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[AI GL] The Girl from the Bookstore
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00:01there's this thing about bookshops people think they're quiet spines creak pages whisper and if
00:10you listen long enough you forget that your own story's been stuck on the same page for about
00:16three years no things break you gay dad you've alphabetized that section twice today third
00:31times the charm you know what else is charming going on a date meeting a human woman using words
00:37out loud instead of shelving them I'm fine Margot really that's what the lonely ones always say
00:49I talk to you I'm 63 and I smell like Earl Grey I don't count
01:10can I help you find something I don't actually know what I want I just needed somewhere that felt
01:15calm
01:19what's the last book that wrecked you
01:34hey so mom's doing Sunday dinner
01:37you're coming
01:41I always come
01:43right so I'm bringing someone a girlfriend it's new and I actually like this one so I need you to
01:48just
01:49be normal
01:51be normal
01:53you know what I mean you mean don't mention that I'm gay
01:56I mean don't make it about you dad's in a good mood for once mom's cooking the lamb
02:00just one dinner where we're a regular family that's all I'm asking
02:09fine great see you Sunday
02:13the thing about being stuck on the same page sometimes it's not the story that won't move
02:18it's everyone around you holding the book shut
02:30this girl party okay simple be normal don't mention politics don't mention the shop and for the love of God
02:37don't mention girls is everything ready Harper stop fidgeting you look fine I'm not fidgeting I'm adjusting I've been adjusting
02:44for ten minutes come help me with the salad her name's Rin she works at a cafe Garrett says she's
02:50lovely Rin
02:51that's him what dad place looks great
02:58hey everyone this is Rin Rin my parents Richard and Catherine Harper and that's my sister
03:07hi
03:09it's really nice to meet you all
03:11hey
03:14and how'd you two meet
03:16mutual friends thing
03:17I saw her across the room and that was it
03:20Harper you're quiet tonight
03:22just
03:24taking it all in
03:27Harper's always quiet at family stuff
03:28aren't you sis
03:35thanks for keeping it together tonight
03:36she seems
03:38really nice Garrett
03:40so don't make it weird
03:48the bookshop girl
03:49my brother's girlfriend
03:50and the way he held her arm
03:52like something he owned
04:00you okay sweetheart
04:02you barely touched your plate
04:04just tired mom
04:05you and Garrett were
04:06tense tonight
04:08Garrett's tense with everyone
04:10that's not new
04:11his girlfriend seems lovely
04:12quiet but lovely
04:14yeah
04:15she does
04:40hey
04:40wait Harper
04:42what are you
04:43he just left you
04:44it's freezing and he just drove off
04:46I told him I'd call a cab
04:48did you
04:49no
04:54you don't have to
04:56I know I don't have to
05:01come on
05:02which way
05:11you're nothing like him you know
05:13I'll take that as a compliment
05:15it is one
05:18he told me you work at a bookshop
05:20he said it like it was
05:23embarrassing
05:24sounds like Garrett
05:25I think it's wonderful
05:27the way you talked about that book today
05:28the secret history
05:29your whole face changed
05:31careful
05:32compliment me again
05:33and I'll start recommending you novels
05:34you didn't ask for
05:35worst threat I've ever heard
05:40this is me
05:41good
05:42you're not frozen
05:45I should give this back
05:46keep it
05:47gives me an excuse to
05:49Britt
05:50you said nine o'clock
05:51it's ten seventeen
05:53I know
05:53I know
05:54go inside
05:55it's cold
05:56who's that
05:57I'm Harper
05:58I walked your sister home
06:00are you my sister's new friend
06:05good night Harper
06:18bookshop girl
06:20stalking me now
06:21I heard the coffee here's decent
06:23you heard wrong
06:24it's exceptional
06:25I'll have a
06:28cortado
06:29you have no idea what that is
06:31do you?
06:33not even a little bit
06:35window seats open
06:36I saved it
06:37force a habit
06:52anything you want
06:53do ya?
06:58everything okay?
06:59yeah
07:00just
07:02Garrett checking in
07:04that's not checking in
07:05that's an interrogation
07:08he worries
07:10that's all
07:13does he always do that?
07:15only when he's having a bad day
07:18how many bad days does he have?
