MIKE That would be very kind.
They go around the corner together.
181 EXTERIOR: MIKE AND THE YOUNG WOMAN, A HIGH ANGLE DAY.
As they approach his car and the spilled groceries, we see them from above . . . then BOOM
HIGHER YET, TURNING AND LOSING THEM. Now we see the bright blue sky and water of San Francisco Bay, with the bridge spanning it like a dream that has begun to rust a little around the edges.
376 STEPHEN KING
There are swooping gulls . . . we track one of them . . . we: DISSOLVE TO:
182 EXTERIOR: SWOOPING GULL DAY.
We follow it, then BOOM DOWN to discover Little Tall Island, and the town hall. There's a car parked at the curb. Three people walk toward the cupola that holds the plaques and the memorial bell. One a WOMAN walks ahead of the other two.
MIKE (voice- over)
I could have written Molly and told her. I thought about it ... I even prayed about it. When every choice hurts, how do you tell which one's the right one? In the end, I kept silent. Sometimes, mostly late at night when I can't sleep, I think that was wrong. But in daylight, I know better.
183 EXTERIOR: THE CUPOLA ON THE TOWN HALL LAWN DAY.
MOLLY approaches it slowly. In her hands she has a bouquet of flowers. Her face is serene and sad and quite beautiful. Behind her, HATCH and PIPPA stand at the edge of the grass, HATCH with his arm around his daughter's shoulders.
MOLLY kneels at the base of the plaque commemorating those lost in the Storm of the Century.
She puts her flowers at the base of this plaque. She is crying a little now. She kisses her fingers, then presses them to her son's name.
She gets up and walks back to where HATCH and PIPPA wait. HATCH puts his arms around her and hugs her.
184 EXTERIOR: LITTLE TALL ISLAND, LONG DAY.
MIKE (voice-over) In daylight I know better.
FADE TO BLACK.
