Once upon a time, in a land not unlike your own, there lived a beautiful young woman named Belle.
She was kind and thoughtful,
selfless and hard-working.
Above all, Belle loved God and her family.
Belle spent her time pursuing her education and working to help her family.
She brightened the day of all who met her with her cheerful outlook on life,
a reflection of her faith. But in the same land lives someone concerned with no one but himself.
He had great wealth and lived in the utmost luxury, yet no one envied him.
He was a ruthless, cold-hearted man. His name was Eric Landry.
But throughout the land, he was more commonly called the Beast.
Mrs. Haygood?
Yes, Eric.
What is this?
Breakfast!
No it's not. When you find anything for me to eat, I'll be in my office.
I've the Snyder file done, and I got a call from Jensen Corporation. They want you to come out and consult for a week.
Joy, look, put this in my office, then I have some e-mails for you to follow up on.
Oh, Eric, the repairman's coming by today to fix the fireplace.
Do I care?
Just a reminder.
Mr. Sagan, when have I ever cared about your mundane reminders?
Just keeping you informed so you don't blame me later for not telling you.
And when has that ever happened?
Two weeks ago when you screamed at the electrician for interrupting your need for solitude.
You live alone, Eric. What do you need solitude for anyway?
Ready?
Almost. I just have to pull these files.
You go ahead. I'll lock up.
Do you want me to do it for you?
You know you have your homework.
No, I'll be fine, and I totally heard your tone there.
What?
Don't knock the homework thing.
I have complete respect for it.
I've been there.
You've been there?
And for some reason you're still there?
I don't know what you're going to do with an MBA anyway.
Oh, I don't know. I'll probably buy this practice and fire you for mocking me.
Oh, ha ha.
Sorry salon for tomorrow
With your cousin. Yeah
Do you like it?
Greg?
He seems nice
Please
He's not bad looking.
It's not that. I just don't know him yet.
Well, you can get to know him tomorrow at the art exhibit.
Okay. See you later.
Okay, bye.
You're the most incompetent assistant ever I told you not to call until I approved, but you did no
I specifically said do not make a move until we had them locked in
Okay, this is gonna rule my relationship with them like you have
You're fired you know what don't bother. I've had my resignation typed up for weeks
Well, judging by the date on this, then I don't have to pay you for the last few weeks.
Now do I?
I am so sorry, sir. I didn't mean to.
You didn't mean to? Nobody tries to be an idiot. It always just happens.
Do you have any idea how much this is worth?
This is worth the lives of 10 people. 20 if they're you.
I am terribly sorry, Mr. Landry.
What can I do to make it up to you?
You couldn't possibly do enough.
I'm calling your boss first thing in the morning.
Start looking for a new job.
No, sir, please, I need this job.
I don't care what you need.
This is broken. My day is spoiled, and you're to blame for both.
No, please, Mr. Landry, I can't lose this job. I can't be fired. My children depend on me.
Get out!
Now, before I call the police.
I got a 79 on my math test, but Miss Parker says she's going to curve the test anyway.
You're lucky she does that.
Yeah, I know.
Mike, stop acting like a seven-year-old.
You know, why not try harder so you don't have to rely on a curve?
What's wrong? You've been quiet all night?
I need to start looking for a new job.
What happened?
It was an accident.
I broke something at Mr. Landry's and he said he'll call my boss in the morning.
I'll be fired.
Did you try to talk him out of it?
Of course I did.
But the man's a... a beast.
He threatened to call the police on me.
For what? It was an accident.
That doesn't change anything.
I've only had this job a few months.
Mr. Landry is a powerful man and a spiteful one.
Everyone knows it. At church, in town, everyone.
Let me see what I can do.
No.
This is my problem.
Dad, we need you to keep this job.
There's something I can do, I'm doing it.
My father from the repair company today.
Drive on in. Just walk around the back of the estate and you'll find Mr. Landry.
Thank you
What are you doing in my property are you mr. Landry
I came to ask you not to call my dad's boss.
You're the repairman's daughter.
Well, you must be an idiot, too.
Excuse me, but that's uncalled for, as is the way you treated my father.
You want me to reward him for breaking priceless art?
No, of course not, but...
don't call his boss my family relies on him we need him to keep that job do you
know what
Please, I have a sister and two brothers, one who's away at college, and they need our support.
My mother died years ago. I do what I can to help, but it's my father's job. We rely on
Lovely sob story doesn't change anything. I was wrong
it was an accident, and if you want it made up to you,
we'll, I'm sorry, we can't pay anything close
to what the art was probably worth.
But firing my father won't help.
Don't make me feel better.
Will it?
Please, there's gotta be something I can do some way we can make this right.
I just fired my assistant today. You'll replace her.
You'll work for me until I feel the debt has paid off.
But I have a job.
You want me to call your dad's boss?
I'm a part-time assistant at an orthodontic office.
