The Secrets She Keeps

Come back!

Lacey!

Oh god, uh--

wait, wait, please, I'm being held captive

by this man and he's holding me prisoner.

Please, I need to get away.

What are you doing?

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

No, no, no, no.

What'd you do?

She would've been a loose end.

No loose ends.

The boxes are here.

-You got your bag? -Yeah.

Still looks the same.

I can't wait to get inside.

I know, home sweet home.

Here we go.

Whoa.

Look at this place.

Whoa.

I didn't realize dad had so many paintings.

Yeah, there was so much he wanted to do,

right up to the end.

He talked about coming up here and finishing everything.

Look at this view.

-It's amazing. -You've been here before

-plenty of times. -Yeah, but not since

I was a tiny, little kid.

Those were good summers.

It's like something out of a dream.

I can't blame your dad for turning it into

his painting studio, I mean, such a beautiful place.

-Yeah. -Uh--

Amara?

Great.

That's terrific.

Thank you so much.

I just won the auction for the brick building downtown.

We can check it out first thing in the morning.

That's really cool.

-Is it me? -Yeah.

I remember him talking about that one.

He had done a thousand little sketches of you,

but he never put you in a painting before.

He was so nervous about it.

Yeah, there you go.

You can go right through those doors there.

Sure.

Hi, I need to pick up my textbook for ap chemistry.

Cool, uh, name?

Amara, Amara Caldwell.

Caldwell.

Caldwell, Caldwell.

Sorry, I actually don't see you on here.

Could be under a different name?

I don't think so, but I just moved to the area.

I enrolled late, like a couple weeks ago.

Okay, yeah, that makes sense.

So, the textbooks were ordered, like, way before that.

So, what does that mean?

Well, it means officially, or technically,

you're not on the list to get your book.

So, I guess I just can't do my homework,

and I'll fail out of school and live under a bridge

and beg for scraps of food.

Well, you know, that's always a possibility,

so we could, um-- hold on one second.

-Ms. Peters. -Yeah?

We have a student who enrolled late,

and the school didn't order her book in time.

Oh, oh, well, you know, we only get

a certain number of books.

I'm afraid she's gonna have to talk to the administration.

Right, but I was thinking that since we--

you know, we did order a book for Lacey,

and since Lacey, you know, won't be needing it,

I thought, um, maybe we could give it to Amara here.

Unless you think she's trying to con us

-out of a chemistry textbook. -No.

That's fine, yeah, go ahead.

Cool.

-Thanks. -Yep,

so where'd you move here from?

Downtown in the city.

I used to visit here a lot, but I haven't been back

-in a while. -Well, welcome back.

That's a really cool bracelet.

Thanks, my dad gave it to me.

Yeah, yeah, I like the--

keep the line moving, please.

-Okay. -We'll talk later.

I guess we will.

Thank you.

Why is our handwriting so bad?

-Oh, my god-- -cool jacket.

-Thanks. -She's perfect.

We need someone totally unbiased.

Hey, new girl, answer a question for us.

Okay.

What sounds like a cooler idea for a dance?

"Bon voyage," like, you're about to travel across the ocean

on a cruise vacation, or "welcome home,"

like, you're returning, and your friends are there

to celebrate?

Um,

well, if you're talking about the homecoming dance,

I guess it makes more sense to be

coming home, not going away.

Told you so.

-Good call, new girl. -Whatever.

"Bon voyage" is a great idea.

Yeah, for a prom or graduation.

-Not for homecoming. -But, it's like,

"bon voyage, you're about to embark

on a magical school year."

Do you know how incredibly lame you sound?

You can go now.

Oh, my god.

I can't with you, I can't with you.

-No, I can't with you. -Okay.

Here we go.

So, all of this is ours?

Yeah, the previous owners stopped paying their bills,

so the bank got everything, and now everything's ours.

-Weird. -So, this weekend, we're gonna

have a big yard sale.

Turn this place into the most beautiful art gallery

in the city.

Yeah.

Okay, if someone tries to bargain with you,

sell stuff for as cheap as you want.

I just wanna get rid of it all.

-Okay. -Mrs. Caldwell?

-Yeah. -I own the restaurant

right around the corner, carducci's.

-Oh, nice to meet you. -Paul.

Diane.

We share a dumpster and a parking lot.

This sale isn't going to be a problem, is it?

Oh no, no, there's no problem, I just wanted to come over

and wish you luck.

You--you're new to the area?

My husband grew up here.

My late husband.

But now, my daughter and I moved into his old studio.

-He was an artist? -Yeah, that's why

I'm opening a gallery.

Partly because I have about a million of his paintings,

but also, I used to be an art dealer,

-before I had Amara. -Oh, that's great.

You know, the art scene here is really thriving.

Yeah, well I've reached out to some artists,

but hopefully it'll be up and running

-by the end of the month. -Oh.

I meant to grab business cards.

Just wait there, I'll grab you one.

Hey, hey, guys!

-How much is this one? -That one's 30 bucks.

Are you serious? This is, uh, Japanese steel.

This is a $150 knife.

You can pay more if you want.

Tell you what, I'll sell you everything on this table

for $1 million.

I'm sorry, I guess I care too much about this stuff.

Caring is good.

Hey, is anyone out there?

Open up!

The door's locked!

Ugh! Oh, my god.

Hey!

Help!

Open up!

How about 20 bucks?

Sold.

Help!

What do you need it for anyway?

Funny story actually, I'm going to--

mom!

-Mom-- -over here, let me help,

let me help, let me help.

Mom.

Mom!

I can't see her.

Come on, come on, come on!

Help!

I don't--should you-- you wanna put a rock through it?

Come on!

-Help! -What do we do? What do we do?

-What do we do? -Oh, here, let me see

if I can shimmy it.

Mom!

Mom.

Mom!

Oh, my god, oh, my god.

Let's get out of here.

Come on.

Are you okay?

I'm pretty--pretty sure someone just tried to kill me.

-Oh, my god. -Water.