God's Here (2024) Movie Script
1
- Hey everybody, can
I have your attention?
We've got an early Christmas
gift for a special someone.
Jack Gilmore, we appreciate
your 10 years of service
to the Granbury Fire Department.
We have a challenge coin we'd
like to present you with.
To the craziest of the two
brothers.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Hey, I'm home with the
tree!
- Wow, that's a big tree.
- Finally!
- Alright.
Whoa, phew.
- Oh wow, it's perfect.
- It's great, huh?
Put it right down here
where we always put it,
right in front of the
windows, can see the water.
Awesome.
Man.
It is cold outside.
What you drawing, bud?
- Dad, it's your Christmas card.
Don't look.
- Christmas is like three weeks
away.
- Can we decorate the tree?
- Oh, I gotta go back to work,
buddy.
- We can string the lights.
- Okay.
- Tomorrow, you and me all day.
- We're supposed to bring a gift
tonight
to put under the tree for the
orphan kids.
- I totally forgot to pick
something up.
- I got an idea.
Let's see what I got here.
I think this will work.
- Cool.
- Wrapping paper is under my
bed.
Jack, you made that.
That's special to you.
- I'll make another one.
- So sweet.
- I'm selling my guitar.
- What about your music?
What's this?
- You know those songs
I sent to Nashville?
They didn't take one.
- Well, I think you should
never give up on a dream.
- I got it.
- I fight fires, Mary.
Try and make Granbury a better
place.
And I have the most
beautiful wife in the world.
- Ew.
- Ew?
What are you oohing about?
What you got going over there?
- We didn't have any
Christmas wrapping paper left.
I found this.
- What is this?
- I guess they could be
Christmas hearts.
- Well, dang dude, that's cool.
- I think it's perfect.
- Gimme that.
- Oh shoot, I gotta go to work.
- Can I go to work with you?
- Not tonight, buddy.
- You always say that.
- I do.
Next time you're gonna come to
work with me, I promise you.
- You promise?
- Promise.
I love you, buddy.
- Love you too.
Okay, now you gotta go.
- All right, I'm going to work.
Let me get my jacket on here.
Oh, boy.
- That's a great color.
Good job staying in the lines.
- Hello.
- Hey, how's the new
family?
- It's great, they're good
to me.
We even have a movie theater.
- Cool.
- How's the orphanage?
- I turned 18 today.
I'm officially an adult, I'm
out.
- Oh, that's right.
Happy birthday.
- Do you think they
have an extra room for me
at your house?
- I don't think so.
- Yeah.
- Where will you go?
- I'll figure it out.
Wanna have some fun?
- Like what?
- Joy ride, Jimmy's Jeep again?
Yeah, can you sneak out?
- Yeah.
- Cool, okay.
Meet at the square.
- Come on, Bobby,
we don't wanna be late.
- Huh?
So that's where Santa Claus
comes from.
Did you know Santa Claus
came from St. Nicholas?
- No!
- No way.
- It says right here.
- No, really?
- Yeah.
It must be true.
- Wow, history.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Want some donuts?
- You know Jack, I
think I would like some.
- Let's go, come on.
A fresh pot of coffee.
- All right, I do like that.
Thank you, Jack.
- I got you back.
The old Brillo pad on a string
trick.
- Yes, you did.
- Good evening, everyone,
and thank you so much for coming
out
to celebrate the Christmas
holidays with us.
And who better to help us do
that
is our very own mayor of
Granbury, Jim Jarratt.
- Thank you, Stacey, appreciate
that.
Tonight I want to welcome each
of you
to our annual Christmas tree
lighting.
I am so thankful for the support
of this beautiful community,
a community of volunteers.
And because of that support,
children who might not have had
a gift
under a Christmas tree
have a gift under their
Christmas tree.
There is truly a Christmas heart
in each and every one of you.
- What are orphans?
- Children without parents.
They don't have moms and
dads to get presents from.
- I don't need a present this
year, Mom.
I know Christmas is
about the birth of Jesus.
- Do you remember the story?
- Hmm, Mary was doing laundry
and the angel Gabriel said,
"Mary, you're gonna have a
baby and his name is Jesus."
Mary says, "I'm not gonna have a
baby.
I'm too young and I'm not
married."
Then Mary and Joseph went to
Bethlehem
where Joseph went to high school
I think.
They were riding a donkey
or camel or something like that.
Not a car 'cause they didn't
have cars or cell phones.
The inn keeper says, "No rooms
are left.
We are at full capacity,
but we have a room in the
stable," a stable is like a
barn.
And that's where Jesus was born
in hay,
in a barn with the animals.
At least that's how I remember
it.
- That's very good, Bobby.
- Yeah, I got an A plus.
- Ooh, the
cute boy just texted me.
- What cute boy?
- The one from the market.
- I don't remember a boy.
- Ooh, he just kissed me.
- Now if you'll join me, we'll
light at the Christmas tree.
Are you ready?
Alright.
Five, four, three, two, one!
- Bobby, put your seatbelt
back on right now.
- I dropped my present.
- Bobby, now.
- It's not working.
- Krissy, look out!
It's a boy.
- Are you okay?
- I think so.
- We gotta go.
We gotta go.
- We can't leave, there's
still someone in the car.
- But we gotta go, CJ.
We gotta go.
- Oh, Lord.
I'd like to report an accident.
It's bad.
- Station one,
respond.
Major accident with entrapment.
Ruth Smith and Elliseo Drive
Ruth Smith and Elliseo Drive
Station one respond, type two.
