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♪ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING! ♪

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Vivian: OKAY, THIS IS IT.

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I NEED A STORY
FOR THE CHRISTMAS ISSUE

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THAT REALLY POPS,

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AND ALL I GOT IS
AN EMPTY CHAIR.

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[ SCOFFS ]

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I'VE GOT TWO PULITZER
PRIZE WINNERS,

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A PEN AWARD WINNER,

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AND TWO BEST-SELLING NOVELISTS
ON MY STAFF.

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SO I ASKED THEM
FOR SOME STORY IDEAS.

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THEY LOOK AT ME LIKE
I'M THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST.

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[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]

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I'M SERIOUS.

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YOU GET ME RIGHT, LENA?

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THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON
IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW,

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AND PEOPLE NEED A BREAK
FROM ALL THAT NOISE.

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I KNOW I CERTAINLY DO.

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I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

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I WAS JUST HOPING THAT ONE
OF THEM WOULD VOLUNTEER.

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I COULD FORCE ONE OF THEM,
YOU KNOW?

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I'M NOT SURE THAT WOULD BE
IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

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HMM.

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I-I MEAN...

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JUST THAT, UH...

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I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN,
AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

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JUST LIKE I'M RIGHT ABOUT
THIS CHRISTMAS STORY.

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I COULD FEEL IT
IN MY GUT.

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MY GUT IS NEVER WRONG.

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I WANT NEWS
IN THIS NEXT ISSUE.

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AND I WANT THIS CHRISTMAS STORY
TO HAVE, YOU KNOW,

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THE <i>VIBRANT</i> WAY
WITH LIFE, STYLE, SOUL.

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[ STAMMERING ]
I COULD WRITE IT.

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YOU?

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DID YOU READ
THAT WRITING SAMPLE

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THAT I SENT YOU YET?

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THE ONE ABOUT
THAT SOCIAL WORKER

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IN THE TENDERLOIN?

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LENA, I KNOW
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE

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MY ASSISTANT FOREVER.

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SO YOU DID READ IT.

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UM...

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VIVIAN.

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WHAT?

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READ IT TONIGHT.
PLEASE?

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[ SIGHS ]

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IF YOU DON'T THINK
IT'S ANY GOOD,

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I WON'T MENTION IT AGAIN.

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AND WHAT IF I DO THINK
IT'S GOOD?

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LET ME WRITE
YOUR CHRISTMAS STORY.

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OH, WOW.

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OH, THAT'S A BIG LEAP,
LENA.

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FROM MY ASSISTANT
TO A FEATURE ARTICLE.

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I CAN DO THIS, VIVIAN.

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I PROMISE YOU.

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I'LL CALL YOU TONIGHT.

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♪

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YEAH.

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OH, BABY,
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

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IT'S NOT DEFINITE YET.

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NOW, LOOK,
WHAT DO I ALWAYS SAY?

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GET UP.

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STAND UP, GET UP,
STRUT.

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YOU GOT THIS.

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[ BOTH LAUGH ]

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I STILL HAVE TO
THINK OF SOMETHING.

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I MEAN, <i>IF</i> SHE LIKES
MY SAMPLE STORY.

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DO YOU THINK SHE WILL?

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NOW, SHE STRIKES ME
AS A VERY BRIGHT WOMAN.

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NOW, IF SHE CAN'T SEE
THIS LIGHT IN YOU,

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THEN YOU JUST GOT
TO SHINE BRIGHT

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UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE DOES.

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BUT I HAVE A FEELING
SHE'LL BE CALLING.

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[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
OH.

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HELLO?

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HEY, MAYA.

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YEAH.

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OH? OH.

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OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.

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WELL, YEAH,
OF COURSE SHE CAN.

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COME ON.
HE'S GONNA BE FAMILY.

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OH, OKAY.

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WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.
THAT'S AMAZING.

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OKAY, YEAH.

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OKAY, I'LL SEE YOU THEN.

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[ CHUCKLING ]

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OH. YOUR COUSIN JUNE
IS GETTING ENGAGED.

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SHE'S BRINGING HER FIANCé
TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.

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[ SIGHS ]

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HERE I THOUGHT I'D BE
BRINGING MY FIANCé

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TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.

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OH, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

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JUST WAIT A MINUTE.

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THAT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO.

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I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY
BEING SINGLE AT CHRISTMAS,

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BUT I ALSO KNOW
THAT THE RIGHT PERSON

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FOR A WONDERFUL WOMAN
LIKE YOU

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IS STILL OUT THERE.

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BUT WHAT IF HE WAS
THE ONE, MOM?

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[ CHUCKLES ]

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THE ONE?

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GIRL, WHAT AM I
GONNA DO WITH YOU?

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DAD WAS YOUR ONE, RIGHT?

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AND GRANDMA FOR GRANDPA.

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[ SIGHS ]

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THOSE TWO.

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DAD AND MOM.
YEAH.

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IF THERE WERE EVER
TWO PEOPLE

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MEANT TO BE TOGETHER,
IT WAS THEM.

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MM. THEY'RE
TOGETHER FOREVER NOW.

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TOUGH YEAR.
YEAH.

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FIRST CHRISTMAS
WITHOUT THE BOTH OF THEM.

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BUT WE'VE STILL GOT
TO CELEBRATE, RIGHT?

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YES.
OKAY.

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OH, BABY, NOW, THERE'S A FAVOR
I WANT TO DO FOR ME.

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THERE'S A BUNCH
OF POP'S STUFF.

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WE PUT IT
UP IN THE ATTIC.

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I'M GONNA GO THROUGH
ALL OF IT SOMEDAY,

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BUT THERE'S A SANTA
HE USED TO PUT ON THE PORCH.

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IT'S UP THERE SOMEWHERE.

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THAT SANTA?
YES.

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NOW, COULD YOU GO UP THERE
AND JUST TRY TO FIND IT?

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IT'LL SORT OF BE LIKE
HE'S STILL HERE.

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OKAY.

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THANK YOU.

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♪

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[ COUGHS ]

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[ SIGHS ]

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HMM.

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[ "WE WISH YOU A MERRY
CHRISTMAS" PLAYS ]

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[ MUSIC STOPS ]

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♪

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"MY LIFE, LOVE AND SOUL.

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A CHRISTMAS FOR MARY.

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ALWAYS, CLARENCE."

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MM.

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♪

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WOW, GRANDPA'S PALETTE.

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♪

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WONDER KIND OF MUSIC
HE LISTENED TO.

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♪

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LOOK HOW HANDSOME HE WAS.

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♪

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WHAT'S THIS?

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♪

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GRANDPA'S JOURNAL.

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♪

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[ BLOWS ]

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♪

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YOU'RE NOT GRANDMA.

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YOU MUST BE MARY.

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♪

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ALOHA, SANTA CLAUS.

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[ LAUGHS ]

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I STILL REMEMBER
WHEN MOM AND DAD

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BROUGHT HIM BACK
FROM HAWAII.

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I WAS IN COLLEGE.

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THEN I WENT AWAY
TO COLLEGE,

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AND MOM AND DAD
STARTED ACTING LIKE

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THEY WERE A COUPLE
OF COLLEGE KIDS AGAIN.

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[ BOTH LAUGH ]

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SMELLS LIKE CHRISTMAS.

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YOUR FAVORITE PIES
IN THE OVEN.

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ALRIGHT, NOW,
APPLE CRUMBLE.

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[ BOTH LAUGH ]

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THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.

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AHH.

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I SEE YOU FOUND
CLARENCE'S SANTA.

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THOUGHT I'D HIDDEN HIM
BETTER THAN THAT.

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JUST KIDDING.

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I'M GLAD
YOU BROUGHT HIM OUT.

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WHAT'S THAT, LENA?

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I FOUND THIS, TOO.

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IT WAS WITH
SOME OTHER PAINTINGS.

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OH, THE PAINTINGS.

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DAD'S OTHER LIFE.

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YOUR GRANDPA,
HE WAS A TRUE RENAISSANCE MAN.

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SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
MM.

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I MEAN, NOT AS BEAUTIFUL
AS YOU, OF COURSE.

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DOESN'T LOOK MUCH
LIKE YOUR MOM, THOUGH.

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THAT'S DEFINITELY
NOT MOM.

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"MY LIFE, LOVE
AND SOUL.

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A CHRISTMAS FOR MARY.

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ALWAYS, CLARENCE."

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WHAT?

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THAT'S WHAT IT SAID.

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WELL, WHO IS MARY?

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YOU KNOW.
IT'S YOUR DAD.

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I FOUND THIS, TOO.

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I THINK THIS IS HER.

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- THAT'S HER, ALRIGHT.
- HMM.

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- HMM. STOP IT.
- WHAT?

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HMM. I KNOW WHAT HMM IS.
THIS IS NOT A HMM.

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THIS IS...WHAT?

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...NOT A HMM.

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DO YOU THINK IT'S SOMEBODY
THAT GRANDPA WAS DATING?

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I SAID
IT'S NOT A HMM.

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I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT'S WHAT A "HMM" WAS.

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LOOK, IT'S ALRIGHT
FOR YOUR DAD

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TO HAVE
ANOTHER GIRLFRIEND.

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THIS IS NOT
ANOTHER GIRLFRIEND.

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BABY...
HMM?

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...ALL FAMILIES
HAVE SECRETS.

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YEAH, MAYBE YOUR SIDE.

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NOW, DEBBIE, YOUR DAD WOULD
BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT

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THAT HE HAD
A PRETTY SPIRITED YOUTH.

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LOOK, MOM AND DAD WENT
TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.

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BUT YOU SAID THEY GOT MARRIED
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

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DID YOUR GRANDDAD
EVER TELL YOU

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THAT STORY
ABOUT HARLEM JAZZ CLUB?

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NO, GRANDPA, JAZZ CLUB?

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MOM WAS WITH HIM THEN.

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SHE CALMED DAD DOWN
FOR THE BETTER.

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HE MENTIONED THAT
ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

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BUT SHE DOES LOOK ABOUT
20-SOMETHING, DOESN'T SHE?

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SHE'S SOMETHING.
I GIVE YOU THAT.

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STOP.

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DAD.
OH.

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PINEVILLE.

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PINEVILLE?

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YEAH,
I BET YOU ANYTHING,

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THAT'S WHERE THIS PHOTO
WAS TAKEN.

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IT'S A LITTLE TOWN

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ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HOURS
AWAY FROM HERE.

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THERE'S
A TRAIN STOP THERE,

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AND IT'S KIND OF
HIDDEN AWAY.

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YEAH,
DAD USED TO STOP THERE

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WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING
AND WRITING, PAINTING.

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WHAT ELSE
DID HE SAY ABOUT IT?

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IT'S LIKE
HE MARKED HIS LIFE

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BEFORE PINEVILLE
AND AFTER.

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I NEVER KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

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HE DIDN'T TALK
ABOUT IT MUCH,

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BUT HE MENTIONED IT
A COUPLE OF TIMES VAGUELY

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WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.

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THAT ALWAYS STUCK
WITH ME, THOUGH.

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THE LAST CHRISTMAS
IN PINEVILLE.

246
00:11:47,551 --> 00:11:49,310
DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE

247
00:11:49,310 --> 00:11:51,586
THAT HE MIGHT HAVE
FALLEN IN LOVE

248
00:11:51,586 --> 00:11:53,344
WHEN HE WAS IN PINEVILLE?

249
00:11:53,344 --> 00:11:55,344
WELL,
I NEVER THOUGHT MY DAD

250
00:11:55,344 --> 00:11:57,965
HAD EYES FOR ANYBODY
BUT MY MOM, BUT...

251
00:11:57,965 --> 00:11:59,862
WHAT WAS HE WORKING ON
IN PINEVILLE?

252
00:11:59,862 --> 00:12:01,827
I'M NOT SURE.

253
00:12:01,827 --> 00:12:03,586
BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW
THAT HE STARTED WORKING

254
00:12:03,586 --> 00:12:05,482
AT THE "EAST BAY TIMES"
SOON AFTER.

255
00:12:08,068 --> 00:12:09,965
[ SIGHS ]

256
00:12:09,965 --> 00:12:39,172
♪

257
00:12:39,172 --> 00:12:42,172
"CHRISTMAS IN PINEVILLE"?

258
00:12:43,758 --> 00:12:46,551
HMM.

259
00:12:46,551 --> 00:12:47,862
Debbie:
YOUR GRANDFATHER

260
00:12:47,862 --> 00:12:50,034
WROTE THOUSANDS OF STORIES
IN HIS LIFE.

261
00:12:50,034 --> 00:12:52,413
YOU PROBABLY KNOW SOME
OF THEM BETTER THAN I DO.

262
00:12:52,413 --> 00:12:53,620
BUT WITH HIS CRAZY
SHORTHAND,

263
00:12:53,620 --> 00:12:55,000
IT'S HARD TO PUT
ANYTHING TOGETHER,

264
00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,448
ESPECIALLY STUFF
THAT'S DECADES OLD.

265
00:12:58,448 --> 00:13:01,241
THE WAY YOU KEEP
YOUR JOURNAL,

266
00:13:01,241 --> 00:13:03,068
YOU REMIND ME OF HIM.

267
00:13:03,068 --> 00:13:05,172
-"25
- K SAVINGS,

268
00:13:05,172 --> 00:13:07,931
ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT
IN THE CITY.

269
00:13:07,931 --> 00:13:11,827
WRITER AT <i>VIBRANT."</i>

270
00:13:11,827 --> 00:13:13,689
IS THIS
YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST?

271
00:13:13,689 --> 00:13:16,379
GOAL.

272
00:13:16,379 --> 00:13:17,620
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT

273
00:13:17,620 --> 00:13:19,862
ALL THAT GRANDPA
ACCOMPLISHED BY MY AGE,

274
00:13:19,862 --> 00:13:22,724
I MEAN, ALREADY PUBLISHED,
WRITING, PAINTING.

275
00:13:22,724 --> 00:13:24,413
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
ABOUT THE JAZZ CLUBS.

276
00:13:24,413 --> 00:13:27,275
YOU'LL MAKE YOUR OWN WAY
IN YOUR OWN TIME.

277
00:13:27,275 --> 00:13:30,275
[ SIGHS ]

278
00:13:30,275 --> 00:13:34,034
NOW, WAIT.
NOW, WHAT'S THIS?

279
00:13:34,034 --> 00:13:36,448
IN GRANDPA'S JOURNAL,

280
00:13:36,448 --> 00:13:37,793
IN BETWEEN
THE SHORT STORIES

281
00:13:37,793 --> 00:13:41,482
AND THE CRAZY SHORTHAND,
I FOUND SOMETHING ELSE.

282
00:13:41,482 --> 00:13:44,724
DID HE EVER MENTION
A CRIME STORY

283
00:13:44,724 --> 00:13:47,000
HE WAS COVERING
IN PINEVILLE?

284
00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,206
CRIME?

285
00:13:48,206 --> 00:13:50,275
MY DADDY DID A LOT
OF REPORTING LIKE THAT.

286
00:13:50,275 --> 00:13:53,034
I KNOW FOR THE PAPER,
HE COVERED EVERYTHING.

287
00:13:53,034 --> 00:13:54,620
BUT...I'M SO SORRY.

288
00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:56,379
I ALWAYS MEANT
TO GET HIM TO OPEN UP

289
00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:59,310
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
IN PINEVILLE, BUT I NEVER DID.

290
00:13:59,310 --> 00:14:00,586
HMM.

291
00:14:00,586 --> 00:14:03,034
[ SIGHS]
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A STORY,

292
00:14:03,034 --> 00:14:04,448
AND I KNOW FOR CERTAIN

293
00:14:04,448 --> 00:14:07,172
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ME
ABOUT A LOVE AFFAIR.

294
00:14:07,172 --> 00:14:08,827
YEAH.

295
00:14:08,827 --> 00:14:10,620
HE MENTIONS THIS MARY
IN THE JOURNALS,

296
00:14:10,620 --> 00:14:15,758
BUT ONLY IN BITS,
FRAGMENTS.

297
00:14:15,758 --> 00:14:19,172
CHRISTMAS IN PINEVILLE.

298
00:14:19,172 --> 00:14:21,172
IT'S LIKE
HE HAD ANOTHER LIFE.

299
00:14:21,172 --> 00:14:23,448
THAT'S WHAT
I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

300
00:14:23,448 --> 00:14:25,379
WELL, EXACTLY
WHAT DID HE SAY?

301
00:14:25,379 --> 00:14:27,137
WERE THEY...

302
00:14:27,137 --> 00:14:29,551
THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF REAL DETAILS,

303
00:14:29,551 --> 00:14:32,000
AT LEAST
WHAT I COULD MAKE OUT.

304
00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,103
WELL, THAT'S
A PRETTY BIG DETAIL.

305
00:14:35,103 --> 00:14:36,068
[ SIGHS ]

306
00:14:36,068 --> 00:14:37,758
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

307
00:14:37,758 --> 00:14:41,034
WHAT IF...WHAT IF
HE AND THIS OTHER WOMAN...

308
00:14:41,034 --> 00:14:44,241
OH, I JUST WISH I KNEW
FOR SURE.

309
00:14:44,241 --> 00:14:45,793
ME TOO.

310
00:14:45,793 --> 00:14:48,103
[ CELLPHONE VIBRATING ]

311
00:14:48,103 --> 00:14:49,448
IT'S VIVIAN.

312
00:14:49,448 --> 00:14:50,758
YOU GOT THIS.

313
00:14:50,758 --> 00:14:54,517
[ VIBRATING CONTINUES ]

314
00:14:54,517 --> 00:14:55,689
VIVIAN?

315
00:14:55,689 --> 00:14:57,931
YOU'VE GOT HEART,
YOU'RE RAW,

316
00:14:57,931 --> 00:14:59,586
BUT YOU'RE TALENTED.

317
00:14:59,586 --> 00:15:01,137
I AM?

318
00:15:01,137 --> 00:15:02,551
Drop the question mark,
Lena.

319
00:15:02,551 --> 00:15:04,310
YOU NEED
TO BUILD CONFIDENCE,

320
00:15:04,310 --> 00:15:06,896
AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

321
00:15:06,896 --> 00:15:08,103
YOU ARE?

322
00:15:08,103 --> 00:15:10,965
I MEAN, YES,
YOU ARE.

323
00:15:10,965 --> 00:15:12,551
THATAGIRL.

324
00:15:12,551 --> 00:15:14,172
NOW, TO PROVE
THAT YOU'RE NOT A FLUKE,

325
00:15:14,172 --> 00:15:16,413
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CRACK
AT THE CHRISTMAS STORY.

326
00:15:16,413 --> 00:15:18,137
And if you deliver,

327
00:15:18,137 --> 00:15:20,655
I'm gonna put you
on staff first of the year.

328
00:15:20,655 --> 00:15:22,896
YOU'RE GONNA PUT ME
ON STAFF?

329
00:15:22,896 --> 00:15:26,758
I MEAN,
YOU WILL PUT ME ON STAFF.

330
00:15:26,758 --> 00:15:28,103
I GOT TO SEE
YOUR STORY FIRST.

331
00:15:28,103 --> 00:15:29,137
NOW, WHAT DO YOU GET?

332
00:15:32,103 --> 00:15:34,137
THE LAST CHRISTMAS
IN PINEVILLE.

333
00:15:34,137 --> 00:15:37,965
OKAY, NICE LOCATION.
LOVE STORY?

334
00:15:37,965 --> 00:15:39,103
I'M NOT SURE.

335
00:15:39,103 --> 00:15:41,448
I FOUND THIS PORTRAIT
MY GRANDPA PAINTED

336
00:15:41,448 --> 00:15:42,482
OF THIS WOMAN.

337
00:15:42,482 --> 00:15:45,758
OOH. AND THIS WOMAN,
NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER?

338
00:15:45,758 --> 00:15:48,241
MAYBE THE ONE
THAT GOT AWAY?

339
00:15:48,241 --> 00:15:49,724
She's beautiful.

340
00:15:49,724 --> 00:15:52,206
Decorating a Christmas tree.

341
00:15:52,206 --> 00:15:55,137
HMM. SPICY.

342
00:15:55,137 --> 00:15:56,931
I THOUGHT THAT YOUR GRANDPA
WAS A WRITER, THOUGH?

343
00:15:56,931 --> 00:15:59,896
WRITER, PAINTER,
PHOTOGRAPHER.

344
00:15:59,896 --> 00:16:01,965
HE WAS
A RENAISSANCE MAN.

345
00:16:01,965 --> 00:16:04,793
MM.
I LOVE A RENAISSANCE MAN.

346
00:16:04,793 --> 00:16:08,000
AND HE WAS WORKING
ON SOME STORY.

347
00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,827
I'M NOT SURE
HE EVER FINISHED IT.

348
00:16:09,827 --> 00:16:11,241
THERE'S SOME
PIECES MISSING.

349
00:16:11,241 --> 00:16:13,931
I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY
WHAT WENT ON THERE.

350
00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:18,068
LOVE, ROMANCE,
MYSTERY, CHRISTMAS.

351
00:16:18,068 --> 00:16:21,103
SOMETHING IN MY GUT
TELLS ME IT'S SPECIAL.

352
00:16:21,103 --> 00:16:22,310
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S...

353
00:16:22,310 --> 00:16:25,000
NO, NO, NO, NO.
YOU DO KNOW.

354
00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,827
THIS IS YOUR STORY,
AND IT'S CALLING YOU.

355
00:16:26,827 --> 00:16:29,275
YES, YOU COULD SAY THAT.

356
00:16:29,275 --> 00:16:31,931
I WANT YOU TO SAY IT.

