The Ledge Page #5

- Yes.

- Where?

- The hotel.

I'll find a room and email you.

- You really put

some thought into this, huh?

- Yeah.

- So did I.

- When do you reckon

you'll get back?

- I'm just filling in

for someone.

I don't know

when they'll show up.

- Okay.

- Hi.

- Want a drink?

- I think I need one.

Are all these flowers for me?

- Stole 'em from the ballroom.

- Wedding?

- Memorial service.

You don't have to do it.

Let me undress you.

You're perfect.

- Years float away

on the wind

Give me this day I can win

Give me your hands

to forget

Everything

You know the feeling

when your heart walked in

And you remember

why you kiss first, stare

She remembers all the good

up there that I've done

But I found

you're like a ghost of me

Like a secret sea,

you were stealing me

Mm

And it feels like

I'm remembering

Years float away

on the wind

Give me a moment to win

Give me your lips to forget

Everything,

everything

Years float away

on the wind

Give me this day

Give me your hands

to forget

Everything

- Oh, my God.

- You have a job.

You have God.

I am washed, sanctified,

and justified.

Help me.

Help Shana.

- When I got home last night,

he wasn't there.

Then he came back,

and I asked him where he'd been,

and he said, "Thinking.

Where have you been?"

- Then what?

- And then this morning,

he was distant,

and then he just went to work.

- Why don't you leave him?

I mean it.

- I'm afraid of what

he might do to himself.

- Like what?

- I don't know.

I feel scared of him,

and I feel sorry for him

and grateful and ashamed.

But at the same time,

it's-

I sort of can't even think

about him.

It's like he's disappearing.

All I can think about is you.

- I feel the same way.

I didn't sleep at all

last night.

- Really?

Could we see each other again

tonight?

- How would you get out?

- He's going

to some church thing

from 7:
00 to 10:00.

- Chris too.

Finally something

to thank God for.

- I'm sorry.

- Take it.

I'll wait.

- What do you want?

- Hey.

I just wanted

to give you a family.

- What makes you think

I want to talk about this now?

- Hollis, it was

just an arrangement.

That's all.

Hollis, I was just afraid

of losing you, so I just-

- I'm up here on the ledge

with somebody and-

- Please, Hollis.

I love you.

- I cannot have

this conversation right now.

- I love you.

I love you more

than anything in life.

- Look, I got to go.

- You have to go?

- No, no, no, no.

I'm good.

So what happened next?

- Well, I better be going.

- Okay.

- Bye.

- Bye.

- I want to do it here.

- Okay.

- Take my panties off.

Oh, my...

I love the way you touch me.

- Who is that?

- That's my daughter.

- You have a daughter?

- I had a daughter.

- What happened?

- She died two years ago.

- Oh, I'm so sorry.

- I'm sure she's up in heaven

with all the other

little baby angels.

I'm sorry.

I don't mean to be

such an a**hole.

I really don't.

I was driving her

to school one day.

And we'd had a fight.

The radio was on.

There was a song

we both really liked.

She was singing along.

I was watching her

in the mirror,

and I was just about to tell her

that it was all okay,

and then a truck

swerved from traffic

from the opposite direction,

and I had less than a second

to think.

And I don't know if it was

instinct or a bad guess

or maybe self-preservation,

but...

I swung the wheel

the wrong way,

and the truck hit her side

of the car.

And five minutes later,

she's dead.

My wife never blamed me,

exactly.

It was-the truck driver

had a heart attack.

It wasn't my fault, but...

It was in her eyes.

I needed her to forgive me,

and she couldn't do it.

And so we split up,

and I totally fell apart.

And then I got a job

in the hospitality industry.

And now I'm just dandy.

- Oh!

Uh, I thought you were out.

I was gonna get a sip

of your whiskey.

We-

- You ever think of knocking?

- Excuse us.

Sorry.

- What happened?

- Uh, you were right.

Turns out this center

is a little more conservative

than we thought.

- Light gets switched off

before it reaches the homos?

- Not exactly.

Dimmed.

- Sorry.

Really.

- Hey.

To the grave, okay?

- Oh.

- It's okay.

He's cool.

Both of them.

- You know,

if you and I

could ever be together,

I think we'd be really happy.

- Strange thing is,

I felt the same way.

I had to make a game of it

at the start...

'cause I wasn't really up

for it, you know?

Love.

- No wonder.

- I guess

it's always inexplicable

why you fall in love, isn't it?

I mean, you tell me,

why do you love your wife?

- To be honest with you,

Gavin,

I don't think I do anymore.

As a matter of fact,

I don't even think

I'm going home tonight.

- Why not?

- She cheated on me.

I kind of lost

both of my kids today.

My little boy and my girl,

you know.

Found out neither one of 'em

was mine this morning.

- Why?

- 'Cause I'm sterile.

I just found out.

I've always been.

- Did you want kids?

- Like you wouldn't believe,

you know?

I mean, we tried and tried

for years,

and when nothing happened,

eventually we went over

to the clinic,

and we got tested.

And I never bothered

to go and get the results.

But she did.

And when she told me

everything was okay, I was...

And then nine months later, we-

She said that she was afraid

she was going to lose me

and that it was just

an arrangement.

- Who's the father?

- She wanted the kids to look

as much like me as possible.

I got a younger brother, man.

Look, I'm sorry,

Gavin,

but please don't make my day

any worse than it already is.

Why don't you just

come on in here?

- Believe me,

if I could, I would.

- Hollis.

- Excuse me.

- Spoke to the roommate, Chris.

He says he thinks Joe's capable

ofjust about anything.

Shana never made it to school.

Joe never showed up for work.

I've been trying both

their numbers.

I got nothing.

- Please, keep calling them.

- All right.

How's he doin'?

- Do I think he might do it?

I think he could.

- All right.

Are you good?

- I'm having a rough day.

Hey, forgive me.

- Look man, the point is,

you got kids,

even if it wasn't exactly

how you wanted.

- Let's just go on

with your story, okay?

- Okay.

We decided to tell Joe

the truth.

But Shana wanted to speak

to the pastor first

'cause she was so scared

he'd kill himself.

- I know I haven't been

an exciting lover for you.

I know that I have been

too dominating

in a way

that wasn't interesting.

But I wasn't always like this.

I know how bad things are.

I just want one night.

Borrow an apartment.

Go to a hotel.

A night away from

what we're supposed to be,

a night to prove I can

make you happy that way.

Don't I at least deserve that?

- I have to get out of this

the right way.

I owe him so much.

- I know.

I know, and I know

I have no right, but...

- We only have to get through

a couple more days, okay?

Okay?

- Okay.

- I should go.

I'm doing the night shift,

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