you're in the play?
let's get something straight. you don't know me. i don't know you. but i know what you're about. keep your distance from this house -- and from jamie.
the carter boy. tell me about him.
he was driving the car that hit harold keene --
jamie, he's careless. reckless. is this really the best time to be making a new friend?
i don't want you to see him outside school activities.
i'm sorry your mother isn't here to help you become a woman.
better not be the carter boy.
the first time i met him i knew. i'm proud of how you're handling yourself.
what's landon carter up to?
i thought we had rid ourselves of his disagreeable companionship.
why is he giving you a gift?
did you give him a gift?
i saw the way he looked at you. the way he kissed you.
boys like him have -- expectations.
i'm not changing the rules.
does it have to do with jamie?
that won't be possible.
i don't want to see her hurt.
this week.
have her home by one. and drive carefully.
hello, landon.
landon. you're not the quiet type.
so talk to us about something.
you decide.
how about your family?
your parents are divorced?
how do you -- the two of you -- get by?
either. both.
you and the carter boy. want to catch me up on recent developments?
i'm asking how much.
it's time to tell him. it would be the right thing.
no. i want what's best for you.
you're sure? you're sure you can trust him?
isn't it better to know?
it's her decision and she's decided not to tell people -- at least for now.
two, three months. maybe less. maybe more.
her doctors have. jamie and i. we're still praying for a miracle.
landon. we've lived with this for over a year now and --
i wanted to think he'd changed.
jamie, you're not mad at me. you're mad at landon --
that's normal. god accepts your anger. he won't punish you.
at school. where you should be.
what's that boy doing?
landon. you go on home.
i need to be with her.
jamie, god is not punishing you. no god i know wants anyone to be sick or feel pain or suffer.
i was wrong. nobody could have wanted or loved your mother more than we did. not even god.
god loaned you to me, entrusted you to my care. i'm failing you.
jamie. i make you the same promise that god does. i will always be with you.
in there.
you have materials for the side bearings?
for the focuser?
i helped jamie with the first one.
she did. but hardly anyone does anything truly alone.
you finish?
when i was seventeen, i was sent up for a year for stealing a car. sometimes i still feel that boy inside me and i don't like him. but i like you.
as a father, i'm supposed to give away my daughter. but i can no more give jamie away than i can give away my heart. but i can let another share in the joy she has given me. may god's blessings be with you both.
landon, repeat after me. do you take.
'love is always patient and kind. it is never jealous. love is never boastful or conceited. it is never rude or selfish. it does not take offense and is not resentful. love takes no pleasure in other people's sins, but delights in the truth. it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes'
you've been well?
getting by.
you're marrying again.
jamie wanted that. she told me.
she did. it was you.