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00:00Nate! Oh, you're back in town.
00:05Sorry I'm late. The plane from Boston was delayed, as usual.
00:08You're here now, right? That's what matters.
00:10Right. Cool.
00:11So, I made some changes on the plane.
00:13Okay.
00:14Got in touch with the city for the final code inspections.
00:16Okay.
00:17There should be no further delays.
00:18Awesome.
00:19Is that the art for the lobby?
00:20For the whole wall to the entrance to the new pediatric waiting area.
00:22What do you think?
00:23I thought we were going for art that would compliment the modern lines of the building.
00:27You know, the board thought she captures a lot of innocence that would connect with younger patients.
00:31Besides, she has a lot of experience.
00:33It's a little juvenile, don't you think?
00:35I mean, I didn't spend all this money on industrial materials to have it covered with clouds and butterflies.
00:40Well, I like to think I've captured the essence of the community in my sketch.
00:44Either way, murals for the patients, not you.
00:49Vanessa Brent, juvenile artist.
00:56Nice to meet you.
00:57I'm sorry if I offended you.
00:59I should get started on the mural.
01:00I have a tangle lesson to get to later, and Carlos cannot be kept waiting.
01:10Let's take a look at those revisions.
01:11I'm really curious to see what you came up with.
01:13All right. Sounds good.
01:26Stop.
01:36It's okay. I'm okay.
01:41I just tried to do too much today.
01:43I'm okay.
02:04This totally feels like old times.
02:07Yeah. The Creek Falls Project came along just the right time.
02:10I needed to get away.
02:12Too many memories of Taylor and I in Boston.
02:16I was sorry to hear that you two split.
02:23This is just not my night.
02:37No.
02:39Hi. Can I have a large orange juice, please?
02:42Thanks.
02:53Um, I'm ready for round two. You want another?
03:01Hey.
03:04How was the, uh, the tango lesson?
03:07Wonderful.
03:11Would you like to join Wallace and I? Our, uh, our dart games are actually-
03:14I don't mix business with pleasure.
03:16Nothing good ever comes of that.
03:20I'm sorry that was called for.
03:22I see.
03:25Honestly, I have been feeling quite myself.
03:28I thought I'd stop by for a minute and rehydrate after a big class.
03:32You seem a little bit tired.
03:34Mm-hmm.
03:35Uh, Wallace and I will probably call it a night before too long if you'd like a ride home.
03:38Oh, no, it's all right. I'll just cap.
03:40Hey, you want a dance for your lady?
03:42Oh, no, I'm- I'm-
03:44Yeah?
03:45No, no, I really- I'm just feeling a little-
03:47Yeah, I'm actually- I'm going to get her home.
03:51Understood?
03:52I'm on perfect match if you want to look me up later.
03:59Thank you for the save, but for the record, I can take care of myself.
04:04Duly noted.
04:07Is that ride home still an offer?
04:11Uh, yeah, it'd be my pleasure.
04:20I-I'm not too far. Just, uh, up by the inn.
04:23Uh, yeah, no problem. I know it.
04:25Uh, so, aside from being a mural painter and a tango dancer,
04:31what else is there to know about Vanessa Brent?
04:33Not much to tell.
04:35I'm out on the road a lot, on commissions, so I don't really have a home base.
04:40Although my rabbit keeps me grounded.
04:43Wherever he is, that's home.
04:46What about a home base?
04:48Everybody needs a home.
04:52I guess I lost so many people, that home base got lost along the way, too.
04:56Yeah, I know the feeling.
04:59There we go.
05:02Whoa, check out that bike.
05:05Well, I could take you for a ride sometime if you wanted.
05:07You have a bike?
05:08Uh, actually, I-I have that one.
05:12Why is your bike parked outside the inn?
05:15Uh, actually, I-I kind of own the-the inn, too.
05:18I thought Iris owned the inn.
05:21The one who lives in Boston?
05:23Uh, used to live in Boston, yeah, yeah.
05:25I, uh, I had a-a minor life disruption, so I, uh,
05:30back to regroup and, uh, and work on the hospital.
