Blood Ties Page #2

What about you, Chris? Any plans?

Keep the judge happy.

Here where it says "print" and then

the timing when she got here...

I'm gonna... I'm also gonna give

you some forms to fill out.

So, please fill these out.

You keep the pen. Thank you.

What are you doing here?

Well, I didn't know you worked there. I

just wanted to see how you was doing.

What do you want from me, huh?

He's in jail. Don't you feel like you

f***ed things up enough already?

Hey, wait a second. He is the

one who f***ed things up!

Get out of here!

I'm sorry.

You been following me for weeks.

I've seen you.

What do you want, Frank?

Okay.

I been thinking about you a lot. I been

thinking about what's happened between us.

I been thinking about how it ended,

and I've been worried about you,

and I wanted to see if we

could be friends, okay?

I just wanted to see if I

could be there for you

if you needed me sometime.

That's all I wanted, okay?

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Can you be seen with me now?

Can you be seen with

the "colored girl"?

Come on, that's not, I...

You just said it yourself...

- that was a long time ago.

- Yes, yes, yes.

- And that things are different now.

- Leave me alone.

Don't ever come back here

again. Do you hear me?

What's wrong?

Natalie, what is it?

What's the matter?

$40 short.

It's the second time in 10 days.

I already had to spend $50 out

of my own pocket last week.

- You need help recounting it?

- No.

No, I already counted three

goddamned times. It's gone.

Okay, so there's 40 bucks missing.

- It's not the end of the world.

- Yeah, maybe not to you.

There you go, end of story.

- No, no, no. It's... It's not about...

- End of story.

How're you doing?

A bunch of us are going to

dinner. Do you wanna come?

- Sure.

- Well, get in.

Okay, just stop holding onto me.

I lost a lung not a leg.

Rachel, honey, stop over here, and get

me some cigarettes. Would you, please?

Cigarettes? Dad, are you crazy?

Please.

- Hey, Pop?

- Yeah.

- Can I ask you something?

- Sure!

When I went to your house to

get all the stuff for the hospital,

- I found a letter.

- Yeah.

Uh, from Mom.

And, you know, you

always told us that

- she, she left us and...

- That's right.

Well, the letter, you

know, it's to the judge

and she's begging,

begging him for custody

because I was so young when you...

"When you" what? You was

too young "when you..."

"When you" what? When I what?

When I wouldn't let you grow

up in a whorehouse, huh?

Listen, your mother...

Your mother was a b*tch!

She was a real b*tch.

She beat the sh*t out of

your brother and sister

on a daily basis with whatever

she had in her hands.

She was a violent drunk, she

was a twisted, f***ing slut!

And it was because of

your f***ing safety...

It was because of your safety

that I kicked her out.

Your safety. Yours.

So you have... You have no

memories of her! You got none!

You have none, and if you did,

you'd throw up. I promise you.

When she died,

it didn't matter to me,

it didn't matter to... to her.

It didn't matter to any of us.

Well, look, just stay

out of the past, son.

Just stay out of the

God damned past

and... and live your

own life now, okay?

Please.

Please, okay?

Okay. Let's go, honey.

Come on, Ven, Ven, Ven,

Ven, Ven. Come on!

Hiya, pumpkin. How you doin', huh?

- Hi, Daddy.

- Hey.

She has an ear ache.

- Oh, has she got a fever?

- Yeah, but it's going down.

Hey. How are you?

- How are you? Are you all right?

- What's it look like?

- How are you? You need anything?

- No.

Wait. Look what I got for you.

- You like it?

- Yes.

There it is.

What?

- Is it true?

- What?

That they got nothing?

No. I mean yes, it's true, yeah.

You promised me.

You said this wouldn't happen.

And look where we are now.

- Babe, babe.

- I can't, Anthony.

- I can't do it again, okay?

- Babe, babe.

They got nothing, all right?

They ain't got sh*t.

I'm getting outta

here soon. Trust me.

F***er!

- You get out, you don't even call me?

- Jesus, Mike.

Where the f*** did you come from?

- Good to see you.

- Hey! Hey!

What're you doin'?

Chitchat?

We're paying you to chitchat? You wanna

chitchat, you go back to prison.

You're paid to work, so get

a f***in' move on! Okay?

Let's just go back to work, okay?

What the hell is goin' on?

What do you wanna know?

- Please, don't be mad.

- I'm not mad. I asked you a question.

You wanna know what I did?

Why I went away?

Yeah.

I got 12 years for killing a guy. He

raped and killed a woman I was with.

Listen, I spent most

of my f***ing youth

in correction houses and

prisons, that's who I am.

You wanna leave, leave.

The few times I've seen my

father, he was behind bars.

But what I hated the most is

that he always lied to me.

I'm not sure I can get past this.

But if you want me to,

you gotta always be honest

and you gotta tell me the truth.

Yep!

Hey, Frank, there's a

woman here to see you.

Oh, about what?

She says it's private.

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Hey.

Look, I'm...

Uh, I'm sorry about the other day.

I don't want any trouble.

Why, am I trouble right now?

Please, Vanessa, I can't

really talk right now, okay?

I'm working, all right?

Oh, so you can come to my work

but I can't come to yours?

Don't touch me.

You want some help, Frank?

No.

You wanna go for a drink?

I'll be outside.

You want something to drink?

No. You locked up the wrong guy.

Vanessa, listen to me.

No, you listen to me.

I wanna know one thing.

Is it because of me

that you locked him up?

Is it because of us?

What are you talkin'...

You know exactly what

I'm talking about!

Do you think I could actually

do that even if I wanted to?

Do you have any idea how much

evidence we got against him?

No. You got nothing.

You don't know Anthony.

He's a good man.

Yes, he was trouble but

that's all in the past, okay?

You have no idea what

this man has done for me,

for my mother when she

was sick, for my family!

When he got out,

he promised me that

he was gonna stay clean

for me and for my kid.

I understand.

Some guys,

they don't keep their promises.

You're right, they don't.

- Where's the bathroom?

- Straight back.

- Stop following me!

- I'm not following you!

- Just stop that!

- Don't touch me!

- Just stop... All right, all right!

- Don't touch me!

- Let me just...

- I don't ever wanna f***ing see you again!

You understand that?

You f***ing left me...

- I... I didn't leave you!

- You left me!

I didn't understand myself, I was

stupid, all right? That's all!

Why do you wanna f***ing

come back into my life?

You f***ing screwed up once,

and now you wanna f***ing take away the

one f***ing guy that has been good to me?

I have a kid with him!

You f***ing... You don't

f***ing understand!

For you, I was like... Oh

yeah, a good f***ing deal!

Do you know what it was

like every f***ing year?

I f***ing hate you. I hate you.

Hey.

No, no, no!

I wanna be with you.

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