Unanswered Prayers Page #6

All right, all right,

I'll admit it. It was fun.

But I think it will be more fun

once I get feeling back in my toes.

There you go.

Things don't turn out the way you think

they're going to, do they?

Hmm?

Everybody thinks I've lived this exotic

and exciting life.

And here I am, back in the front seat

of my old high school

sweetheart's truck.

My married old high school

sweetheart's truck.

Hey, I'm not that old.

And I've lost my mom,

my sweet, sweet mom.

I know.

I know. It's hard.

I've been there.

You know, I was lying in bed last night

in my mom's big, empty house

and it hit me.

I don't have any children.

I don't have any family to speak of.

I mean, I've got

a crazy ex back in Chicago.

But I'm all alone.

No.

Yeah.

It shouldn't be so hard

to be happy, should it?

We've got to go.

Yeah.

Whoa!

-He's in here.

-Thank you.

-Ben?

-Hey.

-Hey.

-I'm okay.

The doctor just wanted me

to lie here for a while.

But she said I don't have

a concussion, so...

You sure you're okay?

Yeah, no. I'm fine. I'm fine.

I'm ready to go home.

They don't want to watch him?

No, he's good to go.

Have you checked on Mr. Bayard?

What happened?

Well, this tree fell across the road.

It was pouring down rain.

I lost control of the truck.

Oh, my God.

Thank God you're okay.

Here you are.

And Ms. Andersson left this.

You want to bring the car out front?

I need to wheel him out.

Sure.

Lorrie, come on. I was half-sloshed.

Driving half-sloshed?

Isn't that something

you warn your son about?

I know. It was stupid.

But we went to the quarry,

goofing off, and we just...

-Just?

-We were talking about

how we used to swim there.

We were just being crazy.

We literally jumped in

for one second, and we were out.

Wait a minute.

You and Ava went swimming in November?

Skinny-dipping?

Is that what you're trying to tell me?

Nothing happened.

So you didn't have sex with her?

No. I didn't.

Oh! Good. Why not?

You two are sloshing around

naked in the quarry.

Why not have sex with her?

No one would know.

You didn't even kiss her?

I'm not gonna lie to you, Lorrie.

-I did kiss her.

-You kissed her,

but you didn't have sex with her?

I did not have sex with her, okay?

-Why not?

-We didn't have sex.

What's wrong with you two?

But I wanted to, damn it!

Is that what you want to hear?

Does that make you happy?

Are you happy now, Lorrie?

I want you out of the house.

Go sleep in a motel

or a friend's or something.

What are you gonna tell Jesse?

You can have the honor.

Hey. What's up?

Jess?

You know, all my life, my dad,

Mr. Big Guy in Town, big football hero,

all my life, I did it for him.

For him!

What happened?

He cheated on my mom! Okay?

And she kicked him out!

That is so not right.

I mean, you know,

he didn't totally cheat.

But almost totally.

Anyway, she's pissed as hell.

What did he say to you?

No, he has nothing

to say to me. Nothing!

I mean, how could he do this to my mom?

Who's the woman?

It's some high school old flame chick

of his. I mean, it's really pathetic.

Wow.

This really, really sucks.

Yeah. It really does.

Do you think they'll split?

Maybe they won't split.

Maybe they'll work it out.

Guess who.

He's left me like

a thousand messages today.

You've got to talk to him.

No. Actually, I don't.

Let's just go back to your place.

I can't. I'm sorry.

You know I wish I could.

But I've got to get back

to work. You know,

people need their lattes or they'll die.

Hey.

I love you. Text me every minute

what's going on, okay?

No, they gave us the quote

for two trailers. Make them honor it.

Yanni... Yanni, I spoke to the guy.

Please just handle it. I got to go.

Jesse?

Son?

Hey, Jess.

-You rang?

-Yeah.

Listen, I feel terrible

about everything that's been going on.

Why, Dad? We all feel great.

Look, this is kind of

awkward and bizarre for me,

so just say what you want to say.

Well, first of all, I want you to know

that I love your mom.

And I didn't have sex with this woman.

It was just one

of those things that snowballed.

Mmm-hmm.

Bottom line is,

it never should have happened.

And I'm sorry that I let you

and your mom down.

Mmm-hmm.

Damn it, Jesse, it was a mistake.

I made a mistake.

People are not perfect. I'm not perfect.

Well, here's the problem,

I always thought you were.

Okay, you lectured me

about respect for Monet,

about respecting your partners.

How about respect for your wife?

Okay, you don't owe me an apology.

You owe it to Mom.

Jess...

You know what, Dad? And homecoming game,

don't even think about it.

And if I find out you're there,

I am walking off the field.

Hi. You're out late. I was worried.

I had a game at Lynchburg, remember?

Oh, my God. I completely forgot.

How did you do?

It's all good. We won.

I'm sorry that you heard

what happened last night, that...

That we brought you into it.

I'm glad I heard.

I'm glad I know what's really

going on in this house.

Jesse, whatever your dad

did to me or I did to him,

you have to know he loves you, right?

So what happens now?

I honestly don't know.

I'm heading up to Lofton,

get the crew going.

Probably be up there

for a couple of weeks.

Good idea.

-Lorrie...

-Don't.

Hi! I'm late for my accountant meeting.

I had to drop Henry off

at his podiatrist.

Approve these, would you?

How you doing?

I'm okay.

What's with you two?

Ben's just heading up to Lofton.

Yeah. Just gonna get things going.

See you later.

What's going on?

Ben and I are just

taking a little break.

Why? What happened?

Mom, this is so hard.

Is it Ava?

How did you know?

Lorrie, small town, people talk.

It's okay, baby.

Shh! It will be okay.

Hi, Ben. I hope you're feeling okay.

I'm fine.

I'm a little stiff, but I'm fine.

But I just wanted to say I'm sorry

for messing things up again.

So will you give me a call

whenever you can?

Okay.

So, did they do it?

All I know is that he wanted to.

He said that?

Oh, yeah.

Well, at least he's being honest.

Well, what else could he say?

He was caught half-naked,

dripping wet in the truck with her,

which is basically totaled, by the way.

I had a bad feeling about her

the minute I saw her in the paint aisle

at the hardware store.

Yeah, well, I didn't want to go there.

Honey, men can't help themselves.

They are hardwired that way.

And even the good ones

have just an ounce more control.

And don't look now,

because somebody is looking at you.

I'm sure. I look

so attractive right now.

Anyway, I think we should

ding dong ditch that b*tch.

Hey, would you like to dance?

Look, actually,

my friend doesn't feel like dancing.

You kind of caught her at a bad time.

Actually, Jeanette,

I would like to dance.

-I'm sorry.

-It's okay.

What's wrong?

No, I really appreciate it,

but I just...

-Jeanette, I'm gonna go.

-Wait.

Wait a minute!

Monet!

Hey!

Come sit with us.

This is the new girlfriend, yeah.

Okay.

Hi.

Come on up here. Here.

What a great hat.

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