Runaway Romance

Who are you?

Are you my daddy?

Yuck, you can't use this.

But I'm hungry.

Chill, I'll make you some toast.

Aren't you late for school?

It's Saturday.

You kidding me?

Looks like Fat Jack didn't make it home, again.

It's just what we need.

One of your customers crashing on my sofa.

Say Gabe, you still keep those three

things on your coffee table?

Only two now.

Bible's back on the bookshelf with all the other fiction.

I stopped reading it.

Do you know why?

Yeah doc, I do.

Do you?

How 'bout you tell me instead?

I guess I just don't see the point.

It helps you move on with your life.

How have I not moved on?

I moved out when my wife asked me to,

now she's marrying another man.

I mean darn hell, I've been moved on.

And how do you feel about that?

How would you feel in my shoes?

How I would feel doesn't matter.

Yeah.

How would the good doctor feel if he was

one of the unlucky ones who couldn't

say no to another drink?

And because of that you lost everything.

Your wife, your job,

you put people in the hospital.

People whose injuries have healed.

People who wouldn't have been injured

in the first place if it weren't for you doc.

If you were me.

About those people who were injured in the accident...

People I hurt.

You can say it.

Do you believe they've forgiven you?

Who cares?

Clearly Gabe, you do.

Have you forgiven yourself?

When are you gonna stop asking me that?

How many times have you answered yourself?

Yeah let's see.

90 days in a jail cell, 24 hours in a day,

that's 2,026 hours times 60 minutes,

that's 126,000 minutes.

Ah yes, the architect with the computer for a brain.

Anyway the answer is zero.

Why ask a question when you know the answer?

And it's former architect.

Oh, since when?

Since I got fired.

That's when I decided to come back home.

A little town near here.

Well, I'm glad you decided to continue your counseling.

You know it was court ordered doc.

By the way, you definitely have a lot of work to do.

I hope when you came here Gabe

you weren't running away.

Maybe I was going back to something.

Sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Maggie's daddy came home.

Yeah, so?

So is our daddy gonna come home?

I've told you this a million times,

your daddy and my daddy don't live here.

And they're not the same daddy.

I know that, but they're supposed to be, right?

Says who?

Says the lady at Sunday school.

You don't go to Sunday school.

Maggie goes, she told me.

Well whoop Dee freaking doo.

But you met my daddy right?

Yeah, probably.

I just didn't know which one he was.

Why do you wanna know about daddy so much?

'Cause mama don't care.

About what?

About nothing.

I'll take it from here.

Anywhere you like.

I wasn't sure if I should wait and be seated.

We're not that fancy here.

Coffee?

Menu?

Sure.

I'll just give you a few minutes.

Emma darling.

Yes Tate.

That pie being shipped in from out of state?

Chief, I think that shipments just pulling in.

Thank you.

Coffee.

I heard this was your place now.

I remember when it was our place.

It's been a long time, how've you been?

It's probably not the time.

Oh.

Right.

Are there any specials?

Everything on the menu is special.

Pecan pie sure is.

Thanks for the review Tate.

How's the chicken fried steak?

Hey Tate, how's that chicken fried steak?

Fourth time I've had it this week.

I'm not dead yet.

There ya have it.

Chicken fried steak it is.

Pecan pie for dessert.

Good call.

T, T, wake up.

Will you make me some pancakes?

Can't mama make 'em?

She's asleep in the bathroom.

The bathroom?

Yeah, she didn't wanna wake up.

Get dressed, put your shoes on.

How come?

Just do it now.

I'll check on mama.

Mama?

Mama.

Mama!

Mama!

Maze.

Maze you up?

Mazey.

You awake?

Mazey.

Mazey.

Dill!

Dill, get in here!

The old lady's fading on us.

Yo Mazey, damn it Mazey.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

We gotta go now.

What about mama and I want pancakes?

We'll worry about that later.

Hey kid, come here!

Kid!

Was that mama in the ambulance?

Let's go now.

Pack up.

For what?

Pretend we're going camping.

We ain't never been camping.

Just get some stuff.

No cone animals.

The pillows too big.

I can't sleep without my pillow.

Fine, just use mine.

Remember, we ain't got no bicycle now, we walking.

Where are we going?

Don't know yet.

Police department!

Police department, anybody home!

How come we didn't answer the door?

Shh, I'm thinking.

Hey Hilly.

You said we were gonna go camping.

I told you, I forgot something.

You should've thought of that

before we walked a thousand miles.

Give me a break, we barely got past the Johnson's place.

Wait here.

Hey T, Angel.

Anybody home?

Hey kid that you?

Geeze kid, you scared the crap out of me!

I ought to kick your butt for sneaking around like that!

Where's your sister?

We need to talk.

Hey Angel!

Angel!

Yeah you better run you little freak!

Hey you're dead kid!

Like your mom!

You're not your father Gabe.

How so?

'Cause the people I ran into didn't die?

Well they didn't.

Doesn't that count for something?

Blind luck.

So you consider yourself a lucky man.

Why can't we go home?

Dill wants to kill me, remember?

Yeah, so, are we camping out again?

Afraid so squirt.

But I have to go to the bathroom.

Why didn't you go when we were at the store?