"Welcome home Lee." "Hey Heidi!" "Thanks for amanging everything." "You're welcome." "Where's the car l sent for you?" "It's been ten years, I felt like walking." "It's a nice town to come home to." "I hope so." "House hasn't changed a bit." "Still stuck in the seventies." "Grandad like to save his money." "I am so sorry about his passing." "Anyway... um, did you hear anything about the job?" "Yes." "His name is Joe Nelson." "He's a good friend of mine." "He's says you can start whenever you like." "You sure you don't want to take some time?" "You don't need the money." "No but I need the routine." "Well let's go over the estate, because I need to sit down." "Oh I'm sorry!" "Let's do that." "So when are you due?" "A couple of weeks." "Tina, have you seen Joe?" "Yeah, he's back in the Deli." "Why?" "The guy's been after me all day." "So you think standing around here's a good idea?" "I just want to see my girl." "It's the only time you have for me anyway." "Oollege is a lot of work, Eric." "I'm just saying!" "You better hope Joe doesn't see you." "I don't care." "It sounds like he's giving this new guy my job away." "You don't know that Eric." "I do a good job for him." "Like standing here?" "At least go to the break room." "Am I gonna see you tonight?" "I have a term paper due." "Alright, but you owe me, big time!" "Oan I help you?" "I'm looking for Joe Nelson." "And you are?" "Lee Ferguson." "Hang on." "Joe, I'm sending Lee Ferguson back." "All the way back." "He's in the deli." "Thanks." "Mr. Nelson?" "Lee." "Thanks for coming by." "Yeah, I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself." "Good." "Heidi's told me all about you." "I'm glad you decided to stop in." "I really appreciate this opportunity, Mr. Nelson." "Hey, let's get one thing straight right off the bat, you come to work for me, you call me Joe!" "Fair enough." "So what do you see?" "I'm sorry?" "When you look around, what do you see?" "Groceries?" "It's a new beginning, Lee." "When you come to work, you check your past at the door." "I can do that." "Alright." "How do you feel about produce?" "I eat it." "Oome on, I'll show you around." "They were busy down there today man." "Yeah, with my hands down." "Right." "Hey ah, both you guys supposed to be taking a break right now?" "No, I'm just looking for my box cutter." "Uh huh!" "I like you to meet Lee Ferguson." "This is Earl." "Hey nice to meet you." "How you doing?" "Joe's a good guy man." "This is Eric." "Lee's gonna be working produce." "So you're the guy taking my job?" "He isn't taking anything Eric." "I'm giving him your job." "I'm not looking to step on any toes here." "Too late for that, huh?" "You know what, go back to work, Eric!" "Man, don't worry about him." "He ain't always like this." "Yeah, he is, and I'm getting tired of it." "Oome on." "Hey, nice meeting you." "Don't worry about Eric." "He's got a big mouth." "I don't have to do produce." "No, produce is yours Lee." "That's the way I want it." "Besides I like to rattle Eric's cage now and then anyway." "So When were you thinking of starting?" "I figured Monday." "Saturday is our busiest day." "Saturday's fine." "Alright!" "Lee, I thing this is gonna work out nicely." "Let's go see Tina about that paperwork." "So Joe's got you bringing in carts too huh?" "Man that kills me." "What?" "'Oause he'll never ask Eric to get the carts." "I'm always the one who's got to do it." "Now you're the new guy and you got to do it too." "Well, you should ask Eric." "Right." "Man it's easier to do it myself." "You should say something to him." "Man I've tried." "Quit it Vince!" "I've changed!" "I'll treat you better!" "This is better?" "Yes, because you're not listening to me!" "Let her go!" "Mind your own business!" "Hey!" "Let her go!" "Lee!" "Lee!" "That's enough!" "Lee that's enough!" "Lee he's out!" "Lee that's enough!" "I'm alright!" "I'm alright!" "Are you okay?" "I think so." "Do you know him?" "He's my ex-husband." "You're hurt." "You should come inside and let someone take you to the hospital." "You need to get that x-rayed." "Maybe I should." "Here." "Oan you move it at all?" "Yeah, a little." "Oan you please do your job." "I'm sorry, what was that?" "The carts, making Earl go out and get the carts, it's not right." "Well he hasn't said anything to me." "I guess that's what I'm doing now." "How's that your business?" "All I'm saying is we should all do ourfair share." "Fair share." "What are you, super employee?" "Oh, there he is." "Ah man that was the funniest thing I think I've ever seen right." "So the first minute he's just standing next to me right?" "And the next minute he's scraping the windshield with dude's face." "You're not hurt are you?" "I'm fine." "Oh, how's that woman?" "Joe took her to the hospital to get some x-rays." "So Lee, did you learn to fight like that in prison?" "Eric!" "What?" "You guys have a good night." "Morning." "Morning." "I'm Katie." "I'm the woman you helped last night." "What can I do for you?" "I just wanted to come by and say thank you." "Yeah?" "You did that last night didn't you?" "I know." "It's just no one's ever stuck up for me like that." "You gonna press charges?" "I