"♪" "Girl:" ""So when times are tough."" "Man:" "Ooh, that sounds good." "Breakfast of champions coming your way." ""When times are tough and the money is down"..." "Ooh, how about, "And the chips are down"?" ""Then vote Natalie Parish for treasurer." "I'll gamble with your money."" " Ha ha." "You're right." "That does not sound good." " Okay." " I gotta go." "No time for breakfast." " No, no, look." "Take that in the truck with you." "You need the energy." "Okay, okay, okay." "I won't." "Okay." "Mmm." "Aw, my gosh, I know." "My dad's terrible." "He takes me to the mall." "He makes my breakfast." "He does my laundry." "And you're just never..." "Why are you drinking my coffee?" "I gotta go." "( engine turns over )" "Dad?" " Yeah, honey?" " I really appreciate everything you've done with this whole thing," " but if I lose, I just..." " No, no, no." "Don't even talk like that." "Okay, but there's a chance that I will." "A really good chance." "Kalie Ryan is just more popular." "Sweetheart, just the fact that you're running is enough to make me proud, okay?" "I'm being dead serious." "I would have never had the courage to do that when I was your age." "In fact, that's something that your mother would've done." " Really?" " Really." "So just go in there and give it your all, and, you know, swing for the fences and do your best and all those other uplifting sayings." " ( laughs ) Okay." " You're gonna do great." " Thanks, Dad." " You're welcome." "( school bell rings )" "So remember, you have your cue cards." "If you get nervous, just look down." "You're gonna do great." "I have full faith in you." "Thanks, Dad." "You're gonna knock 'em dead." "Say hi to Uncle Nicky for me." "I will." "Call me as soon as you find out." " Yeah, yeah." " Okay?" "Hello, Family Parish." "Hey, Tess." "Hey, Nat!" "Give it your all." "Hey, how you doing?" "Are you ready?" "( chattering )" "( horn honks )" "I hope you got coffee." "Uh, yeah, I do." "I made a fresh pot at the house, where you were supposed to meet me about ten minutes ago." "Mrs. Rollins needed her shower fixed." " It was an emergency." " Right." "And that's not something her husband could've done?" "Right, you know, Nicky, one of these days, you're going to get your rear kicked, and this guy isn't gonna do a dang thing about it." "That's because you don't know how to fight, old man." "Dude, I'm like 4 years older than you." "Quit hitting me." "All right, listen, Bruce pulled a lot of strings to get us a shot at this job, so just easy on the trademark humor, okay?" "Man:" "You know I can't control it." "It's a gift." "Okay." "Girl:" "I don't know if you guys remember last year's junior prom, but in my opinion, it was lacking." "And that's because you didn't have me as treasurer." "I promise, if you vote Kalie as treasurer, senior prom will be bomb." "And my dad is an investment banker." "So vote Kalie Ryan, because handling money is a family business." "Thank you." "Natalie, you're up." "♪" "( knock on door )" "I apologize again for the tardiness, Mr. Woodrow." "Well, Bruce Cahill tells me you're a reliable man." "And if there's one person I trust in this life, it's my lawyer." "As you can see, the architect didn't even break ground on the pool." "And the pergola design... was a disgusting eyesore." "And the IRS got a hold of him before he could even build the thing." "Now this house is just incomplete without a pergola." "Am I right?" "Oh, yeah, just awful without a pergola." "You boys can build, right?" "We certainly can, Mr. Woodrow." "Whatever you need, we got you." "Well, naturally, I'm going to want to clear whoever you bring onto my property." "Naturally, sir." "But it's just us." "Mr. Woodrow, why don't we go inside and discuss what look you're going for?" "I'm gonna treat you guys to the best iced tea you've ever had." "Peaches!" "Peaches?" "Let's get some iced tea for these boys." "Sick speech, girl." "I loved the bit about "protecting our future."" "You sounded like a superhero." "That was my dad's idea." "I felt like an idiot up there." "Well, the brain-dead slut's probably going to win, because that's life, but still." "Huh, speak of the devil." "Good job on her speech..." "You think they're breaking up?" "For the millionth time this month?" "Probably." "Who cares?" "Idiot!" "I actually like the guy." "I mean, so he owns a Bugatti." "Two Bugattis, he made a point of saying." "( sighs )" "That's about the 50th time today that you've checked your phone." "What's going on?" "You finally got a hot squeeze?" "Come on." "You can tell me." "No, Natalie's said that she's going to call me as soon as she finds out about the election." "I haven't heard from her." "I'm just worried she lost, you know?" "If she lost, she lost." "She's a tough girl." "I know, but a student office looks really good on a college application." "So do straight As." "She needs that scholarship, Nicky, just like we need to get a job like this, okay?" "We can't keep fixing Agnes