David and Sarah think of the fate of David’s grandparents on their return from the Negev Desert, and prepare for the worst. But the plane lands safely and the passengers, some badly shaken and one or two in neck braces, emerge from the plane. David and Sarah are unharmed. On their drive home, they are nearly killed when a tire from an approaching tractor-trailer comes off, bounces over the median and narrowly misses their car. The tire continues on its wild roll, miraculously hitting no one, and they watch in amazement (David through the rear-view mirror) as it smashes into the back of a small billboard they have just passed (it may be a religious billboard, saying “Visit Your Local Church,” or “Jesus [Heart] You”). They pull out into a gas station to recover from the shock of the incident. David tries to comfort Sarah, who has begun to cry. He tells her he’ll take a side route home, and drive 10 miles under the speed limit. She yells in an angry outburst that they should never have left home; that if they’d stayed where the were, none of this would have happened. She rages against him as he apologizes repeatedly. She asks him how she is supposed to have a baby if he keeps putting her life in danger. Finally, her anger spent, she lets him hold her and asks his forgiveness. She says she is sorry for blaming him, that she really doesn’t hold him responsible. With all the fear and anger stripped away, they feel their love for each other rekindled. She tells she just wants to go home and make love.
