Gabriel Noone, the host of a late night radio show, converses with a boy who claims to be his biggest fan. However, when he discovers the boy's identity, all hell breaks loose.
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00:02:08Ready?
00:02:11Yeah, let's try it like that.
00:02:12Here we go.
00:02:13Here we go.
00:02:14Here we go.
00:02:15From the studios of WNYH in New York City, I'm Gabriel Noon, and this is Noon at Night.
00:02:23As a storyteller, I've spent years looting my life for fiction.
00:02:29Like a magpie, I tend to steal the shiny stuff and discard the rest.
00:02:35The facts can always be altered when you're telling a story, but this time I have to be
00:02:40careful.
00:02:40I'll lay out the events exactly as I remember them.
00:02:45I want you to believe this after all.
00:02:48That'll be hard enough as it is.
00:02:50This one is called The Night Listener.
00:02:57It began in the worst of all possible weeks.
00:03:00Jess had moved out, saying it was only temporary.
00:03:02But I was miserable, and nothing made sense anymore.
00:03:07I was trying to read one of my ridiculous yarns, the kind I'd built a career on, a sentimental
00:03:12piece about our eighth anniversary.
00:03:14But it felt so phony, I couldn't put the words into our mouths.
00:03:17This isn't working.
00:03:20It wasn't that bad.
00:03:22It just doesn't sound like me.
00:03:24Well, the levels are the same.
00:03:26I could try adjusting.
00:03:26No, no, it just sounds fake.
00:03:28Look, Gabriel, we can't do this again.
00:03:32Just run an old one, okay?
00:03:34I'm, you know, I can't.
00:03:35I'm sorry, I just can't.
00:03:48Hey.
00:03:49Why are you here?
00:03:51I thought I was going to buy you a drink.
00:03:53Now, what happened in the session?
00:03:55They're just having sound problems.
00:03:57Listen, I'm ready to collapse.
00:03:59You sure you don't want to go?
00:04:00Sure.
00:04:02None of my business, but the station is worried.
00:04:06You owe them five shows.
00:04:08I really don't want to talk about that.
00:04:11I'm worried about you, Gabe.
00:04:12I'm all right, really.
00:04:14Look.
00:04:16Take this with you.
00:04:17Oh, no, come on, Ash.
00:04:18Don't worry.
00:04:19You don't have to write a blurb.
00:04:20Thanks.
00:04:21Just want you to read it.
00:04:22We're publishing it next quarter.
00:04:25Diary of Transcendent Hope and Courage.
00:04:27All pleased to come with aromatherapy.
00:04:29Save it, will you?
00:04:30I mean, you'll have real questions after you've read it.
00:04:33Hang in there, okay?
00:04:35Yeah.
00:04:36See ya.
00:04:36Jesus.
00:04:55You scared me.
00:05:00Just, uh, get some stuff up.
00:05:05No problem.
00:05:07See you brought Lucifer.
00:05:13Lucian is just a friend.
00:05:17Oh, babe, I told you.
00:05:18I just need a little space.
00:05:21It's all right.
00:05:23I'll see ya.
00:05:23Hugo, go.
00:05:28Hugo, go.
00:05:30Hugo!
00:05:45Hugo!
00:05:45Hugo!
00:05:46Hugo!
00:05:47Hugo!
00:05:49Hugo!
00:05:51Charles Dickens, wrote Pete Logan, was only 12 when his parents sent him off to make boot
00:06:06polish in a factory by the docks.
00:06:09This screwed him up forever and made him a writer.
00:06:12I think we've all got a blacking factory, some terrible something that makes us lose
00:06:17our baby hearts as surely as we lose our baby teeth.
00:06:19Mine was in the basement in Milwaukee.
00:06:23It was converted into a room that was supposed to be my playhouse.
00:06:27No one ever wondered why my dad made it soundproof.
00:06:30I knew all his games by the time I was 7.
00:06:33By the time I was 11, other grown-ups were with him.
00:06:37I wondered how much my mom knew.
00:06:40Then one night I heard her right there in the playhouse, whispering, telling somebody to
00:06:45move out of the way.
00:06:47And I realized she'd been there all along.
00:06:49That was what the blindfold was for, to keep me hidden, so they could sell the tapes
00:06:55on the internet.
00:06:56You've reached Gabriel and Jess.
00:07:05Please leave a message at the tone.
00:07:07Hi, it's Pete Logan, the guy who wrote that book.
00:07:27Ash gave me a number, so I just wanted to...
00:07:33If I talk long enough, you might.
00:07:39Oh, well.
00:07:41Bye.
00:07:45Ambushed?
00:07:45That's as good a word as any.
00:07:46I actually thought it might make you feel better.
00:07:48You know, give you something to distract yourself.
00:07:49Listen, with the way I'm feeling, I might say something wrong.
00:07:52Oh, you won't say anything wrong?
00:07:54Did you like the book?
00:07:55It's somewhat raw.
00:07:56Yeah.
00:07:57But powerful.
00:07:58It's a brave kid.
00:08:00How old is he?
00:08:0114.
00:08:02Jesus.
00:08:03How'd you get it?
00:08:05Right over the transom.
00:08:06I mean, no agent, no nothing.
00:08:08And Donna just mailed it to us.
00:08:09Who?
00:08:09Oh, I'm sorry.
00:08:10She's the social worker who adopted him.
00:08:12She got him to write as therapy.
00:08:14You must have had to edit like crazy.
00:08:15Well, I hate to break it to you,
00:08:18but it's the cleanest manuscript I've had all year.
00:08:20Damn.
00:08:21Now, I wouldn't do this to you
00:08:23unless I thought there was a real connection.
00:08:24Remember the basement that he wrote about?
00:08:26Yeah.
00:08:27Well, he listened to the show after they'd gone.
00:08:29He wanted me to give that to you.
00:08:45Jess?
00:09:05What the hell are you doing?
00:09:07Hi.
00:09:08Well, I can't do your books
00:09:09unless you leave me your checkbook.
00:09:11Oh.
00:09:11This place was a mess.
00:09:13Besides, I like laundry.
00:09:14It makes me happy.
00:09:16Oh, the power went out again.
00:09:18I'm saying he's fucked up with your fuse box.
00:09:19And your dad called.
00:09:20You didn't pick up, did you?
00:09:22Oh, I had to.
00:09:23He kept saying,
00:09:24Are you there?
00:09:25Are you there?
