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You trust him and not your best friend

you've known since kindergarten.

Look, dude... I am not mad

at the whole world like you!

Okay, I just thought that

because you've been around

a person in a chair you'd understand

what this could mean to Adam.

I guess I was wrong.

Farley,

my precious boy.

By the time you

watch this, I'll be gone.

I know right now

this is hard for you,

but one day you'll

understand how lucky we were

to have shared so much

together in such a short time.

Farley, wherever you go, whatever

you do, I'll be with you.

I'll be at the swim meets,

cheering you on.

I'll be in the audience when you

graduate from high school and college.

I'll be there when

you fall in love,

and I'll be in that first

pew when you get married.

And I'll have my arms around

you in the hard times.

I have them around

you right now.

So what I'm trying to do is raise

money to get this wheelchair.

It's really cool, it's like this futuristic

wheelchair that climbs stairs and stuff.

Awesome, thank you very much, Sir.

Have a good day.

So you guys are gonna

take this way, right?

Okay, so we'll grab

some for you.

We are gonna go this way.

Okay, cool.

There you go.

You guys can share them all right?

See ya, guys.

And I was hoping that you'd

help me raise some money

for a charity to get a chair

for an underprivileged kid.

Perfect. Thank you very

much, have a good day.

I was beginning to think you

wouldn't be here to welcome me home.

I had stuff to do.

Well, I wanna know all about

school, how you're doing.

Is steak okay?

It's fine.

It's been a long time since we've

sat down at the dinner table.

And who's fault

is that?

Mine, of course. All that's

going to change, I promise.

Like you promised to be

here for the science fair.

I'm sorry

about that.

Whatever.

It's very good,

William.

I'll tell Marion.

How do you like

your steak?

He likes it medium rare.

They'll be up shortly.

Pretty weak when William knows how

I like my steak and you don't.

Okay I get it,

you're angry with me.

I probably

have it coming.

Probably?

Look, I don't

appreciate this.

I don't think your mother would

want it this way either.

How would you know?

What is that suppose to

mean?

She left a DVD telling us

a lot of things she wanted,

but you've never looked

at it, have you?

I know you lost your mother

the night Michelle died.

I lost my wife.

My friend,

my partner.

The woman I'd spent years with,

building a life together.

When you're an adult,

maybe you'll understand.

I'm pretty sure I'm

adult enough to understand

I lost more

than my mom.

Welcome home.

I see

a little improvement.

Although that's just my

own personal observation.

I'm not a psychologist

or anything.

I was completely

out of line, I apologize.

You're probably in a better position

to judge Farley than any psychologist.

You see him in action

every day.

So you see

some improvement?

Farley and his friends helped

build my son a wheelchair ramp.

That doesn't sound

like Farley.

No, actually

it doesn't.

I think the janitor

talked him into it.

The janitor?

I know it doesn't make any

sense, but somehow he did it.

Adam really appreciates

what the boys did for him.

Farley and Kip are welcome

at our house anytime.

I'll be happy to tell him as soon

as he starts talking to me again.

I've missed a lot

of events in his life.

I think the science fair

was the last straw.

All you can do is keep trying

and hope for the best.

Believe me

I speak from experience.

I find it hard to believe that

you have trouble with your kids.

Kid. Singular.

Adam.

He's still coping with

his father's death.

I'm sorry about that.

Car accident,

a year ago.

My husband died instantly and

for some reason I was spared.

And your son's

in a wheelchair?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

Adam just feels so helpless

with what's happened to him

he's just shut everybody

and everything out.

He doesn't want to do any of

the things we used to do.

He used to cook us

dinner one night a week.

It was a family event

for us.

That's all gone now.

All you can do

is wait and hope that

he'll eventually open

himself up to life again.

You move on as best you can,

in some ways you can't.

May I suggest

something?

Please.

Talk to somebody. It doesn't have

to be a professional listener.

But you should have

somebody to talk to

about what you're

going through.

I'm not very good with

talking about my feelings.

Nobody is,

it hurts.

But sometimes it's the only thing

that'll help ease the pain.

So, find somebody.

Thank you.

I see you still

wear yours.

It's tough

letting go.

Tell me about it.

Mr. Morgan...

Charles,

please.

Charles.

Remember, Farley wouldn't be so

angry if he didn't love you.

I suppose

you're right.

And you can

call me anytime.

Thank you.

Hey, Farley.

What?

I won two free tickets on the radio

this morning to paintball extreme.

You wanna come?

Paintball is lame.

I, I thought you said

you liked paintball.

Maybe last year,

not anymore.

Well, I talked to a bunch of

kids about raising money to

get Adam's chair, still

sure you don't wanna help?

Man, you are full of lame

ideas today, aren't ya?

Lame ideas. No, dude, this is

really gonna help him out.

Why don't you go talk to

Mr. Frost, he's your new buddy.

Why do I have to choose

between the two of you?

Why can't I just work with

Mr. Frost and hang out with you?

Because I don't like him and friends

are supposed to agree on things.

Yeah, like paintball

not being lame?

You're like a one-way street, man.

You just snap your fingers

and expect me to jump?

You know what?

I don't care,

do whatever

you want, man.

Fine, I don't care! Just,

we'll do it without you!

Hey, I thought you might

like some company.

Thanks.

So how you doin'

on that ramp?

You were right. With a rolling

start I can go right up it.

Kipling's poem

about the dog's in there.

I thought you might

like to have it.

Thanks, Farley. Um, what

was its name again?

"The Power of the Dog".

Right, um, I'll get it back

to you as soon as I can.

Oh, no hurry, I know

that poem by heart.

"Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware

of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

"Buy a pup and your money will buy,

love unflinching, I cannot lie.

But, but then later,

it gets really sad.

About when your dog

gets old and dies.

"The spirit that answers to

your every mood, is gone.

"Wherever it goes.

For good.

"You will discover

how much you care,

"and will give your heart

for the dog to tear.

That's really nice,

Farley,

I've never had

a dog before.

But I think I know

what he's saying.

Yeah, well

I gotta run.

I just wanted to

drop the book off.

I'll catch ya later.

Hey, um, maybe do you wanna

come over for dinner sometime?

I don't think your mom

wants me at your house.

Okay.

I don't think she'd

mind though.

I'm a bad influence.

Just ask her.

All right.

See ya.

Gimme the ball. Come on. Ready?

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