"Where'sdaddy?" "I love it." "Are we going to the mountains tomorrow, daddy?" "Are we?" "Are we?" "Are we?" "Iloveyou." "Iloveyoutoo ." "Goodnight." "Goodnight." "Aah!" "Oh, my God!" "I always do it." "What?" "Huh?" "What?" "Whoo!" "Yeah!" "Whoo-hoo!" "Whoo!" "Thatwasawesome." "Alright, my turn." "Thisisfun." "Whoa!" "Whoawhoawhoa!" "Areyouokay,daddy?" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Whoo!" "Whoo!" "Freddie,watchit ." "Oh,God!" "Oh,shit!" "Freddie!" "Oh,myGod!" "Oh!" "Shit!" "Thatwaskindoffun." "Hi." "I 'mlookingforWall." "For Otto Wall." "Okay." "I" "I nevershould've letFreddiedrivesofast ." "That was so -- so dumb of me." "What are you thinking?" "Huh?" "What are you thinking?" "Whatifyouloseyour foot ?" "Myfoot?" "Thedoctorsaid that there was a chance." "No." "Noway." "No chance." "Whydidyouhave to do this now?" "Hey,comehere." "Whatarewe gonnado?" "Comehere." "Come here." "Listen." "Otto..." "Comeoverhere." "Come over here." "Listen, I'm telling you, we're gonna get through this." "Okay." "We're gonna be just fine." "This is nothing." "It's a nick, it's a scratch." "We'll be fine." "Come here." "Give me a hug." "You don't believe me?" "Mama,whydidthishappen to daddy?" "Why do these things always happen to daddy?" "Hedoesn'tpayattention." "Hey!" "Whatarewe going to do with you?" "Ginny." "YousawthecallerI.D." "It'sGinnySummerson." "Yourseniorcounselor fromCampMishancominga." "Howareyou?" "Goo- " "Andguesswhat?" "Liz,CollieandI areorganizing a20thanniversary campreunion." "Great." "Isn'tthatgreat?" "AndRussell and Randall Kendriff will come." "AndLaraCuff." "LaraCuff." "Haha." "Ithought thatwouldgetyou ." "Nowlisten,Otto, I'mgonnasendyou the e-vite andyoucome,okay?" "Bye." "Goodbye." "Bye." "Iwannaprayfor daddy." "Pray?" "Yes." "I want God to be nice to him." "Aah!" "Ineedyoutocome to mytherapistthisafternoon at3 o 'clock." "Canyoumakeit?" "Um...youhaveatherapist?" "SoOtto." "Howisyourfoot?" "Areyoucomfortablethere?" "Oh,yes,thanks." "It's fine." "Thank you." "Yes." "Anniethinksthat you're almost healed." "I'm so glad you've been " "Had quite a time of it, haven't you?" "Oh,it's,youknow..." "it's not such a big deal." "Well,you'reluckyina way." "Oh,I know." "Iam." "Yes." "It's nice to put a face to your name finally." "Thanks." "I- " "...I " " I " " I need to I think..." "I'm sorry." "It'salright." "Your marriage is over." "Excuseme." "Yourmarriage." "It's over." "No." "What?" "AndAnniewouldlike for you to get your own place as soon as possible." "What?" "Andarrangements will be made, of course for your daughter." "Uh, responsibilities that have to be shared." "You both work." "So Annie needs for you to be flexible " "Annie,Annie,whatisthis ?" "Ihavealawyer." "Gus Menzies." "TheguyfromTV?" "IknowGus." "The" GottaCallGus"guy ?" "He'sverygood." "Waita minute." "Wait." "You have a lawyer?" "Now, hold on." "Annie, are you serious?" "I mean this is -- this is crazy." "It'salwayshardtohear ." "Don'tyouthinkthat we should discuss this?" "No,no,it 'snotopen to discussion." "No." "I want you to leave." "Why?" "What'shappened?" "It'sbetterforeverybody." "Why?" "I mean,don'tyou think we should try and find someone to -- to talk to about this or some kind of" "I mean, if you're..." "We could get counseling." "I mean if you really want to..." "Idon'twantto." "Ifyou'reserious." "I don't understand." "Are you that unhappy?" "Youknowwe don'tneed to get into that right now." "Now is not the time." "Nowisnotthe time?" "Youknowthissessionreally is just to notify you of Annie's intention." "Willyouplease..." "Please." "Why are you unhappy?" "Is -- is it something..." "What am I not doing?" "Otto." "Whathappened?" "How did I not know?" "Is it -- is because of my accident?" "No,it'snot." "No." "BecauseI knowit wasstupid and it's all my fault but I'm gonna be up completely soon." "I really am." "And I'll be able to help out more with Ede." "Otto." "Otto." "Andathome,I'llbe..." "Otto, honey, this, it's " "It's over." "Willyoustopit, please." "Just..." "God damn it." "Please tell me why you would do this?" "Like this?" "Just -- just blind side me like this without any warning or anything?" "It just seems crazy." "It'shardto takein,  you know." "It's trauma." "Trauma is " "Willyoushutthe fuckup." "Youknow,youneedto..." "Yougottashutthe fuckup." "Okay?" "I don't wanna do this." "Ido." "Wedon'tevenfight." "Iknow." "Exactly." "Can you..." "WhataboutEde?" "She'llbefine." "She