Mason's sink every other week for a slice of pie." "You watch your mouth about that pie." "That is good pie." "And stop worrying about Natalie so much." "Lucky for you, she takes after the Barnes side of the family." "That's exactly what worries me, by the way." " What?" " Nothing." "Natalie." "I think they're just a little blinded right now." "But the more they attack each other, the closer they get." "Looks like someone's been reading ahead again." " ( intercom beeps )" " Man:" "Good afternoon, students." "Principal Henries here with the results of today's very close elections." "Our new school president, Samuel Cahill." "Vice president, Katherine Morelli." "Treasurer, Natalie Parish." "Secretary, Leslie..." "Congratulations." "Get up, guys, get up, come on." "Hey." "Considering she's so far ahead in the reading, maybe the new treasurer has time in her schedule to cheer on the hockey team tonight?" "I'm not really a big hockey fan." "Want to know a secret?" "Okay." "Neither am I." "( laughs )" "And there's a party at my house afterwards." "Sounds fun." "It's just I kind of already have plans, so." "You can bring your friends." "The more the merrier." "Who you hanging with?" "Oh, um... well, it's just that it's my dad, so... ( chuckles )" "All right, uh, well, congratulations as treasurer." "Thanks." "Um, maybe I'll see you later." "What a sleazeball, asking you out like five minutes" " after he broke up with Kalie." " ( sighs )" "Honestly, Nat, I don't know how you two used to be a couple." "Tess, he kissed me on the cheek once when we were five." "Besides, he didn't ask me out." "He asked me to the hockey game and to the party after." "What'd you tell him?" "That I had plans with my dad." "Right." "Hey, did you tell him about the big news yet?" "Oh, shoot, I was supposed to call." "Or..." "Oh, boy." "I'm so sorry." "You know, these things, they're..." "They're just popularity contests." "You don't think I'm popular?" "No, no, no, no, what I mean is..." "I mean that they never pick the smartest, or the most over..." "You know." "They never..." "What?" "No!" "No!" "No!" " Yes?" "Really?" " Yes." "You swear?" "Oh, my gosh!" "That's so great!" "I'm so proud of you." "Good job." "Oh, man." " You deserve an Oscar." " Thank you very much." "You want to join us for celebration tonight?" "Nah, you two enjoy." "All right, let's do it." "I cannot believe it." "That's so cool!" "And the winner reaps her reward, the world-famous..." "Martin Parish... ( laughs )" "Monster sundae, sundae, sundae." "( sighs ) You were a winner today." "But now you lose." "Dad..." "Something's wrong?" "What, I put..." "Too much syrup on it?" "No, no, it's great." "It is, mm, it is great." "Great." " But..." " What?" "I kind of want to do something fun tonight." "Oh, wait a minute, you want a different game, right?" "Well, there's a hockey game this afternoon, and I thought maybe it would be good thing to go and say thank you to everyone because of the election and... right?" "I get it." "Do some glad-handing, kiss some babies." "That sounds fine." "Okay." "Well, I'll go change." "Okay." "( crowd shouting )" "( buzzer buzzes )" "I'll see you after the game." "Hey, Marty!" "Should've told me you were coming." "I would've brought another seat warmer." "Oh, that's all right, Bruce." "Nice to see you, Julie." "We heard Natalie's a big winner today, too." "Yes, yes, I guess she is." "Guess she's gonna be working for Sam now, huh?" "Maybe." "You know, we never see you at these things." "Yeah, well, Natalie wanted to come, so it was either here or, you know, stay home and draw up blueprints." "I can't believe you made me come here." "It's one game." "Hey, Natalie." "Maybe you should dip into the school treasury and buy yourself a shirt that fits." "Maybe you should dip into your trust fund and buy yourself a brain." "( cell phone rings )" "Crap." "My mom's shift ends in ten." "I have to go pick her up." "Are you okay?" "Yeah." " Yay!" " Yeah!" "( crowd cheering )" "Martin, hockey was never this big when we were in high school, was it?" "It's hard to say." "We weren't the kind to care too much." "I'm freezing." "I'm gonna go get us some hot chocolates." "No whipped cream, right?" "That's right." "Let's talk shop." "Jimmy Woodrow said everything went really well today." " Oh, that's great." " He really likes your style." "He's not so keen on your brother-in-law, though." "I had to vouch for him." "I'm really grateful for what you're doing, Bruce." "I'm not doing anything, all right?" "Just introducing a hardworking friend to a client who needs some hard work done." "A lot more's gonna come from this." "Once the neighbors see this beautiful pergola being built, they're all gonna want one." "That's what it's like in Deer Hills." "I hope so." "( crowd cheers )" "( laughs ) There's the guy." " Good job." " Thanks." " Great game." " Thanks, Mom." " Great game, Sam." " Thank you, Mr. Parish." "Okay." "Dad, I invited some people over." "That