Where Hope Grows Page #2

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Um...

I wasn't being honest

with you, Produce.

I'm not fine.

Well, are you sick?

- I don't think so.

- Maybe you just need to smile.

"A cheerful heart

is good medicine."

Where'd you get that?

A bumper sticker?

You told me that I was smart.

- Remember?

- Yeah.

You wanna see how smart I am?

Well, I'll tell you what.

Maybe not today,

because I gotta...

I gotta...

- Pick up that melon.

- All right.

They label all of these

fruits and vegetables

with some numbers on them.

But I know the number on

the top of that melon.

- Okay, go.

- 4329.

Yeah, 4329.

That's correct.

That's impressive, Produce.

Good job.

Pear. Anjou.

Yep. Correct.

Banana.

That's the easy one.

Everybody likes bananas.

Gala apple. 4135.

Orange. 9669.

Tangerine. 3144.

Granny Smith apple.

Yeah.

There we go.

I'm really impressed.

I mean, you're kinda like

"Rain Man" or something.

Like Superman or Batman!

You're proud of me

'cause I'm smart.

- I'm sorry, Mr. Campbell.

- No, that's all right.

He didn't realize

he was bugging you.

What did I tell you

about hugging the customers?

Now you get back

to work, young man.

You have a nice day,

Mr. Campbell.

- You, too, Dexter.

- I'm sorry about the hug.

Nah, like I said.

Hey, Produce.

I'm impressed.

- Frank?

- Hi, Susan.

Is Milt here?

Is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah, it's good.

I just need to talk to him.

Yeah, come in.

- You doing all right?

- Yeah, nice to see you.

- You, too.

- Milt.

- Hey, buddy, what's up?

- What's up, man?

- What's up?

- You doing all right?

Yeah.

What's going on?

Okay, um...

there's no easy way

to ask you this, so...

- Okay.

- I need to borrow some money for a hotel room.

It's not long.

I'll pay you back.

- What happened?

- I got evicted.

Hadn't paid in a while,

so kinda had it comin'.

Well, you're not getting

in any hotel, all right?

You stay here, all right?

We got plenty of room.

- You're like family.

- Man, I...

No, no, no, no. Stay here.

We got plenty of room.

So I got some

towels if you want to take a shower

and help yourself

to anything in the kitchen.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

No. Colt, hang on.

What?

What's going on?

Just slow down.

The hell are you doing?

I'm cold.

Come on, take that jacket off,

get back in bed.

You know how many girls

wanna get with me right now?

But here I am.

I'm trying to be faithful to you.

I just want it to be special

for my first time.

Wait, you... so you're...

you're a virgin?

- Yeah.

- But you said that you've been...

I know.

I... I lied.

I just wanted you

to like me, so I said it.

This is awesome, you know that?

Listen, I got some wine

out in my Jeep, okay?

It's in a box,

so we don't need an opener or anything.

- That's special, right?

- You don't get it.

No, you don't get it, Katie.

You can't just tease

a guy like this.

I said just lay back down.

- Katie?

Hey, Katie?

Hey, Katie bear, I just...

I just wanted

to come say good night.

Wha... hey.

What are you doing with your

jacket on in your bed?

Hey, what's wrong?

Is there something

I can do to help?

Please get out.

Okay.

Hey, Mr. Campbell.

How you doing?

Where's the shopping cart?

I don't know.

I'm not here to shop.

I guess I just...

I guess I just came to talk.

To me?

Yeah, to you.

I guess I could use

some of that magical happiness

that you always seem to have.

- So, what's your secret?

- It's no secret, Mr. Campbell.

Well, you're doing

something right.

You're doing a heck of a

lot better than I'm doing.

Do you think that I'm smart

enough to do anything?

Anything in the whole

wide world?

- Well, come on.

- Where are we going?

All right.

Where...

where are we going, buddy?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Look it.

I'm not authorized personnel.

I can't go back there.

Please, Mr. Campbell?

Come... please?

- Come on.

- All right.

- Come on.

- What are we doing?

What? What is this?

I'm not smart enough to be

the Employee of the Month.

Shoot.

Yeah, you are.

- Really?

- Let me ask you a question.

Do you think that Colt

can name every fruit number

on every piece of fruit

in the store?

But I can name

all the vegetables, too.

Yeah, exactly.

That's my point.

He can't do that.

Hey, Produce.

Sometimes...

well, sometimes life

is not fair.

You know?

And sometimes we don't

get what we want.

What do you do for work?

Well...

I've done...

I don't know,

I've done a few things

here and there.

I used to play baseball.

Wow!

Will you show me how?

Well, you know,

I haven't... whoa,

I haven't played baseball

in a long, long time, Produce.

I've always wanted

to play baseball.

You really want to learn

how to play?

Yeah!

Okay.

This is what I want you to do.

I want you to stand

over this box.

That's the home plate.

And then you're just going

to swing this broomstick

like it's a baseball bat.

Hey, Produce?

Not on the box.

Over the box.

There you go.

Just stand like that, okay?

All right, Produce,

I just want you to keep

your eye on the ball.

- It's an orange.

- That's very perceptive.

Just swing when it comes

near you, all right?

All righty then.

I'm going to hit a home run!

Well,

not if I strike you out first, kid.

You ready?

Here comes the heater.

- It's all right.

- Strike one.

It's all right.

Here's what I want you to do.

I want you to keep

your shoulders in, okay?

Keep your eye on the orange.

And I always want you to look

for the rotation of the pitch

at its highest point, okay?

That's when it's leaving my...

never mind, just...

- just swing away and have fun.

- Okay.

Yeah, Produce!

Highest point, all right?

Close.

All right.

There we go.

There it is!

There it is.

Here comes a tomato.

Keep your eye on the ball.

- Ooh.

- All right, here we go.

Boom!

There it is!

Nice!

All right, there we go.

- No!

- Grapefruit.

Yeah!

Produce!

Where the heck have you been?

Get a new apron

and get back to work!

Hey, Produce,

how's it going, man?

- Incredible, man.

- That's great. That's great.

Listen, if you tell anyone

what you just saw,

there's gonna be

some problems for you.

But you took the bottle.

- It's not yours.

- I know.

The thing is,

I'd pay for it if I was 21,

but I'm not, so I can't.

- Understand?

- Understand.

- All right.

- Hey, speed demon.

- Mr. Jenkins, how are you, sir?

- Great, great.

Hey, I caught your race

last Saturday night.

- Thank you.

- So when are they gonna go ahead

and just let you race

in the 500?

Thank you, sir.

You're too kind.

Well, keep up

the good work, son.

You're making us all

proud around here.

Thank you, thank you.

Hey, not a word,

you understand me?

- Yeah.

- All right, great.

- Hey, Produce.

- Hey, what are you doing out here?

I was wondering if you wanted

to go somewhere with me.

Where do we want to go?

Come on.

It'll be a surprise.

Don't need to worry 'bout me

I've got everything I need

To be free from

all ya other ballers

And when I bust out

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