Season 4 Episode 17
"Stay Awake Next Time"
When Rick arrived at his house that evening, he was surprised to see Eli sitting in the couch. "What are you doing here, in the dark, alone?" Rick asked, friendly. "Oh, just... thinking. About life." Eli answers. Rick is surprised by that. He says, "Oh, that's nice you finally decided to do some thinking on life. What about the girls?" Rick asks, sitting next to Eli. Rick looks really tired - he hasn't slept well in the last days, with everything that's been going on. "Oh, Zoe has just gone to bed." Eli answers, trying to postpone the Grace moment as long as he could. "And Grace is already sleeping too?" Rick asked.
Soliloquy Eli looks mad at himself. "I can't think of any good excuses! Why did I have to be so stupid?" He pauses and then softens his expression. "On the other hand, why do I have to feel guilty about the wrong things she's doing?"
"Grace's out." Eli answers, trying to sound cool. "What?" Rick asks, worried. "It's 11:30! Where did she go?" Eli gets up, knowing things were going to get bad. "I don't know, Dad. I'm not Grace's bodyguard." He starts to leave. "And now that you've arrived, there's a place I have to go." Rick gets up and tries to stop him. "Eli, do you know something?" He asks seriously. "No, Dad. Give me a break!" Eli says as he leaves.
Soliloquy Rick is looking up. "Let she be OK. Let she be OK." He prayed.
When Eli was outside, getting into Rick's car, another car pulled in front of the house. To Eli's dismay, Jake came out of it. "Oh, hi, Eli! How's everything?" Jake asked Eli very friendly. Jake liked Eli because Eli reminded him of himself as a young man. "OK, Jake." Eli answered, not very excited. "What are you doing here so late?" He asked. "Well, Tiffany is visiting her mom, so I was left alone. Then I thought, why don't I go see my daughters?" Jake says, happily. Eli gives him a weak smile and says, "Zoe is already asleep." He said. Jake is disappointed, but not so much. "But I'm sure Grace isn't. And I really need to talk to her." Jake said and began to move towards the house. "Oh, Grace's not here, she's at... at a party." Jake turned back and said, "She didn't tell me anything when I talked to her today." He says, surprised and not pleased. "Oh, apparently it was a last minute thing." Eli is doing his best.
At this moment, Rick decides to check on the noise outside. He opens the door and the sight of Jake is the last thing he wanted to see. "So, Rick, what do you know about this party Grace went to?" Jake asked, seriously. "Not much, actually. But she talked to Lily, and Lily said it was OK." Rick answered, getting into Eli's farce. Jake is not really convinced, but he can't do much. Eli interrupts the scary silence saying, "Well, I have to go." He gets in the car and Jake asks, "Where are you going?" Eli thinks for a second and says, "A important place." Jake nods and says, going to his car, "Well, I can't give you a ride to there."
Soliloquy Jake looks angry. "They are hiding something from me. The boy. I'm sure he knows where my daughter is, by the way he answered my questions."
While Jake has no other choice but going home, Eli drove by Dimitri's house. He saw a very weak light in the living room. He stopped the car in the street, in front of the house. He honk the car's horn once. Twice. Nothing. This was the "I'm here" signal when he picked up Grace there the other times. He waited for another two minutes and then left.
Morning arrived quickly for Rick, who slept on the couch waiting for Eli and Grace; and for Eli, who slept in the car waiting for Grace. They were both awakened by a furious Jake, who arrived yelling, "Where's my daughter???" Rick jumped of the couch and went outside where Jake was yelling at Eli. "Where's she?" Rick, still sleeping, said, "I guess she's inside." Before he could finish, he pushed Rick out of his way and went inside, only to find Zoe at the kitchen. When he asked what she was doing there, she said she didn't go to school because she couldn't wake up Rick or Eli. Jake took her by her hand, and left the house, still yelling at Rick, "You lose one of my daughters and totally forget about the other one. Oh, the judge is going to love that."
As Jake put Zoe in the car, Rick came to him and said, Jake, you can't drive like this. "Yes, I can. I have to go find my daughter!" He yelled. "I'll help you." Rick said. "No! I want you out of this." Rick thought this wasn't a good time for a fight, so he just said calmly, "Please leave Zoe here, then. You're too nervous." For a moment Jake stopped to think. He looked at Zoe, who was beginning to get scared, and she quickly jumped out of the car. "OK." Jake said. "But if something happens to her..." "Don't worry." Rick interrupted. Jake got in the car.
While the above was happening, Eli got into Rick's car and started. He began to leave and pretended he didn't hear Rick asking what he was going. When Jake suddenly thought he should follow Eli. And he did this, so carefully Eli didn't realize. After about twenty minutes of driving, Eli stopped the car. In the front of Dimitri's house. Eli got out of the car, and when he was rang the bell of the house he heard Jake on his back. Desperate, Eli tried to hold the door closed, but it was useless because Jake came and pushed the door open. Jake saw there what he expected a frightened Grace, and Dimitri by her side.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" Grace asked, pointless. "I can't believe this! I can't believe I let you live at that house so long! Look what happened to you." He then looked at Dimitri. "And you... oh, I'm not going to do anything now, but just wait." He grabbed Grace's arm and took her off the house. Eli was relieved Dimitri didn't try to fight with Jake, because it would be so much worse. Eli looked at Dimitri, and not knowing what to say or do, just left.
In Jake's car, silence was heartbreaking. Grace didn't have the nerve to look at her Dad, and all she could think about was Dimitri and Lily. Her poor mother, she wasn't ready for something like this. Lost in her thoughts, Grace reached into her jacket's pocket. In there, she found the poem Dimitri gave her the last night. Her lucky charm.
