[ Indistinct conversations ]
Martin: the first gun I ever held
belonged to my grandfather.
Grandpa said he fought alongside Teddy Roosevelt
at San Juan hill.
But we really never believed him.
[ Child laughing ]
Whatever it was he did there in Cuba,
one thing is for sure.
He brought home a service revolver.
It was the most beautiful thing i ever saw.
The first time I ever fired a gun, I was 16.
[ Gunshot ]
Gentlemen! ready.
Aim. fire.
It took a while to get the hang of it. [ Gunshot, laughter ]
What are you ladies laughing at?!
We're gonna do that again, gentlemen!
Ready. aim.
Fire.
Good shot, tillman.
Ready.
Aim. fire.
[ Airplane passing ]
[ Explosions in distance ]
[ Speaking German ]
[ Men shouting ]
[ Gunfire ]
Oh, god! Oh, my god!
Medic, come here! Come here! Come here!
Move! move! Go!
Watch out! Watch out!
[ Explosions in distance ]
[ Shouting in German ]
Aah!
Man: go, go, go!
[ Gunshot ]
No! [ Martin shouting ]
Oh! oh!
Oh! oh, sh-- [ Gasping ]
Sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart.
[ Both sigh ]
You want a drink, hmm?
[ Panting ] hmm?
[ Thunder rumbling ]
[ Horse whinnying ]
You need a new pair of gloves. [ Gasps ]
Jeez! you scared me.
[ Laughs ]
Oh. how are you, kid?
I'm good.
Are you?
You look great, dad.
Ah, well.
Not bad for a... An old man, anyway.
Oh.
Let's go see mama now.
Penny? penny! Hi, ma.
She just got here.
[ Laughing ] oh. Sweet darling.
Oh! how was your trip?
It was fine. Yeah?
We could have picked you up, you know.
I know. But I wanted to rent a car.
Come on in.
Wash up. Dinner's almost ready.
Are you coming? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll be in in a minute.
Come on!
In a minute!
[ Clock ticking ]
You, uh, you need anything?
I mean, you have, uh, plenty of, uh, hangers and all?
Oh, yeah. There's plenty here.
Oh, good.
Uh, h-how would you like to see, uh...
What you got your mother for Christmas?
Okay.
Oh!
Dad.
[ Exhales deeply ]
You know what?
I think it's too small.
You don't like it.
No, I -- it's...
The snowmen.
I mean, it's -- it's so christmasy.
Why don't you let me take it back and get another size?
All right.
Here's the receipt.
But now, listen. I want the same sweater.
Don't be telling me that, uh, they're out of stock.
They'll never be out of stock in this one, dad.
[ Laughs ]
Martin: thank you, father,
for the food we're about to receive.
And bless the food as it enters our body.
Amen.
[ Chuckles ]
Okay, mama. Are you serving?
Yes, I am. Okay.
It looks so great. It's gonna be.
It turned out pretty good for a change.
It's beautiful.
[ Laughter ]
What do you hear from your daughter?
Mia? mm-hmm.
Her name is Mia.
Why do you always refer to her as "your daughter"?
Well, where is she and what is she doing?
I have no idea, mother.
You don't know where she is?
Annie.
Just take it easy, huh?
She ran away.
The whole point of running away
is so that I don't know where she is.
And she never writes or she never calls --
mom...
Well, I've never heard of anything like that.
Well, now you have.
I'm -- I'm sure she's fine.
[ Sighs ]
She blames me for her father leaving.
She blamesyou?
She blames me for everything.
Every child blames his parents.
That's why we're here.
Aw, well. [ Chuckles ]
Oh.
[ Sniffs ] thank you for the dinner.
Did you have to go and upset her?
Well, I didn't mean to upset her.
Well, I know. But you did.
Penny?
Penny.
Penny. honey.
Listen. sit down here a minute.
Now, listen. Never mind your mother.
She's a -- she's a sweet soul.
But...she's a worrier, you know.
She even worries that I don't worry enough.
Hell, they all go away.
