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Paul :
I don't think we've been properly introduced. I'm Paul
Sutton.
Victoria : Victoria Aragon. I'm sorry about the bus.
Paul : Um...
Victoria : I feel terrible. All the problems I've
caused you. You should just keep going. Who knows what
will happen to you next?
Paul : There's always the possibility of a forest
fire, I suppose. Why aren't you on the bus?
Victoria : My stop.
Paul : You're waiting for a ride.
Victoria : No. No. A miracle. He's going to kill me.
Paul : Who?
Victoria : My father.
Paul : Listen, if you're still worried about that
picture--
Victoria : It's not about the picture. Oh, God.
Paul : Look, it's none of my business, but if you'd
like to talk about it...
Paul : "I was not meant for the conventions of this
world, not meant to be
tied down. I'm a free spirit." Who's a
free spirit?
Victoria : My professor. He and I were...We--We
were...
Paul : I don't know your father, but I don't think
just because some free spirit broke up with
you--
Victoria : I'm pregnant.
Paul : Oh. Oh. You're very upset. I can understand
that. Definitely understand that. But, Victoria, look at
the positive side. It's a new life coming into the
world. That's a miracle in itself, right?
Victoria : "I will kill anyone who dishonors my
family." How many times has he said that? A hundred
times, a million times?
Paul : I'm sure it's just a
figure of speech.
Victoria : It's not. My father means what he says.
Always. He's--He's very old-fashioned. If I come home
this way without a husband, he'll kill me. I know he
will.
Paul : How about if you do show up with a husband?
Victoria : Who does what, comes for the day and then
just leaves?
Paul : Yes, sure. Comes to meet the family, stays one
night, leaves in the morning, puts a letter in the
mailbox saying he's...
Victoria : Abandoned me.
Paul : It happens.
Victoria : You're very kind for trying to help me.
Maybe it might work...but...there's nobody.
Paul : Miss Aragon.Victoria. There's me.
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