TO BE CONTINUED...
"Stay Awake Next Time"
When Rick arrived at his house that evening, he was surprised to see Eli sitting in the couch. "What are you doing here, in the dark, alone?" Rick asked, friendly. "Oh, just... thinking. About life." Eli answers. Rick is surprised by that. He says, "Oh, that's nice you finally decided to do some thinking on life. What about the girls?" Rick asks, sitting next to Eli. Rick looks really tired - he hasn't slept well in the last days, with everything that's been going on. "Oh, Zoe has just gone to bed." Eli answers, trying to postpone the Grace moment as long as he could. "And Grace is already sleeping too?" Rick asked.
Soliloquy Eli looks mad at himself. "I can't think of any good excuses! Why did I have to be so stupid?" He pauses and then softens his expression. "On the other hand, why do I have to feel guilty about the wrong things she's doing?"
"Grace's out." Eli answers, trying to sound cool. "What?" Rick asks, worried. "It's 11:30! Where did she go?" Eli gets up, knowing things were going to get bad. "I don't know, Dad. I'm not Grace's bodyguard." He starts to leave. "And now that you've arrived, there's a place I have to go." Rick gets up and tries to stop him. "Eli, do you know something?" He asks seriously. "No, Dad. Give me a break!" Eli says as he leaves.
Soliloquy Rick is looking up. "Let she be OK. Let she be OK." He prayed.
When Eli was outside, getting into Rick's car, another car pulled in front of the house. To Eli's dismay, Jake came out of it. "Oh, hi, Eli! How's everything?" Jake asked Eli very friendly. Jake liked Eli because Eli reminded him of himself as a young man. "OK, Jake." Eli answered, not very excited. "What are you doing here so late?" He asked. "Well, Tiffany is visiting her mom, so I was left alone. Then I thought, why don't I go see my daughters?" Jake says, happily. Eli gives him a weak smile and says, "Zoe is already asleep." He said. Jake is disappointed, but not so much. "But I'm sure Grace isn't. And I really need to talk to her." Jake said and began to move towards the house. "Oh, Grace's not here, she's at... at a party." Jake turned back and said, "She didn't tell me anything when I talked to her today." He says, surprised and not pleased. "Oh, apparently it was a last minute thing." Eli is doing his best.
At this moment, Rick decides to check on the noise outside. He opens the door and the sight of Jake is the last thing he wanted to see. "So, Rick, what do you know about this party Grace went to?" Jake asked, seriously. "Not much, actually. But she talked to Lily, and Lily said it was OK." Rick answered, getting into Eli's farce. Jake is not really convinced, but he can't do much. Eli interrupts the scary silence saying, "Well, I have to go." He gets in the car and Jake asks, "Where are you going?" Eli thinks for a second and says, "A important place." Jake nods and says, going to his car, "Well, I can't give you a ride to there."
Soliloquy Jake looks angry. "They are hiding something from me. The boy. I'm sure he knows where my daughter is, by the way he answered my questions."
While Jake has no other choice but going home, Eli drove by Dimitri's house. He saw a very weak light in the living room. He stopped the car in the street, in front of the house. He honk the car's horn once. Twice. Nothing. This was the "I'm here" signal when he picked up Grace there the other times. He waited for another two minutes and then left.
Morning arrived quickly for Rick, who slept on the couch waiting for Eli and Grace; and for Eli, who slept in the car waiting for Grace. They were both awakened by a furious Jake, who arrived yelling, "Where's my daughter???" Rick jumped of the couch and went outside where Jake was yelling at Eli. "Where's she?" Rick, still sleeping, said, "I guess she's inside." Before he could finish, he pushed Rick out of his way and went inside, only to find Zoe at the kitchen. When he asked what she was doing there, she said she didn't go to school because she couldn't wake up Rick or Eli. Jake took her by her hand, and left the house, still yelling at Rick, "You lose one of my daughters and totally forget about the other one. Oh, the judge is going to love that."
As Jake put Zoe in the car, Rick came to him and said, Jake, you can't drive like this. "Yes, I can. I have to go find my daughter!" He yelled. "I'll help you." Rick said. "No! I want you out of this." Rick thought this wasn't a good time for a fight, so he just said calmly, "Please leave Zoe here, then. You're too nervous." For a moment Jake stopped to think. He looked at Zoe, who was beginning to get scared, and she quickly jumped out of the car. "OK." Jake said. "But if something happens to her..." "Don't worry." Rick interrupted. Jake got in the car.
While the above was happening, Eli got into Rick's car and started. He began to leave and pretended he didn't hear Rick asking what he was going. When Jake suddenly thought he should follow Eli. And he did this, so carefully Eli didn't realize. After about twenty minutes of driving, Eli stopped the car. In the front of Dimitri's house. Eli got out of the car, and when he was rang the bell of the house he heard Jake on his back. Desperate, Eli tried to hold the door closed, but it was useless because Jake came and pushed the door open. Jake saw there what he expected a frightened Grace, and Dimitri by her side.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" Grace asked, pointless. "I can't believe this! I can't believe I let you live at that house so long! Look what happened to you." He then looked at Dimitri. "And you... oh, I'm not going to do anything now, but just wait." He grabbed Grace's arm and took her off the house. Eli was relieved Dimitri didn't try to fight with Jake, because it would be so much worse. Eli looked at Dimitri, and not knowing what to say or do, just left.
In Jake's car, silence was heartbreaking. Grace didn't have the nerve to look at her Dad, and all she could think about was Dimitri and Lily. Her poor mother, she wasn't ready for something like this. Lost in her thoughts, Grace reached into her jacket's pocket. In there, she found the poem Dimitri gave her the last night. Her lucky charm.
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