okay?" "It's a school night." "I don't think so." "Aw, let him have some fun." "He's earned it." "Homework's done?" "Yeah." "You coming, Nat?" "Uh, is that okay, Dad?" "Sure, if Mr. and Mrs. Cahill are okay with it," "I guess it's fine." " You can ride in my car." " Okay." "Don't worry, Mr. Parish." "I'm a good driver." "( chattering )" "I'm gonna pick you up at 11:00, okay?" "♪" "Natalie, what are you doing?" "I just needed some fresh air." "Natalie, are you drunk?" "Natalie, are you drunk?" "Okay, come on." "Come on, no, you're coming with me." "Come on, I gotta get you in the truck." " ( retching )" " Okay, okay." "Here look, you're getting it in your hair." "Are you okay?" "Are you done?" "Dad, please, get off." "Dad, get off." "I'm trying to get home, get off me." " I know we're try..." " Get off..." " Honey?" "Come here." " ( grunting )" "( shouts )" "( groans )" "Excuse me, hi." "My daughter's been drinking." "She's getting sick." "She fell and hit her head." "Okay, sir, I just need you to fill out that form, and I'm gonna need your insurance card." " Okay, can I please just..." " We need a doctor up front." "Natalie, come here, baby." "( grunts )" "( beeping )" "Marty." "Hey." "Hey, I was just finishing up my shift" " when I saw Natalie." " Is she okay?" "She's unconscious, but stable." "Alcohol poisoning." "But we'll keep the oxygen flowing and flush her system out with vitamins, and she'll bounce right back." "Listen, Marty, does Natalie have a boyfriend?" "A boyfriend?" "No, why?" "Just the admitting nurse, when she examined her, found some blood." " Did somebody hurt her?" " Don't jump to conclusions." "We have a detective on his way down just in case any accusations arise, but at this point, it's strictly precautionary." "Whatever you need." "When can I see my daughter?" "Soon." "Soon." "In the meantime, I am required to give you this." "Just... take it easy." "I'll be back, okay?" "Take it easy." "Dad." "Dad?" "Hey." "Are you okay?" "I'm fine." "You had me so worried." "Martin." "Sorry to interrupt." "I'm Detective Will Schaffer." "Martin Parish." "Natalie, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" "Yeah, you can ask her a few questions." "Martin, why don't you come to my office for a couple minutes, huh?" "Come on." "I'll be right outside, okay?" "Will:" "Mr. Parish, Natalie's gonna be fine." "Her story is that nobody did anything wrong." "The body examination corroborates." "There was no sign of a struggle." "There's no indication that this was non-consensual sex." "You said there was blood." "There was." "It was her first time, Martin." "Sometimes kids don't really know their limit, especially when alcohol's involved." " Who did this to her?" " Mr. Parish." "To be clear... no one did anything to Natalie, do you understand?" "Do you know a boy named Sam Cahill?" "Yeah." "Natalie says that the sex was consensual." " Oh, man." " Here." "If she changes her story, gimme a call." "Take her home, Marty." "So you know him personally?" "Yeah, I treated his wife, Sarah." "Bone cancer." "She died when Natalie was four years old." "The girl's all he's got." "Um... honey, can I make you some food?" "'Cause you gotta be hungry." "And then we can talk?" "I'm just really tired." "Okay, but, I mean..." "we can talk, right?" "I'm just really tired." "Okay." "Nat." "Oh, my God, are you okay?" " Why, what have you heard?" " What everyone else has, that you spent the night in the hospital?" "What?" "How?" "They said that the cops came to Sam's house and broke up the party, after you ended up unconscious." "Do you want to talk about it?" " I have nothing to say." " Natalie." "Careful, guys, or Ms. Lightweight here" " might vomit on your shoes." " ( laughter )" "Gotta get to class." "Knock yourself out." "She didn't even touch it?" "She's okay now?" "She seems to be, yeah." "Well... great, Great, Martin." "I mean, what a relief." "We had a real scare up here with the cops knocking down the door in the middle of the night and all that." "You have to know I had no idea." "When Sam said he had friends coming over, I had no idea." "No, of course not, I know, but still, you could've..." "I just feel so bad about the whole thing." "You let them hang in the basement." "You trust that they're not up to no good." "And then the cops show up, and it's just a whole big mess?" "I'm just so glad that she's okay." "She just wants things to get back to normal." "Yeah, yeah." "These things happen." "We all just have to move on, right?" "Speaking of which, I just got off the phone with James Woodrow." "He doesn't want to wait any longer." "He asked if you and Nick can start tomorrow." "That's great, but we don't even have" " the plans laid out yet." " It doesn't matter." "You just head on up and start mapping out your plans on the clock, and listen, if there's anything else Julie and I can do, you let us know." "There is actually just one more thing." "Um..." "Maybe Detective Schaffer told you that