- Hey Mary, it's Jack.
Yeah, I got a call, so I just
wanted to say I love you.
You tell Bobby, don't you
hang one bulb without me.
I'll see you in the morning.
I love you, bye.
- What do we got?
- Both victims are deceased.
This was our paramedic first on
the scene.
- Yes sir, both are deceased.
- Looks like a hit and run.
One car plowed into the other,
the other being that car over
there
- Looks like the other
was able to drive off.
- Yeah.
- It's not good.
- The deceased is a female and a
child.
Most likely a mother and a son.
- God help me.
That's Mary Gilmore.
That's Jack's wife.
- Jack Gilmore from the church?
- Yeah, local fireman.
- That guy was a hero.
Him and his brother Luke,
they pulled a kid out of a
burning house.
- Alright, don't notify Jack
yet.
I'm gonna call his younger
brother Luke.
Maybe I'll soften the blow.
Tape it off, we got a crime
scene here.
- All right, I'll call
it as a hit and run.
- This is gonna be the hardest
day of that man's life.
- Yeah, Luke?
- Yeah, it's Luke.
- Kent Powers.
Look, there's been an accident.
Mary's been in an accident.
It's not good.
- You okay?
- Yeah, we're good.
- You sure?
- Yeah, why?
- Station one on
scene, station one on scene.
- It's Jack, cut 'em off!
- Jack.
Hey, hey, let me get this, Jack.
I got this.
- Get off me!
- No, Jack, let me get-
- Get off!
- Hold on.
- What are you doing?
- We got this.
We got this.
- What do you mean?
You got what?
- You can't go down there, Jack.
- What do you mean I can't go
down there?
- You can't go down there,
Jack. You can't go down there.
- It's my wife's car.
- No, Jack, no.
- That's my...
- Jack, Jack, Jack, I'm sorry.
Your wife and son are gone, I'm
sorry.
- No.
- No, Jack...
- Krissy didn't see the
stop sign.
- I was texting and I just
looked down for a second.
- It was just for a second, I
swear.
- What about the other car?
- I think someone died.
It's not good.
- What are we gonna do?
What now?
- You just have to go
home
and act like nothing happened.
- Hey.
Oh, hey.
- Hey.
I put the lights on the tree.
- I like the blue.
- Yeah, it's different.
- Oh, it's cool.
I like them.
You know I got you a
present and I ordered online
and it got here early.
- Dad, we can wait till
Christmas.
- It's just a little something.
- A new car stereo.
- Yeah, we can put it in later.
- Okay.
- Well, it's been a rough day,
so I'm gonna hit the hay, okay?
- Okay.
I love you, dad.
- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.
- Detective Powers gave
me this.
He wanted me to give it to you.
- Can you put it under the tree?
- Yeah.
Hey, Jack.
- Hey.
- Ready to go?
- Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Any updates on the Gilmore
case?
- We're looking for matching
paint on vehicles around town,
dents in cars, talking to
locals,
see if they heard anything.
But I can't seem to find a
car with front end damage.
- Looking more and more like a
dead end.
All right, just keep me in the
loop, okay?
I'm gonna talk to them.
- Okay.
- Gentlemen.
- Is there any news?
- No, I'm sorry.
I wish we had something.
- Why would someone just
hit a car and drive off?
- I really don't know.
You can only hope that
eventually it catches up to them
and they break and turn
themselves in.
Hey, we're not giving up.
We're gonna find out who did
this.
- Thank you.
- Hey!
- Hey, dad.
- Where you going?
- See a friend.
- Ah, where are your wheels?
- In the school shop for extra
credit.
- Oh, do you want me to give you
a ride?
- Nah, I'm all good.
- Alright.
I'm proud of you, son.
- Thanks, Dad.
- What are you doing here?
- Let's go.
Krissy, I texted you.
- I didn't get it.
- Oh, this time you don't get
it.
But when you want to borrow my
car.
My dad got me an early Christmas
present.
You know what it was?
A car stereo.
I have been blowing him off
because he keeps telling me he
wants to install it with me.
- I googled hit and run.
You know what it said?
Five years jail time just for
leaving the scene of a crime
and 20 if someone dies.
- No!
- Do you know what a willow tree
is?
- No.
- A weeping willow tree
has limbs that bend
to protect it from the wind.
It can protect itself from any
harm.
Your father and I would sit
under this tree at the park
when we first met and he
would play me his guitar.
- Dad was a rock star?
- No, but he loved to play his
guitar.
He was pretty good.
- Do you think he'll play for me
one day?
- You are his biggest fan.
I'm sure he will.
- Hey, Jack.
- LC, how you doing?
- Good, how you doing?
- I'm doing good, I love coming
here.
Some Texas music, something
good.
- Yeah, we got some of the
greatest guitar players for
sure.
- You do.
- What can I get you?
Whiskey.
- Whiskey.
Yeah, it's good seeing you.
- Good to see you.
Hey, I'm sorry for your loss.
You know we're all praying for
you.
- Thank you.
I'm good, I'm good.
- I'll get that whiskey for you.
- Hey, can I borrow your guitar?
- Yeah.
- It's a fender.
What's your name?
- Tom.
- Thomas.
Thank you.
You wish me luck.
- Good luck
Good job, good job.
Come on chair, moving on me.
The chair's taking off on me
here.
So...
Thank you.
- Is that Jack?
- So much for a quiet night.
- Jack, Jack!
Jack.
- Hey.
- Jack, hey, come on.
Let's go and go back inside,
man.
Come on man, let's go inside.
