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[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[alarm clock beeps]

[horn honks]

- Oh.

♪ ♪

- Hi, Rachel.

$2.

- Can I get a bagel, please?

Thank you, sir.

- See you later.

[siren wailing]

- Good morning, Rachel.

Patrick would like to see you in his office.

- I ll be right in.

- I m aware of the recent holiday, but when someone

commits to a deadline, I expect for reports to be in on time.

I don t care if he thought I meant five business days.

I meant five days, period.

Just get it done.

Rachel, good to see you.

Sit.

As you know, the Everbys are longtime clients

and the grandfather, Edward Everby, recently passed.

- I was sorry to hear that.

- Well, he left one of his properties and all its contents

to his grandchildren, and they ve hired us

to have it appraised.

It s an old library building somewhere in the mountains

of California.

- Well, I am sure Connor would love to go out West.

- But you are one of our best appraisers.

It s not a problem, is it?

- No, no problem.

- All right, go home. Get packed.

You leave this afternoon.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Morning, Gus. - Hey, Jake.

- Beautiful day, huh?

- Eh, it would be if it weren t for these aphids.

- Place looks gorgeous.

- You off to the library?

- Of course. Where else would I be?

Have a good day. - All right.

♪ ♪

- Hey, Jake.

♪ ♪

- Good morning, Jake.

Oh, your books that you ordered came in this morning.

- You re the best, Ms. Archer.

- How much more research on Black Bart do you have to do?

- I ll probably be here a couple of weeks, maybe a month.

- You ve been here for six months,

and all you seem to do is work.

[laughs] That s the life of a writer.

- Well, sis, consider this a new adventure.

- I m not the adventurous type.

Plus, New York has everything.

There s no reason you d ever need to leave.

- It s probably a small and quaint town.

- At least this ll be a good excuse not to go

on a second date with Doug.

- What s wrong with him?

No one s perfect.

- I m gonna miss you guys so much.

Make sure to show baby Jamie my picture every day

so she doesn t forget her Auntie Rachel.

- You re only gonna be gone a couple of weeks.

We ll see you soon. [baby cries]

- Oh.

Oh.

[light piano music]

♪ ♪

[phone rings]

- Danny.

- Hi, Jake. It s Janice.

- Hey, Janice.

- How are you? - I m fine.

- Good, but we got a call from the Michigan facility

last night; there was a fire.

There was no injuries, but there s been extensive damage.

- Janice, I don t know why you re telling me all of this.

I haven t been a part of the family business

for a long time now.

- It s not that.

The kids, they can t come with us,

so we were wondering if you could watch the kids

just for a couple of weeks.

- Does Danny know you re calling to ask me?

- I know that things between you and Daniel are strained,

but we re family, and we could really use your help.

- I ll watch them. I ll send you the address.

- Thank you, Jake.

You are a lifesaver.

All right, we will see you tomorrow afternoon.

- All right.

Bye, Janice.

- Did you say Jake?

You called my brother?

- Somebody needs to watch the kids.

Maybe this will be good for you guys.

[airplane engine roaring]

[indistinct chatter]

- Can I get you anything else?

[indistinct chatter]

- Folks, we re gonna start our initial descent

into San Francisco.

Attendants, get ready for landing.

[crickets chirping]

- Hello.

I am looking for Gus Bed & Breakfast.

- You found it. I m Gus.

You must be Miss Turner. - Yes.

- [chuckles] Well, you made it.

You can relax now.

I ll help you with these.

- Thank you. - My pleasure.

Here you go.

All right, the best room in the house.

- It s very--

- Homey?

- Yeah.

- Well, I ll leave you to get settled.

- Oh, where is the Edward Everby building?

- It s about six blocks that way.

Well, if you came for the library,

you came for the right reason.

That place is the heart and soul of this county.

- Thank you.

- All right. - Good night.

- Good night.

- Heart and soul.

Great.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[camera beeping]

♪ ♪

- Mom, it s so dirty here.

Do they have electricity? - Yeah, Mom.

- Hailey, let s work on our attitude, okay?

- [sighs]

Mom, why can t I stay with my friends or stay home alone?

- Because your friends have busy schedules,

and no mother in their right mind

would let a 14-year-old stay home alone for the summer.

Staying with Uncle Jake won t be that bad.

I promise.

- Jake, isn t your family arriving soon?

- Oh, you re right, totally lost track of time.

Thanks, Mrs. Archer.

- Oh.

- Oh, I m so sorry. You all right?

- I m, uh--in a hurry?

- I still am. Got to go.

- Yeah.

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♪ ♪

- You re kidding.

Tell me you re not seriously leaving us here.

- I think it s charming.

- You really hate us, don t you?

- Hailey, you know that that is not true.

- Listen, I know that you re disappointed

about the trip to Italy, and so am I.

We ll go again someday. I promise.

And Uncle Jake was really great about letting you two stay here,

so you need to be on your best behavior, okay?

Hello?

[knocking]

Jake?

[horn honks]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- I knew this was a bad idea.

- Hey, guys.

- So good to see you, Jake.

You remember Noah and Hailey?

- Noah, my man.

Hailey, wow, you are the spitting image of grandma

when she was your age.

- Thank you?

- Jake. - Danny.

- How are you? - I m good.

I m writing, traveling, you?

- Busy...with the business.

Well, we should probably get on the road

if we re gonna make our flight.

- Hey, I love you.

- Love you too.

- Please don t leave us here.

- You ll be fine, okay?

- [groans] - I love you guys.

- [chuckles] - Behave yourselves.

- Yes, be good to Uncle Jake, okay?

All right, kids, love you.

- Where are we gonna sleep?

- Well, I was thinking you could have the bedroom,

and Noah could sleep on the cot, and I ll take the couch.