knows." "She knows something isn't right." "And she's resilient." "Thank you." "Andshewon't..." "No,no." "It 'sover." "Done." "Case closed." "Bam." "They filed electronically, so you couldn't stop even if you wanted too." "A fait accompli." "Idon'tunderstand." "Uh...faitaccompli." "Uh..." "That -- that means it's over." "I mean, apparently she's been working on that for a while." "Gosh, what -- what happened?" "I mean, you didn't..." "You didn't try to murder her or something, did ya?" "Wewerefine." "And I thought I..." "Maybe3 yearsago, therewassomesuggestionof going to counseling, but I don't even remember what be -- became of that." "I can't do anything?" "Well,youcanmoveon." "Listen, I can't -- Well, again, I can't tell you how sorry I am, but we'll see things are fair and square you know, property wise." "Now, uh, I need your e-sig..." "Oh, gee-whiz." "I need your e-signature on this thing." "Sothisis thelastone that I thought of." "Uh...maybe this will suit what you're looking for." "DidI ,uh,mentionwantin' a large backyard?" "Annie..." "Youcould'vegottensomeone to help you." "You could..." "WhattimedoesEde  get dropped?" "I can do it in time." "It just took longer with, you know, one foot and I..." "Ede." "Ede." "I'mfine." "Leavemealone." "Ede,hi." "Whatareyoudoin'?" "Ooh." "Thatsoundscool." "Fabulous!" "Whoo!" "Yeah." "Ididn'tbreakit." "Ifellover..." "It'ssohardtogetiton." "Oh,no,it 'ssupposed to be a skirt." "Yeah,likerightthere, thatwouldlookbetter." "No,I don'twannawearthis ." "I don't wanna be the princess." "I wanna be the queen, or the king." "Ede?" "Hey..." "Ede, maybe I can pick you up after that and you can come see what I have done just for you." "I think you're gonna like..." "Okay." "No, I can't do Wednesday." "Can you do Thursday?" "Tumblin'?" "You do tumbling'?" "Uh, do you have any time open on Friday?" "Don't do it." "Don't do it." "Don't do it." "This is..." "Oh, divorced." "Oh,myGod, andStephanieGiljames youarestillsohot!" "Oh, Lara." "Lookatthis." "Look." "Did you see?" "And then look." "And look at this." "Look at this thing!" "Do you think it's pretty?" "Iloveit ." "Comeoverhere." "Oh, my gosh!" "Mmm!" "Ede?" "Garlic toast." "Yeah?" "Andthenwe startedrunning on the jungle gym and then we started going on the top and going down." "Then we were pretending that one of the other clans was discovering us." "We had to run and hide." "'Cause it'll be dangerous if one of the other clans discovered another clan." "'Cause they'd kill 'em." "Mm-hmm." "Andthen,Lilly'smom  gave us fresh roadkill, which was muffins." "What'sfresh...ofwhat?" "Freshroadkill." "She gave us what she said was fresh roadkill." "Even though it was pumpkin muffins." "Oh,shewasjoking?" "Yeah." "Okay." "You'reboilingover." "Watch out!" "So anyway, Lilly has a big house, so last Saturday" "I went over and she has a garden with these cool, old stonewalls and we played like it was a castle." "Likeitwasacastle?" "Have you seen my backyard?" "Have you seen how big it is?" "Come on." "Come on." "I'll show you the backyard." "Come on." "Canwehaveagarden?" "Iwanna make, like, a secret garden with walls and gates and flowers." "Uh...walls?" "Okay." "Likeoverhere." "You can do that, couldn't you?" "And then maybe Lilly could come over." "Um...sure." "Yeah." "Let's ask her for a date." "Or um...you know, play date." "Yeah." "Except,youknow, her mother doesn't know you." "You'd have to make that okay." "Absolutely." "How do we do that?" "Goodnight, Edith." "Ow!" "Youshockedme." "Sorry." "Daddy,you'reso funny." "I love you." "Iloveyoutoo ." "And, um, I'm really sorry this all had to happen." "Iknow." "Mama says now she can breathe." "Canyoubreathe?" "Areyouokay?" "I'mokay." "That'snotwork,isit?" "Oh,it's,um " "Mm-hmm." "Comeon ." "I heard some news." "I wanna talk to you." "Follow me." "Isittheaudit?" "Are you..." "You're not firing people, are you?" "Don't tell me that I'm gonna lose my job." "You'regettingdivorced?" "How- -howdidyou hearthat ?" "I haven't even told anyone." "Oh,that'shorrible!" "Horrible!" "Oh, I bet you're just stunned, right?" "I mean..." "listen, we don't have to talk about it." "I mean, I am your boss, it's private." "Yeah." "Well,I..." "Well,youjustthinkof yourself as the biggest loser ever, right?" "Well..." "Ireallydon'tknow what's happening." "I just sort of " " I just sort of muddle through my days, you know." "And I'm " " I'm