White Oleander
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:02:00
...has ever been as clear and sharp
as it was when I belonged to her.

:02:06
I don't know how to express that being
with someone so dangerous...

:02:10
...was the last time that I felt safe.
:02:48
The Santa Anas blew in hot
from the desert that fall.

:02:52
Only the oleanders thrived.
:02:58
Maybe the wind was the reason
my mother did what she did.

:03:02
If it was, I wouldn't have known.
I lived in her shadow then.

:03:09
She was the most beautiful woman
I'd ever seen.

:03:13
Everybody thinks that
when they're small...

:03:15
...but she was the most beautiful woman
most people had ever seen.

:03:22
He came into our lives without warning.
:03:25
She ignored him at first.
He wasn't her type.

:03:29
We laughed about him, his persistence.
:03:32
"Never let a man spend the night, "
she said. Never apologize, never explain.

:03:39
She was breaking all her rules.
And it would change everything.

:03:50
What are you doing up here?
:03:53
Come sit next to me.
:03:56
It's the best place to feel the wind.

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