- One bathroom? - I wasn t expecting company.

- Can we go out to eat?

- Yeah.

- We re very proud of our extensive collection

of historic and academic works.

We have a children s library, computer center, a music center,

a modernized electronic catalog system.

- This is really amazing for such a small town.

- Yes, our patron, Mr. Everby-- God rest his soul--

he was very generous, and I for one oversaw

every expenditure from the beginning

to make sure that not a dollar was wasted.

- How long have you been here?

- 30 years this September,

and I m gonna have to see it get sold.

- I m not here to sell it;

just here to appraise the property

for the Everby family.

- To see if it s worth owning.

Let s not kid ourselves.

A library isn t financially viable.

They re gonna shut it down, and...

- We don t know that that s gonna happen yet.

- So there are no plans to sell the library?

- None at the moment.

For now, what would be helpful are any financial documents,

all income and expenses since the library s been open.

- Of course.

- Thanks.

- Here you go.

- These are your financial documents?

- That s just the first box.

[horns honking]

- Thanks, Diane. - Mm-hmm.

Here s a menu.

- So, uh, what do they serve here?

- Oh, you know, just your regular mountain food:

bear meat, eagle eggs, cougar burgers.

[laughs]

I m just kidding.

They serve normal food here.

- There she is.

Mm-hmm.

She s trying to sell the library.

- Hi.

Excuse me.

I d like a table, please.

- Sorry, we re full.

You ll have to wait.

- What about those tables?

- Also reserved.

Two? Anywhere you like.

- Hey, Gus.

- Rachel.

I heard you upset Ms. Archer today

with talk of closing down the library.

- I didn t mean to upset her, and I was just doing my job.

- Well, they used to hold all the old-school dances

in the community room at the library before they built

a gymnasium at the high school.

I bet you didn t know that.

- No, I didn t.

- I met my wife at one of those dances.

She passed away several years ago.

- I m sorry to hear that.

[crickets chirping]

"Bales of hay for Sadie Hawkins dance."

What does that even mean?

[phone rings]

Hey.

You re up late.

- Hey, just checking in. How s it going?

- If this town had a welcome wagon,

they d run me over with it.

- Well, you know, I think this is good for you.

You know, you re stepping out of your comfort zone.

You re embracing a new challenge.

You never know what that could bring.

- I m being eaten alive.

- Don t be so dramatic.

How bad can it be?

- With the way these people kept records,

my work is impossible.

- Is there someone there that can help you?

- No.

They see me as the monster shutting down

their beloved institution.

No one wants to help me with anything.

At this rate, it s gonna take me forever

to get all this work done,

and all I want to do is be home.

[birds chirping]

[light guitar music]

- What s your book about?

- It s Black Bart.

He s a famous outlaw from around here during the gold rush.

- Cool.

- He was known as the Gentleman Bandit.

- [chuckles] Really?

- 28 robberies in 8 years without firing a single bullet.

Bart never left any tracks, either.

A lot of people believed that they were robbed by a ghost.

- Whoa.

- Well, I ve got to get back to the library to do some writing.

Are you guys sure that you re okay here on your own?

- We ll be fine.

- You can come with me if you want.

I ll just be working.

- Does the library have Wi-Fi?

- Yeah.

- Shotgun!

- Okay, guys. Hi.

I would like for you to meet Mrs. Archer.

She s the director of the library and historic studies.

This is my nephew, Noah, and my niece, Hailey.

- It s nice to meet you.

- Welcome to you both.

- I have a signal.

- [chuckles]

- Hey, who s the new face in town?

- Oh, well, people think that the work that she s doing

on the library will close it and put it up for sale.

- Well, you can t expect a city girl like her

to care about a place like this.

She just doesn t understand the importance of community.

- I mean, maybe if she understood

what the library means to this town,

she could advise the family not to sell it.

- You know what? That s actually not a bad idea.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not me.

- Who else is there?

- Okay, I ll try, but I can t guarantee anything.

- Thank you.

- We meet again.

- Yes, and I have a lot to do, so...

- I m Jake.

- Rachel.

- There s a lot of history behind this library.

- So I ve read.

Do you work here?

- Oh, no, no, I m not from here.

Traveling for work like you.

- Well, this is my first assignment out of New York.

- I ve been here for a couple of months now,

and I can tell you, these people are salt of the Earth,

good, honest people.

- I m sure they are.

- They just get protective of their town.

- Well, that may be true, but they re still not making it

any easier for me to do my job.

- I can take you out for coffee, and I can tell you about it,

or we could just talk about this library.

- [laughs]

- Oh, you re serious.

Well, I have a lot of work to do, but thank you.

[crickets chirping]

- Good night, Hailey.

- Good night.

- Hey, buddy, lights out.

Noah?

- Whatever happened to the money Black Bart stole?

- I don t know. They never found it all.

- So that means his gold could still be out there somewhere?

- I suppose that s possible.

- How awesome would it be if we found some of it?

- Pretty awesome.

All right, lights out.

[gentle orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[light piano music]

You guys can walk around town for a while,

but stay on this street, okay?

All right, I m gonna grab a coffee next door,

but come and check in in the library in about an hour.

All right.

[engine turning over]

- Thanks, Uncle Jake.

- This is downtown?

- It seems kind of small.

- No kidding.

- Hello? Patrick?

- Rachel, everything you sent is looking good,

but I was expecting more by now.

- I know, sir, but it s only been a few days.

The work is a little difficult

due to the way that the financial documents

have been organized.

It may take me a little longer than expected,

especially without help.

-Look, Rachel, it doesn t matter how you get it done.

Just get it done.

The client is hoping to get this whole estate in order

as soon as possible.

- Right.

I m on it, Patrick.

Great.

- I was wrong about this place.

