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[upbeat music]

[dark music]

- Would you come on, Taylor?

I told you I've done this three times already.

Bob at the chop shop gives me top dollar.

Don't you want me to make a living?

- Blake, let's think about this.

- That's what I'm always complaining about.

You never support me and have my back.

I told you I need this money.

Now let's go!

Keep watch, I can get it started in a

couple of minutes once I break the glass.

[dramatic music]

Will you look out!

Are you trying to get me arrested?

- I can't.

- [Blake] What do you mean you can't?

- I wasn't raised this way,

I don't steal okay, I can't.

[glass smashing]

[piano music]

- One day at a time, Billy.

One day at a time.

[horse neighs]

- [Voiceover] One more chance or you're out with that boy.

He's a criminal, he's going to land you in prison.

Why can't you understand that?

A stolen car?

Last time it was like breaking and entering.

- [Taylor] I'm going to make him stop.

- [Voiceover] Honey, you've got a lot to learn.

You can't make a man do anything, trust me.

- [Taylor] But you don't know Blake.

He has a heart.

- [Voiceover] Yes, for himself!

If he loved you he wouldn't put you in these positions.

He ran when you guys got pulled over, seriously?

- [Taylor] He was scared!

- [Voiceover] Get in the car.

[dark music]

- Don't you dare!

Once you take that drink you will have destroyed

all that you have worked so hard to rebuild.

Do you want a foundation of stone?

Or a house of cards?

I can't do this anymore, Billy!

I can't!

I'm calling Freeman.

- I know my husband did his best to raise you,

but he's gone now.

I've tried to my best to keep his wishes,

but he left me nothing.

He wasn't your father, he was your uncle.

And I'm not your mother.

You have a father, I just need him to step up

and take the responsibility.

You don't listen, you're constantly in trouble.

He left me nothing, I lost the house.

I mean we're living out of this dump for crying out loud.

Taylor, I can't do this.

- So you're kicking me out?

- No, I'm not kicking you out,

I just need your father to put his life back together.

Put down the bottle and take care of his responsibilities.

You know my husband, his brother is no longer here

to keep constantly bailing him out and fixing his life.

And now I'm doing the bailing.

My husband's gone!

I haven't even had the chance to grieve.

- I miss him too!

- I know, I know you guys were close, I do.

But he was my husband.

- You can't send me there.

Taylor, he's your father.

- I won't go.

- I know it's been rough, for you since your mom passed.

I haven't touched the insurance money,

and college is taken care of.

Just try and do your best until your 18th birthday.

You can do that, can't you?

[Taylor laughs]

Okay, just try it out for two months.

And if things don't work out,

I'll come back and get you, deal?

- What's new?

I've got to move and readjust over and over again.

- Your mother was a good woman!

She was a hero.

- I can't remember her voice,

how her touch felt.

It's like, she's really gone.

- These babies are getting cold.

- [Billy] You and those bunnies.

- They just remind me of everything

that's pure and true in this world.

- I know I said I was against it, but,

if you want to try again we can.

You know I just, I just didn't

want to see you go through that disappointment again.

You know?

- It's okay.

I'm at peace wit the way things are right now.

It's okay.

- [Billy] Just let me know when you're ready.

- I told Freeman about your relapse.

- And why would you want to go do that?

- I need our lives to be pure.

I can't handle anymore dirt, in our lives.

Not one more tiny piece of dirt.

I love you, Billy.

- I think we need to get the bush hog out here.

- You care more about this place than your own wife.

- You're not going to start in on me this morning, are you?

At least let my breakfast digest.

- [Voiceover] Are you nervous?

- Yeah.

I mean, finally get the chance to connect.

I've just wasted so much time.

- But are you sure that this is the right time?

- Preacher Freeman says, if you sit around waiting

for the right time then nothing will ever get done.

He says that sometimes you need to get out

of your comfort zone in order to grow.

- That preacher's tongue isn't lined with silver.

He put's his pants on one leg at a time just like you.

- Yeah but I know good advice when I hear it,

and I'm not going to change my mind.

I don't want you to resent her.

I want you to like her, she's my daughter.

- [Woman] Get the chords.

- Janice!

- So you're just not going to say anything?

Taylor, he's your father that has to

count for something, doesn't it?

I know you like to act like Uncle Carson

was your father but he wasn't, Billy is.

- He's not my father, okay!