they had to test Natalie with a, uh... a rape kit?" "Gee, Martin." "No, no, he failed to mention that." "Probably because it didn't amount to anything, it's just..." "Is Natalie saying that Sam..." "No, no, not at all." "It's..." "It's just a precaution." "All right." "All right." "Anyway, I just, um..." "I thought you should know." "Of course." "Teacher:" "Okay, everybody." "Mr. President, why don't you tell us what you think?" "Sam." "Uh, yeah." "Sounds good." "Natalie." "Natalie." "We need to talk." "Please, leave me alone." "So how was school today?" "Hey." "Did you know that the police went to the Cahills after I went to the hospital?" "Yeah, yeah, I, uh..." "I knew that." "Did you tell them to?" "No, I didn't tell them to." "But you told them where the party was." "Honey, I..." "I told them everything that I knew." "What?" "Everyone's talking." "They're just concerned." "Why?" "Why can't everyone just mind their own business?" " ( door slams ) - ( Sighs )" "( whirring )" "Hey." "So there's a B-movie marathon at the Prestige." "Thought maybe we could go, do our own voiceovers." "I have a lot of homework." "Okay." "Well, maybe some other time." "Okay." " Ready?" " ( engine turns over )" "You should try the chicken." "It's good." "Just not really hungry." "Okay." "Tess!" "Don't see you around much anymore." "Yeah, sorry." "Tess, you know you can talk to me, right?" "I know." "Natalie hasn't really been acting like herself lately, huh?" "Look, I'm just trying to understand what's going on, and she's not talking to me." "Has she said anything to you about that night at all?" "She's been pretty much avoiding me and everyone else ever since." "What about Sam?" "What?" "Look, I don't want to get anyone into any trouble." "You won't get anybody into any trouble, I promise you." "( sighs ) So the day after the party," "I saw Natalie and Sam in the hall." "He was chasing after her." "He was trying to talk to her." "He grabbed her." "How did he grab her?" "Her arm." "Look, she was trying to get away from him." "He grabbed her arm, but then she pulled away and ran off." "I don't know." "It was probably nothing." "Yeah, probably." "♪" "( telephone rings )" "Detective Schaffer." "Hi, Detective, this is Martin Parish." "I'm Natalie's father." "I brought her into the hospital for..." "I remember you, Mr. Parish." "What can I do for you?" "Well, you said to give you a call if anything changed, and, um... well, I've been seeing symptoms, and Sam Cahill, he grabbed Natalie in school, and it sounded pretty rough," "and I just thought that it might be relevant." "Natalie told you this?" "No, no, her..." "Her best friend, um..." "Tess Gerty, she saw the whole thing." "Okay, well, um..." "I'm afraid it's only relevant if Natalie's changed her story about what happened that night." "Otherwise it's just it's just a couple of kids..." "No, n... she has." "I'm sorry?" "Yeah, Natalie, she has changed her story." "Uh, okay." "Okay, well, then we're going to need to get her on the record giving her side..." "Okay, well, see, the thing is, is that I don't..." "I don't think that she's ready for that quite yet." "She..." "It's a bit overwhelming, and I'm the only person that she's talking to about it." "Um... so I just don't want to rush her." "But I also read it's important to start these investigations as soon as possible, so I just thought that if I called you that we could start the..." "I understand." "Listen, I'll bring Sam Cahill in tomorrow." "I'll get his side of the story in full detail." "Once we have that, then maybe Natalie will feel a little more comfortable telling her side." "I'll be in touch." "Okay, thank you." "Tell us in your own words what happened the night of the party." "We're saying he's not here to actually testify." "He's here of his own volition." "I'm just trying to get to the bottom of what happened that night." "Now neither you or I were in that room to give any sort of response about what it was." "So I need to hear from Sam exactly what happened." "Hey, sweetie." "I was going to wake you, but you looked so peaceful." "Fish won't bite all day, though." "You're going fishing?" "Nope, we're going fishing." " Dad, I don't..." " Lake Hopatcong." "It's where your mom and I used to go when we were a little bit overwhelmed or stressed." "It's a relaxing kind of place, and you're gonna love it." "So get dressed." "Okay." "( sighs )" " So I have it unlocked." " Wait, is this locked?" "Yeah, you're good." "So I'm gonna cast first." "Ready?" "Mm-hmm." "There you go." "Okay, then lock it." "Okay." "Watch the..." "There you go." "Nice." "Done, there you go." " Okay." " All right." "Now what?" "Now we wait." "Kind of boring, isn't it?" "If by boring, you mean relaxing, then, yes." "It is incredibly boring." "How's student council going?" "It's fine." "Have you started planning the Winter Formal yet?" "Unfortunately, yes." "Do sophomores get to go to that dance?" "If they're asked by a junior or a