00:09:25Pick up, goddammit.
00:09:27I know you're there.
00:09:28He's a nice old coot.
00:09:29And if you ever met,
00:09:30he'd call you that cute little chink gal behind your back.
00:09:33I am a cute little chink gal.
00:09:34Mm-hmm.
00:09:35How old is he anyway?
00:09:36He's got to be, like, ancient.
00:09:38Why, because I am?
00:09:41Well, I just hope that I'm over my parents
00:09:42by the time I'm your age.
00:09:44Good luck.
00:09:44They asked about Jess.
00:09:48You haven't told him yet, have you?
00:09:50No.
00:09:51Because he'll be back by then.
00:09:54Right.
00:09:55Hello, please leave a message after the tone.
00:10:07Hi, Pete.
00:10:09This is Gabriel Noon.
00:10:11Ash gave me your number,
00:10:12and I've read your book.
00:10:15I really liked it.
00:10:18Hey.
00:10:19Hey.
00:10:20You swear it's really you?
00:10:22Why wouldn't it be me?
00:10:24I don't know.
00:10:25You don't sound like yourself.
00:10:26Well, I'm a little less dramatic in person.
00:10:29You sound like hammered shit.
00:10:32That pins it down pretty well.
00:10:35No offense.
00:10:36I just can't fucking believe it's you, man.
00:10:38You just fucking have to.
00:10:40I'm sorry.
00:10:41My new mom says I've got to trash your mouth.
00:10:43Really?
00:10:44She's fucking right.
00:10:46Anyway,
00:10:47I was really impressed by your book.
00:10:50I want to wish you good luck.
00:10:51So what do you guys do for Christmas?
00:10:53What do you mean?
00:10:54You and Jeff.
00:10:56Do you have a tree and all?
00:10:57Oh, no.
00:10:58We're not that big on Christmas.
00:11:01Yeah, I know what you mean.
00:11:03We got this big old rusty water tank across the street
00:11:05and they hang a damn star in it every year.
00:11:07A star?
00:11:08That sounds nice.
00:11:09Yeah.
00:11:10Except it doesn't face this way.
00:11:12It just lights up the graffiti on the tank.
00:11:14The rest of town gets Bethlehem
00:11:15and all we get is for better blows.
00:11:17I swear, big old red letters were better blows.
00:11:23I tried to paint it out last year,
00:11:24but it came right back.
00:11:25She must really blow.
00:11:28Oh, my God.
00:11:30You okay?
00:11:34Shit.
00:11:35Kate?
00:11:42Shit.
00:11:45Yeah, I'm okay.
00:11:47Warm as you're going to be funny, man,
00:11:48to drink this.
00:11:49Sorry.
00:11:51What is it?
00:11:52Not Donna, she now.
00:11:53Being a pain.
00:11:55Put up with exceptions, babe,
00:11:57and I like redheads.
00:12:01That's him.
00:12:02Say something.
00:12:03Hello, him.
00:12:04This is Donna Logan.
00:12:05I'm sorry to cut this short,
00:12:06but this cough is really starting to worry me.
00:12:08Well, sure, I understand.
00:12:10Yes.
00:12:17Hello?
00:12:26Hello?
00:12:28It's Donna.
00:12:31He's asleep now.
00:12:32He had to...
00:12:34train his lungs.
00:12:36Ash told you about the AIDS?
00:12:37Yeah, he did.
00:12:39Listen, there's some incredible drugs nowadays.
00:12:42They work wonders for Jess.
00:12:43Yeah, we've tried a lot of them,
00:12:45but he had syphilis when he was eight,
00:12:47and his lungs were like Swiss cheese.
00:12:50He doesn't have very long.
00:12:52A few months at the most.
00:12:54Probably doesn't make it any easier
00:12:56being out here in the middle of nowhere.
00:12:58But I just can't have those creeps
00:13:00knowing where he is.
00:13:02I thought they were all in prison.
00:13:03Well, his father was,
00:13:05but his mother disappeared
00:13:06after her arraignment.
00:13:07And I don't know where she is.
00:13:08Surely it's been long enough time
00:13:10that after all these years...
00:13:11We don't know what she's capable of.
00:13:13But the point of moving here
00:13:14was not to be paranoid, right?
00:13:17The thought of that haunted me all night.
00:13:22Over the next few weeks,
00:13:23Pete and I talked almost every day.
00:13:25Who do you want to talk to
00:13:26when your book is published?
00:13:28What do you mean?
00:13:30You know,
00:13:31somebody famous
00:13:31who really likes your book.
00:13:33Derek Jeter would be cool.
00:13:35Well, okay.
00:13:37Yeah.
00:13:37You don't know who that is, do you?
00:13:40Of course.
00:13:41He's a sports guy.
00:13:43Yeah, what sport?
00:13:45Well, get picky on me.
00:13:48You know,
00:13:49it's because you're a dick smoker.
00:13:49I mean, you can't watch
00:13:50a ball game sometime.
00:13:52What?
00:13:53What, a dick smoker?
00:13:55You've never heard that?
00:13:56No.
00:13:58Well, no offense or nothing.
00:14:00You and, uh,
00:14:02Jess seem pretty cool.
00:14:04So how's he doing?
00:14:06It's okay.
00:14:08So when can I talk to him?
00:14:10Well, that's gonna be
00:14:10kind of difficult.
00:14:11He moved out
00:14:12a couple of weeks ago.
00:14:14Oh, man.
00:14:16That sucks.
00:14:19He says he needs to be alone.
00:14:21But he says he's coming back.
00:14:23From the show,
00:14:24it really seemed like
00:14:24you two had something special.
00:14:26I think you just gotta be patient, Gabriel.
00:14:28Something like that
00:14:29doesn't come every day.
00:14:30That's what I want.
00:14:34That kind of thing.
00:14:36One of these days.
00:14:38Don't worry, you'll get it.
00:14:40No.
00:14:42Ain't a lot of girls
00:14:42between here and the hospital.
00:14:44Think about girls a lot?
00:14:45That's all I can do, man.
00:14:48Think about them.
00:14:52Cedar.
00:14:53You have a playboy.
00:14:54Hey, you.
00:15:06Hey.
00:15:08You go.
00:15:10Oh.
00:15:11Poor friend.
00:15:12Yeah.
00:15:13Hey, this guy's gonna call you.
00:15:15I'm having a small Christmas party.
00:15:16Wanna come?