You -- you ran away.
That was different. I was only gone for three days.
Yeah, but you came back.
Why did you come back?
I mean, not that we weren't happy to see you.
But why'd you come back?
I ran out of clean clothes.
Aw, Mia's all right.
I know in my heart that she's all right.
You're gonna find her.
And, uh, I'll do whatever I can.
You know that. I'll help.
Any way I can.
Thanks.
Okay.
Man: ready?
Woman: Martin tillman, please report to your office.
Martin tillman, please report to your office.
So...
Where you living now?
I moved.
Mm.
Your mother said you, uh, ran away.
Well, it depends how you look at it.
Listen, why don't you, uh...
Why don't you stay here for a while?
You know, you can run away again after the holidays.
Funny.
Well, we've got -- we've got the guest room all fixed up,
and you'd have a room all by yourself.
I don't think so.
How much you need?
What?
How much do you need?
You didn't come here just to have lunch with me.
Can you spare a couple hundred?
Are you in trouble?
No.
No, not at all.
All right. I think I can...
I can give you, uh, a hundred.
There you go.
That ought to hold you for a while.
Thank you, grandpa.
You're welcome, granddaughter.
You promise you won't tell my mother that I was here?
Why can't you just come home? I can't.
We'll talk to your mom. We can do it together. Soon.
Soon, okay?
Okay.
Um, I'll be -- I'll be right back, okay?
Okay.
Hi. I need to exchange this for another size.
Okay.
Here you go. You're all set.
Thank you.
[ Horn honking, car door slams ]
Hey!
Give me the purse!
Fuck off!
No.
No!
[ Gunshot ]
[ Woman speaking indistinctly on radio ]
What's your daughter's date of birth, ma'am?
No. no! no!
No! no! No! No! Annie. Annie.
Annie.
No. [ sobs ]
Anne: what do you think we should dress her in?
[ Sighs ]
I don't care. Whatever you want.
What about this one?
Yes. that's, um...
Hmm?
It's, uh...
Oh, yes, it's fine. She'd look great in it.
[ Bell tolling ]
Man: "when David saw the servants whispering,
"he said to them,
"'is the child dead?'
"and they said,
'he is dead.'"
[ indistinct conversations ]
[ Sighs ]
Oh. thank you for coming.
Sure.
Yes.
Hello. I'm so sorry.
Thank you for doing this. I know it's sudden.
Hello, dear. How are you?
Good.
What did she get you?
Oh, she got me... Some g--
some gloves for the garden. [ Chuckles ]
[ Clock ticking ]
[ Man speaking indistinctly on P.A. ]
Why?
[ Door opens ]
Martin: good morning.
How are you?
What can I do for you today?
[ Exhales deeply ] military cut.
Okay.
[ Razor buzzing ]
Man: take cover! Get down!
Get the hell out of there! [ Explosion ]
[ Mumbling ]
What the...
[ Sighs ]
[ Exhales sharply ]
Martin: "dear penny..."
[ Sighs ]
"I miss you more than you can imagine.
"How is it up in heaven?
"You'll probably have to tell me all about it,
"because the way I'm going...
"I might just end up in the other place.
"Say, thanks for the gloves you bought me.
"I'm sure they'll come in handy.
I can't wait for spring so I can start using them."
Now, today we're gonna focus on theme.
"Your mother went back to work three days a week.
"The pastor told her the best thing to do was to keep busy.
"I asked my manager for a leave of absence.
"And he said I could take as long as I like.
"Who knows if I will have a job to come back to?
"But after 36 years there, i don't mind a break.
"There are two kinds of reactions
"to a situation like this.
"There are those who want to close the book --
"that's your mother --
"and there are those who want to study every page.
That's me."
"I told your mother that I'm going to look for Mia.
"But I don't think she believes me.
"Perhaps because we both know in our hearts
that there is someone else that I must confront first."
Anne: Martin?
Let it be.
Just give it some time.
Time is a great healer.
"Your mother is right. Time is a great healer.
But how do you heal a person who is already dead?"