A father is there, he's not my father.

- I know that you've been through a lot,

and I know you've been through more than

most girls your age can even fathom.

Sometimes change is a good thing.

- He didn't want me,

now you don't want me.

You know I knew you'd get rid of me as soon as he lapsed.

- Now you look at me!

I love you.

My husband loved you like his own.

And that man was the world to me!

What he loved, I loved.

Taylor I have nothing left.

I look into myself in the mirror in the morning,

and I'm not there, Taylor.

That really scares me.

It's not me.

Sometimes you can lose something,

so big, that you lose yourself.

- Don't make me go there.

- I promise, that if you give this a good try

I will come back and get you,

Okay?

- Okay.

[acoustic music]

- Martha.

- Billy.

- Been a long time.

- Yes it has.

Are you doing okay?

- [Janice] Let's all wait for the queen to exit the vehicle.

- [Billy] Janice!

- Taylor.

Look at you, you're all gown up!

Oh, this is Janice my wife,

uh, Taylor, Martha.

- Hi.

- Well we have a room, it's all fixed up, it's ready to go.

- Don't forget to call me, okay?

Once you get settled in.

- Just tell me where to go so we can get this over with.

- I'm going to take good care of her, don't worry.

- Don't forget to call me.

- [Voiceover] Honey, even when we look at

something as simple as a leaf,

we can see its complexities.

You see everything on this planet,

is well thought out, organized.

Even if sometimes we don't understand.

We have to learn to trust in that.

Never forget it.

Lord I do love you.

[acoustic music]

- You're late!

- Sorry.

Now I know that Billy is your daddy,

but I'm going to need you to understand

that I'm his wife.

Bless your momma's soul but I am not your momma

and there are no free rides on this ranch.

So you need to work to earn your keep, understood?

Alright, I'm going to teach you about mucking stalls,

spreading manure, washing out water buckets, eating,

turnout, cleaning out the stall etcetera, understood?

Okay!

Now this particular horse over here,

her name's Jasmine.

I'm going to have to ask you to stand back.

My hand Rocky is the only one who can halfway deal with her.

She's bit every single one of us at least once,

so don't touch her.

- Why is she so angry?

- It's strange, she lost a colt last summer.

Little fella caught a terrible infection

and the vets couldn't save him.

She's never been the same since then.

She still walks around the stalls

looking for him once in a while.

It's insane.

You would think that these animals

wouldn't be capable of that type of emotion.

But if you thought that then you would be wrong.

Alright, we've got a lot of work to get

done before lunch Mrs, so let's get started.

- I want to go home.

- Now you listen here missy!

Your father has been through a lot,

the man's been through a war for goodness sakes,

he lost a wife.

Now you stop being ungrateful

and at least give him a fair shot.

Now I know he's made mistakes, I know he hasn't been there

but at least he's trying.

This is hard on all of us.

- Some mistakes are too big to undo.

- Let's just get to work.

Now I want to see the wrinkles in my forehead

after you've finished cleaning that saddle, got it?

- Thanks for coming by on such short notice.

- No problem, son.

Had to get the breaks fixed on the tractor

a few miles up the road so it's no hassle.

What's bothering you, son?

- It's just that my daughter is finally here

and I don't know what to do.

You know I'm trying to think of a way

to say that i'm sorry for everything that I did,

and for the drinking and the women and...

what happened between her mother and I,

and leaving.

I just feel this weight on my shoulders

and it is awfully heavy, preacher.

- It's the same sweet tea, let me tell you.

It's delicious, the sugar makes it so.

See this is how life is.

We're just some bland tea.

God's love fills us up and makes life sweet.

Without it we're just not the same.

Not even worth a taste.

You mix God's love in any bitter situation,

it'll make it sweet.

- So what am I supposed to pray more?

- Just like I didn't even have to make this tea

but I'm enjoying it, it's already inside of you.

Tell that pretty little girl you're sorry, and mean it.

Then take time, invest the time to rebuild

the relationship with her.

Will it be what it could have been? Possibly not.

But in time it will grow.

If you keep investing in that relationship.

Not money, but love,

time, patience, understanding.

Love never fails.

- How long does that take?

- Well see, life isn't like an ATM machine.

It takes as long as it takes.

And you have got to be committed for as long as it takes.

Rome was not built in a day.

- It's just, I've got all this,

anger inside of me.