00:15:18Sure.
00:15:20Okay.
00:15:20Call you.
00:15:21See?
00:15:22See ya.
00:15:26So, he gets the playboy.
00:15:28Next thing you know,
00:15:29he's hiding it from his new mom.
00:15:30Who knew I'd be
00:15:31such a heterosexual influence?
00:15:33Well, that is just
00:15:34the sweetest thing
00:15:35I've ever heard.
00:15:36Isn't it?
00:15:36Well, I'd be careful
00:15:37if I was you.
00:15:38Why?
00:15:39Well, folks could talk,
00:15:40that's all.
00:15:40About what?
00:15:43Use your damn head.
00:15:45That boy was abused by gays.
00:15:47No, he was abused by pedophiles.
00:15:49Haven't you been listening?
00:15:50They were men, weren't they?
00:15:51Straight men.
00:15:52Don't you like sweetness?
00:15:54Yeah.
00:15:54How could they be straight
00:15:55if they were messing with a boy?
00:15:56Because they were calling him
00:15:57faggot while they were doing it?
00:15:58Jesus, saints.
00:15:59Do you have to make
00:16:00everything filthy?
00:16:01Honey, calm down.
00:16:02Don't get so angry.
00:16:04It's so much easier
00:16:05than actually feeling something.
00:16:06What kind of
00:16:07new age crap is that?
00:16:09Just because you're shut down
00:16:10doesn't mean we all have to be.
00:16:11Just because you're a big crybaby.
00:16:13Come on, guys.
00:16:16Should I go somewhere?
00:16:17No, no, no.
00:16:18Come on, let's...
00:16:18We're going to be late.
00:16:22You two seemed
00:16:23a little better this time.
00:16:24Yeah.
00:16:25Another thousand years
00:16:26we'll be able to have a conversation.
00:16:29What were you going to tell us about Jess?
00:16:31Other.
00:16:32Well, maybe we'll see him
00:16:33on our way back to Raleigh.
00:16:34Yeah, darling,
00:16:34just say goodbye to the little prick.
00:16:37What?
00:16:37Just a little prick?
00:16:39They can handle that.
00:16:40I can handle big ones, actually.
00:16:42You are nasty.
00:16:45What'd you say?
00:16:46See you, pap.
00:16:47Okay, son.
00:16:47Gabriel.
00:16:48Gabriel.
00:16:48Hey.
00:16:49Gabriel.
00:16:49Hey.
00:16:49Gabriel.
00:16:50Hey.
00:16:50Hey, Gabriel!
00:17:14Hey, Gabriel!
00:17:16Hey!
00:17:17What are you doing?
00:17:19Come on!
00:17:20I'd do a party today.
00:17:21It's a party today.
00:17:23Ridiculous.
00:17:24Here we are.
00:17:26Here.
00:17:27Here.
00:17:28Here.
00:17:33What's the matter?
00:17:35Who are all these people?
00:17:37My friends.
00:17:38My roommates of mine.
00:17:40Since when did you know so many people?
00:17:42Hey, most of my friends were your friends.
00:17:44I wanted new friends.
00:17:46What's the problem here?
00:17:48I don't understand what's happening.
00:17:52Look, I moved in with you.
00:17:54I was barely out of college.
00:17:56And all I wanted to do was take care of you.
00:17:58And you don't think I wanted to take care of you?
00:18:00I'm not saying that.
00:18:02That's what you think.
00:18:04Camille, for eight years, I was gonna die.
00:18:07And now it looks like I'm not going to.
00:18:09And I want to see what that feels like.
00:18:15I just...
00:18:17If you had any guts, you'd end this.
00:18:24That's not how I feel.
00:18:29Come here.
00:18:30Come here, please.
00:18:31Please.
00:18:50Coming out.
00:18:52Okay.
00:18:54Yeah, I'm okay.
00:18:55I'm okay.
00:18:57You've reached Gabriel and Jen.
00:18:59Please leave a message at the tone.
00:19:02It's Donna.
00:19:05I'm at the hospital.
00:19:10He's in the oxygen tent.
00:19:13It's not looking very good.
00:19:14I don't think she's gonna make it through the night.
00:19:15I'll call you back when there's news.
00:19:16Bye.
00:19:17End of message.
00:19:18Ah.
00:19:19Don't you think she would have called if anything had happened?
00:19:20Yeah.
00:19:21I just got this gut feeling.
00:19:22So call the hospital.
00:19:23I don't know which one he's in.
00:19:24Don't you think it's possible they're being a little melodramatic here?
00:19:25You know, the abusive parents, the basement.
00:19:26You know, it seems so over the top.
00:19:27Some people have shitty lives.
00:19:28They're not shitty all the time.
00:19:29They're not shitty all the time.
00:19:30I'm just saying they might be revving it up a little bit.
00:19:31I can't believe it would even suggest that a dying person would have been a bad
00:19:34man.
00:19:35I don't think she would have called if anything had happened.
00:19:36Yeah.
00:19:37I just got this gut feeling.
00:19:38So call the hospital.
00:19:39I don't know which one he's in.
00:19:40Don't you think it's possible they're being a little melodramatic here?
00:19:41You know, the abusive parents, the basement.
00:19:42You know, it seems so over the top.
00:19:44Some people have shitty lives.
00:19:45They're not shitty all the time.
00:19:46I'm just saying they might be revving it up a little bit.
00:19:51I can't believe it would even suggest that a dying person would have been
00:19:56suggest that a dying child would embellish you.
00:20:02Hello?
00:20:03Hi.
00:20:04Donna, I'm gonna put you on speakerphone.
00:20:07Jess is here.
00:20:08Hi, Jess.
00:20:09It's nice to meet the real thing.
00:20:11It's nice to meet you, too.
00:20:13Gabriel, the back room's kicked in.
00:20:15Pete's doing better this morning.
00:20:16Oh, thank God.
00:20:17Yeah, she's got a second.
00:20:18He wants to say hello.
00:20:19Oh, sure.
00:20:20Put him on.
00:20:21Hey, dude.
00:20:22Hey, kiddo.
00:20:23How you feeling?
00:20:24Better than yesterday.
00:20:25Great.
00:20:26Hey, Jess is here.
00:20:27He's fixing my fuse box.
00:20:28I don't even want to know what that means.
00:20:30Okay.
00:20:31Only want me to go to sleep now.
00:20:32You guys stay cool.
