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Oh.

Nothing.

Piece for you.

Piece for you.

There you go.

I remember laughter

from that day,

plenty of laughter.

Nobody's new clothes fit,

but we tried them on anyway.

Believe it or not,

we were happy.

We were more together

than we had ever been.

Danny...

Do you remember

that day on the train...

The man with the box?

Do you remember

looking inside the box?

Yeah.

What was in it?

Nothing.

Really nothing?

You mean it was actually empty?

But I thought I...

I remember him saying

it was a present.

Was he playing

some kind of a joke?

I mean, is this

some kind of a joke?

Danny died on January 17th.

Jenny went on February third,

and my husband Robert lingered

until the 27th.

And through all of this,

through all these weeks now,

going back and forth

to the hospital each day...

I look for him.

I need to find him...

To know what my son knew and

then passed on to the others.

It's the only way

I can get close to them now.

I want to see.

I have to see.

I'm hungry.

Tsk.

Good morning, Carla.

Oh, thank you.

The guests will be getting here

in less than an hour.

I let Lucy sleep in.

She hasn't been sleeping well.

You want me to wake her?

Um, guess maybe wake her

in 15 if she's not up yet.

Okay.

Is that for David?

- Yeah.

- Oh.

No, I don't think Mr. Lampton

will be joining us

at his daughter's birthday.

His car was here

when I got in this morning.

Must have gotten in late.

No. No.

He's not back from his trip yet.

Maybe he's out for a run.

I really doubt it.

I think I would know

if he had come in last night.

Yes, of course. I didn't...

Okay. I... well,

I'll just take his, too.

No use letting it go to waste.

Can you, um...

Get the table runner

from the hall closet,

and, uh, just put it

on the side table.

I think we're gonna do

gifts and cards over there.

Yes, ma'am.

Ooh, sorry.

David.

God, between you and Carla,

you're gonna give me

a heart attack.

You know, I didn't

even hear you come in.

I don't know.

Anyway, I'm just so glad

that you're back.

I really, really want this

to go well.

Lucy has been having

such anxiety,

and I'm just really

hoping that this

brings her out of her shell.

Do you know her therapist

says that she gets her anxiety

from watching me?

Me?

Can you believe it?

I mean, the nerve.

It's just... anyway,

it doesn't matter.

She's gonna be so glad

that you made it.

David?

David...

Mom!

Mommy!

Where are you?

Hi.

I'm right here, panda.

Good morning.

Happy birthday.

It's my birthday.

I know. I know.

It is your birthday.

I had an accident.

Oh, no. Oh, Luce,

what happened?

It's gonna be okay.

All right?

Everything's gonna be okay.

You're gonna be okay.

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