Hey, guys.

See? I told you.

Oh, my God, Jess. [hugs him] [sobs]

Where in God's name have you been?

Where have you been?

Mom... I asked you. It wasn't like--

They thought you were dead.

Brenda, hush.

Dead? What's going on?

(long pause)

Your friend Leslie's dead. She drowned in a creek this morning. Apparently, she tried to swing across on a rope, but it broke. They think she hit her head.

No. No, it... it's... It's not that kind of rope. It... It... It couldn't break. It wouldn't have.

But it did. [gets up from the chair and tries to comfort him] I'm sorry, son.

[backs away]

No, you're lying. She's not even dead! You're lying! [throws the book to the floor and runs out of the house to find Leslie]

Jess! [sobs]
[Outside, Jesse sees the police at Leslie's place, believing she's really dead]