Where the Heart Is Page #3

for the fornication...

...that Mr. Sprock and me have

committed again this afternoon.

Amen.

- Amen.

- Amen.

I'll come by every day

to take care of it.

Oh, good.

- Lf it's a bother...

- No, darling.

I meant that it's good

you'll be by every day.

Why, we'd sure be glad to see you.

Oh.

I don't know what kind of people you're

with that won't let you plant a tree.

Well, they're...

What'll happen

when you have your baby?

I'm not sure.

Let me help you there, Mr. Sprock.

Hey Rosita, how are you doing today?

Good.

The book in the library said the

highest spot is the best place.

Oh, you must have met Forney.

Who?

(MR. SPROCK WHEEZES)

You all right, Mr. Sprock?

Oh, I'm fine. A little emphysema.

Nothing serious.

Oh, you know, he makes that noise

whenever he exerts himself.

Who's thorny?

Forney. Forney Hall.

Brilliant man, lives in the library.

- Brilliant.

- There's no telling...

...what he might have done

if he'd finished school.

Why didn't he?

The Lord gives us obstacles.

(WHIMPERS)

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(GROANS)

Ah!

(CRIES)

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

(PHONE RINGS)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING OUTSIDE)

I hope you're not hungry,

because it's Tuesday.

Friday is the best, they have bacon.

I'm Lexie, Lexie Coop.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Where'd these flowers come from?

All over. You're a big celebrity.

There are reporters here. Lean up.

See?

TV! They've been here all night.

- What for?

- For you.

They want to talk to you.

Me?

Everybody wants to talk to

the mom of the Wal-Mart baby.

Are they gonna arrest me?

What for?

For living in the Wal-Mart.

Arrest you?

Is the hospital gonna keep my baby?

Where is she?

Why would they keep your baby?

Because I can't pay.

It's like a restaurant...

...when you can't pay,

you wash dishes.

I don't know what they'll make me do.

No. No.

I'm broke. I got nothing.

I have no family, no job...

Now I got a baby.

I know what you need.

Yes, you're okay.

Look who we're going to see.

Say, "It's about time."

Does that help?

(CRIES)

Oh. Oh, yeah.

How can you love someone

so much you just met?

Forney's okay too.

The doctor stitched him up

and sent him home.

- Forney?

- Mm-hm.

- The library guy?

- Yeah.

What happened to him?

He jumped through a plate-glass window

to deliver your baby.

That was him?

So. What are you going to name her?

Oh, that's right.

LEXIE:
How the hell did you come up

with a name like "Americus"?

NOVALEE:
I wanted her to have a strong

name that stood for something.

(AMERICUS CRIES)

I shouldn't talk, I named

my kids after snack foods.

- Brownie, Praline, Cherry, Baby Ruth.

- You got four?

- Yep.

- You aren't old enough.

I started when I was 15,

and I just couldn't stop.

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