Just a minute. [ Man speaking indistinctly on radio ]
Chief?
Here it is.
"Dear penny...
"When the police closed the case,
"i petitioned for the gun, and they gave it to me.
I hope you don't mind."
I stopped by the, uh, the police department today.
And?
Well, they're closing the case, Annie.
What did you expect?
Well, now it's official.
"There are questions that I need to answer.
"And I cannot rest until I have an answer to them.
"The gun... That was used to kill you
was made at a factory about 100 miles from our house."
Man: American gun was established in 1872,
which makes us one of the oldest gun manufacturers in the country.
We're also one of the few that are family-owned.
We make single-action and double-action revolvers
for both sport and personal protection.
Peacemaker is our most popular model.
Many folks refer to it as a "gun that won the west."
This is the assembly room
where the various parts are put together
to create a fully functioning firearm.
There are over 30 working parts in most models.
Uh, excuse me. If you'll just follow me.
She was my daughter.
Mr. Anderson...
Listen, I own one of your guns that you made here.
And I, uh, i would like to find out
who the original owner was.
Can you help me there?
Well, um, do you have the serial number on it?
Oh, yes, I do. Right here.
Yeah, we keep pretty good track of all of our weapons.
Let's, uh, let's go have a look.
"Dear penny,
"the gun was manufactured in 1983,
the same year you graduated from high school." [ School bell rings ]
Martin: hey, there, lady.
Honey, wait.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
Oh, that's good. One more.
How are you, darling?
Don't bring her home too late, now.
[ Chuckles softly ]
When are you leaving?
[ Groans ] tomorrow morning.
What about work?
I have some time coming.
Why won't you tell me where you're really going?
I've told you.
You don't have to blame yourself.
It wasn't your fault.
Whose fault was it?
Why does it have to be anyone's fault?
Well... it happened. It just happened.
No, jus-- don't!
Stop it!
Stop it.
Stop it!
God! just leave me al--
just leave me alone, please.
Please.
All right.
[ Silverware clatters ]
Do you have enough underwear?
Yes.
There's more downstairs in the dryer.
No. I have five pair. I think that's ample.
Mm-hmm.
You going to call me tonight?
You took a chance picking me up.
[ Southern accent ] well, you looked all right.
Where are you headed?
We're going down to the shore. Just for the weekend.
What about you?
Fort Campbell.
Ft. Campbell!
You gonna hitch all the way?
No, I'm gonna -- I'm gonna take the train.
Well, I'll take you to the train station.
That'd be swell. [ Chuckles ]
Anne: are you going to call me tonight?
It might be late.
Martin: i can give you, uh, a hundred.
You promise you won't tell my mother that I was here?
Are you in trouble?
No.
Not at all.
[ Martin sighs ]
Penny: she blames me for her father leaving.
Martin: she blames you?
She blames me for everything.
Man: what was the roofer doing inside the house, huh?
Laying down some new shingles for you?
Oh, fuck you! [ Slaps ]
Ow! god damn it!
In my house! In my own house?!
He was fixing the toilet!
Get out.
[ Door rattles ]
[ Man speaking indistinctly on P.A. ]
[ Doorbell rings ]
How you doing today?
Hi. I'm -- I'm fine. Thank you.
Uh, listen, I'm, uh,
I'm trying to trace the owner of this gun.
It was shipped here, uh, from the factory.
It's a .357 Magnum.
That's the serial number there.
From up north?
Yes, I am.
Why are you so interested in this particular gun?
It killed my daughter.
Wally, why don't you see if you can find out about that?
We don't generally give that information out.
Except to the police.
Oh, well, yes. I-i understand.
But I -- see...
This gun was, uh...
The case was closed on this.
You don't know me, right?
Of course not.
But, uh, thank you anyway.
[ Door opens, doorbell rings ]
[ Rain falling ]
[ Grunts, coughs ]
Shit.
Hello.
Looks like you're overheating, ma'am. Thanks.
Yeah, Theodore Huntley at your service.