You work part-time, but you claim your family's desperate?
I work and I go to school part-time.
Well, I guess you have your work cut out for you then, don't you?
When you're not working, you'll come here.
You got the way you came in.
Thank you.
Craig should be here soon.
Remember, exhibit today!
I can't go I'm sorry. Why not? It's a long story.
Craig's been asking about you ever since you guys met. He had me set this up just so you would come.
I know, I'm sorry. Just think about him you don't like.
No, it's not that, it's just I have another commitment.
Really?
Anna, I promise I'm not trying to blow this off. Really.
Hey!
I gotta go.
I'm sorry.
Uh, she's gonna have to come with us another day.
Why? Is this something I said?
You must be the new assistant.
I'm Mrs. Haygood. Come on in.
Now, don't let him frighten you.
He's right in there.
Thank you.
Oh, you're here.
You have a name?
Good. When I ring, you come.
Now it means beauty.
You'll work here when you're not running errands.
Aaron's
I understand that, but your mid-level managers are abysmal.
Don, look, I'll be honest with you.
You either need to retrain them or rethink your quarterly projections.
One or the other.
what are you doing sorry I was looking for the right room this look like a
bedroom
I have no problem going back in our deal.
I've got the number for your father's work right on my desk.
I'm sorry. Could you maybe show me which room's the right one?
I have some fresh pie ready Eric, would you like some?
Sure, I'll be right in.
You come too, Belle.
Thank you, Mrs. Hakeard.
Go ahead.
Thank you.
When you're finished, I want you to alphabetize the books.
Are you sure?
I can do...
I want you to alphabetize the books.
You know, I can do more than filing and alphabetizing if you want.
I'm pretty organized.
shouldn't be a problem.
Where do you live, Bill?
Uh, just a few blocks from here, actually. Down on, um...
I'm reading.
Hi, Belle.
That Belle's home. Can we eat now?
Hey, guys.
So how was your day?
Yeah, was the beast as bad as everyone says?
That's what everyone calls him.
Last week in Sunday school, Mrs. Robertson used him as an example of pride and anger.
I'm thrilled to hear that, but it's still not nice.
She says that's what keeps him from coming to church. That and the alcohol.
enough Kelly. Is he mean?
John McCauley said Landry chased him down the street.
Mr. Landry, Mike.
Mr. Landry chased him down the street one day.
What did John do?
He's keeping his mailbox.
That's lame.
Stop it, Mike.
So how is it?
Parable.
There's a phone number on my desk, I need it right away.
No, not this one.
Maybe it's on my credenza.
It's a guy.
Who?
Craig?
Who's he?
Hey, Bill.
Hey, Craig.
I thought we could go get some ice cream.
Um...
I was really looking forward to spending time with you the other day.
Why didn't you come with us?
We had to work.
Really?
Yeah.
So you were leaving work?
I have a second job.
Second job?
Mm-hmm.
You guys think that's a bit much?
We can handle it.
Anna said you were in school, too.
So...
This was in school already, like a second job.
So that's two or three.
Come on, Bell.
Maybe it's time you settle down.
Let somebody take care of you.
I can take care of myself pretty well.
You know what I mean.
Like a boyfriend.
Or a husband.
We haven't even been on a date yet.
I can fix that.
What I mean is we don't even know each other.
Sometimes you just have to trust your feelings.
And if you're not sure, you can trust mine.
Well, I have to go.
Um, I have an exam coming up.
Thanks for the ice cream.
Bill, where's your second job?
Belle! Want some breakfast?
No, no thank you. Is Mr. Landry here?
He's in the spa room. He just asked for you.
The spa room?
You can wait in the next room. Read a book if you'd like.
Well, at least I'll be able to find one usually.
Yes?
Get me my towel.
What are you doing with that?
Reading. It was on your shelf. I hope you don't mind.
Get rid of it. What why I said get rid of it. That's a nice copy
How could you do that?
It's just a book.
No, it's God's word.
Isn't that sacrilegious?
Do you think I care?
I haven't cared about God things for years.
Maybe that should change.
Look, I don't know you or your reasons, but you don't know me or mine.
Please don't be so disrespectful.
It's my house!
If you don't like it, you're welcome to leave.
I'm going out of town tomorrow, and my office has a list of things for you to do while I'm gone.
For now, go pack my bag.
Mrs. Hager, what's for breakfast?
Oh, I can't stand him.
Wait, what are you talking about?
Eric Landry.
Landry, as in Scary Landry, Landry Mansion, Scary Rich Landry?
Yes.
So dad wrote something at Landry's house when he was repairing a fireplace,
and so Landry threatened to call dad's boss and have him fired,
so I'm working for Landry until he thinks the debt's been paid off.
Is that where you've been lately because Craig thinks you're avoiding him now, that'd be mean
So is his house like amazing Anna
Would your dad's boss even fire him? It's hard to say pending so new to the job
Plus with Landry calling got it. So it's bugging you now
He's such a jerk.
