Chapter 6: Adrift At Sea

Chapter 6: Adrift At Sea

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0:08

You were listening to Strawberry Spring, based

0:10

on a short story by Stephen King. M

0:19

M, watch

0:21

out, I know, Henry, it's just hard to

0:23

see through the fog. Where

0:29

are those lights coming from? There? Right

0:31

in my mirror? I can barely see Mom,

0:35

Look out over

0:51

here. This one's still alive. Grab the

0:53

stretcher, give

0:57

me Patty Angry two

1:02

three.

1:08

We had one boy here. It looks like fourteen to sixteen

1:10

years of age. Car accident. He suffered

1:13

lacerations on his face and blunt force trauma

1:15

to his head. Hurry

1:17

up, we're losing him.

1:20

He's having a seizure. How much longer I

1:22

don't know. And this soap five maybe

1:25

ten minutes, I don't know. Just step on it. He's

1:34

awake, doctor, Henry.

1:36

Can you hear me, he's

1:39

moving. Don't

1:42

try to speak. I tried to sit

1:44

up, but my head was splitting. I could

1:46

hear people running around the room, but somehow

1:49

I remained calm, like I was a drift at

1:51

sea, Henry, just not if

1:53

you can hear me. I barely had the strength to move,

1:56

let alone talk. Everything was a

1:58

blur, but room

2:00

came into focus just long enough for me to see

2:02

my arms bandaged. My right

2:04

leg was broken. I had no idea

2:06

how serious my injuries were. Nurse

2:09

and give him something for the pain. He's gonna

2:12

need to rest. I couldn't stay away long

2:14

enough to follow what was going on. I

2:16

passed out. He's

2:19

going to sleep. Awhile, nurse,

2:21

please make a note in his chart. He was

2:23

able to follow some basic command.

2:25

I drifted in and out of consciousness.

2:28

Shadows and light passed over me one

2:30

morning, or it could have been night, I don't

2:32

remember. I heard the door open. I

2:35

wasn't sure at first, but there was the silhouette

2:38

of a man watching me. He wandered

2:40

into the room and hovered about me like some kind

2:42

of spirit. Dead said

2:44

you. The shape just

2:47

stood there staring down at me. It

2:49

must have been my imagination because it looked

2:51

like it was crying. Whoever, whatever

2:54

that was, held my hand for a moment

2:56

as I drifted back into the black. Abyss,

3:02

Good morning, Henry. How are you feeling today?

3:05

Hi? Dr Howard, I'm

3:07

okay. How

3:09

are your headaches? They

3:12

seem to be going away good.

3:14

I'm just gonna take a look at your eyes.

3:17

This might be a little bright. Can

3:21

you follow the light for me? Without moving

3:23

your head good,

3:27

and everything looks okay. The doctor

3:29

had come to see me regularly over what I

3:32

think was a few days. It's hard to tell, but

3:35

there was something about this time that didn't

3:37

feel right. I could see

3:39

from the look on his face something was wrong,

3:42

but for whatever reason, I couldn't figure

3:44

out what it was. It was blank, expressionless.

3:49

Henry, has anyone had a chance to talk to you

3:51

about what's happened? No? I

3:53

know. We were in a car accident, but that's it.

3:56

Are my mother and brother, Okay,

4:02

Henry, this isn't going to be

4:05

easy to hear. But my

4:08

mother and brother were not okay. In

4:11

fact, they were dead. Their

4:13

problems were over mine. On the other

4:15

hand, we're just beginning. Hello,

4:21

it's this thing on am

4:23

I coming through? This is

4:25

Kevin Hartigan. I'm fourteen

4:28

years old and I live in

4:30

the New Sharon Home for Boys. I had

4:32

been staying in the New Sharon Home for Boys

4:34

for about a year. I shared a

4:37

room with a few other teenagers. We were

4:39

all orphans. It was okay, I guess.

4:41

We read comic books in the wreck room. There

4:44

was a TV that we could watch The Lone Ranger

4:46

on, so that was good. In spite

4:48

of there being a few dozen other boys around

4:50

my age, though I never really made

4:52

what I would call friends with anyone. Kevin

4:55

was an orphan there at the same time. I

4:58

guess it was the closest thing I had to a friend.

5:02

Hey, Henry, huh, headmaster's

5:04

office. He told me to send you in on my way

5:06

out, So that's what I'm doing. I

5:08

knew the drill by now. I'd head down

5:11

the hallway, listen to what he has to

5:13

say, then go back to my room. But it

5:15

wasn't his fault. He was just doing his job.