This is the coolest random stuff ever.

Hey, Noah, check this out.

This is totally my style.

- This is a camera?

- It runs on real film.

Ow. - Cool!

- Will you warn me next time before you do that?

I wasn t ready.

- Thank you. - Mm-hmm.

- What kind of coffee do you serve?

- The hot kind.

- You don t have any flavors or lattes?

- It s coffee.

- I ll just take a cup of coffee and a bagel then.

- We don t have any bagels.

- How do you not have bagels?

Toast will be fine.

- I see you found the best place in town for coffee.

- It seems like it might be the only place in town for coffee.

- Thanks, Diane. - Mm-hmm.

- You know what? I m gonna get hers too.

- Huh.

- Thanks.

- Thank you.

- I m sure you ve got a lot to do,

so I m not gonna bother you anymore.

- I have a few minutes.

- This just keeps getting better and better.

- Cool stuff.

Hailey.

- What?

- It s a metal detector.

- What do you need that for?

- Well, Uncle Jake said Black Bart s treasure

is still out there.

- That was 125 years ago, Noah.

Even if he did bury his treasure,

someone would have found it by now.

- Uncle Jake said it s possible.

- Fine, get the metal detector.

- So do you always travel for work?

- Yeah, I find it easier to immerse myself

in the subject matter in the location.

- All that moving must make it hard on your kids.

- Kids?

- The ones I saw you with here and at the library?

- That s my niece and nephew.

I m just watching them for a little bit.

- That s nice.

- They re really great kids, practically watch themselves.

- Do you think that bear head is real?

- Noah, let s go.

- Wait, I want a selfie with it.

- Noah, leave the bear alone.

- You aren t Mom, and I want a picture.

- Fine, but don t touch it.

Just stand in front. I ll take it.

- I got it.

- What are you doing, Noah?

Noah!

[pottery shattering]

- So how d you become an appraiser?

- I like that every job is completely different

so that it doesn t get monotonous.

- Uncle Jake! Uncle Jake, hurry!

Does it hurt?

- Hailey, Noah, you all right?

- I think so.

- How did this happen?

- He wanted to take a selfie with the bear.

I told him he wasn t supposed to,

but he did it anyway, and he fell.

- Your arm is bleeding.

- Oh, hey.

Oh, it s nothing a little bandage can t fix.

Hailey, Noah, this is Rachel.

This is my niece and nephew.

- Nice to meet you both.

- Hi.

[birds chirping]

- All right, let that be a life lesson.

Never bother a bear.

- Dead or alive.

[telephone rings]

- Hello?

- Hey, Jake. Hi.

- Hey, Janice. How s Michigan?

- Not great.

- I m sorry to hear that.

- Can I talk to the kids?

- Yeah, sure. Hang on.

It s your mom.

- Hey.

- How are you?

How is Noah doing?

- Fine.

- You got to give her something more than "fine."

- How many mosquito bites does it take to get West Nile virus?

- Do you have a fever?

- I m fine, Mom.

- Oh, wait, wait, just a second.

Your dad wants to say hi.

- Hey, sweetie. How s it going?

- Fine, but I kind of wish we were in Italy.

- Oh, that s great, honey.

I love you. I miss you both. Okay.

Do you want to breathe that toxic air?

Me neither, so...

- No, wait.

I want to say hello to your brother.

- Noah.

- Hi, Mom.

- Hey, honey. How are you doing?

- Good. - Great.

Are you behaving yourself?

- Yeah, we are.

- Okay, have you done anything fun?

Did you guys go on any hikes or anything?

- Not yet, but I want to.

- Oh, great.

[birds chirping]

- She s been here a couple days now.

Any luck?

- Not yet.

- Here.

Bring these.

- These are some records from some items

in the historical society.

Mrs. Archer wanted me to bring them over to you.

So I was wondering if we could go grab coffee

together again sometime.

- Maybe if I had some help.

- No problem.

- Separate these into income and expenses,

and then group them together by calendar year.

- I appreciate you giving cash too,

because we run out of change later on in the day.

- Sorry to hear about Cindy.

- Oh, yeah. Well, she s okay, though.

- Good. - She s good. She s good.

- Tell her I said hi, all right?

- I will. - All right.

- Thank you. Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye.

- Here you go.

- Um--

- Hailey, check it out.

It looks like there are a bunch of places Black Bart

could have hid his gold.

- Noah.

- What?

- [sighs]

- So how d you get into historical nonfiction?

- I always found history fascinating,

and in this job, they pay me to go all over the world,

the outback, Antarctica, Madagascar, Guatemala.

- Hey, don t you ever get homesick

traveling around to all those different places?

- I ve never really settled in one place long enough

for it to feel like home.

- What about your family?

- I m not very close to my family.

My brother and I kind of had a falling out.

My dad died, and my brother wanted me to go back into

the business with him, and I just couldn t do it.

Danny s always held it against me.

- I m sorry.

- What about you?

Are you close to your family?

- My sister s like my best friend.

I talk to her or see her almost every day,

and I love my baby nieces and nephew to pieces.

Madison and Paige, who are twins, they re four.

Brookie is one, and then there s baby Jamie.

- You seem like such a great aunt.

I wish I had that relationship with Hailey and Noah.

- I m sure you do.

- I don t think so.

I think I m more the guy they re stuck with over the summer,

more a babysitter than a family member.

- What? That can t be true.

- Well, Noah s starting to show some interest in my work,

but Hailey hasn t said more than a couple of words.

- Well, you know how to talk to people, don t you?

- They re not people. They re kids.

- Kids are people too.

Just talk to them like you talk to anybody else.

Don t try so hard.

- All right, I ll give it a shot.

- Thank you so much for helping me get all this work done.

I don t know how I would have done it without you.

- No problem, really.