Jack.
- Hold on now.
Whoa.
- Jack.
- The keys.
- Jack, I don't think you
should get in that truck.
- It's my truck.
Who else is gonna get in it?
- Don't get in the truck, Jack.
- Jack.
- You know I love you.
- He got in the truck.
- Shoot.
- I love you too.
- I'm good.
I'm good, coming out.
Got my keys and...
I'm good.
- Jack, come on back
here.
- Woo!
Oh.
- You are following me
- Jack, you jumped a curb.
- Yeah.
And I think I took out Santa.
- You did.
- I did.
- Yeah.
- Jack, you've been drinking?
- I have been drinking a little.
- You're drunk.
- I am pretty drinking.
Pretty drunk, yes.
- We're gonna have to take you
in.
- Okay.
- Gimme your keys.
- Go and stand up.
- Never, never been
arrested, I don't think.
Think.
- Hey Jack, here's your stuff.
Here.
There you go.
I followed him outta the bar.
He was obviously drunk.
I gotta keep him and the road
safe.
- I understand.
- I went ahead and towed his
car.
It's in the impound and we
can figure it out later.
- Thanks
- Luke, he needs help.
- Help?
He needs closure.
This driver's still out there.
What if he does it again?
- We're doing the best we can
to try and find the other car
involved.
- Just do a little better, if
you could.
- Luke, I took a drunk
driver off the road.
You know where that could have
gone.
- Hey, Kent!
Still no news, huh?
You know I'm not the bad guy
here.
I'm the good guy who had a few
too many.
You never had a few too many?
Your wife ran off 'cause you're
an angel?
- Don't bring my wife into this.
Jack, does it make you feel
better,
taking your anger out on me?
- Okay, stop, come on.
They're working on it, come on.
- Next, Jack Gilmore, please
come forward.
- You have been charged with
driving while intoxicated.
How do you plead?
- Judge, if I may.
- You may.
- Mr. Gilmore has no prior
record.
As a matter of fact, he
is a decorated fireman.
- A decorated fireman who drank
alcohol
and got behind the wheel
of a motorized vehicle.
You need to understand
that your actions can cause loss
of life.
- He understands, your honor.
- How do you plead?
- Guilty.
- The court orders you 200
hours of community service.
- Thank you.
- Dear Dad, thank you
for always taking care of us.
I love you so much.
And I love that you love mom so
much,
even though you guys kiss too
much.
- Oh, God.
- This is the best
Christmas ever.
- Oh, God.
Oh, God.
- Love, Bobby.
- Dearest Jack, I can't
imagine life without you.
- Yeah.
- Our son adores you
and I see so much of you in him.
- Help me!
- I love the life we
built
and the joy that never leaves.
Even in hard times, no
matter what happens,
we will always have each other.
- Help me, please!
I'm sorry.
God, God!
- I believe in you.
- Help me, God.
- And I'm with you
forever.
- Thank you.
- Oh, boy.
So let me guess, this
is your handiwork too?
- Who's asking?
- Jack.
You know I have to paint over
this.
- That's not my problem.
- Fair enough.
So you don't believe in God,
huh?
- Why should I and why do you
care?
- Because I've been there.
So what is this place?
- This is my home for now.
- So why here?
- I did five months on Main
and then a year on Central.
And then there was that
dump on Fifth Street.
They had movie night though
and they played some pretty
good flicks, like "Home Alone."
- Keep the change, you filthy
animal.
- Yeah, I've seen that
one like a hundred times.
- I love that movie.
- Yeah, it's my favorite.
- Me too.
- I'm Krissy, by the way, if you
care.
- I do.
Can I sit?
- So I told you my story.
What's yours?
- Well, I'm not a painter for
one.
I'm a fireman on leave who
got into a little trouble,
but since we're bonding...
- We're not bonding.
- Okay, I'm here on community
service.
- What are you in for?
- Well, let's see.
I got a little buzzed.
I got behind the wheel of my
truck and a cop pulled me over
and now I'm painting a gym.
- Hm.
- Well, I guess since
we are bonding now...
My mom and my dad and I, we were
happy.
We lived on Old Cardinal Road
and it was a normal middle-sized
home.
But the last thing I remember
was laying out cookies for
Santa.
And then everything else
after that was a blur.
I woke up and flames were
everywhere.
I was screaming and
screaming and screaming
for my mom and dad, but they
didn't come.
And then I woke up in the
hospital
and mom and dad didn't make it.
And then this lady came and
she put me in my first home
and I cried myself to sleep for
months.
- I'm so sorry, Krissy.
- Yeah.
- When he gets
there!
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, Jack.
- Hey, do we still do that
Christmas
fireman coat drive thing?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- How you doing, Jack?
- I miss you, bud.
- I miss you too, man.
Welcome back.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, welcome back.
- Good to see you.
- Thank you, thank you.
John.
- Miss you, buddy.
- Welcome back, brother.
- Welcome back.
- Good to see you here.
- Come on, guys.
There we go.
Hello, how you doing?
Hey everybody.
How's it going, guys?
Got a little coat drive.
A little pre-Christmas,
a little early Christmas.
- Brought you a coat.
- I'm fine.
- Oh, take it.
And soup.
You want to help?
- Sure.
- You can pass out the rolls,
come on.
- Okay.
- There we go.
- Thank you very much.
- A little soup for the soul.
Soup for the soul.
There you go.
- Gimme some.
- Want some more?
- Yeah.
- Come on.
You hungry?
Some soup here.
There you go.
Two helper.
