Dr. Hineman once said, “The dead don’t die. They look on and help.” Remember that, John.
Sean… He’s on the beach now, a toe in the water. He’s asking you to come in with him. He’s been racing his mother up and down the sand. There’s so much love in this house. He’s ten years old. He’s surrounded by animals. He wants to be a vet. You keep a rabbit for him, a bird and a fox. He’s in high school. He likes to run, like his father. He runs the two-mile and the long relay. He’s 23. He’s at a university. He makes love to a pretty girl named Claire. He asks her to be his wife. He calls here and tells Lara, who cries. He still runs. Across the university and in the stadium, where John watches. Oh God, he’s running so fast, just like his daddy. He sees his daddy. He wants to run to him. But he’s only six years old, and he can’t do it. And the other men are so fast. There was so much love in this house.
So did she. Can’t you see? She just wanted her little girl back. But it was too late. Her little girl was already gone.
She didn’t die, but she’s not alive.
I’m sorry John, but you’re gonna have to run again.
RUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