- But thank you again for all your help.

- [sighs]

[crickets chirping]

Hey, Noah.

- Hey, Uncle Jake.

- What you working on?

- I m looking through all these books on Black Bart.

And a lot of them mention where he used to camp,

and I m trying to map it out.

- That s amazing.

You re a natural adventurer.

- You see this one?

This is a map of Tellmont.

I m trying to use it and the books

to figure out where the gold might be.

- Wow.

You know, I have a map just like this one.

- And look.

And you can see how Black Bart s campsites form a path

right through town.

- Noah, this is really amazing, man.

- I m gonna go show Hailey.

[phone rings]

- Hey, Trish. - Hey, how goes it?

Work gotten any better?

- It has, actually.

I was able to get a ton done today.

At this rate, I will be out of here within the week.

- Oh, that s good.

- Yeah, I got a lot of help from Jake.

- Ooh, Jake.

- It s not like that.

- Well, tell me more.

Why was he helping you?

- Oh, please.

- Well, what s wrong with him?

- He s just some nomadic writer.

I have absolutely no interest.

- Uh-huh.

So then why are you smiling when you say his name?

Huh?

Is he cute?

Tell me more about this nomadic writer.

- Morning, Gus.

- What brings you by this early?

- I got something for Rachel.

- I see.

- Oh, no, no, no, it s not like that.

- Well, from what I heard, you ve been spending time

with her and helping her out with her work.

- Why would I be interested in some city girl?

- Ahh.

- Oh, hey, good morning.

- Good morning to you.

What brings you by?

- I got you something.

- Really?

A bagel?

- I had the cafe make you a batch.

- Thank you.

Still needs a little work.

Now, why would you do something so nice for me?

- You gave me some great advice about my niece.

It really helped out.

So are you going to the library?

- Where else? - Yeah?

May I give you a lift?

- Yeah.

- Have a good day, you two.

- Take care, Gus.

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♪ ♪

You know, a lot of this town s history

actually centers around that library.

It s been a big part of the community

ever since the beginning.

There s a lot that tax documents and financial records

can t tell you about a place like that.

- Jake, you don t have to tell me about the library.

I don t want to see this place shut down any more than you do,

but the decision isn t up to me.

- Yeah, I know that.

- Bagel?

- No.

Those things are disgusting.

- [clears throat] Any update?

- She said she d recommend to the family that they don t sell.

- That s fantastic.

- But I need you to understand that she s a good person.

She s just trying to do her job.

It would really be nice if you could help her out,

maybe help her organize her documents

instead of giving her a big box crammed with paper.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

[phone buzzes]

- Hello?

- Rachel, received the recent spreadsheet you sent.

Very good work you did this week, very detailed.

- Thanks, Patrick, but the people here

are very concerned about the future of their library.

- Well, we ve already got a buyer in talks with the family.

- Oh, no, so they re definitely selling?

- According to your work,

the land is definitely worth more than the library itself.

- Well, that s too bad, cause this place really means a lot

to these people.

- You understand the numbers, but for now,

that information stays between us.

- Right.

- All right, I got to take this other call.

Good work.

- Here are the other files you requested.

- These are much more organized than the others.

- Jake thought that it would be easier for you.

- That was very nice of Jake and you.

Thank you.

- Do you know anything about what the family

plans to do with the library?

- Nothing is final.

- Would you tell me as soon as you know something?

- Of course.

[light piano music]

♪ ♪

[sighs]

[birds chirping]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Uh, shouldn t we be heading out soon?

It s okay if you want to drop us off at the general store

on your way to work.

- The library s closed on Sunday.

- So you don t want to go into town today?

Not even to see your girlfriend, Rachel?

- She s not my girlfriend.

- But you had coffee, and then you spent the whole day

working together.

So you don t want to see her today?

- It s complicated.

- Why?

- Doesn t seem complicated to me.

- All right, I will.

- And you ll take us to the general store?

- Why are you so excited about the general store?

- I m not.

- Okay, I guess I ll drop you off on the way.

- Let s go.

- Hey, wait up.

[telephone rings]

- Hello? - Hey, Jake.

- Oh, hey, Janice. Is everything all right?

- It s fine. Listen, can I talk to the kids?

- Yeah, hang on.

Hey, kids, your mom wants to talk to you.

- We ll call her later.

- Hurry up, Uncle Jake.

- I guess they ll call you later.

- Thanks.

- All right, bye.

- Hailey doing better?

- I don t know.

I didn t get to talk to her.

They were too busy.

- Well, that s good.

I mean, maybe they re finally starting to enjoy the summer.

What s wrong?

- I just wish that we could be spending time together

as a family, like the trip we were supposed to take.

- We couldn t have foreseen the accident.

[telephone rings]

No one s at fault here.

Hey.

Oh, we ll be here for a couple more weeks at least.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, that s fine with me.

Sure.

Well, that s absolutely my priority.

Mm-hmm.

I am all yours.

[light piano music]

♪ ♪

- "Dedicated to Kaya."

Hmm, Kaya.

[horn honks]

- You honking at me?

- Well, I didn t have a bike bell to get your attention.

- What is all this?

- Well, I was thinking you ve been out of the big city

for a full week now, and all you ve been doing is working,

and since the library s closed today, what do you say?

Think you can handle a bike ride in these mountains?

Nice.

Has anyone told you you look really good on a bike?

Cause you do.

- You d be the first.

- I m really impressed.

- You should be. - Slow down.

- Come on.

- All right, left up here.

♪ ♪

I thought you said you haven t ridden a bike in years.

- Outside.

I ride my stationary bike every day.

With all the twists and turns we ve made,

are you sure you know where we re heading?

- Of course; we just need to keep heading south.

- And you always know which direction you re heading?

- Trusty compass.