You know when her mom died,

we were so young when we had Taylor.

And seeing her again, she looks just like her mother.

I just don't think I could handle it all.

- You've been through so much already,

with loosing your wife,

but it's time,

to not only heal the relationship with Taylor,

also to get healing for yourself.

Just sprinkle that sugar all over your life, son.

Now I gotta get that tractor before I miss my appointment.

You know how old man Gregory is about being late.

- Yeah, what do you expect from an old drill sergeant?

- His Army's strong.

Billy, I know your heart's in the right place,

but you need to discipline yourself to do the things

that need to be done.

You're gonna have one of two pains in your life.

You gonna have the pains of discipline

or the pain of regret?

Ask yourself which one of those is going to weigh more.

Shoulders are getting weak.

Put that burden down, son.

- Looks like we might get some rain.

- Maybe.

- So I was thinking. - [Taylor] Look!

No need to even try.

I have a couple of months before my 18th birthday.

Let's just stay out of each others way,

and I'll be out of your hair, okay?

- Taylor I want you here, I want you here!

- Why the sudden change?

You never felt a need to be a part of my life before.

Oh let me guess, you're in for your part

of the insurance money?

Well mine's in a trust you signed off, you can't touch it.

So now what?

You gonna send me on my way?

- Taylor, you are always welcome here.

- Welcome. As if I'm a guest.

Why am I a guest in my own father's house?

Ask yourself that, Billy.

Ask yourself the hard questions you keep running from.

I got chores to do, your wife assigned them to me.

- I loved her too, you know.

You don't think I miss her every day?

But what are we gonna do here, Taylor? Hm?

Put our lives on hold?

You know she's gone.

- No she's not gone for me, Billy!

She's still here.

And you weren't there.

You weren't there!

[sad piano music]

- Did you know that it takes a million years

for a ray of sunlight to reach

the sun's surface from its core?

And it gets to us in no time.

- What's your point?

- Sometimes things on the surface run

a lot deeper than they appear.

Sometimes they're, so deep,

too deep for us to even reach.

- Janice, what are you talking about?

- Maybe this isn't the time.

You were getting better.

You were just getting back on track.

Maybe the stress is too much.

She's a troubled girl, she's been through a lot.

Maybe just let her mature a bit more.

- Are you asking me to give her up, again?

- Maybe just until you're 100%.

- When I'm 90 looking back on my life,

the only thing that's going to matter to me,

is what kind of man that I was.

What kind of father, what kind of friend.

I love you but I am not going to abandon her again.

Do not put me in that position.

- What about the position you're putting me in?

Look I'm sorry I've been selfish and insensitive, I'm sorry!

I'm doing the best that I can

with a very difficult situation.

You know all that we've been through!

I'm just trying to heal my wounds.

I prayed and reflected,

and I see how much this means to you.

Sometimes you have to take your eyes off your own feelings.

That's a marriage, I forget that sometimes.

Look I am willing to try and make this work,

but you've got to promise me.

You've got to promise me to stay on the straight and narrow,

because I can't add no more to this, you got that?

- Okay.

Okay.

[blues music]

- Oh, it's okay.

You're not so bad after all.

They just don't understand you, isn't that right?

[blues music]

[warm music]

- Now you know, sweetie.

The things you can accomplish are endless.

So don't let anybody, well, make you feel

any less about yourself.

Look at all of this.

Look how beautiful it all is.

How precise.

You are made of the same elements.

All of the same elements my love.

There isn't anything that God makes that he doesn't love.

You can always count on that.

- Hey, so um, you must be Mr. Billy's daughter,

I've heard a lot about you.

- Yes I am.

- My name's Rocky,

you know I just put in a few extra hours on the weekend,

saving up for an ATV.

- Well that's a fine goal.

- Yeah I mean, I've always wanted one,

my dad's got about 30 acres,

and I just want to get out there with all my friends.

- Awesome.

Well look, I got to get back to work.

- Okay.

[Rocky laughing]

It doesn't look like you were build for work on the ranch.

Got city girl written all over you.

- Okay, you busted me.

- Well, what do you say I give you a hand?

Nothing like, you know, kissing up to the boss

by helping his daughter out.

- Okay, just don't tell Janice.

She'll swear I put you up to it.

- I don't want to fight anymore, if you're here to argue --

- A peace offering.

Mr. Freeman said that I should focus on others

more than myself.

It's good therapy you know.