am this time." "Good." "I really feel like I should do something for you." "Yeah?" "Stay away from your ex- husband." "Yeah... well ah..." "thanks for helping." "You know what, I'm sorry." "That didn't come out right." "I wasn't trying to make you mad." "Not many people would have stepped in the way you did." "Yeah, well l guess you're lucky that the store ran out of shopping carts." "I'd like to think I was being watched over." "What do you mean, like God?" "Uh huh." "Really?" "Let me ask you a question." "Where was your God when your ex-husband attacked you?" "Watching." "Right!" "And I was the one in the parking lot, doing." "And I thank God for that." "How's the wrist?" "Just a mild sprain." "Good..." "I mean that's all it was." "That's all it was." "So, how did you find me?" "Oh, I asked Joe." "Well listen, thank you for stopping by." "I'll let you get back to work." "Thanks again." "You're welcome." "Would you take free movie rentals?" "I run a video store in town." "Would you at least accept free movies?" "Sure." "Yeah." "Free movies would be great." "Okay, well, I hope to see you soon." "Okay." "Hey Earl." "Yeah Tina, what's up?" "Oan I get a ride in the moming?" "Yeah sure." "Why your car messed up again?" "I got to take it in to the shop tonight." "No, you need to get a new car." "Look, I'd ask Eric but you know how reliable he is in the morning." "Yeah, you got that right." "Look I'll pick you up in the morning alright." "Hey, don't be late." "Thanks." "I'm gonna go Katie." "is anyone left?" "Uh, there's one guy left." "You want me to stay?" "No." "I'll see you tomorrow." "Alright, have a good night." "You too." "Thanks." "Good choice." "Hello." "Hi." "I didn't think I'd see you this soon." "I didn't want you to think your offer was unappreciated." "It's not much of an offer." "Ah no, you kidding?" "This is a great selection of westerns." "I used to watch all these with my grandfather." "So what's yourfavorite?" "I don't know if I have one." "You mind if I give you a few of my favorites and you can tell me what you think?" "No, I'd like that." "Okay, what's your preference, black and white or color?" "Black and white." "Here you go." "These should get you started." "Thanks." "Um... hey, would you mind sticking around while I lock-up?" "No, I'd be glad to." "Okay." "You always lock-up by yourself?" "Only on weekdays." "Kenneth closes on the weekends." "You don't get nervous?" "Nah." "It's a nice town." "Hey Lee, I have a question for you and um... I really need you to be honest with me about this." "Do you think that John Wayne was a better soldier or a better cowboy?" "I don't know." "What do you think?" "Oh no." "You first." "I'd say he was a better soldier." "We were having such a good talk." "Wrong answer huh?" "I have two words for you, "Fort Apache."" "I got six words for you, Sands of Iwo Jima." "That's fourwords." "Okay, six syllables." "Well, thank you for the escort." "Hey, I want to apologize for this afternoon." "Forwhat?" "My God comment." "It was confrontational." "Apology unnecessary, but accepted." "Thanks." "So you don't believe in God?" "I believe there's a creator." "But the idea of some all loving God who watches over us, I just pretty much think it's a myth." "I mean that's for me." "I'm totally kidding." "I should probably just say thanks for these movies and uh, good night." "Well let me know what you think of them." "I will." "Thank you." "Good night." "Good night." "Good morning." "Morning." "Oh Earl, bless you!" "I wasn't sure if you were gonna have heat last night." "No, we had heat." "Didn't you say your motherwas gonna let you move back in?" "Until she found out I didn't break up with Eric." "Tina, is he really worth all this?" "I just don't want her telling me what to do." "I'm twenty years old." "She's your mother Tina!" "She only wants what's best for you." "I know what I'm doing." "No you don't!" "So, how was the game last night?" "Ooach put me on the bench again." "Ah, you'll get in there eventually." "I hope so." "You will." "Hey, do me a favor." "Go get me a box for the rest of these will you?" "I'm on it Lee." "Thanks." "Hi Lee." "Hey Katie." "I'm sorry to bother you at work." "You're not bothering me." "It's nice to see you." "Good, because I kinda wanted to ask you something." "Will you go to dinnerwlth me?" "Now?" "No." "This weekend." "My treat." "Yeah, I'd like that." "But I'll take you to dinner." "No!" "I asked you first." "No, not this." "I'll make the reservations." "I'll pick you up." "Okay." "Oall me." "So what are we doing here?" "You're gonna help me get out of that motel." "Don't you just have to break up with Eric?" "See now Earl, you're not being helpful." "Look, I'll can tell you right now you can't afford it." "I don't want to buy it." "I want to move in." "Who owns it?" "Lee Ferguson." "You know Tina, Oome on now!" "You need to leave that poor guy alone." "The last thing he needs is you... doing whatever it is that you do." "You know and Eric hates the guy enough already." "I thought friends were supposed to help each other?" "Yeah well, I don't want any part of it." "We can go." "Hey Lee." "Hey how are you?" "Good." "How are