357
00:16:31,931 --> 00:16:33,517
YES, IT'S CALLING ME.

358
00:16:33,517 --> 00:16:34,724
THEN GO TO PINEVILLE

359
00:16:34,724 --> 00:16:37,275
AND FIND THAT STORY
AND BRING IT BACK TO ME.

360
00:16:37,275 --> 00:16:39,275
OKAY, I WILL.

361
00:16:39,275 --> 00:16:41,655
[ SIGHS ]
THANK YOU, VIVIAN.

362
00:16:41,655 --> 00:16:44,103
YOU'RE WELCOME.
TALK TO YOU SOON.

363
00:16:47,517 --> 00:16:50,103
[ BOTH SQUEALING ]

364
00:16:50,103 --> 00:16:52,275
♪ YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY ♪

365
00:16:52,275 --> 00:16:54,586
OH, I'M SO PROUD
OF YOU, LITTLE GIRL.

366
00:16:54,586 --> 00:16:57,379
OH, I'M GONNA MISS
HELPING YOU WITH CHRISTMAS.

367
00:16:57,379 --> 00:17:00,206
I SAW THE DECORATIONS.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO.

368
00:17:00,206 --> 00:17:02,551
OH, SWEETHEART.

369
00:17:02,551 --> 00:17:04,068
I MISS YOUR GRANDFATHER
SO MUCH.

370
00:17:04,068 --> 00:17:05,379
IF YOU CAN MANAGE
TO GIVE ME

371
00:17:05,379 --> 00:17:08,000
JUST A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF HIS LIFE,

372
00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,620
WELL, THAT WOULD BE
THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT

373
00:17:10,620 --> 00:17:12,620
ANYONE COULD EVER GIVE ME.

374
00:17:12,620 --> 00:17:15,000
OH.

375
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,241
MAN,
YOU MAKE ME PROUD.

376
00:17:17,241 --> 00:17:19,827
YOU GO GET THAT STORY.
I WILL.

377
00:17:24,275 --> 00:17:26,310
♪ FRESH-WORN CLOTHES,
MISTLETOES ♪

378
00:17:26,310 --> 00:17:29,344
♪ IT'S MY FAVORITE
TIME OF YEAR ♪

379
00:17:29,344 --> 00:17:30,448
♪ WE HANG HOLIDAY LIGHTS ♪

380
00:17:30,448 --> 00:17:32,137
♪ MAKE THE CITY SHINE BRIGHT ♪

381
00:17:32,137 --> 00:17:33,965
♪ EVERYONE IS FILLED
WITH CHEER ♪

382
00:17:33,965 --> 00:17:46,241
♪ HEY, IT'S CHRISTMAS ♪

383
00:17:46,241 --> 00:17:48,793
♪ SMILING FACES,
BUTTER CHEEKS ♪

384
00:17:48,793 --> 00:17:51,931
♪ EVERYBODY'S IN THE KITCHEN,
HAVING HOLIDAY TREATS ♪

385
00:17:51,931 --> 00:17:54,482
♪ CANDY CANES, PEPPERMINT ♪

386
00:17:54,482 --> 00:17:57,517
♪ GOT MARSHMALLOW
IN THE HOT COCOA ♪

387
00:17:57,517 --> 00:18:00,413
♪ LET'S GO,
IT'S TIME TO DECORATE ♪

388
00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:03,344
♪ HANG STOCKINGS
ON THE FIREPLACE ♪

389
00:18:03,344 --> 00:18:05,896
♪ TURN ON THE LIGHTS
FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE ♪

390
00:18:05,896 --> 00:18:09,206
♪ AND OPEN UP THE CURTAINS
SO THE NEIGHBORS CAN SEE ♪

391
00:18:09,206 --> 00:18:11,448
♪ FRESH-WORN CLOTHES,
MISTLETOES ♪

392
00:18:11,448 --> 00:18:14,068
♪ IT'S MY FAVORITE
TIME OF YEAR ♪

393
00:18:14,068 --> 00:18:15,758
♪ WE HANG HOLIDAY LIGHTS ♪

394
00:18:15,758 --> 00:18:17,137
♪ MAKE THE CITY SHINE BRIGHT ♪

395
00:18:17,137 --> 00:18:19,206
♪ THE WHOLE WORLD
IS FILLED WITH CHEER ♪

396
00:18:19,206 --> 00:18:30,620
♪ HEY, IT'S CHRISTMAS ♪

397
00:18:30,620 --> 00:18:31,931
♪ BREAK IT DOWN NOW ♪

398
00:18:37,896 --> 00:18:39,000
UH, MISS?

399
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,965
HELLO.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

400
00:18:40,965 --> 00:18:43,275
UM, I'M LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE.

401
00:18:43,275 --> 00:18:46,034
I WAS HOPING
TO CHECK YOUR ARCHIVES.

402
00:18:46,034 --> 00:18:47,241
MY NAME IS LENA JONES.

403
00:18:47,241 --> 00:18:49,137
WE MIGHT HAVE SPOKEN
ON THE PHONE.

404
00:18:49,137 --> 00:18:51,241
SOMEONE SAID RECORDS
HAD TO BE SEARCHED IN PERSON.

405
00:18:51,241 --> 00:18:53,517
THAT'S RIGHT.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU OUT.

406
00:18:53,517 --> 00:18:54,862
WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

407
00:18:54,862 --> 00:18:56,931
WOULD YOU HAPPEN
TO KNOW A MARY?

408
00:18:56,931 --> 00:18:59,241
- WELL, THAT'S MY NAME.
- REALLY?

409
00:18:59,241 --> 00:19:02,517
AND THEN THERE'S MARY WHITE
AND MARY BOYD.

410
00:19:02,517 --> 00:19:05,586
MARY RUTH LYNN.
OH, AND MARY CORNWELL.

411
00:19:05,586 --> 00:19:08,275
A LOT OF MARYS HERE.
MM-HMM.

412
00:19:08,275 --> 00:19:12,896
YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN
TO KNOW THIS MARY?

413
00:19:15,206 --> 00:19:16,379
MARY PAYTON.

414
00:19:16,379 --> 00:19:17,758
YOU DO KNOW HER?

415
00:19:17,758 --> 00:19:19,689
I KNEW HER.

416
00:19:19,689 --> 00:19:23,137
SHE JOINED HER BELOVED
RICHARD FIRST OF THE YEAR.

417
00:19:23,137 --> 00:19:25,206
HE PASSED AWAY
A FEW YEARS AGO.

418
00:19:25,206 --> 00:19:27,413
GOSH, THOSE TWO
WERE INSEPARABLE.

419
00:19:27,413 --> 00:19:28,724
SUCH A LOVE STORY.

420
00:19:28,724 --> 00:19:30,241
DID YOU KNOW HER?

421
00:19:30,241 --> 00:19:32,931
SHE KNEW MY GRANDPA.

422
00:19:32,931 --> 00:19:37,000
I THINK, UM, HE PASSED
THROUGH HERE A LONG TIME AGO.

423
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,413
WELL,
I'VE BEEN HERE 10 YEARS,

424
00:19:39,413 --> 00:19:41,344
BUT MARY AND RICHARD
WERE ALREADY LIKE

425
00:19:41,344 --> 00:19:42,793
AN INSTITUTION
AROUND HERE,

426
00:19:42,793 --> 00:19:45,620
ALWAYS HOLDING HANDS.

427
00:19:45,620 --> 00:19:48,413
WOULD I BE ABLE TO CHECK
YOUR OLD LOCAL NEWSPAPERS?

428
00:19:48,413 --> 00:19:50,206
OR IN OUR CASE, PAPER.

429
00:19:50,206 --> 00:19:53,448
THE ONLY LOCAL PAPER ANYMORE
IS THE "PINEVILLE PRESS."

430
00:19:53,448 --> 00:19:56,620
OH. HAS THAT
ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE?

431
00:19:56,620 --> 00:19:58,896
NOT ALWAYS.
YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME AGO,

432
00:19:58,896 --> 00:20:01,551
PINEVILLE HAD AS MANY
AS FOUR NEWSPAPERS.

433
00:20:01,551 --> 00:20:03,310
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

434
00:20:03,310 --> 00:20:06,172
BUT "PINEVILLE HERALD TIMES"
SHUT DOWN IN 2010.

435
00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:08,103
OH.

436
00:20:08,103 --> 00:20:10,896
OR WAS IT 2012?
THAT'S...

437
00:20:10,896 --> 00:20:15,862
ACTUALLY I WAS HOPING
TO CHECK YOUR OLDER PAPERS.

438
00:20:15,862 --> 00:20:18,103
OH, WELL, WE HAVE
A COUPLE OF HARD COPIES.

439
00:20:18,103 --> 00:20:20,206
ALL THE OTHER ARCHIVES
ARE ON MICROFICHE

440
00:20:20,206 --> 00:20:21,793
AND THE COMPUTER,
OF COURSE.

441
00:20:21,793 --> 00:20:24,103
THAT'S GREAT.

442
00:20:24,103 --> 00:20:27,586
SO YOU SAID YOUR GRANDFATHER
LIVED IN PINEVILLE?

443
00:20:27,586 --> 00:20:31,137
NO, HE WAS HERE
WORKING ON A STORY...

444
00:20:31,137 --> 00:20:33,137
I THINK.

445
00:20:33,137 --> 00:20:34,965
HE WAS A REPORTER
FOR THE "EAST BAY TIMES"

446
00:20:34,965 --> 00:20:36,793
FOR FOREVER.

447
00:20:36,793 --> 00:20:39,034
DID YOU LOOK THROUGH
THEIR ARCHIVES?

448
00:20:39,034 --> 00:20:42,551
WHAT I COULD
BEFORE I LEFT.

449
00:20:42,551 --> 00:20:43,896
YOU KNOW, I TRIED GOOGLE,

450
00:20:43,896 --> 00:20:45,655
AND I COULDN'T
FIND ANYTHING.

451
00:20:45,655 --> 00:20:46,965
AND THEN
WHEN I CALLED THE PAPER,

452
00:20:46,965 --> 00:20:48,862
THEY SAID THAT A FIRE
IN THE '70s

453
00:20:48,862 --> 00:20:52,758
HAD PRETTY MUCH WIPED OUT
EVERYTHING BEFORE THAT.

454
00:20:52,758 --> 00:20:53,724
OH.

455
00:20:53,724 --> 00:20:55,172
WHAT'S WRONG?

456
00:20:55,172 --> 00:20:57,206
PINEVILLE ACTUALLY
DIDN'T GET

457
00:20:57,206 --> 00:20:59,241
THEIR LOCAL PAPER
UNTIL 1958.

458
00:20:59,241 --> 00:21:00,758
OH, THAT'S FINE.

459
00:21:00,758 --> 00:21:05,379
BUT THE OLDEST ARCHIVES
WE HAVE ARE ONLY 25 YEARS OLD.

460
00:21:05,379 --> 00:21:09,310
YOUR OLDEST ARCHIVES
ARE FROM 1995?

461
00:21:09,310 --> 00:21:11,000
THAT'S LAST CENTURY.

462
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,965
WE DO HAVE A FEW PIECES
THAT ARE OLDER,

463
00:21:12,965 --> 00:21:15,793
BUT NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL.

464
00:21:15,793 --> 00:21:17,344
JUST BIG EVENTS,

465
00:21:17,344 --> 00:21:19,793
MAN ON THE MOON,
THAT KIND OF THING.

466
00:21:19,793 --> 00:21:21,000
I'M SORRY.

467
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,620
THAT'S OKAY.

468
00:21:23,620 --> 00:21:25,517
I MEAN, YOU DO HAVE
A PRETTY NEAT TOWN HERE.

469
00:21:25,517 --> 00:21:27,137
THAT WE DO.

470
00:21:29,724 --> 00:21:31,827
DOES MARY HAVE ANY FAMILY
LEFT IN TOWN?

471
00:21:31,827 --> 00:21:34,172
OH, YES, MARY'S CAFE.

472
00:21:34,172 --> 00:21:36,448
THAT'S ONE OF
THE OLDEST BUSINESSES IN TOWN.

473
00:21:36,448 --> 00:21:37,758
HER FAMILY RUNS IT NOW.

474
00:21:37,758 --> 00:21:39,586
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE
TO HELP YOU.

475
00:21:39,586 --> 00:21:40,689
THANK YOU.

476
00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:44,620
- GOOD LUCK.
- THANKS.

477
00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:49,827
♪

478
00:21:49,827 --> 00:21:52,206
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

479
00:21:56,344 --> 00:21:57,965
HO, HO, HO.

480
00:21:57,965 --> 00:21:59,793
HEY, HEY, HEY.

481
00:22:01,068 --> 00:22:03,482
UH...I MEAN...

482
00:22:03,482 --> 00:22:04,793
I'M SORRY.

483
00:22:04,793 --> 00:22:06,655
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT
SHORT-STAFFED RIGHT NOW.

484
00:22:06,655 --> 00:22:08,172
I'M GETTING READY
FOR THE BOOK EXCHANGE.

485
00:22:08,172 --> 00:22:10,068
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
COFFEE?

486
00:22:10,068 --> 00:22:12,068
NO, NO, THANK YOU.

487
00:22:12,068 --> 00:22:14,241
UM...

488
00:22:14,241 --> 00:22:16,275
MY NAME IS LENA JONES.

489
00:22:16,275 --> 00:22:18,379
I WAS LOOKING
FOR SOME INFORMATION

490
00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:19,586
ABOUT A MARY PAYTON.

491
00:22:19,586 --> 00:22:21,034
THAT'S MY GRANDMOTHER.

492
00:22:21,034 --> 00:22:22,620
SHE PASSED AWAY
EARLIER THIS YEAR.

493
00:22:22,620 --> 00:22:25,413
YES, I HEARD. I'M SORRY.

494
00:22:25,413 --> 00:22:27,862
I'M MICHAEL.
MICHAEL PAYTON.

495
00:22:27,862 --> 00:22:30,172
VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.

496
00:22:30,172 --> 00:22:32,379
MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY
EARLIER THIS YEAR, TOO.

497
00:22:32,379 --> 00:22:33,862
OH.

498
00:22:33,862 --> 00:22:36,206
WELL, I WAS GOING THROUGH
SOME OF THESE THINGS

499
00:22:36,206 --> 00:22:39,655
AND, YOU SEE,
I THINK OUR GRANDPARENTS

500
00:22:39,655 --> 00:22:41,620
MIGHT HAVE KNOWN
EACH OTHER.

501
00:22:41,620 --> 00:22:43,620
[ SNIFFING ]
HOLD ON TO THAT THOUGHT.

502
00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:45,344
I THINK MY COOKIES
ARE ON FIRE.

503
00:22:47,931 --> 00:22:49,862
YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

504
00:22:49,862 --> 00:22:52,000
FOCUS, LENA, FOCUS.

505
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,724
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

506
00:22:58,724 --> 00:23:01,310
[ COUGHING ]

507
00:23:01,310 --> 00:23:02,965
OH, MAN.

508
00:23:02,965 --> 00:23:07,482
[ LAUGHING ]

509
00:23:07,482 --> 00:23:09,172
ELLA.

510
00:23:09,172 --> 00:23:10,206
OH, YEAH.

511
00:23:10,206 --> 00:23:11,620
THAT'S MY FAVORITE
CHRISTMAS ALBUM.

512
00:23:11,620 --> 00:23:13,275
I HAVE THE SAME ALBUM.

513
00:23:13,275 --> 00:23:14,655
YOU HAVE GOOD TASTE.

514
00:23:14,655 --> 00:23:17,448
BUT DON'T TASTE THESE.

515
00:23:17,448 --> 00:23:19,896
OH, NO, I'M SORRY.

516
00:23:19,896 --> 00:23:21,068
NO, DON'T BE SORRY.

517
00:23:21,068 --> 00:23:23,241
IT'S OUR FIRST BOOK EXCHANGE
WITHOUT GRANDMA.

518
00:23:23,241 --> 00:23:24,965
WE ALL BEEN
A LITTLE SCATTERED.

519
00:23:24,965 --> 00:23:27,000
LAST TIME,
THE SPRINKLERS WENT OFF.

520
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,275
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH.

521
00:23:28,275 --> 00:23:30,310
SOMEHOW GRANDMA
DIDN'T MANAGE

522
00:23:30,310 --> 00:23:32,206
TO PASS ON HER BAKING
INTO THE NEXT GENERATION.

523
00:23:32,206 --> 00:23:33,413
YEAH.

524
00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:34,931
MY DAD'S THE ONE
THAT SET OFF THE SPRINKLERS.

525
00:23:34,931 --> 00:23:36,931
AND AS YOU CAN SEE,

526
00:23:36,931 --> 00:23:39,896
IT DIDN'T SKIP
AND LAND ON ME EITHER.

527
00:23:39,896 --> 00:23:42,275
SORRY,
YOU DON'T NEED TO HIT US.

528
00:23:42,275 --> 00:23:44,275
NO, I DO ACTUALLY.

529
00:23:44,275 --> 00:23:46,344
THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.

530
00:23:46,344 --> 00:23:49,344
I'M WRITING A STORY.

531
00:23:49,344 --> 00:23:51,724
A STORY
ABOUT MY GRANDMA?

532
00:23:51,724 --> 00:23:53,448
I WORK
AT <i>VIBRANT</i> MAGAZINE.

533
00:23:53,448 --> 00:23:54,793
OH, <i>VIBRANT.</i>

534
00:23:54,793 --> 00:23:57,172
I'VE BEEN READING THAT
FOR A LONG TIME.

535
00:23:57,172 --> 00:23:58,586
BIG FAN.
THANK YOU.

536
00:23:58,586 --> 00:24:00,758
LOOK, I WOULD LOVE
TO TALK TO YOU,

537
00:24:00,758 --> 00:24:02,655
BUT I DO HAVE TO GET BACK
AND CLEAN UP

538
00:24:02,655 --> 00:24:07,275
AND MAKE ANOTHER BATCH
OF COOKIES IN A HURRY.

539
00:24:07,275 --> 00:24:09,586
MAYBE YOU COULD
COME BACK LATER.

540
00:24:13,724 --> 00:24:14,965
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

541
00:24:14,965 --> 00:24:18,379
THAT'S MY GRANDPA
STANDING NEXT TO HER.

542
00:24:18,379 --> 00:24:20,310
WOW.
THEY LOOK LIKE A COUPLE.

543
00:24:20,310 --> 00:24:23,827
YOU KNOW, I COULD HELP YOU MAKE
A NEW BATCH OF COOKIES,

544
00:24:23,827 --> 00:24:27,137
AND YOU COULD TELL ME A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

545
00:24:27,137 --> 00:24:28,275
YOU COULD?

546
00:24:28,275 --> 00:24:29,827
YEAH, LET ME GO MAKE
A QUICK PHONE CALL

547
00:24:29,827 --> 00:24:31,413
WHILE I GRAB
THE PAINTING.

548
00:24:31,413 --> 00:24:32,482
THE PAINTING?

549
00:24:32,482 --> 00:24:34,862
OF YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

550
00:24:34,862 --> 00:24:36,862
WAIT, YOU HAVE A PAINTING
OF MY GRANDMOTHER, TOO?

551
00:24:43,103 --> 00:24:44,344
HI, MOM.

552
00:24:44,344 --> 00:24:46,655
CAN YOU TEXT ME
YOUR CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPE?

553
00:24:46,655 --> 00:24:48,586
Debbie: Which one?
Little soldier boy?

554
00:24:48,586 --> 00:24:51,448
THE CHOCOLATE
GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT,

555
00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:53,413
OR MY SWEET DREAMS
OF CHRISTMAS?

556
00:24:53,413 --> 00:24:55,379
THE GINGERBREAD.

557
00:24:55,379 --> 00:24:59,551
AH, SUGAR AND SPICE
AND, OH, SO NICE.

558
00:24:59,551 --> 00:25:02,758
OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU'RE MAKING COOKIES?

559
00:25:02,758 --> 00:25:06,000
I thought you had a story
you were working on.

560
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,793
MICHAEL HAD
A LITTLE ACCIDENT.

561
00:25:07,793 --> 00:25:09,137
MICHAEL?
WHO'S MICHAEL?

562
00:25:09,137 --> 00:25:11,586
IT'S NOTHING.

563
00:25:11,586 --> 00:25:12,724
HE'S MARY'S GRANDSON.

564
00:25:12,724 --> 00:25:14,482
MM-HMM.

565
00:25:14,482 --> 00:25:16,758
MOM, IT'S NOT A MM-HMM.

566
00:25:16,758 --> 00:25:19,103
HE'S CUTE.
I CAN HEAR IT IN YOUR VOICE.

567
00:25:19,103 --> 00:25:20,965
OH, HE'S GORGEOUS.

568
00:25:20,965 --> 00:25:23,413
I MEAN, MOM, I'M WORKING
ON A STORY, OKAY?

569
00:25:23,413 --> 00:25:26,862
YEAH. WHAT DID HE SAY
ABOUT DAD?

570
00:25:26,862 --> 00:25:28,068
WE JUST MET.

571
00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:29,724
I'M GONNA ASK HIM.

572
00:25:29,724 --> 00:25:31,793
OKAY, I'M GONNA
TEXT YOU THE RECIPE.

573
00:25:31,793 --> 00:25:32,965
Good luck.

574
00:25:32,965 --> 00:25:34,172
THANKS, MOM.

575
00:25:34,172 --> 00:25:40,896
♪

576
00:25:40,896 --> 00:25:44,103
Michael: AH.
DEFINITELY MY GRANDMOTHER.

