The Presence Page #2

If you wanna be here,

you have to take care of yourself.

It's not that hard.

I'll do it.

- Hey, thanks.

- Sure.

- It's a peace offering.

- For?

- I'm sorry about last night.

- No, it's okay.

Maybe I should go back. l can leave

when the old man comes out again.

- No.

- No?

No, I'm glad you're here.

Me, too.

- Here.

- Thanks for helping.

Yeah. Well, I always said

I'd make a good wife.

I'll tell you what...

I'm gonna get out of here. I'm gonna go

explore the island, leave you to your work.

Thanks.

And then I'll come back and cook dinner.

We'll see how well that I do.

What?

You know I can cook,

And we'll see if that stove gets the best

of me, but, you know...

- You want me to come help you light it?

- No, no, no, no, no. I've seen you do it,

I can figure it out.

- You do your work.

- Yeah.

- All right, have fun.

- Yep.

- Hey! Cute!

- Yeah

You having a good day?

Yeah, I'm having a little trouble

getting focused. It'll come. How about you?

Yeah, I did. I took the world's longest hike.

This island's a lot bigger than I thought.

Well, I'm gonna start dinner.

Be ready to eat in five hours.

- That sounds perfect.

- All right.

- All right.

- Bye.

- Thanks for the flowers.

- You're welcome.

Dinner is served!

Come on, let's go.

Enough work for today.

I made spaghetti.

I think it's pretty good.

I'm going to keep working...

I'm finally on a roll.

Uh-huh! Heh-heh.

But you...

I have work,

that's why I came.

Right. I just thought we would...

It's not fair of you to keep asking me

to spend time with you

when I didn't even want you here.

Honey..

what happened?

- I don't...

- Don't!

Yes, that's right. Don't!

Don't do anything.

Just leave me be.

Want some coffee?

I did all right for my virgin try.

Getting pretty good

in there, actually.

I gotta get started.

See how easy it can be?

It wouldn't take much, you know.

She'd be all yours.

Oh, I know you've thought about it.

I've watched you.

But then...

what can you do?

You know you can't.

Why would you even try?

You can't do much of anything, really.

Well, not right now.

You could have many things.

Pleasures that have been

denied you a long time.

An old vice, for instance,

that can no longer

do you harm.

Escape...

from this place.

Surely, you haven't forgotten

what it's like.

Oh, I know it must seem

like an eternity,

But your eternity is

only just beginning.

Do you really want to

spend it trapped here?

Imagine...

being anywhere you want.

Anytime.

Freedom.

Or...

would you rather spend it

even in a different way?

I can give you many things.

I can give you everything..

It's your choice.

You can see it when you look in his eyes.

I cannot warn you enough.

He's going to torture you.

You don't want that, do you?

What makes you think

he's not gonna do the same thing?

He's gonna molest your children.

You have to see that. You have to see that.

You have to understand that she does not

want any commitment at all.

She can't handle that sort of thing.

Easy.

Just give me your hand

and you'll be free.

You only have to do one thing.

And she can be all yours.

Think about it.

You'll be no different

than you are now.

He may even take your place.

You can't get something for nothing.

You of all people should know that.

Easy...

It's okay.

Trust me.

Hey...

So, you're just not talking to me now?

First you say you'll marry me

and now you act like

you don't want anything to do with me.

All right. All right.

What do you want me to say?

Oh...

I don't know, I don't know.

Something like,

"Hey, gee, we're engaged."

"Oh, my gosh, I'm so happy, I'm so glad

I didn't waste three years of his life,

"while I tried to decide

if I was capable of being with somebody."

Something like that.

Would that be all right?

Maybe for once you could, you could...

- be happy about something?

- Happy?

Happy with you with you pushing me

and needling me?

"Why can't you be more this?"

"Why can't you just let go?"

I'm never gonna be good enough

for you the way that I am,

which is kind of broken,

but you just wanna sweep everything under the rug,

like nothing ever happened.

just like they did when I was a kid!

"Let's make everything perfect!"

"You have to be perfect"

Well, you know what? I'm not going to be.

It's not going to be perfect, ever.

All right, all right.

My fault. It's my fault.

Always the guy's fault.

Especially the one guy who

always stays when you run

even out here, in the middle of nowhere.

Where I didn't even want you to come.

This is my special place,

and you won't even let me have that.

You come here. You invade. You take over.

You start following me around and...

And don't look at me like that!

You're trying to control me

I know it. Just like he did.

How can you say that?

What have I ever done

that you could compare me to your father?

My mother didn't even know.

She wouldn't know. She wouldn't see it.

But I am not gonna sign up

for a life like that.

will not bring children...

- into a world...

-Stop it. Stop!

Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!

Who are you?

Calm down.

Do you know how many people came

to my father's funeral?

Five hundred.

Practically the whole goddamn town!

And there they were. They were singing

the praises of this good man.

They had no idea

what he had been doing to me.

So, how can you know me?

And how can I know you?

You know me.

You know me.

Yeah, maybe l do. Maybe...

Maybe finally l can see behind those calm...

beautiful blue eyes and...

and finally see you for...

for who you really are.

I'm done.

Done?

I'm done.

This was a mistake.

You shouldn't have come here.

All right, all right, I'll...

I'll leave as soon

as Mr. What's-His-Name comes back...

- and he can take me to the mainland.

- He won't come back for three days.

- I'll take the boat, then.

You can't take the boat. You're gonna get lost,

and Im gonna have to come and save you.

What do you want me to do?

I want you to call Mr. Browman, take charge...

and call him and ask him to pick you up

and get off my goddamn island, now.!

All right.

All right.

Unbelievable!

Phone's dead.

You left it on.

I'm taking the boat.

Okay.

Okay, All right.

We're done.

We're...

F***...

I'm not like those men in your family.

I know sometimes it's hard for you

to believe that, but I'm a good man.

Not perfect in any way, but I'm...

...good.

You can trust me

You can have faith in me.

Thank god.

Honey?

You all right?

Honey?

Honey, Honey.

Honey, I'm such an idiot.

I don't know what came over me, I...

It gets easier.

You'll see.

It becomes fun, even.

And the rewards...

With each one, you grow in

the master's eyes. He is...

good to those who serve him.

Freedom comes with a price.

Not yet.

With each task, you get more and more.

The wants you to prove yourself.

But first things first.

Let's have a little fun.

If you tell Mommy, I'm going to slap you.

I will slap you and I will slap your mother.

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