Chivalry ain't dead as long as I'm alive.
Risking being obvious, ma'am,
you carry some extra water with you? Unh-unh. No.
Oh, I got everything in the trunk of the car.
Yeah. [ grunts ]
Yeah. you want to hold this for me?
Yeah.
[ Hissing ]
Whoa. [ laughs ]
All right.
Why don't you open that? All right.
But first, uh, just get in my car now.
What? you must be kidding me!
It's okay, ma'am. It's not a problem. Oh!
Just go on the inside.
Don't you -- [ Gasps ]
Just stay nice and quiet, 'cause I could get upset.
Wouldn't want to hurt ourselves. [ Muffled scream ]
[ Traffic passing ]
Oh, my.
Yeah.
[ Woman groans ]
Huntley: get in the trunk.
Ma'am, you got to get in the trunk.
Ma'am, i-i don't want to make anything any worse. [ Woman whimpering ]
[ Crying ]
Be quiet. Nice and quiet.
[ Screaming ] oh, no!
Yeah.
[ Breathing heavily ]
There you go. [ Insects chirping ]
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
...put this down.
♪ Here comes the bride
♪ all dressed in white
[ humming "here comes the bride" ]
[ Gunshots, Huntley grunts ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
Oh, thanks.
You looking for me?
Are you Jasmine?
Yes, I am.
Well, I'm -- I'm Martin tillman.
Uh, I'd like to talk to you for a few minutes
if you would like to sit down.
Uh...
Yes, I'm -- I'm -- I'm trying to find, uh...
Out about a gun that you once owned.
I've owned a lot of guns.
Uh, this is a, uh... .357 Magnum.
That's the serial number. Does it ring any bells?
You a detective?
No. no, no, no, no.
But I read about the incident you had with this gun, and I...
I must say, i admire your courage.
Do you know what happened to the gun after the incident?
Why?
I think it was the same gun
that killed my daughter a few weeks ago.
I'm, uh, trying to find the last owner of that gun.
I never saw that gun again.
The police kept it.
What do you suppose they did with it?
I don't know.
Do you want me to find out?
W-well, yes, if you would.
I... do you think you can?
Well, uh, here. Here is where I'm staying.
If you, uh,
if you hear anything, give me a ring, please.
I'll see what I can do.
Oh, thank you.
I'm sorry about your daughter.
Yes.
[ Indistinct voices on P.A. ]
[ Brakes hiss ]
Anne: you look like you want to say something.
Yes, I do.
I'm pregnant.
W-who? I me--
well, I -- well, who?
And i-i think it's Mike's.
You think it's Mike?
How many possibilities are there?!
Martin.
Don't "oh, Martin" me.
If you'd talked to her like I told you to,
this would-- oh, so now it's my fault?
Well, you're the -- you're the mother, for god's sake. Martin.
My god!
Whatarewe going to do? Hmm?
I'm going to keep the baby.
And Mike says that he wants to marry me.
I never said that. Yes, you did.
When? before the first time we had sex,
I asked you what you would do if you got a girl pregnant.
And you said you'd marry her. That's what you said!
I was talking in general. Well, I'm talking real specific.
I'm pregnant.
You are not gonna have that baby!
Yes, I am.
And if you're a real man, you'll stick to your word.
By the power vested in me by the state of Vermont,
I now pronounce you man and wife.
You may kiss the bride.
Mia, I baptize you
in the name of the father and of the son
and of the holy spirit.
There. [ cooing ] Oh...Oh, no.
Anne: everything looks fine from the outside.
But I know he's not okay on the inside.
And what is he doing?
He's on a crusade.
Really?
[ Sighs ]
I've told him there is no need to do this now.
Everybody knows what happened and how it happened, and...
What does he say? [ Sighs ]
"I've got to find Mia."
He's just obsessed.
I can't talk to him about it.
Not like I could before. I...Not about this.
I can't talk to him about it at all.
Gas it up. ♪ little lamb
♪ who made thee?
♪ Dost thou know Martin: You have to tell the police.
