:50:00
Ali?
Well, she never looked more radiant.
:50:04
For the rest of the night,
we danced as one.
:50:06
Holding her tightly in my arms,
I felt I was the luckiest man in the world.
:50:11
Could be the highest moment of my life.
:50:14
Was I dreaming it?
:50:17
Any man who thinks he can
read the mind of a woman...
:50:21
...is a man who knows nothing.
:50:26
A month later, I was in Paris working
on the translation of The Godfather...
:50:30
...into French, Italian,
German and Spanish.
:50:35
I called up Ali on the set of The Getaway,
but there was no answer in her room.
:50:40
Jumping up in a cold sweat
from a bad dream...
:50:43
...I called El Paso again.
No Ali.
:50:46
Nah, I said to myself, it couldn't be.
:50:50
Later that afternoon, I connected.
:50:53
Where the hell have you been, baby?
:50:56
"I fell asleep in my dressing room."
:51:00
You're lying, Ali.
:51:03
You're with McQueen, aren't you?
:51:07
"That's right."
:51:08
Well, expect me in El Paso tomorrow.
"It's too late, Evans.
:51:12
You missed the plane a long time ago."
:51:16
I flew out that night to Texas.
:51:18
Joshua and his nanny were
at the airport to greet me, but no Ali.
:51:25
I checked into a hotel 20 miles out of town.
:51:28
Holding back my tears,
I played with my son for the next hours.
:51:32
Ali arrived at 9 that evening.
:51:34
The last thing she wanted was
to spend the night with me. But she did.
:51:39
The next evening,
she didn't return to my border hideout.
:51:42
I sped into town, ran up the stairs
to Ali's hotel and banged on the door.
:51:47
"I need time to think.
Please, let me finish the picture...
:51:50
...and get home, for Josh's sake."
:51:54
On the plane back to L.A.,
I checked my watch.
:51:56
How could I have been
so fucking dumb?
:51:59
It's an hour-and-40-minute flight.
I never once took it...