The Book of Henry Page #3

and he would come over,

she would wear

her Dracula teeth.

- God.

- And then she'd just, like...

Slowly smile, like...

Or maybe

she was being protective.

She was horrif...

She was being protective.

She was great.

She was just trying

to raise me right.

She failed miserably

but she should win an award.

Please don't let me

screw 'em up.

I mean, you just do

the best you can, right?

But they're kids.

Little tiny creatures

in the world

waiting for life to just happen.

I don't know how you do it.

Honestly, I don't know

how you do it all by yourself.

Come on, I have Henry.

Find me another male

of the species

who's... more grown up than him.

I'd like to.

Can I sleep here?

Henry! Let's move it!

There you go.

Hey, sweetie?

You okay?

Fine. Why?

What's with the face?

Nothing.

It's just a headache.

Okay.

Hey, sweetie.

Need a lift?

You okay?

Yeah.

Now for some bad news.

Zach's mom dropped off

donuts for his birthday.

Okay, class...

Time to start thinking

about your acts

for next month's talent show.

I'm handing out forms now.

So, be sure to bring back

parent's signatures.

Henry, where are you going?

Henry!

Goddamn it, Janice. How much

longer does this have to go on?

What else do you need to see?

I believe you mean

Principal Wilder?

Henry, we're not going down

this road again.

Bruises, exhaustion,

decreased school performance.

What have her grades

been this year?

You know

I can't tell you anything

about another student's grades.

You're under no obligation

to investigate.

You need merely

report suspicion of.

It's, it's your ethical

responsibility as an educator.

I made preliminary inquiries

which turned...

So make secondary inquiries!

It's more complicated

than that, Henry.

Mr. Sickleman

is the police commissioner

and an upstanding member...

As if upstanding members

of the community...

These type of

baseless allegations

can have extremely

serious ramifications.

Jesus! Do...

Do these things mean anything?

I have known Mr. Sickleman

longer than you've been alive.

Don't condescend to me.

I'm not gonna subject him

to public scrutiny

without conclusive evidence.

Fine.

I will handle this without you.

Henry Carpenter, come in. Over.

When do you think

mom's gonna be here? Over.

Sorry.

Where are we going?

We have to stop by Sheila's.

She was supposed to work the morning

shift but she didn't show up.

Stop that.

Sheila?

Hello?

Found her.

Lovely.

You brought the children.

Hello, Hank.

Sheila. Looking radiant as ever.

Let me guess, drinking away

memories of that ex

who left you in the lurch

with two young boys.

- That was you.

- Yeah.

I covered for you at work.

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