Even if things aren't okay,

let's just fake it for today, okay?

I'm exhausted, Billy.

- Me too.

Sorry but I got work to do.

- Okay.

- Thanks.

- [Rocky] You sure know how to ride, young lady.

- My Uncle Carson took me out riding

when I was four years old, never stopped.

- Do you ever compete Equestrian?

- State champion, three years in a row.

- Great.

So um, why'd you stop?

- Only clear memory I have left of

my mom's face was when she was on a horse, competing.

- What on Earth would make you think

she'd want you to stop riding?

Alright look, look, hey.

I'll race you back to the barn,

last on there has to clean out old Jermaine's stall,

it's the stinkiest one of them all.

- You got yourself a bet.

- [Rocky] Yes! I'm gonna win this one!

[Taylor laughing]

- [Rocky] Yeah, go go go go go go!

- Thanks for riding with me.

Yes, you had a choice.

You could at least look at me.

It's a nice day though.

Aren't you going to say anything?

Anything at all?

We have to talk, we have to communicate.

I'd remember when you were a little girl,

your mom and I, we couldn't get you to say two words.

I mean it was just like, pulling teeth.

And you would just cling to her leg

like a hurricane was just going to pull you away.

Do you remember?

I guess [drowned out by car]

I'm going to get a hot dog, want one?

Taylor.

Will you look at me?

I know this is hard on you, I do.

It's hard on me too.

I'm going to give you all the time you need, okay?

You believe me, don't you?

[dark music]

- Why are you so misunderstood?

You're such a sweet horse.

Let's take this one step at a time.

[Jasmine neighs]

Not today, Jasmine.

We're not doing this today.

You will not sit in your misery, young lady!

You have to be who you are and that's a sweet horse.

So let's go.

Alright, Jasmine.

[Jasmine neighs]

Hey listen to me, Jasmine.

I'm not going to let Janice get rid of you

because you won't cooperate.

Like it or not, get with the program.

I want to be here for you, let me.

[Jasmine snorts]

[upbeat music]

[Jasmine neighs]

There we go!

- Unbelievable!

- That there's a special girl.

You sure worked the heck out of me today.

- Next time don't offer!

- [Rocky] Believe me, I'll think twice.

- Please, you seem to be no stranger to hard work.

- My dad says that hard work is good for the soul.

- Well in that case I guess my soul is destined for failure.

[Rocky laughs]

So um, what brings you out here?

I've worked for your dad three summers

and I've never seen you here.

- It's complicated.

- [Rocky] He talks about you all the time.

- He does?

- I know your favorite color,

how old you were when you first walked, all that.

- [Taylor] Oh, do you?

- Scarlett, 13 months.

- Wow.

- So what happened?

- Well, I've always been an army brat,

moved from one place to another.

Never connected with anyone.

Dad was in the war,

and when he came back,

he was never the same.

Took to drinking too much and then the

perfect dad was replaced by a nightmare.

- Yeah?

War's a terrible thing, I mean, it hurts

so many people in so many ways.

What about your mom?

He never mentions her.

- I was very young when she passed.

But I remember her.

She was so beautiful, her eyes

they looked right through you.

She was the best mom you could ask for.

She would always be there to catch me when I fell.

She made sure I felt love,

inside her heart there was so much love.

- [Rocky] What happened?

Mr. Billy never mentions her.

- [Taylor] He took her.

- Who?

- She worked at Pentagon,

she was an IT specialist.

She was there when the planes hit.

She didn't make it out.

- I'm so sorry.

[Billy groans]

- [sighs] I think I can call it a day.

I've got one last thing left to do.

Catch that darn rooster.

- Good luck!

Catching a rooster is a young man's game,

you should get Rocky to do it.

- I have worked that poor boy to death.

I'm just waiting for his mama to show up here with the cops.

Besides, why put something off on someone else

when you can do it yourself?

I got to stay in shape, stay young as long as I can.

- Hey you know my knees, they remind

me how young I'm not everyday.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah I'm okay.

- You sure?

- I'm sure.

- She's doing somewhat better.

- If I could just get her to say more than two words to me.

- I would guess time would fix all that.

- As if time were something promised to anyone.

- Keep plugging away.

- Plugging away.

- Deep down you're a good man, Billy.

You have a very good heart.

- Ready to head home?

- Nope, I am too tired.

