The Love Letter Page #7

The divorce is final.

[Sighs]

Can you forgive me?

Forgive you for what?

For being human?

Messy, f***ed-up...

That's the good stuff, Helen.

[Chuckles]

You know, all these years

I've had this story in my mind...

a story about us...

that never really existed.

And because of that story,

I've kept you framed,

up on a wall...

in a little box

of nostalgic moonlight.

- George, listen.

- No, let me finish.

- I can...

- I need to finish this.

I was a fool...

for not acting on my feelings

when the time was right.

When the...

possibility existed,

I... walked the other way.

And keeping you

in that little box...

was the only way I knew

I could really have you.

And now when I'm finally ready

to tell you that I want you,

it's too late.

[Sighs]

Is it?

We just have bad timing.

I'm taking my girls

and moving to New York.

Don't go.

[Sighs]

- [Exhales Forcefully]

- Mmm.

George came by

looking for you, dear.

I know.

I saw him, Grandma.

Your mother's in the living room.

I think she has insomnia.

But it's 2:
00 a.m.,

and we're wide-awake.

We're night owls. We're just a little

bunch of night owls wandering around.

I wonder if Emily's

a night owl. Could be genetic.

I'm going to bed, dear.

Sweet dreams.

Good night.

[Laughing]

Ah.

Just missing one little piece.

[Scoffs]

Oh! There it is!

- Hey.

- You're on time.

- Hey, listen. Do you know what you're

gonna get Johnny for his birthday?

- No.

Of course I waited until

the last minute, and now I can't decide.

Pocketknife

or bottle opener?

It seemed like I always needed

a bottle opener in college. [Sighs]

- It's gonna be quiet around here

with Johnny and Jennifer gone, huh?

- Yeah, it is.

I cannot believe your mom

is in love with a woman.

She's so open. My mother would never

tell me a thing like that.

Your mother would never

do a thing like that.

Miss Scattergoods.

Constance.

[Chuckles]

Imagine being in love

with Miss Scattergoods.

Imagine being in love.

Did I trip? Did I stumble?

Lose my balance?"

Did you write this?

Every word.

No one ever wrote me

a love letter before!

- [People Chattering]

- [Children Laughing]

[Chattering Continues]

Happy birthday, Johnny.

It's my thesis.

The one I've been working on

all summer.

Women Alive and Daring:

The Psychosexual Sociology...

of Women From Ages

20 to 50.

By Jennifer McNeely."

Wow. Thanks, Jen.

I was gonna call it

Good B*tch/Bad B*tch:

What I Learned From My Boss,

Helen MacFarquhar,"

but I thought that sounded

kind of insular, so...

And you're in

the acknowledgements.

And thanks to

Johnny Howell,

a great guy who will be

a great man when he grows up."

So, you're gonna keep in touch

and write, like with e-mail and stuff?

Yeah, definitely.

[No Audible Dialogue]

[Children Shouting]

George, when are you

leaving for New York?

I'm taking the girls on the train

tomorrow. Thought they'd like that.

So, the big city waits

for you."

L-I found the postcard.

I want you to know that.

George, I never read

the inside.

George,

how will I reach you?

I'll send you a postcard.

[Miss Scattergoods] Dearest, do you

know how much in love with you I am?

I have fallen in love

without taking a step.

Did I trip? Did I stumble?

Lose my balance?

Graze my knee?

Graze my heart?"

Where did that come from?

I wrote this and sent it

to you decades ago.

I had no idea you ripped it up

and taped it back together again.

I never ripped it up.

I th... [Scoffs]

I thought I lost it. L...

I haven't seen this letter

since...

l-I don't know.

Where did this come from?

I must have revised it

at least 50 times before I sent it.

I don't think I ever got it

exactly right.

No, you got it right, dear.

[Lillian] I know I'm in love when I

see you. I know when I long to see you,

[Miss Scattergoods Joins In]

I'm on fire.

[Other Voices Join In] When I'm

close to you, I feel your hair...

brush my cheek

when it does not.

I look away from you

sometimes,

then I look back.

When I tie my shoes,

when I peel an orange,

when I drive my car,

I remain yours."

- [Seagulls Cawing]

- (music) [Jazz]

(music) I'm in the mood for love (music)

(music) Simply because

you're near me (music)

(music) Oh, funny when

you're near me (music)

(music) I'm in the mood for love (music)

(music) If there's a cloud above (music)

(music) If it should rain

we'll let it (music)

(music) Oh, just for the night

Forget it (music)

(music) Baby, I'm in the mood

for love (music)

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