05:34So you live here now?
05:36Yeah.
05:37If I owned a place that nice, I would not leave.
05:40Oh, well, thanks.
05:42Thank you so much for the ride.
05:45No problem.
05:47Good night.
05:51Bye.
06:18Now, remission isn't something that we can give guarantees on,
06:22but this is what we do know.
06:48I hope I'm not bothering you.
06:52I, uh, brought a peace offering.
06:55It's barbecue from my favorite place.
06:57Can I bring it in?
06:59Fortunately, your favorite place's barbecue smells delicious.
07:04So I won't send you and your food home.
07:06I'm tired, but I'm also starving.
07:09I guess I'm lucky I caught you hungry.
07:11Lucky is as lucky does.
07:14Nate, meet Lucky.
07:17Does my mom know that you have vermin running loose in the guest house?
07:21He's not a vermin, he's a rabbit.
07:23He's house-trained.
07:25What kind of heathen buddy do you think he is?
07:27One with nasty, sharp teeth.
07:29Oh, he doesn't bite.
07:31He's vegetarian.
07:32Vegan.
07:33Actually.
07:35The art I create will live on.
07:38I'll live with both of us.
07:41I can capture a moment in time and someone 20 years from now
07:45will get joy from seeing it for the first time.
07:48See, that's exactly how I feel about my builds.
07:51You know, it's like I'm a part of them.
07:55Do you have pictures of any of your buildings?
07:58Uh, yeah.
07:59I have a few.
08:05This is from a few months ago.
08:07It's an apartment complex.
08:09I love the lines.
08:11Very mature.
08:13I like the materials you used.
08:15It's very modern.
08:39Thank you for choosing me.
08:43See you tomorrow.
08:44Definitely.
08:46Good night, Nate.
08:49Night.
09:10Shit.
09:25Vanessa?
09:28Vanessa?
09:30You, uh, forgot your purse.
09:34Vanessa?
09:37Vanessa?
09:56Hey, you.
09:59Hey, you.
10:02I went out cold, right?
10:04Yeah.
10:07I hate that on a third date.
10:13No more jokes.
10:18It's time to come clean, then.
10:21It's time.
10:24What if I'm not ready?
10:30Then I don't know if this can grow into anything more than a friendship.
10:36Why not?
10:40Look, I've already had a woman in my life with secrets, and it wrecked me.
10:47You're mysterious, and it's intriguing, but you scared me.
10:55I need answers.
10:57I'm just living life on my own terms.
11:00I'm not connecting or sharing your life. It doesn't feel like living.
11:04It feels like running away.
11:06Fair enough, but it's my life.
11:20Then I'll leave you to it.
11:28Wow.
11:30I can't believe it.
11:32You've really captured the spirit of Creek Falls.
11:35It's peaceful, welcoming, and you're not even finished.
11:39Thanks, Carolyn.
11:41That means a lot to me.
11:52Hey, Carolyn.
11:55Hey.
11:56Hi, Vanessa.
11:58Hi.
11:59Can I talk to you for a minute?
12:01Sure, if you like.
12:03Nice to see you, Nate.
12:04You too.
12:10Glad to see you back at work.
12:14You really scared me.
12:16I'm sorry.
12:18I wasn't up to talking the other day.
12:21What you saw is a byproduct of the medication I have to take to make sure I can keep working on my list.
12:28So you want me to stop worrying about you?
12:31Yes.
12:33What if I want to spend more time with you?
12:35Well, we can keep having fun together and work on my list.
12:41Well, I did get a peek at that list, and there is something special I think I could help with.
12:47Why don't I pick you up after lunch and we take the afternoon off?
12:52Sounds like a plan.
12:55All right.
13:11Right on time.
13:18Yes, being on time can be a bit of a curse, but today it's working for me.
13:23So are you ready to go?
13:25Pretty much.
13:27So, what's the surprise?
13:30Today I am the one with the secrets.
13:32Now, are you sure you don't need a secret consultant? Because I have years of experience.