It always points me the direction home.

Every good adventurer needs one.

Are you hungry?

To the best of happiness, honor, and fortune keep with us.

- Shakespeare.

- You know "Timon of Athens?"

- I studied English Lit at college.

I love books.

I like the feel of one in my hand, turning the page.

I even checked out a couple of your books.

- You did?

What did you think?

- I haven t read very much yet, but you re a great writer.

- Thank you.

- You ve only mentioned one name in all of your dedications.

Who is Kaya?

- Kaya is a beautiful Inupiaq.

Despite having nothing, she still let me into her home

and her heart through a few very long, cold months in the Arctic.

- I see.

- She s also a 90-year-old woman of 10 surviving children.

She s got countless grandchildren

and great-grandchildren.

She s a beautiful soul.

- Oh.

[snake rattling]

Oh!

- Don t panic.

It s okay.

Just back away slowly.

- I think I m ready to go now.

- Well, what about the picnic?

- We ll just leave it for the snake.

- You sure? - Yep.

- Hey. - Hey, Gus.

Garden looks good.

- Well, the secret is knowing which are the weeds

and which are the flowers.

- That s good advice.

- Thanks for the bike ride and the picnic.

- You re welcome.

- I had a good time today.

- So did I.

- So I thought you weren t interested in some city girl.

- Mind your flowers, not my business.

- [laughs]

- [laughs] See you.

[crickets chirping]

- I thought he was some nomadic writer you had no interest in.

- That was before the bagel and picnic.

- And you said you d given up on finding your soul mate.

- Trisha, it was one afternoon.

- You know, I knew instantly Scott was the one

the first time I saw him.

It took him two more years to figure it out,

but that s beside the point.

When you know, you know.

- But-- - What s wrong with him?

- It s not him. It s my work.

The family is already talking to an interested buyer.

If they choose to sell the library,

who knows how that ll affect our relationship?

- Stop overthinking it and just enjoy getting to know him.

- Hey, are you okay?

Look, I know being stuck out here kind of ruined your summer.

- I don t want you to think that I don t like it here

or I don t like you.

My parents said we d go to Italy another time,

and I know that ll never happen.

- You don t know that.

- The business always comes first,

and that s all they care about.

- Your parents care about you and Noah.

- But they care about the business more.

- You know, I used to feel the same way.

- You did? What did you do?

- I threw a tantrum, moved to Amsterdam.

- You re kidding.

- No.

I was immature and impulsive,

and I don t regret following my dreams,

but I could have made things a lot easier on Grandpa.

- Like how?

- Like, I could have sat him down

and told him how I felt.

Maybe if I would have done that, we wouldn t have had to go

through the years to rebuild our relationship.

I guarantee that your parents love you more than you know.

Maybe you should just try to talk to them.

They could surprise you.

- Okay, I will.

- And if that doesn t work,

throw a tantrum and move to France.

- Italy.

- [laughs] Okay, Italy.

[birds chirping]

[metal detector beeping]

- Noah.

- I found something.

A quarter.

- Hey, Noah, check this out.

- What are the Xs?

- They re locations for Black Bart s stagecoach robberies.

Legend has it that Black Bart had a lady friend

who owned a ranch.

He found a big tree with a hole in it to put all of his gold in.

- How far is it from here?

- Not far.

Want to go?

- Can we? - Sure.

I don t know if there s gonna be any gold in it,

but I can take some photos for my book.

- Yeah.

- Well, how about you, Hailey?

You want to go?

- Sure. Are you gonna invite Rachel?

- I don t know. Should I?

- Definitely. - Yeah, why not?

- All right, all right, I ll do it if it makes you guys happy.

- Yeah, right.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Morning. - Morning.

What are you three doing today?

- We re going treasure hunting. - Really?

- Yeah. Do you want to join us?

- I have a lot of work waiting for me back at the library.

- Come on. It ll be there tomorrow.

- Come on, Rachel, please?

- It ll be so much fun. You ll love it.

- All right.

Let s go.

- We need to pick up a couple things first.

♪ ♪

All right, we just need to pick up some water and some snacks.

- I ll take care of it.

- Really?

- I got this.

- What was that all about?

- Oh. - Ooh, oh.

- I m sorry.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Is there anything I can help you with?

- Um, I was just trying to find some water.

- I think you re holding some.

- Oh.

Um...

- Hey, there you are.

We were wondering what was taking so long.

- Nothing.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Lead the way, Noah.

[metal detector beeping]

- I found something.

- What is it?

- It s a bottle cap.

Cool.

[camera shutter clicking]

- Rachel, smell it.

- Mmm.

Yeah.

[camera shutter clicking]

Did you get your shot?

- Yeah, most publishers like to use stock photos,

but I always prefer to use my own.

- Oh, it is amazing out here.

- Looks like somebody s beginning to enjoy her time

away from home, huh?

- I guess it is good to get out once in a while,

see the beauty of the world.

- That reminds me.

Here.

- What s this for?

- It s just a small gift,

something every good adventurer needs.

And that way, you ll always find your way home.

- Uncle Jake!

Uncle Jake, hurry!

- [laughs]

- What is it?

- It s got to be by this tree.

Look, my map says it s right here.

- There s no gold.

- Whatever gold was in that tree got cleared out

a long time ago, bud.

Hey, Noah?

What do you say we call it a day, sport?

- But I haven t found anything yet.

- Yes, you have, seven bottle caps,

four nails, a hanger, and 16¢.

- But I want to find real treasure.

The trail continues that way.

- I don t think any of Black Bart s gold is here, Noah.

Sorry.

- Hey, Noah, sometimes the adventure is the treasure.

- We can go now.

♪ ♪

- Today was fun.

I m glad I came. - As am I.

- Me too. - Same here.