00:20:33Sleep tight, dude.
00:20:34I'm a relief.
00:20:35Yeah.
00:20:36What?
00:20:37I think it's the same voice, babe.
00:20:50What?
00:20:51Yeah, Pete and Donna.
00:20:52I don't know.
00:20:53They have the same voice.
00:20:54I mean, one is just higher pitched than the other one, but the...
00:20:55What are you saying?
00:20:56That it's some kind of impersonation?
00:20:57Yeah, more or less.
00:20:58Why would someone do that?
00:20:59I don't know.
00:21:00There's dozens of people who know that.
00:21:01Who?
00:21:02Doctors.
00:21:03There's a nurse who comes and stays at the house.
00:21:04We've only been told that.
00:21:05What about Ash?
00:21:06Did he ever actually go to Wisconsin?
00:21:07He must have.
00:21:08What about the photo?
00:21:09It could be anybody.
00:21:10There's ways to prove this.
00:21:11Hey, I'm happy to be wrong.
00:21:12No.
00:21:13No, you're never happy to be wrong.
00:21:14This is the first time I've felt decent in weeks.
00:21:15Why are you trying to distract me?
00:21:16I don't know.
00:21:17I don't know.
00:21:18I don't know.
00:21:19There's dozens of people who know that.
00:21:20There's dozens of people who know that.
00:21:21Who?
00:21:22Doctors.
00:21:23There's a nurse who comes and stays at the house.
00:21:24We've only been told that.
00:21:25What about Ash?
00:21:26Did he ever actually go to Wisconsin?
00:21:27He must have.
00:21:28What about the photo?
00:21:29It could be anybody.
00:21:30There's ways to prove this.
00:21:32Hey.
00:21:33I'm happy to be wrong.
00:21:34No.
00:21:35No, you're never happy to be wrong.
00:21:37This is the first time I've felt decent in weeks.
00:21:40Destroy it.
00:21:41Because this isn't one of your stories, Gabriel.
00:21:44God, you never look at things for what they are.
00:21:47Oh, that's such bullshit.
00:21:48Bullshit.
00:21:49Okay.
00:21:50Okay, where exactly did I tell you I tested positive?
00:21:53What the?
00:21:54Answer the question.
00:21:55It was in the park on a bench in front of those guys playing drums.
00:21:59No.
00:22:00No, that's what you put in your show.
00:22:02It was at a grimy old deli on 3rd.
00:22:05But that's not very interesting, is it?
00:22:08Look, I moved out because I needed a break.
00:22:12You're always sifting through this relationship.
00:22:15You're looking for material for your show.
00:22:17Oh, Tommy, you didn't fucking relish it.
00:22:19Yeah, I went along with the show because I thought it gave my death some kind of meaning.
00:22:23But I don't need that anymore.
00:22:25Well, great.
00:22:26Because there's no show.
00:22:27Are you happy?
00:22:28That's not my fault.
00:22:33You don't know him.
00:22:37Maybe.
00:22:40Looks pretty transparent to me.
00:22:42What the hell is that supposed to mean?
00:22:44You're always talking about wanting kids.
00:22:46And now you've created this, this...
00:22:48Oh, fuck!
00:22:49You're such an asshole!
00:22:50Okay, fine, fuck it.
00:22:51You know, go play with Tiny Tim.
00:22:56Do you know anyone who actually met Pete Logan?
00:22:59No.
00:23:01Not a doctor, a social worker, a neighbor, anybody?
00:23:05They live in Wisconsin.
00:23:06What are you getting at?
00:23:07Jess seems to think that Pete and Donna sound alike.
00:23:09They do.
00:23:10That doesn't strike you as odd.
00:23:12Pete wasn't talking when he came to live with her and ended up imitating her.
00:23:15That wasn't in the book.
00:23:17There's a lot that isn't.
00:23:18And you knew all this because she told you?
00:23:20Yeah.
00:23:21You got all of your information from her?
00:23:22Well, her and Pete.
00:23:24Did she ever show you a birth certificate?
00:23:26Maybe a document around his adoption?
00:23:28Something substantial?
00:23:29If you think there's some sort of hoax your way off base.
00:23:31Why?
00:23:32Because!
00:23:37Because I've spent over 80 years speaking with them and they told me things that you couldn't imagine.
00:23:42Now, maybe your present situation is coloring the way you think.
00:23:46It has nothing to do with my present situation.
00:23:48Maybe not.
00:23:49You're about to publish a book by an author you know shit about.
00:23:53Shouldn't you be a little concerned?
00:23:55You've reached Gabriel and Jen.
00:24:08Please leave a message at the top.
00:24:10Oh, uh, well I guess you're not there, so I'll just try again.
00:24:17Hello?
00:24:18Oh, it's Donna.
00:24:20Hey.
00:24:21I know there's not much notice, but we'd love for you to come visit for Christmas.
00:24:25Really?
00:24:26Yeah, sure.
00:24:27The guest room ain't fancy, but I cook a mean plum pudding and it would mean so much to Pete.
00:24:33So...
00:24:34Is that Pete?
00:24:36Yeah, he still has a cough, but he's fine.
00:24:39So can you come?
00:24:41I can't think of a better way to spend Christmas.
00:24:44Oh, that's great.
00:24:46Yeah, it is.
00:24:47It really is.
00:24:48Hey, Gabriel.
00:24:49Hey, Marie.
00:24:50Didn't know you played baseball.
00:24:51Oh, no.
00:24:52It's a gift for a friend.
00:24:53Signed by, uh, Jerry Dieter.
00:24:54You mean Derek Jeter?
00:24:55Yeah.
00:24:56Yeah.
00:24:57Yeah.
00:24:58Oh, fuck.
00:24:59She bailed on you.
00:25:00What's her excuse?
00:25:01There's no excuse.
00:25:02The doctor said he shouldn't have any visitors.
00:25:03They're worried about him catching a flu.
00:25:04Fucking planes or petri dishes.
00:25:05I don't want him to catch something from me.
00:25:09So, later, maybe.
00:25:10Yeah.
00:25:11If he's still around?
00:25:12No, you never know.
00:25:13Nor you don't.
00:25:14Not about anything.
00:25:15The doctor said he shouldn't have any visitors that worried about him catching a flu.
00:25:20Fucking planes or petri dishes. I don't want him to catch something from me.
00:25:27So, later, maybe?
00:25:29Yeah.
00:25:30If he's still around?