So, you like jokes?
- If they're funny.
- You want to hear one?
- Do I have a choice?
- No.
Do you know what they say
about the weather in Texas?
- Come on.
Just wait a minute.
It's a stupid joke, Jack.
- Yeah, it's stupid.
- But thanks for trying.
- Okay.
So I'm sorry.
- For what, the joke?
- I was there that night.
- What night?
- Christmas Eve.
The fire.
I pulled you out, but I
couldn't get to your parents.
- That was you?
- Yeah.
You were a little girl.
Yeah, I know what it's
like to lose someone.
- How do you know?
- I just lost my wife
and son in a hit and run.
- I'm sorry too.
Give me just a minute.
- For I know the plans I have
for you, declares the Lord,
- Plans for wholeness and not
for evil,
to give you a future and a hope.
Then you'll call upon me
and come and pray to me.
I will hear you.
You'll seek me and find me.
When you seek me with all your
heart,
I'll be found by you declares
the Lord.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
- This is so sweet, Krissy.
Thank you.
Hey, Krissy.
You know I was gonna go
put some soup on maybe
and start decorating the tree.
- I was just gonna go.
- Where?
- I don't know.
- Come on.
You like soup, right?
- You are the one that likes
soup.
- Go ahead and grab an ornament.
Cool.
This would be nice.
I'm not good at this stuff.
Here you go, here's another one.
Can go on the couch, maybe,
or maybe the back of the couch.
I'll show you these here.
My grandma made me these.
These are handmade.
Gotta untangle them.
Get them all ready.
This is a special one.
This is my wife's.
- Ooh, the cute boy just texted
me.
- What cute boy?
- The one from the market.
- I don't remember a boy.
- Ooh, he just kissed me.
- Krissy, look out!
- Krissy?
I was gonna get some pizza for
dinner.
What are you doing in here?
- It was me.
I was the driver.
I killed your family.
Say something, please.
Jack.
Jack.
Please forgive me.
Please.
- Please go home.
- I don't have a home
- Leave.
- What now?
- The investigation in a hit and
run
that took the life of a mother
and her 10-year-old child broke
wide open
when the car that was used in
the crime
was discovered by a hunter,
Jerry East.
What'd you find?
- I was walking, taking a
shortcut through the wood
to get to the main road when I
discovered
what looked like a jeep in a
barn.
It sure was no tractor.
And it looked like it didn't
belong there.
- Jack Gilmore, a local fireman,
lost his wife and child
in the hit and run.
The car has been found, but
the driver is still at large.
- Hey, Jack.
- Luke, I know who the
driver is.
- Are you home?
- Yeah, I'm here.
- I'm coming over.
- What?
- They found the car that
was used in the accident
hidden in a barn registered in
your name.
It's all over the news.
- What?
- Where's Jimmy's car?
Maybe that's our answer.
- Gimme a minute.
- Hey, Dad.
- Jimmy, you have anything to
say to me?
- Yeah.
- Does this have anything
to do with the accident
that killed Jack Gilmore's wife
and son?
- I was gonna tell you, I hit a
deer,
but I got scared and hid the
car.
I let a friend Krissy borrow the
Jeep
the night you grounded me.
- Do you understand what this
looks like?
- Dad, you didn't do anything.
- I'm the investigator on this
case
and you're my son, Jimmy.
This is serious.
It's a hit and run, double
homicide.
It doesn't get worse than that.
- I'm sorry, Dad, I let you
down.
- I'll figure it out.
Wait here.
We got 'em, Jack.
Krissy Adams has been charged
with the hit and run deaths
of your wife and son.
I've got her warrant right here.
It's what you wanted, right?
- She's not a criminal.
She's a kid.
She made a terrible mistake.
- Yeah, well, it's out of our
hands.
State matter now.
Jack, you know where she might
have gone?
- I know where she is.
- Let's roll.
- Can you guys give me a minute,
please?
- Yeah, go with him.
- Get it all out?
- I think so.
I just wanted to drive a car.
- Yeah.
- I'm so sorry.
- It's okay.
Let's go talk to Powers.
What if I don't press charges?
- Well, if you don't press
charges,
I mean, that would be a huge
influence
in the judge's decision
at the hearing, for sure.
- Why ruin any more lives?
Let's have that hearing.
- You're a good man.
- Do you have
anything to say to the court?
- I never liked Christmas after
the fire.
My heart would just go black
and I was angry, angry at myself
for not being able to save my
parents
and angry at the world.
This man Jack saved my
life almost seven years ago
and this year he saved it
again because he wanted me.
For the first time since my
parents died,
I felt wanted, not because I
wasn't,
but because my heart didn't want
it.
It didn't want anything.
But this Christmas is different.
My heart felt something.
It felt hope and just
understanding for everything.
It felt a purpose and a
reason for all of this.
I guess I just stopped
running and let my heart feel.
Jack taught me that forgiveness
is the greatest act of love
that you can give to another
person.
Just three weeks ago, he
lost his wife and only son
because of me, and he forgave
me when he did not have to.
So thank you.
- These past few weeks
through my own loss,
I've learned a great deal.
Things happen out of our
control.
God takes us on his time, not
ours.
He has a plan.
Mary was my wife, and Bobby was
my son.
We will always be a family.
I will live each and every day
for them.
Granbury is a city that
never stops caring,
a city full of love, giant
hearts.
I hope this year each and every
one of you
finds Christmas inside your
heart.
Thank you.
- I love you, son.
- Bobby wanted this to
go to somebody special.
- I am not worth it.