you?" "Really good." "What's up Lee?" "Hey, what's up Earl?" "Well it seems like it's a good time to ask for a favor." "Oh yeah?" "What do you need?" "My car's in the garage again." "And I was wondering if you could give me a ride this week?" "Sure!" "I'd be happy to." "Boy, you're in a good mood." "I am." "I have a date." "You do?" "Who is she?" "Katie Markum." "The woman from the parking lot." "Oh...well..." "good for you." "Katie!" "Lee." "Good evening." "You look great." "Oh thanks." "O'mon in." "Oan I get you something to drink?" "Oh, no thanks." "I'm good." "Okay." "Just make yourself at home." "I'll be right down." "Okay." "Okay, I'm ready." "I meant to tell you, you look really pretty." "Oh, thank you." "Oan I just get something out of the way here?" "What's that?" "I am really nervous." "I have not been on a date in a long time." "You're nervous?" "My heart is about ready to jump out of my chest, I'm so nervous." "Oh good, I feel a little better." "So did you ever get to watch those movies?" "Oh yeah, I got to be honest with you, I don't have a DVD player." "Asa matterogfact I don't even havea TV." "Then why did you even..." "You know what?" "We should probably go." "Okay." "So here we are." "Your house?" "Trust me the food is amazing." "I don't know Lee." "What?" "It's not quite what you had in mind?" "Not really." "I thought that my romantic side would impress you not frighten you." "Well maybe we could just go somewhere a little more public." "Oan you hold on one minute?" "I'll be right back." "We won't be alone." "This was an unbelievable meal." "What are you talking about?" "You didn't even touch yours." "Oh no, I've had plenty." "It was delicious." "You're full of surprises, huh?" "How so?" "You didn't strike me as the cooking, classical music lover." "So tell me about yourself." "There's not really much to tell." "I was born and raised here." "And I lost my mom in a car accident when I was eight." "I was raised by my matemal grandfather." "What about your dad?" "I didn't know him." "He never married my mom." "I'm sorry." "Oh I'm not." "He couldn't have been half the man my grandfather was." "He was a fighter pilot in World War Two." "That man was my hero." "That explains your misguided belief about John Wayne." "Yes it does." "Favorite place in the world?" "Niagara Falls." "I used to go up there every year with my grandfather." "What do you like to do?" "I read a lot, mostly history." "It's what I went to school for." "Where'd you go?" "Stanford." "Did you graduate?" "With a Masters degree." "And you work in a grocery store?" "Yeah." "It's a long story." "I'd like to hear it." "Some day." "So where you from?" "I'm from Pittsburgh." "Vince is from Oleveland." "And when we divorced I moved out here." "And how did you end up married to Vince?" "Also a long story for another time." "Fair enough." "That piece they're playing, it's a waltz isn't it?" "You have a good ear." "I studied dance when I was a kid." "I love waltzes." "Do you still remember how?" "I haven't in years." "Vince would never dance with me, not even at weddings." "May I have this dance?" "Right now?" "Right now." "I'd feel funny." "I wouldn't." "Well, look at this." "Madame." "Thank you." "So I feel like I owe you a little bit of an apology." "What for?" "My dancing abilities." "I'm a little rusty." "I'm sure I was stepping all over your toes." "Do you mind if I ask you something?" "Sure." "When we were at your house earlier, I was kind of snooping around, and I noticed that you had a lot of books on Ohristianity." "You're pretty religious huh?" "I am." "I've been a Ohristian for about two years now." "What?" "What?" "You look like you want to say something." "Oan I ask you one question about your religion." "I thought you weren't supposed to talk about politics or religion?" "You're right." "I'm sorry." "I'm kidding." "Ask away." "Okay." "You honestly believe that a first century teacher by the name of Jesus, was actually the creator of the universe?" "Oome in!" "Hey, you got a minute Joe?" "Yeah." "Yeah, come on in." "What's up?" "Do you know any conservative Ohristians?" "Why?" "You gonna go all religious on me?" "No." "I had date last night with one." "Yeah, I heard." "The gal from the parking lot." "Yeah." "She's the one." "Anyway it turns out she's an evangelical." "Are you attracted to her Lee?" "Absolutely!" "You've seen her." "Do you like being with her?" "Yeah, I do." "I find her to be intriguing." "Well, my sister-in-law's one." "It's not my cup of tea, but it doesn't bother me." "I can tell you about Ohristians." "My grandmother sent money to one of those preachers on T.V." "you know the one with the crazy hair." "Yeah, that really namows it down." "Anyway, the guy told her that if she gave," "God would make her rich." "When she went through her savings they said, put it on her credit card." "So what happened?" "She lives with my mother now." "He took it all." "You can't judge the actions of a whole group by one isolated incident." "No?" "Look at their leaders." "That guy who ran for President, he wants to assassinate world leaders he doesn't agree with." "It was one of those "men of God"" "that came up with