senior." "Ah, that's right." "That's how I first went, you know." "I thought you and mom met at graduation with the famous flying cap story." "We did." "I went with Julie." "Julie..." "Cahill now." "Rogers then." "You never told me that you dated Mrs. Cahill." "That was a long time ago." "Besides, your mother was my first real girlfriend." "Julie and I were just... casual." "Dad, ew." "I'm just saying, I know how it is at that age." "Sometimes things don't feel so black and white." "Can get confusing." "There's a lot of peer pressure..." "Okay, Dad." "Okay." "I'm just saying, if you want to talk to me about it." "Whoa, whoa, what do I do?" "What do I do?" "Okay, all right, all right, all right." "We got a fish on." "That's good." "So what I want you to do is we're gonna tire him out." "Okay, this just a matter of waiting the fish out." "We're gonna exhaust him, so when I say, go," "I want you to set the hook." "That just means give a little tug." "Se the hook." "Just pull that." "Good." "Now you got him." " Okay?" " Okay." "Now just, uh..." "Come here, buddy." "All right, come here." "I'm gonna reach out." "Oh, look at that." "Huh?" "So pretty." "Here." "Pet him." "Just pet him." "( both laugh )" " Just pet it." " ( laughs )" "What should we name him?" "Um, Food." "( chattering )" "( reel whirs )" "Oh!" "( laughs )" "We caught a pier." "( laughs )" "If we're talking about poundage, then this guy won." "But it's all about the catch, and I caught more." "Well..." "I can't argue with that." "What's the matter?" "I think I just..." "spent too much time in the sun." "Okay, why don't you just go take a shower, and I'll prep the feast?" "Okay, don't do too much without me, though." "I want to learn the whole process." "You got it." "( beeps ) Martin, this is Detective Schaffer." "Look, I spoke with Sam Cahill today." "His story is that Natalie asked to go up to his room and it was consensual the whole way through." "So if Natalie has a different story like you said," "I'm really going to need to hear it myself." "Otherwise there's nothing else I can do." " ( beeps )" " What'd you do?" "Natalie, you're not talking to me, and I just figured I'd..." "So you lied to the police?" "No, I..." "look..." "I just feel like you're maybe a little confused." "I am not confused." "You are, you... okay," "You're not acting like yourself." "You're moping around." "You're acting down." "You're not..." "That's because you couldn't take care of me that night without getting the whole world involved." "Now I'm the girl who partied too hard, who went to the hospital then broke up the party..." "Let me ask you a question." "No, no, no, listen." "How do you think it feels to be driving down the middle of the road and see your daughter swaying all over the place and then slurring her words?" " You're vomiting..." " I was drunk, Dad!" " That's what happens!" " Not to people like you!" "I acted my age for once in my life, and I end up with you, the police, doctors interrogating me while my head is still spinning!" "Here's what I'm asking you, okay?" "If you're ready to talk about it, I'm ready to listen." " You're not listening to me!" " I am listening to you!" "You're not listening to me!" "I had sex with Sam Cahill!" "Okay." "He didn't force me to drink." "He didn't force me to do anything." "I asked him to take me upstairs." "I had sex with him because I wanted to." "And, yeah." "I've been down." "Because losing your virginity is supposed to be a special memory, not some big public circus that you are only making worse!" "Baby, I'm trying to fix." "No." "No!" "No!" "Don't "baby" me." "I am not your baby girl anymore, so stop treating me like one." "Okay." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry if it's hard for you to hear." "I really am." "But maybe if mom was here..." "No, no, no, no." "No, you don't..." "You don't get to say that, okay?" "You didn't even know your mother." "You need to stop putting her on a pedestal." "Because she wouldn't do anything." "Do you understand?" "You can stop that right now." "( cell phone ringing )" "Hello." "Uh... hi." "Julie?" "Martin?" "Yeah." "Look, I'm sorry to call you this late." "I was just..." "I was hoping that maybe we could get together and talk?" "Martin, I don't think that's a really good idea." "Bruce had to take Sam down to the station." "I know, I just, um..." "I don't have anybody to talk to right now." "And I, um..." "I just need somebody to talk to." "Please." "Okay." "I guess I can get away for an hour or so." "Where should we meet?" "( engine turns over )" "( vehicle departs )" "( ringing )" "Hi, Tess." "Natalie, what's up?" "I'm sorry that I've been acting so weird." "I just don't have anyone else that I can talk to now." "And..." "I'm really scared." "I need your help." "Okay, what do you need?" "You had a nicer car in high school." "( laughs )" "I was worried we were gonna run into some kids out here." "I don't think these kids use it the same way we