stunned like you said." "Yeah,well,Idon 'twanna scare you too badly but divorce is hands down the worst thing I ever went through my entire life." "Really?" "Mm-hmm." "'Causenomatterhow horrible the marriage was " "Idon'teventhink it was that bad." "Yeah,well,youknowwhat ?" "It's not as bad as what's ahead of you because at one time you thought there was love there, right in your life?" "Well, you were wrong." "Listen to me, okay?" "It's been 5 years, and I still don't have a clue why it all went wrong, really." "I mean, you're never going to really understand." "Howdidyouget throughit?" "Oh,Otto,Iwas suicidal for like a year." "And I didn't even know it." "I was just drifting along, right?" "Took me forever to find a reason to live." "Andwhatwasit?" "I'mjustso sorryfor you ." "I can't tell you how sorry I am." "Tell me you'll be okay." "I'llbeokay." "Yeah?" "You're gonna be alright?" "Sure." "Oh,God!" "It 'sawful." "Thanksforyourconcern, Holly." "I'vegot8cats." "Okay." "Ishouldn'thave brought it up." "Shazam!" "Dick Conner!" "Annie!" "Annie!" "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Youknow,if this hematoma doesn't go down we might have to go back in and change the bolts." "Okay?" "Uh,gobackin?" "Uh-huh." "And let me tell you this." "You start feeling a knobby hard place up here?" "And you find your toes are turning purple?" "We will be chopping it off." "The foot." "Um,uh..." "No?" "Oh,yeah." "Youknow, I've set a goal of..." "You know, there's this 10K that I'd like to be ready for." "Youknow,I'mtrying to scare you." "Oh,you'redoingagood job." "Sobesmart." "How are you doing otherwise?" "I'mgreat." "Mm-hmm." "How are your girls?" "Annie's running?" "We'reseparated." "Well, no wonder you're pushing." "Yeah." "I 'mjusttrying to get healthy." "Igot..." "I got what you need." "Generic Ativan." "Just for when the blues come on." "Mellows things out." "I pop 'em like candy." "I'm kiddin'." "But we all need some way to get through the night." "Try and find some other activity that keeps you off your feet." "Okay." "KnowwhatImean?" "Huh?" "Alright." "Keepusingthecane." ""...freetime." "What'syour favorite restaurant?"" "Oh!" "Oh,myGod." "Otto!" "Aah." "Igottago ." "Have the Hammersmark transferred to Chicago and don't bother me with it again." "Oh, my God!" "You look fantastic." "Thankyou." "Wow!" "Haha!" "I'malwaysearly." "Good." "Oh!" "You'reso hot!" "You're handsome!" "You're -- you're smokin'!" "Do you not hear that all the time?" "No." "I 'mmarried." "Or..." "Okay." "Um, sit down." "I got this Pinot Gris." "Okay." "Mmm." "Andyou'relike still so beautiful." "Youstilltalksosoftly." "I was so thrilled to find you again." "I mean, how long has it been since we dated?" "Like, 15 years?" "Uh,moreactually." "Ow!" "Jesus!" "Whoa!" "It's alright." "Areyouokay?" "Yeah." "Life,huh?" "Justnotmyself." "Um, uh, yeah!" "I saw on the, um..." "I saw on the, um..." "You've got big sons." "I just..." "Canyoubelieveit?" "I mean, they're both at McCallie Prep." "Mm-hmm." "And,um,you've a little girl." "Ido." "Uh, uh, Ede." "She's 9." "Hmm." "She'sgreat." "Whodidyoumarry, Otto Wall?" "Annie." "Mick Williams." "I don't think you know her." "Um, and -- and we're not together." "Hmm." "Is she beautiful?" "Uh,um..." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Mysonsaregonnabestuds ." "Nokidding." "Comeon." "Graysonwasastud." "Yeah." "YounevermetGrayson, did you?" "No,I don'tthinkso." "Not face to face." "Hewasafuckingasshole!" "He cheated on me four times." "I mean, how stupid am I?" "What about you?" "Um- " "Um, no." "You know, no I..." "No cheating." "Areyourecent?" "We divorced last fall." "Well,we're-- we 're..." "We're not actually divorced yet." "Hmm." "Wow!" "I 'veneversaid that word before." "Getusedto it ." "It's a fucking great word." "It's a great place to be." "No fucking strings!" "I have never had so much fun." "I should tell you straight out" "I'm not around a lot." "In and out." "No strings." "Thankyoufordrivingup from Charlotte." "Noproblem." "I think this wine's too fruity." "Um..." "Let me order something else?" "Do you want something, or..." "What do you want?" "Now get up." "Iliketo be  atmydeskby8 ." "IfI go90 on thefreeway, I'llmakeit ." "Ihaveapowerbar inthecar." "It was so fun to see you, Otto." "Youshouldthinkabout boardingschoolforyourkid." "Stayintouch whenyoucan,alright?" "It'ssoeasynow ." "Don't get