the name Ellen Degenerate?" "That's loving!" "Whoa!" "Where'd you get all that?" "Ask her what she thinks of homosexuals." "They hate them!" "They hate anyone who doesn't fit into their little Republican mold." "Hey, have you heard from Lee yet?" "No!" "I thought we had a good time." "I mean he seemed to." "Have you tried calling him?" "I am not gonna call him Maria!" "That is way too desperate." "You want to know, don't you?" "I mean maybe something happened." "Like what?" "I don't know." "You were the one who had to ask him out in the first place, so maybe he's just shy." "I don't know." "I guess." "You think he could have found the courage in a week though." "I don't know, just be patient." "I mean if he's as nice a guy as you say he is, he'll call." "And this is due back on Monday." "Thank you." "Do you mind if I leave early tonight?" "How early?" "In about three minutes." "Yeah, I can close." "What's going on?" "Jamie is picking me up." "I thought that was over?" "Things are a little different now." "Hello." "Hello." "I was beginning to think I wouldn't see you anymore." "I know." "I'm sorry." "I should have called." "So what brings you in?" "Free movies!" "I'm kidding." "Actually I met this fascinating woman last week and I was hoping that I would get to know her a little bit better." "What did you have in mind?" "I just moved back in town." "I was hoping she'd want to show me around." "That sounds like a date." "Yes it does." "I'm sorry." "Lee, this is Kenneth." "He's my right hand man." "How are you doing Kenneth?" "Nice to meet you." "What do you say, want to be my tour guide?" "That's my date." "Are you sure you can manage all this?" "Ah yeah, I think I can handle it." "Have a good night Lee." "It was nice meeting you." "You too." "is he gay?" "He is." "And you're an evangelical Ohristian?" "I am." "Why?" "Nothing, I was just thinking about something a friend said." "You know, I forgot how beautiful this place is in autumn." "Oh I know." "I wish I had grown up here." "It feels great to be back." "You know what we need to do." "We need to go pick some apples." "Oh yeah?" "You need to try my apple crisp." "Apple crisp huh?" "Alright." "Don't tell me you've never had apple crisp." "I've had apple crisp, plenty of times." "Right." "Fork or spoon?" "Fork." "Do you mind if I get nosey for minute?" "Oh boy." "Do you mind?" "Go ahead." "I was downtown a couple weeks ago and I saw you coming out of some kind of counseling office." "Really?" "Yeah." "And I know it's none of my business, but I'd be lying to you if I told you I wasn't curious." "Let's just say that I'm still working through some of those skeletons in the closet." "Skeletons huh?" "I'd love to see your skeletons." "Well, let's go sit down." "So, tell me about your awful skeleton." "I don't know if it's awful." "It's embarrassing... I used to be a stripper." "Yeah, that'show I met Vince." "He used to come into the club and throw all his money around." "You know I actually thought that he would be my savior, you know and get me out of that place." "But he didn't." "He loved the idea of his girlfriend being a stripper." "I hated it." "You know I hated the club." "And I hated the customers." "And I hated Vince for making me do it." "So how'd you get out?" "The radio." "The radio?" "Yeah, one night after dancing I didn't want to go home to Vince." "So I was driving around in my car and I was flipping through the radio stations, and I stopped to listen to this Irish guy." "I only did it because I thought his accent was cool." "Well, it tums out he was a pastor." "And he introduced me to my Savior." "The Savior that I needed." "So how does that rank on the skeleton scale?" "Well let's put it this way, if it would have jump out of the closet at me, it wouldn't have scared me." "O'mon, let's eat." "Hey, you know Joe asked both of us to do this." "Yeah well Joe's notaround, Ishe?" "Just hand me a box." "Man, don't even worry about that." "Hand me the box." "Hey!" "How long you been in there?" "About twenty minutes." "What are you reading?" "Oh yeah, I read that." "Look, I need you to call the dairy when you're done with your break, and order some more brown eggs." "Will do." "Alright." "Hey!" "What's your problem." "Big cart." "Didn't see you there." "Joe, I need to talk to you!" "Oome on in." "It's about Lee, I don't trust him." "You keep telling that but you don't tell me why." "I Iike him and I trust him." "You trust him?" "Joe, the guy just got out of prison for killing someone!" "You've had a problem with him from day one." "Alright, fine Joe." "I tried to play this the nice way." "But I'll tell you right now, I'm gonna do whatever I can to protect myself." "Now let me tell you something boy, you are not as tough as you think you are." "I've been letting you slide because you're an idiot." "But that's all overwith." "Starting right now." "You understand me?" "Do you understand me?" "You see, I like my job and I like this town." "You jeopardize those things in any way and as sure as I'm standing here, you will regret the day that I walked through those doors." "Katie, hey it's Lee... I'm good." "Listen, I need to talk to you about something." "is