13:36Yeah, I think I picked up a few pointers.
13:40So I'm guessing there's a car ride in my future?
13:44That is uncanny.
13:46How did you do that?
13:47I'm a psych.
13:50Are we going hiking? Because I have sails on.
13:53Nope, not even close.
13:54Hot air ballooning?
13:55No.
13:56Paris. You're taking me to Paris.
13:59Okay, now do I get to see the surprise?
14:02Patience is a virtue.
14:04Feels like luxury.
14:07Ta-da.
14:13Butterflies.
14:22Look.
14:35When I was a little girl, my grandma told me that butterflies only live for a day.
14:40You know, some butterflies actually live for weeks, even months.
14:45Really?
14:46Yes, indeed.
14:47And monarch butterflies go on these incredible journeys where they migrate for thousands of miles.
14:53That kind of sounds like my journey.
14:56Well, I'm just glad you like it.
15:00So, do you have any more fun facts about butterflies, Mr. Science?
15:04I do, actually.
15:07They're funny.
15:08Oh.
15:10They're funny, huh?
15:11I wish I were a butterfly.
15:14Oh, I like that.
15:16I do, too.
15:17I wish I was a butterfly.
15:19Oh, I like that.
15:21I like butterflies, too.
15:23I like butterflies, too.
15:25about butterflies, Mr. Science?
15:27I do, actually.
15:30Did you know that butterflies are cold-blooded?
15:33They need to bask in the sun in order to be able to fly.
15:38I didn't know all this.
15:40I worked here for a few summers to help
15:42pay my way through college.
15:44That's nice.
15:46Yeah, I felt like I was on this path I thought
15:49everyone had to be on, you know?
15:51College, career, get married, start a family of my own.
15:56Oh, thank you.
15:59I did not see this big break in the road.
16:02Sounds like you were blindsided.
16:05Maybe, or maybe I was just paying too much attention
16:09to the road ahead.
16:11So focused on checking boxes, I never engaged with my life.
16:18Divorce has sort of forced me to pay attention.
16:23And are you paying attention now?
16:27I sure am.
16:35Now, I would like to share with you
16:37one of my very favorite things.
16:38Oh.
16:42How did you?
16:43What?
16:45This is a peanut butter and mayo sandwich.
16:49Mayo?
16:50I know.
16:51You're a little kooky, Nate Dalton.
16:53I prefer fun-loving.
16:56OK.
17:00I know.
17:01OK, here we go.
17:05It's really good.
17:08It's weird and satisfying.
17:11I invented this when I was eight.
17:12No, you did not.
17:14Really?
17:15I was that stir in my school.
17:21A shooting star.
17:23Any questions?
17:31Let me guess.
17:33You wish to finish your list.
17:37What do you wish for?
17:40For you to be OK.
17:45I want you to be OK.
17:47Are you OK?
17:47I'm OK.
17:48I told you I could take care of myself.
17:56I just don't think it concerns you.
18:04I want it to concern me.
18:09I'm just not ready, Nate.
18:16You shine brighter than the stars.
18:19And you know your butterflies.
18:24I love that those butterflies made you so happy.
18:29Look at you.
18:29You're freezing.
18:31Let's get you home and lay out.
18:32No, no, no.
18:32I like it out here.
18:35It's peaceful.
18:38Five more minutes?
18:41Five more minutes.
18:46OK.
18:57So what's next?
18:59Riding wild stallions, bareback?
19:02What else is on the list?
19:04There's rock climbing.
19:06I know a good place for rocks.
19:08We'd go tomorrow.
19:09Saturday, I'm not working.
19:10I should probably keep working on the mural.
19:13But thank you for a truly special day.
19:17I loved every minute of it.
19:20Well, I will see you for breakfast in the dining room,
19:23where I will do my best to convince you to spend
19:25the whole day with me.
19:27Sounds good.
19:28Ooh.
19:32Good night.
19:33Good night.
19:34Good night.
19:42What do you think?
19:44Can we trust him?
