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[AI GL] The Girl from the Bookstore
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00:06There's this thing about bookshops, people think they're quiet, spines creak, pages whisper.
00:14And if you listen long enough, you forget that your own story's been stuck on the same page for about
00:21three years.
00:30No, things rake you gay, dad. You've alphabetized that section twice today.
00:36Third time's the charm.
00:37You know what else is charming? Going on a date, meeting a human woman, using words out loud instead of
00:43shelving them.
00:47I'm fine, Margot. Really.
00:50That's what the lonely ones always say.
00:53Mm. I talk to you.
00:56I'm 63, and I smell like Earl Grey. I don't count.
01:15Can I help you find something?
01:17I don't actually know what I want. I just needed somewhere that felt calm.
01:24What's the last book that wrecked you?
01:39Hey, so Mom's doing Sunday dinner.
01:42You're coming.
01:46I always come.
01:48Right, so I'm bringing someone. A girlfriend. It's new, and I actually like this one.
01:52So I need you to just be normal.
01:56Be normal.
01:58You know what I mean. You mean don't mention that I'm gay.
02:01I mean, don't make it about you. Dad's in a good mood for once. Mom's cooking the lamb.
02:05Just one dinner where we're a regular family. That's all I'm asking.
02:13Fine.
02:15Great to see you Sunday.
02:18The thing about being stuck on the same page, sometimes it's not the story that won't move.
02:24It's everyone around you holding the book shut.
02:35This girl party?
02:36Okay. Simple. Be normal. Don't mention politics. Don't mention the shop. And for the love of God, don't mention girls.
02:43Is everything ready?
02:44Harper, stop fidgeting. You look fine.
02:46I'm not fidgeting. I'm adjusting.
02:48I've been adjusting for ten minutes. Come help me with the salad.
02:51Her name's Rin. She works at a cafe. Garrett says she's lovely.
02:55Rin. That's Han.
02:57What?
03:00Dad!
03:01The place looks great. Everyone, this is Rin. Rin, my parents. Richard and Catherine. Harper. And that's my sister.
03:12Hi. It's really nice to meet you all.
03:16Hey.
03:19And how'd you two meet?
03:21Mutual friends thing.
03:22I saw her across the room and that was it.
03:25Harper, you're quiet tonight.
03:27Just taking it all in.
03:32Harper's always quiet at family stuff.
03:34Aren't you, sis?
03:40Thanks for keeping it together tonight.
03:42She seems really nice, Garrett.
03:45So don't make it weird.
03:52The bookshop girl, my brother's girlfriend, and the way he held her arm like something he owned.
04:05You okay, sweetheart? You barely touched your plate.
04:09I'm just tired, Mom.
04:10You and Garrett were tense tonight.
04:13Garrett's tense with everyone. That's not new.
04:16His girlfriend seems lovely. Quiet, but lovely.
04:19Yeah. She does.
04:45Hey.
04:46Wait.
04:47Harper.
04:47What are you...
04:48He just left you?
04:49It's freezing and he just drove off?
04:52I told him I'd call a cab.
04:53Did you?
04:54No.
04:59You don't have to.
05:01I know I don't have to.
05:16You're nothing like him, you know?
05:18I'll take that as a compliment.
05:20It is one.
05:23He told me you work at a bookshop.
05:25He said it like it was...
05:28embarrassing.
05:29Sounds like Garrett.
05:30I think it's wonderful.
05:32The way you talked about that book today, the secret history, your whole face changed.
05:36Careful.
05:37Compliment me again and I'll start recommending you novels you didn't ask for.
05:40Worst threat I've ever heard.
05:45This is me.
05:46Good.
05:47You're not frozen.
05:50I should give this back.
05:51Keep it.
05:52Gives me an excuse to...
05:54Brynn!
05:55You said nine o'clock.
05:56It's 1017.
05:58I know.
05:59I know.
05:59Go inside.
06:00It's cold.
06:01Who's that?
06:02I'm Harper.
06:04I walked your sister home.
06:05Are you my sister's new friend?
06:10Good night, Harper.
06:23Bookshop girl.
06:25Stalking me now?
06:26I heard the coffee here is decent.
06:28You heard wrong.
06:29It's exceptional.
06:31I'll have a...
06:33Cortado.
06:34You have no idea what that is, do you?
06:38Not even a little bit.
06:40Window seats open.
06:41I saved it.
06:42Force a habit.
06:57Anything you want, Dia?
07:03Everything okay?
07:04Yeah.
07:06Just...
07:07Garrett checking in.
07:09That's not checking in.
07:11That's an interrogation.
07:13He worries.
07:15That's all.
07:18Does he always do that?
07:20Only when he's having a bad day.
07:23How many bad days does he have?
07:34So, you go to that cafe every single day now.
07:38They have good pastries.
07:40You don't eat pastries.
07:42You told me last month that croissants were structurally disantist.
07:47I've grown...
07:48Harper!
07:51I've known you since we were 14.
07:53I know what you look like when you're falling for someone.
