Where Hope Grows Page #5

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Yeah, that's about it.

- Hi, Calvin.

- Hi, Calvin.

Hi.

Thank you.

Um, just for future,

first name only is fine.

That's kind of

the anonymous part.

And, um...

it's customary to state

that you're an alcoholic.

That part is...

self-explanatory.

All right,

tonight I'll be reading from step three.

"Made a decision

to turn our will and lives

over to the care of God

as we understood Him."

What?

Do you love me, Colt?

You don't love me.

Why would you even say that?

If you loved me,

we'd be in the backseat

right now and I'd be hitting it.

Prick.

What did you just say to me?

- Nothing.

- All right, get out of my car, Katie.

What?

I'm not doing this baby

stuff with you anymore.

I'm over it, all right?

Get out.

- You know what? You are a prick.

- Yeah, and you know what?

You're not hot enough for me to

be trying this hard anymore.

Get out.

- Hello?

- Hey.

- Hey, you okay?

- Will you come pick me up?

- Yeah.

- I-I would have called someone else, but...

- I'm behind the Valumarket.

- What are you doing there?

Well, Colt wanted to go somewhere

that we could be alone.

I... just please

come get me?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm coming to get you right now.

I'll be right there.

- Hey, Miss Katie.

- Hi, Produce.

I probably look silly just standing

out here all by myself in the dark.

Are you cold?

Yeah, but won't you be cold?

No.

Thank you.

I think you look beautiful.

- Well, you're very sweet.

- You're welcome.

Produce, listen to me.

I need you to go back inside, okay?

Produce, go back inside.

- What are you doing here?

- No, leave him alone. He didn't do anything.

Listen, I don't care about the 'tard,

I'm talking to you.

I came back to apologize, Katie.

I'm sorry for

what I said earlier.

Damn, you drunk again,

Mr. Campbell?

- You touch either one of them...

- You'll what?

Go home.

- We're over, Colt.

Okay. Fine.

Have it your way.

Hey.

Thanks for coming.

I'm trying, Katie.

- I'm trying.

- I know.

- Thanks, Dad.

- And you...

thank you

for protecting my daughter.

You're welcome.

I wish there was something

we could do to repay you.

- I'm so glad

- That troubles don't

Troubles don't last always

- I'm so glad

- I'm so glad

Troubles don't -

Troubles don't last always

- O Lord, what should I do?

- O Lord, what should I do?

I said that I...

I'm certain that...

We're gonna leave

in a couple of minutes.

So what did you guys

think of the service?

Well, I mean, she liked it.

She was smiles and, I liked it.

Think you guys

will make it back?

I don't know.

You know?

It's been a long time since I've

darkened the doorway of a...

Of a church?

Yeah, of a church.

I just... you know.

I haven't had much faith

in anything in a long time.

I hear you.

- Yeah.

- How's everything else been going?

Um...

One day at a time.

That's right.

Hey, um, can we...

can I take you

to get some coffee or...

- Um...

- Yeah.

Yeah, you got coffee.

- Hey, Katie.

- You ready to go?

I am.

Katie, this is Miss Amy.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Nice to meet you.

- It's really nice to meet you.

I've heard a lot about you.

Well, hopefully all good.

- Sometimes.

- Thanks.

- Definitely all good.

- Thank you.

Okay.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Bye. Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, too.

- Come on, Dad.

- Come back.

- We will.

- I'll see you later.

You swing with

your club face open.

What do you know? You swing a

club worse than you swing a bat.

Did you just come here

to mock my golf game?

I came here to apologize.

Cal, the things I said to you,

man, everything I said...

Hey, what you said was true

and I needed to hear it.

- Missed you, buddy.

- I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.

- You should be sorry.

- It was a cheap shot.

Let's get out of here.

Let's get a beer.

How about we make it a coffee?

- A coffee?

- AA.

You're not an alcoholic, Cal.

I am.

I'm an alcoholic.

Okay, happy hour.

Two for one.

Two for me, none for you.

- Hey, Dexter.

- Hey, what's up, Calvin?

How you doing?

So today is the day

that you announce

the Employee

of the Month, right?

- Yeah, why?

- Well, um, have you considered Produce?

- He's a hard worker.

- Now, Cal, I have a soft spot

- in my heart for that young man.

- Yeah, I know.

That's why I hired him

the first time.

He's a good boy.

He's a good guy.

Now... now, look, Cal.

Now, Produce ain't got

the sense God gave a cucumber.

- Now, I gotta give

that award to employee that represent

what this supermarket is about.

This ain't no YMCA where

everybody gets a trophy.

Okay, and with all due respect,

I think that Produce is probably the

hardest-working employee that you have.

I mean he knows the name and the

SKU number, the code or whatever

to every piece of fruit

and vegetable over in your...

- Now, Cal.

- ...section over there.

Just because the boy's a retard,

he don't get no special treatment.

- You know better than that, man.

- You know what?

We don't use the "R"

word just like we don't use the "N" word.

You know?

We should be clear

on our word choice, Dexter.

Let's get out of here.

Hey.

Wanna go have some fun?

Let's go.

Well, do you guys wanna

hit the go-karts?

- Go-karts? Do we?

- Yeah! I'll do the go-karts.

We were made to hit

the go-karts, Produce.

Made.

Born to ride!

Good morning, sunshine

It's nice to see you up

Once in a while

It's 12:
00 already

The city bus is gone,

you're late again

But I'll give you a ride

I know you don't like it

when I tell you how to live

But something's gotta give

Life, love, and pain

Life, love, and pain.

There you go.

You're making this

hard on me, Milt.

Come on, don't be soft.

They call that enabling.

It's called testing.

Good job, you passed.

These are actually both for me.

- Where's your family at?

- Franklin's dropping them off.

Yeah.

We're playing house.

All right, give me a sip.

- Really?

- Yeah, just a sip, a taste, to knock off the edge.

Are you sure about this?

One sip.

I've been real, real good.

Come on.

I may have lost

my drinking buddy,

but I still gotta look out

for my best friend.

Besides, the beer was terrible.

Tasted stale.

- Did it?

- No.

I just remembered I had this.

I don't want a sip of that.

Yeah.

Look who we found,

Mr. Campbell.

Produce wanted me to come

have pizza with him.

Um...

- Amy.

- Hi, I'm Milt Malcolm.

- Hi. Nice to meet you.

- How are you? Nice to meet you.

Nice work.

Cavalry has arrived.

Excuse me, folks.

See ya, buddy.

All right, come on, let's go.

- Let's go.

- Come on.

I'll be right there.

Thank you so much.

It means a lot.

I... I'm sorry.

Milt.

Milt!

Listen, that...

that wasn't anything...

I'm not listening to you!

You're killing me. You're killing me!

Hey, Produce,

you want to go play some games?

- Yeah!

- Yeah?

- Bye.

- See ya later.

- Wait...

- Ha.

- Wait...

- We just got ditched.

Yeah, I think your daughter

just stole him from me.

- Hi.

- How you doing?

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