- I m sorry you didn t find any treasure,

but I m sure you will next time.

- So shall I see you at the library tomorrow?

- Yeah, looking forward to it.

- Me too.

[telephone rings]

- Rachel, what can I do for you?

I was just about to head home.

- I m so sorry to bother you at the end of the day,

but I had a thought.

What if we reach out to Mr. Ashforth

about the Everby building?

- And why would we do that?

- Mr. Ashforth is a great humanitarian

who loves libraries.

They re one of his favorite charitable causes.

He funds dozens all over the country.

He might be interested if he knew one was up for sale,

and multiple offers would look good for our clients.

- You re right about that.

I ll look into it.

- Excellent.

- Good work.

- Thank you.

- That s it.

Under it, and... oh, nice, almost.

Good.

Good morning, sleepyhead.

- Are you hungry? We re making pancakes.

- Pancakes just happen to be one of my specialties.

- I can tell that it s a very special recipe.

- Here you go.

[telephone rings]

- Noah s Diner, Jake speaking.

Would you like to hear our specials?

- [laughs] - Hey, Janice.

- Is Hailey there? - Yeah, you can talk to Hailey.

- Hi, Mom.

- Oh, it sounds like you guys are having a great time.

- Yeah, it s-- it s not so bad here.

Don t worry about Italy.

- Oh, I m sorry, honey.

We ll still be able to go someday.

- It s okay.

I was just really disappointed when you guys canceled.

- Look, your dad and I are just really busy right now.

But it s not always gonna be like that, okay?

I love you.

Bye.

- Bye, Mom.

- She doesn t think that we re ever gonna take

that trip to Italy.

She thinks that work is always going to come first.

The summer is the only time that we get to spend together

as a family.

You know, we ve just spent all that time working,

like we do every part of the year.

That needs to change.

- Hey.

- Hey, can I talk to you about something?

- Sure. - It s Hailey.

I need your help.

- Is everything okay?

- Yeah, yeah, it s fine, but the kids have been with me

for two weeks now, and I feel really bad

that they didn t get to go on their big trip,

and Noah s having a good time with the Black Bart stuff

and the treasure hunting, but I really want Hailey

to have something too.

- That is so sweet of you. What were you thinking?

- Well, I was thinking since we can t take her to Italy,

we should bring Italy to her.

- I don t follow.

- All right, picture this: we re out in the courtyard,

and we decorate the whole area with the colors

of the Italian flag, red, green, and white.

And then we get big pictures of the Coliseum

and the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Venice,

and then we ll play opera music

and serve pasta and garlic bread, right?

- Look at you, family man.

Wait, be sure to invite the stock boy

from the general store.

- Why? - Just trust me.

- Okay, thanks.

[birds chirping]

[phone rings]

- Hello? - Rachel, good morning.

It s Patrick.

Just got off the phone with Mr. Ashforth.

- And?

- Well, it looks like your little idea may have worked.

He s willing to put in an offer on the property.

- That s fantastic.

- I ll call you when the deal s done,

maybe later tonight, and hey, good work on that.

- Thanks.

[sighs]

Wow, I m in Italy.

- You re here a bit early.

- I have some great news to share with you.

- Yeah? What is it?

- I had my boss reach out to a private investor

and philanthropist who my company works with.

He s going to make an offer to buy this library,

and he wouldn t shut it down or change a thing.

- Are you serious? - Yeah.

- Oh, that s fantastic.

- What is going on? Why all the excitement?

- Rachel was just telling me that she found

a private investor that s gonna save the library.

- That is great.

- Nothing s official yet, but I don t see why it won t be.

- This is gonna be a great night.

[upbeat music]

- Why are we here this late?

Isn t the library closed?

- This isn t the library.

This is Italy.

both: Welcome to Italy.

- Benvenuto.

♪ ♪

- Thank you, Uncle Jake.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

- Why don t you go talk to him?

- What?

- His name is Billy.

He s a nice boy.

- It s just...

every time I talk to him, I get so nervous.

- Everyone feels nervous before they do something

they ve never done before,

something that makes them feel scared.

Here, take him some gelato.

- [laughs]

Hey, you guys want to go grab a drink?

- Sorry, no, sorry.

[romantic guitar music]

♪ ♪

[phone rings]

- Hello?

- Rachel, I m glad I caught you.

- What are you doing working so late?

- Just finishing up everything on the Everby estate.

The deals are done.

- Great, so Mr. Ashforth owns the building.

- No, they went with the other buyer.

- You told me Mr. Ashforth was gonna purchase it.

- I told you he was gonna make an offer, and he did,

but the other buyer made a higher offer,

and the family decided to go with them.

- But you told me Mr. Ashforth was gonna purchase it.

- That s the way the business works.

You know that.

- But the library--

- The library doesn t make any money.

The land is worth more than the institution itself.

A few years time,

that library s gonna be a brand-new resort and spa.

- So how am I supposed to tell them that?

- By just saying it.

It s just a building, and the great news is,

your work is done.

You re free to come home.

Rachel?

Did you hear what I said? You can come home.

- I m so glad everything worked out for the library,

and for you and Rachel too.

- Me too, and to think none of this

would have happened if you hadn t made me ask her out.

- What?

- Rachel.

Something wrong?

- What do you mean when you said Ms. Archer made you ask me out?

- Oh, nothing.

It s just not the way it seems.

- So what is it?

- It s nothing bad.

I had asked Jake to convince you

of the importance of the library.

- So that s why you kept asking me out?

- No.

- There s no reason to argue.

None of this matters anymore, and the library isn t closing.

- That s actually not true.

I just got a call.

They didn t sell to the private investor.

They sold to a company that builds hotels and resorts.

When I heard that the land was being sold,

I reached out to that private investor.

I did everything that I could.