07:56And you're falling for your brother's girlfriend.
07:58She's not happy with him, Nadia.
08:00He texts her like he's tracking a package.
08:02That's awful.
08:03And it's still not an answer.
08:05I know.
08:06And I don't know how to stop.
08:10Yeah.
08:11That's what I was afraid of.
08:19Garrett, grab me that platter, would you?
08:21The big one.
08:22Got it, Dad.
08:24You know Garrett closed three accounts last quarter.
08:26Three!
08:27We heard, honey.
08:28You've told us twice.
08:29Because it bears repeating.
08:31This one's got his head screwed on, right?
08:33Couldn't do it without my good luck charm.
08:42I saw you talking to Marcus at church last Sunday.
08:45You think I didn't notice?
08:46He asked about the bake sale.
08:48That's it.
08:49Don't play dumb.
08:50You were laughing.
08:51You don't laugh like that with me anymore.
08:53Garrett, he is 60 years old.
08:54I don't care if he's 90.
08:55You don't flirt it in front of the whole congregation and embarrass me.
09:00Okay.
09:01I'm sorry.
09:02Good.
09:03Now smile.
09:05My parents are watching.
09:09It's a beautiful evening, isn't it?
09:18He wasn't always like this.
09:22You don't have to convince me he's a good person, Wren.
09:25I'm not.
09:26I'm trying to convince myself.
09:28You deserve someone who doesn't make you rehearse your smile.
09:33Harper?
09:34Wren?
09:35Dessert's out?
09:39Coming.
09:44The worst part isn't what he does to her.
09:47It is how well she has learned to hide it.
09:59I'm just saying, you've smiled more in the last 10 minutes than you have all month.
10:02It's called having fun.
10:04You should try it.
10:06Dominic's doing karaoke.
10:07It's horrible.
10:08Come watch.
10:09And I always...
10:12I always...
10:16Having a good time?
10:18Yeah.
10:19Actually, I am.
10:20Must be nice.
10:21Not a care in the world.
10:23No responsibility.
10:24Just whatever you feel like doing.
10:26Whoever you feel like.
10:27You're drunk.
10:28Go home.
10:29You know what people say about you, right?
10:30Behind your back?
10:32Dad's friends, the neighbors?
10:33I don't care what they say.
10:34They say it's a phase.
10:35I keep telling them that.
10:36My sister's committed.
10:37She's committed to being the family embarrassment.
10:40Move.
10:40Or what?
10:41You're going to hit me?
10:42That'd be on brand, wouldn't it?
10:43The angry little...
10:45Let go of her.
10:46Now.
10:47This isn't your business, man.
10:49It became my business when you put your hands on my friend.
10:51You need a bodyguard now?
10:53Pathetic.
10:56Go home, Garrett.
10:58Sleep it off.
10:59This isn't done.
11:04Rin.
11:08He does that to you, too?
11:11Come on.
11:13Let's get some air.
11:28I keep replaying it.
11:30His hand on my collar.
11:31The look in his eyes.
11:33But that's not what keeps me awake.
11:57Rin, open the door.
11:58I said I was sorry, all right?
11:59I had too much to drink.
12:01That's all it was.
12:02Just go to sleep, Garrett.
12:03Don't make this into a thing.
12:04You're being dramatic.
12:05You always do this.
12:06You take her side, and then you make me the bad guy.
12:09Fine.
12:09Sit in there all night.
12:11See if I care.
12:20Rin.
12:21I'm sorry it's so late.
12:24Don't!
12:25Are you okay?
12:26I don't know what to do.
12:28Where are you?
12:28Are you at his place?
12:30I'm in the bathroom.
12:32He's been drinking more since he got home.
12:34I locked the door.
12:36Listen to me.
12:37Stay where you are.
12:38Keep the door locked.
12:39Harper, you don't have to.
12:40I'm coming.
12:43Stay on the line with me, okay?
12:44I'm not hanging up.
12:47Okay.
12:5814 minutes.
12:59That's how long it takes to drive across Ashford at 2 in the morning.
13:03When every light is green, and you don't touch the brake.
13:13Garrett!
13:15Open the door!
13:18What the hell are you doing here?
13:21Where is she?
13:22Go home, Harper.
13:23This isn't your business.
13:25Move.
13:27Or what?
13:28Hey!
13:29Hey!
13:36I'm here.
13:38We're leaving.
13:40Rin, look at me.
13:41Can you stand?
13:47She's being dramatic.
13:48We had a fight.
13:49A couple's fight.
13:50She said no.
13:53Get out of the doorway, or I will leave you myself.
13:57You're going to regret this.
13:59Both of you.
13:59You hear me?
14:07You're never going back there.
14:09You're never going back there.
14:10You're never going back there.
14:28I kept thinking if I'd been faster, if I hadn't left her there after the party.
14:34You stayed.
14:35Of course I stayed.
14:36This is your room.
14:37Was.
14:39Hasn't changed since I was 17.
14:41Mom keeps it like a museum.
14:43Harper, your parents are downstairs.