577
00:25:44,103 --> 00:25:46,103
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL,
MICHAEL.

578
00:25:46,103 --> 00:25:51,413
♪

579
00:25:51,413 --> 00:25:54,206
THE BOOK EXCHANGE WAS SOMETHING
SHE STARTED WAY BACK.

580
00:25:54,206 --> 00:25:55,689
SHE WAS A TEACHER, TOO.

581
00:25:55,689 --> 00:25:57,793
COMMUNITY AND LEARNING,

582
00:25:57,793 --> 00:25:59,896
THAT'S WHAT
SHE WAS ALL ABOUT.

583
00:25:59,896 --> 00:26:01,310
AND WE WANTED TO KEEP
THE SAME TRADITION.

584
00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:03,620
AND THAT'S WHY I'M DRESSED
LIKE THIS, BY THE WAY.

585
00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:05,137
I THOUGHT
YOU WERE JUST GOING

586
00:26:05,137 --> 00:26:06,620
FOR A NEW LOOK
OR SOMETHING.

587
00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,517
I'M SANTA A COUPLE
TIMES A YEAR.

588
00:26:08,517 --> 00:26:09,827
REALLY?

589
00:26:09,827 --> 00:26:11,206
IT'S A PERK OF THE JOB.

590
00:26:11,206 --> 00:26:13,068
HEY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING
YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS,

591
00:26:13,068 --> 00:26:16,000
LET ME KNOW.

592
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,482
WOW. THEY REALLY
REMIND ME OF GRANDMA.

593
00:26:19,482 --> 00:26:22,448
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS LITTLE,
I USED TO HELP HER BAKE.

594
00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:25,137
YOU DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING
WHEN YOU WERE HELPING HER OUT?

595
00:26:25,137 --> 00:26:28,413
I WAS 5 AND MAINLY LICKING
A BOWL AND SPOONS.

596
00:26:28,413 --> 00:26:29,586
[ BOTH LAUGH ]

597
00:26:29,586 --> 00:26:31,206
CHRISTMAS WAS
HER FAVORITE,

598
00:26:31,206 --> 00:26:33,103
AND THE FAMILY
LOVED HER COOKIES.

599
00:26:33,103 --> 00:26:34,551
SO DID THE TOWN.

600
00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:36,965
SHE SOUNDS LIKE MY MOM.
I CAN'T LIE.

601
00:26:36,965 --> 00:26:39,241
THIS IS HER
CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPE.

602
00:26:39,241 --> 00:26:40,448
MM.

603
00:26:40,448 --> 00:26:42,827
SHE'S LIKE THE QUEEN
OF CHRISTMAS.

604
00:26:42,827 --> 00:26:45,241
EVERY YEAR,
COOKIES, CAKES, PIES,

605
00:26:45,241 --> 00:26:47,586
BIG CHRISTMAS PARTY,
THE WORKS.

606
00:26:50,758 --> 00:26:51,931
WHAT IS IT?

607
00:26:51,931 --> 00:26:54,793
IT'S JUST THAT, UH,
DO YOU REALLY THINK

608
00:26:54,793 --> 00:26:57,586
THERE'S MORE TO OUR
GRANDPARENTS' RELATIONSHIP

609
00:26:57,586 --> 00:26:59,482
THAN JUST FRIENDSHIP?

610
00:26:59,482 --> 00:27:02,724
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S -- IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.

611
00:27:02,724 --> 00:27:05,517
I...YOU KNOW,
I WENT THROUGH THE ATTIC

612
00:27:05,517 --> 00:27:07,000
AND WENT THROUGH
SOME OF HIS THINGS,

613
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,724
AND THERE WERE
UNFINISHED PAINTINGS

614
00:27:09,724 --> 00:27:13,068
AND STORIES
AND FRAGMENTS OF IDEAS.

615
00:27:13,068 --> 00:27:15,310
AND MARY WAS SOME BIT
OF THAT, BUT...

616
00:27:17,620 --> 00:27:19,344
SEEING ALL THAT STUFF,
IT OPENED UP

617
00:27:19,344 --> 00:27:21,517
A LOT OF MEMORIES FOR ME,

618
00:27:21,517 --> 00:27:23,896
BUT I DON'T KNOW
HOW IT ALL FITS.

619
00:27:23,896 --> 00:27:25,896
AND YOU THINK GETTING
TO KNOW MY GRANDMA

620
00:27:25,896 --> 00:27:28,344
COULD HELP YOU PUT
SOME OF THE PIECES TOGETHER.

621
00:27:28,344 --> 00:27:30,034
MAYBE.

622
00:27:30,034 --> 00:27:33,206
A LOT OF MY GRANDMA'S STUFF
IS IN HER OLD ROOM.

623
00:27:33,206 --> 00:27:34,586
I MOVED IN A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AGO,

624
00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:37,551
BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN READY TO GO
THROUGH ANY OF HER STUFF YET.

625
00:27:37,551 --> 00:27:38,724
ARE YOU SURE

626
00:27:38,724 --> 00:27:41,379
SHE NEVER MENTIONED
A CLARENCE COBB?

627
00:27:41,379 --> 00:27:44,551
I MEAN, I'LL ASK MY DAD,
BUT THAT'S HIS MOM.

628
00:27:44,551 --> 00:27:46,413
HOW LONG YOU
IN TOWN FOR?

629
00:27:46,413 --> 00:27:47,896
JUST A FEW DAYS.

630
00:27:47,896 --> 00:27:50,137
MAYBE YOU COULD
COME BY TOMORROW FOR LUNCH.

631
00:27:50,137 --> 00:27:52,724
- DAD WILL BE HERE.
- THAT'D BE GREAT.

632
00:27:52,724 --> 00:27:54,172
I'LL GO THROUGH SOME
OF HER STUFF TONIGHT.

633
00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:56,000
I'LL LET YOU KNOW
IF I CAN FIND ANYTHING.

634
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,137
OH, NO, YOU DON'T --
I JUST MEAN,

635
00:27:58,137 --> 00:28:01,310
I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO
ANYTHING YOU'RE NOT READY FOR.

636
00:28:01,310 --> 00:28:02,896
IT TOOK ME A WHILE,
TOO.

637
00:28:02,896 --> 00:28:05,551
TALKING TO YOU REALLY GOT ME
THINKING ABOUT HER.

638
00:28:05,551 --> 00:28:07,275
I WANT TO.

639
00:28:07,275 --> 00:28:10,137
HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE
SOME NEWS FOR YOU TOMORROW.

640
00:28:10,137 --> 00:28:12,827
HEY, BEFORE YOU GO,
DO YOU MIND

641
00:28:12,827 --> 00:28:14,379
IF I TAKE A PHOTO
OF THE PAINTING?

642
00:28:14,379 --> 00:28:15,862
I COULD SEND IT
TO MY DAD NOW.

643
00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:17,724
NO, NOT AT ALL.
PLEASE.

644
00:28:17,724 --> 00:28:18,793
OH, COOL.

645
00:28:18,793 --> 00:28:20,793
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

646
00:28:20,793 --> 00:28:22,034
NICE.

647
00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:32,034
♪

648
00:28:32,034 --> 00:28:35,586
WOW. YEAH,
THAT'S MOM, ALRIGHT.

649
00:28:35,586 --> 00:28:36,862
YEAH.

650
00:28:36,862 --> 00:28:38,448
I BET YOU
THE REAL THING'S INCREDIBLE.

651
00:28:38,448 --> 00:28:39,689
YEAH.

652
00:28:39,689 --> 00:28:41,655
IT'S JUST AMAZING
THAT THIS WOMAN

653
00:28:41,655 --> 00:28:43,413
WOULD HAVE A PAINTING
OF MOM.

654
00:28:43,413 --> 00:28:44,551
I TOLD LENA

655
00:28:44,551 --> 00:28:47,448
THAT YOU'LL BE HAPPY
TO SPEAK WITH HER ABOUT IT.

656
00:28:47,448 --> 00:28:50,448
LENA, HUH?

657
00:28:50,448 --> 00:28:52,586
BEAUTIFUL.

658
00:28:52,586 --> 00:28:55,172
LENA'S BEAUTIFUL?

659
00:28:55,172 --> 00:28:56,586
THE PAINTING, DAD.

660
00:28:56,586 --> 00:28:58,689
I'M TALKING ABOUT
THE PAINTING.

661
00:28:58,689 --> 00:29:01,482
SO WHERE IS
THIS LENA FROM?

662
00:29:01,482 --> 00:29:03,241
SHE FROM NEW YORK?

663
00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:05,724
NO. WHY YOU SAY THAT?

664
00:29:05,724 --> 00:29:08,448
WELL, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID
HER NAME JUST NOW,

665
00:29:08,448 --> 00:29:11,896
YOU LIT UP THE SAME WAY YOU DO
WHEN YOU SAY "NEW YORK."

666
00:29:11,896 --> 00:29:14,241
SHE'S CUTE.
WELL, YOU KNOW.

667
00:29:14,241 --> 00:29:17,000
YEAH, I KNOW.

668
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,517
YOU TO KEEP YOUR HEAD
ON STRAIGHT, THOUGH.

669
00:29:18,517 --> 00:29:20,620
YEAH.

670
00:29:20,620 --> 00:29:22,724
I CAN'T BELIEVE NEW YORK
IS FINALLY HAPPENING.

671
00:29:22,724 --> 00:29:24,206
HMM.

672
00:29:24,206 --> 00:29:26,758
NEW YORK, NEW YORK.

673
00:29:26,758 --> 00:29:28,517
I REMEMBER
HOW EXCITED YOU WERE

674
00:29:28,517 --> 00:29:31,068
WHEN THAT ACCEPTANCE LETTER
CAME IN FROM COLUMBIA.

675
00:29:31,068 --> 00:29:32,206
I WANTED NOTHING MORE

676
00:29:32,206 --> 00:29:34,413
THAN TO BE ABLE
TO SEND YOU THERE BACK THEN,

677
00:29:34,413 --> 00:29:35,413
BUT, YOU KNOW...

678
00:29:35,413 --> 00:29:36,724
IT ALL WORKED OUT, DAD.

679
00:29:36,724 --> 00:29:39,655
AND IF THIS JOB TURNS OUT
AS GOOD AS I THINK IT WILL BE,

680
00:29:39,655 --> 00:29:42,344
MAYBE YOUR GRANDKIDS
WILL BE COLUMBIA GRADS.

681
00:29:42,344 --> 00:29:44,000
YOU TALKING ABOUT MY
WHAT NOW, GRANDKIDS?

682
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,103
SOMETHING YOU WANT
TO TELL ME, SON?

683
00:29:45,103 --> 00:29:46,034
YOU SURE?

684
00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:47,655
NO, NO, NO.
ONE THING AT A TIME.

685
00:29:47,655 --> 00:29:49,586
ALRIGHT.
PRIORITIES.

686
00:29:49,586 --> 00:29:52,965
YES, AND NEW YORK
IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

687
00:29:52,965 --> 00:29:54,275
Kathy:
BOYS, TIME FOR DINNER.

688
00:29:54,275 --> 00:29:55,931
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

689
00:29:55,931 --> 00:30:01,655
♪

690
00:30:01,655 --> 00:30:04,448
[ SIGHS ]

691
00:30:04,448 --> 00:30:24,379
♪

692
00:30:24,379 --> 00:30:27,000
[ SIGHS ]

693
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:39,758
♪

694
00:30:39,758 --> 00:30:42,655
[ SIGHS ]

695
00:30:42,655 --> 00:30:52,000
♪

696
00:30:56,206 --> 00:31:49,344
♪

697
00:31:49,344 --> 00:31:52,275
"MARY, I JUST WANTED
TO WRITE YOU A NOTE

698
00:31:52,275 --> 00:31:55,275
AND THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL
PICNIC ON SUNDAY.

699
00:31:55,275 --> 00:31:58,137
EVERY DAY WITH YOU
HAS BEEN A TREASURE.

700
00:31:58,137 --> 00:32:00,448
TIME SEEMS TO STAND STILL
AND AT THE SAME TIME

701
00:32:00,448 --> 00:32:03,275
MOVE TOO FAST
WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER.

702
00:32:03,275 --> 00:32:05,172
I LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.

703
00:32:05,172 --> 00:32:07,827
ALWAYS, CLARENCE."

704
00:32:09,586 --> 00:32:12,758
AND WHO WERE YOU EXACTLY,
CLARENCE?

705
00:32:17,344 --> 00:32:22,379
♪

706
00:32:22,379 --> 00:32:25,000
MICHAEL SEEMS LIKE
SUCH A NICE GUY.

707
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,137
THE FAMILY'S
A LOT LIKE OURS.

708
00:32:27,137 --> 00:32:30,931
SHOULD I SET ANOTHER PLACE
AT THE TABLE FOR CHRISTMAS?

709
00:32:30,931 --> 00:32:32,827
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

710
00:32:32,827 --> 00:32:34,862
YOU'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT MICHAEL, WHAT,

711
00:32:34,862 --> 00:32:36,103
FOR THE PAST 10 MINUTES?

712
00:32:36,103 --> 00:32:37,275
THAT DOESN'T MEAN

713
00:32:37,275 --> 00:32:39,931
I WANT YOU TO START
PLANNING OUR WEDDING.

714
00:32:39,931 --> 00:32:41,413
HE SOUNDS WONDERFUL.

715
00:32:41,413 --> 00:32:43,586
MOM.

716
00:32:43,586 --> 00:32:44,862
He really likes
Ella Fitzgerald?

717
00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:47,586
MOM, I'M WORKING.
OKAY?

718
00:32:47,586 --> 00:32:50,000
Okay, okay, but I think
you can multitask

719
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,724
AND FORGIVE ME
IF I'D RATHER TALK ABOUT YOU

720
00:32:52,724 --> 00:32:55,551
AND A NEW GUY THAN
MY FATHER AND A NEW WOMAN.

721
00:32:55,551 --> 00:32:57,344
I'M SORRY, MOM.

722
00:32:57,344 --> 00:33:00,000
OH, WELL, IT'LL BE
WHAT IT'LL BE, RIGHT?

723
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,758
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THERE
TO FIND OUT.

724
00:33:01,758 --> 00:33:03,896
I'M TALKING
TO MARY'S SON TOMORROW.

725
00:33:03,896 --> 00:33:05,310
MM.

726
00:33:07,172 --> 00:33:08,655
ARE YOU STILL THERE?

727
00:33:08,655 --> 00:33:11,241
YEAH, IT'S JUST...

728
00:33:11,241 --> 00:33:13,137
IF I DO FIND OUT

729
00:33:13,137 --> 00:33:16,827
THAT GRANDPA
HAD SOME OTHER LIFE

730
00:33:16,827 --> 00:33:20,413
or some kind of affair
or something,

731
00:33:20,413 --> 00:33:22,000
do you really want
to know?

732
00:33:23,344 --> 00:33:25,931
WELL, YOUR GRANDPA MAY HAVE,
AT ONE TIME,

733
00:33:25,931 --> 00:33:27,862
BEEN IN LOVE
WITH THIS MARY,

734
00:33:27,862 --> 00:33:29,724
but I have to believe

735
00:33:29,724 --> 00:33:31,620
that my mom
was his one true love,

736
00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:33,310
his one.
I've got to believe.

737
00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:35,206
I got to believe
that my father,

738
00:33:35,206 --> 00:33:37,620
WHATEVER THIS WAS,
IT WASN'T SOMETHING UGLY.

739
00:33:37,620 --> 00:33:42,068
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE
MY FATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL.

740
00:33:42,068 --> 00:33:44,206
HE REALLY WAS, WASN'T HE?

741
00:33:44,206 --> 00:33:46,103
LENA, BABY,
I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING,

742
00:33:46,103 --> 00:33:49,103
BUT MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR IS RIGHT THERE,

743
00:33:49,103 --> 00:33:51,103
RIGHT THERE IN PINEVILLE

744
00:33:51,103 --> 00:33:53,724
AND LIKES
ELLA FITZGERALD.

745
00:33:53,724 --> 00:33:58,172
♪

746
00:33:58,172 --> 00:34:01,310
DAD, LENA DOES SEEM
WELL-INTENTIONED.

747
00:34:01,310 --> 00:34:03,517
AND HOPEFULLY SHE IS.

748
00:34:03,517 --> 00:34:04,827
I JUST THINK
WE SHOULD HOLD OFF

749
00:34:04,827 --> 00:34:06,827
ON MENTIONING THESE LETTERS
TO HER JUST YET.

750
00:34:06,827 --> 00:34:08,103
THAT'S HER GRANDFATHER.

751
00:34:08,103 --> 00:34:10,586
YEAH, BUT THEY'RE LETTERS
TO MY MOTHER.

752
00:34:10,586 --> 00:34:12,137
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
KIND OF PRIVATE SECRETS

753
00:34:12,137 --> 00:34:13,724
ARE IN THESE THINGS YET.

754
00:34:13,724 --> 00:34:15,655
LOOK, YOU HAVEN'T READ
ANY OF THIS, HAVE YOU?

755
00:34:15,655 --> 00:34:17,000
NO, NOT YET.
I FELT A LITTLE...

756
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,793
GOOD. WHERE'D YOU SAY
YOU FOUND THIS ANYWAY?

757
00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:23,655
I FOUND IT IN HER OLD TRUNK
WITH THE REST OF HER STUFF.

758
00:34:23,655 --> 00:34:26,379
YOU DO UNDERSTAND WHERE
I'M COMING FROM, RIGHT?

759
00:34:26,379 --> 00:34:28,068
I JUST THINK
I SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE

760
00:34:28,068 --> 00:34:29,827
TO LOOK THROUGH
ALL THESE MYSELF FIRST.

761
00:34:29,827 --> 00:34:31,103
MM-HMM.

762
00:34:31,103 --> 00:34:32,275
I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST
HAVE A CHAT WITH LENA

763
00:34:32,275 --> 00:34:35,655
BEFORE WE SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THEM, THAT'S ALL.

764
00:34:35,655 --> 00:34:40,896
MICHAEL, THIS GIRL...
IS SHE NICE?

765
00:34:40,896 --> 00:34:42,758
KATHY.
ALLEN.

766
00:34:42,758 --> 00:34:44,724
[ GRUMBLES ]

767
00:34:48,413 --> 00:34:50,620
I'VE GOT NOTHING.

768
00:34:50,620 --> 00:34:53,344
ZERO, ZIP.

769
00:34:53,344 --> 00:34:54,793
[ SIGHS ]

770
00:34:54,793 --> 00:34:57,793
[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]

771
00:34:59,137 --> 00:35:01,241
[ SIGHS ]

772
00:35:01,241 --> 00:35:02,344
HI.

773
00:35:02,344 --> 00:35:04,103
SO HOW'S IT GOING?

774
00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:05,655
GREAT.

775
00:35:05,655 --> 00:35:07,172
SEND ME SOMETHING.

776
00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:08,896
Oh, God, no.

777
00:35:08,896 --> 00:35:11,931
I MEAN,
IT'S REALLY ROUGH RIGHT NOW.

778
00:35:11,931 --> 00:35:14,137
YOU DID INTERVIEWS,
RIGHT?

779
00:35:14,137 --> 00:35:15,689
JUST THE GRANDSON,
REALLY.

780
00:35:15,689 --> 00:35:18,206
GRANDSON.
SO HOW'S THE LOVE ANGLE?

781
00:35:18,206 --> 00:35:21,344
UH, WELL, VIVIAN,

782
00:35:21,344 --> 00:35:23,206
HE SEEMS REALLY NICE,

783
00:35:23,206 --> 00:35:26,206
But trying
to be professional.

784
00:35:26,206 --> 00:35:27,827
ARE YOU REALLY?

785
00:35:27,827 --> 00:35:29,896
I WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE LOVE ANGLE

786
00:35:29,896 --> 00:35:32,172
BETWEEN YOUR GRANDFATHER
AND HIS GRANDMOTHER,

787
00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:33,551
BUT NOW THAT
YOU BRING IT UP...

788
00:35:33,551 --> 00:35:34,862
I'M CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS

789
00:35:34,862 --> 00:35:36,724
WITH THE REST
OF THE FAMILY TODAY.

790
00:35:36,724 --> 00:35:38,517
IN FACT, I SHOULD
PROBABLY BE GOING.

791
00:35:38,517 --> 00:35:40,000
OKAY, KEEP ME POSTED.

792
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,551
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING WHAT YOU GOT.

793
00:35:41,551 --> 00:35:44,206
[ SIGHS ] ME TOO.

794
00:35:44,206 --> 00:35:48,172
♪

795
00:35:48,172 --> 00:35:49,275
[ SIGHS ]

796
00:35:49,275 --> 00:35:51,310
[ CELLPHONE DINGS ]

797
00:35:51,310 --> 00:36:01,689
♪

798
00:36:03,862 --> 00:36:06,344
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

799
00:36:06,344 --> 00:36:13,931
♪

800
00:36:13,931 --> 00:36:15,275
Lena: TONI MORRISON.

801
00:36:15,275 --> 00:36:18,241
ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
MINE TOO.

802
00:36:18,241 --> 00:36:24,413
♪

803
00:36:24,413 --> 00:36:26,068
MOM, DAD,
THIS IS THE WOMAN

804
00:36:26,068 --> 00:36:27,965
I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT,
LENA JONES.

805
00:36:27,965 --> 00:36:30,517
LENA, WE'VE HEARD
A LOT ABOUT YOU.

806
00:36:30,517 --> 00:36:32,482
I'M ALLEN.
THIS IS MY WIFE, KATHY.

807
00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:34,551
WHAT A LOVELY SWEATER.