He's purposely making this harder than it has to be.
He has to be doing the stupidest little jobs.
He insults me constantly, and he has absolutely no respect for...
So it sounds like all the rumors are true.
You know he's a drunk, right?
Yeah, I've heard that, but I haven't seen him drink anything.
Well, it sounds like he acts like a drunk.
This is so helpful.
Fine.
Fish it back, then.
He's gonna be a jerk.
Show him up.
I gotta get through this.
I can't take him off and have him fire me and call my dad's boss.
That one proof is that you can do something more important.
What do you do anyways? I heard you got dark at work and started a fire.
He's a consultant or something, I don't know.
Maybe you should find out where he really has the reason for you to be there.
Just maybe.
Well, wanna blow this off? Catch a movie?
Yes. No. He's going out of town, but I still got times to do. Plus, schoolwork.
Ew. Lucky you. Hang in there.
Yeah. Thanks. Talk to you later.
Your home?
Yep. I thought you'd be at the mansion.
You say it like it's glamorous or something.
Landry's out of town.
So what are you doing?
Looking up stuff about his business.
Do you think he's really out of town?
I mean, what if he has a double life?
Like Batman?
Not likely.
Well, how do you know? Have you ever followed him?
No, and I never will.
But you could be a sidekick. Bad girl.
I'm trying to work fine, but if he does end up having a secret identity you have to show me the Batcave
What are you doing with that?
Reading. You have a typo on page four.
What gives you the right to?
Mr. Landry, call America here.
Eric, it's my job.
Your job is to do what I can.
tell you you know despite what you may believe I can think for myself and if
you really want a decent assistant let me do something besides running errands
for you
Do you think you know anything about what I do?
I'm beginning to.
You help companies identify problems so they're more profitable.
For example, you think this company is far understaffed.
Look, you might as well let me do something more useful.
You only have so many shirts I can take to the cleaners.
I can buy more.
What do you have to lose? I'll still do all the menial stuff.
Just give me a chance to show you what I can do.
You've been here a couple of weeks.
Do you think I'd trust you with anything that's more-
If you want a real assistant-
Yes
Read all these.
When you start to understand what you're really dealing with,
then we'll talk.
This is hey, good?
I didn't know this was back here.
Yep, this is the staff kitchen.
Aren't you the only staff I didn't build the place
Sounds like you've been keeping busy. Yeah
Lots of shavings that you come.
I imagine you'd hear that even if I weren't here.
Yeah, but oh, that's just how he is.
If it's not wrong of me, Mrs. Haggard,
why is Eric the way he is?
I'm sure you've heard the rumor
There are plenty.
But I can't believe that more than half of them are true.
About ten years ago, Eric was married.
He'd started a business with a couple of his friends.
It was a big success.
He went to church, was strong as everyone else.
Then his wife died.
Sarah, what's her name?
It was an accident, but Eric took it very hard.
He blamed God for it, stopped going to church, then he started drinking.
So that is true.
Alcohol affected Eric so much as business partners, so-called friends, ousted him from his own company.
He was all right, financially, as you can see.
That just makes matters worse.
He was drinking so much his whole life was out of control.
But I haven't seen him drink once since I got here.
Well, it got so bad he finally checked himself
into one of those rehab clinics.
He hasn't had a drink in five years.
But he pulled through, okay? All things considered, built himself a good consulting firm and all, keeps him busy.
Why is he so...
Mean?
Yeah.
Everybody takes hard times differently.
For Eric, he still blames God.
And all those rumors don't help either.
I should go. Thanks for...
Talking with me.
I should have time then.
Just a couple of days to start.
If we need more, we'll talk.
Okay. Bye, Mark.
Eric, I have to go to my other job now.
Yeah, I have the ending shift and then I have class after that.
I'd like to take these home to read tonight, if that's all right.
Well, I'm a little busy here. Do you think I care?
Beep!
Hello?
Hi!
Hi, Craig. What's up?
You want to go out to dinner?
I already ate, but thanks.
What about a movie Anna's been really wanting to see in the middle of something but maybe this weekend
Oh, okay.
What are you doing?
Reading.
You're gonna blow us off for a bug.
work, actually.
If you're sure.
Yeah, I appreciate the invite though. I really do
Okay, bye
Was that Craig yes Kelly see you good kisser
Kinda like we're not even dating.
Well, he is a boy.
When you kiss a guy, how do you coordinate everything?
I mean, does the girl tilt her head to the right and the guy to the left?
Or the guy to the right and the girl to the left?
Wait, who's left?
Are you really asking me this?
It's a good question. How do you know not to hit heads?
And what about noses? You're not gonna show me, are you?
No, I'm kicking you out of my room.
So you haven't kissed Craig?
and you can always have a lead in the city's offer.
There's a majority of both of you
to participate in this program.