19:47I like him too.
19:50Maybe.
19:51Just maybe.
19:52We can cross the last two items on the list one day.
19:57Maybe.
19:58Mm.
20:07Smells good.
20:08No early risers?
20:09They'll be down in a few minutes.
20:11How was the social?
20:13Any good gossip this week?
20:15Hey, is Arthur Goodman still doing the thing
20:16with the suspenders and the belt?
20:18Don't make fun of Arthur Goodman.
20:21There's nothing wrong with making
20:22sure your pants don't fall.
20:24Sit.
20:27I had a nice visit with Joyce.
20:30Her nephew is coming to visit next month.
20:33Of course he is.
20:34And all my friends want to know how your children's
20:37ward is coming along.
20:38Well, it isn't exactly mine.
20:41But you can tell them that I'm drafting
20:43the last couple of changes.
20:44They're going in for approvals.
20:46Yeah, we're nearly done.
20:47It's all pretty positive.
20:49Great.
20:49That's what I assumed.
20:52And how are you and Vanessa?
20:57I'm your mother.
20:59I see the way you two look at each other.
21:01She's a lovely person.
21:03Share.
21:05Well, uh, the mural is gorgeous.
21:10It's perfect for the kids.
21:13She just, she really seems to care.
21:16You can tell it with every brush stroke, the way
21:18she teaches the children.
21:23So this is a relationship then?
21:27I don't know.
21:29She's very private.
21:31I saw her covering up some bandages from some blood tests.
21:36I don't know what's going on with her,
21:38but she doesn't want to tell me.
21:40And I can't have another relationship
21:42filled with secrets.
21:43Not after Taylor.
21:45Vanessa isn't like that.
21:46You two are good for each other.
21:48You lift each other up.
21:49Yeah, maybe.
21:50But what if?
21:51You need to let yourself heal from Taylor.
21:55And know that you and Vanessa are a completely
21:57different kind of couple.
22:00Wish people would stop bringing up Taylor.
22:03Who's bringing up Taylor?
22:06At the social?
22:09Sweetheart, I don't know how to say this except to say it.
22:14Joyce heard that Taylor's pregnant.
22:19Taylor?
22:20My, my Taylor?
22:21My, my, my ex-Taylor?
22:25That Taylor, yes.
22:29Nate?
22:31Breathe, honey.
22:32I'm fine, I'm fine.
22:35I know how much you loved her.
22:37You stuck it out for so many years.
22:39Yeah, I did.
22:42I, uh, I thought we were till death do we part.
22:44I, I thought we wanted to have children together.
22:50Yes, she just didn't want to have children with me.
22:56You know, sometimes things happen for a reason.
22:58It's only been a few months.
23:00She's already pregnant with somebody's baby?
23:03I would have made a great father.
23:05And you will be when the time is right.
23:07Exactly, never.
23:09Ready to convince her to take the day off, Nate?
23:15I can't do this.
23:16What?
23:17Nate?
23:18Nate!
23:22He's angry with someone else, not with you.
23:25Not one day has gone by in these last few weeks
23:27that Nate hasn't smiled from ear to ear because of you.
23:31There is no way.
23:32No, there is every way he wouldn't want this.
23:41I don't blame him.
23:48Oh.
23:56Sam.
24:02I have done it all.
24:05I've done silly things on your list.
24:08I have done the dangerous things on the list.
24:15But the last two, Sam, to love and be loved and to get
24:21married, I don't know.
24:24I have opened up my heart.
24:29You know how hard it is for me to do that.
24:32But I really try.
24:36The last two things on the list, I
24:39don't know if I have it in me.
24:41It's just I don't know.
24:46Yeah.
24:53I am losing faith.
24:57I have fought so hard.
25:01And I've done all the treatments.
25:05And I have poured my heart on countless murals
25:07across the country.
25:10And I painted you in them as an angel
25:14because I felt you with me.
25:21I am tired.
25:23I am tired to the bone.
25:26I just, I just need to rest.
25:30Please adjust.