up, okay?" "Youareshittingme." "Wehadareallyhottime." "Thisisan oldgirlfriend who found you on Facebook?" "Women." "You know, it's -- it's kind of exciting." "It's like a new world." "I mean, I don't know if it'll even ever happen again but I think it was just maybe 'cause I'm available?" "Thisisn'tdating." "Ladieshaveneeds." "Daddy?" "Yeah." "Iwannago to church." "What?" "What?" "Otto?" "You there?" "Otto." "Otto!" "Oh." "Shit." "Um...whatwasthat the other night?" "Uh, last week." "That cursing, that message you left?" "What was that?" "Ihad..." "I had just..." "AndI 'vejustbeensopleased with how civil this has all been." "So maybe just don't do it again, okay?" "Shit." "Youknowwhat, maybe we can work something out?" "Uh, so we aren't both here at the same time too?" "'Cause you know, this is this is my time." "Thisisyourtime?" "Edehastaekwondo." "I have 50 minutes." "You know that, Otto." "I know this is hard for you and I'm sorry about that." "Doyouthink Ede's fine with this?" "It'sallforthe good." "Allforthegood?" "Listen." "It's nobody's fault." "It's both of our fault." "That's the way life is." "No." "Not always." "Annie, you and I..." "Hey." "You and I, we have got to just..." "Really?" "Doing this here?" "That's really fair." "Fair?" "I ..." "I'monlygonnaget , like, 20 minutes to swim now." "Well,I canpickEde up after tae kwon do and then I can " " I can bring her over to you later." "No,becausewe have an arrangement." "Annie,I wanna..." "Ifyouwanna communicate with me do it through your lawyer." "That's what we're supposed to do." "Wait." "Justwait." "Let'sjustgeton with things." "Okay?" "Because I am." "I have." "Goodbye, Otto." "Just..." "God damn it!" "Okay,um..." "Let me think." "I liked the picture of you in your kayak." "Um..." "Ilikedyourname." "Oh,God!" "Mildred?" "Yeah." "Areyoukiddingme?" "It's old fashioned and cool." "Good." "Then what about me?" "Well,I likeyourface." "Andyour,really, yourbeautifulbreasts." "And your booty." "Youlikemy sweetlittle cooty cat?" "I..." "'CauseI like your cock in my pussy." "That's what I think is sexy." "I like your hands on my flesh." "I like that you have calluses on the palms of your hands." "So that it's rough when you touch the inside of my thighs." "What's your last name?" "Wall." "What?" "Wall." "Wall." "That's kind of funny." "It'sAnglo-Saxon." "Oh,yeah." "Of course." "Um..." "Uh Mildred are you wet?" "Domeright,Mr. Wall." "And then pull out really slowly until I scream." "Can you do that?" "Canyoudo thatfor me?" "Well,I cangiveita shot ?" "Um can I kiss your little cooty cat?" "And..." "Yeah." "...blowsoftlyon it ?" "And maybe just, like, flick it?" "And andhavemyrough havemycalluses..." "Yeah,yourcalluses." "...onyournipples?" "Yeah." "Lightly." "Mildred,I " "I wanna turn you over..." "Mmm." "Mm-hmm." "And I wanna kiss you andyourbreasts and then that place where you're neck and your shoulder meet um..." "Clavicle?" "Yes." "Clavicle." "Yeah." "Kiss my clavicle." "Oh, God." "Oh, it's so good." "Oh, God." "Oh, God." "Oh, God." "Oh, God." "Oh." "Fuck." "Thatwasgood." "Thatwasamazing." "Thankyou." "Oh,thepleasurewas mine." "It..." "BelievemeIdon 'tliketo havetocallyou either but you don't answer my emails." "All I do is chauffeur her around." "You know we need time to do things together." "And -- and -- and I know she wants to because she texted me." "I can take her this weekend." "Well, can't she -- can't she spend the night at Molly's another time?" "Huh?" "Can we make this work?" "I can pick her up at 3." "You wanna try it again?" "Yeah." "Comehere." "Letmeseethat." "You moved your snot to your cheek." "You can't..." "Comes out of your nose, you gotta flick it off out of -- out of the pool." "That's what the pros do." "Daddy,youlost your screw-in tooth." "ItwaspermanentIthought." "Oh, my gosh!" "Thank you very much." "Whatdidhe say?" "HesaidI'vegot  an appointment for next Wednesday." "And that these things happen." "Yeah." "Theydo ." "Hello." "Hey,there." "Hi,I 'mEde." "Hello,Ede." "Have y'all been to our church before?" "No,butmy daddyneedsit." "Well...weareallglad that you're here today." "Miss Ede." "MizEde." "Thanks." "Wehopey'allkeepcomin'." "We all need to find what sustains us." "Thankyou." "...sucha niceguy and then bam he hurts himself..." "Goodsingingthough." "Did you like the singing?" "Mm-hmm." "Whatthe..." "Whatisit ?" "Whathappened?" "Ithinkwe 'vebeenrobbed." "Oh, shit." "They took my old CD player." "Whodid?" "No,no,no ." "Hey,hey ,hey ." "Don't step on the glass." "Just stand back, Ede." "Don't touch anything, honey." "Just hold on." "We're gonna call the police right now, okay?" "Shh." "Just stand still." "It's okay." "Youcango ." "I'mfine." "Sorry." "Whydoyoulooksofamiliar?" "Daddy, haveyoudoublechecked allthedoorsand windows likeI asked?" "Youareanurse." "I'mthenightsupervisor at Heritage Village retirement community." "Ihearthat'snice." "Itis." "Where's your daughter this weekend?" "Is she with your soon-to-be ex-wife?