Snow Angels Page #6

You're paranoid.

- Check it out. A mitten.

- F***.

Don't touch it.

What the f*** is that?

Can I help you, sir?

- That's my son.

- I'm here to see my son.

Your son is fine.

You're gonna have to wait over there.

Step back, all right?

Okay, okay. Arthur?

I think that...

Arthur?

- Mom, Dad's here. Dad's here.

- Just, I'll be right...

Lou.

- Is he all right?

Yeah, he's safe.

I need to get back

to my son. I'll call you.

Arthur, I'm gonna ask you

to do me a favor.

To not bottle this up inside, okay?

It's easy for...

For us to block out the things

that upset us.

That's what I do.

That's what most people do.

But it's important

that you feel through this.

It's so important, I can't tell you.

Oh, Lord, my God,

if I have done this, if there is wrong in me...

...if my hands have already acquired

enough from evil...

...plunder the enemy without cause.

Let the enemy pursue me

and overtake me...

...and trample my life to the ground

and lay my soul in the dust.

Why are you doing this to me?

What do you want me to do?

What do you want me to do, God?

You okay?

No.

Do you need me?

Father God, I...

I have bad, bad dreams, Father God.

I have really very, very, bad dreams.

I couldn't sleep last night...

...thinking about Annie.

I don't know how to comfort people.

I hate when I say a stupid thing.

Stupid things you say

make me like you even more.

Mom? Who built the snowman?

I did. Do you like it?

It's okay.

What are you doing?

I got a letter from your father today,

and I tore it up.

He misses us.

I think he wants his family back.

Hey. Where's my wife?

- I want my wife.

- Hey. Listen to me.

- You can't be here now, man.

- Yeah, listen, I wanna talk to Annie.

All right, all right, just stop!

Just stop right there.

You know,

everybody's been through a lot lately.

Why don't you just leave Annie alone

right now? Okay?

You think you're a tough guy

because you got a baseball bat?

You think you're a tough guy

because you pushed my face in the snow...

...and you got a baseball bat?

You think you're a badass?

Let me tell you something.

I'm bad.

I'm bad.

You know...

...after Annie first left me

I tried to kill myself.

Did she tell you that?

I drove my car off a bridge on purpose.

Yeah, I landed, a hundred-foot drop.

Bam.

There was an explosion.

And I sat there,

upside down without a scratch...

...just dizzy.

And then I got out and I looked up...

...and I saw the sky...

...and I realized that in everything

there has to be meaning, you know.

I'd been living for myself...

...and God saved me from that fall.

I had the power to do real big things,

you know?

You know what it says in the Bible, huh?

It says, "God will save you. "

You're an adulterer.

But God doesn't hate you.

If you recognize your wrongs

and ask me to forgive you...

...I'll give you everything,

everything I have.

Glenn, will you go home?

Please?

I gotta work in the morning, okay?

In fact, everybody has to work tomorrow.

So just... Just go home.

I forgive you.

I don't even know you, but I forgive you.

Believe me, it counts.

But I don't forgive Annie.

I'm trying, you know? I'm praying.

But she rejects me.

She makes it...

She makes it hard, you know?

She let my baby...

She let my baby die.

She let my baby die.

I just wanted to come and say hi,

you know?

I just wanted to talk to her, man.

Why can't I just talk to her?

I just wanna say hi, you know?

Glenn.

- Think you're tough, huh?

Glenn.

- Oh, come on.

- Can you do that?

Can you do that?

All right, Glenn, it's time to crash.

Let me call you a cab.

I forgive you.

Glenn?

Will you come back inside?

It's freezing out.

He used to make me laugh.

He told me I was beautiful.

He had this way

of making me feel like...

...everything was gonna work out

in the end.

Well, you gotta realize,

people don't stay the same.

You know, you guys were together

a long, long, time.

He was the only man

I've ever been with until you.

He wasn't happy deep down

and neither was I.

You should go.

Don't say that.

Who's Tricia Farr?

She's a girl that I work with. Why?

Were you f***ing her when it happened?

Were you?

She's fat.

At the motel,

while I was searching for Tara?

I told you. I was out shopping

for Christmas presents.

Was it in the same room?

Did you light candles and bring wine

and smell her hair?

- Okay, listen, can we just go back inside?

- No, not until you've gone.

Look, you wanna go.

I want you to go.

I don't wanna take care of you anymore.

I don't wanna spend the rest of my life

taking care of people.

I wanna take care of myself.

Even after what I did to her,

Barb was there for me.

There are good people.

Mm-mm.

Shake it, Freddy!

Yeah! Do that one-legged b*tch.

Come on. Shake it up, shake it up.

It's a victory! Yes!

Dance!

F***ing dance, motherf***er!

Mom?

Mom?

So, um,

why did you send Mom that letter?

- I mean, you're kind of making her insane.

- Come on, dude.

You know that letter was between

your mom and me, you know?

And she does have a tendency

to dramatize.

That's not it. That's not it, Dad.

You gotta stop going back and forth.

You gotta decide what you want.

You gotta make up your mind.

And that you wanna repair it now.

What do you expect for her to do?

What do you expect us to do?

- All right, that's enough.

- Don't. Don't. Let me finish.

You left Mom and me

because you're selfish.

And we recognize that,

and we deal with it.

But that other lady, she didn't.

She didn't love you, did she?

Did she leave you?

She didn't put up with what sucks

about you, right?

You know, the other day...

...when I saw you and your mother

at the, uh...

The accident...

...I wanted so much to hold her,

I wanted to be there...

...for you, more than anything.

And, now, I...

I just have this urgent need

to keep trying.

Annie, Glenn just came by my house,

I thought I should tell you.

You okay?

I'm fine. He brought over some pictures

he'd taken with Tara.

I told him I could take a set for you,

but he didn't want to leave them with me.

Did you call the police?

He was very polite. Kept calling me "Mom. "

He even had a cup of tea.

- I think maybe he's coming out of it.

- So you didn't call them?

- I did. I thought you'd want me to.

- Good.

I don't know what they're gonna do.

I don't know either. I'm glad you called.

We should talk about this later,

Mom, okay?

Okay, honey. Bye-bye. I love you.

Is everything okay?

I don't know.

Well, you're welcome to stay at my house.

Or stay with your mom.

You should be somewhere safe.

Arthur, you okay?

Oh, sh*t.

- Come on, let's just go back inside.

- No. Stay here with me.

I brought you something.

You're not supposed to be here.

I brought you some pictures of Tara

that you don't have.

Your mom said you'd like them.

You heard what the police said, Glenn.

You're not supposed to be here.

These are pictures of me and Tara

I got taken at the mall.

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