♪ Who made thee? I don't want to call the police.
Why not?
Because he has my address.
♪ Gave thee life [ Thunder rumbling ]
♪ And bid thee feed
♪ by the stream [ Clock ticking ]
♪ And o'er the mead [ Sighs ]
♪ Gave thee clothing of delight ♪ [ Thunder crashes ]
♪ Softest clothing
hurry! ♪ woolly, bright
♪ gave thee such a tender voice ♪
♪ making all the vales rejoice? ♪
♪ Little lamb
♪ who made thee?
[ Explosion ]
[ Explosion, airplane passing ]
[ Machine-gun fire in distance ]
"Dear penny,
several years passed before the gun was used again."
[ Woman speaking indistinctly on radio ]
"After that night in the woods,
"the weapon was taken as evidence.
"Then the case was closed.
"A policeman sold the gun to a wholesaler,
"who in turn sold it as used merchandise at a trade show.
"A medical student in New York City
"bought the gun for protection
"because he lived in a bad part of town.
"A few months later,
"the medical student's apartment was robbed,
"and the gun was stolen.
"The gun spent several years on the black market.
"There is no telling how many times it was used
"or how many times it's changed hands
"or exactly how it made its way from New York City
to Los Angeles, California."
[ Brakes hiss ]
[ Whistling ]
Oh, thank you. Mm-hmm.
I remember feeling like there was an earthquake
and all the walls around me were tumbling down.
Now it all seems so silly.
We were just kids.
It was my first real date.
I was so nervous.
Valerie and j.B. Fixed me up.
They were a steady item.
Or at least they were till that night.
Kyle was his name.
All the girls liked him,
including Valerie. [ Laughing ]
Um, j.B., i don't want to get on this.
Uh, i-it's the front.
Aw, Kyle, what's up?
Just go. Y'all go ahead.
All right, then.
Hey, we'll see y'all downstairs.
Y'all have some extra fun for me.
Bye! bye.
Whoo!
[ Screaming ]
[ Riders screaming ]
Valerie!
Kyle!
Valerie!
[ Sea gulls calling ]
Woman: nobody could believe j.B. Bought a gun.
I don't think he could believe it himself.
Man: get. get out of here.
He just wasn't that kind of kid.
Young woman: Ready.
Young women: Okay.
Let's go.
Up.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Hey, hey. [ Tires screech ]
What the fuck is going on, man?
J.b., man, what the fuck is going on, man?
Come on, man. You're my nigga, man.
I don't know what the fuck is going on, j.B.
He's got a gun!
[ Gunshots, crowd screaming ]
Come on, man! No!
[ Gunshots ]
[ Woman screaming in distance ]
[ Siren wailing ]
[ Gunshot ]
[ Sea gulls calling ]
[ Hitler speaking indistinctly on radio ]
[ Crowd cheering ]
Martin: hey, mom.
Will you sign this for me?
What's this?
It's so I can enlist.
Well, you're only 16, Martin.
Come on, mom. Everybody's going.
What did your father say?
He said it was up to you.
You're not going in the army.
You're too young.
And you're too skinny.
[ Hitler speaking on radio ]
Hitler: sieg heil! Crowd: Heil!
Sieg heil! Heil!
You took a chance picking me up.
[ Southern accent ] oh, well, you looked all right.
[ Chuckles ] what kind of an accent is that?
Me?
Hey, I don't have an accent.
You do. [ Laughs ]
No, really. Where are you from?
I'm from Georgia.
Really?
Yeah. you been there?
I've never been out of Vermont.
Well, you won't get a train until the morning.
What are you gonna do until then?
Get some sleep, I guess.
[ Brakes squealing ]
You've written, what -- 35 letters to this girl?
41.
She hasn't written you back once?
[ Indistinct conversations ]
You got that stamp?
You want me to lick it for you, too?
What are you doing here?
Yes. I'll marry you.
Man: all aboard!
All aboard! [ Bell ringing ]
Hey, hey, hey. [ Train whistle blows ]
Let's go!
Good luck!