[both laugh]

- Why do you hate me so much?

What did I do to you?

- I don't hate you at all.

I just think you're very selfish, that's all.

- [Taylor] Selfish?

- [Janice] Yes, you walk around here

with this woe-to-me attitude,

nothing went right, no one catered to your every whim.

Do you understand the circumstances here?

It was not totally in your fathers control.

He didn't crash that plane into the Pentagon

and he certainly didn't send himself to war.

- You can't be serious right now.

- Did you ever, stop and think that maybe

it wasn't your dad being evil to you or your mom?

Maybe he wasn't well.

- He never loved me.

- [laughing] Are you serious?

I couldn't get him to love me because of

how much he loved you!

There wasn't much room left in his heart.

- Well he never showed it!

He walked away from me.

He left me.

- People make mistakes.

Your mom's passing, it was too much for him.

He wasn't well, Taylor. You're almost an adult.

Can you not see that?

This doesn't absolve him from his responsibility,

he was wrong.

But please forgive him one technicality.

He wasn't in his right mind.

- I'll try.

- Promise?

- All I can say is that I'll try.

[melancholic music]

- Thanks for coming into town,

helping me get the supplies.

Look, Taylor, I am just trying to forge something here.

- Save it, Dad.

[keys jangling]

- Did it ever occur to you that things were

difficult for me too, hm?

How things were left with your mother,

the things that I have seen,

and the things that I have gone through,

did that ever cross your mind?

Even once?

I thought that going off to war,

it would help me deal with the anger.

And I could find some sense of justice.

I realized that there were consequences to that decision.

- Why was that my responsibility?

Why did I have to deal with those consequences?

I'm not the parent.

She loved you so much and you just moved on

like she never was here.

How could you?

- We were making things work before the tragedy,

we were working things out.

We were on the right path and you've just go to understand

that sometimes, adults, we go through things.

- But what about what I went through, dad?

You were supposed to protect me.

What about what I went through?

How many bottles did you go through, dad?

Hm? How many?

- [Billy] Taylor, Taylor calm down, Taylor I'm sorry.

Taylor, Taylor, Taylor!

Taylor come back! Taylor.

Taylor!

[dramatic music]

[door knocking]

- [Taylor] Blake!

[door knocking]

Blake?

[door knocking]

Blake!

- Who on Earth is that?

- [Taylor] Blake open the door.

[Blake groans]

[Door knocking]

Blake!

[Door knocking]

- [Blake] I knew you'd be back.

- I'm sorry.

- Come on in here, it's okay.

We've got some work to do.

[tense music]

- Police said they won't do anything because

Taylor hasn't been gone long enough.

- Don't worry, she's a tough cookie, she'll be fine.

- She hasn't even called Martha.

Where is she?

- I just knew that this would turn out badly.

- What are you doing, Billy?

- I had a good frame I thought maybe I could restore it.

- Any word from Taylor?

- No, we don't know where she is,

we haven't heard from her and I'm going out of my mind.

- You know, sometimes thinking positive is not a good thing.

We're given worry to protect us.

As long as we use it in moderation for its proper use.

- What's the proper use?

- Well it's a warning signal,

telling you to take some sort of action.

Something's wrong, you got to do something.

It's a good thing as it moves you to fix the problem.

But when you sit and wallow in it,

that's when it's destructive, more than 100 tornadoes

I could tell you that.

- So what do I do?

- Well pray, of course!

Look, God is not going to break out the tool box.

Take action, get out there and look for that girl.

You call every place you can.

You push the cops to move, whatever it takes.

But you get that girl back here safely.

I got some volunteers from the church together

and we will all help you.

- Thank you.

- Don't thank me until she's back here,

I'm just following commands from the man upstairs.

Now come on, let's get to work and go looking for her!

- Okay, okay.

Come on.

- I'm hungry.

There's no food here.

- Why are you always complaining?

It's not like I ask you to pay rent or something.

- I'm gonna walk to the store and get some food.

- Hey, remember what I asked you to do?

You know the job on the fake credit cards?

Can you do that for me, please?

Grab me some cigs.

- And just who are you?

- Who's asking?

- Well I see you walk out of my man's house so,

I have the right to ask.

- Are you talking about Blake?

- Yeah, Blake.

- And just how long have you two been dating?

- You sure do have a lot of questions.

- Humor me.

- Two years, we have a business deal together.

We're a team.

