The Five People You Meet in Heaven Page #6

who figured out you can get

a restaurant cheap...

on Christmas eve!

To the bride and groom

everyone!

To the bride and groom!

I'm sorry we couldn't

afford more...

It's all I ever wanted.

Come on, Eddie.

We love this song.

- Ah, please...

- No, I can't...

You know

I can't move around.

Alright... alright.

- They're staring at me.

- I don't care.

I don't care.

You're alive, and you're here.

And I love you.

I don't worry

Whenever skies

Are gray above

Gotta pocketful of rainbows

Gotta a heart full of love

Mister heartache

I found a way

To make you believe

Gotta a pocketful of rainbows

Happy birthday honey!

Kiss me extra tender

Hold me extra tight

'Cause I'm saving

Your sweetness

For a lonely night

No more teardrops

Now that I found a love so true

Honey...

It's not easy finding a watch

with a Ferris Wheel, you know.

So, you like it?

Of course I like it.

- You see?

- Yeah, sort of...

One of this will help you

to become a manager.

That's what it make.

Eddie?

- Oh, hello, Joe.

- Marguerite...

Hey, honey.

When did you start to work

at the old pier?

It's just a part time.

Joe is managing to

make me a manager.

- Ain't it swell?

- Ain't nothing.

Oh that's great, Joe.

Hey, Eddie come out here

for a second, will you?

Back to the force.

Happy birthday,

Mr. Eddie!

I could never wear

something like that.

If you did, the fellas wouldn't

look at anyone else.

Eddie?

Eddie!

- You got the card?

- Card?

- The insurance card.

- Yeah, I got it.

Wait here, I get you.

Thanks.

Look... I see it from here.

What honey?

The ferris wheel?

Home...

Want some water?

Here...

here, take some.

It's good for you to have water.

You're my fourth person?

For the bitter and the sweet.

For the bitter and the sweet.

For the bitter and the sweet?

For the bitter and the sweet.

It can't be...

Can it be... Marguerite?

For the bitter and the sweet?

Your hair. It's white.

I can't stop staring.

I'm sorry.

Eddie.

Have you forgotten so quickly

what I look like?

I never forgot that.

All weddings.

That was my choice.

I can go from one to another,

all over the world.

When the groom lifts the veil,

when the bride takes the ring...

it never changes.

They always believe their love

will break all the records.

Did we have that

at our wedding?

We had an accordion player.

Your leg...

It's getting worse, it was

good when I got here.

So... you... went through

this whole thing, too?

- You met five people?

- Yes.

And it made a difference?

It made all the difference.

And then I came here

to wait for you.

My sweetheart.

How much do you know

since you died?

Well, I remember everything

that happened...

when we were together.

And now I know why it happened.

And I know that you

loved me dearly.

But I don't know

how you died.

There was this little girl.

One of the rides a new one...

not like the ones

we used to have...

everything goes a million

miles an hour now...

but this ride, I never trusted

it, it drops a cart, see...

and somehow the cable,

it snapped...

I don't know how,

it just snapped...

and this little girl,

she was underneath it...

and I went to push her

out of the way...

I grabbed her hands, and then...

that's all I remember...

I felt her little hands and

then everything went black.

I tried, I tried, but I don't

know...

if I failed...

I ain't talked this much

since I been here.

Oh, God, Marguerite...

I can't say...

I can't say...

- What?

- I missed you so much.

I'm a soldier.

I'm a soldier.

Are you OK, Eddie?

Yeah...

it's nothing, honey...

That dream again?

You want me

to fix you something?

- It's four in the morning.

- It's all right I don't mind...

Get some sleep, honey...

What happened

during the war?

- You never told me.

- I couldn't tell you.

We had to survive. We did

what we had to do, I guess.

But I was never the same.

It was like...

all the things I had wanted,

I couldn't see 'em anymore.

I felt stuck... I should have

made us a better life.

I should of gotten us

out of there, the pier...

I loved the pier.

I lost myself...

I'm sorry.

No.

Marguerite?

Do you think God

knows I'm here?

Of course.

Why do you ask?

I dunno. I guess part of my life

I was hiding from him...

And the rest?

The rest I just figured

he didn't know I existed.

The wine, wine's good, huh?

Were you sorry about anything?

With us, I mean?

I was sorry we couldn't

have children.

We had lots of 'em

around, though.

And you?

Were you sorry about

anything with us?

Yeah. I was sorry

it didn't last longer.

- I'll make some tea.

- I'll get it.

You had to live without love

for many years didn't you?

You felt that it was

snatched away.

That I left you too soon.

You did leave too soon.

There was a reason to it all.

What reason?

You died.

You died and

you lost everything...

And I lost everything...

I lost the only woman

I ever loved.

No you didn't.

I was right here.

And you loved me anyhow.

Lost love is still love, Eddie.

It takes a different form,

that's all.

You can't hold their hands...

you can't tousle their hair.

But when those senses weaken,

another one comes to life.

Memory.

Memory becomes your partner.

You hold it.

You dance with it.

Life has to end, Eddie.

Love doesn't.

- I never wanted anyone else.

- I know.

- I'm still in love with you.

- I know. I felt it.

You felt it? Here?

Even here.

I want to show you something.

I was saving this one.

Dance with me, Eddie.

May I ask you something?

How come you look

the way you looked...

the day I married you?

Because I thought you

would like it this way.

Can you change it?

Change it? To what?

To the end.

But I wasn't so pretty

at the end.

Can you?

I don't want go on.

I want to stay here.

No...

Not yet...

Don't take her again!

Don't take her again!

Don't take her again!

Tala.

Tala.

Tala?

Baro.

Baro.

Saya.

Saya.

Loser.

Loser.

Washing.

Washing.

Like our Inas do.

Inas?

Mommies.

Where are your Mommies?

These?

These are pipe cleaners.

I keep 'em for

the kids at the Pier.

Here...

Look, see...

There.

You like that, huh?

You burn me.

What did you say?

You burn me.

You make me fire.

I don't understand...

My Ina say hide.

Hide in nipa.

My Ina say she come back.

What were you hiding from,

little girl?

Sundalong.

Soldier.

Come out!

I'm a soldier!

Tala...

Why are you in Heaven?

You burn me

you make me fire.

You were the shadow...

the shadow in the hut...

Ina say she come back.

Ina say Tala be safe.

You burn me.

Not safe.

Oh, God, oh no...

I killed you...

I killed you...

Forgive me dear Lord,

forgive me...

all this time...

those dreams.

Forgive me!

I didn't know...

I didn't know...

I didn't know...

why didn't I know...

No... No...

You wash me.

You wash me.

You wash me like Inas do.

I don't know how...

Five.

Five?

You're five years old?

You're my fifth person...

Why are you sad?

Why am I sad?

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