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "She'sreally,reallycute." "Yes." "Whatdoessheliketodo ?" "She'sactuallyreallyexcited right now because I'm building a stonewall around this garden that she's planned." "Although I don't know if I'll ever finish it, but..." "Thisisreallygreat." "Doyouthinkso?" "Yeah,I do." "Thatsoundslike  completely cool and I'm excited." "I'mgladyoucouldcome ." "Oh." "I loveit ." "It's so cute." "Oh, my God." "Ah." "It's great, so great." "What is this?" "Can we go for a ride?" "Um..." "let'sjusthike." "Aretheretrails?" "We'llbushwhack." "Okay." "I like how adventurous you are." "Ayi!" "I'mDebbieSpangler!" "Noecho." "Oh, I feel like I'm getting good at this." "What?" "Uh,doyoulikefish tacos?" "Ineverhadthem." "Really?" "Yeah." "Well,doyoulikefish ?" "Idolikefish." "Ithinkyou'regonna like this sauce." "AndI reallydon'twanna burn this fish." "Oh." "Let me just, uh, turn it off..." "Mmm." "Adventurous?" "Oh,mygoodness." "Wow." "Yes." "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "Again." "Yeah." "I'mDebbieSpangler!" "I'm Debbie Spangler!" "I wanna read my Bible." "You shouldn't have done that." "What'sthat?" "Weshouldn'thave." "Donewhat?" "Last night?" "Idon'tlikemyselfrightnow and I really wish that I hadn't come." "Oh." "Uh..." "That's too bad, you know, because I really enjoyed myself." "Well,I feelterrible." "I feel so terrible." "I feel so bad, and it's all your fault." "You are a terrible person for doing this to me!" "Wha..." "Hold on a second." "You know, I..." "I'm sorry if you feel like you did something that you didn't wanna do but I would never have forced you to do anything." "And really, we didn't do anything wrong you know." "It's okay." "Yes,wedid." "No." "Yes,wedid." "Whatareyou-- Yes,wedid,Otto!" "No." "You'resomeone'sfather." "Oh, my God, this is the worst thing in the world." "No." "Debbie,no ,it 'snot." "Idon'tevenknowyou." "We don't even know each other." "Who are you?" "Who are you?" "I'mOttoWall." "Youareacrazyperson." "I'mnotcrazy." "Yes,youare." "You're a crazy person." "How did I even end up going with you at all?" "What did you say to me?" "What did you do?" "Youwroteto me and-- Well,I wasoutofmymind!" "Debbie- - Iwasn'tthinking." "Stopit!" "Whywasit me ?" "Whywasit DebbieSpangler?" "Wait,your-- wait,yourbag,  your bag, your bag." "Ede." "Andwhatis this?" "Tha-a-a..." "Oh, my goodness!" "Okay, can I have that, please?" "That is a toy." "And it's for adults." "Howdoyouuse it?" "It" "It's" "It's for adults." "How's school, Ede?" "Man, don't laugh." "It was terrible!" "You know, when she was holding it in her little hand." "It'sfunnythough." "You can't see that?" "AmI screwingherup?" "Oh,thatDebbie sounds like a maniac." "No,she'saniceperson." "Kinda unstable but you know." "Jeez, you know, what could I do?" "I " " I can't handle that." "These women..." "Youdon't,youdon 'tpromise them anything, do you?" "Ilikethem." "I " " I want them to be happy." "No,sex." "That's what you all want." "Itwasnotlikethis  when I was single." "Andafter11 years ofAnnienot..." "You know, the last two years, we never..." "There wasn't any love." "So..." "AndmaybeIshouldtake some  responsibilitytheretoo." "You know, she was always secretive and -- and...distant." "You know, I " " I guess, I..." "I guess I just gave up trying to reach her." "I did not know what was going on with her." "And I don't " " I don't -- I don't..." "I don't know if I ever did." "God, that is so sad." "But now, you know, just..." "Just to make someone else feel good, it's -- it's you know, it's given m -- me my confidence back." "You know, as a man." "Freddie, are you still there?" "Uh,yeah." "You sound like a girl." