It was raining. The water came dribbling down from grey clouds in a greyer sky. Suzie stared at the sky blankly, raindrops mingling with tears till one could not be told from the other. She slowly turned her gaze back to the coffin that held her father. As the Rabbi droned the words of Kadish her thought wandered back over the past month; arriving in America, discovering that her father was alive and successful, only to arrive in Hollywood to find him in a hospital bed, dying. She has stayed by his side for the next 2 weeks as he faded further and further away, until one night he had gone to sleep never to wake again. His new family had been terribly kind to her, taking her in and making her their own; but with his death, there was no longer anything holding her heart to America. She longed to return to France; but English passport or no, she was still a Jew in danger of being discovered. And so she must bide her time, waiting in lonely misery.

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I'm sorry that's so short but its just the prologue – I already have 2-3 other chapters written, they just need to be typed out. I'm just curious whether this will generate any interest. I know this movie isn't terribly popular, I just discovered it this past weekend myself, but it has absolutely captured my imagination and I just HAD to write a resolution for it. I would suggest if you haven't seen it to watch it, its kind of slow and is perhaps an acquired taste (the best way I've come up with to explain it is that its almost more like a poem than prose) but it is beautiful. If nothing else it has Johnny Depp ;)

[As a story, this could probably stand alone but the movie would definitely help for background]