07:29so
07:30you go to that cafe
07:31every single day now
07:33they have good pastries
07:35you don't eat pastries
07:37you told me last month
07:39that croissants
07:39were structurally
07:40disantist
07:42I've grown
07:42Harper
07:46I've known you
07:46since we were fourteen
07:48I know what you look like
07:49when you're falling for someone
07:50and you're falling for your brother's girlfriend
07:53she's not happy with him
07:54Nadia
07:55he texts her like he's tracking a package
07:57that's awful
07:58and it's still not an answer
08:00I know
08:01and I don't know how to stop
08:05yeah
08:06that's what I was afraid of
08:14Garrett
08:14grab me that platter would ya?
08:16the big one
08:16got it dad
08:19you know Garrett closed three accounts last quarter
08:21three
08:22we heard honey
08:22you've told us twice
08:24because it bears repeating
08:26this one's got his head screwed on right
08:28couldn't do it without my good luck charm
08:37I saw you talking to Marcus at church last Sunday
08:39you think I didn't notice?
08:41he asked about the bake sale
08:43that's it
08:44don't play dumb
08:45you were laughing
08:46you don't laugh like that with me anymore
08:47Garrett
08:48he is sixty years old
08:49I don't care if he's ninety
08:50you don't flirt it in front of the whole congregation
08:52and embarrass me
08:55okay
08:55I'm sorry
08:57good
08:57now smile
08:59my parents are watching
09:04it's a beautiful evening isn't it?
09:13he wasn't always like this
09:17you don't have to convince me he's a good person Wren
09:19I'm not
09:21I'm trying to convince myself
09:23you deserve someone
09:25who doesn't make you rehearse
09:26your smile
09:28Harper?
09:29Wren?
09:30dessert's out?
09:34coming
09:39the worst part isn't what he does to her
09:41it is how well she has learned
09:43to hide it
09:54I'm just saying
09:55you've smiled more in the last ten minutes than you have all month
09:57it's called having fun
09:59you should try it
10:00Dominic's doing karaoke
10:01it's horrible
10:03come watch
10:04and
10:05Twinkie
10:11having a good time?
10:13yeah
10:13actually I am
10:14must be nice
10:16not a care in the world
10:17no responsibility
10:19just
10:19whatever you feel like doing
10:21whoever you feel like
10:22you're drunk
10:23go home
10:24you know what people say about you right?
10:26behind your back
10:26dad's friends
10:27the neighbors
10:28I don't care what they say
10:29they say it's a phase
10:30I keep telling them that
10:31my sister's committed
10:32she's committed to being the family embarrassment
10:34move
10:35or what?
10:36you're gonna hit me?
10:37that'd be on brand wouldn't it?
10:38the angry little
10:40let go of her
10:41now
10:41this isn't your business man
10:43it became my business
10:45when you put your hands on my friend
10:46you need a bodyguard now?
10:48pathetic
10:51go home Garrett
10:52sleep it off
10:54this isn't done
10:58Rin
11:03he does that to you too?
11:06come on
11:07let's get some air
11:23I keep replaying it
11:25his hand on my collar
11:26the look in his eyes
11:28but that's not what keeps me awake
11:52Rin!
11:52open the door
11:53I said I was sorry
11:54alright?
11:54I had too much to drink
11:55that's all it was
11:57just go to sleep Garrett
11:58don't make this into a thing
11:59you're being dramatic
12:00you always do this
12:01you take her side
12:01and then you make me the bad guy
12:03fine
12:04sit in there all night
12:05see if I care
12:15Rin
12:16I'm sorry
12:17it's so late
12:19don't
12:20are you okay?
12:21I don't know what to do
12:23where are you
12:23where are you?
12:23are you at his place?
12:25I'm in the bathroom
12:27he's been drinking more
12:28since he got home
12:29I locked the door
12:30listen to me
12:32stay where you are
12:33keep the door locked
12:34Harper
12:34you don't have to
12:35I'm coming
12:38stay on the line with me
12:39okay?
12:39I'm not hanging up
12:42okay
12:5314 minutes
12:54that's how long it takes
12:55to drive across Ashford
12:56at 2 in the morning
12:58when every light is green
12:59and you don't touch the brake
13:08Garrett
13:10open the door
13:12what the hell are you doing here?
13:15where is she?
13:17go home Harper
13:18this isn't your business
13:20move
13:22or what?
13:23hey
13:31I'm here
13:33we're leaving
13:34Rin
13:35look at me
13:36can you stand?