5:18

Come in, Henry,

5:24

take a seat. You

5:27

wanted to see me, I did. I'm

5:30

not sure if you heard yet, but we have a family coming

5:32

here tomorrow and they're looking to adopt. I

5:36

know this won't be an issue for you, but I

5:38

have to remind everybody to be on their best behavior.

5:42

You are representing the New Sharon Home for Boys,

5:45

Yes, sir, the New Sharon

5:47

Home for Boys. We called it the New

5:49

Prison Home for Strays. I

5:52

was fifteen years old by then, even

5:54

I knew no one wanted to adopt a teenager.

5:57

They wanted the younger kids, the ones

5:59

they could rays and mold. Into reflections

6:01

of themselves. By fifteen,

6:03

it was too late. I was who I was. My

6:06

record or personal history did

6:08

not work in my favor. The accident

6:11

was referred to as a traumatic event,

6:13

which is another way of saying bad luck.

6:16

It was what it was, and we are who

6:18

we are. That didn't stop the headmaster

6:21

from trying to convince me I had a shot. Henry,

6:25

my boy, don't get discouraged. Have

6:28

I ever told you about William Bell? I'm

6:31

not I'm not sure, sir. William

6:33

Bell was a lot like you. He lost

6:36

both his parents in a car accident, had no next

6:38

of kin. If I recall,

6:40

he was brought in when he was thirteen years old.

6:43

He was afraid of his own shadow. If

6:45

I'm not mistaken. He was eventually

6:47

adopted and moved to Maine. It's

6:49

a beautiful state, but it can get cold in the winter.

6:53

He rose above his own adversity and chose

6:55

not to let it get the best of him. I'll

6:57

be damned if he didn't make the most of himself. How

7:01

did he do that, sir? By going to his

7:03

classes and getting good grades, And

7:06

sure enough, one day, it

7:08

might have been on his seventeenth birthday,

7:11

he was adopted by a couple from Syracuse.

7:14

I thought she said Maine, right,

7:16

Maine. I may have mixed up where he moved

7:18

to. But what I'm trying to

7:21

say is don't give up hope. The family

7:23

coming in today could be the right

7:25

fit for you, and you might

7:27

be the right fit for them. Either way. My point

7:29

is be patient and good things

7:31

will happen for you. You're young, you

7:34

have your whole life ahead of you. Yes, sir, good

7:36

boy, put her there. I

7:39

shook his hand. I wanted to

7:41

believe him, but all I could think was William

7:44

Bell spent four years of his life

7:46

waiting for someone to adopt him.

7:48

I know he was just trying to be positive.

7:51

I always wondered if there really was a William

7:54

Bell, or that's just the kind of name

7:56

that circulates among people that run these

7:58

institutions. You've got a powerful

8:00

grip there, Henry. Now do

8:03

me a favor and send in Weston when

8:05

you get back to your room. I never knew of the

8:07

headmaster genuinely thought someone would

8:09

adopted me, or if he was just trying to keep my

8:11

hopes. Who knows, maybe

8:13

his hopes up to he seems

8:15

sad for most of us in there. He

8:18

knew the truth. Saying that out

8:20

loud just made it real. What

8:26

do you guys think anyone got a shot?

8:30

Maybe if you're under ten. Otherwise, no way.

8:33

What are you doing over there trying to tie my necktie?

8:37

Yeah it looks great if you're making a noose

8:39

and you give me a hand. I never

8:42

learned how to time with your

8:44

dad never showed you. No, he

8:46

went to Korea. He died before he ever

8:49

had a chance. Sorry,

8:52

here I'll show you. This is how my dad taught

8:54

me. Picture in your house,

8:56

a cat and a mouse. As the cat naps,

8:58

the mouse scurries passed, cat awaits,

9:01

and a chase takes place. Cat

9:03

jumps, with dinner in sight, around

9:06

the chair, not once, but twice. As

9:08

the mouse highs, the cat looks inside wiggle

9:11

ism might boardcat is stuck

9:14

tight. Hey that's pretty good.

9:16

Thanks, Yeah, no problem, But you

9:18

still don't have a shot. I

9:21

sat in the waiting area, lined with wood paneled

9:24

walls, staring straight ahead.

9:26

The longer I looked at the wood grain, the more

9:28

I thought I saw images embedded in it.