- Yes, you are.
- Hey everybody, can
I have your attention?
We've got an early Christmas
gift for a special someone.
Jack Gilmore, we appreciate
your 10 years of service
to the Granbury Fire Department.
We have a challenge coin we'd
like to present you with.
To the craziest of the two
brothers.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Hey, I'm home with the
tree!
- Wow, that's a big tree.
- Finally!
- Alright.
Whoa, phew.
- Oh wow, it's perfect.
- It's great, huh?
Put it right down here
where we always put it,
right in front of the
windows, can see the water.
Awesome.
Man.
It is cold outside.
What you drawing, bud?
- Dad, it's your Christmas card.
Don't look.
- Christmas is like three weeks
away.
- Can we decorate the tree?
- Oh, I gotta go back to work,
buddy.
- We can string the lights.
- Okay.
- Tomorrow, you and me all day.
- We're supposed to bring a gift
tonight
to put under the tree for the
orphan kids.
- I totally forgot to pick
something up.
- I got an idea.
Let's see what I got here.
I think this will work.
- Cool.
- Wrapping paper is under my
bed.
Jack, you made that.
That's special to you.
- I'll make another one.
- So sweet.
- I'm selling my guitar.
- What about your music?
What's this?
- You know those songs
I sent to Nashville?
They didn't take one.
- Well, I think you should
never give up on a dream.
- I got it.
- I fight fires, Mary.
Try and make Granbury a better
place.
And I have the most
beautiful wife in the world.
- Ew.
- Ew?
What are you oohing about?
What you got going over there?
- We didn't have any
Christmas wrapping paper left.
I found this.
- What is this?
- I guess they could be
Christmas hearts.
- Well, dang dude, that's cool.
- I think it's perfect.
- Gimme that.
- Oh shoot, I gotta go to work.
- Can I go to work with you?
- Not tonight, buddy.
- You always say that.
- I do.
Next time you're gonna come to
work with me, I promise you.
- You promise?
- Promise.
I love you, buddy.
- Love you too.
Okay, now you gotta go.
- All right, I'm going to work.
Let me get my jacket on here.
Oh, boy.
- That's a great color.
Good job staying in the lines.
- Hello.
- Hey, how's the new
family?
- It's great, they're good
to me.
We even have a movie theater.
- Cool.
- How's the orphanage?
- I turned 18 today.
I'm officially an adult, I'm
out.
- Oh, that's right.
Happy birthday.
- Do you think they
have an extra room for me
at your house?
- I don't think so.
- Yeah.
- Where will you go?
- I'll figure it out.
Wanna have some fun?
- Like what?
- Joy ride, Jimmy's Jeep again?
Yeah, can you sneak out?
- Yeah.
- Cool, okay.
Meet at the square.
- Come on, Bobby,
we don't wanna be late.
- Huh?
So that's where Santa Claus
comes from.
Did you know Santa Claus
came from St. Nicholas?
- No!
- No way.
- It says right here.
- No, really?
- Yeah.
It must be true.
- Wow, history.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Want some donuts?
- You know Jack, I
think I would like some.
- Let's go, come on.
A fresh pot of coffee.
- All right, I do like that.
Thank you, Jack.
- I got you back.
The old Brillo pad on a string
trick.
- Yes, you did.
- Good evening, everyone,
and thank you so much for coming
out
to celebrate the Christmas
holidays with us.
And who better to help us do
that
is our very own mayor of
Granbury, Jim Jarratt.
- Thank you, Stacey, appreciate
that.
Tonight I want to welcome each
of you
to our annual Christmas tree
lighting.
I am so thankful for the support
of this beautiful community,
a community of volunteers.
And because of that support,
children who might not have had
a gift
under a Christmas tree
have a gift under their
Christmas tree.
There is truly a Christmas heart
in each and every one of you.
- What are orphans?
- Children without parents.
They don't have moms and
dads to get presents from.
- I don't need a present this
year, Mom.
I know Christmas is
about the birth of Jesus.
- Do you remember the story?
- Hmm, Mary was doing laundry
and the angel Gabriel said,
"Mary, you're gonna have a
baby and his name is Jesus."
Mary says, "I'm not gonna have a
baby.
I'm too young and I'm not
married."
Then Mary and Joseph went to
Bethlehem
where Joseph went to high school
I think.
They were riding a donkey
or camel or something like that.
Not a car 'cause they didn't
have cars or cell phones.
The inn keeper says, "No rooms
are left.
We are at full capacity,
but we have a room in the
stable," a stable is like a
barn.
And that's where Jesus was born
in hay,
in a barn with the animals.
At least that's how I remember
it.
- That's very good, Bobby.
- Yeah, I got an A plus.
- Ooh, the
cute boy just texted me.
- What cute boy?
- The one from the market.
- I don't remember a boy.
- Ooh, he just kissed me.
- Now if you'll join me, we'll
light at the Christmas tree.
Are you ready?
Alright.
Five, four, three, two, one!
- Bobby, put your seatbelt
back on right now.
- I dropped my present.
- Bobby, now.
- It's not working.
- Krissy, look out!
It's a boy.
- Are you okay?
- I think so.
- We gotta go.
We gotta go.
- We can't leave, there's
still someone in the car.
- But we gotta go, CJ.
We gotta go.
- Oh, Lord.
I'd like to report an accident.
It's bad.
- Station one,
respond.
Major accident with entrapment.
Ruth Smith and Elliseo Drive
Ruth Smith and Elliseo Drive
Station one respond, type two.
- Hey Mary, it's Jack.