there anyway that I could, could come over tonight?" "Yeah, that'd be great." "Okay, I'll see you in a little bit... bye." "I feel like there's something I'm keeping from you." "And I don't want to do that." "Then don't." "You know how you told me about your past?" "Uh huh." "There's something I want to tell you about mine." "The summer after I graduated from college, I brought my girlfriend home to meet my grandfather." "And we were there for about a week." "And one night we decided to go out to a local bar to grab some drinks." "And we ended up getting pretty drunk." "And there were some guys there and one of them said something to my girlfriend." "So I said something to him and we got into it pretty good." "And as he was walking away I followed him, and I turned him around and I punched him as hard as I could." "And he fell to the ground, hit his head and he died." "And I work in a grocery store because I've spent the last ten years in prison." "I already knew about you being in prison." "How?" "The sheriff is a friend of mine." "He told me when I filed the report against Vince." "Lee, this is your world now, with me." "You're free." "There hasn't been a single day that's gone by in the last ten years, that I don't think about what I did." "I ended Tom Oaldwell's life and I will never be free of that." "It happened." "You can't change that." "If you're gonna have any kind of life, you need to forgive yourself and move on?" "Forgive?" "I would love to know what Tom's parents think about forgiveness." "And I would be very curious to find out if they've moved on with their lives and don't still miss their son." "I want you to have this." "What for?" "A gift." "Not for me." "If I'm gonna wear one of those, I should at least be able to say I believe it." "Maybe some day." "Hi, this is Lee." "I'm sorry I missed your call." "If you leave a message, I'll get back to you as soon as I can." "Hey Lee, it's Katie." "Hey, listen, I remember you said you weren't working tomorrow, so I think I got a surprise for you that's gonna cheer you up." "Unless I hear otherwise, I'm picking you up at 7 AM." "Okay bye." "I can't believe you did this." "I feel like a little kid again." "Well, good." "I wanted to do something special for you." "Well, you have succeeded." "Did you have any idea where we were going?" "Not a clue." "Well, come on." "Let's go." "I don't know what to say, Katie." "I just need a minute to take it all in." "You do that." "Thank you, so much." "You're welcome." "It's been a really long time." "Let's walk down." "Man, this brings back memories." "What?" "What are you doing?" "That's what my grandfather used to do." "You scared me!" "He'd grab me by the belt." "You know we used to come up here and then go camping in Oanada." "I miss those days." "So this was a good surprise?" "Yeah." "Where have you been?" "What's in the bag?" "You are not putting that in your house?" "No, no, I most certainly am." "Maybe I was wrong about you." "It's so beautiful up here." "Some might even say romantic." "It's very romantic." "Did you know that Niagara Falls is considered the honeymoon capital of the world?" "I did." "Why, would you like to get married?" "Lee?" "Katie, I'm thirty five years old." "I'm not gonna lie to you and say I don't think about getting married." "What?" "Does that scare you?" "No. I love the idea of marriage." "At this point in my life, I don't want to waste my time in a relationship where that isn't at least a possibility." "I know what I want out of life." "And I don't want to waste a single day." "I want to make love to you tonight, up here." "Lee, that is by far the sweetest way I have ever been asked, but I can't." "Hey, Lee." "You're very special to me." "You know that." "But it took me a long time to realize that I was good for more than just sex." "You know my past." "I just don't want sex be part of the equation anymore." "For how long?" "Until mamiage." "You just asked me if I wanted to get married." "You did." "Oan I give you my answer now?" "You can joke about it." "That's good." "Yeah, 'cause I'm weeping inside." "Well then, this is probably also a good time to tell you that I speak to teens about abstinence." "Of course you do." "My friend Maria, she is a principal at a middle school." "And she's asked me to come speak to her kids." "I'd love it if you could come." "If that's what you want, then I'll do it." "Yeah." "That's what I want." "Lee, just the man I'm looking for." "What's up Joe?" "Look, is there any way you could close for me tonight?" "Ah man, I can't." "Katie and I have plans." "She's picking me up at five." "is there any way you can cancel?" "I can close for you tomorrow." "Well, thanks anyway." "Sorry, Joe." "See you tomorrow, Lee." "Have a good night, Tina." "I thought you left." "I did, but my car wouldn't." "You need a ride?" "To the university book store." "Ten minutes there, ten minutes back." "I promise!" "We have to be back here by five o'clock." "That's not a problem." "I really appreciate this." "You're a sweet guy Lee." "We just need to make it quick." "I know exactly what I have to get." "So what are you studying?" "Economics." "Really?" "So you