. Bye.

- Come on, Megan.

- I am!

This isn't dirty.

Hey, girl, what's going on?

I can't believe it's Thursday already.

Tell me about it.

I have no idea where this week went.

God, I wish you were here.

I am having the hardest time

trying to pick out my dress for tonight.

What about you guys?

You have any big plans for the weekend?

What, besides jetting off to Acapulco? No.

Yeah, right. Okay, I gotta go.

I gotta figure out

what I'm doing with my life right now.

Oh, yeah? What's his name?

His name?

Well, the name is really bad. It's Harry.

But, you never know, he could be the one.

Bye.

You have one new message.

First new message.

Linda, listen, I need to tell you something.

I meant what I said in front

of the girls the other night, and...

I just...

I just want you to know that

and to please remember it.

Damn it. Someone's calling. Hold on.

Is that you?

End of messages.

If you leave a message,

I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Hey, it's me. I got your message.

I don't know when you left it,

but just call me when you get mine.

Okay? Bye.

Mrs. Hanson?

Yes?

Linda Hanson?

- I'm Sheriff Reilly.

- Yes?

I'm sorry to tell you this.

- Your husband, Jim...

- Yeah?

...was in a car accident.

He died on the scene.

- When?

- Yesterday.

No. No, it's impossible because I just...

I just heard his voice

on the answering machine, so...

Well, I'm sorry, ma'am.

We couldn't get to you any sooner.

The other driver was in a truck. A semi.

They're certain it was instantaneous.

It jackknifed. 220.

He was on the highway,

around mile marker 220.

The truck driver was killed as well.

I'm very sorry about your husband.

Ma'am, is there anything that I can do?

Ma'am? Mrs. Hanson? Ma'am?

Ma'am, is there anything that I can do?

Can I call someone for you?

Let me leave you my card. Okay?

If you have any questions, you just call me.

What's wrong, Mommy?

Mommy?

What's wrong?

It's about Daddy.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

He's had a very bad accident.

What kind of accident?

When is he coming home?

Is he okay?

No, baby, he's not.

Come here.

Wow, I'm impressed.

You guys got this far all by yourself?

Yeah.

That's really amazing.

Hey, it's Annie.

Leave a message at the beep,

and I promise I'll get right back to you.

Hey, Annie. It's me.

Could you please call me

as soon as you get this message?

Thank you.

Wow, you girls are doing so great.

Daddy's better at puzzles.

He was going to help us.

- Hi, honey.

- Hey.

I think I finally got them to sleep.

Oh, I should say good night.

No, don't do that.

They just fell asleep. Leave it.

Okay.

I was thinking about everything

we need to get done.

Tomorrow we should probably

start looking into funeral arrangements.

And then, you know, just see

where you are in terms of insurance.

I'm not ready for that, Mom.

Nobody's ready for any of this, dear.

But you'll be surprised

at how strong you're gonna be.

- You know when I lost your dad...

- I can't stop thinking

about our serving platter.

- What serving platter?

- You know, the big one on the top shelf,

the one that his folks gave us.

I can't reach that.

Jim... Jim does that for me.

Well, nobody expects you to get everything

done in the first few days, dear.

I... I'm pretty tired.

- I'm gonna go lie down in the den.

- Okay.

I'll get some sheets out of the closet.

I'll be right up here if you need me, dear.

Mom?

Mom?

Jim?

What's wrong?

I don't... I don't know.

I just had... I just had the...

I just had the strangest...

What? What is it?

Okay. I guess it's nothing.

It's nothing, it's nothing.

Mom, we're late.

Three times and we get detention.

And how is that

a good way to start the day?

How about, "Good morning, Mommy. "

- Good morning.

- "Good to see you, Mommy. "

Good morning.

All right. I gotta get going.

Monday morning meeting.

I got hugs for everybody.

All right, I gotta get going.

I gotta train this new assistant manager.

I packed their lunches. Ready to go.

Are you okay to take them to school?

Okay.

- You girls have fun at school now.

- Bye-bye, Daddy.

See you, honey.

- You okay with your spelling words, Bridge?

- Yes.

Hey, you guys, don't forget your lunch.

- Come on, Megan, get out of the car.

- I'm coming.

You have no messages.

Oh!

Oh, sh*t.

- That was quite a stop there.

- Yeah, I just... I was totally...

Yeah, I just, I got comp...

I just, I was totally just distracted.

Let's just take it a

little easy out there, huh?

Sure.

We don't want anyone getting hurt now,

do we?

I'm trying to figure out, should I call him?

I mean, I really feel like I wanna

call him, but then it's kind of like

I think that's breaking the rules.

I think it's better if I just wait.

What?

- Did we talk yesterday?

- Yeah. We talk every day.

No, I mean, did I leave you a message?

I don't think so. Why?

Wait a minute, hang on. I'm the one

with the crisis, okay? Are you...

- Are you sure you're all right?

- Yeah.

Everything's cool with you and Jim?

Yeah. Everything's exactly the same.

Oh, God.

So, how was everybody's day?

It was okay.

- Kind of boring.

- Thank you.

Yeah, kind of boring.

- Boring, huh?

- Yeah.

Jim?

Jim.

Jim.

What the...

Lithium?

I...

Thanks for coming.

Here's your coffee.

- You never know.

- Here she is.

Hi, honey.

- Did you get some rest?

- What's going on?

Hey, how you feeling?

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