- But you didn t tell us everything.

I mean, maybe we could have done something.

We at least should have known about it.

- I m sorry.

I--I tried.

I got to go.

[birds chirping]

[melancholy guitar music]

♪ ♪

- Are you okay, Uncle Jake?

- Yeah.

I m fine, bud.

- Morning.

I m sorry about the library, but thanks for a great party.

I had an amazing time with Billy.

- You know, it was Rachel s idea to invite him.

- She s the best.

- How come the library has to close?

- Because it was sold, and the new owners want to close it.

- So if someone owned it who didn t want to close it,

it would stay open?

- Yeah. - So what if we bought it?

- That d be great.

Unfortunately, we just don t have enough money.

Rachel found an investor who s interested,

but in the end, the offer just wasn t enough.

- What if we found the money?

- What do you mean?

- We could find Black Bart s treasure.

- Noah.

- If we find the gold that was never recovered,

it would be enough to save the library.

- I m sorry, bud.

That s just not a realistic option.

- But my map, there are a few places we can search.

- It s not gonna work, bud.

I m sorry.

- But, Uncle Jake...

- I m gonna go take a walk.

I need to clear my head.

I ll be back in a bit.

Good idea anyway, Noah.

I m sorry.

[uplifting music]

♪ ♪

[birds chirping]

[knock at door]

- Come in.

Hey.

- You okay?

- I really messed up.

The library s closing,

and there s nothing I can do about it.

I m sorry.

- But it s not your fault.

- Jake s still mad at me regardless.

- [chuckles]

- I figured that that is what this was really about.

Jake.

- Our relationship is not as important as that building.

I know how much it means to the town.

[gentle piano music]

- I know I gave you a hard time about your work,

and I m sorry about that.

But relationships aren t built on places.

They re built by people.

♪ ♪

And I m sure if you just talk to Jake, he ll understand.

- I stepped out of my comfort zone,

and it led to heartache.

♪ ♪

This is why I never leave New York.

- Hello?

Hey. Where s your brother?

- I thought he was out here.

Noah? - Noah?

- Noah? - Noah?

- All of his treasure hunting gear is gone.

- Oh, no.

Noah?

Noah?

- Noah?

- Noah?

Noah?

- Noah?

Oh, my gosh.

- What are they doing here already?

They didn t even call.

- They did call. I forgot to tell you.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- You know what?

We just didn t want to be away from family.

- So we got everything in order and left the rest of the work

to the regional managers.

- Which leaves the rest of the summer available

for our family vacation.

Where s Noah?

- Um.

- I knew you would mess up.

You always mess up.

- Danny, I m sorry.

He s a smart, capable kid.

And plus, he couldn t have gotten far.

He s got little, tiny legs.

- You think this is a joke?

This is about my son, Jake.

But that s something that you wouldn t understand,

because you re only worried about yourself and what your--

- Dad, stop.

This isn t Uncle Jake s fault.

He told Noah not to go after the gold.

- The gold? What gold?

- The gold buried by Black Bart, the outlaw that Uncle Jake s

writing his book about.

He told Noah and I all about him

and how there might be buried treasure.

- Oh, right, an outlaw and buried treasure.

That s what you re filling my son s head with all summer?

- It isn t like that.

He was curious about my work.

- So the closest sheriff s department

didn t have an available officer,

so they re sending somebody over from the next county,

but that could take hours until they re here.

- We should go look in town.

Everyone here knows Noah.

Maybe someone s seen him.

- Brian, let s go.

Hurry up.

- Yeah, we re heading in there now.

Come on.

- Gus, wait.

Where s everyone going?

What s going on?

- Noah s missing.

- All right, everybody, listen up.

Now, sheriff s department s on their way,

but that doesn t mean that we can t start looking now.

I think it s best if we all get in groups.

Those of us who are familiar with the area,

team up with those who aren t, okay?

Is everybody good?

all: [murmuring]

-I heard about Noah.

What can I do?

- Daniel.

This is my brother, Daniel.

You re gonna go with him, okay?

All right, let s go.

- [grunting]

- Noah?

- Noah?

- Noah?

- Noah?

- I m sorry about your brother.

I really hope he s okay.

- I m kind of tough on him sometimes as his big sister,

but he s a strong kid.

I m sure he s gonna be fine.

- Noah?

Noah.

- Hey, hey, it s gonna be okay.

I m sure Noah s safe, and we re gonna find him, all right?

Noah?

Noah.

- I m just so scared.

And that s only part of it.

- What do you mean?

- I was just really hoping that this whole experience

would bring you and Daniel back together

so that we could be a family again.

- [grunting]

- Noah?

Noah?

- I know you re scared.

- I m not scared.

I m furious.

- Noah s just a kid.

You shouldn t be mad at him about this.

- I m not mad at him.

I m mad at Jake.

- Jake loves Noah.

- You must not know Jake that well.

He barely even knows his nephew.

- That s not true.

Jake cares for your kids.

- No, if that were true, then we wouldn t be here.

- When Noah got all excited about Black Bart

and his treasure, Jake put work on hold

and took him to Black Bart s secret tree

just so he could see it,

and he threw Hailey this big Italian-themed party

because she was so bummed about missing the family trip.

He did all of it just to cheer her up.

- He did?

- He was even willing to do anything it took

to keep the library open

just because of how much it matters

to the people of this town.

- I have no problem being a part of this family.

I would love that, but Daniel s the one with all the issues.

He s the one that hates me.

- You think that he feels that way about you?

No, he doesn t hate you.

- Well, he acts like it.

- Do you know that he has read all of your books?

- Really?

Well, how come he s never said anything about them?

- Because he s envious.

- Envious?

Of what?

- You got to chase your dream, and you re living it.

Daniel s--he s really happy running the family business.