must be pretty good in math?" "Pretty good." "I think it's mostly because I've never had a lot of money, and the little I dohave, I want tomakesure I ise ltwlsely." "Sounds like you know what you want." "Oh I do." "What are you gonna do about your car?" "I have no idea." "When do you stop dumping money into an older car?" "That's a good question." "You know, Lee, if it were nighttime this would feel like a real date." "You mean if it were nighttime and I were ten years younger?" "Ifyouwere ten yearsyounger," "Iwouldn'tbeas attracted to you as I am." "That is very flattering but, I would appreciate it if you could be attracted to me on the other side of the car." "Thanks for the ride." "You're welcome." "I'm sorry I made you late." "It doesn't look like Katie's here yet so, it's fine." "You got a way home?" "Eric get's off at six, so I'll wait for him." "Get that carfixed!" "Hey!" "Hi!" "Her car died, she asked me for a ride." "That's fine." "I'm gonna go grab my stuff?" "Okay." "Joe!" "Joe!" "Hey." "What's up?" "I need the keys to the warehouse." "I'm just finishing up inventory." "Thanks." "Yeah Lee, let me talk to you for a second, if you don't mind." "What's up?" "I need you to be honest with me, Lee." "Did you threaten Eric?" "Yeah." "Oome on Lee." "You're smarter than that." "You can't do that!" "It won't happen again, Joe." "If it does, you're gone!" "What am I supposed to do?" "I got my business to protect." "I didn't mean to put you in a tough spot." "I'm sorry." "Hey, you've been on edge lately." "is everything okay?" "Actually no, it's not." "You want to talk?" "It's just this abstinence thing with Katie, it's killing me." "The more that I'm with her, the more I want to "be with her"." "Give her some time." "What's it's been, a month?" "Let her get to know you." "It'll happen." "She telling me not until mamiage." "Show her that if it's important to her, it matters to you." "Alright, go finish up." "You shouldn't be sneaking up on people like that." "Sorry, I needed to see you." "What, did your car break down again?" "No." "I wanted to talk about us." "Alright Tina, we've been over this okay, there is no us." "There could be." "No, there can't be." "Look I'm in love with someone." "Now, you are an attractive girl..." "See, you're attracted to me?" "Just give me a chance." "I could make you care about me." "Alright, you need to go!" "Okay, so you're not ready yet." "I can wait." "Lee." "How long can you?" "Hi, Katie." "Hey, where are you?" "I'm about to go on." "I can't make it." "I'm sorry." "But you got the day off." "I know." "Eric called in." "Joe really needs me." "I'm sorry." "Yeah I know." "I wanted to be there." "I'll just call you later." "Alright, I'll talk to you later." "Bye." "So there's a new produce order that came in." "I thought you might want to stop by the office and check it out, make sure it's alright." "I already talked to Joe about it." "It's fine." "Are you sure?" "Lee?" "I'm sure." "I'll talk to you later." "So how'd it go?" "It was a good group of kids." "Good." "I'm sorry I couldn't make it." "Are you?" "Yeah." "I wanted to see you in action." "It's just..." "Anyway, I got some steaks." "I was thinking about grilling them later, if you're not too busy?" "I'd love to, yeah." "I get off at eight." "Maybe you'll actually show up this time." "No." "He was totally flirting with me." "Yeah, his name's Lee." "No, you wouldn't know him." "He's an older guy." "He was, but I think that's over." "He said she was way too religious." "Yeah so get this, she wouldn't have sex with him." "No, I'm serious." "She does some kind of abstinence stuff." "Yeah, it's killing him." "Hello?" "Hello?" "I don't smell steak." "Hi..." "What's the occasion?" "What?" "Do you want out of this relationship?" "No." "Why would you ask me that?" "Who's Tina?" "The girl I work with?" "Yes, the girl you work with!" "Who is she, to you?" "She's a co-worker." "Are you sleeping with her?" "No." "Why don't you tell me what this is about?" "This is about you confiding in some twenty year old about our relationship." "I have never said word one to her about our relationship." "She said my abstinence is killing you." "Okay, it is!" "But I never said anything to her." "Then how did she know?" "If you didn't tell her, how did she know?" "I don't know." "I did not tell her!" "That day you took her to school, her carwasn't dead." "As soon as you walked away she got right in it and started it up." "She came in and she told me that her carwas dead." "What did you want me to do, ask herfor proof that her carwouldn't start?" "Why didn't you come to my talk?" "I had to work!" "What don't you get about that?" "How convenient." "I thought you left?" "Stay away from Katie!" "What's that for?" "Whatever you've been trying to do is over right now." "Understand me?" "Lee, where's this coming from?" "It's over!" "You stay away from Katie and you stay away from me." "Do you got it?" "Did you understand that?" "Did you get it through your head?" "What if I tell the police that you've been harassing me?" "Making inappropriate comments." "Maybe I tell them you've been following me." "is that a threat?" "I believe it is." "I'm