Untamed Heart Page #4

And you tell this to people?

Oh, no. It's a nice story.

It's stopped raining.

Magic records and a baboon heart.

You almost got me believin' in it.

How'd you like me to cut your hair?

It's OK. No one's home.

Mind if I ask who cuts this thing?

- I do.

- I see.

- Mind if I ask something else?

- Ouch.

Sorry.

Did you ever think of doing anything else

with your life besides bus boy?

I mean, you must have had

an education at the orphanage.

I'm not very good with people.

Don't let people stand in your way.

They're only people, just like you and me.

Well, maybe not like you.

I don't know

if I've ever met anyone like you.

The first I can remember,

I was four years old.

And?

I wasn't allowed any physical contact or...

even allowed to go out in public.

Why?

My health was still poor.

Cos of the risk of infection.

People were so used to staying away

from me that they always stayed away.

I never got close to people.

Jeez. That's gotta be hard on a kid.

Not being held

or being allowed to hold anyone.

What does your father do?

Uh...

Actually, my stepdad.

Step to the rear.

He's a bus driver.

MTC between Minneapolis and St Paul.

He's a real good guy.

You should meet him sometime.

He was on Candid Camera. They locked

him in a closet. He was great about it.

My real dad is like

oil and vinegar with everybody.

He just don't mix.

Cindy says screw him.

Well, first guy to walk out of my life,

certainly not the last.

Weird, huh?

You're always stayin' away from love,

I'm always chasin' love.

Weird.

Come on.

Here.

(sobs)

Are you crying?

OK.

It's OK.

I'm gonna fall in love with you.

You don't have to love me back.

I'm gonna give you my heart.

(Caroline) OK, OK.

My parents are having

a New Year's Eve party.

My brother'll be there, with whoever

might be his girlfriend at that moment.

Do you wanna come?

You don't have to come

as my boyfriend or anything like that.

Though I'd like you to.

- Is that yes?

- Yes.

Yes?

- Say yes again.

- Yes.

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Nice kitty.

Nice kitty.

It's OK.

Adam.

What are you doin' out here?

When did you get here?

Ten.

Ten? That was almost two hours ago.

You'd rather be out here

with my cat than inside with...

with a room full of

strangers and relatives?

Adam.

Oh, oh.

Star light, star bright,

first star I see tonight,

I wish I may, I wish I might,

have this wish I wish tonight.

That's Mars.

What?

That's Mars.

You just wished on a planet.

Figures.

(party guests) Happy New Year!

(party guests sing "Auld Lang Syne")

You can kiss me.

More.

You know Nick's friend - Ronnie?

He's a cop?

- No.

- Yes, you do.

He has the sister that bought

the house down by North Shore.

I never met him though.

Anyway, look.

I want you to double with us, OK?

We're gonna go to The Fountain.

Go dancin', have fun. You should come.

I don't think I can.

Why not?

Well, I'm sort of seein' somebody.

Yeah? You are? Who?

Come on, you little sh*t! Tell me who.

Forget it. It's Adam.

- Adam who?

- Adam from work.

Adam Adam?

And you're just telling me this sh*t now?

You freakin' liar!

I'm not lying. It's Adam.

Uh-uh.

Why?

Cos... I got to know him.

- And we make sense.

- What do you mean, you make sense?

He doesn't make sense, I don't

make sense. Together we make sense.

So...

Tell me what he's like.

I mean, does he actually speak?

Did you meet his family yet?

I mean, what's up with this?

Yeah, he speaks.

No, I haven't met his family.

- He's an orphan.

- Really?

No sh*t. I never met a real orphan before.

Yeah.

He's a lot smarter than people think.

He reads a lot. Got a lot of books.

He's really into his music.

Really?

He's really sweet.

He's like a kid, but it's nice.

He's got... He thinks he's got...

He thinks he's got a baboon's heart.

You see, Caroline? You see?

I told you this man had ape parts in him.

- I told you!

- He doesn't have ape parts in him.

It's just a story a nun at that orphanage

told a scared little boy

who didn't know why he was so...

He's got some kind of heart problem.

But Adam? You know, you don't have to

sell yourself short either, you know.

- Well, there's something you don't know.

- What?

You know when I was out sick?

Yeah.

(sobs)

On the way home in the park one night,

two guys tried to rape me.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Caroline, are you OK?

Yeah. Someone stopped them.

It was Adam. He saved me.

Why didn't you tell me this?

Why didn't you come to me?

I didn't tell anybody.

Jesus, you poor thing.

Are you all right?

I mean, seriously, are you OK?

Yeah?

God, I don't believe this.

Holy sh*t.

- Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

- What?

What?

You're gonna be so mad at me.

Why?

Well, I kind of told Nick that

you would double with Ronnie.

I... Great. Thanks a lot.

Look, you don't have to go, OK?

I mean, you could just forget

the whole thing, OK? Just forget it, OK?

Well...

Well, go anyway, OK? Just go, Caroline.

I mean, you'll have a good time.

He's really nice.

His father owns a hardware store

downtown, you know?

When was the last time

we went dancing, huh?

And, look, if you don't like him, he doesn't

turn out to be the glass-slipper man,

you don't have to see him

any more, all right?

(# loud music)

- My dad owns a hardware store.

- What?

My dad, he owns a hardware store.

- If you ever need anything...

- What?

If you ever need anything,

just let me know,

or let Cindy know, and I'll take care of it.

- We don't have to wait for a seat.

- Cindy.

- What?

- Can I talk to you?

- Nick, go find us a table.

- OK.

OK.

What is up with you?

I didn't wanna go out with him.

I didn't know we'd come here.

This isn't right being here.

This is terrible.

Let's just go. Let's just go.

Why? Why don't you just go tell Adam

that you're with friends?

I mean, you and me

went out dancin' and that's all.

What? He's got that much

hold on you already?

No, that isn't it.

He's very sensitive. I don't know how he's

gonna react to seeing me with this guy.

Look, why don't you just go find Adam

and tell him that

you and Ronnie are just friends?

All right?

Well, go ahead.

Jim, where's Adam?

I don't know. Look in back.

- John, is Adam back here?

- No, I haven't seen him.

Adam?

Adam?

- Just coffee.

- Are you sure?

- OK. Have fun.

- Here's Caroline.

Here. Sit.

I ain't gonna bite you.

(Patsy) How's that?

Oh, man.

Come on, get up.

(Howard) Take this, tough guy.

All right!

Loser.

(tyres screech)

Whoo-hoo!

Oh, my God!

Jim! Jim!

Oh, my God! Adam.

- Cindy!

- I'm right here. I'm right here.

- Call an ambulance!

- Call an ambulance!

- Is he breathing?

- Yeah, no... Yeah, yeah.

- Has he been shot?

- I don't know. I don't know.

Sweetie. Sweetheart.

I'm right here. Right here.

You're gonna be OK.

(doctor) It's not the knife wound

that we're worried about. It's his heart.

- (Caroline) His heart?

- Yes.

It's not the normal heart

of a 26-year-old man.

Excuse me? What did you say?

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