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On Halloween, renowned
author Leonard Pound is grief stricken regarding his wife, Grace's
recent death. His son, Allan has hired Monica to attend to the
widower, who has lost the will to live. To help him, the angel prompts
Leonard to revisit a pivotal event in his life, October 30, 1938--the
night of Orson Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds... and
the night Monica and Tess met.
Dressed in his Buck
Rogers costume, young Leonard gathered with his family around the
radio. His father, Tom, a state trooper, left the house to investigate
the flaming object that reportedly fell in nearby Grovers Mill. As the
broadcast continued, listeners began to fret, thinking it was the end
of the world. Panic spread into the streets and the Pound family,
along with others, sought shelter in a church. There Leonard literally
bumped into Penny, a girl in an angel costume. Concerned about his
father, he snuck outside and started searching. Back inside the
church, Tess tried to calm the people, but a glowing Monica appeared,
announcing "Fear not!" and panic ensued. Tess read Monica
the "riot act" and told her to find some animals she could
help. As the people scattered in the moonlight, Leonard again
encountered Penny, who had a flashlight. The two of them set off to
explore. Tess then received a visit from Dottie, the angel of
etiquette, and learned God had big plans for Monica and herself.
Meanwhile, after getting lost, Leonard and Penny spotted a police car.
Unfortunately, the state trooper inside, Andrew, had bad news for the
boy: his father had died in a car accident. Distraught, Leonard ran
off into the night. Tess encouraged Monica to reveal herself to the
lad, but he rejected her message. Penny, however, found and comforted
her friend.
Back in the
present, Monica realizes Grace was actually Penny grown up. The angel
tells Leonard her inability to help him grieve back then prompted his
relationship with his future wife. Now Monica can help console him
after Grace's death because "sometimes, all an angel can do is
cry with you."
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