Ripple Effect Page #6

and he falls from it.

And he's paralyzed.

And all the villagers

come and said,

I'm so, so sorry.

You're the poorest of us all.

You've lost your son.

And he says, maybe...

maybe not.

And then the next day

there's a war,

and they call all the children

from the village to go to war.

And his son

stays behind

because he's paralyzed.

And they say,

oh, you must be so happy.

You got to keep your son,

because all of our sons

have perished in the war.

And he says...

maybe... maybe not.

Think...

life is guiding us

to something.

Bringing us to a place.

Trying to nudge us

in the right direction.

And I recognize it...

It's...

It's guiding me.

You're here.

Maybe the...

one of the threads

that I needed to unwind.

So I'm very happy.

You... are continuing

to live that moment.

And as a result,

you can't go forward.

For me...

something happened...

that hurt me.

Not you.

You stopped me

and you made me

have to look

at the way I loved.

How much I required

from the person that I love.

And I've had to continually

live it over and over again -

the thing that I most feared.

And now...

I understand it.

And I love more deeply.

Just because of that moment

that you stopped me

and you said,

stand still.

What you're about

to do is wrong.

Stand still.

What that... pain is from

doesn't really matter.

Stand still

and try to... understand.

Oh...

Okay, you caught me.

I'm sneaking out of the party.

By all means.

You okay?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

What ya' doin' out

here all by yourself?

What are you

doin' out here?

I just... well...

It's okay.

I'm doin' the same thing.

I don't really have anything

in common with those people

and it's this...

big party for some...

teen heartthrob.

And I have no idea

who he is

and I don't care.

And...

Have you ever had

a birthday party

where you didn't

actually know anyone there?

Maybe it was at

a restaurant or something

and they just let everyone

else sit at your table?

This is... your...

Yeah, you're sneaking

out of my birthday.

Oh, God.

I'm so sorry.

I don't blame you.

But if it's your

birthday party,

why don't you hang out

with all your buddies?

I mean, everybody seems

so excited to see you...

Those people are excited

to see me because...

I make them money.

Oh.

I get 'ya.

All the friends that I had -

before Tyler -

they're not here.

They don't exist anymore.

Does Tyler still exist?

I don't know.

I don't know.

And they want a character.

They want an action star

to walk out there.

They don't want

anyone who's broken...

or anyone who's scared,

or anyone who's lonely.

You know, my mom used

to always tell me that,

if you're in a situation

and you don't like it,

you can always leave.

So there must be part of

you that wants to be here.

This is a day

that belongs to you -

nobody else.

You know what I mean?

I'm Tyler.

How you doing?

Sherry.

- Hi, Sherry.

- Hey.

Here, put this on.

I can't help it.

I'm a mother.

Come on.

I'm also a wife,

and I take care.

That's what I do.

There.

Thank you, Sherry.

Happy birthday.

Get out of here.

I'm tired.

I'm just tired.

You should sleep then.

The way I've been

thinking for all these years...

where my mind takes me.

Maybe it's because of

preconceived ideas...

of what things should be.

Like I wanna give

my wife and my child

something later in life.

And it's possible

that I'm allowing

the present to slide

for the sake of the future.

For the sake

of the past...

Instead of reaching

towards love.

So that you can

live in the light.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm tired.

That's all it is.

I'm sorry.

Phillip.

Ah...

Found it.

This light...

This morning light

is magical, really.

It's magical.

It's when the air starts

to vibrate even stronger.

It's... it's almost like the

universe is taking a breath.

I think today, magic is

gonna happen for you.

For you... and for your daughter.

It's in the air.

It's funny...

how you think you've

buried the past -

and it's right there.

Right in front of your eyes.

You stopped me from

making a terrible mistake.

I was gonna

do something that...

I would've had to...

try to take back again

and again and again.

But instead the thing

that I was trying to stop -

the reason I was

gonna use this -

was something I didn't

understand, I couldn't handle.

And I've had to live it

over and over again.

And you were part of that.

We can go now.

Let me get something.

- This is it.

- That's for me?

Thoughts become solid.

Words take form.

As if they weren't before.

This is a wonderful

gift you've given me.

And thank you

so much.

My pleasure.

Thank you.

Hey.

How was your trip?

Uh, okay.

What is he doing here?

He came to the club.

The next day...

Yeah, I know he's

the guy from the club.

I brought him back here

to f*** him, then...

I threw you out.

This is what I've been

working on all along.

This is the guy

who hit me that night.

And now,

he's come back here.

And we've been dealing

with some things...

Wait, wait...

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

He's the...

He's the guy

who hit you?

He's the guy

who did this?

He is, but what I'm saying

is there's a lot of things

that I wanted us

to be able to work on.

And I wanted to speak to

you, 'cuz I gotta clean out

the last little bit of this.

And I'm telling you

that this guy coming here -

it's like the true

ripple effect...

Honey, this is crazy.

It's why that happened

in the first place -

to bring us right here.

What are you

talking about?

What the f***

are you doing here?

- It's a good thing.

- Who the f*** are you?!

How is it a good thing?

How is this a good thing?

You know what?

Get out!

Get the f*** out!

Get out!

You should go.

No, you know what?

Wait!

- You know what?

- Can I just talk to you?

You don't

get forgiveness!

Can I just talk

to you for a second?

I'm disabled, too.

You see him - that's me.

I don't have any f***ing legs!

I don't have

any f***ing legs!

What are you doin' -

you come here?

You don't get amends.

You have to earn amends!

You take care of him for

the next 15 f***ing years.

You wanna do that?

You wanna wipe his ass?

You don't get amends.

You feel the f***ing guilt.

You feel it!

You don't get it.

How can you tell

me this is true?

This isn't true,

this isn't true.

You come in my house!

Who pays then?

Who fuckng pays?

Babe?!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry!

No!

F***.

...Daddy's always at work.

Daddy!

No!

What are you doing?

What are you doing?!

What are you doing?

I can't do this.

I can't do this.

Save him.

Go ahead, save him.

He saved you!

What?

If this man hadn't hit me,

I would've shot you.

What are you talking about?

Why would you shoot me?

Because you were

making love to that man

and I couldn't handle it.

And I got my gun...

and I tried to kill you.

Why didn't you tell me?

Why didn't you

f***ing tell me?

I didn't know when

the right time was.

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