Angel Falls

Four weeks after the accident, on Liam and Mikaela’s 10th anniversary, the first snow falls. Liam leaves his medical office early and goes to the hospital. In Mikaela’s room, he brings a photo album and an anniversary gift of tickets to Paris. Jacey arrives with a blank anniversary cake, explaining that Mikaela always wrote the message. She reminds her mother that “they” married Liam 10 years ago. Jacey also tells her dad that she saw him sit at the piano the other night, which prompts Liam to reflect on the fact that he has been unable to play since his wife’s accident. Then, they talk about Jacey’s upcoming winter dance, and Liam suggests that she wear one of Mikaela’s dresses.

A call from the elementary school interrupts them. Liam rushes there to find Bret in the nurse’s office with a black eye, having fought a classmate for saying Mikaela was a vegetable. Admitting to himself that he has been avoiding the hospital, Bret fears that his mother is already gone, and he does not want to remember the accident.