9:31

One by one, my fellow orphans and I

9:34

sat on the bench as each

9:36

one of us entered the Headmaster's office.

9:38

We slipped down the bench, one seed closer

9:40

to going to a new home. We sat,

9:43

We waited. We were all quiet.

9:45

It's not that we couldn't talk to each other, but

9:48

there wasn't anything to say. Everyone

9:50

knew what was going on inside that office.

9:53

Judgment day.

9:57

Finally the headmaster opened the

9:59

door. Henry, come on in and meet Mr

10:01

and Mrs Current. I got up and started

10:03

walking. It was about a fifteen foot

10:05

walk. I knew that because the square tiles

10:07

on the floor were one foot each. I

10:10

counted as I walked, mostly trying to call my

10:12

nerves. Two

10:16

three. It might as well have

10:18

been a mile. I've read that prisoners

10:21

on death row, I think the last walk to

10:23

the electric chair feels like a mile.

10:26

This could have felt longer. It didn't

10:28

matter though. An hour and a half

10:30

waiting in the hallway and I finally got

10:33

my chance. Would

10:35

it be a stay of execution or

10:37

not? That was the question.

10:47

M hm, Henry,

10:52

please meet the Currents. This

10:54

was the first time I had met a family

10:57

that was looking to adopt. I'll

10:59

never forget it. She wore a

11:01

yellow dress with her hair pinned up. He

11:03

had broke cream and his hair that smell is

11:05

impossible to forget, strong

11:08

and citruous. I instantly

11:10

thought of my father. He used

11:12

to wear it, and when I give him a hug,

11:14

a scent when right up my nose. He

11:17

had a tie on. And I guess

11:19

they were as nervous as I was, because

11:21

he made some small talk. Nice

11:24

to meet you. It's a pleasure

11:26

to meet you too, Henry, Hey,

11:29

nice tie. I

11:31

hated him already. We both knew

11:33

it was a shitty tie to make matters

11:36

worse. It wasn't even tied well. I

11:38

could tell they were an East Coast type of family,

11:41

probably came from money. There were the

11:43

types that tried really hard to have a baby,

11:45

but it never really happened for them.

11:47

How long have you been here at the Boys Home?

11:50

About a year and a half. I came

11:53

here right after my family, like many of

11:55

the boys here in the home, Henry's family

11:57

had an accident, and we were

11:59

fortunate enough to have him join the rest of

12:01

our fine, upstanding young men. As

12:04

I was saying, right after my

12:06

family died, Mrs

12:09

Karrent had a sadness in her eyes that reminded

12:11

me of my own mother. When I looked

12:13

at her, I felt like she had already given up

12:15

on having a baby. Adoption

12:18

was her only hope, and even though

12:20

she was polite, I could tell I was not going to

12:22

be offering her the hope she was looking for.

12:25

I didn't think any of the boys at the home wood.

12:28

She needed to find some young girl from

12:30

a nice family that got in trouble and couldn't

12:32

deal with the scandal, send

12:35

her to her grandparents for the school year, and

12:37

come home good as new, minus a baby.

12:39

So tell us about yourself. Um,

12:43

okay, I like

12:45

comic books and listening to

12:47

the radio. I'm pretty good

12:49

at school. What classes do you like?

12:52

English? Really? Yeah?

12:55

One day. I hope to be a writer. That's

12:58

good. It's good to have something

13:00

to work towards. Henry's

13:02

being modest. He's one of our best students

13:04

here. Thank

13:06

you, sir. After that, we made

13:08

some more small talk, and fifteen minutes

13:10

later I went back to being an orphan. I

13:17

didn't know what meeting them would be like, but

13:19

I was pretty sure I didn't pass the audition.

13:23

After leaving the Currents, I figured i'd take

13:25

a walk about the grounds.

13:28

Being an orphan is hard enough, but the

13:30

Boy's Home was crowded. Sometimes

13:32

the only way to get any space was to go outside.

13:36

I thought about Mrs Curran. Even

13:38

though I didn't have any illusions about getting

13:40

adopted, I wondered what it would be like

13:42

if shows my mother hearing

13:44

about teenagers getting adopted. It was like a

13:47

fairy tale, like Santa Claus or

13:49

the Tooth Fairy. It just wasn't

13:51

really. The only thing you have in

13:53

this world is which you can see, touch,

13:55

taste and feel. Walking

13:58

around was the only thing that felt real to

14:00

me. It's the first time

14:02

I realized it helped me clear my head. It

14:05

still does. As

14:11

my feet crushed the dried leaves on the ground,

14:13

I saw something moved behind the trees. At

14:16

first I thought it was a shadow, but then I saw

14:18

what I thought was a man who seemed to be watching

14:20

him. I moved towards him, but he ducked behind

14:22

a hedge of vines and facing streets. I

14:25

sped up. I was running after

14:27

him before I knew it. The man was

14:30

fast. He was more of a shadow of figure

14:32

that I couldn't make out. I stopped

14:34

to catch my breath, and

14:36

for a split second his face turned.

