The Passion of Darkly Noon Page #2

Be careful up there.

The whole thing's falling to pieces.

Whole damn house will fall down someday,

I swear it will.

Thank you very much, kind sir.

You putting sugar in the peas?

Always have done.

Should be salt.

Now, who laid down that rule?

My ma and pa.

Lee, I wanna talk to you for a minute.

Come here.

Your ma and your pa,

your name and the Bible and

this cult?

It was the word of God.

Well, sure.

But what you have to realize is that

you were...

God's everywhere.

But not everybody worships God

with the same harshness

as your ma and your pa.

No, it's the truth.

Well, surely God meant for us

to enjoy ourselves.

To be happy.

To love.

That's not a sin, is it?

I mean, I love Clay.

God can strike me down dead

if there's something wrong with that.

Leave me alone! Do you hear me?

- It's all right.

- But... But... But...

Jesus Christ!

You're gonna kill somebody

one of these days!

You don't scare me!

Why don't you

come out in the open and shoot?

Do you hear me?

Let us live in peace!

Callie. Callie. Don't... Don't get...

It's all right. It's not meant to hurt me.

It's just meant to let me know

that you're out there!

Well, I know you're out there!

Leave me alone!

We're not hurting anybody!

Who was that? Was that Clay?

No, of course it wasn't Clay!

Why would Clay shoot at me?

Look, forget about it.

It won't happen again for a while.

Give me a smile.

That's better.

Only Clay can get this radio to work.

Clay, come home.

Good night.

Wait. Don't go.

You don't have to go.

Stay and tell me some more about

how you lived and everything.

No.

Come home, Clay. Clay.

Clay.

You all right, Lee?

Yeah.

You shouldn't smoke.

Why?

It's a sin.

Good night, Lee.

It is so hot today.

I have an idea.

Come on.

Look, Lee. It's a spa. Let's have a soak.

What?

Don't... Don't do that.

- Why?

- You shouldn't.

Being naked isn't the same as sex,

you know.

It's a sin.

What, sex?

That's right.

Don't tell me that's what

your ma and your pa always said.

It's the word of God.

Well, can I just stay like this?

That's not a sin, is it?

No.

That's a relief.

Jump in, Lee.

There's nobody here but you and me.

There's something in my hair.

I think it's an insect.

Can you get it out for me?

Can you see it?

Careful.

Don't hurt it.

I think I killed it.

There's something I wanna show you.

This is my favorite place in the whole world.

We're right in the middle of the woods.

Its heart.

Someone once told me that

you can only walk halfway into a forest.

Then after that, you're walking out.

Well, whoever told you that was wrong.

You can walk as far into the woods

as you have a mind to go.

It can go on forever sometimes.

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