00:25:32You never know.
00:25:35No, you don't.
00:25:38Not about any of that.
00:25:45I don't think we should see each other anymore.
00:25:47Babe, it doesn't have to be like this.
00:25:49Yeah, babe.
00:25:51I don't want to be jerked around. I want a clean break.
00:25:54We're not gonna speak to each other?
00:25:56I'm too old for this shit.
00:25:58Come on, Gabriel. Listen, you ruined what we had.
00:26:01You're the fucking one who can't see the reality.
00:26:06You mean there's not gonna be a book?
00:26:08I thought your editor believed this kid.
00:26:10He does, but his boss has got cold feet.
00:26:13Um, Donna and Pete?
00:26:15They're totally devastated.
00:26:19What do you have?
00:26:21There is no record of any Pete Logan in any kind of trial.
00:26:25Doesn't mean anything.
00:26:27I mean, Pete took Donna's name when she adopted him.
00:26:30Ash seems to think they were using an alias
00:26:32because that way his real mother couldn't track him down.
00:26:35Do you kid?
00:26:41Whoever he is?
00:26:43Yeah.
00:26:44Why would someone do this?
00:26:45I mean, that's what I keep asking.
00:26:47I mean, it's a hideous way to promote a book.
00:26:49Maybe it's not about that for her.
00:26:51Maybe she doesn't even know she's doing it.
00:26:53Like a multiple personality thing?
00:26:55Wait, what if she had a kid who died in some, like, horrible way
00:26:59and now she needs to assume his identity in order to, like...
00:27:03No, no.
00:27:04No, what if she has him embalmed?
00:27:05Mm-hmm.
00:27:06You know, like that guy from Psycho?
00:27:07Mm-hmm.
00:27:08No, wait, oh, my God.
00:27:09Oh, my God.
00:27:10What if she's the one who doesn't exist?
00:27:13What if he's impersonating her?
00:27:15Please, now stop it.
00:27:16This is not some sort of parlor game.
00:27:22Sorry.
00:27:23But what if there is some half-dead kid
00:27:25and I've just taken away his last shred of hope?
00:27:30Couldn't live with that.
00:27:35Ever thought about a voice print?
00:27:37Like what the cops use?
00:27:38They're as good as fingerprints.
00:27:40Now you're scaring me.
00:27:44Hey, it's Davia.
00:27:45There's a new tie place around the corner.
00:27:47What?
00:27:48Hey, Dick Smoker.
00:27:50It's him. Stop it.
00:27:52Okay.
00:27:53So what do you have from her?
00:27:54Nothing.
00:27:55I erased the last message.
00:27:57Then you have to call her.
00:27:59Get her on the peep.
00:28:00How do I do that?
00:28:02Uh, you just, uh, press this button before you talk to her.
00:28:09I don't know, but...
00:28:13It's an answering machine, not a thermonuclear device.
00:28:16But what if I'm, you know, recording her and the machine beeps?
00:28:20We're sorry.
00:28:21The number you have reached is not in service.
00:28:23Please check the number or try your call again.
00:28:25This is the recording.
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00:29:03So, do you have family in Wisconsin?
00:29:16Yes, actually.
00:29:18A son.
00:29:21He lives with his mother, though.
00:29:24But I get to see him on holidays.
00:29:28How old is he?
00:29:30Fourteen.
00:29:33You must have had him late.
00:29:37Well, yeah.
00:29:39Fairly.
00:29:41Do you have any pictures?
00:29:44As a matter of fact.
00:29:54Oh, my goodness.
00:29:56Look at those eyes.
00:29:58Yeah.
00:29:59He has your nose and chin, though.
00:30:03Does he?
00:30:05Hmm.
00:30:06Excuse me.
00:30:08I hope this isn't too pushy, but I saw your name on the passenger list.
00:30:12And I just wanted to say I really appreciate everything you've done.
00:30:16For us.
00:30:17The pleasure was mine.
00:30:18You've done something for flight attendants?
00:30:29We're sorry.
00:30:42We're sorry.
00:30:42They're not breaking.
00:30:43We're sorry.
00:30:46The number you have reached is not in service.
00:31:00Please check.
00:31:02Monday night.
00:31:16Bye.
00:31:16Bye.
00:31:16Bye.
00:31:17Bye.
00:31:17Bye.
00:31:18Bye.
00:31:18Bye.
00:31:19Bye.
00:31:22Bye.
00:31:26Bye.
00:31:27Bye.
00:31:27Who's because of myself?
00:31:28It was so good.
00:31:38It was so good.
00:31:43I don't know.
00:31:46I don't know.
00:31:49Fuck.
00:31:50Fuck.
00:31:51Fuck.
00:31:52Fuck.
00:31:53Fuck.
00:31:54Fuck.
00:31:56Fuck.
00:31:57Fuck.
00:31:58Fuck.
00:31:59Fuck.
00:32:00Fuck.
00:32:01Fuck.
00:32:02Fuck.
00:32:03Fuck.
00:32:04Fuck.
00:32:05Fuck.
00:32:06Fuck.
00:32:07Fuck.
00:32:08Fuck.
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00:32:10Fuck.
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00:32:12Fuck.
00:32:13Fuck.
00:32:14Fuck.
00:32:15Fuck.
00:32:16Hi.
00:32:17I've done something really dumb and I was hoping you could help me.
00:32:22I have a good friend who lives here in Montgomery and I've always assumed that 511 Hensky was
00:32:27her actual address.
00:32:28You need her online.
00:32:30No.
00:32:31Nothing like that.
00:32:32She's a good friend and I'm sure she comes in here all the time.
00:32:36Donna Logan?
00:32:37People pay us so they don't have to use their real address.
00:32:40What's the point of the place?
00:32:41Sure.
00:32:42She's a friend.
00:32:43I came a long way.
00:32:44Okay.
00:32:45Fine.
00:32:46Fine.
00:32:47Fine.
00:32:48Fine.
00:32:49Fine.
00:32:50Fine.
00:32:52Okay?
00:32:53Fine.
00:33:22Okay?
00:34:22Hey!
00:34:52Are you okay?
00:35:02Thanks.
00:35:02Yeah.
00:35:03Okay.
00:35:14You like those burgers, but they're awful on your tummy.
00:35:18I'll fix you something when we get home.
00:35:19Hey, you back for more cocoa?
00:35:23Does twice a day make me a junkie?
00:35:25Not by me.