808
00:36:34,551 --> 00:36:36,482
THANK YOU.

809
00:36:36,482 --> 00:36:40,965
MICHAEL TELLS ME YOU WRITE
FOR <i>VIBRANT</i> MAGAZINE.

810
00:36:40,965 --> 00:36:42,793
IT'S NOT OFFICIAL YET,

811
00:36:42,793 --> 00:36:45,379
BUT I'M HOPING THIS STORY
WILL CHANGE THAT.

812
00:36:45,379 --> 00:36:48,931
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT MY MOM
AND YOUR GRANDFATHER?

813
00:36:48,931 --> 00:36:50,379
YES.

814
00:36:50,379 --> 00:36:54,689
DID YOUR MOTHER EVER HAPPEN
TO MENTION A CLARENCE COBB?

815
00:36:54,689 --> 00:36:57,241
WHY DON'T WE TAKE
A LITTLE WALK?

816
00:36:57,241 --> 00:36:58,310
OKAY.

817
00:36:58,310 --> 00:36:59,931
BYE.

818
00:36:59,931 --> 00:37:02,137
SEE YA.

819
00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:05,068
SO YOU'RE
FROM THE BAY AREA?

820
00:37:05,068 --> 00:37:06,344
OAKLAND.
MY WHOLE LIFE.

821
00:37:06,344 --> 00:37:08,413
YEAH, MY WIFE, KATHY,
IS FROM OAKLAND, TOO.

822
00:37:08,413 --> 00:37:10,206
OH, YEAH? WHAT PART?

823
00:37:10,206 --> 00:37:11,344
SHE GREW UP IN MONTCLAIR.

824
00:37:11,344 --> 00:37:13,379
- I'M FROM MONTCLAIR.
- REALLY?

825
00:37:13,379 --> 00:37:16,275
[ Laughing ] YEAH.

826
00:37:16,275 --> 00:37:18,689
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
TWO BEEN TOGETHER?

827
00:37:18,689 --> 00:37:21,482
WOW. ALMOST 35 YEARS.
WOW.

828
00:37:21,482 --> 00:37:23,482
WERE YOUR PARENTS
TOGETHER FOREVER, TOO?

829
00:37:23,482 --> 00:37:27,379
SURE SEEMS LIKE IT,
BUT...

830
00:37:27,379 --> 00:37:31,344
YOU KNOW, LENA, EVERY
RELATIONSHIP HAS ITS TRIALS.

831
00:37:31,344 --> 00:37:32,517
YEAH.

832
00:37:32,517 --> 00:37:35,275
AND...WOW.

833
00:37:35,275 --> 00:37:37,827
THIS IS ACTUALLY
REALLY HARD TO TALK ABOUT.

834
00:37:37,827 --> 00:37:40,310
UM...MICHAEL DOESN'T KNOW
ANY OF THIS,

835
00:37:40,310 --> 00:37:45,034
BUT THERE WAS A ROUGH PATCH
THERE BEFORE HE WAS BORN.

836
00:37:46,275 --> 00:37:49,965
MOM AND DAD, THEY WERE
GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS.

837
00:37:49,965 --> 00:37:51,206
I DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS ANYTHING SERIOUS.

838
00:37:51,206 --> 00:37:52,724
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK

839
00:37:52,724 --> 00:37:54,965
MY MOTHER HAD AN AFFAIR
OR ANYTHING.

840
00:37:54,965 --> 00:37:56,206
BUT NOW
ALL OF THIS COMING UP

841
00:37:56,206 --> 00:37:59,379
WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER
MAKES ME WONDER

842
00:37:59,379 --> 00:38:02,344
IF MAYBE THERE WAS SOMETHING
TO THOSE ARGUMENTS

843
00:38:02,344 --> 00:38:03,655
THEY HAD BACK THEN.

844
00:38:03,655 --> 00:38:06,344
AND TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW
IF YOUR GRANDFATHER

845
00:38:06,344 --> 00:38:10,103
HAD SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THAT OR NOT.

846
00:38:10,103 --> 00:38:13,586
MY MOM SEEMS TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT THE SAME THING.

847
00:38:13,586 --> 00:38:15,206
MAYBE I AM, TOO.

848
00:38:17,793 --> 00:38:20,620
I ALWAYS THOUGHT
MY GRANDPARENTS WERE SOUL MATES.

849
00:38:20,620 --> 00:38:24,827
MICHAEL SAID THE SAME
ABOUT YOUR PARENTS.

850
00:38:24,827 --> 00:38:27,793
GROWING UP, DID YOUR MOM
EVER MENTION ANYTHING

851
00:38:27,793 --> 00:38:32,827
ABOUT A CRIME STORY
OR REPORTER?

852
00:38:32,827 --> 00:38:34,517
NO, BUT YOUR GRANDFATHER

853
00:38:34,517 --> 00:38:36,827
WAS A CRIME REPORTER,
I ASSUME?

854
00:38:36,827 --> 00:38:40,793
WRITER, BUT IT SEEMS HE WAS
WORKING ON A STORY HERE.

855
00:38:42,344 --> 00:38:46,827
WELL, MICHAEL FOUND
SOME LETTERS.

856
00:38:46,827 --> 00:38:49,896
HE DID?
FROM MY GRANDPA?

857
00:38:49,896 --> 00:38:51,275
THAT'S AMAZING.

858
00:38:51,275 --> 00:38:53,137
I DON'T KNOW WHAT STORY
YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS WORKING ON,

859
00:38:53,137 --> 00:38:56,206
BUT TO BE HONEST,
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE

860
00:38:56,206 --> 00:38:59,275
WHAT KIND OF STORY
YOU'RE WORKING ON.

861
00:38:59,275 --> 00:39:02,931
WELL, ME NEITHER, REALLY.
I LOVE MY GRANDPA.

862
00:39:02,931 --> 00:39:07,068
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT
I KNEW HIM PRETTY WELL.

863
00:39:07,068 --> 00:39:08,896
AND THEN

864
00:39:08,896 --> 00:39:11,620
I FOUND THAT BEAUTIFUL
PAINTING OF YOUR MOTHER,

865
00:39:11,620 --> 00:39:15,275
AND IT JUST OPENED
A WORLD OF THINGS

866
00:39:15,275 --> 00:39:16,758
I NEVER KNEW.

867
00:39:16,758 --> 00:39:20,379
[ SIGHS ]

868
00:39:20,379 --> 00:39:22,862
I JUST WANT
THE STORY BEHIND IT,

869
00:39:22,862 --> 00:39:25,482
WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.

870
00:39:25,482 --> 00:39:27,310
WELL, THEN I IMAGINE
THESE LETTERS

871
00:39:27,310 --> 00:39:29,724
WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL
TO YOU.

872
00:39:29,724 --> 00:39:31,413
BUT IF IT'S ALL THE SAME
TO YOU,

873
00:39:31,413 --> 00:39:33,103
I'D JUST LIKE
TO HAVE THE CHANCE

874
00:39:33,103 --> 00:39:34,965
TO LOOK THROUGH THEM
MYSELF FIRST.

875
00:39:34,965 --> 00:39:37,068
I JUST LIKE TO FIND OUT
ON MY OWN

876
00:39:37,068 --> 00:39:39,931
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING GOING ON
DURING THEIR MARRIAGE

877
00:39:39,931 --> 00:39:44,172
RATHER THAN READ ABOUT IT
IN A NATIONAL MAGAZINE.

878
00:39:44,172 --> 00:39:46,413
UNDERSTAND?
OF COURSE.

879
00:39:46,413 --> 00:39:48,758
THANK YOU.

880
00:39:48,758 --> 00:39:49,793
YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN

881
00:39:49,793 --> 00:39:51,034
TO HAVE THE PAINTING,
WOULD YOU?

882
00:39:51,034 --> 00:39:52,137
MICHAEL SENT ME A PICTURE,

883
00:39:52,137 --> 00:39:55,517
BUT I WOULD LOVE
TO SEE THE REAL THING.

884
00:39:55,517 --> 00:39:57,931
Kathy: WOW.

885
00:39:57,931 --> 00:40:00,655
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

886
00:40:00,655 --> 00:40:02,448
IT WAS PAINTED HERE.

887
00:40:02,448 --> 00:40:05,655
- WHAT?
- WHAT?

888
00:40:05,655 --> 00:40:08,896
THERE USED TO BE
A WALL RIGHT HERE.

889
00:40:08,896 --> 00:40:11,862
THEY KNOCKED IT DOWN.[ SIGHS ]

890
00:40:11,862 --> 00:40:15,103
I REMEMBER IT
LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

891
00:40:15,103 --> 00:40:17,551
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH
THE REST OF THE LETTERS TONIGHT.

892
00:40:17,551 --> 00:40:20,206
LENA AND I HAD A LITTLE CHAT.

893
00:40:20,206 --> 00:40:22,413
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME OVER
FOR DINNER TONIGHT?

894
00:40:22,413 --> 00:40:25,068
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SINCE I'VE TALKED TO SOMEONE

895
00:40:25,068 --> 00:40:26,793
FROM THE BRIGHT SIDE
OF THE BAY.

896
00:40:26,793 --> 00:40:28,103
THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

897
00:40:28,103 --> 00:40:30,655
7:00?
7:00 IS PERFECT.

898
00:40:30,655 --> 00:40:32,517
I THINK I'M GONNA BE
A LITTLE LATE.

899
00:40:32,517 --> 00:40:35,793
OH, DID SOMEBODY
INVITE YOU?

900
00:40:35,793 --> 00:40:37,310
STEPHANIE IS
RETURNING TONIGHT.

901
00:40:37,310 --> 00:40:39,068
I WAS GONNA PICK HER UP
FROM THE TRAIN STATION.

902
00:40:39,068 --> 00:40:41,344
OH, THAT'S SO NICE.
I'LL GET TO MEET YOUR SISTER.

903
00:40:41,344 --> 00:40:43,758
SHE'S NOT MY SISTER.
SHE'S MY GIRLFRIEND.

904
00:40:43,758 --> 00:40:45,344
YOUR WHAT NOW?

905
00:40:53,137 --> 00:40:55,413
AND HE LIKES
TONI MORRISON?

906
00:40:55,413 --> 00:40:56,965
AND HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND.

907
00:40:56,965 --> 00:40:59,862
YOU'RE GOING TO DINNER,
RIGHT?

908
00:40:59,862 --> 00:41:02,482
YEAH, I STILL HAVE
A STORY TO WRITE.

909
00:41:02,482 --> 00:41:03,551
HOPEFULLY MICHAEL'S DAD

910
00:41:03,551 --> 00:41:04,931
WILL AGREE TO LET ME
READ THE LETTERS.

911
00:41:04,931 --> 00:41:06,482
LETTERS?

912
00:41:06,482 --> 00:41:08,586
GRANDPA APPARENTLY
WROTE MARY,

913
00:41:08,586 --> 00:41:10,379
LIKE,
A STACK OF LETTERS.

914
00:41:10,379 --> 00:41:12,482
WELL, LOVE LETTERS?

915
00:41:12,482 --> 00:41:13,827
I don't know, Mom.

916
00:41:13,827 --> 00:41:15,137
THAT'S WHAT
I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT.

917
00:41:15,137 --> 00:41:16,793
MICHAEL FOUND THEM
WHEN HE WAS GOING
THROUGH HER STUFF.

918
00:41:16,793 --> 00:41:19,206
AND YOU DIDN'T FIND
ANY LETTERS UP THERE

919
00:41:19,206 --> 00:41:20,827
WHEN YOU WERE
LOOKING AROUND?

920
00:41:23,517 --> 00:41:25,413
I DIDN'T LOOK
THROUGH EVERYTHING.

921
00:41:25,413 --> 00:41:28,517
[ SIGHS ]

922
00:41:32,758 --> 00:41:34,689
Kathy: I AM SO GLAD
YOU COULD MAKE IT.

923
00:41:34,689 --> 00:41:36,448
OH, THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME.

924
00:41:36,448 --> 00:41:38,068
OF COURSE, HONEY.
YES.

925
00:41:38,068 --> 00:41:39,172
IS MICHAEL HERE?

926
00:41:39,172 --> 00:41:40,551
NOT YET.

927
00:41:40,551 --> 00:41:41,965
CAN I HELP YOU
IN THE KITCHEN?

928
00:41:41,965 --> 00:41:45,310
OH. NO, WE ARE GOOD.
THANK YOU.

929
00:41:45,310 --> 00:41:49,103
[ SIGHS ]
THIS IS SUCH A LOVELY TOWN.

930
00:41:49,103 --> 00:41:52,344
YEAH, WELL,
IT'S NOT OAKLAND.

931
00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:54,724
NO, IT'S NOT.

932
00:41:54,724 --> 00:41:58,724
COULD YOU EVER SEE YOURSELF
LIVING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?

933
00:42:00,827 --> 00:42:02,896
[ SIGHS ]
I DON'T KNOW.

934
00:42:02,896 --> 00:42:05,896
YOU KNOW,
MY FAMILY'S IN THE CITY.

935
00:42:05,896 --> 00:42:07,827
IT'S MY HOME.
MM-HMM.

936
00:42:07,827 --> 00:42:10,689
I GUESS...NO.

937
00:42:10,689 --> 00:42:13,000
RIGHT. OKAY.

938
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,689
NO, I...I KNOW I'M YOUNG,
AND I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN,

939
00:42:16,689 --> 00:42:20,241
BUT I KNOW ONE THING --
OAKLAND IS MY HOME.

940
00:42:20,241 --> 00:42:22,241
I LOVE IT.

941
00:42:22,241 --> 00:42:24,482
I LIKE YOU, LENA.

942
00:42:24,482 --> 00:42:27,551
MICHAEL WAS GONNA MOVE
TO SAN FRANCISCO, YOU KNOW.

943
00:42:27,551 --> 00:42:28,482
OH.

944
00:42:28,482 --> 00:42:30,448
MAYBE I'M OVERSTATING.

945
00:42:30,448 --> 00:42:34,931
HE HAD A JOB OFFER THERE
AFTER COLLEGE.

946
00:42:34,931 --> 00:42:38,275
NOW HE'S TALKING
ABOUT NEW YORK AGAIN.

947
00:42:38,275 --> 00:42:41,034
NEW YORK.
WE'LL SEE.

948
00:42:41,034 --> 00:42:42,689
HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT
MOVING TO NEW YORK

949
00:42:42,689 --> 00:42:44,965
SINCE HE WAS
A LITTLE BOY.

950
00:42:44,965 --> 00:42:46,793
BUT SOMETHING
ALWAYS CAME UP,

951
00:42:46,793 --> 00:42:48,586
TOOK HIM IN ANOTHER
DIRECTION, YOU KNOW?

952
00:42:48,586 --> 00:42:49,655
MM-HMM.

953
00:42:49,655 --> 00:42:51,793
IT'S A DREAM OF HIS.

954
00:42:51,793 --> 00:42:56,137
I HOPE HE FINALLY
MAKES IT THIS TIME.

955
00:42:56,137 --> 00:42:57,551
YEAH.

956
00:42:57,551 --> 00:43:01,000
[ HORN BLARES ]

957
00:43:03,827 --> 00:43:05,379
Michael:
WELCOME HOME, STEPHANIE.

958
00:43:05,379 --> 00:43:06,517
HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?

959
00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:07,793
Stephanie: UGH.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU,

960
00:43:07,793 --> 00:43:09,586
I WAS SITTING NEXT TO THIS
MAN WHO'S SNORING...

961
00:43:09,586 --> 00:43:10,931
I WAS TELLING MY SISTER

962
00:43:10,931 --> 00:43:12,448
THAT IF SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO
50-50 ON THE TICKETS,

963
00:43:12,448 --> 00:43:15,172
THEN WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE
SOMETHING ELSE OUT.

964
00:43:15,172 --> 00:43:18,137
I MEAN, IF WE'RE ALL GOING
ON THIS VACATION TOGETHER...

965
00:43:18,137 --> 00:43:19,241
HELLO.

966
00:43:19,241 --> 00:43:22,241
HI.
HI.

967
00:43:22,241 --> 00:43:24,689
...EVERYONE'S GOT
TO PITCH IN.

968
00:43:24,689 --> 00:43:26,862
STEPHANIE, THIS IS THE WRITER
I WAS TELLING ABOUT,

969
00:43:26,862 --> 00:43:28,620
LENA JONES.
HI.

970
00:43:28,620 --> 00:43:30,517
I USED TO WRITE FOR THE PAPER
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

971
00:43:30,517 --> 00:43:32,000
OH.

972
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,586
IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
THOSE WERE SUCH GOOD DAYS.

973
00:43:34,586 --> 00:43:37,344
SO ARE YOU WRITING A STORY
ABOUT US?

974
00:43:37,344 --> 00:43:41,344
UM...WELL, MICHAEL'S
FAMILY TECHNICALLY,

975
00:43:41,344 --> 00:43:43,551
BUT MAINLY HIS GRANDMA.

976
00:43:43,551 --> 00:43:46,724
HIS GRANDMA
LOVED ME SO MUCH.

977
00:43:46,724 --> 00:43:50,034
Lord.
I MISS HER.

978
00:43:50,034 --> 00:43:53,827
ANYHOO, WE WERE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT

979
00:43:53,827 --> 00:43:55,896
IF WE'RE GONNA GO
TO THE OUTER BANKS AGAIN

980
00:43:55,896 --> 00:43:57,137
OR TO MYRTLE BEACH.

981
00:43:57,137 --> 00:43:58,310
I HAVEN'T BEEN TO
MYRTLE BEACH, EXCEPT --

982
00:43:58,310 --> 00:44:00,344
STEPHANIE, THAT IS NICE.
IT IS.

983
00:44:00,344 --> 00:44:03,724
BUT WE WEREN'T REALLY TALKING
ABOUT YOUR VACATION SO MUCH.

984
00:44:03,724 --> 00:44:04,931
WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING

985
00:44:04,931 --> 00:44:06,310
ABOUT LENA'S GRANDFATHER
AND HIS LETTERS.

986
00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:07,655
AND WHEN I READ THEM,

987
00:44:07,655 --> 00:44:10,586
HE DID OCCASIONALLY
KEEP MENTIONING "THE STORY."

988
00:44:10,586 --> 00:44:11,827
I CAN ONLY ASSUME

989
00:44:11,827 --> 00:44:14,000
THAT'S THE STORY YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER, LENA?

990
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,896
DO THE LETTERS
GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL?

991
00:44:15,896 --> 00:44:18,275
NOT MUCH.
YOU SEE, YOUR GRANDFATHER

992
00:44:18,275 --> 00:44:20,724
WAS CONVINCED
SOME MAN WAS INNOCENT.

993
00:44:20,724 --> 00:44:22,379
WAS THIS PERSON IN TOWN?

994
00:44:22,379 --> 00:44:24,172
NO, BUT HIS BROTHER WAS.

995
00:44:24,172 --> 00:44:25,551
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY

996
00:44:25,551 --> 00:44:27,172
HE STOPPED HERE
TO BEGIN WITH.

997
00:44:27,172 --> 00:44:28,448
BUT THE MAN
HE WAS TRYING TO HELP

998
00:44:28,448 --> 00:44:30,310
WAS ACTUALLY
IN SAN FRANCISCO,

999
00:44:30,310 --> 00:44:33,586
AND THAT'S WHY HE LEFT
PINEVILLE SO ABRUPTLY.

1000
00:44:33,586 --> 00:44:36,068
WAS THERE ANY MENTION
OF THE PORTRAIT?

1001
00:44:36,068 --> 00:44:39,724
I MEAN, WAS IT
WHILE THEY WERE MARRIED?

1002
00:44:39,724 --> 00:44:42,689
NEAR AS I CAN TELL
FROM LOOKING AT THE DATES,

1003
00:44:42,689 --> 00:44:45,344
HE CAME THROUGH TOWN
FOLLOWING THIS STORY.

1004
00:44:45,344 --> 00:44:47,206
MOM WAS DEFINITELY
LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM

1005
00:44:47,206 --> 00:44:48,862
RETURNING AFTER HE FOUND
WHATEVER IT WAS

1006
00:44:48,862 --> 00:44:52,068
HE WAS LOOKING FOR,
BUT IT SEEMS HE GOT A JOB

1007
00:44:52,068 --> 00:44:55,068
WHILE HE WAS AWAY
AND HE NEVER CAME BACK.

1008
00:44:55,068 --> 00:44:57,931
MOM AND DAD GOT MARRIED
SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

1009
00:44:57,931 --> 00:45:00,068
THE LAST CHRISTMAS
IN PINEVILLE.

1010
00:45:00,068 --> 00:45:02,862
YEAH, I DON'T THINK
IT WAS CHRISTMASTIME, THOUGH.

1011
00:45:02,862 --> 00:45:04,551
I THINK HE JUST PAINTED
THAT PORTRAIT

1012
00:45:04,551 --> 00:45:07,724
WHILE HE WAS AWAY
AND NEVER SENT IT.

1013
00:45:07,724 --> 00:45:10,655
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY
YOUR FAMILY HAS IT.

1014
00:45:10,655 --> 00:45:12,241
LOOK,
AT THE END OF THE DAY,

1015
00:45:12,241 --> 00:45:14,827
I'M JUST RELIEVED TO KNOW
THERE WAS NOTHING GOING ON

1016
00:45:14,827 --> 00:45:17,448
DURING MY MOM
AND DAD'S MARRIAGE,

1017
00:45:17,448 --> 00:45:20,586
BUT YOU CAN READ ALL THAT
FOR YOURSELF IN THE LETTERS.