Can I make a decision for you?
Did you finish reading the reports?
Yes.
Okay, tell me what you learned.
Thought your analysis was pretty good.
That means so much to me.
You're really smart. I mean, I figured you'd have to be intelligent with what you do, but what you've written down and figured out you're
really smart
Now that we've established I'm smart, did you learn anything?
Okay.
Companies obviously come to you for recommendations on how to be more
efficient and profitable and from what you wrote they all can improve.
They'll be thrilled to hear that.
I keep finding faults I've never even thought about and your analysis makes my head spin
with revenues and cutting back debts.
I'm just a little bit confused on your recommendations though.
really just seems like you're a little harsh on them I'm wondering why I mean
you're supposed to be helping them
I am helping them. I tell them what they're doing wrong.
Yeah, but shouldn't she be a little nicer about it?
Look, my clients don't pay me for fluffy compliments.
Look.
You view the company as an entity, right?
Right.
But it's run by people.
People are influenced by emotions. Wouldn't it help to be a little more diplomatic?
Look, you read a few reports and you think you know it all.
That's enough! Shut the door behind you!
I don't care!
You don't know what you're talking about!
You're done for the day.
Pick up my shirt from the dry cleaner on your way in tomorrow.
Okay, Jessica. We'll see you later.
Thank you.
You're quiet today.
I'm working.
Ah, speaking of, how's your other boss?
Is it really worth it?
I mean, your dad could find another job eventually.
It took him months to find this one,
class with James away at school and Kelly and, like,
we need the stability.
What about you?
I mean, you're the one who's working with the beast.
I wouldn't call him that.
He does deserve some respect, even if...
You know, you know.
Good evening, Eric.
Mr. Saygood.
I found these in the theater room. Do you want them in here?
Yes.
Dinner's nearly ready.
Will Belby around to join us?
Do you see her here just wondering don't be too long or the food will get cold. I'll be in a few minutes
I'm so sorry. I thought you were already in the office. I should have checked. Sorry.
It's a good thing I wasn't in the shower.
Yeah. I'm just going to wait in the office.
I'm taking the day off. I'm not feeling very well.
Did you want me to get you something or Mrs. Heygood or your doctor?
My doctor, what do you think's wrong with me?
Nothing. I just... never mind.
What?
I just figured you'd have one on hand or something.
Big house, well-off guy, the on-call doctor.
Maybe that's just a maybe thing.
Maybe.
Yeah.
I'm sorry about my behavior yesterday.
You... you read everything and I...
Anyway, my apologies.
Feel free to take the day off.
Okay.
Thanks.
See you tomorrow.
Can I ask why you keep it?
Excuse me?
Isn't it kind of a temptation?
Well, this coming from someone who would never understand.
Have you ever had a job of alcohol in your life?
It's a reminder.
For what?
To never go there again.
This is Eric. Kyle. Yes.
The 21st can work just fine.
Hello mr. Landry's office. He's on another call right now. Can I?
You're supposed to send me a package yesterday, and it's not here.
Okay, what's your name?
I told Eric this three days ago, and he tells us I could screw, which isn't like him.
I can't stress the urgency enough.
We're preparing a presentation for the board and just waiting for our support to finalize.
Actually, Mr. Yilding, it's my fault. I failed to get it out in time yesterday.
I'm very sorry. You should have it first thing in the morning.
Ugh, a packet.
That's it, it's no problem, I'll just take it out right now if you want.
Is Eric here?
He's walking outside.
He asked that you wait in the great room.
I'll go fetch him.
Um, yes, dear.
Which one's the great room?
The one right off the entry.
Eric's bedroom?
No. That's a nice room. No need to give it an ego. I'll show you.
So why is it called the grape room because it's big
Everything hair is big.
You covered for me on the yielding thing.
I didn't even think about it yesterday, I just...
It's what I get for taking the day off.
You were sick.
Yeah, but it's not an excuse.
But thank you for what you did.
I'd like for you to read this analysis, make it more diplomatic.
We'll go over tomorrow.
Now, there you are.
Hey, just finishing up on the diplomacy revision.
you're still working on that? yeah it's not the state of the union come on
I'd really rather explain my notes at just at whatever I was thinking.
See the good in the manager.
respect the CEO he brought you in too harsh too critical to mean Eric
Why would you listen to criticism with no hope?
I was going to type those up and explain what they meant.
Okay, there's no need, they're quite clear.
Okay, just let me finish it.
Get finished, there's more.
Well, great, I can't wait to hear
how else you think I failed at what I do.
Kirk, you asked me to help you with this.
I know what I asked you to do.
Now I'm telling you to stop.
Can you think you understand this business simply because you can read?
I know my clients and what they need to hear.
Yes, actually, I did have a list of things I thought you could help me with.
But don't worry about it right now.
You know, I'd rather pick up your dry cleaning than have you yell at my work.
