The Best of Me Page #7

ruin another person's life

like you tried to ruin mine.

L'm taking the boy, if he'll go.

And there's nothing

you can do to stop me,

because you're just a scared

old man

who doesn't want to go

back to prison.

Don't get in my way.

It's all right.

Amanda!

Yes?

I didn't know you were there.

Did you see my golf glove?

- Can I talk to you?

- Nothing is where I left it.

- Jesus, Frank.

- What'?

What do you want to talk about?

Us.

Come on, Amanda, I'm 20 minutes

late for my tee time with Hal.

I can't do marriage counseling.

- L've lied to you, Frank.

- About what?

For a long time I have lied.

But I want to tell you the truth.

OK.

I saw someone this weekend.

Someone I fell in love with

a long time ago.

What, you mean, the guy,

the kid...

- Dawson.

- Cole?

- Yes.

- Yeah?

I'm still in love with him.

I didn't know I was going to see him.

I didn't expect to.

But l'm glad I did because it made me

realize how completely lost

- I have been.

- You sound a little crazy.

I don't expect you

lo understand.

When I lost him,

I lost who I was.

- Right.

- I lied to you, Frank.

I have lied to you

and I have lied to myself.

And I've tried to

make it work. We both have.

But I can't do it anymore.

So what? You want me to stop drinking'?

ls that what you want?

What I want is to stop sleepwalking

through my life.

Then stop!

I mean, just listen to yourself.

Get over it.

N0.

Look, this is my life, too.

You don't just get to choose.

Yes, I do.

And I am done pretending.

OK. Good.

- What are you doing'?

- Does it matter?

Hi, it's me, it's Amanda.

I was hoping maybe we

could talk.

A lot of things have changed

since I last saw you.

And well, I just...

I want to say I love you.

I do, Dawson.

And I always have.

All right, call me if you

have a moment.

Hello?

Yes, this is his mother.

Frank, ifs the fourth time I've called.

Jared's at Delta West.

I need you to come

as soon as you get this.

Mrs. Reynolds?

- How's my sun'?

- Post-op.

We went in, had a look around.

He's stable for now.

- All right, what happened'?

- His car hit a tree,

- he was thrown from the vehicle.

- Oh, my God.

The blunt trauma from the accident has

resulted in serious damage to his heart.

- What does that mean?

- Amanda!

- Sorry. I was...

- Wait, Frank.

What's happened?

- Frank, just listen!

- What's going on? Where's my son?

It means one of the valves

of his hean is torn.

It's my determination

that we can't repair it.

What does that mean,

exactly?

He needs a transplant

and very soon.

Doctor, I have lost one

chi/d already. I cannot /ose another.

I understand.

"Rain From Heaven")

Hi, it's me, it's Amanda.

I was hoping maybe we

could talk.

A lot of things have changed

since I last saw you.

I wanted to say I love you.

Ido, Dawson.

Come on!

Abee! Abee!

Ted!

Oh, hell! Where is he'?

Whafs going on? What happened'?

They're prepping him for surgery.

They found a heart.

He's got a chance now.

Amanda.

Dawson.

What are you doing here?

Mom. I overslept.

I gotta get back to the hospital.

Jared's all right, sweetheart.

I just spoke with Frank.

All right. Let rne get dressed.

You'll come with rne, right?

Jared will want to see you.

Amanda.

Yeah, Ted and Abee. Both down.

All right, thanks, sheriff.

No, I can bring 'em down.

That's all right.

I got nothing but time.

I can bring 'em to you.

That sounds good.

- Dawson Cole!

- You got it.

l'm so sorry.

Oh, God!

I commend the soul

of Dawson Cole to God.

Amen.

Children's Legal Defense Fund.

Yes, of course, hold please.

- Hi, doll. Your ex called.

- Thanks, Jamie.

- Hey. S0 whafd you figure out'?

- Hey.

Well, after weighing everything

that we discussed,

it is my recommendation that

we go all the way back to 1959.

We can look at the UN's declarations

of the rights of the child

and we can structure

our argument from there.

Good. Thank God for paralegals.

But if we do that, we have to

make sure that we

keep in mind the 1976...

Sorry, it's my son.

Well, we are the

Children's Defense Fund.

- Hi, Jared.

- Hey, Mom.

- Everything OK?

- Uh, yeah.

Why wouldn't it be'?

Well, this is your third phone call

in two days. That's a record for you.

very funny.

No, I'm actually cal/ing because there's

something that I wanted you to know.

You remember how Dr. Charbonneau

told me that if! waited a year

I could file a request to find out

who donated my heart?

Yeah. Did you decide

to go ahead with it?

Well, actually, I did go ahead

with it.

Oh.

And I got the information yesterday.

So, here, give me one second.

Yeah, it says he was 39 years

old when he died.

Gel this, he was actually

from St. Olivia,

so I though! that maybe you

knew him.

Dawson Cole.

Mom, you there?

Yeah. l'm here.

So, did you know him?

Yes. I knew Dawson.

Great, so when l'm home for Spring Break

maybe you can tell me a bit about him.

- I would love that.

- Oh, hey, Mom, I gotta go.

I'm meeting this girl for lunch.

She's in my English class.

- OK.

- I'm totally loving it here.

AI/ right, I/ove you, Mom. Bye.

Everything all right'?

Yes. It is.

Good.

So, like I was saying,

ifwe start in 1959, we can...

DearAmanda,

when I was young,

I looked fora shape to things.

A reason or a design.

So much of what happened to me,

though, felt like an accident.

So I guess I lost faith

in all that.

When I survived my fall,

I began to wonder...

...if there wasn't some

purpose Io my life.

Maybe I was on a destined path,

even if I couldn't see it yet.

When Isaw you again, Ibelieve

we'd been given a second chance.

That the universe

had decided to give us that.

You have commitments,

I understand,

and you want to keep them.

I can only love you more

for that.

I hope to see you again someday,

but ill don't...

...just know that these last days

have been the best of my life.

Ilove who I am

when I'm with you, Amanda.

You are my dearest friend,

my deepest love.

You are the very best of me.

Forever, Dawson.

"l Did With You")

J' I remember thinking

'bout forever J'

J' Sitting there

with you by the river J'

J' We danced

in the headlights J'

J' And fell

for the first time J'

J' Iremember telling you

I loved you J'

J' The Northern star

rising above you J'

J' And in that moment J'

J' I thought every dream

would come true J'

J" Oh, but some

just never do J'

J' Love comes in circles J'

J' And love takes

its own time J'

J' Bending and breaking J'

J' Not taking

a straight line J'

J' I never knew another love

timeless and true J'

J" Oh, but I did, yeah

I did with you J'

J' Oh, Idid

I did with you J'

J' Through the years

I just kept on believing J'

J' Had to be a plan

or a reason J'

J' But Heaven was silent J'

I And life just kept

moving along J'

J' 'Til my heart knew

the moment was gone J'

J' Love comes in circles J'

J' And love

takes its own time J'

J' Bending and breaking J'

J' Not taking a straight line J'

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