00:35:27Anything for him?
00:35:28Oh, no thanks.
00:35:29We shouldn't make a habit of it.
00:35:30You mind if I have a cuddle?
00:35:32Go ahead.
00:35:33He needs all the love he can get, don't you?
00:35:35Mm.
00:35:37Mm.
00:35:38Mm.
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00:36:00Okay, let's go.
00:36:03See ya.
00:36:04You gotcha.
00:36:05Stay warm.
00:36:06Mm.
00:36:07Mm.
00:36:08Mm.
00:36:09Mm.
00:36:10Mm.
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00:36:43Mm.
00:36:44I love you, I love you, I love you.
00:37:14I love you, I love you.
00:37:44Can I have a meal okay?
00:37:46Sure.
00:37:50Is this enough light?
00:37:51It's fine, thanks.
00:37:53It was Hank, the clerk at the grocery store, telling you you were here.
00:38:13It's not some spooky blind thing.
00:38:15No.
00:38:22How long have you been blind?
00:38:24I remember the doll house I used to have, my father's face, things like that.
00:38:28What about your mother?
00:38:32She died when I was two.
00:38:34My father tried to raise me.
00:38:36I guess Ash didn't tell you.
00:38:39No.
00:38:40It makes us more vulnerable.
00:38:43We've already had to move once this year.
00:38:46It's really wonderful what you've done for Pete, though.
00:38:48How did you find us, anyway?
00:38:55The star.
00:38:56I remember Pete mentioned he could see a star on a water tower, and when I saw it, I just
00:39:04found it.
00:39:06All the way to the house?
00:39:07I went to this block, and I saw you on the front porch, and...
00:39:13So, who followed me from the coffee shop?
00:39:18It's important I be able to trust you, Gabriel.
00:39:33Your phone line was down.
00:39:34I figured that...
00:39:36Oops.
00:39:37The tea.
00:39:44Can I use your bathroom?
00:39:46Sure.
00:39:47Top of the stairs.
00:39:48What do you hear?
00:40:15I didn't know.
00:40:47You found his room.
00:41:17I used to have one of those.
00:41:24So, Pete...
00:41:25He's at the hospital, getting tests.
00:41:27He's not looking good.
00:41:29I'm sorry.
00:41:31His lungs?
00:41:32Yeah.
00:41:34They're getting worse.
00:41:36Can I see him tomorrow?
00:41:38That'd be great.
00:41:43He means a lot to you, doesn't he?
00:41:45Yeah, he does.
00:41:46Well, I know he feels the same way about you.
00:41:50As a matter of fact...
00:41:57The lights of the highway are streaming past.
00:42:03One of you reaches out and holds the other one's leg.
00:42:07It's the truest moment in the world.
00:42:11It's one of our favorite episodes.
00:42:14Well, thank you.
00:42:18So, Pete told me about you and Jess.
00:42:22You two seem good together.
00:42:24Do you still love him?
00:42:26I don't know.
00:42:28Does he feel the same way?
00:42:30I don't know what he thinks.
00:42:37Could I...
00:42:40Get a face to go with the voice?
00:42:44Sure.
00:42:53It's a hard place to be, not knowing for sure.
00:42:59It's purgatory.
00:43:03And you're just the kind of guy who needs proof.
00:43:09The hell of it is we're only as loved as we think we are.
00:43:19I can't wait to see him.
00:43:21Who, Jess?
00:43:23No, Pete.
00:43:29I'm sorry.
00:43:35Everyone does it.
00:43:36He's just special that way.
00:43:38Yeah.
00:43:42I need your help.
00:43:59What?
00:44:00It's very dark.
00:44:02Oh, I don't know where the light switch is.
00:44:04Um, try by the door.
00:44:09Somewhere in here is my other sewing bag.
00:44:12I'm spending so much time at the hospital, I'm going to make Pete a new sweater.
00:44:16Can you help me find the dark green one?
00:44:18He'll go really well with his eyes.
00:44:26Thanks.
00:44:30Hey, do you want to see my sweater?
00:44:33Sure.
00:44:34I still need to put the buttons on, but it's kind of fun.
00:44:38Turn around.
00:44:40Turn around.
00:44:41Okay.
00:44:47I'm really trusting you here.
00:44:48You better not be peeking.
00:44:49I won't.
00:44:50I won't.
00:45:05Okay.
00:45:09Turn around.
00:45:16How does it look?
00:45:17It's...
00:45:21It's nice.
00:45:23You want to feel it?
00:45:24It's nice and soft.
00:45:26Feel it.
00:45:29Yeah, it's soft.
00:45:31It's nice.
00:45:33What's the matter?
00:45:34Nothing.
00:45:35It's nice.
00:45:36Is there something wrong with me?
00:45:38No, it's fine.
00:45:40I know you like guys.
00:45:41I was just trying to be friendly.
00:45:42You're such a fucking weirdo.
00:45:45Turn around.
00:45:47I'm sorry, I...
00:45:48I'm sorry, I...
00:46:02So were you the reason his book was cancelled?
00:46:09That's what I thought.
00:46:10That book meant everything to him.
00:46:14That's why I'm here.
00:46:16I want to help find him a new publisher.
00:46:17I'll do anything it takes.
00:46:18It's obvious why you came here.
00:46:19You don't believe us.
00:46:20I do.
00:46:22Let's just forget about tomorrow.
00:46:23No!
00:46:24I want to see him.
00:46:29You know, I thought you'd be different.
00:46:30I thought you'd be able to look into his soul with all his complexities and contradictions and see him as your own flesh and blood.
00:46:38The way I do.
00:46:39That is how I see him.
00:46:40I don't think so.
00:46:41You wouldn't have distrusted us like that.
00:46:42Yeah.
00:46:43I spent the last two days stumbling around this fucked up place just so I can say...
00:46:46Just so you could say what?
00:46:49That you were sorry for thinking of a fraud?
00:46:51Give me a fucking break.
00:46:53Pete needs people who are really there for him.
00:47:00And there's no way I'm taking you to see him.
00:47:03No way.
00:47:06Your car is here.
00:47:23Where's the nearest hospital?
00:47:38Madison.
00:47:39But that's 15 miles from here.
00:47:41That's fine.
00:47:42Let's go.
00:47:43Okay.
00:47:53L-O-G-A-N-D.
00:48:23There's no Pete or Peter Logan listed anywhere here.
00:48:28Maybe he's listed under another name.
