Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Page #5

- It's the latest fashion.

It's all right. It's all right.

It's gonna be rough for a while,

but I'm gonna be here to help.

It's gonna take time to adjust.

If you want, we can move

the wedding back until you're ready.

- There's not gonna be a wedding.

- What?

I don't want you marrying me

'cause you feel sorry for me.

I'm marrying you because I love you.

I don't want that kind of love.

I don't want you cutting my food,

getting my socks,

cleaning up my messes.

As soon as my eyes clear up...

Your eyes are not gonna clear up.

Yes, they will.

It's only temporary.

- It's not temporary.

- It is. It is!

- Sonora...

- Let me go!

You've gotta accept this.

You're a human being,

and there are limitations.

You can't run away from it.

You can't hide from it,

and you can't change it. It simply is.

It's permanent.

I know.

Sonora, I'm real sorry

about what happened.

And when Al called

and told me you were hurt,

- I figured the movies had to wait.

- Marie!

- We're ready for you.

- Excuse me, honey.

- Here I am.

- How 'bout puttin' her on the horse?

No, just have me stand next to it.

- That's great.

- You used to be a diving girl.

- Why did you decide to come back?

- I love the audiences.

When Al called my mother,

she called the Astoria Studios,

where I was auditioning

for a movie.

How long you gonna be

in Atlantic City?

That's M-A-R-I-E.

Excuse me, sis. You're in the shot.

Could you move?

Sonora, what are you doin'?

- Al, I've been thinking.

- About what?

I'm going to dive again.

Honey, you can't.

It's impossible.

I can do it. I know I can.

Sonora, you've gotta be realistic.

With Lightning...

Al, he knows what I'm thinking.

And I know what he's thinking.

Absolutely not. It's too dangerous.

I have to do this.

Please, I need your help.

Here he comes.

Here he comes.

Here he comes again.

You okay?

Again.

Watch your step.

Again.

You can't let her do this.

Besides, you have Marie to do the show.

This has nothing to do

with your show.

Do you think she can do this?

Huh? Look me in the eye

and tell me she can do this.

- It's just what I thought.

- Come on.

Close out all other sounds

and listen to his hooves.

Don't go to the horse.

Let the horse come to you.

Let your hands

slide along his chest

and up his shoulder

to the harness.

When you feel the harness, grip.

Let the horse's momentum

pull you up.

- That's it!

- Ah!

You all right?

This isn't working.

I just need a little more time.

No, it's gotta stop.

I don't want you hurt.

- But, Al!

- Look, we tried. It didn't work.

This can't be done,

and it's gonna end right here.

You understand?

Yes.

Hi. Are you gonna be okay?

I gotta introduce the show.

I'm okay.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we now present

Carver's high-diving horse

and girl rider

in a daring 40-foot plunge

on horseback.

Marie, can I talk to you?

- What's going on?

- Thank you.

- Clifford!

- In a few moments,

you will witness

the courageous Marie

attempting this feat on the

bare back of her trusted steed.

Open this door!

It is the only act of its kind

anywhere in the world today,

an act in which

the safety of the rider

depends entirely on the intelligence

and skill of the horse.

It is an act in which

no electrical devices,

no mechanical apparatus,

no force of any kind,

and no cue of any sort

is used to persuade...

Hyah!

Ladies and gentlemen,

for the safety of our performers,

hold your applause...

I am proud to present

the most popular act

in the history of the Steel Pier.

Carver! What is going on here?

I don't know.

I'm gonna find out.

Mommy, there's a girl

climbing the tower!

Oh, no. Sonora!

These people didn't pay to see

a blind girl kill herself.

Sonora, don't!

Sonora, no!

- Carver!

- No, Sonora! No!

Did you see that?

She was wonderful!

Did you see that?

That last dive

began 11 years of diving blind,

and the audience never knew.

I had found my destiny,

not in faraway places,

but within myself.

I also found happiness with Al.

We were married that fall

and had a wonderful life together.

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