Look, I'm trying to be nice.
Your notes were correct and just I'm not used to criticism
That's ironic how someone so critical can't take criticism.
I find this clears my hand.
I thought you might enjoy it too.
You're working pretty hard at that.
Nah, it's just some writing and revising.
Look, I didn't mean disregard your work, you should do.
My wife, she, she left flowers and plants and anything she could grow.
She planted most of this.
How long ago did she pass away?
And years ago.
But you knew that, didn't you?
Mrs. Hagen has a tendency to talk about my history.
I'm sure she's already told you plenty, I'd rather you didn't know.
It must be hard for you.
Listen, I have some phone calls in you, mate.
But I'm sorry about before I do appreciate your work
I'm sorry. It's just a little homework. I already finished.
It's all right.
Auditing. It's a little advanced.
No, it is grad school.
NBA?
Mm-hmm.
What did you get for your undergrad?
English.
Oh, and they didn't take you where you wanted to go?
You have an error there.
I know. I've been trying to figure out why.
Look, your formula's wrong.
Let me show you.
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with something?
No, it's harder.
so
be honest and then they think it's a big one.
I was lost in the dark
You kept your faith and showed me a new way
And I've learned to see the beauty of my heart
You know that I can fly
Now that I can find my strength and my dreams
I am shining
Now that I can fly
Now that I can't find this
I will always be leaving
I feel a change from within myself
It makes me smile like a sun came around
You took a chance, and now I understand
And I feel like I've been giving a new star
Yeah, somebody's here to see you.
Early?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Who's winning?
She is.
You seem happier, Eric.
But that's not a bad thing.
It can be a grouch forever.
It's just nice to see you smiling again.
It's been a while since we've been able to get together.
I wanted to see you.
Well, that's sweet, but you should see me at my home, not here.
You're never there.
I try to catch you at home a week, but you're always here studying.
Look, I'm sorry I haven't been around, it's just I've been really busy lately.
I understand. I just hate to see Anna disappointed when we make plans and you have to bail.
I see Anna at work all the time and she's fine with it.
All right, I hate to be disappointed.
I just want to see you more get to know you go out to dinner
you're a nice guy.
And as your cousin, and I know she's just trying to do us both a favor, but...
Can't just drop everything and go to a movie with you. I can't stitch my family to go to a restaurant
ditch them for here? What? When I stopped by the other day, your dad said he hardly sees you anymore.
But why are you getting into my life?
I barely know you when you're visiting my family.
I'm not. Just...
Are you dating this guy?
Because if you are, there's no way that any of us can compete with Mr. Riches.
Now you're being mean.
No, no, no.
I just don't want to see you get dragged down to his level because you're spending all this time with him
is level. You know, despite what you or others may think, Eric's actually a nice guy.
Eric? That's informal. What do you expect me to call Mr. Landry all the time?
Didn't make me feel better.
And I call our boss at the Orthodox office by his first name. What's the difference? The difference here is that your boss is rich and questionable questionable
I have to get back to work.
Fine. Just be careful.
I don't like the idea of you working for this beast.
Don't call him that.
Look, I appreciate your concern, Craig.
But I won't let you disrespect him,
especially not when you're standing on his property.
Oh, um, you got a message from Kyle Kincaid.
He wants to know if Thursday still works for you.
It's a dinner meeting with him and the CEO.
Yeah, it's a business dinner, I'd like my assistant with me.
Yeah, I have a class, but I should be done by six.
So, tonight's the big date.
It's a business meeting, that's all.
Does this mean that you're gonna get all that poor?
Do you even have a dress?
Of course.
But it's no big deal.
Please don't tell Craig, because...
Please, Craig, look at all jealous.
It's okay.
He's my cousin, but you're my friend,
and I'm not going to force you to date him.
You can go for somebody else.
Thank you.
But it's still not a date by the way. I don't think if Eric is anything other than my boss. Is he picking you up at your house?
Yeah, well then he thinks it's a date.
No, it's logistics I have a class until six and then I have to hurry to get ready
So he's picking me up on the way. Uh-huh. Okay. Sure
You look very nice.
Thank you.
It's nice to see that sit somewhere other than the dry clues.
Hiya, David. This is Bill.
It's nice to meet you.
My date, Julie.
Hi.
This is my wife Diane.
Hello.
So Eric.
Let me tell you what we're thinking.
We've got a new idea.
It's good to have you here.
I want to shift it from a national to it.
It's nice to brought somebody by.
What do you mean?
What usually comes to these things alone?
Sounds good.
Do you want more with it?
Mm-hmm.
Well, to shut down that division and let people go but we think the new model worth it and you factored in the cost of pensions and severance and so forth of course
All right.
What?
Sorry?
Did you want to add something?
Well, are you sure you want to let go of the people
you already have?
Well layoffs are a part of business.
Yes, but a new model is going to take a lot of manpower.