Yeah, I got a call, so I just
wanted to say I love you.
You tell Bobby, don't you
hang one bulb without me.
I'll see you in the morning.
I love you, bye.
- What do we got?
- Both victims are deceased.
This was our paramedic first on
the scene.
- Yes sir, both are deceased.
- Looks like a hit and run.
One car plowed into the other,
the other being that car over
there
- Looks like the other
was able to drive off.
- Yeah.
- It's not good.
- The deceased is a female and a
child.
Most likely a mother and a son.
- God help me.
That's Mary Gilmore.
That's Jack's wife.
- Jack Gilmore from the church?
- Yeah, local fireman.
- That guy was a hero.
Him and his brother Luke,
they pulled a kid out of a
burning house.
- Alright, don't notify Jack
yet.
I'm gonna call his younger
brother Luke.
Maybe I'll soften the blow.
Tape it off, we got a crime
scene here.
- All right, I'll call
it as a hit and run.
- This is gonna be the hardest
day of that man's life.
- Yeah, Luke?
- Yeah, it's Luke.
- Kent Powers.
Look, there's been an accident.
Mary's been in an accident.
It's not good.
- You okay?
- Yeah, we're good.
- You sure?
- Yeah, why?
- Station one on
scene, station one on scene.
- It's Jack, cut 'em off!
- Jack.
Hey, hey, let me get this, Jack.
I got this.
- Get off me!
- No, Jack, let me get-
- Get off!
- Hold on.
- What are you doing?
- We got this.
We got this.
- What do you mean?
You got what?
- You can't go down there, Jack.
- What do you mean I can't go
down there?
- You can't go down there,
Jack. You can't go down there.
- It's my wife's car.
- No, Jack, no.
- That's my...
- Jack, Jack, Jack, I'm sorry.
Your wife and son are gone, I'm
sorry.
- No.
- No, Jack...
- Krissy didn't see the
stop sign.
- I was texting and I just
looked down for a second.
- It was just for a second, I
swear.
- What about the other car?
- I think someone died.
It's not good.
- What are we gonna do?
What now?
- You just have to go
home
and act like nothing happened.
- Hey.
Oh, hey.
- Hey.
I put the lights on the tree.
- I like the blue.
- Yeah, it's different.
- Oh, it's cool.
I like them.
You know I got you a
present and I ordered online
and it got here early.
- Dad, we can wait till
Christmas.
- It's just a little something.
- A new car stereo.
- Yeah, we can put it in later.
- Okay.
- Well, it's been a rough day,
so I'm gonna hit the hay, okay?
- Okay.
I love you, dad.
- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.
- Detective Powers gave
me this.
He wanted me to give it to you.
- Can you put it under the tree?
- Yeah.
Hey, Jack.
- Hey.
- Ready to go?
- Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Any updates on the Gilmore
case?
- We're looking for matching
paint on vehicles around town,
dents in cars, talking to
locals,
see if they heard anything.
But I can't seem to find a
car with front end damage.
- Looking more and more like a
dead end.
All right, just keep me in the
loop, okay?
I'm gonna talk to them.
- Okay.
- Gentlemen.
- Is there any news?
- No, I'm sorry.
I wish we had something.
- Why would someone just
hit a car and drive off?
- I really don't know.
You can only hope that
eventually it catches up to them
and they break and turn
themselves in.
Hey, we're not giving up.
We're gonna find out who did
this.
- Thank you.
- Hey!
- Hey, dad.
- Where you going?
- See a friend.
- Ah, where are your wheels?
- In the school shop for extra
credit.
- Oh, do you want me to give you
a ride?
- Nah, I'm all good.
- Alright.
I'm proud of you, son.
- Thanks, Dad.
- What are you doing here?
- Let's go.
Krissy, I texted you.
- I didn't get it.
- Oh, this time you don't get
it.
But when you want to borrow my
car.
My dad got me an early Christmas
present.
You know what it was?
A car stereo.
I have been blowing him off
because he keeps telling me he
wants to install it with me.
- I googled hit and run.
You know what it said?
Five years jail time just for
leaving the scene of a crime
and 20 if someone dies.
- No!
- Do you know what a willow tree
is?
- No.
- A weeping willow tree
has limbs that bend
to protect it from the wind.
It can protect itself from any
harm.
Your father and I would sit
under this tree at the park
when we first met and he
would play me his guitar.
- Dad was a rock star?
- No, but he loved to play his
guitar.
He was pretty good.
- Do you think he'll play for me
one day?
- You are his biggest fan.
I'm sure he will.
- Hey, Jack.
- LC, how you doing?
- Good, how you doing?
- I'm doing good, I love coming
here.
Some Texas music, something
good.
- Yeah, we got some of the
greatest guitar players for
sure.
- You do.
- What can I get you?
Whiskey.
- Whiskey.
Yeah, it's good seeing you.
- Good to see you.
Hey, I'm sorry for your loss.
You know we're all praying for
you.
- Thank you.
I'm good, I'm good.
- I'll get that whiskey for you.
- Hey, can I borrow your guitar?
- Yeah.
- It's a fender.
What's your name?
- Tom.
- Thomas.
Thank you.
You wish me luck.
- Good luck
Good job, good job.
Come on chair, moving on me.
The chair's taking off on me
here.
So...
Thank you.
- Is that Jack?
- So much for a quiet night.
- Jack, Jack!
Jack.
- Hey.
- Jack, hey, come on.
Let's go and go back inside,
man.
Come on man, let's go inside.
Jack.