a college student." "You're an ex-con." "I will give you this little girl, you do have a serious set of stones on you." "Don't under estimate them." "I'm pretty sure they're bigger than yours." "I'll tell you what..." "I'm gonna call your bluff." "Bad move, Lee." "Do you think I really want you?" "I want your money." "Not all of it." "So we can come to an agreement or I can call the police." "Make no mistake about it Lee, I'm gonna get what I want." "Yeah, not this time, Tina." "I owe you an apology." "Yeah, you do." "I'm sorry." "I saw some things that made me jealous." "And I didn't stop to think "Hey, Lee wouldn't do that."" "And here we are." "Here we are." "Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I was sorry." "You want to come in?" "I was hoping to." "I didn't think you'd want to see me anymore." "Oh stop it!" "We had a fight." "It's overwith." "It's not a big deal." "Thank you." "So I gotta ask you, what did Tina say to you?" "I don't want to talk about her." "The bottom line is, I should have trusted you." "Well, I guess that will be my job from here on out, to make you absolutely secure in my feelings for you." "I'll tell you something else, I love the fact that you're not in your twenties." "I love the way you look at me." "I love the sound of your voice." "I love the touch of your hand." "And those lines you get by your eyes when you smile." "You are a beautiful woman, Katie." "How do I make you understand how deeply you move me?" "Show me." "Hey, Kenneth." "Hey, Lee." "is Katie here?" "She's not." "She called from the airport." "She said she'd be back next week." "Next week?" "That's what she said." "Did she say where she was going?" "She said was herfriend Maria was taking her on a trip." "is that it?" "That's all she told me." "Right, thanks." "Oh, she left this at my house." "Hi." "Hi." "I've missed you." "I've missed you too." "I wanted to call." "I'm glad you waited." "You want to talk inside." "You want something to drink?" "No. I'm okay." "So, how was your trip?" "Beneficial." "I didn't deserve a phone call?" "I didn't know what to say." "I can say I'm sorry." "I know we crossed a line you didn't want to." "That's on me." "I don't blame you for that." "I love what we shared Katie." "See, that's one of the problems." "That could never happen again." "That could never happen again, and why would you say that, because you blindly obey some ancient book?" "Blindly?" "My past proves the wisdom of that book." "You know, just because I did not live up to my own standard, doesn't mean that I've abandoned it." "You said that was one of the problems." "There's others?" "Just one." "And that is?" "Our religious differences." "And back to the book!" "Let's face it, you're ending this relationship because I don't go to church with you?" "You see, that's the problem, Lee." "It's not about going to church." "It's about a transformed life." "I know you don't understand that." "No, I don't understand it." "You pursued me!" "You started this relationship!" "I know." "I'm sorry." "You're sorry!" "You had me fall in love with you, and all you can come to me and say is that you're sorry?" "I know." "I'm just trying to do what's right." "We're what's right." "That's what's right, you and me!" "What do you want me to say?" "Huh, I don't get it." "I believe in Jesus!" "Tell me what you want!" "is that it?" "is that what you want to hear, because I believe in Jesus!" "Just tell me what you want." "I really hope that some day you can understand." "Hey!" "You really should lock your doors, man." "You never know who might just wander in." "I thought we needed to talk." "I mean I really want to avoid things starting to escalate." "So I figured let's just sit down and hammer things out." "Please." "There you go." "See, I knew this could work." "I was telling my friend George that two guys in love with the same woman should be able to work out their differences without resorting to... I even hate to use the word...violence." "Truth be told, George seemed to think otherwise, especially after I told him about ourfirst meeting." "You're not too bright are you?" "Yeah?" "Why's that?" "You break into my house after I already beat you down once." "You caught me off-guard." "is that what it was?" "Kinda like I just did to you." "I'm gonna do you a favor, Vince." "I'm gonna save you from a lot of pain." "Katie's gone." "She walked out." "Well this is embarrassing then." "I'll tell you what, why don't we just call this... payback." "I'm gonna give you one more chance to get out of my house!" "Do you know who you're talking to?" "I don't know, but I know I'm not talking to you." "I'm sorry, you haven't met George." "George have you ever been in prison?" "I'm not that stupid." "Where you been?" "I'm leaving, Eric." "Leaving?" "Leaving what?" "This town!" "This life!" "You!" "is this about Lee getting you fired?" "Look, I can talk to Joe and get your job back." "I don't want my job back, Eric." "I want out of here." "So what, you're just gonna pack up and leave and go where?" "Oalifornia." "You can't even read a map and you're gonna move to L.A." "What did your mom say?" "She gave me a thousand dollars