used to." "( chuckles )" "Not when they have a basement and a comfy couch." "Martin..." "I'm sorry..." "No, I'm sorry, it was my house." "Julie, I didn't ask you here to talk about that." "I..." "I promise." "So... is everything okay?" "Is Natalie okay?" "Yeah, yeah, Natalie's..." "No." "Everything's not okay." "When Natalie just started walking..." "Sarah decided that she wanted to do something... different." "She said that being a mom was harder than she thought." "So she just wanted to try something new." "So she started taking these pottery classes up in Walden every Thursday from 5:00 to 6:00." "And every few weeks she'd bring home a new vase or a bowl or something, and..." "I'd say, "Wow, honey, this looks really great," you know?" ""You're doing so good." "We should look into getting a kiln put in the house for you," you know?" "I just wanted her to feel good about something." "I wanted to feel proud about something." "So this one week, she came home with this really pretty yellow vase." "And she said she thought it would look beautiful in the window with some sunflowers in it." "So the next morning, I did that." "I went and got some sunflowers, and I put them in the vase, and I put it on the window." "And she was right." "I mean, it looked beautiful." "( chuckles )" "Later that day when Natalie got home from school, she had a friend over and they were rough-housing, and they knocked the vase, and it fell off the window and it hit the kitchen floor and shattered into 1,000 pieces." "So..." "I was mad." "Kept thinking, "What am I going to tell Sarah?"" "She's going to be so upset." "She worked so hard on this thing." "Started cleaning it up, and when I was done." "I saw this one little shard left." "I picked it up, and I turn it over, and it had this sticker on it." "The sticker said "$9.99."" "( sighs )" "At least she got a good deal on it." "It was a really pretty vase." "You know that place the Pink Motel up on Route 14?" "Real flashy one with the, yeah, the big neon sign?" "When I first saw the guy..." "I was actually disappointed." "I guess I just expected him to be this young, slick kid, you know, but..." "Maybe I thought it'd help make sense of everything?" "But he was just this guy." "He was like this..." "normal guy, this average guy." "Did you confront Sarah?" "Yeah, she said that he made her happy." "And that she was ready to run off with him." "But then, uh..." "She got sick." "Does Natalie know about any of this?" "No." "I, uh..." "I figured it was hard enough being raised without a mother, so I didn't wanna give her any... bad memories, but..." "The point is..." "I wasn't enough for Sarah." "She needed more." "And what if Natalie needs her mother now and there's nothing I can do?" "I mean, what if I can't do anything about it?" "What if I'm not enough?" "You're the strongest man I've ever known." "The strongest." "And you have all this love that you share." "I just want to take care of her, you know?" "It's all I've ever known how to do." "And if I can't do that, then..." "I mean, who am I?" "Natalie's gonna be okay." "Are you gonna tell your dad?" "No." "He's been acting like a crazy person." "I can't talk to him." "I gotta do this by myself." "What about Sam?" "I don't even know if he likes me." "Especially with how I've been acting with everything going on right now." "Don't you think you ought to figure that out first?" "Go talk to him, Natalie." "And..." "if you don't think it'll work out between you two... there is another option." "Natalie?" "Where you going?" "I'm getting a ride to school." "What?" "!" "Wh..." "So you're finally ready to talk?" "Yeah." "Look, I'm sorry that I've been avoiding you." "I was..." "I was just really embarrassed about breaking up the party and I kind of figured that you were mad at me anyway." "No, I don't care about the party." "I spent all of yesterday at the police station being questioned for rape." " What did you tell them?" " I didn't tell them anything." " You should." " What do you want me to say?" "The truth?" "I mean, we were both really tanked, right?" "Right." "Look, I'm not like you." "I'm not going to get into college on my grades." "I need this hockey scholarship." "If the coach at Boulder hears even one word about it... it's gone." "Look... we will make sure that everyone knows this isn't true, okay?" "What's going on with you this morning?" "Nothing." "What the hell is that?" " You don't think, uh..." " Yeah, I don't know." "I left you a message this morning." "Well, we didn't get your message because we were driving here to work." "So would you please just tell us what's going on right now?" "I've decided to take the project in a different direction." "You decided to change the plans that you approved of, that we started working on because you weren't happy with what we were doing?" " Is that it?" " Martin." "Martin." "We've got the contract." "We'll lose him." "We'll sue these guys." "I wouldn't recommend that." "That's