1018
00:45:20,586 --> 00:45:22,689
- IT'S OKAY?
- ABSOLUTELY.

1019
00:45:22,689 --> 00:45:23,827
IF YOU DON'T MIND,

1020
00:45:23,827 --> 00:45:25,413
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THE LETTERS, TOO.

1021
00:45:25,413 --> 00:45:26,896
WE CAN SPLIT THEM UP
IF YOU LIKE.

1022
00:45:26,896 --> 00:45:30,172
SOUNDS GREAT.

1023
00:45:30,172 --> 00:45:32,862
HMM,
WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

1024
00:45:34,344 --> 00:45:36,310
MM.

1025
00:45:39,931 --> 00:45:41,206
[ CHUCKLES ]
TRADE TOMORROW?

1026
00:45:41,206 --> 00:45:44,241
SURE THING.

1027
00:45:44,241 --> 00:45:48,241
I THANK YOU FOR DINNER
AND EVERYTHING.

1028
00:45:48,241 --> 00:45:50,862
OUR PLEASURE.

1029
00:45:50,862 --> 00:46:23,241
♪

1030
00:46:23,241 --> 00:46:24,931
[ CELLPHONE VIBRATING ]

1031
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,137
HEY, MOM.

1032
00:46:29,137 --> 00:46:31,551
I THINK
I MAY HAVE FOUND SOMETHING

1033
00:46:31,551 --> 00:46:33,241
TO HELP YOUR STORY ALONG.

1034
00:46:33,241 --> 00:46:34,896
It's coming along
great now.

1035
00:46:34,896 --> 00:46:36,241
I'M READING
GRAMPA'S LETTERS.

1036
00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:37,586
I JUST FOUND MARY'S.

1037
00:46:37,586 --> 00:46:39,482
WHAT?

1038
00:46:39,482 --> 00:46:43,241
MM-HMM. THERE ARE, LIKE,
ALMOST A DOZEN HERE.

1039
00:46:43,241 --> 00:46:44,827
MOM,
CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

1040
00:46:44,827 --> 00:46:46,344
SCAN THEM
AND SEND THEM TO ME.

1041
00:46:46,344 --> 00:46:48,620
SURE, SURE, AND YOU DO
THE SAME WITH DAD'S.

1042
00:46:48,620 --> 00:46:49,896
YOU GOT IT.

1043
00:46:49,896 --> 00:47:02,827
♪

1044
00:47:02,827 --> 00:47:04,655
[ SIGHS ]

1045
00:47:08,517 --> 00:47:11,965
Lena: "CLARENCE,
I ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE.

1046
00:47:11,965 --> 00:47:14,068
EVEN THOUGH
IT'S ONLY BEEN A FEW WEEKS,

1047
00:47:14,068 --> 00:47:16,931
I FEEL AS THOUGH
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER.

1048
00:47:16,931 --> 00:47:20,448
I DO HOPE YOU FIND THE TRUTH
IN SAN FRANCISCO,

1049
00:47:20,448 --> 00:47:24,241
BUT I ALSO HOPE THAT YOU KEEP
YOUR PROMISE AND RETURN TO ME."

1050
00:47:24,241 --> 00:47:26,034
Michael: "I'VE BEEN
HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD

1051
00:47:26,034 --> 00:47:29,000
AND WHO KNEW THAT I WOULD FIND
SOMEONE IN PINEVILLE?

1052
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,586
ROSA'S BROTHER WAS INDEED
THE MISSING CLUE.

1053
00:47:31,586 --> 00:47:34,379
AND THANKS TO HIM,
HE'LL BE A FREE MAN."

1054
00:47:34,379 --> 00:47:35,827
Lena:
"I KEEP THINKING OF THE NIGHT

1055
00:47:35,827 --> 00:47:37,827
WE DANCED TOGETHER.

1056
00:47:37,827 --> 00:47:39,931
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SONG?"

1057
00:47:39,931 --> 00:47:42,413
Michael:
"A-TISKET, A-TASKET.

1058
00:47:42,413 --> 00:47:44,724
MARY, MY LOVE,
I'M SORRY TO SAY,

1059
00:47:44,724 --> 00:47:45,965
IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE LONGER

1060
00:47:45,965 --> 00:47:48,620
BEFORE I'M ABLE
TO RETURN TO PINEVILLE.

1061
00:47:48,620 --> 00:47:50,137
A GENTLEMAN
FROM THE "EAST BAY TIMES"

1062
00:47:50,137 --> 00:47:52,000
WAS IMPRESSED WITH MY STORY

1063
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,551
AND HAS APPROACHED ME
ABOUT A JOB.

1064
00:47:54,551 --> 00:47:57,896
BUT I PROMISE
THAT I WILL RETURN."

1065
00:47:57,896 --> 00:48:01,068
Lena: "I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'VE
KEPT IN TOUCH, CLARENCE.

1066
00:48:01,068 --> 00:48:03,172
I HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE
ON FERGUSON'S LITTLE GIRL,

1067
00:48:03,172 --> 00:48:05,344
CLAUDIA,
THESE PAST FEW DAYS.

1068
00:48:05,344 --> 00:48:07,620
I MUST BE SPEAKING OF YOU
RATHER FONDLY

1069
00:48:07,620 --> 00:48:10,689
AS SHE KEEPS ASKING
WHEN YOU ARE COMING BACK.

1070
00:48:10,689 --> 00:48:13,275
I KEEP ASKING MYSELF
THE SAME THING.

1071
00:48:13,275 --> 00:48:15,137
I CAN'T WAIT FOREVER,
CLARENCE."

1072
00:48:15,137 --> 00:48:21,068
♪

1073
00:48:21,068 --> 00:48:22,241
FINISHED YOURS?

1074
00:48:22,241 --> 00:48:23,620
YEAH. JUST NOW. YOU?

1075
00:48:23,620 --> 00:48:25,448
YEP.
READY TO TRADE?

1076
00:48:25,448 --> 00:48:27,034
SURE THING.

1077
00:48:29,586 --> 00:48:33,137
[ CELLPHONE DINGS ]

1078
00:48:33,137 --> 00:48:34,241
WHAT'S THAT?

1079
00:48:34,241 --> 00:48:36,137
MY MOM.

1080
00:48:36,137 --> 00:48:38,793
SHE WANTS A PICTURE
OF MY SMILING FACE.

1081
00:48:38,793 --> 00:48:40,551
WELL, I CAN'T SAY
I BLAME HER.

1082
00:48:40,551 --> 00:48:43,793
OH.

1083
00:48:43,793 --> 00:48:45,965
YOU CAN'T?

1084
00:48:45,965 --> 00:48:47,103
NO.

1085
00:48:48,551 --> 00:48:52,172
UM...

1086
00:48:52,172 --> 00:48:53,827
WHERE'S STEPHANIE
THIS MORNING?

1087
00:48:53,827 --> 00:48:55,448
SHE LEFT EARLY
THIS MORNING.

1088
00:48:55,448 --> 00:48:57,482
SHE DOES A LOT
OF DAY TRIPS FOR WORK.

1089
00:48:59,586 --> 00:49:01,517
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE
YOUR PHOTO FOR YOUR MOM.

1090
00:49:01,517 --> 00:49:02,758
I DON'T MIND.

1091
00:49:02,758 --> 00:49:07,206
♪

1092
00:49:07,206 --> 00:49:08,379
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

1093
00:49:08,379 --> 00:49:10,965
YOU DID NOT JUST
PHOTOBOMB MY SELFIE.

1094
00:49:10,965 --> 00:49:13,482
HEY, I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.
MY BAD.

1095
00:49:13,482 --> 00:49:14,586
YOU CAN RETAKE IT.

1096
00:49:14,586 --> 00:49:16,758
OH, NO, I'M SAVING THAT
FOR POSTERITY.

1097
00:49:16,758 --> 00:49:18,517
[ CHUCKLES ]

1098
00:49:18,517 --> 00:49:27,068
♪

1099
00:49:27,068 --> 00:49:29,758
IT'S THE SAME ONE,

1100
00:49:29,758 --> 00:49:31,551
THE SAME ONE
THAT'S IN THE PAINTING.

1101
00:49:31,551 --> 00:49:32,827
HMM?

1102
00:49:32,827 --> 00:49:35,379
I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT
FOR SURE,

1103
00:49:35,379 --> 00:49:39,000
BUT...I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

1104
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,068
I THINK YOUR GRANDFATHER
DID COME BACK.

1105
00:49:41,068 --> 00:49:44,862
HE WORKED AT THE "EAST BAY
TIMES" FOR 50 YEARS.

1106
00:49:44,862 --> 00:49:46,241
HE GOT THE JOB
AND NEVER CAME BACK,

1107
00:49:46,241 --> 00:49:48,137
LIKE YOUR DAD SAID.

1108
00:49:48,137 --> 00:49:50,172
THIS IS
A SPECIAL ORNAMENT.

1109
00:49:50,172 --> 00:49:52,034
I MEAN,
THERE'S A LOCAL EMPORIUM

1110
00:49:52,034 --> 00:49:54,103
WHERE YOU COULD PAINT
YOUR OWN ORNAMENTS.

1111
00:49:54,103 --> 00:49:55,275
IT'S BEEN HERE FOREVER.

1112
00:49:55,275 --> 00:49:57,413
YOU SEE THIS GOLD FRAME
AROUND THIS ORNAMENT?

1113
00:49:59,344 --> 00:50:01,896
I THINK YOUR GRANDFATHER
DID COME BACK TO PINEVILLE

1114
00:50:01,896 --> 00:50:03,724
AND PAINTED HIS PORTRAIT.

1115
00:50:03,724 --> 00:50:05,000
YEAH,
BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW

1116
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,551
IT WASN'T PAINTED
BEFORE HE LEFT?

1117
00:50:06,551 --> 00:50:08,344
LOOKING AT THE DATES
ON THESE LETTERS,

1118
00:50:08,344 --> 00:50:10,793
OTIS' STORE DIDN'T OPEN
UNTIL AFTER

1119
00:50:10,793 --> 00:50:13,586
YOUR GRANDFATHER
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GONE.

1120
00:50:13,586 --> 00:50:15,172
OUR FAMILY HAD
QUITE A FEW ORNAMENTS

1121
00:50:15,172 --> 00:50:16,275
JUST LIKE THIS ONE.

1122
00:50:16,275 --> 00:50:18,137
AND THEY'RE ALL
FROM THE SAME SHOP.

1123
00:50:18,137 --> 00:50:19,896
IS THE SHOP STILL AROUND?

1124
00:50:19,896 --> 00:50:22,379
YEAH. AND THE GUY
WHO RUNS THE SHOP,

1125
00:50:22,379 --> 00:50:25,275
HE MIGHT -- YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER YOUR GRANDPA.

1126
00:50:25,275 --> 00:50:28,586
[ LAUGHING SOFTLY ]

1127
00:50:33,310 --> 00:50:39,586
♪

1128
00:50:39,586 --> 00:50:40,620
MICHAEL.
OTIS.

1129
00:50:40,620 --> 00:50:42,517
- HOW ARE YOU?
- DOING GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?

1130
00:50:42,517 --> 00:50:44,965
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.

1131
00:50:44,965 --> 00:50:48,517
HI. YOU'RE NOT STEPHANIE.

1132
00:50:48,517 --> 00:50:50,413
- YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.
- OH.

1133
00:50:50,413 --> 00:50:52,344
- I'M LENA.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.

1134
00:50:52,344 --> 00:50:55,103
DO YOU GUYS NEED ANY HELP
SELECTING AN ORNAMENT TO PAINT?

1135
00:50:55,103 --> 00:50:57,482
ACTUALLY, WE WANTED TO...I'D LIKE TO PAINT

1136
00:50:57,482 --> 00:50:59,551
A RUDOLPH ORNAMENT,
IF YOU HAVE ONE.

1137
00:50:59,551 --> 00:51:02,241
YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO HAVE
A LITTLE CHRISTMAS BELL.

1138
00:51:02,241 --> 00:51:04,344
ABSOLUTELY.
HMM.

1139
00:51:04,344 --> 00:51:11,379
♪

1140
00:51:11,379 --> 00:51:12,862
SORRY, I GOT SIDETRACKED.

1141
00:51:12,862 --> 00:51:16,689
JUST SEEING EVERYTHING,
I GOT REALLY EXCITED.

1142
00:51:16,689 --> 00:51:17,758
IT'S OKAY.

1143
00:51:17,758 --> 00:51:19,586
OTIS SEEMED
A LITTLE BUSY NOW ANYWAY.

1144
00:51:19,586 --> 00:51:22,482
I DON'T MIND WAITING.

1145
00:51:22,482 --> 00:51:25,310
I LOVE PAINTING.

1146
00:51:25,310 --> 00:51:26,931
MY GRANDPA AND I USED TO
PAINT TOGETHER.

1147
00:51:26,931 --> 00:51:28,724
IT SHOWS.

1148
00:51:28,724 --> 00:51:31,448
I AM NOT QUITE
AS GOOD AS HE WAS.

1149
00:51:31,448 --> 00:51:32,965
YOU'RE NOT BAD.

1150
00:51:32,965 --> 00:51:35,275
THANK YOU.

1151
00:51:35,275 --> 00:51:37,827
OH, I HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING LIKE THIS

1152
00:51:37,827 --> 00:51:39,793
IN A LONG TIME.
ME NEITHER.

1153
00:51:39,793 --> 00:51:41,551
STEPHANIE DOESN'T
PAINT ORNAMENTS/

1154
00:51:41,551 --> 00:51:44,827
OH, SHE DOES.
SHE'S PRETTY CRAFTY, BUT...

1155
00:51:44,827 --> 00:51:46,137
YOU KNOW.

1156
00:51:46,137 --> 00:51:48,448
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT.
I'M BETTER COMPANY.

1157
00:51:50,965 --> 00:51:54,241
[ CHUCKLES ]
MAYBE.

1158
00:51:54,241 --> 00:51:56,068
[ BOTH LAUGH ]

1159
00:51:56,068 --> 00:51:57,620
Woman: THANK YOU.
THAT WAS SO FUN.

1160
00:51:57,620 --> 00:51:59,344
THANK YOU.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.

1161
00:51:59,344 --> 00:52:02,000
OH, SORRY. I HAD TO TAKE
CARE OF A CUSTOMER.

1162
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:05,448
SO WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO ASK ME ABOUT?

1163
00:52:05,448 --> 00:52:07,172
AN OLD ORNAMENT.

1164
00:52:07,172 --> 00:52:09,827
DOES THIS RING A BELL?

1165
00:52:09,827 --> 00:52:12,241
I FOUND IT WITH SOME
OF MY GRANDMA'S STUFF.

1166
00:52:12,241 --> 00:52:14,758
THIS IS ONE
OF MY FIRST ORNAMENTS.

1167
00:52:14,758 --> 00:52:18,551
YEAH, MY THIRD ONE.

1168
00:52:18,551 --> 00:52:20,482
WHO ARE YOU?

1169
00:52:20,482 --> 00:52:23,620
I'M CLARENCE COBB'S
GRANDDAUGHTER.

1170
00:52:23,620 --> 00:52:25,620
DO YOU REMEMBER HIM?

1171
00:52:25,620 --> 00:52:27,310
REMEMBER HIM?

1172
00:52:27,310 --> 00:52:30,379
CLARENCE COBB
SAVED MY BROTHER'S LIFE.

1173
00:52:30,379 --> 00:52:32,137
YOU KNOW, MICHAEL,
I KNEW YOUR GRANDFATHER

1174
00:52:32,137 --> 00:52:33,482
A LITTLE BIT
BACK IN THE DAY.

1175
00:52:33,482 --> 00:52:34,620
HE BOUGHT THAT ORNAMENT

1176
00:52:34,620 --> 00:52:36,379
AND GAVE IT TO
YOUR GRANDMOTHER, MARY,

1177
00:52:36,379 --> 00:52:37,827
WHEN HE ASKED HER
TO MARRY HIM.

1178
00:52:37,827 --> 00:52:40,103
WAIT.
MY GRANDPA PROPOSED?

1179
00:52:40,103 --> 00:52:41,758
NO, NO,
NOT YOUR GRANDPA.

1180
00:52:41,758 --> 00:52:43,068
MICHAEL'S GRANDPA,
RICHARD.

1181
00:52:43,068 --> 00:52:44,551
THEY DID GET MARRIED,
YOU KNOW.

1182
00:52:44,551 --> 00:52:46,206
CLARENCE HAD
ALREADY LEFT TOWN.

1183
00:52:46,206 --> 00:52:49,000
YES, I KNOW.
I-I'M CONFUSED.

1184
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,068
I THOUGHT MY GRANDPA
GAVE MARY THE ORNAMENT.

1185
00:52:52,068 --> 00:52:55,034
ARE YOU SURE? IT'S THE SAME ONE
FROM THE PORTRAIT.

1186
00:52:55,034 --> 00:52:57,068
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT A PORTRAIT.

1187
00:52:57,068 --> 00:53:06,965
♪

1188
00:53:06,965 --> 00:53:08,103
OH, THAT'S --

1189
00:53:08,103 --> 00:53:10,586
THAT'S DEFINITELY
THE ORNAMENT

1190
00:53:10,586 --> 00:53:13,068
AND THAT'S
DEFINITELY MARY.

1191
00:53:13,068 --> 00:53:17,379
GOD, SHE SURE WAS
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

1192
00:53:17,379 --> 00:53:19,620
CLARENCE AND MARY DID SPEND
A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER

1193
00:53:19,620 --> 00:53:21,068
BEFORE HE LEFT TOWN.

1194
00:53:21,068 --> 00:53:24,931
I MEAN, HE WAS SO WORLDLY,
SO CHARMING, YOU KNOW?

1195
00:53:24,931 --> 00:53:26,862
MY GRANDFATHER
KNEW HIM?

1196
00:53:26,862 --> 00:53:28,103
NO, HE WAS STILL SERVING
IN THE ARMY.

1197
00:53:28,103 --> 00:53:30,206
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
HE CAME TO TOWN

1198
00:53:30,206 --> 00:53:32,448
RIGHT AFTER CLARENCE
HAD LEFT FOR GOOD.

1199
00:53:32,448 --> 00:53:34,862
WHY WAS MY GRANDPA IN PINEVILLE
IN THE FIRST PLACE?

1200
00:53:34,862 --> 00:53:38,068
YOUR GRANDFATHER, CLARENCE,
WAS WORKING ON A STORY

1201
00:53:38,068 --> 00:53:41,275
ABOUT MY BROTHER WILSON,
WHO HAD GOTTEN INVOLVED

1202
00:53:41,275 --> 00:53:44,620
IN A VERY SERIOUS CRIME
IN SAN FRANCISCO.

1203
00:53:44,620 --> 00:53:47,275
AND YOUR GRANDFATHER
WAS CONVINCED

1204
00:53:47,275 --> 00:53:48,931
THAT HE WAS
TOTALLY INNOCENT,

1205
00:53:48,931 --> 00:53:51,000
AND HE CAME INTO TOWN
BECAUSE HE WANTED

1206
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,758
TO TALK TO ME
ABOUT MY BROTHER.

1207
00:53:52,758 --> 00:53:55,862
HE WENT OUT AND FOUND
A CRITICAL WITNESS TO THE CRIME.

1208
00:53:55,862 --> 00:53:58,793
HE JUST UP AND LEFT.
HE WAS GONE.

1209
00:53:58,793 --> 00:54:01,413
MICHAEL, YOUR GRANDFATHER
CAME TO TOWN,

1210
00:54:01,413 --> 00:54:03,482
AND HE STARTED
SEEING MARY.

1211
00:54:03,482 --> 00:54:05,965
AND THEN OUT
OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY,

1212
00:54:05,965 --> 00:54:08,862
YOUR GRANDFATHER, CLARENCE,
CALLS ME AND TELLS ME

1213
00:54:08,862 --> 00:54:12,413
THAT MY BROTHER WILSON
IS RELEASED FROM PRISON.

1214
00:54:12,413 --> 00:54:13,448
- AHH.
- YEAH.

1215
00:54:13,448 --> 00:54:15,241
AFTER THE TRIAL,

1216
00:54:15,241 --> 00:54:16,896
YOU KNOW,
I NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

1217
00:54:16,896 --> 00:54:18,517
MY BROTHER AND I
WERE IN EUROPE

1218
00:54:18,517 --> 00:54:20,172
CELEBRATING UNTIL
THE NEW YEAR.

1219
00:54:20,172 --> 00:54:22,034
CLARENCE NEVER CAME BACK.

1220
00:54:22,034 --> 00:54:25,310
I THINK THAT MUST HAVE BROKE
MARY'S HEART A LITTLE BIT.

1221
00:54:25,310 --> 00:54:28,034
BUT YOUR GRANDFATHER,
RICHARD,

1222
00:54:28,034 --> 00:54:30,275
MADE SURE THAT
BROKEN HEART MENDED,

1223
00:54:30,275 --> 00:54:31,551
AND THAT'S FOR SURE,

1224
00:54:31,551 --> 00:54:33,862
BECAUSE THEY WERE
TOTALLY INSEPARABLE.

1225
00:54:33,862 --> 00:54:36,103
SOUNDS LIKE A BIG STORY.

1226
00:54:36,103 --> 00:54:38,137
NO ONE EVER MENTIONED
A CLARENCE.

1227
00:54:38,137 --> 00:54:40,241
NOR A CLARENCE AND MARY.

1228
00:54:40,241 --> 00:54:41,758
OH, NO, NO, NO.