14:45What do I even say?
14:46You don't have to say anything yet.
14:47Just rest.
14:50I'll handle it.
14:52You look like you haven't slept in a week.
14:56Feels like it.
14:57There's a girl in your bed, Harper.
14:58I checked on you at five.
15:00It's Rin, Garrett's girlfriend.
15:01I know who she is.
15:02What I don't know is why she's sleeping in my house at dawn, looking like she's been through hell.
15:05She and Garrett had a fight.
15:08A fight?
15:09Yeah.
15:11Sweetheart, try again.
15:15Garrett hurt her mom.
15:17Hurt her how?
15:18He, I got there and her clothes were torn and he was, mom, he wouldn't stop.
15:22Oh, God.
15:27She stays.
15:29As long as she needs.
15:34Where's Garrett now?
15:36His apartment.
15:38I don't know.
15:38I don't care.
15:40Apartment?
15:40Don't.
15:41Don't do the thing where you make excuses for him.
15:43I'm not making excuses.
15:44I'm trying to understand what happened.
15:46I told you what happened.
15:48That doesn't sound like my son.
15:51Good morning, sweetheart.
15:55Sit down.
15:56I'll make you some toast.
16:09Garrett, where the hell have you been?
16:11No.
16:12She is here.
16:13She is fine.
16:14Slow down.
16:14What do you mean she...
16:15No, she's here.
16:16She's fine.
16:17Your sister brought her in at three in the morning, son.
16:19Rin was shaking.
16:20Now you tell me side, because your side, because what I saw this morning doesn't match what you're selling.
16:25Hysterical.
16:26That's the word you're using.
16:28I hear you.
16:30Come by later this week.
16:31We'll talk.
16:35Well?
16:37He says Harper overreacted.
16:39Says Wynn had too much to drink and got emotional.
16:42And you believe that?
16:43I know.
16:44I just...
16:45That's my son, Cass.
16:46And she's someone's daughter.
16:54I'm not defending what he did.
16:58But I'm not ready to throw my son away.
17:00Nobody's asking you to throw him away.
17:02I'm asking you to believe her.
17:12Everything okay?
17:13Yeah.
17:14Just...
17:14Ghosts.
17:22The hoops?
17:24Definitely the hoops.
17:26We're going a club, not a runway.
17:28Exactly.
17:29You need to look like you're not trying.
17:31The hoops say that.
17:34How's she doing?
17:35Better.
17:36Some days.
17:37She still flinches when her phone buzzes.
17:39And you?
17:40You sleeping?
17:41Enough.
17:43Liar.
17:45Tonight's about fun.
17:46Remember fun?
17:47Vaguely?
17:48From before?
17:49Is Fiona bringing Wynn?
17:50They're picking her up now.
17:52Fiona said she actually sounded excited.
17:58The pink one.
18:01Trust me.
18:03It's too much.
18:05It's a night out.
18:06Too much is the point.
18:09Rin!
18:10You look like a movie star.
18:12You're supposed to be in bed.
18:14I'm supervising.
18:16I'm supervising.
18:17I'm supervising.
18:27I'm supervising.
18:28To terrible men and the women who outlast them.
18:35I'm supervising.
18:36You okay?
18:37Yeah.
18:38I actually am.
18:42I forgot what this feels like.
18:44What?
18:45Being somewhere because I want to be.
18:53Harper
18:56We're leaving
18:58No
19:14Dike sister
19:17Walk away, Garrett
19:18Right now
19:20For what?
19:21You're gonna hit me
19:23In front of everyone?
19:27Get over here
19:28We're leaving
19:29No
19:30What did you just say?
19:32I said no
19:35Let go of her
19:36Stay out of it!
19:38This is between me and
19:39I said let go
19:40You poisoned her against me
19:42You and your sick little
19:46It's over, man
19:48Stay down
19:50You're really choosing this?
19:53Her?
19:55We're done
19:56Don't call me
19:57Don't come to my apartment
19:59Don't text me
20:00We are done
20:01You'll regret this
20:03I already regret
20:05Every day
20:06I didn't say it sooner
20:11Holy shit
20:17You're bleeding
20:19Yeah
20:21Worth it
20:24You keep saving me
20:26You saved yourself in there
20:28That was all you
20:41Hold still
20:43I am holding still
20:44You're shaking
20:46Adrenaline
20:47It'll pass
20:48Nothing's broken
20:49I've had worse
20:50Falling off my bike
20:51You didn't get this
20:52Falling off a bike
20:54Hey
20:54Are you okay?
20:56You're the one with the busted hand
20:57And you're asking me
20:59Can I tell you something terrible?
21:02Always
21:02When he grabbed you at the party
21:04When he said those things
21:05Part of me was relieved
21:07Because it wasn't just me anymore
21:08Someone else saw it
21:10Does that make me awful?
21:12Does that make you someone
21:12Who's been gaslit for months?
21:15I keep her playing the bookshop
21:17That first day
21:18You recommended me a book
21:19And she's so sure of herself