INT. STAN’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Holding a glass of ice water, Chuck muses by the fire as STAN listens.
CHUCK
We both had done the math. Kelly
added it all up and… knew she
had to let me go. I added it up,
and knew that I had… lost her.
'cos I was never gonna get off
that island. I was gonna die
there, totally alone. I was gonna
get sick, or get injured or
something. The only choice I had,
the only thing I could control
was when, and how, and where it
was going to happen. So… I made
a rope and I went up to the
summit, to hang myself. I had to
test it, you know? Of course. You
know me. And the weight of the
log, snapped the limb of the
tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even
kill myself the way I wanted to.
I had power over nothing. And
that's when this feeling came
over me like a warm blanket. I
knew, somehow, that I had to stay
alive. Somehow. I had to keep
breathing. Even though there was
no reason to hope. And all my
logic said that I would never see
this place again. So that's what
I did. I stayed alive. I kept
breathing. And one day my logic
was proven all wrong because the
tide came in, and gave me a sail.
And now, here I am. I'm back. In
Memphis, talking to you. I have
ice in my glass… And I've lost
her all over again. I'm so sad
that I don't have Kelly. But I'm
so grateful that she was with me
on that island. And I know what I
have to do now. I gotta keep
breathing. Because tomorrow the
sun will rise. Who knows what the
tide could bring?