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Listen, go for a run." "It'll all feel better." "I gotta save some kids' lives here, buddy." "You'reokay." "Bye-bye." "Oh,God!" "Maybewesh ..." "Listen, listen, listen." "What?" "Thisisso important." "This is so important." "What?" "We'vetobe quiet,okay?" "Okay." "Mydaughter'ssleeping." "Okay." "We'll be kinda quiet." "Are you okay?" "No,I thinkIswallowed my tooth." "Youdidwhat?" "IthinkIswallowedmytooth ." "Yourtooth?" "Mm-hmm." "I did." "I swallowed my fake tooth." "Shh." "Shh." "Shh." "Youswallowedyourtooth!" "Hmm." "It'snotfunny." "It'snot." "Itis funny." "No,it 'snot." "Maybewe shouldget  upstairs." "Oh, it's fine." "Aah." "Okay." "Hey,doyoumaybe wanna go on a date?" "What?" "Well,I wasthinking,Mildred maybe we could go to a movie." "I'msorry,um ,butare you , like, wanting more?" "'Cause I don't " " I don't think that that's what I want." "Yeah, I mean, and this -- this thing that we have that's awesome for me, you know?" "Hmm." "Isthatokaywithyou?" "I mean, what do you -- what do you think that you want?" "I..." "Okay." "Alright, goodnight, Otto." "Goodnight,Mildred." "I'min." "You know, you are kind of a disaster." "Really?" "Yeah." "But you're a crazy fun fuck." "Hurrah!" "Andyoumakemefeel pretty." "Daddy!" "Oh,hey,whatisit?" "What is it?" "What is it?" "Youcan'tleaveme." "I'mnotgonnaleaveyou." "Shh." "Hey, hey, shh." "Listen, listen, listen, I'm right here." "Okay?" "I love you more than anything in the world." "Come here." "Come here." "Oh." "Otto!" "Otto!" "Otto Wall is here." "Otto." "Hey." "Hey,Otto." "You remember me?" "You don't, do you?" "Liz!" "Liz!" "Liz, Otto came." "Liz's mother's here." "Remember her?" "There she is!" "Youlookkiller,man ." "Otto!" "Hey,Liz." "AndLarasaid she's coming from Raleigh." "Oh,really?" "Mm-hmm." "I thought I was gonna..." "Howmanykidsdoyouhave?" "Uh,I justhaveone ." "Ede." "She's nine." "And I, uh..." "I'm separated." "Fromher?" "No,no." "From, from my wife." "We're getting a divorce." "Well,you'reyoung." "Lots more fish out there." "Sohe'stearingdownthehill and leaps into the water..." "Iknewyou'dbelate ." "Oh-ho." "Yes,thislooksawesome." "You did a great job..." "Well,thankyou." "Well, you know, it wouldn't be the same without you." "I'm so glad you came." "Andthenhe starts just swimming around with this pitiful..." "ThisisRosie." "Howareyou?" "Good." "¶ Hooray up she rises ¶" "¶ Hooray up she rises ¶" "¶ Hooray up she rises ¶" "¶ Early in the morning ¶" "¶ Put him in the rain till he gets sober ¶" "Youstilldon'trememberme?" "Justonesecond." "¶ Early in the morning ¶" "¶ Hooray up she rises ¶" "¶ Hooray up she rises ¶" "¶ Hooray up she rises ¶" "¶ Early in the morning ¶" "¶ That's what we do with a drunken sailor ¶" "¶ That's what we do with a drunken sailor ¶" "¶ That's what we do with a drunken sailor ¶" "¶ Early in the morning ¶" "Lara,whereareyou going?" "Oh,no." "Oh,myGod,Otto!" "Wherewereyougoing?" "Wow!" "You'renothere." "Youcan'tleaverightnow." "Come on." "Ihaveto ." "I'm " " I'm getting..." "I'm driving back to Raleigh." "I'm " " I'm getting scuba sort of vacation." "Youcan'tgo ." "We didn'teven get a chance to " "Iknow,Iknow." "It's -- but it's my last class." "...firstsawyou and I didn't..." "Ididn'teventhink that I could, you know" "I didn't even think I could come here tonight at all." "Oh, my God." "Yeah." "So..." "Oh." "You rascal!" "I'mnotarascal." "CanI ,youknow,can Igive  you my, um..." "Can I give you my e-mail, and, uh, figure out how this..." "Here,letme ." "I can." "Okay." "Otto, I'm planning a trip." "Youare." "Howareyou?" "I'm..." "Whathaveyoudone with your life?" "I,um..." "Thanks." "My husband gave me this thing." "Um,it'sareally nice present." "I got one for my daughter." "Ginnysaid you have a little girl." "Wow!" "Ido." "Doesshehaveyoureyelashes?" "Remember when we put mascara on you because we thought you are so...pretty?" "No,I haveno memory of that at all." "Yeah." "Do you think I could still block you at the rim?" "Canyoustilljump?" "Ofcourse." "At least you're a little taller than me now." "Comeon,youguys." "Come on." "I" "I 'vegottago ." "No." "No,youdon 't." "Oh,thiswassowonderful." "Thank you so much." "See you, bye." "Bye." "Okay, thank you, Ginny, it was really wonderful." "Oh." "Typical." "Always flying away." "Well, come on, you don't have to go." "¶ But keep the old ¶" "¶ Make new friends but keep the old ¶" "¶ One is silver and the other's gold ¶" "¶ A circle is round and has no end ¶" "¶ That's how long I want to be your friend ¶" "¶ Make new friends but keep the old ¶¶" "RichardWatts." "His name