Waking the Dead Page #4

most of them.

You liked her, didn't you?

Who?

What?

- Who?

- Isaac's niece.

You know.

Come on.

Miss Perfect

Future President's Wife.

Juliet, you mean?

She seemed very shallow to me.

Maybe.

F*** off.

That's where you're headed.

That's your world.

It's all mapped out.

It's been mapped out

long before we ever met.

I'm not going to change it.

Do you want me to change it?

I think that both of us

would love to change each other.

- No, I don't want to change you.

- Yes, you do.

You're the incarnation...

of your family's ambition...

and I am the incarnation

of your family's fear.

Your father, his name is Ed.

Your mother's name is Mary.

- They named you Fielding.

- Yes.

- What does that mean?

- That I was meant to succeed.

And I accept that.

I don't want to watch you

turn into a cog in their machine.

That's so...

f***ing condescending.

Sometimes cogs can make machines

run a little bit better.

Sometimes.

Mostly they turn in circles

and wear out.

Then they get replaced.

- Come work at the church with me.

- Yeah, don't work for the US government.

Work for the people who brought us the

Children's Crusade and the Inquisition.

- That's a moral step up.

- It's infuriating loving you sometimes.

The feeling's mutual.

Honey?

I'm home, and I'm horny.

I'm so glad you're home.

I'm going to Chile.

I'm going to be gone for two weeks.

We're going to get some friends

out of there.

- How are you gonna do that?

- It's all planned.

- It's not difficult or dangerous.

- When is this happening?

Tonight.

Our flight's at 7:00.

Can I ask you not to go?

Who are you going with?

Steven.

We're meeting up with a nun

named Sister Angela.

- What'll the army think you're doing?

- I can't talk about that.

Listen, Fielding,

if anybody comes snooping around...

just dodge their questions.

- We must go. There'll be traffic.

- Not to mention the storm.

God has given us

a lot to put our shoulder against.

Yeah, He's been such a help.

Really.

I'll bring her back

safe and sound, Fielding.

You have my word.

Is there something I can do

to help?

Do you have any money?

Thanks.

Take me with you.

Please.

- You'll be with us. We feel your love.

- No, I mean it seriously.

- I speak better Spanish than you both.

- Sister Angela speaks it perfectly.

Just take me with you.

Everything's arranged

for this time.

It means a lot you asked.

- I'm sorry, but we must go.

- I'll go with you to the airport.

You think what I'm doing is wrong?

Of course not.

Truth is I think you're...

f***ing incredible.

And I do wish you weren't going.

I want to forget everything

that separates us, Fielding.

You're my lover.

The only man in the world I love.

You're the only woman I love.

Ten years ago we could run

a campaign for $10,000.

Now it takes a goddamn million.

We got the votes, right?

As in, vote early and vote often.

What we need to do is coast.

We'll get plenty of ink for free.

Reporters got nothing to do

this time of year, right, Kelly?

You're right.

Also, we can count on

Jerry Charmichael's full cooperation.

I don't know if you want him involved,

but he's willing to do whatever's best...

I'm losing my mind.

- Beg your pardon.

- Yeah.

- What do you mean?

- I just... I've...

I've been seeing things

and hearing things...

from Sarah.

And I've been believing them.

Believing that she's...

I don't know. Come back from

the other side, or maybe she never died.

I can't explain it.

I thought I saw her

couple of years ago in New York.

It seemed really crazy,

so I never told you about it, but...

she was coming out of a...

like, a coffee shop...

with this guy, this older guy.

And I didn't think about it.

I just...

called her name.

And she looked around,

and she looked straight at me.

And...

I guess I was

just so surprised...

I just forgot that

she wasn't alive anymore and...

she turned around and walked a bit

further, so I called her name again.

And she turned around...

and then I remembered.

And, you know...

it wasn't her.

She looked different.

That's not true.

She looked a lot like Sarah.

But she wasn't Sarah.

That's the point.

She just looked like her.

I was really freaked.

I really was, but I just carried on

and made myself forget all about it.

I never told you, because

it was just dumb. But that happens.

- But you saw her.

- I thought I saw her.

I didn't see her.

Of course I didn't see her.

I am absolutely sure about that.

You're absolutely sure?

Yeah.

So will Congressman Charmichael

be participating in your campaign?

Jerry's pretty exhausted, so...

You remember me at all, Fielding?

It was my very first news job

in Minneapolis.

It was one of the biggest stories

of the year there.

What was the story?

There were American priests giving

left-wing Chileans sanctuary...

and right-wing Chileans

hunting them down...

and Fielding's girlfriend

got caught in the middle.

I'm sorry. There's a woman...

who has some statistics

that I need.

I won't be long!

What is this?

What is this?

What... Goddamn you!

Goddamn you!

Who is making this disturbance?

My God, what's wrong?

What brings you here?

- I don't know. Where am I?

- You're in my church.

This is my parish now.

You've created a disturbance...

- I want to talk about Sarah.

- What do you want to know...

Just tell me about her!

Is she alive?

- Tell me, please.

- All right.

Just stop the sh*t

and tell me if she is alive!

She is alive in the hearts

of those that love her.

Bullshit! I followed her

into this church!

I followed her into this church!

And I'm tired of being screwed with!

Poor Fielding.

Francisco and Gisela Higgens...

I'd like you to meet my right arm here.

Sarah Williams and her friend

Fielding Pierce.

Hello.

It's an honor really.

I hope we can be of service to you.

Thank you.

What about you?

Another good Catholic?

Not at all.

Darling, if it weren't

for some great churchmen...

we wouldn't be here to speak out...

and our friends Gustavo and Seny

would be in prison or dead.

So what do you do?

Fielding wants to be a senator.

Well, well. A senator.

With so many ofyour politicians

showing their corruption...

I am surprised to see

someone from the youth...

who chooses to

follow their example.

I'm sorry. Do you really believe

that I'm going into politics...

so I can become

a corrupt son of a b*tch...

who sells electrodes

to the Chilean secret police?

What Gisela means is when

you enter a corrupt institution...

you become part of it.

So you would say leave politics

to the worst America has to offer?

Young man, everything is politics.

Life is politics.

Calling only your elections politics

is part of your sickness here.

I am so sick of having to apologize

for being an American.

- North American.

- Oh, God, I'm so sorry. North American.

I can't help but noticing

that when people run to freedom...

they tend to wash up

on North American shores.

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