25:31I need to, need to rest.
25:45You have knocked it out the park, Vanessa.
25:50This mural is 10 times more amazing
25:51than I thought it would be.
25:54I can't wait to share this with everyone at the opening gala.
25:57Oh, thanks, Wallace.
26:00So.
26:05I'm going to go.
26:06I'm going to go.
26:07I'm going to go.
26:08I'm going to go.
26:09I'm going to go.
26:10I'm going to go.
26:11I'm going to go.
26:12I'm going to go.
26:13I'm going to go.
26:14You think you'll finish in time?
26:16I always do.
26:19Excellent.
26:21You sealed a deal to remodel a hospital in Vermont.
26:25And they asked if you'd be interested
26:27in painting a mural for them.
26:34How are you?
26:35You bet.
26:36I love the state of Vermont.
26:37And I've always wanted to work on a project there.
26:40And all that ice cream.
26:41Well, they'll find you a place to live,
26:43and they've got a good budget.
26:44Great.
26:45The more I get, the more I can give back.
26:51I understand supporting a cause and everything,
26:53but can I ask?
26:56I mean, how you living?
26:58You need money to live, too, right?
27:01I have my own means.
27:04And art raises the spirits, no matter
27:07how dire your situation.
27:09I focus on serene colors so that the kids that come in here
27:12can feel comfort and light.
27:16They need to feel the peace and the hope that art can inspire.
27:21I want my art to make you feel better
27:23without you even knowing why.
27:28I should stop chatting and keep painting
27:30if I'm going to finish this on time for the gala.
27:33Let the Vermont Hospital know you agreed to do their mural.
27:36They'll be over the moon.
27:43Climbing is such a workout.
27:45I'm feeling muscles I never even knew I had.
27:48There is a real color in your cheeks.
27:51I'm glad to see my son's absence isn't a drain on you.
27:56It's hurting me more than I want to be hurt.
27:59I know.
28:00I know.
28:01I know.
28:02I know.
28:03I know.
28:04It's hurting me more than I want to admit, Iris.
28:08I can't wallow in it.
28:09I have to finish the mural in time for the gala.
28:12Will you stay after the gala?
28:15I don't think so.
28:17I got a job in Vermont.
28:19I'll be painting the mural of the hospital there.
28:22Wallace is project managing.
28:24You're moving to Vermont?
28:25Mm-hmm.
28:27All the fresh air and the fresh dairy.
28:30It'll be fun.
28:32Well, good points, but will you tell Nate?
28:36Well, he's not exactly around to tell.
28:39I haven't seen him.
28:40Have you?
28:42His boss called him back on a project up in Boston
28:44that was erupting like a volcano.
28:47Apparently, he's been spending too much time here,
28:49and the other projects suffered.
28:51Well, that's that.
28:54I'm glad he's getting his priorities in order.
28:58You are exactly what he needs right now.
29:01If he had said that himself, I'd be inclined to believe it.
29:05Please talk to him, Vanessa.
29:11I'm going to miss you, Iris.
29:14I should go.
29:16I'll talk to you later.
29:26So he just left for Boston.
29:29I still can't believe he just left.
29:31Well, his boss needed him back on a project, apparently.
29:33Sure, his work.
29:36He came back for the weekend, right?
29:39You didn't hear me.
29:40Nate left, period.
29:45Here you go, buddy.
29:47Sorry, I dropped it.
29:49That's OK.
29:50I noticed you were putting a lot of work
29:52into your painting today.
29:54I like seeing that kind of effort.
29:57I hope to be as good as you one day.
29:59Well, I think that you can do whatever
30:03you set your mind to, Reese.
30:07I'm waiting.
30:09Waiting for what?
30:11For you to say that you'll fight for him.
30:12I have done enough fighting for my life, in my life.
30:17I'm kind of over it.
30:18But I saw the way he looked at you the other day
30:20when he dropped by, and he barely knew you then.
30:23Will you at least just tell him about your move to Vermont?
30:27I don't want you to leave, Vanessa.
