The Vessel Page #2

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You don't know?

Are you saying

you didn't build it?

I know you've been going

through a hard time lately.

Everyone knows that.

But I can't help you

if I don't know what's going on.

No more! That's enough!

A year after the kids died

father Douglas suggested

we rebuild the school.

That night someone threw a rock

through his window.

And the church was empty

for a month.

He never suggested it again.

Hey.

Is the water still out

in your house?

Hey, Bigo.

Is that my mother's lamp?

Ok, Lela.

You're gonna be all right.

You'll see, Lela.

Father?

Yes?

What is it?

When we left Leo's house...

Some of us started talking.

About what?

Somebody said that...

That this is a sign from god.

That Leo is the messenger.

Who said that?

Everybody.

Now listen...

It can be very dangerous

to jump to conclusions.

You know in these times we have

to stay focused on god...

Otherwise we can lose our way.

Yes, father.

I'm sure you're right.

The real message

we're all looking for...

Is right there in the church and

it's waiting for us every day.

Father, you know Oscar

would never set foot

in the church again.

He always says...

If a man murders a child,

we sentence him to death.

But when god kills

forty-six children...

We are told to praise him.

How do you feel about that?

I don't know.

Sometimes it does feel like

god has abandoned this place.

If we only had a sign.

Just the tiniest glimpse

that he still cares.

And you think...

That Leo might be that sign?

I don't know.

You spoke with Leo.

Could this be a sign from god?

It's possible. Yes.

Soraya?

Do you come here often?

Sometimes.

My mom used to

bring us a lot as kids.

And by the way,

thank you for the books.

Oh, yeah.

I actually read through

a few of them but...

I couldn't understand much.

They were my husband's.

He used to study in bed

with a stack of books

between us.

It used to drive me insane.

You know?

That old paper smell.

And now I can't even sleep

without them.

Can I tell you something?

I used to go to your house

and watch you.

I mean...

It wasn't

in a disrespectful way.

I just wanted to see you.

I knew.

I always knew.

Mama, stop it.

Mama.

Fidelia do you want more rice?

- Fidelia.

- She doesn't hear you.

Put it outside the fence

where it belongs.

You're right.

I made it too mushy.

The yucca's better.

- She's beautiful.

- Who?

Your mother.

There's something very romantic

about her.

Okay.

I suppose men don't see

their mothers that way.

She's not a mother.

I didn't mean that.

I understand. It must be

difficult seeing her like this.

I just don't know

if she would be like this

if I would have died

instead of Tigo.

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