Moving away to California soon.

[Taylor laughs]

- What are you laughing at?

[tense music]

- Hey...

have you seen this girl?

- It's amazing, given that all these terrible

things happen everyday.

If you just stop and look.

How can there be so much beauty in the world?

- Yeah well things don't look so beautiful for me right now.

We still can't find her.

Why did I have to lose my temper?

- Look, I'm not gonna let this girl

break you back down again.

You were getting better.

- This girl? This girl?

We're talking about my daughter.

You know, my own flesh and blood?

- You aren't well, Billy.

You gotta take care of you first.

- Don't you understand by taking care of Taylor,

I am taking care of me?

I mean, do you want me to live with this guilt

the rest of my life?

You don't have kids, you don't understand what it's like.

[melancholic music]

- Now you got to remember, honey.

It's okay to forgive someone.

But to forgive someone is more for you than it is for them.

I know it feels like you're helping them, but in reality

life is a whole lot lighter without the heavy burdens

of anger, rage and resentment.

But remember, it's okay to forgive someone.

[train horn]

- Where has she gone?

- I called my sponsor, I should be back on track next week.

- You need to be back on track now,

and believe in God is going to bring

that pretty little gal back to you.

Losing yourself is not going to find her.

Billy we all make mistakes, just don't make another one.

- Now what'd you go and do that for?

- She asked me.

- Well now you've went and messed everything up.

She had a clean name, good credit, the whole credit card

scam is down the drain now.

- I told you I'd use my cousin Sherry.

- [Blake] Sherry already has two felonies, she's not clean.

- So what?

- You can't possibly be as dumb as you look.

Do you know her mother died in 9/11?

Do you know that?

Do you know that she has a pile of

insurance money waiting for her?

God, how can you mess this up for me?

For us, with that big mouth.

- I'm sorry.

- [Blake] Sorry's not good enough, get out of here.

Get out!

[upbeat music]

- I'm so sorry, I'm so so sorry.

- [Billy] It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

Are you alright?

Are you okay? Are you alright?

- [Taylor] Yeah.

- [Janice] You had everyone worried sick,

let's get you inside, get you cleaned up.

- [Billy] It's okay.

- [Janice] Come on.

- Do you remember what I told you?

That it's okay to make mistakes, hm?

Mistakes is how you learn.

Do you remember when you were a little girl

and how you learned to walk?

Oh, and do you remember how you learned to walk?

You'd slide off the chair, crawl on the bed

and try to stand up but you'd fall down.

And then one day, you just began to glide across that floor.

They key is, to learn from your mistakes,

and try not to repeat them.

- What a week, huh?

- Life is like that sometimes.

- Yeah.

You know, I think I'm going to ask Taylor to compete again.

Give her something to strive for, something to focus on.

She needs that.

- You can't force her.

- I know.

- All you can do is ask.

But I do agree she needs something.

- Her mom loved to ride, she loved horses.

- How could you not love them?

They serve us so faithfully.

If only we all could be so kind and dependable

for each other.

Billy, are we gonna be okay?

- I think so.

I think so.

- [Taylor] How can you work this hard every summer?

Are you made of steel?

- [laughing] No no I wish, but my mom,

she makes me an Epsom salt bath every night,

she's a sweet woman.

- Such a caring thing to do.

Nothing like a mother's love.

Somehow I remember that.

- Well I would guess that your mind makes

you remember the things that are important to you.

- I remember when I first started riding.

I was scared as ever.

Um, my mom, she calmed me.

I could look at her face and I knew that I would be fine.

- You know, my Grandpa he,

he would tell me that, sometimes we get mad

because we assume that the people in our lives

are always gonna be there.

But that's just not the case, they are a part of the plan.

I mean even the sun has a day that it's going to be gone.

But if we appreciate the people that

are here in our lives while they're here,

and cherish that time when they're gone.

- It's so much easier said than done.

- Yeah I know, it's tough.

- What do you say we go for a ride?

- I would say, that'd be awesome.

- Let's go.

- [Taylor] Hey it's Taylor, I can't get to the

phone right now so leave a message, bye.

- [Blake] Taylor...

look, I just wanted to say I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Can you come back?

Look, I promise I'm gonna be better,

I'm gonna be better!

Call me please.

You know, I remember you telling me how much you loved

that white horse.

Maybe when we get to California I can get you one.

What do you say?

Call me, please.