00:48:30So what name should I be looking for?
00:48:33I don't know.
00:48:36Maybe you're at the wrong hospital.
00:48:40I've been to all the others.
00:48:42He's gotta be here.
00:48:44Can I just go up to pediatrics and look around?
00:48:47What do you think?
00:48:53Take care of your time.
00:49:23Okay.
00:49:24Look there.
00:49:25mix this car.
00:49:26If one's the best way to do on top...
00:49:29With looks.
00:49:30Come on...
00:49:31When's the question?
00:49:32You all need to talk to me?
00:49:33I may?
00:49:34It's a mystery.
00:49:35What?
00:49:36Was he hague...
00:49:39Withusiask and S다vision?
00:49:40I don't know.
00:50:10I don't know.
00:50:40I made a mistake.
00:50:42I thought you were something else.
00:50:44Who are you?
00:50:46Say Gary!
00:50:48Say Gary!
00:50:50Say Gary!
00:50:52Say Gary!
00:50:54Say Gary!
00:50:58Say Gary!
00:51:00Say Gary!
00:51:02Say Gary!
00:51:04Say Gary!
00:51:06Say Gary!
00:51:08Say Gary!
00:51:10Say Gary!
00:51:12Say Gary!
00:51:14Say Gary!
00:51:16Say Gary!
00:51:18Say Gary!
00:51:20Say Gary!
00:51:22Say Gary!
00:51:24Say Gary!
00:51:26Say Gary!
00:51:28Say Gary!
00:51:30Hello? Hello?
00:52:01Oh, can I top you off there? Sure.
00:52:06There was a blind woman here last night. Uh, Donna.
00:52:09Yeah. Have you seen the boy that she was taking care of? I haven't seen him in a while.
00:52:14Yeah, you mean Pete.
00:52:20Yeah, that's him. Have you seen him?
00:52:23He's at the hospital. He's a very sick boy.
00:52:27Have you ever actually seen Pete?
00:52:32He spends most of his time at the hospital.
00:52:35Which hospital is he at?
00:52:38Can I get you anything else?
00:52:42So you won't help me?
00:52:46You have a nice day.
00:52:57I will help...
00:53:00Don't let go.
00:53:01Who can I get you?
00:53:03I just need to leave.
00:53:05I can't stop it.
00:53:06I'm too much longer.
00:53:07I have to get you.
00:53:08I'm too little.
00:53:10I'm too little.
00:53:11I got you.
00:53:14I'm too little.
00:53:16It's so cute.
00:53:17Hello?
00:53:39Hello?
00:53:47Hello?
00:54:17Hello?
00:54:27Hello?
00:54:29Hello?
00:54:31Hello?
00:54:43Hello?
00:54:45Hello?
00:54:47Hello?
00:55:01Hello?
00:55:06Hello?
00:55:11I don't know.
00:55:41I don't know.
00:56:11I don't know.
00:56:41I was just visiting a friend.
00:56:52I don't know.
00:56:54I don't know.
00:56:56Maybe you know him.
00:56:58Pete?
00:56:59Have you ever seen him?
00:57:01I don't know what she told you, but I know you.
00:57:05I don't know.
00:57:06I don't know.
00:57:07What are we doing?
00:57:12What are we doing?
00:57:13The hell are we doing?
00:57:19What are we doing?
00:57:26What are we doing?
00:57:27The hell are we doing?
00:57:33What are we doing?
00:57:40I don't know.
00:57:41I don't know.
00:57:47I don't know.
00:57:49We're going to go.
00:57:59Wait, wait, she's been, everybody know, what you sick fucks did to that boy, you're
00:58:15gonna leave him alone now, Berth, you're gonna leave him alone now, you're gonna leave
00:58:20him alone now.
00:58:29All right.
00:58:59I'm sorry, they're very protective of me around here.
00:59:24Stay away from me, Donna.
00:59:25I came back to help you.
00:59:28Why are you pissed at me?
00:59:29You're the one that broke into our house.
00:59:31I went to the fucking hospital.
00:59:32He wasn't there.
00:59:33Well, you went to the wrong hospital.
00:59:36I went to every goddamn hospital in Madison.
00:59:38He was in Milwaukee.
00:59:39Oh, of course.
00:59:40If I ask you which hospital, you'd probably say move.
00:59:42I'd like to stop it.
00:59:43Or maybe suddenly.
00:59:44He's dead.
00:59:45He died last night.
00:59:50Bilateral pneumonia.
00:59:51His lungs were saturated, and they couldn't resuscitate.
00:59:57Jesus, you're good.
00:59:58What?
00:59:59You got a fucking answer for everything.
01:00:02Wow.
01:00:03It's the truth.
01:00:05Yeah.
01:00:06And if someone gets close, you just kill them all.
01:00:09Oh, shut up.
01:00:10You don't know what you're talking about.
01:00:11They know everything.
01:00:12And they're calling the hospitals.
01:00:14They don't like being lied to.
01:00:16I'm not lying.
01:00:19Jesus, why did I come here?
01:00:22You know why?
01:00:23Because you thought this would make a great fucking story.
01:00:27You're going to talk about me and Pete on the radio, aren't you?
01:00:28That's what this has always been about.
01:00:29All you care about is your audience loving you.
01:00:30What kind of sick person are you?
01:00:31For years, Jess was dying, and you picked over him like a vulture to stay.
01:00:32And you're so pathetic, you actually think he's going to come back to you.
01:00:34Oh, Jesus.
01:00:35Get up.
01:00:36Like you care, you heartless fuck.
01:00:37Come on, there's a truck coming.
01:00:38Help me.
01:00:39Help me.
01:00:40Oh, what?
01:00:41No.
01:00:42No.
01:00:43No.
01:00:44No.
01:00:45No, I'm not.
01:00:46No.
01:00:47No.
01:00:48No, no.
01:00:49No.
01:00:51No.
01:00:52No, no.
01:00:53No.
01:00:54No.
01:00:55No.
01:00:56No.
01:00:57No.
01:00:58No.
01:00:59No.
01:01:00No.
01:01:01No.
01:01:02No.
01:01:03No, no.
01:01:04No.
01:01:05I can't let you do this.
01:01:10Go on my arm.
01:01:11Get all I have.
01:01:23Fucking crazy.
01:01:26Gabriel?
01:01:28Gabriel?
01:01:30Come back here.
01:01:35Come here, Gabriel, don't leave me.
