The Gift Page #6

No one told me anything.

But, man, it was a big storm in, like,

a small town, you know?

Robyn?

Hi.

- How'd it go?

- Good.

Good.

My mom get off okay?

Uh, yeah. Yeah.

Great.

You hungry?

Sure. I'll be in

in a minute.

"Danny McDonald."

"Mr. Callem, here's all the

information available on Gordon Mosley.

"Put your mind at ease.

This guy is a nobody."

He has a full file on him.

A background check.

"2005, breaking and entering

De Factos' residence.

"Attempted abduction of a minor.

"Discharged from the United States

Military, August 14, 2004."

"Conduct unbecoming.

"Court forced stay in a rehab facility."

Yeah, but Lucy,

why was Simon running

a background check

without telling me?

Robyn, why don't

you just ask him?

Okay, so you can't

talk to your husband.

What are you going to do?

I want to find this Greg guy.

Simon's sister said

he was involved somehow.

Right.

Well, maybe you should do

some checking of your own.

Greg Pierson.

Mrs. Callem?

- Yes.

- Ah.

Right this way.

Okay. Just relax.

Uh, I'm sorry.

I think that you know

my husband, Simon Callem.

Yeah.

I came here today 'cause I need to

talk to you about a Gordon Mosley.

"Simon, just after all these years,

"I really was willing

to let bygones be bygones.

"I had nothing but good intentions."

And then there are these.

It's from the Bible.

"Behold he who conceives mischief

and brings forth falsehood.

"He has dug a pit

and hollowed it out,

"and has fallen into

the hole which he made."

I...

Look, I think

he wants to hurt us

for something that

happened back then,

and I'm just trying to

find out what it was.

Simon's sister told

me that you and him

stopped Gordo

from being molested.

If you were helping him,

why would he want to hurt us?

He wasn't being molested.

God, this is crazy.

What do you mean,

he wasn't being molested?

She told me that

he was found in a car with a...

I'm sorry, you're

just going to have

to talk to your

husband about all this.

I have tried.

Please.

Look, can you

answer me one question?

The other person in

the car with Gordo, was it Simon?

What?

No, it's...

No.

Look, I've made peace with this.

With Gordo, with

what happened to him, what we did.

Wait, what you did? But then you

admit that something happened?

- With what you did.

- No, it was nothing. I mean, he...

Look, it was nothing,

and then it kind of became something.

I'm sorry, but you're not

making very much sense.

- I'm just asking you to tell me...

- It was all a lie.

What was a lie?

The whole thing.

The whole story.

Not one part of it was true.

Simon made the whole thing up

about Gordo being

with a guy in a car.

About him being gay.

But why?

Why would he do that?

'Cause he could.

Simon was a bully.

He had a real mean streak,

and Gordo was a target.

One of the weak kids.

He made this whole thing up,

and it basically ruined Gordo's life.

I mean, it's amazing

how an idea can take a hold

and really bring a person down.

Look, we were just kids.

We didn't realize how crazy

this whole thing would get,

but we did have

a chance to stop it.

Simon could have

told the truth, but he didn't.

I mean, the bullying,

the kids beating on him,

and stuff like... I mean,

what happened with Gordo and his dad.

I don't know what

that does to a person.

What happened with

Gordo and his dad?

We've really got a process going.

They shouldn't get

the impression that I'm...

Hey, Robyn.

And let them think that I'm...

Hey, honey.

You know, I'm passionate

about the job and...

Yes, I already did that for you.

The decision's coming

down Monday, all right?

I've already given

my recommendations

and I don't think

you have anything

to worry about,

to be honest with you.

Didn't you mention

that there was another guy?

A Danny someone?

- Danny McDonald.

- Did you hear?

Yes, no, something

went down, man.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah. The guy's being investigated.

Listen, it's late. Why don't we pick

this up first thing in the morning?

- I've kept you here long enough.

- Oh, yeah.

Absolutely. It is late.

I gotta get out. Robyn, I'm leaving.

Your husband's kicking me out.

Hey, want to hit balls tomorrow?

- Yep.

- Yeah?

You scurry around

behind my f***ing back

and you dig up some

idiot from my past?

Just talk to me about it.

I'm not talking to you about sh*t

because it's garbage.

Admit that you told a story...

Stop talking.

- That nearly got someone killed!

- Stop.

His father tried to kill him.

Stop! Stop!

- He tried to burn him.

- Forget it.

Simon, what you said

affected people's lives.

His father was arrested for

attempted murder.

No, his dad knocked

him around a little,

and now it's 25 years later

and the story's been blown

out of proportion. That's all.

So you do know.

Holy sh*t.

I'm an a**hole, Robyn, okay?

I made his life a living hell

and I treated him like sh*t.

Is that what you're trying to figure out?

That I was an a**hole?

I was an a**hole, okay?

My dad was an a**hole to me,

treated me like sh*t.

But I took it. I sucked it up.

I'm not on my hands and knees

crying about it, praying about it.

Stuck in the f***ing past about it.

I moved on.

I made something of my life.

This world's about

f***ing winners and losers,

and we're all in the same

shitty playground, you know?

Guess what? That this guy lost

and then he's moaning about it,

is just him being stuck

because he wants to be stuck

because he can't get

past the f***ing moment.

He's not going to pull me back

and apologize for

something I don't know about,

that I'm not responsible for,

that I don't care about.

I don't owe that guy sh*t.

You could say you're

sorry for your part of it.

F*** that.

People don't apologize

to everyone all the time, Robyn.

That's not the way the world works.

Or is that the way it works for you?

Is that what this is about?

You fantasize about all those girls back

at high school that treated you like sh*t

just lining up all

of a sudden saying,

"Hey, Robyn, we're so sorry

about how we treated you..."

That's great.

You're a bully.

You were then, and you still are now.

I'll take an apology for that.

Oh, geez,

this is not about an apology!

Simon, this is about you and me!

You have to do this for us, because if

you don't at least try to fix this...

If you don't...

Even if I wanted to,

I have no idea where to find this guy.

So save it.

Oh, yes, you do.

You seem to know a lot of things.

Those Post-its were

stuck to my car window

soon after he sent that letter,

and they are the reason

that I had that background check done.

And then had

an attorney contact him

and get a restraining order.

I'm sorry.

I was trying to protect you.

I wanted this to be

my burden, not yours.

I had no idea to what extent

his father hurt him.

I'd heard stories,

but I did not know to what extent.

Funny, when someone

lies to you enough,

you just stop

believing anything they say.

'Cause all this time,

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