The Island Between Tides

She sells seashells by the sea shore.

The shells she sells are seashells I'm sure.

Lil?

Lily?

Lily!

Zinnia?

What's going on?

I looked and looked...

The flashlight died on me.

I can't see anything out there.

-How could we think that leaving them alone was okay?

Lily's out there.

What kind of parents are we?

Important thing is that we...

I'm going back out.

Lily!

Lily!

Can anyone help us?

-Honey, I know this is really hard to understand.

But until help arrives...

We're the ones who have to find Lily.

It's only us.

We're not gonna stop until we find her.

Lily!

Lily!

Slow down Zinnia.

Lily!

Up, up, up, up, up!

Lily!

Lily.

Lily.

Lily.

-Oh, Lily. Where were you?

Where were you?

Oh...

Where'd you go? Where'd you go, huh?

Where'd you go Lily bear?

-I was looking for seashells for you

and there was this nice woman. She taught me a song.

Why are you crying? I was coming right back.

Stop crying.

Where do you come from?

This is my...

Please get out of my house!

Hello?

Sweetie. That one's broken.

It's like he knows words. He just won't use them.

-Kids'll grow how they grow, you can't rush 'em.

-Was I like Jared when I was little?

-What do you remember about our summer on the road?

The summer that lasted years.

Not Dad's stories, Lil. Something that's just yours.

I remember how the wind felt.

Before it was music.

When did it start?

You went missing, Lil.

Mom and Dad never said it was my fault.

Not out loud.

But it was all cause of me.

The more nobody talked about it,

The more it was like it never happened at all.

-Got it? -Got it.

Yup.

Except... the way you came back.

Like... wherever you went.

Whatever gave you that music...

It's got you too.

Home is real far.

We're going to get lost if we don't go back!

Right now!

Showing me things.

-I have to say most of us forgot

that this property even existed.

That's our Nancy Drews for ya.

Lily, the little one, she said this place sounded like home.

Hmm. Um, so...

Oh, hey! Hey, hey, hey! Boxes!

-It didn't matter how much everything else changed...

when we went to real school,

and mom stopped calling us her gumboot girls.

All those nights of good night knocks on the wall.

Just us.

Your music...

That song you played over and over.

Like it's hypnotized you.

You're always drifting.

Between our world... and someplace else.

I'll be right with you, 'kay?

Come on. I'll be right back.

Even when you surprised us and got pregnant with Jared.

Wrap his arms around him.

I hear that other place in him.

I'm scared, Zinni.

I think it's calling us home.

Where did I go?

You were at this little island

that you could walk to at low tide.

But the thing is when we found you,

you thought you had only disappeared for a few minutes.

But you'd been gone for days.

Dad said that a different Lily came back that day.

It's like you'd been touched by this frost

that kept you from blooming

while the rest of the world grew up.

-I don't want the frost to touch Jared too.

Mom will find out who's calling us.

Lily.

Lily...

Lily.

You made it.

Oh.

It's not the right time.

You're hurt.

-You have to promise you won't tell Jared you saw me.

-How do you know about my boy?

-You just can't say a word about me.

Promise.

-But I don't even know who you are.

It'll all make sense soon.

Don't be scared.

Hey!

Come back!

Where'd you go?

Hey! Hey!

Over here! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

So what's your name?

I'm Lily.

Lily. Pleasure to meet you.

My name's Cam.

Man, I can't believe I found you out here.

Lotta boats don't come around here for days.

You know you remind me of a story

that my pappy used to tell me.

A story about the raven.

How the raven went to the spirit land

of the salmon people.

And when he was over there he stole the chief's daughter.

And he brought her over here and said,

"I'll return you if you promise

"to bring the salmon here every year."

And you know what?

Every year... the salmon are here.

It's like my secret spot.

The trees dance with the wind.

Saying, "welcome to the place of the spirits."

And I show my friends the monsters I catch...

They always wonder where do you go

and I say, "I go where the spirits go."

Oh, look at that. Sun break coming up ahead.

Hey Lily. I could take you home if you wait a few minutes.

-No, I... I... I'm not from here.

Thank you.

How are you gonna get home?

I can take the bus.

- Well I think you're gonna be waiting a long time.

Alright. Well, safe travels. -Bye Cam.

You know where to find me.

Thank you.

Hello?

Hi.

Uh... can I help you?

-I'm locked out, there's something wrong with my keys.

Well... this is 1226.

Are Bruce and Patty home?

-Bruce doesn't... he doesn't live here anymore.

-Bruce and Patty are my parents.

I'm sorry. I really am.

Inside, Rowan. Soccer's in 20. -I live here.

My kid's room is right up there.

-Are you lost? -Inside means inside.

Hey Joe.

Yo.

Oh hey.

What can I get started for you?

Do you have, like, um...

like, a phone I could borrow for... just for a minute?

Yes, I do.

You can take all the minutes you need.

Thank you.

Okay.

We're sorry.

You have reached a number that is no longer in service.

- McKittrick Hotel, good morning.

Good morning.

Hello?

No luck, huh?

Can I borrow your phone book?

-Uh, phone book. Jeez, uh...

-It's been all online the last few years.

-Is there someone you're trying to find?

It's a small city, maybe I know 'em.

Bruce and Patty Davies.

Bruce...

No, I'm sorry. I don't.

You all done with this?

-Thanks. -Yeah, you bet.

Hey!

It's not my business but Bruce may not wanna be found.

Do you know where he is?