- Hold on now.
Whoa.
- Jack.
- The keys.
- Jack, I don't think you
should get in that truck.
- It's my truck.
Who else is gonna get in it?
- Don't get in the truck, Jack.
- Jack.
- You know I love you.
- He got in the truck.
- Shoot.
- I love you too.
- I'm good.
I'm good, coming out.
Got my keys and...
I'm good.
- Jack, come on back
here.
- Woo!
Oh.
- You are following me
- Jack, you jumped a curb.
- Yeah.
And I think I took out Santa.
- You did.
- I did.
- Yeah.
- Jack, you've been drinking?
- I have been drinking a little.
- You're drunk.
- I am pretty drinking.
Pretty drunk, yes.
- We're gonna have to take you
in.
- Okay.
- Gimme your keys.
- Go and stand up.
- Never, never been
arrested, I don't think.
Think.
- Hey Jack, here's your stuff.
Here.
There you go.
I followed him outta the bar.
He was obviously drunk.
I gotta keep him and the road
safe.
- I understand.
- I went ahead and towed his
car.
It's in the impound and we
can figure it out later.
- Thanks
- Luke, he needs help.
- Help?
He needs closure.
This driver's still out there.
What if he does it again?
- We're doing the best we can
to try and find the other car
involved.
- Just do a little better, if
you could.
- Luke, I took a drunk
driver off the road.
You know where that could have
gone.
- Hey, Kent!
Still no news, huh?
You know I'm not the bad guy
here.
I'm the good guy who had a few
too many.
You never had a few too many?
Your wife ran off 'cause you're
an angel?
- Don't bring my wife into this.
Jack, does it make you feel
better,
taking your anger out on me?
- Okay, stop, come on.
They're working on it, come on.
- Next, Jack Gilmore, please
come forward.
- You have been charged with
driving while intoxicated.
How do you plead?
- Judge, if I may.
- You may.
- Mr. Gilmore has no prior
record.
As a matter of fact, he
is a decorated fireman.
- A decorated fireman who drank
alcohol
and got behind the wheel
of a motorized vehicle.
You need to understand
that your actions can cause loss
of life.
- He understands, your honor.
- How do you plead?
- Guilty.
- The court orders you 200
hours of community service.
- Thank you.
- Dear Dad, thank you
for always taking care of us.
I love you so much.
And I love that you love mom so
much,
even though you guys kiss too
much.
- Oh, God.
- This is the best
Christmas ever.
- Oh, God.
Oh, God.
- Love, Bobby.
- Dearest Jack, I can't
imagine life without you.
- Yeah.
- Our son adores you
and I see so much of you in him.
- Help me!
- I love the life we
built
and the joy that never leaves.
Even in hard times, no
matter what happens,
we will always have each other.
- Help me, please!
I'm sorry.
God, God!
- I believe in you.
- Help me, God.
- And I'm with you
forever.
- Thank you.
- Oh, boy.
So let me guess, this
is your handiwork too?
- Who's asking?
- Jack.
You know I have to paint over
this.
- That's not my problem.
- Fair enough.
So you don't believe in God,
huh?
- Why should I and why do you
care?
- Because I've been there.
So what is this place?
- This is my home for now.
- So why here?
- I did five months on Main
and then a year on Central.
And then there was that
dump on Fifth Street.
They had movie night though
and they played some pretty
good flicks, like "Home Alone."
- Keep the change, you filthy
animal.
- Yeah, I've seen that
one like a hundred times.
- I love that movie.
- Yeah, it's my favorite.
- Me too.
- I'm Krissy, by the way, if you
care.
- I do.
Can I sit?
- So I told you my story.
What's yours?
- Well, I'm not a painter for
one.
I'm a fireman on leave who
got into a little trouble,
but since we're bonding...
- We're not bonding.
- Okay, I'm here on community
service.
- What are you in for?
- Well, let's see.
I got a little buzzed.
I got behind the wheel of my
truck and a cop pulled me over
and now I'm painting a gym.
- Hm.
- Well, I guess since
we are bonding now...
My mom and my dad and I, we were
happy.
We lived on Old Cardinal Road
and it was a normal middle-sized
home.
But the last thing I remember
was laying out cookies for
Santa.
And then everything else
after that was a blur.
I woke up and flames were
everywhere.
I was screaming and
screaming and screaming
for my mom and dad, but they
didn't come.
And then I woke up in the
hospital
and mom and dad didn't make it.
And then this lady came and
she put me in my first home
and I cried myself to sleep for
months.
- I'm so sorry, Krissy.
- Yeah.
- When he gets
there!
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, Jack.
- Hey, do we still do that
Christmas
fireman coat drive thing?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- How you doing, Jack?
- I miss you, bud.
- I miss you too, man.
Welcome back.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, welcome back.
- Good to see you.
- Thank you, thank you.
John.
- Miss you, buddy.
- Welcome back, brother.
- Welcome back.
- Good to see you here.
- Come on, guys.
There we go.
Hello, how you doing?
Hey everybody.
How's it going, guys?
Got a little coat drive.
A little pre-Christmas,
a little early Christmas.
- Brought you a coat.
- I'm fine.
- Oh, take it.
And soup.
You want to help?
- Sure.
- You can pass out the rolls,
come on.
- Okay.
- There we go.
- Thank you very much.
- A little soup for the soul.
Soup for the soul.
There you go.
- Gimme some.
- Want some more?
- Yeah.
- Come on.
You hungry?
Some soup here.
There you go.
Two helper.
So, you like jokes?