1229
00:54:41,758 --> 00:54:43,689
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT
CLARENCE OR MARY

1230
00:54:43,689 --> 00:54:46,620
OUT OF RESPECT
TO YOUR GRANDFATHER.

1231
00:54:46,620 --> 00:54:48,068
WOW.

1232
00:54:48,068 --> 00:54:51,206
MAYBE HE PAINTED IT

1233
00:54:51,206 --> 00:54:54,275
AND WAS GONNA SEND IT
TO HER FROM OAKLAND.

1234
00:54:54,275 --> 00:54:55,448
MAYBE.

1235
00:54:55,448 --> 00:54:56,620
MY GRANDPA
WAS A GOOD PAINTER,

1236
00:54:56,620 --> 00:54:58,689
BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE HIM
PAINTING SOMETHING

1237
00:54:58,689 --> 00:55:00,517
THAT DETAILED
FROM MEMORY.

1238
00:55:00,517 --> 00:55:02,448
- YEAH.
- HE HAD TO HAVE BEEN THERE.

1239
00:55:02,448 --> 00:55:04,931
OR AT LEAST HAD A PHOTO.

1240
00:55:04,931 --> 00:55:06,655
HMM.

1241
00:55:06,655 --> 00:55:10,586
BUT OTIS SAID
HE NEVER CAME BACK.

1242
00:55:10,586 --> 00:55:13,724
BUT READING
THOSE LETTERS...

1243
00:55:13,724 --> 00:55:16,137
Both: ...THEY REALLY SEEM
TO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.

1244
00:55:20,310 --> 00:55:22,379
I WONDER WHY SHE DIDN'T
GO WITH HIM.

1245
00:55:22,379 --> 00:55:25,586
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
MY GRANDMA WITH ANYONE ELSE,

1246
00:55:25,586 --> 00:55:27,103
BUT IT'S EVEN HARDER
TO IMAGINE

1247
00:55:27,103 --> 00:55:28,758
HER LIVING
ANYWHERE ELSE.

1248
00:55:28,758 --> 00:55:30,034
HOW SO?

1249
00:55:30,034 --> 00:55:31,241
SHE LOVED THIS TOWN.

1250
00:55:31,241 --> 00:55:34,206
SHE WASN'T MUCH
FOR TRAVELING.

1251
00:55:34,206 --> 00:55:36,206
DID THAT SKIP A GENERATION
AND LAND ON YOU?

1252
00:55:36,206 --> 00:55:38,827
NO, LIKE THE BAKING,
I HAD MY FILL OF PINEVILLE.

1253
00:55:38,827 --> 00:55:41,103
IT'S TIME TO MAKE A MOVE.

1254
00:55:41,103 --> 00:55:42,965
REALLY?
YEAH.

1255
00:55:42,965 --> 00:55:44,931
YOUR MOM MENTIONED SOMETHING
ABOUT NEW YORK.

1256
00:55:44,931 --> 00:55:46,758
STEPH GOT
A JOB OFFER THERE.

1257
00:55:46,758 --> 00:55:48,965
WHAT'S SHE DO?

1258
00:55:48,965 --> 00:55:51,551
SHE'S IN
PHARMACEUTICAL SALES.

1259
00:55:51,551 --> 00:55:53,448
SHE'S DOING PRETTY WELL
FOR HERSELF.

1260
00:55:53,448 --> 00:55:56,000
SHE GOT THIS JOB OFFER
THAT SHE CAN'T PASS UP.

1261
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,310
I VISITED NEW YORK IN HIGH
SCHOOL ON A CLASS TRIP,

1262
00:55:58,310 --> 00:56:00,137
AND I FELL IN LOVE
WITH IT.

1263
00:56:00,137 --> 00:56:04,620
I WAS GONNA THERE FOR COLLEGE,
BUT WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

1264
00:56:07,068 --> 00:56:09,655
SAN FRANCISCO
IS NICE, TOO.

1265
00:56:09,655 --> 00:56:12,206
YOUR MOM MENTIONED
YOU HAD A JOB OFFER THERE?

1266
00:56:12,206 --> 00:56:15,482
MOM THINKS THAT.
I ALMOST HAD A JOB.

1267
00:56:15,482 --> 00:56:19,206
THERE WAS THIS RECRUITER.
BIG FINANCE COMPANY.

1268
00:56:19,206 --> 00:56:21,310
I STUDIED FINANCE
IN COLLEGE, TOO.

1269
00:56:21,310 --> 00:56:23,344
YEAH, BUT...

1270
00:56:23,344 --> 00:56:25,586
[ SIGHS ]
WHAT?

1271
00:56:25,586 --> 00:56:28,000
I KNOW THIS
MAY SOUND SILLY,

1272
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:30,034
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYONE THERE AT THE TIME.

1273
00:56:30,034 --> 00:56:34,068
GRANDMA AND GRANDPA
WAS STILL AROUND THEN.

1274
00:56:34,068 --> 00:56:37,827
GRANDPA GOT SICK,
SO THEY NEEDED MY HELP.

1275
00:56:37,827 --> 00:56:40,137
I FELT LIKE I CAN WAIT.

1276
00:56:40,137 --> 00:56:41,551
PINEVILLE, THAT'S FAMILIAR.

1277
00:56:41,551 --> 00:56:43,827
A LOT OF FRIENDS
STILL IN TOWN?

1278
00:56:43,827 --> 00:56:46,482
A LOT SINCE MOVED
TO SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND.

1279
00:56:46,482 --> 00:56:48,689
OH, YEAH?
YEAH.

1280
00:56:48,689 --> 00:56:50,965
FRIENDS IN OAKLAND, HUH?

1281
00:56:50,965 --> 00:56:52,241
A FEW.

1282
00:56:54,620 --> 00:56:56,068
WELL,
NOW YOU HAVE ONE MORE.

1283
00:56:56,068 --> 00:56:58,965
HMM.

1284
00:56:58,965 --> 00:57:01,344
- MICHAEL.
- HEY, THERE.

1285
00:57:01,344 --> 00:57:02,448
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU

1286
00:57:02,448 --> 00:57:04,103
FOR KEEPING
THE BOOK EXCHANGE GOING.

1287
00:57:04,103 --> 00:57:05,793
YOUR GRANDMA
WOULD BE SO PROUD.

1288
00:57:05,793 --> 00:57:07,000
YEAH.

1289
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:08,551
AND THIS YEAR'S COOKIES
WERE DELICIOUS.

1290
00:57:08,551 --> 00:57:10,206
THEY WERE ALMOST
AS GOOD AS HERS.

1291
00:57:10,206 --> 00:57:11,862
- DID YOU BAKE THEM?
- AS A MATTER OF FACT,

1292
00:57:11,862 --> 00:57:13,482
IT WAS THIS YOUNG LADY
RIGHT HERE.

1293
00:57:13,482 --> 00:57:14,482
HI.

1294
00:57:14,482 --> 00:57:16,793
LENA JONES
MEET CLAUDIA FERGUSON.

1295
00:57:16,793 --> 00:57:18,379
MY GRANDMA USED
TO TAKE CARE OF HER

1296
00:57:18,379 --> 00:57:19,689
WHEN SHE WAS
A LITTLE GIRL.

1297
00:57:19,689 --> 00:57:20,793
AND WHEN SHE GOT OLDER,

1298
00:57:20,793 --> 00:57:22,448
SHE STARTED HELPING
OUT WITH MY GRANDMA.

1299
00:57:22,448 --> 00:57:25,413
CLAUDIA.
SHE WAS IN THE LETTERS.

1300
00:57:25,413 --> 00:57:26,379
WHAT?

1301
00:57:26,379 --> 00:57:27,689
YOU KEPT ASKING

1302
00:57:27,689 --> 00:57:29,793
WHEN MY GRANDPA
WAS GONNA COME BACK.

1303
00:57:29,793 --> 00:57:31,551
I ONLY READ IT
IN THE LETTERS,

1304
00:57:31,551 --> 00:57:32,896
BUT I JUST KEPT IMAGINING

1305
00:57:32,896 --> 00:57:35,586
THIS LITTLE GIRL
SO DISAPPOINTED

1306
00:57:35,586 --> 00:57:38,275
THAT MY GRANDPA
NEVER CAME BACK.

1307
00:57:38,275 --> 00:57:40,517
YOUR CLARENCE'S
GRANDDAUGHTER?

1308
00:57:40,517 --> 00:57:42,068
[ Laughing ]
YEAH.

1309
00:57:42,068 --> 00:57:43,551
BUT HE DID COME BACK.

1310
00:57:43,551 --> 00:57:48,448
♪

1311
00:57:48,448 --> 00:57:51,275
CLARENCE.
GRANDPA.

1312
00:57:51,275 --> 00:57:54,551
I REMEMBER WHEN HE SHOWED ME
THOSE INITIALS.

1313
00:57:54,551 --> 00:57:57,103
I WAS JUST TICKLED PINK.

1314
00:57:57,103 --> 00:57:59,068
THINKING ABOUT IT,
THEY PROBABLY HAD TO DO IT

1315
00:57:59,068 --> 00:58:02,827
THE FIRST TIME
HE CAME OUT TO VISIT.

1316
00:58:02,827 --> 00:58:05,172
I REMEMBER YOUR GRANDMOTHER
BEING SO EXCITED

1317
00:58:05,172 --> 00:58:08,275
WHEN SHE WENT TO THE TRAIN
STATION TO PICK HIM UP.

1318
00:58:08,275 --> 00:58:11,275
SHE WAS WATCHING ME THAT DAY,
SO SHE TOOK ME WITH HER

1319
00:58:11,275 --> 00:58:13,896
WHEN SHE GOT HER HAIR DONE.

1320
00:58:13,896 --> 00:58:15,655
SHE GOT A NEW DRESS.

1321
00:58:15,655 --> 00:58:18,241
SHE SEEMED SO GROWN UP.

1322
00:58:18,241 --> 00:58:21,344
YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS ACTUALLY
REALLY PLAYFUL WITH ME,

1323
00:58:21,344 --> 00:58:24,172
KIND OF LIKE A BIG KID.

1324
00:58:24,172 --> 00:58:26,103
SHE WAS MY KINDERGARTEN TEACHER,
YOU KNOW.

1325
00:58:26,103 --> 00:58:27,586
HMM.

1326
00:58:27,586 --> 00:58:29,586
AND I REMEMBER THINKING
THAT YOUR GRANDFATHER

1327
00:58:29,586 --> 00:58:33,896
WAS JUST
SO HANDSOME AND TALL.

1328
00:58:33,896 --> 00:58:35,448
[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

1329
00:58:35,448 --> 00:58:38,310
YEAH, WE SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER.

1330
00:58:38,310 --> 00:58:41,241
I REMEMBER ASKING THEM,
"YOU GONNA GET MARRIED?"

1331
00:58:41,241 --> 00:58:43,172
YOUR GRANDMAMA,
SHE HUSHED ME.

1332
00:58:43,172 --> 00:58:44,344
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME

1333
00:58:44,344 --> 00:58:46,137
I'VE EVER SEEN HER
EMBARRASSED.

1334
00:58:46,137 --> 00:58:50,724
COME TO THINK ABOUT IT,
IT'S PROBABLY WHY I REMEMBER IT.

1335
00:58:50,724 --> 00:58:54,689
IT WAS A PARTY
IN THE TOWN SQUARE.

1336
00:58:54,689 --> 00:58:57,103
IT WAS CHRISTMASTIME.

1337
00:58:57,103 --> 00:59:00,034
WHAT IS IT?

1338
00:59:00,034 --> 00:59:03,689
EVERYONE SEEMED SO HAPPY
TO SEE CLARENCE AGAIN.

1339
00:59:03,689 --> 00:59:05,103
YEAH.

1340
00:59:05,103 --> 00:59:06,655
EXCEPT YOUR GRANDFATHER,
MICHAEL.

1341
00:59:06,655 --> 00:59:08,758
[ SIGHS ]
[ CHUCKLES ]

1342
00:59:08,758 --> 00:59:11,586
SEEMS THEY GOT
IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DUST-UP.

1343
00:59:11,586 --> 00:59:13,448
CLARENCE AND YOUR GRANDFATHER.

1344
00:59:13,448 --> 00:59:15,241
WHAT HAPPENED?

1345
00:59:15,241 --> 00:59:19,103
I HAD TO GO HOME,
BUT DON'T GET THE WRONG IDEA.

1346
00:59:19,103 --> 00:59:21,758
YOUR GRANDFATHER
WAS A VERY NICE MAN.

1347
00:59:21,758 --> 00:59:22,931
YEAH.

1348
00:59:22,931 --> 00:59:25,413
AND YOUR GRANDMOTHER
WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

1349
00:59:25,413 --> 00:59:28,379
NO WONDER SHE HAD ALL THE BOYS
FIGHTING FOR HER AFFECTION.

1350
00:59:28,379 --> 00:59:30,103
YEAH.

1351
00:59:30,103 --> 00:59:31,724
IS THERE
ANYONE ELSE IN TOWN

1352
00:59:31,724 --> 00:59:33,689
WHO WOULD HAVE
KNOWN THEM AT THAT TIME?

1353
00:59:36,482 --> 00:59:39,103
GABE SMITH SPENT A LOT OF TIME
WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER

1354
00:59:39,103 --> 00:59:40,275
FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.

1355
00:59:40,275 --> 00:59:41,517
OH, GABE SMITH.

1356
00:59:41,517 --> 00:59:42,758
GABE SMITH?

1357
00:59:42,758 --> 00:59:45,620
YEAH, WHEN HE WASN'T WITH MARY,
HE WAS WITH HIM.

1358
00:59:45,620 --> 00:59:47,517
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY.

1359
00:59:47,517 --> 00:59:51,000
I JUST REMEMBER THEM SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

1360
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:54,517
- IS HE STILL IN TOWN?
- GABE SMITH.

1361
00:59:54,517 --> 00:59:56,551
YEAH, HE HAS
A CHRISTMAS-TREE LOT.

1362
00:59:56,551 --> 01:00:00,206
THIS IS HIS BUSIEST TIME
OF THE YEAR.

1363
01:00:00,206 --> 01:00:01,517
WHICH REMINDS ME,

1364
01:00:01,517 --> 01:00:05,689
I STILL HAVE TO GET A TREE
FOR THE CAFE TONIGHT.

1365
01:00:05,689 --> 01:00:07,344
WELL, LET'S GO
GET A CHRISTMAS TREE.

1366
01:00:07,344 --> 01:00:08,310
LET'S GO
GET A CHRISTMAS TREE.

1367
01:00:12,448 --> 01:00:18,965
♪

1368
01:00:18,965 --> 01:00:20,000
DO YOU SEE HIM?

1369
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:22,034
NO, HE'S AROUND
HERE SOMEWHERE.

1370
01:00:22,034 --> 01:00:24,448
HE KNOWS ME.
HE'LL FIND US.

1371
01:00:25,896 --> 01:00:27,586
I FEEL LIKE A BIG KID
AT CHRISTMAS.

1372
01:00:27,586 --> 01:00:29,517
THIS IS SO EXCITING.

1373
01:00:29,517 --> 01:00:31,896
YEAH.

1374
01:00:31,896 --> 01:00:33,172
ARE YOU OKAY?

1375
01:00:33,172 --> 01:00:36,068
YEAH, YEAH, IT'S JUST HEARING
ALL THE STORIES

1376
01:00:36,068 --> 01:00:38,620
AND READING
ALL THE LETTERS,

1377
01:00:38,620 --> 01:00:41,586
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR GRANDPA
WAS CRAZY ABOUT MY GRANDMA.

1378
01:00:41,586 --> 01:00:43,793
OH, I CAN'T BLAME HIM.

1379
01:00:43,793 --> 01:00:45,793
NOW, I AM GLAD
HE WOUND UP WITH MY GRANDMA...

1380
01:00:45,793 --> 01:00:48,448
OBVIOUSLY.

1381
01:00:48,448 --> 01:00:49,862
I KNOW THIS SOUNDS
SELF-CENTERED,

1382
01:00:49,862 --> 01:00:52,793
BUT BEFORE
THESE PAST FEW DAYS,

1383
01:00:52,793 --> 01:00:54,586
I JUST NEVER
GAVE MUCH THOUGHT

1384
01:00:54,586 --> 01:00:56,413
TO MY GRANDPARENTS
BEING YOUNG.

1385
01:00:56,413 --> 01:00:58,275
YEAH. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW,
SEEING THE PICTURES

1386
01:00:58,275 --> 01:00:59,724
AND HEARING THE STORIES

1387
01:00:59,724 --> 01:01:02,137
ABOUT ALL THE WILD NIGHTS
AND PARTIES,

1388
01:01:02,137 --> 01:01:03,758
KIND OF LIKE
HAVE YOU THINKING,

1389
01:01:03,758 --> 01:01:05,931
LIKE,
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

1390
01:01:05,931 --> 01:01:07,586
I'M GLAD
YOU'RE HERE TO HELP.

1391
01:01:07,586 --> 01:01:09,862
HELP?
WITH THE TREE.

1392
01:01:09,862 --> 01:01:11,689
OH, GRANDMA WOULD NEVER
FORGIVE ME

1393
01:01:11,689 --> 01:01:13,862
IF I FORGOT TO PUT A TREE UP
IN THE CAFE.

1394
01:01:13,862 --> 01:01:17,275
I HAVEN'T PICKED OUT A TREE
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,

1395
01:01:17,275 --> 01:01:19,034
SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH HELP I'LL BE.

1396
01:01:19,034 --> 01:01:21,275
YOU SAID YOUR MOTHER
WAS THE QUEEN OF CHRISTMAS.

1397
01:01:21,275 --> 01:01:22,965
OH, SHE IS.

1398
01:01:22,965 --> 01:01:25,586
AND WHAT THE QUEEN WANTS,
THE QUEEN GETS.

1399
01:01:25,586 --> 01:01:27,413
WELL, HOW ABOUT

1400
01:01:27,413 --> 01:01:29,586
YOU WOULD LIKE
TO BE A QUEEN FOR A DAY.

1401
01:01:29,586 --> 01:01:31,965
I'D LIKE THAT VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.

1402
01:01:34,482 --> 01:01:36,068
THIS ONE.

1403
01:01:36,068 --> 01:01:37,931
UH, YOU SURE?

1404
01:01:37,931 --> 01:01:40,758
WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?
TALL AND SLENDER.

1405
01:01:40,758 --> 01:01:44,068
AND IT WOULD BE CALLED
THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA.

1406
01:01:44,068 --> 01:01:45,034
[ SIGHS ]

1407
01:01:45,034 --> 01:01:46,137
I'LL GIVE YOU A TIP,
YOUR HIGHNESS.

1408
01:01:46,137 --> 01:01:47,965
THE KEY TO PICKING OUT
A TREE

1409
01:01:47,965 --> 01:01:50,310
IS THE NAME THAT COMES TO MIND
WHEN YOU SEE IT.

1410
01:01:50,310 --> 01:01:52,310
MM-HMM.

1411
01:01:52,310 --> 01:01:54,517
THIS ONE'S PERFECT,
MICHAEL.

1412
01:01:54,517 --> 01:01:59,068
WHAT NAME COMES TO MIND
WHEN YOU SEE THIS?

1413
01:01:59,068 --> 01:02:02,034
♪ A-TISKET, A-TASKET ♪

1414
01:02:02,034 --> 01:02:04,275
♪ A BIG, BRIGHT
CHRISTMAS BASKET ♪

1415
01:02:04,275 --> 01:02:06,344
[ BOTH LAUGH ]

1416
01:02:06,344 --> 01:02:08,551
THIS IS THE ONE.

1417
01:02:08,551 --> 01:02:11,620
MICHAEL.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.

1418
01:02:11,620 --> 01:02:13,482
SOMEBODY SAID
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ME.

1419
01:02:17,655 --> 01:02:19,310
CLARENCE WAS
A DEAR FRIEND.

1420
01:02:19,310 --> 01:02:21,310
HE USED TO COME OUT HERE
AND WRITE,

1421
01:02:21,310 --> 01:02:22,344
PAINT THE TREES.

1422
01:02:22,344 --> 01:02:24,620
WE'D STAY UP LATE
SOME NIGHTS TALKING.

1423
01:02:24,620 --> 01:02:26,172
WHAT DID YOU
TALK ABOUT?

1424
01:02:26,172 --> 01:02:31,000
EVERYTHING, LIFE, LOVE,
WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO.

1425
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:33,000
LOOKING BACK NOW,

1426
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:36,862
HECK, I REALLY HAVEN'T THOUGHT
ABOUT IT FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

1427
01:02:36,862 --> 01:02:40,206
CERTAINLY NOT CLARENCE
AND MARY AND THE BREAK-UP.

1428
01:02:40,206 --> 01:02:42,689
WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM?

1429
01:02:42,689 --> 01:02:45,000
HOW DID THEY BREAK UP?
WHY DID THEY BREAK UP?

1430
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:46,379
CLARENCE WAS GOING BACK
TO THE BAY.

1431
01:02:46,379 --> 01:02:48,965
IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
HE GOT A JOB.

1432
01:02:48,965 --> 01:02:50,551
SHE WOULDN'T GO?

1433
01:02:50,551 --> 01:02:51,758
SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.

1434
01:02:51,758 --> 01:02:54,517
ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS COME BACK
AND GET HER.

1435
01:02:54,517 --> 01:02:56,758
BUT HE KEPT
DELAYING HIS RETURN.

1436
01:02:56,758 --> 01:02:59,931
BY THE TIME HE CAME BACK
TO PINEVILLE THAT CHRISTMAS,

1437
01:02:59,931 --> 01:03:02,172
YOUR GRANDMOTHER
HAD FOUND RICHARD.