[melancholic music]

- You are the only person on this planet she likes, at all.

- She just needed a little love, that's all.

- Well maybe she just needed you.

- I don't consider myself to be anything special.

- You are so stubborn, just like him.

Spitting image.

[laughs]

I would hate to see what would happen

if he hadn't gotten you.

- Why haven't you guys tried?

- We have.

Over and over.

I'm afraid I can't.

I'm barren.

I can't give him a son.

- I'm sorry.

- It's okay.

I've accepted it.

I guess that's why I resented you so much.

The fact that you're here,

shows me that I'm the problem, it's me.

- There's more than one way to skin a cat, Janice.

Open your mind.

It's what my Uncle Carson always told me.

- I'll try.

- You promise?

- All I can say is that I'll try.

[drum beat]

[mischievous music]

- [Blake] Painted Oaks Academy.

- Remember missy, I may not be with you

in the way you want me to, but I will be there.

Life's about change.

And if we're going to live life,

we've got to experience change.

It's just the facts.

Open up your mind to new things,

new possibilities.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

[Jasmine snorts]

[mischievous music]

[horse neighs]

- [Blake] So there's that horse that you love so much.

[horse neighs]

- She's gone.

Somebody help!

Dad!

Rocky!

- No luck.

- I just can't believe this!

Who would go in there and let her out?

- It's him!

I know it's him.

He knows how much I love that horse.

- Taylor who are you talking about?

- Blake, he's mad because I left.

- Alright let's not jump to any conclusions, okay?

- I know it was him, okay? I know it.

- Look, I'm going to teach him a lesson, I'm --

- Hey, Rocky that's not how we do things here.

Violence, it doesn't solve anything,

it just adds to the problem.

- She probably just went out into the woods.

She'll be back soon once she gets hungry again.

- This is all my fault.

- Taylor, look don't worry about the blame,

let's just find the horse.

- I can't believe this is happening.

- It's okay, it's okay, let's go find that horse.

- [Rocky] I'll start looking.

- Hey, Rocky listen, I'll take the south side

you take the north.

Cellphone service is really spotty out here

so let's check in, say two hours.

- Got it.

- [Janice] I'll go get some water.

- Thank you.

- Dad I'll go with you.

- You sure? It's a lot of walking around in the woods.

- I'll do whatever I have to do.

We have to find her.

- Okay, we will, we will.

Come on.

- [Taylor] Jasmine!

Jasmine, here girl!

- [Billy] Jasmine! [whistles]

Come here, girl.

- [Taylor] She's got to be around here somewhere.

Jasmine!

Jasmine.

Jasmine, here girl!

- [Billy] Jasmine, Jasmine!

- [Taylor] She's got to be around here somewhere.

- [Billy] She couldn't have gotten far,

hopefully it hasn't been too long.

I swear that somebody took her.

- This is all my fault.

I should have never went back there.

- Whoa whoa whoa.

Hey hey hey hey.

This is not your fault.

Quit blaming yourself, we don't even know if that

young man is to blame and if so,

it's still not your fault.

Taylor, you didn't do anything.

- I should have paid more attention.

- You and me both, hm?

- Look, I've been thinking,

maybe we should just let the past be the past

and focus on the now.

- That's really sweet Taylor, it really is.

But I din't want you to forget.

You forgive, forgive me please, please don't forget.

- I'm confused.

- You need to have something to compare me to.

Taylor, I'm not perfect.

I'm far from it.

But I am not the man who walked out on you.

That man is gone and he is never coming back.

- I hope not, but I must say,

I can see a difference, I can never remember seeing

the love in your eyes when you look at me but,

I can see it now.

I wasn't looking for it, but it's there.

And it seems genuine.

- I just want my baby girl back.

I want to make up for lost time, you know,

I just want you to let me love you.

And I have no expectations.

- I also have to apologize to you.

I wasn't sympathetic to what you were going through.

With the war and all.

- In the past, it's gone.

Let's start you and me, right here, right now.

- Right here, right now.

- Alright, we've got a horse to find

and there's a storm coming in so, let's get going, huh?

Come on.

[tense music]

- Jasmine!

- [Taylor] Jasmine!

- [Rocky] Jasmine!

- [Taylor] Jasmine!

- Taylor, I'm sorry it's getting late, we got to go home.

We got to get back.

- No, no I won't leave her out here.