See you later! Bye!
Martin: medic!
[ Gunshot ]
Medic!
[ Gunshot ]
No!
[ Gunshot ]
Anne: we've all got a story to tell.
First thing we're gonna do, and maybe the hardest --
we're gonna select which story of ours we want to tell.
Yes?
Does it have to be a true story?
Yes, that would be a very good place to start.
Hmph.
[ Sighs ]
Aren't you going to say grace?
You can say it if you want.
Do you realize that since penny died,
you have not been to church -- not once?
And you stopped saying grace.
Have you stopped believing in god?
No, I still believe there's a god.
I just don't know what to make of him.
Anne: he's writing letters to penny.
I found a dozen of them in his drawer.
I-i know I shouldn't have.
But I've been worried about him.
I just...
What do the letters say?
Oh -- oh, I don't know.
I-i didn't want to read them. I...
Why don't you ask him to come in?
[ Sighs ]
No,thank you.
Why not?
Because I have nothing to say to him.
Oh, I bet you do.
No, I don't.
And I'm not going to be counseled by any pastor
that's young enough to be my...
[ Sighs ] my son. No.
Martin... no.
[ Penny laughing ]
[ Engines humming, gunfire, explosions ]
[ Gunshot ]
[ Gun cocks ]
No!
[ Soldier coughing ]
Medic!
What happened?
He was -- he was just a kid.
[ Gasps ]
I -- it's, uh...
[ Sighs ]
It's as clear now as it was then.
Maybe even clearer.
Are they always the same nightmares?
About people I've known who died.
People that I've killed --
I killed with my bare hands, you know, and...
Oh, but there's nothing like a gun.
Why is that?
Because it's easy.
Requires no more effort than the blinking of an eye.
And you don't have to look the poor bastard in the face.
At least most of the time.
Uh, perhaps we should finish up today.
Okay.
You're going to get through it, Martin.
Believe me.
God never gives us more trouble than we can bear.
So, uh...
If I were a-a weaker person,
my daughter would still be alive?
We don't always know the reasons.
R-reason?
What possible reason could there be for her to be dead?
If god --
if god...
If god what?
What?!
Believe what you want. You know, Martin...
What puzzles me is that you've told me many things here,
some things which took a lot of courage to say.
But there's one thing you've never said.
I loved penny. That's not what I meant.
I loved penny.
Martin... I've said it.
You're afraid to say it.
I -- go to hell!
Try, Martin.
[ Breathing heavily ]
"Dear penny,
I'm in las Vegas tonight."
[ Up-tempo dance music plays ]
"It's hot as hell, but I'm close.
I'm very, very close."
Hello? is this Louis Johnson?
Yes. my name is Martin tillman.
I'm, uh, I'm trying to trace a .357 Magnum.
Oh, you did?
Uh...really? what pawnshop was that?
Pioneer.
Thank you very much.
[ Women talking indistinctly, cheering ]
[ Music intensifies ]
[ Women squealing, laughing ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
[ Car door closes, engine turns over ]
[ Siren wailing in distance ]
Woman: ready? come on.
[ Laughter ]
[ Up-tempo dance music plays ]
[ Indistinct conversations, laughter ]
Who the fuck are you?
Who the fuck areyou?
[ Laughter in distance ]
Oh, my god.
Hey, you know this fuckin' guy? Get out of the way.
Grandpa? she's my granddaughter, yes.
What are you -- we have to talk about some things.
Ladies, if you'll excuse us, please,
wait... i want to talk to my granddaughter.
What are you doing? Grandpa, these are my friends.
I know who they are! Out! Come on.
You better go. I'll call you later. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Jeez. what do you mean, you'll call him later?
You won't call me at all.
I-i got busy. I-i...
Oh, you got busy. What did you do?
Get busynotmaking phone calls? What?!
[ Exhales sharply ]
I been all over this goddamn country looking foryou.
[ Sighs ]
You have?
H-how's my -- how's my mother?
She's, uh...
She's good. She's fine. Yes.