14:40

I guessed he looked just like

14:42

my father. I saw my breath

14:44

in the cold air and started to run after him

14:46

again. This time I was faster,

14:49

passing one tree after another until

14:51

I caught up. It

14:54

was only a shadow. It

14:57

was March and the spring colors

14:59

were bright. The sun

15:01

blinded me and my head started

15:03

to pound. The world started

15:05

to spend. I lost consciousness

15:08

and fell back. Hey,

15:14

there's someone over here behind the statute because

15:16

some lights over here. Jesus,

15:20

it's another body. This one's a guy

15:23

Christ He's alive. Yeah,

15:26

help him up? Where am i? Hey?

15:29

Kid, joined the middle of a quiet

15:32

You want to explain what you're doing here? I

15:35

was. I was walking to my girlfriend's apartment

15:38

when I got dizzy and passed out. What

15:40

were you doing out after Curkfield? It

15:43

wasn't after curfew when I started walking.

15:45

Look, I don't know how long I was out for. What

15:48

time is it? It's just after I love him? Do

15:50

you have any I d here?

15:54

I'm Henry Dennon. Captain

15:56

Spencer won't want to, but he can vouch for

15:58

me. One

16:00

of them walked back to their patrol car and called

16:02

it in the other stayed with me, shining

16:05

a flashlight in my face. Do

16:07

you mind turning that away. It's pretty bright.

16:09

How about you stay quiet until you check out.

16:12

I looked around. That's when I

16:14

realized I passed down the middle of the quad,

16:17

right behind a statue of Deborah Sampson,

16:19

a Massachusetts woman who disguised herselves

16:22

as a man to serve in the Continental Army

16:24

during the Revolutionary War. Just

16:26

for a moment, I could have sworn she came to life,

16:30

musket in hand. She aimed the barrel

16:32

at me and looked like she was about to shoot. I

16:38

wondered if the cops didn't miss their chance.

16:40

They have a man dressed as a woman. Maybe

16:42

then they could have caused radio jack. If

16:45

he checks out, we're gonna let him go.

16:47

Thank you, officers. Don't

16:49

thank me, pal, You're lucky to Captain

16:52

knows you. If it was up to me, I

16:54

would have clubbed you over the head and dragged

16:56

you into the station. Do yourself

16:58

a favor and goes straight to your girlfriend's

17:00

place. If we find you

17:03

out again after curfew, you're

17:05

getting arrested. I don't

17:07

care who you know. Got

17:09

it got it good?

17:13

I get the hell out. Are Hey,

17:23

Henry Waite up? I

17:26

thought that was you? What are you doing out

17:28

here at this hour? I can ask you the same.

17:31

I'm just finishing the lace shift at the station,

17:33

late shift. I thought you were the morning guy, morning,

17:37

noon, night. I'm here whenever you need

17:39

to hear me. Hey, what's going on

17:41

with the cops back there? They're giving you a hard time? Kind

17:44

of but not really, thankfully, Captain

17:46

Spencer vouch for me. Well, that's

17:48

good. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,

17:50

right, something like that. You

17:53

know, I'm not sure if you're turned

17:55

around, but this isn't the way back to the dorms.

17:57

I'm on my way to Rachel's. I'll

17:59

never understand what she's sees in you.

18:02

You're a lucky guy. I've never been able

18:04

to keep a long term relationship. Something

18:07

always gets in the way, like what

18:09

I'm not quite sure, but maybe

18:12

one day you'll help me figure it out. Maybe.

18:15

Until then, this is where I go left

18:19

and you go right. I

18:21

gotta crash you on

18:23

the morning shift. Like I said, morning,

18:26

noon, and night. If you're listening,

18:29

I'm there for you, you know, keep

18:32

you company on these long foggy nights. You

18:34

know how, I know you're perfect for radio,

18:37

know how He's spewing an endless

18:39

dream of bullshit. You

18:44

have no idea.

