The Beach House Page #7

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Take all the time you need.

But you know there's another

reason I'm here, too.

It's because I miss you.

I really do.

I want it in writing.

How much I miss you?

The offer.

There's a storm coming in.

You should leave now.

[wind blowing]

[rain pouring]

Sarah? Sarah, ok you're next

Excuse me, hi.

Um, do you know how much longer

until the doctor can see me?

When are you due?

Uh, not for another three weeks.

I'm sorry, sweetie.

You'll have to wait

with the others.

It's a crazy day.

I need to get home.

[Coast Guard

radio announcements]

[radio] Another hurricane has arrived

in the low country of South Carolina.

Just in the last couple of hour

rain falling sideways

and winds gusting

over 40 miles an hour.

Today was the last day

to prep or get out.

Tonight South Carolina

counting the hours

until what could

be a direct hit.

[rain pouring hard]

Mama, what're

you doing?

Have you packed your bags?

We gotta go!

Oh honey, I'm not leaving.

Mom, it's a full-on hurricane.

We're the last ones here.

Your father, your brother,

everyone is trying to get me

out of this beach house.

Oh honey, I have been through

so many hurricanes.

And this is just a little

tropical storm.

I'm not goin'.

If you're staying, I'm staying.

Cara.

Mama, don't try and talk

me out of it,

you know how stubborn I am.

Toy Sooner?

Toy Sooner?

[horns honking]

I mean, they're offering

to double my salary

plus stock options.

Wow.

Pretty much everything

I ever wanted.

Congratulations.

If this were a week ago

I'd be mentally decorating

my office right now.

Well, you can decorate

in person.

Yeah.

Mama, shouldn't Toy be back

by now?

Maybe I should go look for her.

You'll do no such thing.

She'll be fine.

She's a smart girl, I'm sure

she just stayed at the clinic.

No, no, no, no, no!

Hey Lovie, it's me.

I'm on my way.

I'm just worried about you.

See you soon.

[groaning]

Lovie!

Lovie!

It's Flo!

[knocking]

Here let me help you.

I broke the law but the tide was

washing them away.

What're you talking about?

Oh, she removed the eggs

from the nest.

It's illegal, we'll put them

back afterwards.

Let 'em arrest us,

right Flo?

You got that right.

[groaning in pain]

Toy?

[screaming in pain]

Toy, you ok?

Well, Caretta, this is quite

the adventure.

That's one way of putting it.

Oh, this old cottage has been

through worse.

And so have we.

I'm sorry for the way

I left back then, mama.

Oh honey, don't be.

I have always loved your spirit

and your backbone.

Ever since you were

a little girl.

I wanted to see you fly as far,

as high as you could.

I wanted that for you as much

as you did.

Do you believe in soulmates?

I'm skeptical.

I know it's silly, I used to not

believe in that stuff, either.

Until I met Russell Bennett.

I thought there was more

to that story.

Back then the dunes stretched

as far as the eye could see.

There was no development.

The ocean, the salt air,

our turtles and each other.

It was only a summer

but we spent every minute

we could together

without causin' people to talk.

Why would people talk?

He had a fianc.

He had made a commitment

and I could see the agony

that it caused him

so I stepped away.

Did he marry her?

I got a letter from him.

He said that he was flying

to her house to break it off

in person.

What happened?

His plane went down

over the ocean.

Engine failure.

Ah, mama.

When your father came along

I was still numb inside.

A part of me had died.

This is the deed to a parcel

of land that Russell left me.

It was gonna be

my wedding present.

It's the dunes in front of

the house

where the turtles lay

their eggs.

I want you to have it,

sweetheart.

And this house, too.

They're yours now.

I just hope you come to find

that the beach house

is not so much a place

as a state of mind.

Oh my goodness, Toy!

We were just gonna come

look for you, honey.

You had the baby!

Are you alright?

Yeah, we're ok.

Brett took me to the hospital

and spent the entire night

in a chair.

Yeah, and she should

still be there, too.

Practically fought her way out.

Look, I'm gonna go check

out your place,

see how she held up.

Come on.

Mama.

Palmer.

I couldn't get through.

I had to make sure you were ok.

Oh, it was just a little old

tropical storm.

You made it through another one.

Of course I did.

Mama, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I...

Oh honey, it's ok.

I should have been here for you.

I love you.

Oh, I love you.

Well, I think I can salvage

most of it.

You know, southern ladies do

need their pergola and roses.

We do, don't we?

We?

Uh-huh.

I'm not leaving.

I'm sorry, I... you mean like,

today?

I mean like ever.

This is my home right here.

Lovie always said I'd look

around one day

and I would know what was right.

Mmmhmm.

This is right.

[giggles]

[kettle whistling]

[coughs]

There you go, mama.

Oh thank you, baby.

It's been such a nice summer,

Cara.

It's been the best.

You're a good mama.

I love you.

I love you, sweetheart.

You know, um... I feel

a little chilly.

If you could just get me

a blanket.

Of course.

Hurry!

You gonna let an old lady

go faster than you?

[laughing]

Look!

Woah, cool!

Mama Lovie would have

loved this.

Oh, wow.

Do you guys remember the

scientific name for turtles?

Caretta.

[laughs]

Look, there's another one.

There's gonna be a bunch

of them.

Well, here's to a beautiful

summer together.

A lot can happen

in the summer.

Births, loss...

Hurricanes.

Turtles.

Love.

What?

You're in love?

Anyone I know?

Just some guy who

likes barbecue sauce.

Sounds like quite a catch.

He is.

Comer here.

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