[ Sighs ]
Yes, she's, uh...
She's okay.
I think about her a lot.
Yeah, I think about her a lot, too.
Really a lot.
[ Sighs ]
I just...
I just wrote her a letter.
Um...
Would you give it to her for me?
Sure.
"Dear penny...
"I found Mia today. She's all right.
"I'm not crazy about her chosen profession, but she looks good.
"She gave me a letter for you.
"Should I open it?
"No, she doesn't know what happened to you.
It wasn't the right time."
Martin: are you in trouble?
Mia: no.
No, not at all.
You promise you won't tell my mother that I was here?
Okay.
I'll -- I'll be right back, okay?
Ah, well.
[ Buzzer sounds ]
Woman: can I take that for you?
Ah, uh... [ Clears throat ]
No, I think it's, uh...
I don't think she's finished yet.
Okay.
[ Exhales sharply ]
[ Billiard balls clacking ]
[ Exhales slowly ] this is quite a place.
Yeah, it's not bad.
You happy here?
Yeah. i like it.
Yeah? mm-hmm.
Is, uh...
Well, you never told me why you ran away.
But is this, uh...
[ Chuckles ] for a guy.
A guy? Mm-hmm.
Still with him?
No. i dumped him.
[ Chuckles ]
How'd you find me, anyway?
The gun.
The gun?
The gun I took from your purse, yeah.
Um...
How did that lead you to me?
I traced it.
You know, the place it was made,
through all the various people that had owned it,
hoping that, eventually, it would lead me to you.
Or the shop where you bought it.
Why were you so desperate to find me?
I have something i need to tell you.
It's about my mother?
Yes.
[ Keys jingling, footsteps ]
Hey!
Give me the purse!
Fuck off!
No.
[ Gun cocks ] no.
Just take it.
Just take it!
You have to tell the police.
I don't want to call the police.
Why not?
Because... [ sighs ]
He has my address.
Your address at home?
No, he had the address here.
It was on the rental-car agreement.
Well, why would he come after you?
I don't know, dad.
If I -- if -- if I identify him, i mean, he might --
he might --
I mean, he got what he wanted. Let's just...
Yeah. okay, honey.
Okay.
[ Exhales deeply ]
Okay.
[ Sighs ]
[ Engine turns over ]
Oh!
[ Glass breaks ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Gunshots ]
[ Weakly ] daddy? Aah!
[ Gasps ]
Oh! daddy, I'm shot.
Penny?! is that...
Aah!
Oh!
Oh, god! Oh...
[ Penny moans softly ]
Oh, baby, look at... Why did you shoot me?
Oh! what's going on?
Mom? oh, I got to call the doctor!
Got to call somebody!
Penny, what happened? What...
Happened?
Oh, hello? Yes. Oh...
Listen, my daughter's been shot.
Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
Here. come on, honey. No, no!
Don't -- don't -- hold her, for Christ's sake!
No. no, it's, uh, it's 401 elm road.
Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Yes. And please hurry.
Hurry!
What? [ sobs ]
.357 Magnum.
Serial number -- 3x...
Hey.
Hi.
That was a very brave thing you did.
You wrote those letters for me, didn't you?
Yeah.
[ Sighs ]
Thank you.
[ Laughing ] oh!
You're welcome, darling.
"Dear penny...
"This will be my last letter to you.
"It's not because you're not on my mind,
"because you are always, and you always will be.
"I just don't feel the need to write anymore.
"I once thought everything happened for a reason.
"But sometimes there is no reason,
"just an emotion.
"Mia came to live with us for a while
"so she can go to community college.
"She's a good kid.
She reminds me more and more of you every day."
Morning.
Mm.
How about breakfast?
Ah, I'm late. Bye.
"The gun that killed you rests in the drawer of my desk.
"I suppose I'll keep it near me until the day I die.
"I'm not afraid of intruders or madmen.
"I only fear the demons in my own mind.
"The demons that sprang forth from their cages...
...the day you left us."
[ Penny laughing ]
[ Slow instrumental music plays ]