30:30Oh, Sophia, you have so many great friends here.
30:34Lifelong friends.
30:36They'll always have your back.
30:38But who will have your back?
30:44Samantha.
30:45Always Samantha.
30:47Who's Samantha?
30:50She's someone who loved me and was always there for me.
30:58Excuse me.
31:03Vanessa?
31:20Nothing came up on your MRI.
31:22And your blood work markers look really good.
31:24Phew.
31:26Looks like you're just going to need
31:27routine blood work once a year.
31:30Once a year?
31:31Oh.
31:33Wow.
31:34So does that mean I'm officially in remission?
31:36It looks that way.
31:38You're a very lucky girl.
31:41I know.
31:42Every morning I wake up, I'm grateful I'm still here.
31:45Well, it's been a long journey, but you beat the odds.
31:49And your diligence with the drug regime has really paid off.
31:53So no more pills?
31:55No more pills, which means no more side effects.
32:00You're so welcome.
32:02Good luck, Vanessa.
32:03Go live your life to the fullest.
32:05I will.
32:06OK.
32:17Mm-hmm.
32:19Lucky, you are looking at a future top chef.
32:22Or maybe a future Nobel Peace Prize winner.
32:28Future?
32:32I haven't had an actual future in years.
32:40Think of all the murals I can paint now.
32:43And think of all the new adventures I can have.
32:45I can climb mountains.
32:47And I can see all the great art of the world.
32:50I can sail the seven seas.
32:53Although, I'm not sure if I like sailing.
32:57Well, we'll see.
33:03Ready for the next adventure, Lucky?
33:06I'll take that as a yes.
33:20Hey, thanks for calling.
33:22I was feeling a little at loose ends with myself
33:24with Nate being gone again.
33:26Yeah.
33:28I'm glad we can go to the gala together.
33:30Me too.
33:32Life's too short to wait for anyone.
33:35You know it.
33:37You know what we should do?
33:39What?
33:39We should stay up all night and watch the sunrise.
33:43OK, but I need a favor.
33:45OK.
33:46Can you teach me how to tango?
33:48Can you teach me how to dance?
33:50I can teach you.
33:51You can?
33:51I can.
33:52You don't mind?
33:52No.
33:53All right.
33:53We're on.
33:54OK.
33:56All right.
33:57You ready?
33:59Yeah.
34:01Be nice.
34:07I love, love, love, love, love it.
34:10The colors, the style, the images.
34:12This is Creek Falls.
34:14And you are giving hope to everyone who
34:16walks through these doors for care.
34:18It's extraordinary.
34:19Thanks, Caroline.
34:21You are now appointed my number one art reviewer.
34:24I'm not trying to inflate your ego.
34:26I'm truly blown away.
34:27You're going to make me blush.
34:30On another note, the kids are going to miss you terribly.
34:34I'm going to miss them too.
34:36And I'll miss you.
34:37Being friends with you has been one of the best
34:39parts about living here.
34:40And there are a lot of good things about living here.
34:42Oh, you're going to make me blush.
34:45I'll try to say bye and visit the kids before I go.
34:50Any chance you could make Creek Falls your home base?
34:54You could still go and paint, travel, have big adventures,
34:57but just call this place home?
35:00I love Creek Falls, but I just have to follow my path.
35:07To be open to where the road, my road, will take me.
35:12And Nate?
35:14You don't see a path that leads you back to him?
35:18No.
35:19Unfortunately not.
35:21He's still in Boston.
35:23I haven't heard from him.
35:25Oh, I'm sorry, sweetie.
35:26That's really unlike him.
35:28I was blindsided.
35:29I left my heart out there, open.
35:35I'm so confused about men now.
35:37Don't let Nate discourage you.
35:39There are a lot of decent guys.
35:41There is someone for you.
35:44You're right.
35:46I'll meet my soulmate out on the open road.
35:48That's very profound.
35:50But tonight, we celebrate.
35:56I'm going to get us more champagne.
36:03Vanessa.
36:04Wallace.