With a little training, couldn't they easily take over the new production?
Or we can find new people who already know how to do the job.
Your current people could be trained.
I mean, it'll take time and money, but I think the long run, you'd be better off.
You don't know some of our people, though.
I mean, change just doesn't come easy.
Well, it never does, but when faced with the alternative, you'd be surprised how many
employees are willing to go through new training.
You wouldn't have to worry about new hires or quick turnover's, overloading your HR
department.
I mean, think of all the time and money that's wasted on employees that bail after the initial
bonus kicks in.
and they won't all be ready to work I mean you're gonna need to train them at
least on your company policies and procedures if not further well maybe
that's something you can look into Eric when you come up to our New York
facility
It was very nice to meet you, too.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
So, good night.
I don't think Kyle appreciated what I had to say.
Well, he doesn't have your compassion.
You know, compassion's not a bad thing in business.
I didn't.
Say it was.
Do you have some time right now?
Thank you.
How'd you know it was here?
My wife used to come up here take pictures photography was her hobby. She loved it up here
So, we've got you into consulting.
I like the better than dealing with the whole company.
So what happened with your old company?
I'm giving you one of those fixed things.
And I don't have to deal with the day-to-day
hassles and politics and people I don't like.
That's understandable.
Plus, you're better off where you are now than if you'd stay, don't you think?
No, I'd have a bigger house if I were still there.
But I mean it. I think things happen for a reason.
It's not always easy, but there's someone looking out for us.
I guess that implies that God wants us to be happy.
You don't think he does?
My wife and I were at one night driving.
We weren't speeding or doing anything dangerous.
The left-front tire hit the road wrong and blew out.
After that, we went off the road.
There wasn't a single other person on that road, no one to help.
For a highway like that, that's pretty unusual.
God knew exactly what he was doing, and I couldn't do a thing to stop him.
Well, the time I woke up, she was already gone.
I prayed, and I prayed.
I didn't make a difference.
It's my set in that car trapped unable to move for three hours.
I figured it was the only thing that I could do.
I'm still stupid enough to believe that she might actually be okay.
So no, I don't really think God cares for me.
And I don't believe he wants me to be happy.
This happened such a long time ago.
You still feel this way?
I thought what's changed.
What about getting stronger and growing from your experiences?
Growing.
I lost everything. I became a drunk head with my life on hold.
Sometimes bad things happen to good people.
I mean, there had to be somebody you could have gone to for help, for comfort.
There was a bottle.
Not the strongest solution.
What did it matter?
I mean, no one saw me as the same.
All the rumors started, I lost my business.
What else did I have?
Maybe more than you realized.
Something on the wind chills me to my toes as it kicks up life's shifting sands
Whisper as the thoughts stir my timid soul
To close my eyes and think of where I am
The swirling dust I find
All to my design,
Drifting past this grey and rising
To where light shines through,
Searching for life in full color
In my heart I know it's time to twist this kaleidoscope
How's it coming?
Good.
Are you cold?
No.
I'm not okay.
Thank you.
Is that really the time?
I'm gonna be late what an exam starts in 10 minutes
Kelly, what'd you do?
No, I can't. I have an exam that starts in 10 minutes.
If I don't leave right now, I'm going to be late.
Well, you're just going to have to first up to Dad,
then I'll call him.
Kelly, no, no, I can't talk right now.
Okay, I'll figure something out.
Okay.
What's wrong?
I have a lost sister.
She got in trouble at school and the principal wants someone to pick her up.
What?
Why?
What about your dad?
No, she doesn't want me to call in, plus it's really hard for him to just pick up and leave work like that.
Well, yeah, you've got your exam plus a slow here today anyway. I'll just pick it up and drop it by your house
Are you sure?
You're gonna be late.
Kelly?
You're here to take her home?
Yes, do I need a sign for it or something?
Wait here. Our principal, Mr. Dinos, would like to speak with you.
What?
Cheating.
Let's talk in my office.
No, no, Kelly.
You stay here.
So is there a reason you want to speak with me?
Mr. Watson, no, no, hear me out.
I know you may want to defend your daughter, it's only natural.
But I'm not Mr.
Please don't interrupt.
We're concerned that Kelly would cheat.
She's normally such a sweet girl, a little rambunctious, but intelligent able.
Yeah, well, why would she cheat now? I've seen her scores and she's always excelled perhaps there's something going on at home
Not that I'm aware of
Look mr. Daniels. I don't have a lot of time. I was afraid of that. Perhaps you should make time
She is your doctor
I see a lot of this. In fact, it's one of the biggest problems we see in our schools today.
Parents just aren't making time for their children.
And sometimes the children act out like this, cheating to get attention.
Well, we'll work on that.
Good. Good. Listen to your daughter.
You'd be amazed how many problems can be solved just by doing that.
Here at our school, we listen to our students, and I'm very proud of that.
So did you do it?