It s a-- it s a dream that he loves,

but it s a dream that he inherited.

The path was already laid out before him.

You--you got to find your own way,

create your own path.

That--that s why he s envious.

- Path.

Path.

I can t believe I didn t think of this before.

- What?

- Come on; we got to get back to my truck.

- What s going on? What did you realize?

- All this talk about paths made me think about Noah s map.

- Map?

- Yeah, Noah did all the research for Black Bart s camp

in hopes of finding the gold.

Look.

This is Noah s map, so...

this is where we are right now, and this is the old river.

This--this is the road that goes all the way through town.

And here, look, the general store,

and look right there.

I think I know where Noah is. Get in.

- [grunting]

- Noah?

- Noah?

- Mom! Dad!

- Oh, thank goodness you re okay.

- It s all right.

You okay?

You all right?

- [sobbing] I m sorry, Uncle Jake.

I m sorry I couldn t find any gold.

- Hey, there s no reason to apologize.

- But now we can t save the library from closing.

- Hey, bud, just because you didn t find any gold

doesn t make you any less of a treasure hunter.

The fact that you had a plan to save the library,

that was daring and noble.

- And dangerous.

- Right, and dangerous.

It makes you more of a man than me,

because you did more than I did.

- I love you.

- I m just happy you re all right.

- Hey, where did you get all these?

- I only brought the shovel and the metal detector.

- You found these buried?

I just got off the phone

with the Department of Parks and Recreation.

If what Noah found can be verified as a campsite

used by Black Bart,

this land could be eligible for historic landmark status,

which means no resort and no spa.

- What about the library?

- Well, the library wouldn t be protected,

but a historical society would be.

- Which is housed in the library.

- Exactly.

I ll give my boss a call, but the owners will have to suspend

any sales until they can determine

whether this land is safe to sell.

- You did it, Noah.

You saved the library.

Nice work. - Yeah.

[applause]

- Wow.

- Look, Jake, I m sorry I got so mad.

- It s okay.

I was just as scared as you were.

[indistinct chatter]

- And, kids, your mother and I are sorry.

We haven t been around as much as we should be.

That is gonna change.

- So now that we re together,

we are going to go and spend the rest of our summer in Italy.

- We don t want to go to Italy.

- We want to spend the rest of the summer here...

both: With Uncle Jake.

- Really?

- Maybe we could go to Italy next summer, Daddy.

I love you, Daddy.

[gentle piano music]

♪ ♪

- I m sorry.

- I have to go.

I ve already missed one flight. I can t miss another.

- So you re leaving?

- I have to.

This is your life, Jake...

Mountains and danger, treasure hunts, travel.

It s not me.

It s time for me to go home.

It s time for you to set out on another adventure.

- I understand.

- But I ll be the first in line to buy all your books,

give you a five-star review.

- [chuckles]

If I m ever in Manhattan and I need a tour guide,

I know the first person I ll call.

- [sighs]

Good-bye, Jake.

- Good-bye.

[engine turning over]

[light upbeat piano music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

I m so glad we got to spend the rest of the summer together.

I m really happy you guys stuck around for a few weeks.

- Oh, me too, and you were right.

Gus Bed & Breakfast was the perfect place to stay.

Thank you.

You did a great job taking care of the kids this summer.

Dad would be proud.

- You too.

[gentle piano music]

♪ ♪

- Bye, Uncle Jake.

- Wait, bye, Uncle Jake.

- Bye, kids.

Oh, I m gonna miss you.

- I m gonna miss you, Uncle Jake.

- You promise that you ll visit for the holidays?

- I wouldn t want to be anywhere else.

- Okay, come on, kids. Let s go.

- Be safe. - Okay.

♪ ♪

- Bye, Uncle Jake.

[engine turning over]

- Okay, bye.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[baby cooing]

- It s been, what, a month since you got back from California?

You doing all right?

- Yeah.

- Because you look miserable.

- Thanks.

- Why don t you call him?

- Because it won t change anything.

He s a free spirit, and I m me.

- You re the fish who loved a bird.

- Like falling in love ever did either of them any good.

- Here, cookies, the ultimate cure-all.

Just give it some time.

[baby coos]

- How goes it?

- No, thanks.

Just about to finish the last draft of my book.

Probably won t be here much longer.

- Don t you get tired just going from place to place?

It doesn t allow for long-lasting relationships.

♪ ♪

Well, if you miss her, call her.

♪ ♪

- Everything going well? - Great.

I should have these reports to you by the end of the day.

- No, I mean with you, Rachel.

How are things with you?

- I m fine. It was a crazy trip.

I think I m still just getting over it.

- Okay.

Well, if you need anything...

- Will do, thanks.

- Oh, I have another appraisal coming up in Montana.

I m gonna send Mindy and Connor on that one.

- [laughs]

[door clicks open]

- It for you, Rachel.

- Thank you.

[light guitar music]

♪ ♪

"Dedicated to Hailey and Noah,

"the treasure seekers who made Secret Summer

"the best summer of my life.

And to Rachel, you are the treasure I never knew

my heart had been seeking."

♪ ♪

"Now come outside...."

♪ ♪

[horns honking]

[siren wailing and horns honking]

- It is loud in this city.

- What are you doing here?

- I m working on my next book.

You know California is not the only place that had outlaws?

I m writing a book on the gangsters of New York City.

- So you re living here?

- I just got a place in the Village.

- What about your next adventure?

- You re my next adventure.

♪ ♪

I m gonna have to warn you,

I might have to go out of town to work on another book.

- I ll probably have to take some vacation days.

- Really?

- Seems like it s pretty good for me to get out of my element

once and a while.

♪ ♪

- So do you know a good place we can get a bagel?

- Actually, I do.

[gentle orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