1438
01:03:02,172 --> 01:03:03,896
IT WAS OVER.

1439
01:03:03,896 --> 01:03:07,034
MARY LOVED CLARENCE.

1440
01:03:07,034 --> 01:03:09,827
BUT SHE LOVED HIM AS A FRIEND
BY THE TIME HE CAME BACK.

1441
01:03:09,827 --> 01:03:11,896
- AND IT WAS TOO LATE THEN.
- YEAH.

1442
01:03:11,896 --> 01:03:13,620
SHE HAD FALLEN FOR RICHARD.

1443
01:03:13,620 --> 01:03:15,034
BAD TIMING.

1444
01:03:15,034 --> 01:03:16,517
WELL, MAYBE.

1445
01:03:16,517 --> 01:03:20,206
BUT NOTHING WAS GONNA STOP
CLARENCE GOING BACK TO THE BAY.

1446
01:03:20,206 --> 01:03:22,241
MARY WAS NEVER GONNA LEAVE
PINEVILLE

1447
01:03:22,241 --> 01:03:23,689
NOW THAT SHE FOUND RICHARD.

1448
01:03:23,689 --> 01:03:24,862
THAT SEALED THE DEAL.

1449
01:03:24,862 --> 01:03:28,862
SO MARY AND CLARENCE,
JUST...

1450
01:03:28,862 --> 01:03:30,379
PASSING SHIPS
IN THE NIGHT, HUH?

1451
01:03:30,379 --> 01:03:32,068
OH, NO,
IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.

1452
01:03:32,068 --> 01:03:34,482
HECK, THAT'S WHY HE PAINTED
THAT PAINTING.

1453
01:03:34,482 --> 01:03:36,931
I STILL REMEMBER
WHEN HE GAVE IT TO HER.

1454
01:03:36,931 --> 01:03:38,275
WAIT.
HE GAVE IT TO HER?

1455
01:03:38,275 --> 01:03:40,551
- SURE.
- WOW.

1456
01:03:40,551 --> 01:03:42,103
IT WAS SKETCHED DURING A PARTY
AT THE CAFE

1457
01:03:42,103 --> 01:03:44,482
WHEN MARY WAS DECORATING
THE TREE

1458
01:03:44,482 --> 01:03:46,379
THE LAST TIME HE WAS IN TOWN.

1459
01:03:46,379 --> 01:03:48,551
HE CAME BACK OUT HERE
TO FINISH IT.

1460
01:03:48,551 --> 01:03:50,655
GIVING IT ONE LAST TRY,
YOU KNOW?

1461
01:03:50,655 --> 01:03:52,551
TO GIVE IT TO HER
BEFORE HE LEFT TOWN,

1462
01:03:52,551 --> 01:03:53,827
HOPING THAT MAYBE
THAT WOULD CONVINCE HER

1463
01:03:53,827 --> 01:03:55,896
TO COME WITH HIM
BACK TO THE BAY.

1464
01:03:55,896 --> 01:03:58,310
SO CLARENCE GIVES MARY
THE PAINTING.

1465
01:03:58,310 --> 01:03:59,586
SHE TAKES A LOOK AT IT,

1466
01:03:59,586 --> 01:04:02,413
SAYS, "CLARENCE,
I KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE.

1467
01:04:02,413 --> 01:04:04,172
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FORGET YOU,

1468
01:04:04,172 --> 01:04:07,137
SEND ME A PAINTING OF YOU
SOMEDAY.

1469
01:04:07,137 --> 01:04:09,482
I LOVE YOU.
I ALWAYS WILL.

1470
01:04:09,482 --> 01:04:11,482
BUT MY HEART
BELONGS TO RICHARD."

1471
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,689
CLARENCE'S BROKEN HEART
LEFT TOWN NOT LONG.

1472
01:04:16,689 --> 01:04:18,000
THE LAST I HEARD,

1473
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:20,034
HE'D RUN INTO HIS OLD
HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.

1474
01:04:20,034 --> 01:04:21,931
GRANDMA.
I IMAGINE.

1475
01:04:21,931 --> 01:04:24,965
LOST TRACK OF HIM
NOT LONG AFTER.

1476
01:04:24,965 --> 01:04:27,758
YEARS GO BY, LOSE TOUCH.

1477
01:04:27,758 --> 01:04:31,241
LIKE I SAID,
WE ALL MOVE ON.

1478
01:04:31,241 --> 01:04:33,172
AND FROM WHERE I'M SITTING,

1479
01:04:33,172 --> 01:04:35,896
CLARENCE AND MARY MOVING IN
OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

1480
01:04:35,896 --> 01:04:37,000
WAS FOR THE BEST.

1481
01:04:39,620 --> 01:04:46,034
YOU KNOW, IT DOES FEEL LIKE
CLARENCE IS HERE AGAIN WITH US.

1482
01:04:46,034 --> 01:04:50,551
THANK YOU.

1483
01:04:50,551 --> 01:04:52,551
HOW MUCH DO WE OWE YOU
FOR THE TREE?

1484
01:04:52,551 --> 01:04:54,344
FOR CLARENCE'S GRANDDAUGHTER?

1485
01:04:54,344 --> 01:04:56,758
IT'S ON THE HOUSE.

1486
01:04:56,758 --> 01:04:58,034
MERRY CHRISTMAS.

1487
01:04:58,034 --> 01:05:00,103
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.

1488
01:05:01,310 --> 01:05:04,344
[ CELLPHONE DINGS ]

1489
01:05:04,344 --> 01:05:05,448
SHOOT.

1490
01:05:05,448 --> 01:05:06,862
WHAT'S UP?

1491
01:05:06,862 --> 01:05:08,689
I HAVE TO HEAD
TO THE TRAIN STATION.

1492
01:05:08,689 --> 01:05:10,724
OH.

1493
01:05:10,724 --> 01:05:16,000
♪

1494
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:17,965
Stephanie: SO HOW'S YOUR STORY
ABOUT US COMING ALONG?

1495
01:05:17,965 --> 01:05:19,931
ABOUT YOU?

1496
01:05:19,931 --> 01:05:21,655
DID MICHAEL
TELL YOU ABOUT THAT TIME

1497
01:05:21,655 --> 01:05:23,551
MARY AND I DECORATED
THAT CAKE TOGETHER?

1498
01:05:23,551 --> 01:05:25,172
I DIDN'T GET AROUND
TO THAT YET.

1499
01:05:25,172 --> 01:05:26,862
YOU SHOULD TELL HER.

1500
01:05:26,862 --> 01:05:29,862
MAYBE AT THE SANTA.
WHAT TIME IS IT?

1501
01:05:29,862 --> 01:05:31,724
SANTA?

1502
01:05:31,724 --> 01:05:32,931
I DON'T THINK

1503
01:05:32,931 --> 01:05:34,655
I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE
IT TONIGHT, BABE.

1504
01:05:34,655 --> 01:05:36,000
IT WAS A LONG TRIP,

1505
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:38,862
AND I HAVE TO HEAD OUT AGAIN
FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING.

1506
01:05:38,862 --> 01:05:40,172
YOU TRAVEL A LOT.

1507
01:05:40,172 --> 01:05:42,241
[ SIGHS ]
REALLY, JUST LATELY.

1508
01:05:42,241 --> 01:05:44,413
IT'S ESPECIALLY BUSY
THIS TIME OF YEAR.

1509
01:05:44,413 --> 01:05:46,137
BUT AFTER TOMORROW'S TRIP,

1510
01:05:46,137 --> 01:05:48,103
ONE MORE TRIP
OUT OF TOWN, THEN I'M BACK.

1511
01:05:48,103 --> 01:05:49,379
WOW.

1512
01:05:49,379 --> 01:05:51,413
AND WE'LL BE MOVING
TO NEW YORK

1513
01:05:51,413 --> 01:05:53,310
AFTER THE FIRST
OF THE YEAR.

1514
01:05:53,310 --> 01:05:54,724
BUT AFTER CHRISTMAS,

1515
01:05:54,724 --> 01:05:57,586
WE'RE FINALLY OFF
ON OUR LONG OVERDUE VACATION.

1516
01:05:57,586 --> 01:05:59,620
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS
GOING?

1517
01:05:59,620 --> 01:06:00,931
- THE OUTER BANKS.
- NOT SURE YET.

1518
01:06:00,931 --> 01:06:05,931
♪

1519
01:06:11,793 --> 01:06:13,965
HEY, ARE YOU SURE
YOU CAN'T COME?

1520
01:06:13,965 --> 01:06:15,103
BABE.

1521
01:06:15,103 --> 01:06:16,793
I COULD REALLY USE A HAND.

1522
01:06:16,793 --> 01:06:18,896
I'M BEAT.

1523
01:06:18,896 --> 01:06:20,344
I DON'T THINK
I'LL BE MUCH HELP

1524
01:06:20,344 --> 01:06:23,137
AND I HAVE TO HEAD OUT AGAIN
FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING.

1525
01:06:23,137 --> 01:06:24,758
I NEED MY REST.

1526
01:06:24,758 --> 01:06:26,137
ALRIGHT.

1527
01:06:26,137 --> 01:06:34,655
♪

1528
01:06:34,655 --> 01:06:37,448
YOU MIND GIVING ME A LIFT
BACK TO THE CAFE?

1529
01:06:37,448 --> 01:06:38,965
I WASN'T GONNA BRING
THE TREE

1530
01:06:38,965 --> 01:06:39,862
BACK TO MY HOTEL.

1531
01:06:39,862 --> 01:06:40,965
THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE.

1532
01:06:40,965 --> 01:06:51,413
♪

1533
01:06:51,413 --> 01:06:53,310
YOU KNOW,
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU,

1534
01:06:53,310 --> 01:06:55,586
I DON'T THINK
I WOULD HAVE FOUND OUT

1535
01:06:55,586 --> 01:06:57,068
SO MUCH ABOUT MY GRANDPA.

1536
01:06:57,068 --> 01:06:59,068
THANK YOU.

1537
01:06:59,068 --> 01:07:00,586
AND THANK YOU.

1538
01:07:00,586 --> 01:07:01,862
HEARING ALL THESE THINGS

1539
01:07:01,862 --> 01:07:03,517
IS LIKE MY GRANDMA'S
HERE AGAIN.

1540
01:07:03,517 --> 01:07:05,862
[ CHUCKLES ]

1541
01:07:05,862 --> 01:07:07,241
YOU WERE SUCH
A BIG HELP TO ME,

1542
01:07:07,241 --> 01:07:10,517
IF YOU NEED ANY HELP
AT THE STORE WITH THE SANTA,

1543
01:07:10,517 --> 01:07:12,896
WHATEVER THAT MEANS,
I COULD HERE THERE.

1544
01:07:12,896 --> 01:07:15,241
- REALLY?
- SURE.

1545
01:07:21,689 --> 01:07:23,482
♪ JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS ♪

1546
01:07:23,482 --> 01:07:26,793
♪ JINGLE ALL THE WAY ♪

1547
01:07:26,793 --> 01:07:29,448
♪ OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE ♪

1548
01:07:29,448 --> 01:07:32,137
♪ IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH ♪

1549
01:07:32,137 --> 01:07:33,275
♪ HEY! ♪

1550
01:07:33,275 --> 01:07:36,137
♪ JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS ♪

1551
01:07:36,137 --> 01:07:39,068
♪ JINGLE ALL THE WAY ♪

1552
01:07:39,068 --> 01:07:41,655
♪ OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE ♪

1553
01:07:41,655 --> 01:07:44,103
♪ IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH ♪

1554
01:07:45,482 --> 01:07:46,758
THANKS SO MUCH
FOR THE HELP.

1555
01:07:46,758 --> 01:07:49,517
OH, IT WAS A BLAST.

1556
01:07:49,517 --> 01:07:52,586
THIS IS A GOOD LOOK
FOR YOU, BY THE WAY.

1557
01:07:52,586 --> 01:07:54,862
THANK YOU.

1558
01:07:54,862 --> 01:07:56,793
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO YOUR STORY, LENA.

1559
01:07:56,793 --> 01:07:57,931
THANK YOU.

1560
01:07:57,931 --> 01:07:59,620
ME TOO.

1561
01:07:59,620 --> 01:08:01,448
I GOT ALL MY INFORMATION.

1562
01:08:01,448 --> 01:08:03,241
NOW I JUST GOT TO PUT IT
ALL TOGETHER.

1563
01:08:03,241 --> 01:08:05,827
DOWN TO THE WIRE.

1564
01:08:05,827 --> 01:08:08,310
YOU KNOW, SINCE
ALL MY RESEARCH IS DONE,

1565
01:08:08,310 --> 01:08:10,965
I SHOULD PROBABLY
BE HEADING BACK HOME.

1566
01:08:10,965 --> 01:08:14,137
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE

1567
01:08:14,137 --> 01:08:16,758
I SHOULD SEE
BEFORE I LEAVE.

1568
01:08:16,758 --> 01:08:18,413
I CAN SHOW YOU
AROUND TOMORROW.

1569
01:08:18,413 --> 01:08:20,482
I'D LOVE THAT.

1570
01:08:22,275 --> 01:08:24,172
WELL, GOOD NIGHT.

1571
01:08:24,172 --> 01:08:25,724
- GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.

1572
01:08:25,724 --> 01:08:27,206
GOOD NIGHT.

1573
01:08:30,310 --> 01:08:35,206
SHE SEEMS LIKE A VERY
NICE WOMAN, MICHAEL.

1574
01:08:35,206 --> 01:08:38,000
WHAT?

1575
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:41,448
IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE LIKE
OUR GRANDPARENTS.

1576
01:08:41,448 --> 01:08:42,793
IF SHE WASN'T GOING BACK HOME

1577
01:08:42,793 --> 01:08:45,827
AND ME HEADING INTO
ANOTHER DIRECTION

1578
01:08:45,827 --> 01:08:48,344
WITH SOMEONE ELSE,
WHO KNOWS.

1579
01:08:48,344 --> 01:08:52,620
YOU'RE FORGETTING
ONE THING, MICHAEL.

1580
01:08:52,620 --> 01:08:54,482
AND WHAT IS THAT, MOM?

1581
01:08:54,482 --> 01:08:57,413
YOU'RE NOT
YOUR GRANDPARENTS.

1582
01:08:57,413 --> 01:08:58,448
OKAY?

1583
01:09:01,275 --> 01:09:02,827
LISTEN TO YOUR MAMA.

1584
01:09:02,827 --> 01:09:05,758
[ SIGHS ]

1585
01:09:08,034 --> 01:09:11,275
[ SIGHS ]

1586
01:09:11,275 --> 01:09:18,758
♪

1587
01:09:18,758 --> 01:09:21,344
MM.

1588
01:09:21,344 --> 01:09:33,137
♪

1589
01:09:33,137 --> 01:09:36,137
[ SIGHS ]

1590
01:09:36,137 --> 01:09:50,448
♪

1591
01:09:50,448 --> 01:09:52,896
[ SIGHS ]

1592
01:09:52,896 --> 01:09:54,827
NOT BAD.

1593
01:09:54,827 --> 01:09:58,379
♪ OOH ♪

1594
01:09:58,379 --> 01:10:01,413
♪ OHHH, YEAH ♪

1595
01:10:01,413 --> 01:10:04,448
♪ OOHH-HOO-HOO ♪

1596
01:10:04,448 --> 01:10:10,482
♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS ♪

1597
01:10:10,482 --> 01:10:15,931
♪ THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR ♪

1598
01:10:15,931 --> 01:10:21,689
♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS ♪

1599
01:10:21,689 --> 01:10:25,172
♪ MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR ♪

1600
01:10:27,241 --> 01:10:29,482
SO HAVE I SEEN
EVERYTHING?

1601
01:10:29,482 --> 01:10:31,724
MM. JUST ABOUT.

1602
01:10:31,724 --> 01:10:33,896
OF COURSE,
THE FLOWERS AROUND TOWN

1603
01:10:33,896 --> 01:10:36,034
IN THE SUMMERTIME
ARE GREAT, TOO.

1604
01:10:36,034 --> 01:10:38,310
AND THE LEAVES
IN THE FALL, OH, MAN.

1605
01:10:38,310 --> 01:10:40,931
YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE
GONNA MISS THIS PLACE

1606
01:10:40,931 --> 01:10:42,517
WHEN YOU MOVE TO NEW YORK.

1607
01:10:42,517 --> 01:10:44,413
AT FIRST I DIDN'T,

1608
01:10:44,413 --> 01:10:48,206
BUT NOW I FEEL
I'M GONNA MISS IT A LOT.

1609
01:10:52,965 --> 01:10:56,034
YOU SHOULD COME
TO OAKLAND SOMETIME.

1610
01:10:56,034 --> 01:10:57,793
WE HAVE A LOT
OF NICE THINGS THERE, TOO.

1611
01:11:01,310 --> 01:11:05,448
YOU EVER THINK...

1612
01:11:05,448 --> 01:11:07,724
WHAT?

1613
01:11:07,724 --> 01:11:10,206
...MOVING THERE INSTEAD?

1614
01:11:10,206 --> 01:11:12,620
TO OAKLAND?

1615
01:11:12,620 --> 01:11:14,068
WHY?

1616
01:11:16,344 --> 01:11:19,379
BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE I AM.

1617
01:11:19,379 --> 01:11:21,310
YOU KNOW, LENA,
I WAS TALKING TO MY MOM

1618
01:11:21,310 --> 01:11:22,862
ABOUT ALL THE STUFF
WE LEARNED

1619
01:11:22,862 --> 01:11:24,000
ABOUT OUR GRANDPARENTS

1620
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:25,793
AND HOW THAT WAS
REMINDED ME OF --

1621
01:11:25,793 --> 01:11:35,724
♪

1622
01:11:35,724 --> 01:11:37,965
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

1623
01:11:37,965 --> 01:11:40,241
BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO,
AND I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T.

1624
01:11:43,103 --> 01:11:44,551
LOOK, LENA...

1625
01:11:44,551 --> 01:11:47,551
AM I WRONG?

1626
01:11:47,551 --> 01:11:48,655
IT'S COMPLICATED.

1627
01:11:48,655 --> 01:11:50,517
AM I WRONG?

1628
01:11:52,275 --> 01:11:54,689
LENA...

1629
01:11:54,689 --> 01:11:59,103
YOU ARE AMAZING.

1630
01:11:59,103 --> 01:12:02,103
BUT...

1631
01:12:02,103 --> 01:12:05,448
STEPH AND I...

1632
01:12:05,448 --> 01:12:08,137
LOOK, I HAVE BEEN TRYING
TO GET OUT OF THIS TOWN

1633
01:12:08,137 --> 01:12:10,517
FOR A LONG TIME,

1634
01:12:10,517 --> 01:12:13,068
AND I'M FINALLY...

1635
01:12:13,068 --> 01:12:16,275
I FINALLY GET A CHANCE
TO GO TO NEW YORK.

1636
01:12:16,275 --> 01:12:17,896
AND YOU'RE HEADING BACK
TO OAKLAND.

1637
01:12:20,655 --> 01:12:22,482
THEN WE ARE JUST
LIKE OUR GRANDPARENTS,

1638
01:12:22,482 --> 01:12:24,827
AREN'T WE?

1639
01:12:24,827 --> 01:12:54,413
♪

1640
01:12:54,413 --> 01:12:57,068
I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.

1641
01:12:57,068 --> 01:12:58,655
AND I'LL NEVER
FORGET YOU.

1642
01:12:58,655 --> 01:13:05,931
♪

1643
01:13:05,931 --> 01:13:09,068
[ CHUCKLES SOFTLY ]

1644
01:13:09,068 --> 01:13:10,172
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

1645
01:13:10,172 --> 01:13:12,620
YOU OKAY, SON?

1646
01:13:12,620 --> 01:13:14,724
YEAH, YEAH, I'M FINE.

1647
01:13:14,724 --> 01:13:17,103
I THOUGHT YOU WERE
GOING TO PICK UP STEPHANIE.

1648
01:13:17,103 --> 01:13:18,862
SHE WASN'T SURE WHICH TRAIN
TO BE TAKING BACK,

1649
01:13:18,862 --> 01:13:20,000
SO SHE'S UBERING.

1650
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:23,448
[ CHUCKLING ]

1651
01:13:23,448 --> 01:13:24,689
THAT'S A CHANGE.

1652
01:13:24,689 --> 01:13:27,275
STEPHANIE IN AN UBER.

1653
01:13:27,275 --> 01:13:28,206
I THOUGHT YOU WERE

1654
01:13:28,206 --> 01:13:29,896
HER DEDICATED CHAUFFEUR,
JEEVES.

1655
01:13:29,896 --> 01:13:31,103
YOU KNOW WHAT?

1656
01:13:31,103 --> 01:13:34,206
IT FEELS THAT WAY SOMETIMES,
DOESN'T IT?

1657
01:13:34,206 --> 01:13:37,068
YOU GUYS OKAY?

1658
01:13:37,068 --> 01:13:38,448
I DON'T THINK SO.

1659
01:13:38,448 --> 01:13:41,172
THINK ABOUT
NOT GOING TO NEW YORK?

1660
01:13:41,172 --> 01:13:43,551
I MEAN,
DON'T GET ME WRONG,

1661
01:13:43,551 --> 01:13:45,413
I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU
STICK AROUND.

1662
01:13:45,413 --> 01:13:47,758
MAN, YOU'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THAT FOREVER.

1663
01:13:47,758 --> 01:13:50,551
NO, I STILL LOVE
NEW YORK.