Does your mansion really have secret pasta toys?
No, it doesn't.
It wasn't really cheating. I couldn't remember this one equation on this one problem
So I asked Dylan, but then Miss Park or saw me and she had hauled me down to the principal's office
Dylan didn't even say anything, but it doesn't matter because I remember the equation. I just couldn't then, you know, so it's not really cheating
You may want to rethink your definition of cheating.
I am so dead, that will ground me for sure.
Do you ever feel like your life is over?
I do and it's not even fair because I didn't mean for it to happen. It just looked wrong, you know?
Yeah. Dad is going to be so mad, and Belle will lecture me, I'm sure.
Which means I'll hear it twice because Michael mimicked her.
Something about being more responsible and not procrastinating, which I wasn't.
Come on.
You should probably tell me some other deep thing like...
Real summit?
Yeah.
Mom wouldn't have likes of me.
Do you think about your mom a lot?
I guess. She would be more understanding about this.
Well, I imagine Bell will be understanding too.
Maybe.
I think she overdoes it, you know, trying to make up for Mom.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Belle's around.
Things would have been way bad if she hadn't come back.
She was in California at school when mom died she came back here.
All right, but that's OK.
I can tell you later.
No, it's all right, what is it?
Thank you for taking care of Kelly.
That was really sweet of you.
There's no trouble.
Well, thank you anyway.
I'm going to go get your email up.
Kyle Kincaid should have sent you a itinerary by now.
Okay.
I didn't think you liked fast food.
Why wouldn't I?
Because I never see you eat it.
You don't know everything about me.
I asked you something.
Sure.
When your mother died.
How did you react?
So he was anybody else, I guess.
We were devastated.
I missed her so much.
I still do, but I knew everything would be all right.
How?
What do you mean?
How did you know God wasn't just putting you through some trial testing you?
Maybe he was, but I won't fault him for it.
He knows what I can handle better than I do,
and besides, it's not like I went through it alone.
trusted God and he helped me through it. It wasn't easy. It took time to heal but
He was there for me every step of the way.
You're stronger than I am.
I don't know. You stopped drinking.
I started drinking.
Yeah, but not everyone can get over it.
You did.
It's amazing what you can get through with the right help.
I would tell if I'd check in and see how things are going.
It's fine, it's quiet, but...
How are your classes going?
Call me if you need anything, okay?
I will. Thanks.
All right, see you when I get back?
Okay. Good night.
Bye.
So, he's been gone.
Yep, he gets back in two days, so do you miss him?
Well, let's make the most of it and do something fun.
Yeah, okay.
You know, Craig's been asking about you if you're so open to that.
I was kind of rude to him last time I saw him and not really but still I should have been yeah
Tell me about that really
What did he say?
Oh, I wouldn't worry about it.
He just wants to see you.
Thanks very much.
I read some movies if you want to come over and watch them tonight.
Thanks, but I actually have some studying I need to get to.
I just want to maximize my time with you before Mr. Richards gets back.
Why do you always need fun of him like that?
If everybody knows he's a difficult guy, that's why they call him the beast.
Thanks for lunch.
I gotta go.
Look, you fight.
I see him out of line.
Just because I know how great you are.
I just want you to get everything you deserve.
That's alright.
I thought you would have so much fun.
I did. I know she's amazing.
I know she's the one, you know.
I can stand by me and everything I'm supposed to do in life.
What?
Why is she working for this landry guy?
I can never spend any time with her
because she's always at his beck and call.
Well, Bell's dad is working at Landry's Mansion, and he broke something, and so he said he would have him fired if he didn't pay for it, so now Bell's working for Landry until it's all good.
Yeah, it's messed up, but both dad has his job and that's all that matters, right?
Kid, I'm glad to be back though.
I'll be right into unpack those.
Thank you.
Have you seen Bell lately?
Yes, she's checked in every day.
Really?
Mm-hmm.
She's a good one.
Yes, she is.
Wait a minute, let her off the hook.
I'd say she's done more than enough time.
I know.
You could give her the choice to stay, if you want or to.
Yeah, but I'm not sure she'd take it.
I was wondering if I had to go out tonight or tomorrow.
Trighead, I'd rather not.
I'm just not interested in you like that.
I mean, I like to keep our friendship.
But...
That's it.
Belt, come on.
I know you've got a lot going on,
but I'm willing to wait. I know this is right.
It's not about my schedule.
Hello?
When you change your mind, I'll be here.
Listen, I'll tell you all about it. I was just wondering if you could come over.
So, there's probably lots to do.
No, it's not that. I just...
Want to talk about something.
Okay, give me a flower, I'll be right over.
Phil?
How could you?
After all this time,
I thought you were different,
but what everybody said about you wasn't true.
I even defended you.
Don't!
I felt for it once.
This...
But I won't anymore.
Somehow I got myself wound up in you
But this isn't what came the way
Do you want it too?