36:06You'll be pleased to know that all your laboring
36:07has paid off.
36:09Everyone loves the mural.
36:13You should be proud.
36:16I am really proud of my work.
36:18But I'm also really proud to be a part of this journey.
36:23It's quite an amazing journey.
36:25Yeah.
36:26I'm very grateful.
36:36Care to dance?
36:37I would love to dance.
36:42You know, you still owe me that tennis.
36:43I do. I do.
36:44Yeah, you do.
36:45You're a very good dancer.
36:51Is that Nate?
36:52Nate!
37:01Hey.
37:02Hey, Wallace.
37:03Nate?
37:08Excuse me.
37:11The mural was spectacular.
37:15Congratulations.
37:16Thanks.
37:21There's your signature angel.
37:25She's always there when someone needs strength.
37:27Thanks.
37:37Your work is so famous.
37:38Why don't you just sign it with your own name?
37:42I don't paint murals in hospitals for attention, Nate.
37:45I don't do it for money.
37:48I do it to comfort the patients and their families
37:50and caregivers, to give them hope when there's darkness,
37:55to remind them that they're loved and they're not alone.
38:06So, you're leaving?
38:09Tomorrow.
38:18I'm going to go find Caroline.
38:19No, please.
38:20Listen.
38:21I know I don't deserve it after my little vanishing act,
38:25but I would love the opportunity
38:27to give you an explanation.
38:37OK.
38:39OK.
38:45When I found out Taylor was pregnant,
38:48it really messed me up.
38:54I had been wanting a family for so long,
38:59and she had been resistant to that idea.
39:03And I realize now that she just didn't
39:07want to have a family with me.
39:13I had to come to terms with that.
39:17I wasn't the right person for her.
39:20But more importantly, she wasn't the right person for me
39:24either.
39:26Vanessa, you have opened me up to living life fully.
39:33And my life doesn't feel full without you in it.
39:38You are my person, Vanessa.
39:41Look.
39:42I hear you.
39:46I just don't think I'm that important to you.
39:49Nate, I let you in, and you just left without an explanation.
39:52You just left me here alone.
39:54I made a mistake.
39:55I understand that.
39:57I was just so confused about the list and the pills.
40:00But while I was away, I came to understand
40:04that it doesn't matter how much time we have.
40:07Just that we get to spend it together.
40:14Time is so precious.
40:21I just don't know if I want to invest it in someone
40:25who's broken my trust.
40:32I'm sorry, Nate.
40:35I'm sorry, Nate.
40:50It's open.
40:58Hey, Vanessa.
41:01Mind if I come in?
41:03Well, you own the place, so sure.
41:17Can we sit?
41:33Sure.
41:42So, uh, is it, um, quite a big mural
41:47that you're painting in Vermont?
41:51Very big.
41:53Wow.
41:55Sounds tough.
42:03How have you been?
42:06Fine.
42:07My mom mentioned that you'd gotten some news.
42:13Yeah.
42:14Some really good news.
42:16You just won't let me in.
42:23I can see how, from your perspective, that seems true.
42:31But I was only trying to protect myself.
42:35And Samantha.
42:39Who is Samantha?
42:41I've heard you mention her.
42:43Was she your grandmother?
42:46No, she's not my grandmother.
42:53She's my guardian angel.
42:56And I'm her life.
42:58It's OK.
43:00It's OK.
43:02Samantha, I miss you so much.
43:08It's OK.
43:13She knew her disease was incurable,
43:16and yet she spent all her strength trying to help me.
43:22But that's the strength I see in you every day.
43:25That's the life that we see in your murals.
43:31After she died, I started to get better,
43:37and I went into remission.
43:39Your pills.
43:41I thought that you were dying,
43:44and that's what you couldn't share with me.
43:46No.
43:47No.
43:48The pills were to help me rebuild my immune system
43:51after years of treatment.
43:53I was in remission,
43:54but the doctors weren't ready to get me clean both hulls.
43:59That's the news I got yesterday.
44:05And I wasn't here to share that with you.
44:10I'm so sorry.
