
Before I Disappear
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Dear Vista, I've been meaning to
write this note for a long time
but as you know I'm not very good at
expressing myself. So I'll just say this.
I miss your smile. I would say that
I hope this note finds you well
that won't be the case.
girl looking a little too peaceful
in the last bathroom
stall of The Devoe.
I didn't know what to think of it.
I checked her pulse, but...
she was gone
reminded me a little bit of you
and just like you,
she left someone behind.
I'm sorry you had
to see this, Richie.
dead on the toilet seat.
kind of excitement am I right?
What do you owe The Devoe?
Because that debt is gone.
It's gone, Richie. Okay?
You and me, we're even.
The money you owe everybody else,
I'm gonna look the other way on that too.
You're like a son to me, Richie.
I feel like a father to
you all these years.
I know we don't hang out together but...
that's how I feel.
I really feel that way. I do.
Take this. That's on me.
You don't owe me nothin'.
Take that and...
Just... just keep what you saw here
tonight between us alright? Hey. Alright?
I appreciate that, Richie.
The world is a cold and lonely
place without you in it, Vista.
I just miss you.
And since you've been gone I've
been accused of being an observer
a user, a loner, a cleaner,
a failure and a fool...
but never a participant. No.
No one's ever accused me of that.
Anyway, I decided it's
time to call it quits.
I'm coming home to see you
and there ain't nothing
gonna stop me this time.
- Hello.
- Richie.
I need someone to pick up Sophia from her
school recital. Can you do this for me?
I know, I know,
we haven't spoken in a while
but I'm not gonna be able to pick her up
from school 'cause something's come up.
I'm just so f***ed right now.
I'm in a f***ed-up situation and
I need a favor on this one.
Say something.
Jesus Christ, I know you're
You want me to beg you over the phone?
This is me begging you, okay? I'm begging.
Listen, when you get there,
there's a password, okay?
Only she and I know it.
The password is "Chestnut."
Are you hearing me? "Chestnut."
Okay? Can you be there in 20 minutes?
Can you do this one f***ing thing?
What's it gonna be?
Please, Richie.
Okay.
I've had the privilege
grow and move on to
pursue their dreams
and I must say, this class
has some of the smartest
and most talented
children I've ever seen.
So let's have another round of
applause for the 5th grade choir.
My name is Sophia Holy Hill.
And for tonight's recital, I have chosen
"Because I Could Not Stop For Death"
by the 19th century American poet,
Emily Dickenson.
"Because I could not stop for death
"The carriage held but just
ourselves in immortality.
"We slowly drove. He knew no haste.
"And I had put away my labor
and my leisure too...
"Since then, 'tis centuries and yet
each seems shorter than the day.
heads were toward eternity."
Thank you, Sophia.
Let's give a hand...
I'm not done yet.
I will now recite the exact
same passage in Mandarin.
- Password.
- Chestnut.
Where's mother?
I have gymnastics
rehearsal in 27 minutes.
If I'm not there on time,
there'll be hell to pay.
After that, you've to escort me home.
I have a test tomorrow, I need to be home
by 7 in order to study for it properly.
If I'm not home by 7 p.m. on
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