was Richard Watts." "What?" "Nothing." "Shh." "Daddy." "Yeah." "I'msorry." "Why?" "Idon'twanna spend the night here anymore." "Whynot?" "Idon'tfeelsafe." "It's not safe." "Yes." "Yes,it is ." "No,it'snot." "There are robbers here." "And accidents." "And I think you'd have more fun if I wasn't around at night too." "Say,goto sleep." "I love you." "Iloveyoutoo ,daddy." "What?" "Sorry." "Hello." "Hey,it'sOtto." "Uh..." "Who?" "Otto." "OttoWall." "Uh...oh,I 'msorry." "I'm " " I'm..." "My mind's on -- on other things." "Hi, Otto Wall." "Soyougothomealright." "Are you -- are you certified now?" "Huh?" "Oh, yes." "I'm so..." "I'm so spacing." "Sorry." "Ihavedonesomedivin' um...er, well, snorkeling really." "Yeah?" "Oh,well,weused  to take the kids snorkeling when they were..." "when they were little." "Hey,howmanykids did you, um " "Granthadtwo whenwegotmarried and now Carter is 22 and Elaina is 19." "I'm free." "Yahoo!" "Yeah." "Ginnysaidthatyou- " "ThatI 'mgettingdivorced." "Yep." "Just filed last week." "Youtoo,shesaid." "Sorry." "Thanks." "It's okay." "The whole thing's kind of a mystery, isn't it?" "Oh,I hearya ." "Um, I'm packing right now." "You'removing?" "Well,I foundthis this surfing school in Costa Rica." "So I'm " " I'm gonna go there for six weeks and do this like, total immersion Spanish thing." "So..." "And then, I'm doing a..." "a building project in Papua New Guinea for a year." "MyGod." "That sounds just like you." "Whenyougotthe chance, jump off the cliff, remember?" "Yeah." "What- -whataboutyou ?" "Howareyougettingthrough?" "HowamI, what--howwhat?" "Yeah." "I mean, did she break your heart or -- or did you you know, did you break hers?" "Oh,I " "I ..." "Idon'tknow." "She was seeing someone." "Oh,uh-huh." "Hey,didyouand your husband, did you fight?" "God,yeah." "Um...yes." "Mark, my -- my first husband he tried to, uh, kill me more than once." "AndI havearestraining orderagainsthim." "Imean,Istill" "Istilldo." "God,Lara,howdid you ..." "Survive?" "Yeah." "Well,uh,well,what-- what can I tell you?" "Uh, I don't know what -- what Ginny said." "Um..." "Mark and I had a son that drowned, Otto." "I'msosorry." "Yeah." "Thanks." "You know, I..." "I have no idea how I, you know, how I did it, and I have no answers." "You just, you, you know, you take allthisstuff, allthislifestuff and- -and...andyoucan , youknow,collapse oryoucannot ." "AndI " "I chose..." "Ichosenotto." "But I'll, I'll tell you, Otto." "I " " I think ab..." "I think about him all the time." "Andthat's that's...you know, I guess I " " I do it for him." "I just continue...for Paul." "That was his name." "You,youknow, youmakeachoice andyouliveyourlife , andthat'sit ." "So deep." "Anyway, I'm looking to have an adventure you know, of my own design." "I'm thinking of, like, starting a blog." "Shall I put you on my list?" "Wouldyou..." "Uh...yes." "Sure." "Please do." "God,Otto." "It 'sso weird!" "Whatis?" "Youandme ." "I feel like, I feel like" "I...we just spoke..." "Yesterday." "I know." "And it's been, like -- like 20 years." "Isn'tthatcrazy?" "Yeah." "That'sa lifetime." "It's a riot." "Oh,good." "I'm so glad to get you." "Listen, Lara, I was, uh..." "Is there any way I can come see you some time?" "Just drive over and..." "This is Otto." "Yeah, no, no, no." "No, nothing's wrong." "I just, uh, I would" "I would really like to talk to you some time or..." "When?" "You're in town now?" "Today?" "I mean, well, if you get the chance before you go back you know, that would -- that would be great." "No, no, I know." "Just -- just see if it works out." "It's no big deal." "Okay." "Bye." "Oh, shit." "I'm back here." "Hi." "YouhavesomethingIwant ." "I also, I really want to apologize, Otto." "I thought about things and..." "I was just freaking out or something in the mountains." "I run a little hot and cold." "Yeah,justalittle." "Um...you know, it's..." "It was no big deal." "We didn't know each other very well and, you know, maybe we shouldn't have..." "No,I dothat sometimes when I'm overwhelmed." "Really?" "Yeah." "But I prayed about it...and, um I really enjoyed myself..." "in the mountains with you." "Good." "I " "I didtoo for the most part." "AndI thinkthatweshould get to know each other." "'Cause I think that you are a really good father." "Doyoureallythinkso?" "Mm-hmm." "Oh." "Um..." "Do,um...youforgiveme?" "Sure." "SureIdo." "Oh, goodness." "I don't know if, um..." "Are you sure