13:42she's being dramatic
13:43we had a fight
13:44couples fight
13:45she said
13:46no
13:47get out of the doorway
13:49or I will leave you myself
13:52you're going to regret this
13:54both of you
13:54you hear me?
14:03you're never going back there
14:23I kept thinking
14:24if I'd been faster
14:25if I hadn't left her there
14:27after the party
14:29you stayed
14:30of course I stayed
14:31this is your room
14:32was
14:34hasn't changed since I was 17
14:36mom keeps it like a museum
14:37Harper
14:38your parents are downstairs
14:40what do I even say?
14:41you don't have to say anything yet
14:42just rest
14:45I'll handle it
14:47you look like you haven't slept in a week
14:51feels like it
14:51there's a girl in your bed Harper
14:53I checked on you at 5
14:54it's Rin
14:55Garrett's girlfriend
14:56I know who she is
14:57what I don't know
14:57is why she's sleeping in my house
14:58at dawn looking like she's been through hell
15:00she and Garrett had a fight
15:03a fight?
15:04yeah
15:06sweetheart
15:07try again
15:10Garrett hurt her mom
15:12hurt her how?
15:13he
15:13I got there
15:14and her clothes were torn
15:15and he was
15:16mom
15:16he wouldn't stop
15:17oh god
15:22she stays
15:24as long as she needs
15:29where's Garrett now?
15:31his apartment
15:32I don't know
15:33I don't care
15:34apartment?
15:35don't
15:36don't do the thing
15:36where you make excuses for him
15:38I'm not making excuses
15:39I'm trying to understand
15:40what happened
15:40I told you what happened
15:44that doesn't sound like my son
15:46good morning sweetheart
15:50sit down
15:51I'll make you some toast
16:04Garrett
16:05where the hell have you been?
16:06no
16:07she is here
16:08she is fine
16:09slow down
16:09what do you mean she
16:10no she's here
16:11she's fine
16:11your sister brought her in
16:13at 3 in the morning son
16:14Rin was shaking
16:15now you tell me side
16:16because your side
16:17because what I saw this morning
16:18doesn't match what you're selling
16:20hysterical
16:20that's the word you're using
16:23I hear you
16:24come by later this week
16:26we'll talk
16:30well?
16:32he says Harper overreacted
16:34says Wynn had too much to drink
16:36and got emotional
16:36and you believe that?
16:38I know
16:39I just
16:39that's my son Cass
16:41and she's someone's daughter
16:49I'm not defending what he did
16:53but I'm not ready
16:54to throw my son away
16:55nobody's asking you
16:56to throw him away
16:57I'm asking you
16:58to believe her
17:06everything okay?
17:08yeah
17:08just
17:10ghosts
17:17the hoops
17:19definitely the hoops
17:21we're going a club
17:22not a runway
17:23exactly
17:24you need to look like
17:25you're not trying
17:26the hoops say that
17:29how's she doing?
17:30better
17:31some days
17:32she still flinches
17:33when her phone buzzes
17:34and you?
17:35you sleeping?
17:36enough
17:38liar
17:39tonight's about fun
17:41remember fun?
17:42vaguely?
17:43from before?
17:44is Fiona bringing Wynn?
17:45they're picking her up now
17:46Fiona said she actually
17:47sounded excited
17:53the pink one
17:56trust me
17:58it's too much
17:59it's a night out
18:01too much is the point
18:04Wynn!
18:05you look like a movie star
18:07you're supposed to be in bed
18:09you're supposed to be in bed
18:09I'm supervising
18:23to terrible men
18:24and the women who outlast them
18:31you're supposed to be in bed
18:32yeah
18:33I actually am
18:37I forgot what this feels like
18:39what?
18:40being somewhere
18:41because I want to be
18:48Harper
18:52we're leaving
18:54no
19:10dyke sister
19:12walk away Garrett
19:13right now
19:15for what?
19:16you gonna hit me?
19:18in front of everyone?
19:22get over here
19:23we're leaving
19:24no
19:25what did you just say?
19:27I said no
19:30let go of her
19:31stay out of it
19:32this is between me and
19:34I said let go
19:35you poisoned her against me
19:37you and your sick little
19:42it's over man
19:43stay down
19:45you're really choosing this?
19:48her?
19:51we're done
19:52don't call me
19:52don't come to my apartment
19:54don't text me
19:55we are
19:56done
19:57you're great
19:57you're great
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