01:01:40You don't know what you're doing!
01:01:44Gabriel!
01:01:48Don't leave me!
01:02:05I can't believe you.
01:02:14Hey, I hear you.
01:02:16I hear you.
01:02:20I hear you.
01:02:22I hear you.
01:02:24I hear you.
01:02:25I hear you.
01:02:29Gone?
01:02:31She left.
01:02:33Who told you that?
01:02:35The police.
01:02:38They went to check on her.
01:02:40And the house was empty.
01:02:43Did they find the kid at the hospital?
01:02:47There never was a kid.
01:02:48I never was a kid.
01:02:58You've reached Gabriel.
01:03:00Please leave a message at the tone.
01:03:08And that's been going on for three days?
01:03:10Yeah.
01:03:12You have to call the police.
01:03:15What am I going to say?
01:03:17Excuse me, officer.
01:03:19But there's this crazy blind lady in Wisconsin
01:03:22who has an imaginary child, and she's upset with me.
01:03:27Fuck her.
01:03:29I'm not turning my life inside out.
01:03:32She tried to kill you.
01:03:33Yeah.
01:03:35Well, tried to kill herself and be along with her.
01:03:38Yeah.
01:03:42I did some research.
01:03:44And there's this actual pathology called factitious disorder.
01:03:47And the people who have it feel unworthy of love.
01:03:50So they make up stuff to get sympathy.
01:03:52Like their own illness or a sick child.
01:03:57It's like Munchausen's by proxy, only there is no child.
01:04:01No child.
01:04:04And they don't know they're doing this?
01:04:05No.
01:04:06They know.
01:04:07But the attention feels so good that they can't stop lying.
01:04:12What happens if you call them on the lie?
01:04:15Uh, I don't know.
01:04:17It didn't say.
01:04:21Great.
01:04:31She called two days ago.
01:04:49Started shouting at me.
01:04:51I mean, just ranting and raving.
01:04:53Completely out of it.
01:04:55This woman is relentless.
01:04:56She's desperate.
01:04:57I mean, just so desperate.
01:04:59She's blind.
01:05:00What is she gonna do?
01:05:05No fucking way.
01:05:10Should we pick up?
01:05:11No.
01:05:13No, I might set her off, trigger something.
01:05:15What should we do?
01:05:17Ignore it.
01:05:18Hello?
01:05:31Your story doesn't have an ending, Gabriel.
01:05:34I'm at the Hudson Plaza motel at JFK.
01:05:373142.
01:05:39I'll have something for you.
01:05:48Not your internet data type.
01:05:50Hrromx, why don't you do things?
01:05:52That's what I don't know.
01:05:53I'm at the Hudson Plaza motel.
01:05:55What about you, la媽?
01:05:57Well, you didn't even know.
01:05:59You're late.
01:06:00I did not expect something to do.
01:06:03Whisper.
01:06:04I'm at the Hudson Plaza motel.
01:06:06There is a Watts 한� confuse.
01:06:07You're busy.
01:06:09Influene irgendwo�miş underneath there.
01:06:13You're by good, cheloon.
01:06:15I didn't know.
01:06:16Oh, my God.
01:06:46Oh, my God.
01:07:16Oh, my God.
01:07:46Oh, my God.
01:07:56Donna?
01:07:59Who's this?
01:08:00It's me, Pete.
01:08:02Gabriel, is that you?
01:08:05Don't freak out.
01:08:06I know she told you I was dead, but she was just trying to protect me.
01:08:08Where are you?
01:08:12I'm at the airport, waiting for Donna.
01:08:14Is she there?
01:08:16No.
01:08:17She just left.
01:08:19Too bad.
01:08:20I really wanted you two to talk.
01:08:23I kind of promised her I wouldn't talk to you.
01:08:26She's mad at you.
01:08:27Kate?
01:08:28Yeah?
01:08:29I need to ask you something.
01:08:33What?
01:08:36Did something happen to Donna when she was little?
01:08:42You understand, right?
01:08:44Yeah, but...
01:08:46I don't know.
01:08:48She never talks about her childhood.
01:08:49Did she ever tell you what caused her blindness?
01:08:55No.
01:08:57I think she fell down the stairs.
01:09:00You know, there's people who can help her.
01:09:02I have to go now.
01:09:06Okay, kiddo.
01:09:08Bye.
01:09:09Bye.
01:09:09You know, that tape doesn't prove anything.
01:09:34That kid could be anybody, right?
01:09:36It could be a neighbor, a cousin, even.
01:09:39I don't know.
01:09:42So, what is it, then?
01:09:45It's just...
01:09:46What?
01:09:50How can I be missing someone who never existed?
01:09:54Is that possible?
01:10:00Hey, what about those, uh...
01:10:04Star Trek conventions?
01:10:06You know, all those guys, they...
01:10:08They dress up like Kirk and Spock, right?
01:10:11Why?
01:10:13Because they really miss them.
01:10:16Am I that pathetic?
01:10:20You have got a great big heart.
01:10:24That's the best part about you.
01:10:27It always was.
01:10:27I gotta go.
01:10:33I gotta go.
01:10:33I'm hungry.
01:10:39Um...
01:10:41What the fuck?
01:10:49I wanna go.
01:10:52I wanna go.
01:10:53From the studios of WNYH in New York City, I'm Gabriel Noon, and this is Noon at Night.
01:11:10As a storyteller, I've spent years looting my life for fiction.
01:11:14Like a magpie, I tend to steal the shiny stuff and discard the rest.
01:11:20Well, we've wandered in the woods for an hour, only to discover that we've circled back on ourselves.
01:11:29And in the end, I'm not sure what really happened.
01:11:34But it is clear that Donna and I are more alike than not.
01:11:39Both of us afraid, not wanting to be alone, longing for a good listener.
01:11:46Sounds perfect.
01:11:47And we also have a model condo available, with all the furniture included.
01:11:54That'd be great.
01:11:56And when does your son get out of the hospital?
01:12:02Tomorrow.
01:12:04Ooh, that's tight.
01:12:05But now we can work it out.
01:12:07Oh, thank you.
01:12:08If you don't mind me asking, how did he lose his leg?
01:12:20As for Pete, there's a line in The Velveteen Rabbit that reads,
01:12:26Real isn't how you were made.
01:12:29It's the thing that happens to you.
01:12:31I'm Gabriel Nune.
01:12:35Good night.