44:12It's OK.
44:15There's something else that I haven't shared.
44:19When we first met,
44:21I couldn't place where I'd seen your artwork before.
44:25I went online and did some searching,
44:27but none of it really connected.
44:33Then at the gala,
44:35I saw your mural,
44:37and it clicked.
44:39My father was at a hospital in Delaware.
44:43He did a mural there.
44:46It must have been one of your first.
44:49He mentioned it several times,
44:51and I remember wheeling him back to his ward one time.
44:55He pointed out the angel in the mural.
44:58He said,
45:00He mentioned it several times,
45:02and I remember wheeling him back to his ward one time.
45:06He pointed out the angel in the mural.
45:11Your angel gave my father peace and tranquility
45:16in his final hours.
45:20She gave me peace.
45:23So you and I,
45:25we've been close even though we've never met.
45:29I'm the painter, but Sam was always the angel.
45:33Well, she brought us together,
45:35so she's my angel, too.
45:38Yeah.
45:41I was so scared.
45:43You started working through your list.
45:47The closer we got,
45:49the more the idea of you dying engulfed me.
45:55I didn't know how to feel.
45:58But now I know.
46:01I know that I have fallen completely in love with you
46:05and your spirit.
46:08You've changed how I look at life
46:11and how precious our moments are here.
46:14Life's short.
46:16I don't want to waste any more time without you.
46:20Nate, I missed you so much.
46:28Yeah.
46:32I'm yours if you'll have me.
46:35Having you here right now,
46:38hearing what you're saying,
46:40it's giving me more strength than you could possibly imagine.
46:44But don't disappear on me again, please.
46:48I promise.
46:51I didn't mean to run away on you.
46:53That was just about my past.
46:55And letting go of old dreams
46:57so that I could restart
47:00and make new ones
47:02to look forward to the future.
47:07Yeah.
47:09The future.
47:14Sam wrote the bucket list.
47:19All the items on the list are things that she wanted for me.
47:24I might feel sad doing them because she never could.
47:28She wouldn't want you to feel sad.
47:33It's especially the last two.
47:36To fall in love and get married.
47:41They break me because
47:44she never got to meet her person.
47:47Never got to feel the way I feel about you.
47:52But she'd want you to feel that.
47:56Yeah. Yeah, she would.
48:11I love you.
48:13I love your laugh and your smile
48:16and your art and your passion.
48:18I love you too.
48:21I love you too.
48:26So maybe we could
48:31make Creek Falls our home base.
48:34You could travel for your projects.
48:37I could travel for my projects.
48:39And we could get started on a combined list.
48:44What?
48:46Number one.
48:48Oh, looks like this one's just for me.
48:51Find the most beautiful girl in the world
48:59and propose to her.
49:11Will you marry me?
49:13Yeah. Yes.
49:20I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
49:23Living our very own list.
49:28I think Samantha would like that.
49:30I think she would love that.
49:50Okay.
50:21You know, with all the life I've seen come through these doors,
50:25weddings and christenings,
50:27celebration of family and friends,
50:30I have never seen so much love between two people.
50:34I know my John could see that, too.
50:51You may be seated.
50:56As tokens of their marriage,
50:58Nate and Vanessa have selected these rings.
51:04Nate, as you place this ring on Vanessa's finger,
51:08please repeat this vow.
51:10With this ring, I thee wed and pledge my love.
51:15With this ring, I thee wed.
51:20And pledge my love.
51:22Vanessa, as you place this ring on Nate's finger,
51:27please repeat this vow.
51:29With this ring, I thee wed and pledge my love.
51:34With this ring, I thee wed and pledge my love.
51:40Before these witnesses,
51:42I pronounce you, Nate, and you, Vanessa, husband and wife.
51:47You may kiss the bride.
51:50Oh, we are in love
51:54Whoo!
51:56We've been in peace since I fell in love
52:00Someday we'll know
52:06When I wake up and I'm all alone
52:09I can feel it, I can feel it
52:12When I look back and it all is gone

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