1664
01:13:50,551 --> 01:13:52,896
I JUST...

1665
01:13:52,896 --> 01:13:54,586
DON'T LOVE STEPHANIE.

1666
01:13:54,586 --> 01:13:57,620
I DO.

1667
01:13:57,620 --> 01:14:01,551
BUT...

1668
01:14:01,551 --> 01:14:02,758
I DON'T.

1669
01:14:04,137 --> 01:14:07,172
I DON'T LOVE
STEPHANIE, DAD.

1670
01:14:07,172 --> 01:14:11,620
WELL, WHAT ABOUT LENA?

1671
01:14:11,620 --> 01:14:13,620
WHAT ABOUT HER?
COME ON, MAN.

1672
01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:18,103
I JUST WISH
WE WEREN'T

1673
01:14:18,103 --> 01:14:19,275
HEADING IN TWO
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

1674
01:14:19,275 --> 01:14:20,862
THAT'S ALL.

1675
01:14:20,862 --> 01:14:27,206
♪

1676
01:14:27,206 --> 01:14:30,034
[ SIGHS ]

1677
01:14:30,034 --> 01:14:52,793
♪

1678
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:00,724
IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE
MEETING YOU.

1679
01:15:00,724 --> 01:15:02,241
YOU TOO.

1680
01:15:02,241 --> 01:15:04,000
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, HONEY.

1681
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:06,724
THANK YOU.
YES.

1682
01:15:06,724 --> 01:15:08,862
I WAS THINKING...
HMM?

1683
01:15:08,862 --> 01:15:11,758
...YOU GUYS
SHOULD HAVE THIS.

1684
01:15:11,758 --> 01:15:12,862
- ARE YOU SURE?
- WOW.

1685
01:15:12,862 --> 01:15:15,344
ABSOLUTELY.

1686
01:15:15,344 --> 01:15:18,310
MERRY CHRISTMAS.

1687
01:15:18,310 --> 01:15:20,551
AND WE THOUGHT
YOU SHOULD HAVE THESE.

1688
01:15:23,551 --> 01:15:24,896
ALL OF THEM.

1689
01:15:27,068 --> 01:15:29,931
OH!
I AM DONE FOR THE YEAR.

1690
01:15:29,931 --> 01:15:31,000
WHAT HAS TWO THUMBS

1691
01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:33,103
AND IS READY
FOR HER VACATION?

1692
01:15:33,103 --> 01:15:35,275
HMM? THIS GIRL.

1693
01:15:35,275 --> 01:15:38,068
I HAVE A DEADLINE,
SO...

1694
01:15:38,068 --> 01:15:40,620
I SHOULD GET GOING.
THANKS AGAIN.

1695
01:15:40,620 --> 01:15:43,379
BYE.
BYE-BYE, SWEETHEART.

1696
01:15:43,379 --> 01:15:44,482
GOODBYE.
BYE.

1697
01:15:46,034 --> 01:15:48,344
UNH.

1698
01:15:48,344 --> 01:15:51,275
♪ OOH-HOO-HOO ♪

1699
01:15:51,275 --> 01:15:58,275
♪ HERE WE GATHER TOGETHER
ONCE MORE ♪

1700
01:15:58,275 --> 01:16:02,241
♪ LIKE BEFORE ♪

1701
01:16:02,241 --> 01:16:06,862
♪ THOUGH SOME OF US
HAVE COME AND GONE ♪

1702
01:16:06,862 --> 01:16:08,965
♪ AND EVERYONE KNOWS ♪

1703
01:16:08,965 --> 01:16:11,551
♪ NOTHING SAYS HOME
LIKE CHRISTMAS ♪

1704
01:16:11,551 --> 01:16:15,103
WOW. LOVE, LOVE.

1705
01:16:15,103 --> 01:16:16,448
YOU DO?
I DO.

1706
01:16:16,448 --> 01:16:20,000
AND I THINK OUR READERS
ARE GOING TO LOVE IT, TOO.

1707
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:21,620
IT'S A GREAT STORY.

1708
01:16:21,620 --> 01:16:22,689
THANK YOU.

1709
01:16:22,689 --> 01:16:25,724
OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T
INTRODUCE YOU.

1710
01:16:25,724 --> 01:16:27,862
LENA, THIS IS WILL.
MY NEW ASSISTANT.

1711
01:16:27,862 --> 01:16:32,482
WILL, THIS IS LENA JONES,
OUR NEW STAFF WRITER.

1712
01:16:32,482 --> 01:16:33,517
YOU MEAN...

1713
01:16:33,517 --> 01:16:36,172
CONGRATULATIONS.
WELCOME TO THE STAFF.

1714
01:16:36,172 --> 01:16:37,310
YES!

1715
01:16:37,310 --> 01:16:40,827
- CONGRATULATIONS.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1716
01:16:40,827 --> 01:16:41,931
THANKS, WILL.

1717
01:16:41,931 --> 01:16:44,000
ALRIGHT.

1718
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:46,413
LENA, YOU'VE SET
THE BAR PRETTY HIGH.

1719
01:16:46,413 --> 01:16:48,827
YOU'VE GOT REAL TALENT,
SO NEXT YEAR,

1720
01:16:48,827 --> 01:16:50,241
I'M GONNA MOVE YOU ON

1721
01:16:50,241 --> 01:16:52,482
TO, YOU KNOW,
MORE INVESTIGATIVE, EDGY THINGS.

1722
01:16:52,482 --> 01:16:53,620
I THINK ONE DAY,

1723
01:16:53,620 --> 01:16:55,206
YOU CAN BE
THE HEAD WRITER HERE.

1724
01:16:55,206 --> 01:16:57,448
THANK YOU, VIVIAN.

1725
01:16:57,448 --> 01:17:01,206
YOU KNOW, YOUR GRANDFATHER
WAS A WONDERFUL MAN.

1726
01:17:01,206 --> 01:17:02,448
YEAH, HE WAS.

1727
01:17:02,448 --> 01:17:04,172
MISS MARY,
SHE WAS TERRIFIC, TOO.

1728
01:17:04,172 --> 01:17:06,689
AND MISS CLAUDIA
AND OTIS.

1729
01:17:06,689 --> 01:17:07,827
YEAH.

1730
01:17:07,827 --> 01:17:09,413
SO TELL ME,

1731
01:17:09,413 --> 01:17:11,689
WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO THE GRANDSON?

1732
01:17:11,689 --> 01:17:12,965
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

1733
01:17:12,965 --> 01:17:14,482
WELL, YOU WROTE SO FONDLY
ABOUT HIM.

1734
01:17:14,482 --> 01:17:15,655
I THOUGHT
THERE MIGHT BE

1735
01:17:15,655 --> 01:17:17,137
A LITTLE
SOMETHING-SOMETHING THERE.

1736
01:17:17,137 --> 01:17:21,551
UM...IT JUST
DIDN'T WORK OUT.

1737
01:17:21,551 --> 01:17:22,862
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

1738
01:17:22,862 --> 01:17:25,310
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
A NICE TOUCH TO THE STORY,

1739
01:17:25,310 --> 01:17:28,275
BUT ANYWAYS, YOU GO
AND ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY.

1740
01:17:28,275 --> 01:17:29,551
YOU'VE EARNED IT.

1741
01:17:29,551 --> 01:17:32,068
THANKS.
YOU'RE WELCOME.

1742
01:17:32,068 --> 01:17:35,448
LENA...

1743
01:17:35,448 --> 01:17:37,379
I'M SORRY THAT MICHAEL
GOT AWAY.

1744
01:17:40,448 --> 01:17:41,551
ME TOO.

1745
01:17:41,551 --> 01:17:44,206
MERRY CHRISTMAS.

1746
01:17:44,206 --> 01:18:06,310
♪

1747
01:18:06,310 --> 01:18:09,206
WE COULD CLIMB
CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE,

1748
01:18:09,206 --> 01:18:11,758
VISIT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
MEMORIAL,

1749
01:18:11,758 --> 01:18:14,000
SLED THE SAND DUNES.

1750
01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:16,206
MICHAEL,
ARE YOU LISTENING?

1751
01:18:16,206 --> 01:18:19,655
SEEMS LIKE THAT'S ALL
I'VE BEEN DOING LATELY.

1752
01:18:19,655 --> 01:18:21,862
[ SIGHS ] OKAY.

1753
01:18:21,862 --> 01:18:23,655
I CAN'T WAIT
TO EAT SEAFOOD.

1754
01:18:23,655 --> 01:18:26,793
STEPHANIE, I THINK
WE NEED TO HAVE A CHAT.

1755
01:18:26,793 --> 01:18:28,344
WE'RE CHATTING NOW.

1756
01:18:28,344 --> 01:18:30,379
NO, YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT A VACATION

1757
01:18:30,379 --> 01:18:31,827
THAT I'M NOT
INTERESTED IN.

1758
01:18:31,827 --> 01:18:33,931
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT US.

1759
01:18:33,931 --> 01:18:36,758
WHAT ABOUT US?

1760
01:18:36,758 --> 01:18:38,758
STEPHANIE,
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING

1761
01:18:38,758 --> 01:18:40,931
I'VE BEEN WRESTLING WITH
FOR A WHILE.

1762
01:18:40,931 --> 01:18:43,275
MONTHS, REALLY.

1763
01:18:43,275 --> 01:18:45,413
BUT I WASN'T TRYING TO BREAK UP
AROUND CHRISTMAS.

1764
01:18:45,413 --> 01:18:47,344
WHAT? BREAK UP?

1765
01:18:47,344 --> 01:18:49,448
[ SIGHS ] ALRIGHT,
DO YOU WANT TO DO

1766
01:18:49,448 --> 01:18:51,586
THIS ON-AGAIN,
OFF-AGAIN THING AGAIN?

1767
01:18:51,586 --> 01:18:54,310
STEPHANIE, IT'S BEST
WE DO OFF FOR GOOD.

1768
01:18:56,482 --> 01:18:58,000
AND, YOU KNOW,
YOU WANT TO GO

1769
01:18:58,000 --> 01:18:59,586
TO THE OUTER BANKS,
YOU KNOW?

1770
01:18:59,586 --> 01:19:02,241
YOU DON'T?
NO, I DON'T.

1771
01:19:04,931 --> 01:19:07,689
BUT THE TICKETS
ARE NONREFUNDABLE.

1772
01:19:07,689 --> 01:19:09,379
WELL, YOU CAN GO
WITH A FRIEND.

1773
01:19:10,620 --> 01:19:12,413
[ GASPS ] TASHA.

1774
01:19:12,413 --> 01:19:13,655
I HAVEN'T SEEN HER
IN FOREVER,

1775
01:19:13,655 --> 01:19:15,689
AND WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT HAVING A GIRLS' NIGHT.

1776
01:19:15,689 --> 01:19:17,172
WE CAN HAVE
A GIRLS' TRIP.

1777
01:19:17,172 --> 01:19:19,758
OH, THAT WOULD BE SO MUCH FUN.
I'M GONNA GO TELL HER.

1778
01:19:19,758 --> 01:19:22,758
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.

1779
01:19:22,758 --> 01:19:29,655
♪

1780
01:19:29,655 --> 01:19:31,068
WHAT'S HER HURRY?

1781
01:19:31,068 --> 01:19:32,000
WE JUST BROKE UP.

1782
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:34,413
[ GASPS ] REALLY?

1783
01:19:34,413 --> 01:19:37,793
I MEAN, OH,
ARE YOU OKAY?

1784
01:19:37,793 --> 01:19:39,827
I'M FINE, MOM.

1785
01:19:39,827 --> 01:19:42,344
WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH
THE MOTIONS FOR A WHILE NOW.

1786
01:19:42,344 --> 01:19:47,172
SO YOU'RE NOT MOVING
THE FIRST OF THE YEAR?

1787
01:19:47,172 --> 01:19:49,620
Y'ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT NEW YORK FOR A WHILE.

1788
01:19:49,620 --> 01:19:51,034
JUST BECAUSE STEPHANIE
AND I BROKE UP

1789
01:19:51,034 --> 01:19:52,827
DOESN'T MEAN
I SHOULD CHANGE MY PLANS.

1790
01:19:52,827 --> 01:19:54,172
RIGHT?

1791
01:19:54,172 --> 01:19:56,137
STEPHANIE'S NOT
THE KIND OF GIRL

1792
01:19:56,137 --> 01:19:58,482
YOU CHANGE
YOUR PLANS FOR, SON.

1793
01:19:58,482 --> 01:20:02,034
BUT I KNOW
A WOMAN WHO IS.

1794
01:20:02,034 --> 01:20:03,689
YOU BETTER LISTEN
TO YOUR MAMA.

1795
01:20:03,689 --> 01:20:06,103
[ LAUGHS ]

1796
01:20:06,103 --> 01:20:12,034
♪

1797
01:20:12,034 --> 01:20:14,517
CONGRATULATIONS.

1798
01:20:14,517 --> 01:20:17,448
OH, I'M PROUD OF YOU,
BABY GIRL!

1799
01:20:17,448 --> 01:20:19,586
I KNEW IT.
I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT.

1800
01:20:19,586 --> 01:20:20,793
I CAN'T WAIT

1801
01:20:20,793 --> 01:20:23,551
TO SEE YOUR STORY
ON THE PAGES OF <i>VIBRANT.</i>

1802
01:20:23,551 --> 01:20:25,413
OH.

1803
01:20:25,413 --> 01:20:27,689
OH, OH.

1804
01:20:27,689 --> 01:20:29,448
ARE YOU OKAY?

1805
01:20:29,448 --> 01:20:32,034
YEAH.

1806
01:20:32,034 --> 01:20:35,413
WHAT IS -- IS THIS
ABOUT MARY'S GRANDSON?

1807
01:20:35,413 --> 01:20:37,344
HMM?

1808
01:20:40,275 --> 01:20:43,482
YOU TWO
DO LOOK GOOD TOGETHER.

1809
01:20:45,655 --> 01:20:48,965
WE WERE GOOD TOGETHER.

1810
01:20:48,965 --> 01:20:51,275
HE'S SO SWEET...

1811
01:20:51,275 --> 01:20:54,793
AND DECENT AND KIND

1812
01:20:54,793 --> 01:20:57,827
AND A REALLY
GREAT KISSER.

1813
01:20:57,827 --> 01:20:59,965
A GREAT WHAT NOW?

1814
01:20:59,965 --> 01:21:05,103
I GUESS, JUST LIKE MARY WAS
FOR GRANDPA,

1815
01:21:05,103 --> 01:21:07,862
IT'S A REALLY
WONDERFUL MEMORY.

1816
01:21:07,862 --> 01:21:14,344
♪

1817
01:21:14,344 --> 01:21:17,068
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

1818
01:21:17,068 --> 01:21:19,379
- HEY.
- HI.

1819
01:21:19,379 --> 01:21:22,000
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- HEY, GIRL.

1820
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:24,482
- CONGRATULATIONS.
- CONGRATULATIONS.

1821
01:21:24,482 --> 01:21:26,206
THIS IS MY FIANCé, EARL.

1822
01:21:26,206 --> 01:21:29,103
THIS IS MY AMAZINGLY
TALENTED COUSIN, LENA.

1823
01:21:29,103 --> 01:21:31,551
- LENA, I LOVE YOUR STORY.
- THANK YOU.

1824
01:21:31,551 --> 01:21:33,896
NOW, MOM TELLS ME
YOU'RE ON <i>VIBRANT
STAFF WRITING NOW.</i>

1825
01:21:33,896 --> 01:21:35,137
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- YOU EARNED IT, GIRL.

1826
01:21:35,137 --> 01:21:36,206
THANK YOU,

1827
01:21:36,206 --> 01:21:38,517
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU'RE ENGAGED.

1828
01:21:38,517 --> 01:21:41,379
IT WAS LOVE
AT FIRST SIGHT.

1829
01:21:41,379 --> 01:21:43,344
NO, IT TOOK HIM A COUPLE
OF MONTHS TO REALIZE IT.

1830
01:21:43,344 --> 01:21:44,827
YOU GOT TO BE PATIENT
WITH US GUYS.

1831
01:21:44,827 --> 01:21:47,034
SOMETIMES IT TAKES US A WHILE
TO COME AROUND.

1832
01:21:47,034 --> 01:21:48,517
- HEY.
- HEY, GIRL.

1833
01:21:48,517 --> 01:21:50,448
DRINKS LATER?
YOU GOT IT.

1834
01:21:50,448 --> 01:21:52,206
- OKAY. SEE YOU.
- ALRIGHT.

1835
01:21:57,103 --> 01:21:58,827
I THINK I'LL HAVE DRINK NOW.

1836
01:21:58,827 --> 01:22:01,689
HO, HO, HO, HO, HO!

1837
01:22:01,689 --> 01:22:04,448
- SANTA!
- SANTA!

1838
01:22:06,517 --> 01:22:08,068
HEY, HEY, HEY.

1839
01:22:11,517 --> 01:22:13,241
I AM SO GLAD
YOU BROUGHT GIFTS.

1840
01:22:13,241 --> 01:22:15,000
MY FAMILY'S NO JOKE.

1841
01:22:19,103 --> 01:22:20,793
YOU WEREN'T KIDDING.

1842
01:22:20,793 --> 01:22:23,172
YOUR COUSINS
MEAN BUSINESS.

1843
01:22:23,172 --> 01:22:24,379
[ CHUCKLING ]

1844
01:22:24,379 --> 01:22:26,517
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

1845
01:22:26,517 --> 01:22:28,482
I LOVE YOU.

1846
01:22:28,482 --> 01:22:31,827
WHAT?
I LOVE YOU.

1847
01:22:31,827 --> 01:22:35,068
LOOK, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T KNOWN
EACH OTHER THAT LONG,

1848
01:22:35,068 --> 01:22:36,379
BUT I KNOW IT IN MY SOUL

1849
01:22:36,379 --> 01:22:38,172
THAT I'M CRAZY
ABOUT YOU, LENA.

1850
01:22:38,172 --> 01:22:40,620
AND WHEREVER YOU ARE
IS WHERE I WANT TO BE.

1851
01:22:40,620 --> 01:22:43,620
MICHAEL, THAT'S ABOUT
THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT

1852
01:22:43,620 --> 01:22:45,068
THAT ANYONE'S EVER --

1853
01:22:45,068 --> 01:22:52,862
♪

1854
01:22:52,862 --> 01:22:55,034
Lena: AFTER LOOKING THROUGH
A FEW MORE LETTERS,

1855
01:22:55,034 --> 01:22:57,379
I FOUND THAT MY GRANDFATHER
AND MARY CORRESPONDED

1856
01:22:57,379 --> 01:23:01,000
JUST A FEW MORE TIMES,
THEN THE LETTERS STOPPED.

1857
01:23:01,000 --> 01:23:02,586
I WONDER IF THEY EVER SPOKE
ON THE PHONE

1858
01:23:02,586 --> 01:23:04,206
OR SAW EACH OTHER AGAIN.

1859
01:23:04,206 --> 01:23:07,103
I CAN'T IMAGINE THEM
SENDING E-MAILS TO EACH OTHER.

1860
01:23:07,103 --> 01:23:10,344
BUT THEN AGAIN,
BEFORE I STARTED THIS STORY,

1861
01:23:10,344 --> 01:23:12,482
I COULDN'T IMAGINE
EITHER ONE OF THEM IN LOVE

1862
01:23:12,482 --> 01:23:15,103
WITH ANYONE
OTHER THAN THEIR SPOUSES.

1863
01:23:15,103 --> 01:23:19,172
TONI MORRISON SAID LOVE IS NEVER
ANY BETTER THAN THE LOVER.

1864
01:23:19,172 --> 01:23:22,448
I CAN'T IMAGINE TWO PEOPLE
BETTER THAN CLARENCE AND MARY.

1865
01:23:22,448 --> 01:23:25,482
WHILE THEY MAY NOT HAVE SPENT
THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TOGETHER,

1866
01:23:25,482 --> 01:23:28,862
THEY MADE MEMORIES THAT LASTED
BEYOND THEIR LIFETIMES.

1867
01:23:28,862 --> 01:23:31,448
THE STORY OF THEIR LIVES
IS JUST ONE OF THEIR MANY GIFTS

1868
01:23:31,448 --> 01:23:32,620
TO THEIR FAMILIES.

1869
01:23:32,620 --> 01:23:34,344
AND PERHAPS THE GREATEST GIFT

1870
01:23:34,344 --> 01:23:36,620
WAS BRINGING THOSE
TWO FAMILIES TOGETHER

1871
01:23:36,620 --> 01:23:39,241
AND SHOWING THEM
THAT LIFE IS TO BE LIVED,

1872
01:23:39,241 --> 01:23:43,586
LIFE IS TO BE CELEBRATED,
AND LIFE IS TO BE LOVED.

1873
01:23:43,586 --> 01:23:45,206
MERRY CHRISTMAS.

1874
01:23:45,206 --> 01:23:52,379
♪ FRESH-WORN CLOTHES,
MISTLETOES ♪

1875
01:23:52,379 --> 01:23:55,103
♪ IT'S MY FAVORITE
TIME OF YEAR ♪

1876
01:23:55,103 --> 01:23:56,517
♪ WE HANG HOLIDAY LIGHTS ♪

1877
01:23:56,517 --> 01:23:58,000
♪ MAKE THE CITY SHINE BRIGHT ♪

1878
01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:00,137
♪ EVERYONE IS FILLED
WITH CHEER ♪

1879
01:24:00,137 --> 01:24:11,068
♪ HEY, IT'S CHRISTMAS ♪

1880
01:24:11,068 --> 01:24:14,068
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1881
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