Grace Is Gone Page #5

- Why?

- For fun.

You think that place is fun?

What do you mean?

Nothing.

Uncle John?

Yeah.

Why did Dad quit the Army?

He didn't quit.

What do you mean?

He had to leave

because of his eyes.

The Army's strict

about crap like that.

But weren't his eyes always bad?

Mm, more or less.

Well, if they're so strict,

how'd he get in in the first place?

He didn't tell you?

Oh, Christ.

Ahem.

Well, if he didn't tell you,

he probably wouldn't

want me to, so--

All right, you promise not

to tell your dad if I tell you?

He cheated.

How?

He had a buddy take a picture

of the physical examiner's eye chart.

Memorized the letters.

What?

Your dad wanted

to serve so bad.

I mean, he really bought

all that patriotic "l Want You" crap.

Which was a good thing, too,

because he never would have

met your mother otherwise.

[Heidi] Well, how'd the Army

find out about his eyes?

Eventually they just gave him

a test he couldn't cheat on,

and that was that.

End of the dream.

[sobbing]

Why don't you and Dad

like each other?

Did your dad tell you that?

Well, we're just--

we're just different.

We have different opinions.

Doesn't mean we don't

like each other.

I mean, do you agree

with him about everything?

You shouldn't.

Why not?

Because it's important

that people have their own views

based on an understanding of facts.

Ahem.

But it's also important

not to trust the facts

because most of them are lies.

I don't understand.

Well, it basically comes down to a...

gut thing.

You just have to be

open to allowing

for a truth which differs

from your own opinions,

or else you'll never actually

see the truth at all.

[beeping]

[whispering]

What's that about?

It's her time of day.

What, it's-- it's her time of day?

Mom and Dawn

both set their watches

at the same time every day.

That way, they know

that they're both

thinking of each other

at the same moment.

Girls?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Do you...

want to play tag?

Sure.

That's good because...

you know why?

Why?

Because, uh, you're it.

You're it.

Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo!

You're it. Time out.

What do you mean time out?

You can't call time out.

That is so lame.

You can't just--

All right. I'm just going to read the paper

and find out what's going--

[Heidi, Dawn]

Time in.

You know, I mean,

it's so typical.

I'm the victim of this kind

of thing every single day,

and you know why?

It's because

I'm an honest guy,

and I have to pay for it.

Mm-hmm.

- Ha!

- Aah!

[phone rings]

[knocking]

Hey, the phone's ringing.

Open up.

[ring]

[ring]

Hello.

Yeah, this is John.

Oh, hey, Mary.

What the hell

are you doing, man?

What's wrong?

Where are the girls?

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