I don't think anyone here wants to talk to you.
Sorry.
Never began
Doctor, she'll be right with you.
Hey, are you all right?
Fine.
Well, you're not.
Look, but later, did you terrible?
You can't...
It shouldn't hurt, but it does it all
How's much better off?
I got wound up
Mr. Landry this bill here
No, wait, wait. I just want to talk to her.
Can you ever call me?
You have a lot of nerve, Mr. Landry.
Maybe you think you can get away with anything,
but you won't hurt my family anymore.
And go away, I'm busy looking for a job.
Yes, this is Eric Landry.
No, everything's fine here.
I was wondering, is there Mr. Watson still working for you?
Look, there must be some misunderstanding.
Hey guys guess what dad got his job back really
Take a break?
I got tired of trying to catch up on it.
everything. School, and laundry, and sleep.
See ya. Do you want some dessert? Kelly tried her hand at instant pudding.
No, I'm okay.
No, I can't be too bad.
You know, I am almost glad that I was fired for a while.
Well, you didn't have to put up with all the landry hassle anymore.
Well, that was more his doing than mine, but I was happy to do it.
You gave up a lot, just like when your mother died.
That it really wasn't a big deal.
I am always been proud of you, but I want you to start looking out for yourself now
Dad, I was happy.
to come back. No, I know. But you've more than earned the right to the happiness. You find it.
Whatever makes you happy.
please stop calling. Bill wait let me explain thank you
I've had enough Bell it was a mistake
Yes, it was. You never should have held my dad's job over his head in the first place.
What do you mean?
At Landers.
No.
So you're still ticked at him?
Wouldn't she be?
Yeah, but he tried to make it up to you, didn't he?
He went back on our deal just because his sliver of a conscience got to him
doesn't mean I have to do anything for him.
Well, at least I have more time for cake now.
I'm kidding. He told me about the other day.
You're cruel.
Okay with it? Sure. I mean, Kirk's my cousin, but I know how he can be.
Uh, yeah, Bell isn't with me anymore.
That's too bad. I actually liked that one.
Me too.
Hi.
Have you been?
Fine, thanks.
Hey, I heard about what happened.
I'm sorry about your dad and his job.
Yeah, I'm just sorry it came to this.
If you ever want to go out get your mind off things, I'm here.
Thanks, but I'll manage.
I am starving and I think their muffins are great.
Yeah, that might be good.
Why am I here again?
To eat?
Look, Greg begged me, he just wanted to see you one more time and he swore that if you
still felt whatever, he'd back off.
Well, at least it's breakfast, I usually skip it and then I'm starving by 10.
Well, at least it'll be worth it for your stomach then.
Where is he anyway?
He called him a pan, he turned his alarm off really.
Hey, why did you tell him about my dad?
I kind of wished he didn't know about him getting fired and stuff.
Well, I didn't tell him.
You didn't?
No. I told him about the hole you were working for Airfield, but...
I thought about your dad getting fired. I figured he'd rub it in, and that's the last thing you need.
Hey girls.
Hi Craig. Craig...
How did you know my dad got fired?
Did you call my dad's work no, why would I do that?
I'm such an idiot, I can't believe this.
How could you do something like that?
With the guys awful, you feel the bell?
Belle? Where's Eric?
I haven't seen yet this morning.
I didn't eat.
I'll call his cell phone.
Where'd he go?
I'll check the grounds.
Thank you.
Just, thank you.
What happened to the reminder?
I get tired of it hanging over my head.
Plus, it was way overdue.
Bell, I'm sorry about your dad.
I should never have threatened him or put you through any of this.
you're right but it wasn't all bad really yeah I got to know you instead of all
the rumors I should have known you'd never go back on your deal it's not you
sounds like me
I don't want to be like that anymore, I mean, I've seen how you treated others and how you've treated me
Even after all the terrible things I did to you
You make me want to be a better person.
You sure it's me?
You played a big part.
You helped me see what I've tried to ignore.
I realized now that I was never alone.
I just wasn't listening.
And you were right.
God wants me to be happy.
So, are you?
I'm getting there and it's not perfect yet, for example, I don't have an assistant anymore
and I was going to ask you to stay on.
Um, yeah, I have to check. I still have school and my other job, right?
Hell, I'm only cared about myself for a very long time.
And it's awkward, and it's awkward.
No, I don't care about you.
What do you say?
I'm saying that I want to be with you.
I know I probably don't deserve it, but I'll do whatever I can to try.
With Eric's transformation and his renewed faith, the people in the land discovered that the beast was gone.
In his stead was a kind gentleman whose heart had been changed by the power of God and the love of a woman named Belle.
And while their world wasn't perfect, they still lived happily ever after.
I see the way you look at me
I want you to love you, I need you
Don't run away
I'm not afraid of you
I want you to love you, I need you
But I'm still holding back, I can't deal where I'm at