right, you wouldn't advise it because you have such great representation," " isn't that right?" " It's not worth it." "Come on, come on." "Hey, good luck working for this pig." "Holy smokes." "For a moment there, I thought you were actually gonna take him out." "( engine turns over )" "( engine stops )" "Did you know?" "What, we were gonna get fired today?" " How could I possibly..." " About Sarah." " What about her?" " She was your sister." "She must have told you something." "She must have confided in you." "Did she..." "Did she tell you anything?" "Did you know?" "What are you talking about?" "Nothing." "I'm gonna drive you home." "( engine turns over )" "Sam:" "Yeah, the problem with that is Coach Cran needs the gymnasium every day from 3:00 to 6:00 PM for basketball practice." "So..." "I guess we'll look into other venue options." "That's a good meeting today, guys." "Natalie, they'll talk." "Yeah." "They'll talk about how Natalie and Sam are all over each other." "That's the idea." "I mean, we need to show them that nothing's wrong, right?" "So..." "I'm your girlfriend now." "Okay?" "My dad would kill me if he knew I was even talking to you." "This isn't about them." "It's about us." "I really need you to be with me on this one." "Okay, Sam?" "Are you with me?" "( laughs ) Uh-oh." "Looks like the student council's here to bust us." "No one cares about you, Kalie." "Didn't you figure that out when the president dumped your ass?" "I heard you spent a night in the hospital, Parish." "Yeah?" "What was that like?" "The food sucked." "( telephone rings )" "Mr. Cahill will see you now." "Martin, what's on your mind?" "James Woodrow fired me today." "I'm sorry to hear that." "I don't believe that's the first time that you're hearing of it." "What are you insinuating?" "I think you're punishing me." "I'm the one who got you that job." "Which means it would be just as easy to take it from me." "Bruce, I understand you might be upset with me..." "I-I might be upset about what?" "I had my concerns about Natalie and Sam." "I..." "I called the police." "I just wanted them to look into it, that's all." "And so you think this is what?" "You accuse my son of rape, and then I take away your job?" "Bruce, I need the money." "I need it." "I'm sure." "You'll find other work." "But it seems like you're no longer welcome in Deer Hills." "Can I just ask you one more question?" "Did you buy them the liquor?" "Or are you just such a generous parent that you let them have some out of your own personal stash?" "We're back to this again?" "Your daughter can't hold her alcohol, and that makes me a bad guy because I'm not overbearing like you, because I don't keep tabs on my kid's every single move?" "Maybe if you did, then my daughter..." "Your daughter what?" "Natalie is fine!" "She's fine!" "You're the one losing it!" "You want to know why you lost your job?" "Woodrow says that ever since your daughter got sick, you've been screwing up, making mistakes, working half-pace." "( laughs )" "He says your half-wit brother-in-law is the only one holding the thing together." "And still I stood up for you." "Until yesterday." "I'm sorry if I was no longer so forgiving after I spent an entire day listening to my son defend himself to the police." "Yeah, I'm sure you were plenty helpful in his defense..." "Don't you point your fingers at me because your daughter's a slut!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "You stay away from her, you hear me?" "!" "What are you doing?" " Natalie, get in the truck." " No." "Get in the truck!" "Go!" "I just don't want you hanging out with Sam Cahill!" " Why?" " Because he's no good, just like his father." " You don't even know him." " I know enough." " You don't know anything!" " What did you just say?" "I said you don't know anything!" "And you are a horrible father!" "I wish that you would die!" "I wish you died, and I still had my mom!" " You never had a mom!" " What is that supposed to mean?" "It means your mom was at the Pink Motel busy with her boyfriend!" "So busy she couldn't raise her own daughter!" "What?" "She was going to leave us, Natalie." "Why wouldn't you tell me?" "Natalie, you didn't need to know about all that stuff, okay?" "I wanted you to feel loved, like you had a good mother." "Well, I needed a father, and you lied." "I didn't..." "I was..." "Look, I was just scared, okay?" " Of what?" " Of what?" "!" "What?" "Say it." "Say it!" "Say it, Dad." "Say what?" "You were scared that if I found out," "I would turn out just like her." "Don't you say that!" "That's not true!" "Guess what, Daddy." "Your whore daughter already got herself knocked up!" "( panting )" "What?" "Okay." "Why didn't you say something?" " Why didn't you..." " Tell you?" "Yeah, why didn't you tell me?" "That is a great question coming from you right now." "All right, here's what we're going to do." "We're going to talk about this." "We're going to figure this out..." "I think that you