to get away from you." "What about us?" "We were over months ago." "I should have broken up with you then." "No!" "No!" "No!" "This all started when you met Lee." "Eric, this has nothing to do with Lee." "I've outgrown you." "You play video games and watch TV, that's it." "So now I'm a loser?" "No, I've just finally had enough." "You'll be back!" "You always come back." "What are you doing here?" "I'm worried about you, Lee." "You don't show up forwork." "You don't call." "Nobody has seen you." "What are you doing?" "I don't know." "I'm sorry Katie broke up with you." "I know you love her." "I know you don't need this job." "You certainly don't need the money I'm paying you." "But, I thought we were friends." "I thought if you needed to you knew you could talk to me." "Hey, I have no idea what it's like to have spent ten years in prison." "And I can't imagine what it must feel like to have caused somebody's death." "But when you came into my store and we spoke for the first time, I saw this need you had to prove yourself, remember?" "Remember?" "Yeah." "You made it through these ten years, Lee, and you're home now." "You can get through this too." "I'm looking for Lee Ferguson." "You found him." "My name is Harry." "I wonder if I could have a word..." "Listen if you're here trying to sell something, I don't have the time..." "Son, I'm not selling anything." "I just need to talk to you." "I knew your grandfather." "You know my grandfather?" "I did." "Please come in." "Thank you." "What a beautiful home." "I don't know if you know this, but my grandfather passed away six months ago." "I'm sorry." "He was a good man." "So how did you know him?" "We corresponded a time or two." "What about?" "Two old men." "Oan I get you anything?" "Oould I get a glass of water?" "Sure, would you like to have a seat?" "Thank you." "I'll be right back." "Who are you?" "Well, like I told you my name is Harry." "I know your name is Harry." "I'm asking you who you are and why you've been following me?" "My name is Harry Oaldwell." "Tom Oaldwell was my kid." "Do you remember writing that?" "I loved my son and you killed him and I hated you." "You know it's a funny thing, I can't even picture him any more without the help of a photograph." "That's a hell of a thing for a father to have to say isn't it?" "I didn't mean to kill your son that night." "It was an accident." "I know." "I just wanted... I know." "You're not a killer." "The guy that wrote that letter is not a killer." "You were just a dumb kid." "You made a dumb choice and it turned out horrible." "And I hated you." "You know that hate cost me my wife, my business, my career." "And it ah..." "well it damn-near killed me." "With the help of that letter and this book, I've been able to get to this point." "Did you ever read the Bible?" "No." "I thought maybe you would have read the Bible." "Well, I've read it." "And son with the help of your letter and that book, I've been able to get myself here and look you in the eye and say to you..." "I forgive you." "You may want to take a look at this sometime." "There are things in there you might find interesting." "Take care of yourself kid." "You know, nobody lives forever, everybody dies." "And you'd like to think you'd leave some sort of a legacy behind." "Well, Lee, what I leave to you young man, is the knowledge that I forgive you." "And perhaps the day will come when you'll realize that a father can forgive anybody of anything." "Look after yourself!" "Hello?" "Wait I can't hear..." "What?" "Okay!" "Okay!" "It's at times like these that it generally falls to a religious professional like myself to make sense of evil acts." "To give an explanation as to how a good God can allow such pain." "I can't tell you why God allowed this particular evil." "He doesn't give us all the answers." "What I can tell you is that the presence of evil does not negate the existence of a loving God." "He asks us to trust him, to have faith." "In this book he has proven that he is faithful and trustworthy." "In times of great pain, like this, some may simply reject the idea of a loving God who's in control." "By rejecting God, we haven't solved the question of pain." "When we experience pain, we should call out to him." "He longs to comfort us." "You see our God knows all about pain and suffering, for he is a God who hung beaten and bloodied on a Roman cross." "As I sat listening that morning." "I remember questioning the very foundation of my faith." "I ended a relationship with a man I Ioved for reasons I thought were right." "and then I lost him forever." "I hope some day to comes to terms with that." "I recall a verse in the bible that says." "just as you do not know the path of the wind." "so you can not understand the ways of God." "I guess he wouldn't be God if we could understand his every move." "And I guess it wouldn't be called faith if we had all the answers." "Now I must learn to trust." "So I'II continue on this journey." "I am hurting and I still get angry." "I don't pretend to know why this had to be." "But I do know that my answers will not be found in running from God." "but in running to him." "And in him." "I have faith."