1.1. The Noel Diary

The Noel Diary
Calidad
Velocidad

  • (upbeat music)

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  • (crowd chattering)

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  • - [Woman In Crowd] There he is!

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  • (crowd chattering)

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  • - [Jacob] How's everything doing?

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  • Thanks for coming.

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  • - Could you inscribe it to Sherry, please?

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  • - So is that an I or Y?

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  • - Either is fine.

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  • - Joy Noel.

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  • (phone ringing)

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  • Hello.

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  • - [Man On Phone] Is this Jacob Turner?

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  • I'm the executor of your mother's estate.

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  • She passed last week.

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  • I really am sorry to be the one to tell you.

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  • (pensive music)

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  • - [Rachel] Hello.

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  • - What can I do for you?

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  • - This is the Turner residence, right?

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  • This is a little complicated,

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  • but I'm trying to find my mother.

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  • She used to live here.

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  • She worked for them.

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  • - Your mother worked for my parents?

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  • - From what I can tell, she was actually their nanny.

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  • - She was 17, maybe 18, at the mall.

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  • - Do you remember her name?

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  • - Do you know who would know, your dad?

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  • - It's been over 30 years. The truth is, if I ever saw him,

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  • I wouldn't know what the hell to say to him.

    00:58

  • - Well, maybe if you're up for a drive,

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  • we could script a few lines.

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  • Why is it that a handsome, successful guy like you,

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  • is still single?

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  • Not bad.

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  • - Handsome?

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  • - Don't deflect.

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  • - I've had relationships in the past.

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  • Don't get me wrong.

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  • In the end, I just wasn't what they were looking for.

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  • - Maybe they weren't what you were looking for.

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  • - Excuse me.

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  • Are you two together?

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  • - Oh, no.

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  • Yeah. Well, yeah, we were.

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  • You know, we, we are

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  • - Smooth.

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  • - Jake, do you know what this is?

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  • - It was in a box marked personal.

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  • I just kind of picked it up, I didn't look at, what is it?

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  • - Okay, listen to this.

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  • My name is Noel Ellis.

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  • I'm 17 years old, and I'm having a baby.

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  • My parents are ashamed of me.

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  • - [Noel] And they're ashamed

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  • of the child I'm bringing into this world,

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  • and so I'm leaving.

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  • - This is my mother's diary.

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  • I know it.

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  • Why go through the trouble of writing everything down,

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  • if she was just gonna abandon it?

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  • I need to know if I ever mattered to her.

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  • Maybe you've wondered that about your dad.

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  • - Jake, it's just so hard to talk about.

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  • - You know that saying, time heals all wounds.

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  • It doesn't.

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  • (upbeat music)

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  • - [Noel] Christmas is almost here,

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  • and after that day,

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  • I know my life will never be the same.

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  • What will happen to me?

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  • To us?

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  • - Please tell me the universe really does reward the brave.

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  • - You got this.

    02:36

  • - You got this.

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