Hospital
Reva: Are you okay?
Josh: I don't know. I'm just thinking about Matt and what he's going through right now...coming so
close to losing the only woman he ever loved. You just have no idea what that's like. I mean how could
you?
Reva: Hey, if you're talking about...
Josh: I'm talking about the day you went off the bridge. I'm sorry, it's just seeing Matt go through this
makes it seem like it was yesterday ya know? It was a beautiful day on the beach and Harley was watching
the kids. And I knew I that I had to find you. I knew there was something wrong with you, but I just never
dreamed that I would end up seeing what I saw--that car, that car heading towards that unfinished part of
the bridge. And then it was just gone...and you were gone.
Reva: No...but I wasn't gone.
Josh: Oh you were. I dove into the water. I went down over and over and you were gone. You were
nowhere to be found. You just disappeared and a part of me disappeared with you.
Reva: I was coming to you.
Josh: What?
Reva: I heard your voice, you were calling to me.
Josh: You heard my voice?
Reva: Yes. I was driving that car down that bridge and the whole time I thought I was coming to you.
But then the car hit the water and I remember for a split second thinking 'Where's Joshua and why am I in
all this water?' But I don't remember anything after that.
Josh: Oh I do. I remember going back to that house. I couldn't even face the kids. When I finally
worked up enough courage, I took our little girl, I took her for a walk down to the end of the dock. She was
so small, so trusting. I couldn't speak, I couldn't even find the words--because I knew what I had to tell her.
I had to tell her that her Mama was gone. That she was never gonna see her again. That the one woman
that she loved more than anyone in the whole world was...it was just a very long walk.
Reva: If I could have done anything to change that day, I would. I would have done that.
Josh: Reva, I never really told you what it was like for Marah have I?
Reva: No..
Josh: You know she wouldn't even cry at first, because didn't believe that it was true. She just didn't
believe that her mama would leave her that way. She thought you were gonna come back.
Reva: I didn't want to leave her...
Josh: She used to pray to God everynight that He would let you come home. And she'd go to bed
thinking that you were gonna be there the next morning, just making breakfast for her downstairs. She used
to put out little rubber bands on her dresser everynight because...well she'd say "Tomorrow Mama's gonna
braid my hair because Mama's coming home tomorrow."
Reva: Only I didn't.
Josh: And everytime I'd try to tell her that you were up in Heaven she'd say, "No Daddy, you're
wrong. God loves little girls. He doesn't take away their mommies like that. And He loves me so much, He
would never do anything so horrible." And I never really knew what to say to her. I never knew how to
answer.
Reva: I knew Marah had suffered. I just never realized that.....Dear God.
Josh: Ya know when we went to look for you in Italy we said we were going to look for our hearts.
Because we'd all lost them. When we lost you, we lost our hearts.
Reva: You know something? Hey, if it had been you instead of me that day I couldn't have gone on. I
love you. I love you and Dylan and Marah and Shayne so much. And I will never ever leave you again,
you know that. You have to believe that.
Josh: Just promise me, please.
Reva: Hey, if somebody whacked me over the head and I dropped dead tomorrow I swear to God that
I would find a way to come back to you. Even if it scared the hell out of the three of you.
Josh: I am so lucky to have you. Do you have any idea how blessed I feel to have you in my life?
Reva: No. I'm the one who's blessed. Because I got a second chance. And Reva Shayne's never been
one to blow of those huh?
Josh: I love you so much.
Reva: I love you, too. And I will always be here.....always.
Reva's Goodbye Message
Josh: Maybe there's word at home...maybe my office...voice mail. I won't let you down this time
Reva, I promise. I won't let you down.
Reva's Message: I just wanted to hear your voice again, Joshua, even if it is just a machine. You
always had such a nice voice. I didn't want to leave this message at home in case, well in case the kids were
back from Cross Creek and they might have...well you know. I'm still on this plane. I don't know what's
going on. I mean Annie's gone and the pilot's gone and I've got a feeling that I've lost both engines. I don't
have any fuel left either so... I guess I can't really ask to get lucky twice in one lifetime can I? God's been
good to me. I want you to do something for me, please? Tell Marah and Shayne how much I love them,
and Pop and Rusty and Roxie, too. And please tell Cassie that finding her was one of the best things that
ever happened to me in this life. And I feel truly blessed Joshua that I had you in my life. You're a
wonderful man and you were a perfect husband. But I'm not scared, I'm really not scared. I want you to do
something. I want you to remember the happiness....and remember the love....Joshua....Always, Bud,
always.
Josh at HB's Grave
Hey Daddy. How's the fishing? Pretty good I bet, huh? I guess you know why I'm here. I lost her Daddy. It's for real this time. I came here to tell Marah and Shayne and Cassie. I don't know how I'm gonna find the words. Reva was such a part of this place. So many things happened for us here. This was where we were the first time I kissed her, the place where we first made love, where we told each other we'd be together always. But that's gone now, Daddy. It's over. And that big ol' house you built over there, ya know, that was supposed to be a place of healing. I don't think it's gonna stop the pain I'm feeling right now. I don't think it's gonna stop the pain that my children are gonna feel when I bring them this news. This place, Cross Creek, will never be the same again. And the lives of those people in that house will never be the same either. Ya know I used to be afraid to die, Daddy. I used to be afraid to leave Reva and the kids alone but now I see that there's something that's so much worse than that. And that's being left behind. I know it's something that you had to deal with when you lost Mama and I'm just wondering how did you cope? How? How did you just press on and go on with your life? Oh I wish you were here. I wish you were here right now to help me. And I wish I didn't have to do this. I wish there was another way, but there isn't is there? I need you. I need your wisdom, your strength more now than I ever have. If there's any way, please Daddy, give me the words. Give me the words I need to tell these children this horrible thing--this thing that no child should ever have to hear--that their mother is dead. You take care of our Reva now, Daddy. I know she's up there with you right now. Keep your hands off of her old man! But don't let her be lonely either. I just need to know that she's okay and that she's being taken care of and that you have your big old arms around her, holding her close to your heart, keeping her warm...will you do that for me please? Please. It's time isn't it? Time to tell them. Okay. It's time to tell them that their Mama's dead.