- It's not safe out here, they have coyote

and the have wild boar, it's getting dark.

We've got to head home.

- I'm not leaving her here.

She deserves to be searched for, she deserves it.

Don't you understand that?

- I understand, I do.

I promise you, we will search at first light, okay?

Come on, we got to go.

Please go.

It's not safe.

- [Voiceover] Billy, it's me, I'm calling back.

I'm not sure how much longer

the phone's are going to be working.

The fire is getting closer and smoke's everywhere.

I don't think we're gonna make it.

Look, I love you so much, so much.

And please, please make sure that Taylor is taken care of.

My baby, and promise me one thing, promise me that

she'll be whoever she sets out to be.

And no matter what, she never gives up.

Make sure you remind her that I loved her so.

- Jasmine!

Jasmine!

I know you answer prayers...

I need this.

You found her!

- Yeah, I was out here all night looking for her.

- You didn't have to do that for me.

- Why not? You're part of our family now.

[joyful music]

- Here, we got some snacks.

- [Taylor] I think I'm gonna compete in the next show.

It's something that I miss doing.

I can't leave any of my dreams on the table.

- Nope, and I think with a little practice

we'll get you right back an Equestrian champ.

- Lots of practice.

[all giggle]

- Okay look, Ill help in anyway I can,

but um, don't ask me to bet on you yet. [giggles]

- Okay in all seriousness I think it's fantastic.

You can do anything you want once you set your mind.

Anything at all.

That's one thing I learned from pastor Freeman.

- And you are back on track right where you need to be.

- Taylor?

Why didn't you call me back? I've left you like 10 messages.

- Get out of here, Blake.

You're not welcome here.

- Taylor, what about California?

You said that we would never part.

- You never cared about me, Blake.

You only cared about yourself.

- Taylor come with me now! Now, Taylor!

You're an adult. These people can't tell you what to do.

- Hey, that's my daughter you're talking to.

- Did you hear the young lady say you're not welcome here?

Now get out!

- Fine, stay with these losers.

You'll never be anything, you'll never do anything

because you're scared.

You're too scared, Taylor. You need me.

- I don't need you, Blake.

Now get out!

- [Rocky] Hey, she said she doesn't need you, now go.

Next time I'm not going to be such a gentleman.

- I'm stronger than I've ever been.

- Okay now remember what I've told you,

you have to keep your shoulders back --

- I got it, dad.

- Okay, I was just making sure.

- Love you.

- [Billy] Love you too.

- Taylor, Taylor!

Did I miss anything?

- [Taylor] No, no no no, you're here just in time.

I'm really happy you came.

- I wouldn't miss it for the world.

- I need to talk to you real quick.

- Okay.

You look so beautiful.

- Thank you so much, you look good.

- I'm better now, I have a new apartment,

you can come back.

- I just want to thank you for everything

that you've done for me.

And I'm sorry if I ever took you for granted.

- It's okay.

But you don't have to worry about me anymore.

I'm okay.

I think I'm gonna stay here.

- Oh, nice!

[Taylor giggles] Okay!

- [Taylor] I love you!

- I'm so happy for you, I love you too.

- That's my hand.

- Go get them, good luck! - Thank you.

- Alright good luck, we'll be watching, okay?

- Alright.

- [Martha] Hey, Janice. - [Janice] Hi.

- Martha.

You're looking good, Billy.

- He's doing great.

- Yeah.

- Come on, let's go watch.

- [Janice] Alright. - [Martha] Okay.

[audience applauding]

[crowd cheering and applauding]

- [Billy] You did it!

That was awesome!

I am so proud, so proud.

- Thank you.

[screams]

- [Voiceover] Everybody smile!

- No, stop it.

'♪ Saviour

♪ Like a shepherd lead us

♪ Much we need Thy tender care

♪ In Thy pleasant

♪ Pastures feed us

♪ For our use

♪ Thy folds prepare

♪ Blessed Jesus

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♪ Thou hast bought us

♪ Thine we are

♪ Blessed Jesus

♪ Blessed Jesus

♪ Thou hast bought us

♪ Thine we are

♪ We are Thine

♪ Thou dost befriend us

♪ Be the Guardian of our way

♪ Keep Thy flock

♪ From sin defend us

♪ Seek us when we go astray

♪ Blessed Jesus

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♪ Hear O hear us

♪ When we pray

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♪ Hear O hear us

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