18:51

So after Captain spends her vouch for me, they

18:53

let me go, and here

18:55

I am. Thank god they didn't arrest

18:57

you. Keep telling you it's for seat coming

18:59

up here after curfew. No I

19:02

know, but by the time I finished at the papers

19:04

late. Plus, I don't want

19:06

you to be here alone. If you don't have to be here,

19:09

what does bring me help Jack caught you out, then

19:12

i'd be the first guy that kills. So far,

19:14

I think I'm safe. Well,

19:18

you're here now, that's all that matters.

19:21

Let's try to get some sleep. Tomorrow

19:24

is another day. I

19:27

laid down next to Rachel. There

19:30

was just enough moonlight creeping

19:32

into the room to remind me how beautiful

19:34

she was, especially when she was

19:36

sleeping. I closed my

19:39

eyes and shut out the light. The

19:41

only rest I could get was when I was in complete

19:44

darkness. But Rachel

19:46

was wrong about one thing. Tomorrow

19:50

wouldn't be just another day

19:52

for Hannah Gray.

20:04

Can we hear anything now about the weather, like

20:06

what like when is this ship gonna

20:09

let up? I can tell you right

20:11

now if we have a snowballs chance in helly

20:13

catching this guy it ain't gonna be in the

20:15

middle of this flock, that's for sure. Yeah,

20:17

at least it's quiet out here, other

20:20

than your irish yest, not like a hair of the crickets.

20:25

Fuck is

20:28

that ice? And

20:30

mean with your flashlight? Would you funk?

20:32

Don't move? Don't move? What

20:36

do you mean? Don't move? Help me up?

20:38

Would you? What is

20:40

that on me? Is

20:42

that it's blood? That

20:46

night they found Hannah Gray's head. It

20:48

was split in two, with one half on the north side

20:50

of the quad and the other half on the south side.

20:53

The kill was so precise her

20:56

glasses were cut right down the middle. Another

20:59

night had passed, another girl was

21:01

dead. Spring heel Jack

21:03

was like a spark on the horizon. You

21:06

could see it just long enough to know you can't

21:08

catch it. I sat next

21:10

to Anne. We were both sobering up finding

21:14

ahead. We'll do that to you. Oh

21:19

do you think we'll have to wait here? Beats

21:22

me? You probably until they get all the paperwork done.

21:25

You know, if you told me I'd be coming back to New Sharon

21:27

in nineteen seventy six to investigate

21:30

spring heeled Jack, I wouldn't

21:32

have believed you. I get that if

21:34

you told me while I was back here, you and I would make

21:36

amends. I would have told you you're crazy. I

21:39

get that too, Henry. If

21:42

you would have told me we'd find the head of a victim

21:44

in the same exact spot where Chelseie Spencer's head

21:46

was found, I'd tell you that

21:49

spring heel Jack was back yes,

21:52

and closed her eyes. It was all

21:54

too much for her. I think she was

21:57

able to block it out when she moved away. The

21:59

murder the book me

22:02

coming back here resolve too much. As

22:05

for me. I sat next to her on the bench in the

22:07

hall. She leaned her head on

22:10

my shoulder, as much out of affection

22:12

as exhaustion, or

22:14

maybe she was just drunk. I

22:18

watched everyone run back and forth, one

22:20

by one. They'd hurry into

22:22

Chief Spencer's office. They'd

22:25

exited just as fast as they entered. We

22:27

waited, just like at the Boy's

22:30

home. Sit and wait your turn. Your

22:32

time will come. Just be patient. But

22:34

what if I didn't want to be patient anymore?

22:37

What if my time had come and gone? Dat

22:44

right? Asses in here now, Jesus

22:46

Christ, let's go. Why am

22:48

I nervous? We didn't do anything wrong. Some

22:51

authority figures you never outgrow What

22:56

is this? Is this some kind of sick joke? What

22:59

do you mean? You know what I mean? He

23:01

placed her in the same exact spot as check.

23:05

You know where she was, And

23:08

now we have a new victim.

23:10

Her parents were already contacted. They're

23:13

identifying her right now. Jesus,

23:16

Jesus is right. Do you know

23:18

how hard it was to make that call? Do

23:21

you? I can only imagine. I'm

23:24

sorry you had to be the one to do it. Yeah, well so

23:26

am I. But this stops now. I have

23:28

John Dancy and custody right down the hall. You

23:31

found him. It wasn't hard.

23:34

He's been living with his mother just outside of town.

