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 It
is Ted Capwell who proposes a job at the Abernathy stables to Will
Morton, and this for numerous reasons (by kindness, by envy to hurt Jake
who refused the job, to show to Hayley that he is not so cold as she
thinks, to take Jake away from Hayley). Ted offers him this second
chance to resume a job which pleases him, and to find his son.
Will
appears at Johnny's Place to ask for an advance to Ted, who hurries to
give it to him. But Jake, who is also present, becomes immediately
enraged with his father, accusing him of always looking for false
excuses to pay his alcohol. Very fast, Jake's anger against his father
concentrates on Ted, considering him irresponsible to have hired this
former alcoholic.
Immediately
after, it turns out that Jake is right : Will is surprised drinking and
smoking by Laken, then by Mr. Abernathy. This latter blames Ted for
having resumed this employee, dismissed fifteen years ago, further to
serious mistakes.
Will
comes back a while later, to request an accommodation towards with son.
He was forced to leave the campsite where he lived after having
quarrelled with the manager to have listened to music too loudly.
Welcomed by Jake, Will perfectly realizes that this situation does not
delight him, while he asks only for a two to three days limited
accommodation. Will is obliged to justify himself and to invent a story
to explain the presence of a bottle of alcohol in his bag. The
estrangement between both men persists, because Jake can not forget the
past and his wounds.
After
his son's departure, Will is laid down by a heart attack. He is
discovered by Jake and Hayley, before being driven to the hospital.
There, feeling death close to him, Will offers his apologies to Jake for
the life he gave him. In this hospital room, Jake forgets the past and
admits to his father that in spite of everything, he has never stopped
loving him and admiring him.
One
moment later, Will dies. And to honor his memory, Jake organizes a
private ceremony in the presence of Hayley and their friends. During
this ceremony, we shall learn a little more about Will, of whom the fact
that he was decorated for the Korean War.
Portrait
written for this site by Lilian
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