this is a good...idea" "Debbie..." "Spangler?" "Yes." "Oh,myGod." "I think that's Ede." "No,no,no ." "Come on." "No." "Don't, don't, don't." "Aren'tyouearly?" "Where's Ede?" "She's..." "We need to talk." "There's been a change of plans." "What?" "Oh,so ,youget to change plans just like that?" "God." "Shecried,Otto." "She really doesn't want to come over here." "Whatareyoutalkingabout?" "Well,whenIfinally gotherto speak she said that you have girls here all the time." "Uh,I ..." "I've never had women here when Ede's been here." "Really?" "She'ssays she hears you fucking." "What?" "Shesaysthat you have sex toys." "I..." "Isshelyingtome?" "She'slyingto me ." "Listen,therewasa,um..." "There was a woman, a friend..." "Mm-hmm." "Awomanwhohad been in the car...not with Ede." "Shedroppedher sex toy in your car." "Annie- - No!" "I'm not exposing my daughter to that." "Comeon." "She wasn't exposed to anything." "AndI ..." "I'm sorry to have to tell you that I'm going to talk to my lawyer about the joint custody." "Iam." "I..." "I never thought that you were this kind of man." "I didn't." "I guess, I just..." "never really knew you very well, ever." "Annie..." "Ithoughtthatyou cared about the welfare of your child." "Ido!" "Childrencomefirst,Otto." "Parents have to set an example." "Oh,really?" "Yes." "Youmean like having an affair?" "You mean, like fucking somebody when you're still married." "Like -- like never touching your husband?" "Is that the kind of example you thought was healthy for Ede?" "Otto." "I - - Yeah?" "I know about it." "I " " I know what you did." "I saw it on the..." "I know about it." "What about that?" "And he looks like a real upstanding citizen too, is he?" "Is he?" "And does Ede not know what her mother's doing in the bedroom next to hers?" "In my bed!" "Don'tyouyellatme." "You've never spoken to me like this." "Iknow!" "It's about time." "You don't have any room to judge me." "Mylife...ismy own." "Richard is a wonderful man andfather." "You don't fucking know him...okay?" "When we started texting, I " "Oh,myGod." "Andwhat...whatIdid " "What,yeah?" "WhatI did" "Justifyit." "Ididit ." "I needed it." "Okay." "Tosurvive!" "Okay." "You'reanasshole!" "Fuck it!" "Excuseme." "I'msosorry." "I just " " I have to get to the nursing home to bathe Mr. Peterson by 6:00." "I'm Debbie Spangler." "And she's crazy." "You are a very sweet man." "Bless you." "Itryto teachEde  that a woman has the right to be loved and to be known." "Yoo-hoo." "Anybodyhome?" "Oh." "I was kinda worried about you from your call." "You okay, old friend?" "CanI goto  Costa Rica with you and learn how to surf and Spanish?" "Sure." "Do you wanna come with me to Raleigh and have dinner with my kids?" "IfI hadleft15minutesago, I'dstillbe late." "I see you have some half-finished projects." "Oh,yeah." "That'sfamiliar." "Yeah." "Where'dyougetthese?" "Uh,they'reriverstones from the mountains." "Ilove'em." "So...hard day?" "I mean, do you wanna -- do you wanna tell me about it?" "Um..." "I..." "I don't know what I'm doing." "I haven't, um..." "I mean, I really, uh..." "I should've been a better parent." "Yeah,I mean, everybody feels that way." "It's...it's normal." "Yeah,I wantyou to meet Ede." "Oh,isshe...isshehere?" "No,shewon'tcomehere ." "Well,doyouhaveapicture?" "Yes." "Oh,wow." "Wow, she's wonderful." "I can see you." "Idon'twanttolose her." "I'dshowyou,um..." "I'd show you my two if I could, you know, figure out how this thing works." "Oh, um, they're yelling at me 'cause I'm not on the road." "Okay." "Are you coming with me?" "CanI stay?" "Thenight?" "Of course." "Canweplayaround?" "For a few days?" "Nope." "Whynot?" "I'monaplane at 6:45 tomorrow morning." "You'releavingtomorrow?" "Didn'tI tellyouthat?" "I'm gonna miss you too, Otto now that we've reconnected." "Sorry." "Whydon'tyoucomewith me?" "What?" "Seriously." "Why not?" "A week or so." "That's not hard." "Drop everything." "Um..." "Yeah." "CouldI ?" "Yes." "Yes." "Youcan ." "You can." "Otto..." "Follow me." "Ede." "Oh,Ede, I'm so glad you picked up." "No." "No." "No." "That's okay." "Your mom told me that you had other plans." "Hey, what are you doing?" "Oh, that sounds like fun." "Me?" "Well, I'm building the walls of your castle." "Yes." "Yes, I am." "Would you, um..." "Maybe you'd wanna come over?" "I need to know exactly how you want it." "Yeah." "Sure." "Sure there can be." "We can do that." "Yes." "Yes." "A moat?"