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One
year ago the Costellos were a happy family. Now, Don is losing his
touch at work, his wife Stacey is wandering the park at all hours of
the day, and their son Justin has been suspended from school pending
therapy. The root of the problem is the murder of Kimmie, their
daughter and Justin’s sister.
Stacey shows up at one of Don’s motivational speeches so
they can drop Justin off at the office of his new therapist, Gloria.
Don agrees and apologizes to Monica, the company evaluator, saying
that he will meet with her later at his home office. At the therapy
session, Gloria tries to discover the reason for Justin’s fights at
school, but he refuses to answer her questions.
Later on, Monica tells Don of the negative feedback that
he’s been getting from his audiences. It seems that no one
appreciates the mention of his dead daughter, it makes them feel
manipulated. Before he can respond, Justin enters, telling him that
Stacey never came to get him at the therapist’s. Monica offers to
continue the next day, and sees herself out.
In the park, Stacey sits on the swings, reliving memories of
times spent there with Kimmie. She is so engrossed, that hours slip
by without her noticing. While the Monica and Gloria ponder their
assignments, Tess begins tracking down a number of people to help the
Costellos come to grips with Kimmie’s death.
The following day, Monica returns to apologize to Don about
her previous comments. She tells him that she only wants to help and
that she thinks he’s letting Kimmie’s death overrun his life. During
a second therapy session Gloria finally gets Justin to talk. He
admits that Kimmie is dead because of him. She takes him home to
talk to his parents, and Justin tearfully admits that he told Kimmie’s
ex-boyfriend where she was the day that he killed her. Don assures
him that it’s not his fault, that Blake was sick and that he would
have found her anyway. Stacey loses touch with reality, says that
Kimmie is fine, and leaves to go find her.
At the park, Andrew confronts her with the truth. He then
brings her to Robintino’s, the Italian restaurant the family went to
regularly when Kimmie was alive. Inside they are having a private
party, which she is told is for her. Justin and Don are already there
with their angels. And so are a number of other people that none of
them recognize. These are the people that Tess found, the people
who’s lives Kimmie touched. They stand up one by one and tell how
their lives, or the lives of someone they love where saved by Kimmie.
Kimmie was an organ donor, and her memory lives on in the hearts of
everyone present. |