23:36

You should see him, strung out on dope.

23:39

He looks like every other junkie, rejected.

23:42

Do you really think he's spring Hill jock. We

23:45

looked at every suspect at the time, he

23:48

had access, he knew the campus,

23:50

and after he found a carman girl, we

23:52

never suspected him. What about

23:55

Mma, Laura? We might

23:57

pick him up again too, for questioning. I've

23:59

had a theory for a long time. What

24:02

if they were in on it together.

24:04

I'm a Laura is in jail. Dancy

24:07

goes out and kills gives him the perfect

24:09

alibi. Have you ever

24:11

heard such a thing. If I'm Laura and Dancy

24:13

was somehow orchestrate multiple murders across

24:16

this long of a time span, it would be unprecedented.

24:19

It would explain a lot two

24:21

different people. One can lead

24:23

a normal life while one kills

24:25

and vice versa. Hello,

24:30

are you sure? How

24:33

long? All right? Just

24:35

give me a minute, would you? Are

24:38

you okay? What is it here?

24:43

We're all gonna need this drink

24:45

up. What's going on?

24:49

The girl's parents, they're in the hallway.

24:52

They want to come in and talk to me about the case. Don't

24:55

even think about it. You two are mixed

24:57

up in this case more than any two people on earth.

24:59

You think gonna face these parents alone? You've got another

25:01

thing coming. Now,

25:04

sit down and follow my lead. Don't say anything you don't

25:06

need to. Hi,

25:10

Please come in, Chief

25:13

Spencer. Thank you for seeing

25:16

us. We understand you

25:18

lost your own daughter to this this

25:20

animal. Yeah,

25:23

I did eight years ago this month.

25:26

It can't be. This is crazy. After

25:29

all these years, they look exactly

25:31

the same. We

25:33

need to know what you're doing to find

25:37

the rest of her. Believe me, we

25:40

have every available man on the job spring

25:42

Hill. Jack has a history of leaving

25:44

the remains somewhere on campus, so we

25:47

will find her, but are you going

25:49

to catch him? We're

25:51

going to do everything we can. If

25:54

I can introduce you, this is Anne Bray,

25:56

she's here from the Globe to help

25:58

with the investigation. I'm

26:00

so sorry for your loss. And

26:03

this is Henry Denton. They

26:05

were both students doing the first wave of killings.

26:08

Henry actually wrote the book on them.

26:10

You should know. I have a suspect and custody

26:12

right now, and I intend

26:15

on getting a confession out of him in any accomplices

26:17

he may have. They

26:19

don't remember me. How could

26:21

they nineteen sixty one

26:24

and was fifteen years ago. I

26:26

sat right across from them in the headmaster's

26:28

office. She

26:31

has more grain now, but her hair is basically

26:33

the same style. His hairs

26:35

were seating, but the brille cream.

26:38

I'd know that scent anywhere. I

26:41

was right about what I knew back then. They

26:44

didn't want to adopt the teenage boy. They

26:47

wanted a baby. They found

26:49

on Marcia. She was two at

26:51

the time. Now she was seventeen years

26:53

old. They don't remember me, but

26:56

I remember that I

26:58

didn't feel it at the time. I bet the rejection.

27:02

I can feel it now, emotional

27:04

memory all coming back. Mr

27:08

and Mrs Curran. I'm

27:10

sorry to meet you under these circumstances.

27:14

You seem so familiar.

27:17

Have we met? Do

27:21

I tell them who I am, that I was

27:23

a scared teenager in an orphanage,

27:26

just looking for a home. Do I tell

27:28

them I wanted parents? Do

27:31

I tell them how sorry I am

27:33

for their loss? Or do I just avert

27:35

my eyes and sympathize for them?

27:39

Maybe the answer is all of the above. M

27:49

yeh did

27:56

it? Strawberry

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Spring Executive produced by Lee Metzker,

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Jared Gootstat and Philip Alberstadt,

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starring Garrett Headland, My Lot, Ventimilia

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Horizon, Guardiola, Sydney Sweeney,

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Ken Marino, Al Madrigal and Breck

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Passenger. Audio up in house production by

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Georgana Black, Franzheim and Laura

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Ramadan, Edited by Carry Caulfield,

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Eric and Jeremiah Zimmerman. Sound design

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and mixed by Jeremiah Zimmerman, scored by

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Jeff Peters. Songs and music by Jared

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Gutstat and Jesse Siebenberg. Strawberry

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