have made it very clear that we have needed to talk about a lot of things for a long time." "But it is too late." "Hi, Sam." "Um..." "I think I need a place to stay." "Um..." "Yeah, sure." "( winces )" "I'm sorry that my dad attacked you." "It's okay." "Are you?" " Hmm?" " Okay?" "I need to ask you something." "Do you regret it?" "No." "I mean, I wish it had worked out differently afterwards." "But I really like you, Natalie." "I need to..." "I need to tell you something." "I'm pregnant." "Sam:" "What do we do?" "I don't know." "Thank you." "For what?" "Saying "we."" "Hey, sweetie." "What's up?" "Natalie Parish is here." "No, so she can't be here, Julie." "She needs to leave." "Bruce... she's pregnant." "( exclaims )" "These kids, they're both so confused." "They need help." "We should call Martin so that we can all sit down and discuss this." "No, we let them cool off for a minute." "I'll handle Martin." "First, I want to talk to my son." "Sammy." "Have a seat." "So Natalie's spending the night, huh?" "Yeah." "I know you don't want me talking to her dad." "It's just... complicated." "Because she's pregnant." "Your mom overheard." "You're a good guy." "You care about this girl?" "Yeah." "Good." "Because you and Natalie both have bright futures ahead of you if you make the right decision now, if you nip this thing in the bud before it's too late." "What do you mean?" "Well, there's a clinic in Milltown." "You're going to take Natalie first thing in the morning, and they'll take care of it." "It's early enough." "Quick and easy, like it never even happened." "Dad..." "I don't know if that's what she wants." "Sam!" "That girl doesn't know what she wants." "It's up to you to convince her to do what's right." "What about Mr. Parish?" "Doesn't he have to give permission or something?" "Legally, he's gotta be notified." "But there's something called a judicial bypass." "You don't have to worry about that." "I'll take care of that." "Do you understand?" "Natalie, I know that you're really angry with me right now, but if you would please just..." "let me in," "I know we can get through this together." "Natalie, please?" "Natalie?" " Come on!" " ( engine turns over )" "( tires squeal )" "Natalie!" "Natalie!" "Martin, are you out of your mind?" " Where is she?" "!" " Get off my property." " Bruce!" " Go back inside." "You didn't tell him?" "You said you talked it over." "Talked what over?" "Bruce, what did you do?" "I gave our kids a solution." "Julie, please." "Where are they?" "Julie, don't!" "The clinic in Milltown." "Marty..." "There's no operation involved." "What I am gonna do is prescribe you two oral medications." "The first is called mifepristone." "That one you take immediately." "And what that does is break down the walls of your uterus so that the pregnancy can't effectively continue." "After that, you're gonna take something called misoprostol." "Now, that one's gonna cause some pain and some bleeding, but that's totally normal." "( crying )" "( engine turns over )" "I'm looking for my daughter." "Mr. Parish?" "Sam, where is she?" "Natalie Parish?" "She left about 20 minutes ago." "She took my car." "Is there anywhere that she would've gone that you can think of?" "No." "Call your mother, Sam." "No." "I'm coming with you." " ( door slams )" " No, you're not." "Natalie!" "Nat!" "She's left for good, maybe." "Maybe this is what I deserve." "Mr. Parish, maybe she's just off thinking somewhere." "Don't... don't..." "Don't presume to know her, Sam, or know where she is, okay?" "You're just a kid." "Now move." "It's why you're going home." "I'm sorry, okay?" "I'm sorry this is happening!" "But I'm here!" "I'm not running!" "We were just trying to do the right thing!" "And Natalie was scared." "She said she didn't want to end up like her mother." "This seat taken?" "I remember this place." "You used to take me here when you'd follow mom, didn't you?" "Natalie, my feelings about your mother are... complicated." "So you knew she was gonna leave us." "But you stayed with her the whole time in the hospital whole time anyway." "( sighs )" "When her boyfriend found out that she was dying... he left." "She didn't have anybody." "You've got a stupid big heart." "You know that, right?" "But I shouldn't have lied to you." "I just don't want you to hate her." "Well, I don't hate her." "But I don't love her either." "I mean, how can you really have any feelings about someone that you never really knew?" "All I ever really knew was you." "( chuckles ) Bum luck." "At least you make good sundaes." "I think you might have a date to the Winter Formal." "Do you think I'm throwing my life away?" "Nah, it's just a dance." "Dad." "Your future is just gonna be as good or as bad as you want it to be." "But what if I'm a bad mom?" "You won't be." "That I'm certain of." "I have to take my car." "I'm sorry, I just..." "It's fine." "I'm happy you're okay." "Thank you, Mr. Parish." "Daddy..." "Just be careful." "( sighs )"