Forsaken Page #2

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No.

No, I did not know that.

I waited for you.

But when the years passed

and there was no word...

Mary Alice, you do not

owe me an explanation.

Who did you marry?

Tom Watson.

Tom's a good man.

Yes, he is.

Welcome home, John Henry.

Sh*t!

All right. Bring 'em in, come on.

What the... Dan!

We was just coming to pay you a visit.

Appreciate you saving us a ride.

I've got nothing to say to you.

Well...

I got something to say to you.

That's enough.

You don't wanna kill him now, do ya?

Well, maybe I do. I...

I hadn't decided yet.

I'm taking him home.

Hold on there now.

It ain't you who's doing the deciding.

May I take him home?

And what if I say no?

What you gonna do about it?

- Nothing.

- I'm sorry. I didn't quite hear that.

Nothing.

All right, John Henry.

You have my permission to take him home.

Something's troubling you?

Your mother and I kept asking ourselves...

asking God...

what we done wrong in your upbringing?

What did we do that filled you

with so much hate?

It weren't you.

John 8:
32, remember?

The truth will set you free.

God knows the truth.

All through the war I kept

asking myself, where was God?

Where was he at Shiloh and Seven Pines

when men lay dead and dying?

All good men, God-fearing men.

They just lay there, begging for some

small act of mercy on His behalf.

And then it finally dawned on me:

There ain't no God.

- There is no God?

- All I'm saying...

is that if there was ever a time

that man needed God

it was then and trust me, he wasn't there.

If you're expecting God

to save you, he ain't gonna.

Most men came out of that war

wanting nothing more to do with killing,

but not you... you went looking for it.

God is not responsible

for the life you choose.

I did not choose it!

Get off my land.

We just come to finish the conversation

that was interrupted, Dan.

Let us avoid unpleasantness.

Sir, I implore you to see reason.

If you take a fair grasp

of your situation,

you will arrive at the only reasonable

conclusion available to you.

I'm stayin'.

Dirt and rock.

Exactly like the dirt and the rocks

you would find anywhere.

Yeah, but it's my dirt and my rock!

Yes, and a fine rock it is too.

Is it worth dying over?

You believe your wife would prefer

the dirt and the rock to you?

Will this keep her warm at night or...

put the food on the table?

Is it gonna teach your children

right from wrong?

Comfort them in their beds

when they're frightened by the wind?

You see, I do understand. I do understand.

I truly do understand the inequities

of your position, sir, but...

I believe when you weigh

the alternatives, you will see that...

There was no need for that.

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