Dark Tide Page #4

- "It's my fault. It's my fault".

- It is my fault.

- No!

- Yes!

If it wasn't for me,

Themba would still be here.

I know that's hard

for you to understand, but it's true.

Now, if that makes me impossible,

I'm sorry.

- Excuse me.

- Whoa!

I heard about the bank.

They're gonna take the boat.

Zukie,

why don't you just

sew your mouth shut?

I just told the truth!

I'm here to help.

Push me again.

I don't need your help.

So stubborn.

- I'm not stubborn.

- Yes, you are.

No, I'm not.

I have a job offer.

A lot of money.

Enough to save the boat.

Give me your phone.

Where's my number?

It's not in there.

Erased it.

Can I have my phone, please?

Now it is.

The guy is coming in tomorrow morning.

Give me a call

if you want to meet him.

Or don't!

Kate, are you gonna call him?

Nope.

He's right. You're miserable.

You're making everyone

around you miserable.

Look in the mirror. See that?

That is a horrible,

miserable face. Yeah?

You're gonna end up

like one of those old women...

with 45 cats, smelling like wee.

- Just take the money.

- First of all, that's disgusting.

Second of all,

why are you on his side?

See this? A fuel bill.

It needs to get paid. Yeah?

See this?

It needs to get paid, okay?

As devastatingly handsome as I am,

I can't keep going out on dates with girls

saying, "Oh, we having champagne?"

I say, "No, we're having

tap water. Grab a straw".

Stop. Be quiet, okay?

- What?

- Okay?

All of that. All of that. Yeah. Uh-huh.

You were a lot cooler when you

were hanging outwith sharks.

Kiss and make up. It's time.

Like it's that easy, Zukie.

You're being too hard on Jeff.

Meet him halfway.

Can you just stop, stop,

stop, stop talking?

- Be quiet.

- We need the money, Kate.

We need the money.

- Take his offer.

- No.

- Why not?

- Because.

- Because?

- Because. That's why.

Because I said because.

Because what?

Zukie, because.

Because you're still in hiding.

My Themba lived and died

by his choices.

I've been married to that stubbornness

for over 40 years.

Believe me.

And Themba loved his work.

You know...

He died on his terms.

Not yours, and certainly not mine.

Okay?

Now go. Go see that boy

and give him a big hug for me.

Now you go.

Bye, Zukie.

Promise.

You have to get right up close,

and you have to be able

to feel them and touch them.

They have to be able

to trust you...

in order to show you

who they are...

and teach you the things

that you need to learn.

And it's important

to get out of the cage...

Wow.

That is amazing.

Look at that.

She's the only one

in the world who does it.

And lives to tell the tale.

Hey.

Hello.

Katie Mathieson, William Brady.

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