- If they're funny.
- You want to hear one?
- Do I have a choice?
- No.
Do you know what they say
about the weather in Texas?
- Come on.
Just wait a minute.
It's a stupid joke, Jack.
- Yeah, it's stupid.
- But thanks for trying.
- Okay.
So I'm sorry.
- For what, the joke?
- I was there that night.
- What night?
- Christmas Eve.
The fire.
I pulled you out, but I
couldn't get to your parents.
- That was you?
- Yeah.
You were a little girl.
Yeah, I know what it's
like to lose someone.
- How do you know?
- I just lost my wife
and son in a hit and run.
- I'm sorry too.
Give me just a minute.
- For I know the plans I have
for you, declares the Lord,
- Plans for wholeness and not
for evil,
to give you a future and a hope.
Then you'll call upon me
and come and pray to me.
I will hear you.
You'll seek me and find me.
When you seek me with all your
heart,
I'll be found by you declares
the Lord.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
- This is so sweet, Krissy.
Thank you.
Hey, Krissy.
You know I was gonna go
put some soup on maybe
and start decorating the tree.
- I was just gonna go.
- Where?
- I don't know.
- Come on.
You like soup, right?
- You are the one that likes
soup.
- Go ahead and grab an ornament.
Cool.
This would be nice.
I'm not good at this stuff.
Here you go, here's another one.
Can go on the couch, maybe,
or maybe the back of the couch.
I'll show you these here.
My grandma made me these.
These are handmade.
Gotta untangle them.
Get them all ready.
This is a special one.
This is my wife's.
- Ooh, the cute boy just texted
me.
- What cute boy?
- The one from the market.
- I don't remember a boy.
- Ooh, he just kissed me.
- Krissy, look out!
- Krissy?
I was gonna get some pizza for
dinner.
What are you doing in here?
- It was me.
I was the driver.
I killed your family.
Say something, please.
Jack.
Jack.
Please forgive me.
Please.
- Please go home.
- I don't have a home
- Leave.
- What now?
- The investigation in a hit and
run
that took the life of a mother
and her 10-year-old child broke
wide open
when the car that was used in
the crime
was discovered by a hunter,
Jerry East.
What'd you find?
- I was walking, taking a
shortcut through the wood
to get to the main road when I
discovered
what looked like a jeep in a
barn.
It sure was no tractor.
And it looked like it didn't
belong there.
- Jack Gilmore, a local fireman,
lost his wife and child
in the hit and run.
The car has been found, but
the driver is still at large.
- Hey, Jack.
- Luke, I know who the
driver is.
- Are you home?
- Yeah, I'm here.
- I'm coming over.
- What?
- They found the car that
was used in the accident
hidden in a barn registered in
your name.
It's all over the news.
- What?
- Where's Jimmy's car?
Maybe that's our answer.
- Gimme a minute.
- Hey, Dad.
- Jimmy, you have anything to
say to me?
- Yeah.
- Does this have anything
to do with the accident
that killed Jack Gilmore's wife
and son?
- I was gonna tell you, I hit a
deer,
but I got scared and hid the
car.
I let a friend Krissy borrow the
Jeep
the night you grounded me.
- Do you understand what this
looks like?
- Dad, you didn't do anything.
- I'm the investigator on this
case
and you're my son, Jimmy.
This is serious.
It's a hit and run, double
homicide.
It doesn't get worse than that.
- I'm sorry, Dad, I let you
down.
- I'll figure it out.
Wait here.
We got 'em, Jack.
Krissy Adams has been charged
with the hit and run deaths
of your wife and son.
I've got her warrant right here.
It's what you wanted, right?
- She's not a criminal.
She's a kid.
She made a terrible mistake.
- Yeah, well, it's out of our
hands.
State matter now.
Jack, you know where she might
have gone?
- I know where she is.
- Let's roll.
- Can you guys give me a minute,
please?
- Yeah, go with him.
- Get it all out?
- I think so.
I just wanted to drive a car.
- Yeah.
- I'm so sorry.
- It's okay.
Let's go talk to Powers.
What if I don't press charges?
- Well, if you don't press
charges,
I mean, that would be a huge
influence
in the judge's decision
at the hearing, for sure.
- Why ruin any more lives?
Let's have that hearing.
- You're a good man.
- Do you have
anything to say to the court?
- I never liked Christmas after
the fire.
My heart would just go black
and I was angry, angry at myself
for not being able to save my
parents
and angry at the world.
This man Jack saved my
life almost seven years ago
and this year he saved it
again because he wanted me.
For the first time since my
parents died,
I felt wanted, not because I
wasn't,
but because my heart didn't want
it.
It didn't want anything.
But this Christmas is different.
My heart felt something.
It felt hope and just
understanding for everything.
It felt a purpose and a
reason for all of this.
I guess I just stopped
running and let my heart feel.
Jack taught me that forgiveness
is the greatest act of love
that you can give to another
person.
Just three weeks ago, he
lost his wife and only son
because of me, and he forgave
me when he did not have to.
So thank you.
- These past few weeks
through my own loss,
I've learned a great deal.
Things happen out of our
control.
God takes us on his time, not
ours.
He has a plan.
Mary was my wife, and Bobby was
my son.
We will always be a family.
I will live each and every day
for them.
Granbury is a city that
never stops caring,
a city full of love, giant
hearts.
I hope this year each and every
one of you
finds Christmas inside your
heart.
Thank you.
- I love you, son.
- Bobby wanted this to
go to somebody special.
- I am not worth it.
- Yes, you are.