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They found out the baby wasn't well.

She did the right thing.

Let's get you cleaned up, shall we?

There we are. Oh.

Yeah.

Mm?

I can do it.

[kettle whistling]

Did you sleep?

Not a lot, but well.

Would you like some breakfast?

Oh no, thanks, I have to go.

Hi.

Hi.

How are you doing?

I'm okay, thank you.

How are you?

I'm fine.

Working again.

Yeah, I know.

Do you want to come in?

Sure.

I almost sold the house twice.

It was empty all the time

we lived with Mark.

It was four years, right?

Mm.

Nadia wouldn't let me sell it.

And your boyfriend, is he here?

Yeah, um, yeah, Chris is here.

He's going back to visit

his parents for a little bit,

but he'll be back.

Yeah.

Have you met them?

Yeah, actually.

Um, I met them a few times.

They're really nice.

Are they? That's good. That's important.

Yeah.

Especially if you get married, you know.

The in-laws...

[chuckles] ...you never know.

I don't know if I want to get married.

Really?

- Have you been married?

- Yes, yes.

Yes.

I have two daughters

who are much older than you are.

And, um, uh, three grandchildren.

That's great.

Boys or girls?

Two boys and one girl.

They are handful, you know?

Sure.

They must love you.

This cooking is delicious.

Well, it's been a long time

since I cooked for them.

See how it's white, healthy tissue?

Normal tissue?

After your treatment

and when we did your last test...

See this dark area here?

That means there's metastasis.

Rectal colon area.

It's not really what we'd

like to see after treatment.

So...

Does it make sense

to continue the chemo?

Yes.

Even in complicated cases,

we suggest continuing the treatment.

I would suggest doing another round.

If we don't, this metastasis

will spread throughout your whole...

But it's most likely that it won't help

because it's spreading to other organs.

There's no probabilities with treatment,

but I would suggest doing another round.

I want you to think about it...

but it's really important

that if you're going

to do the treatment,

which I hope you will,

that you do it soon.

[TV playing faintly]

[phone ringing]

[mutes TV]

Hello?

Hi, how are you?

I'm good.

[clears throat]

Yeah. I, uh, I just got my results.

I'm clean. They didn't

find any more spots.

I know. Uh-huh.

They're just gonna follow up

with preventative chemo once a year.

Yeah. No, they're sure.

I know.

No, you don't have to.

Yes, it is. It's great news.

Yeah.

No. Don't worry about it.

Whenever you can.

Okay. Bye.

My daughter.

Before she hung up she said,

"So, you don't need me to

come over at the end of the month."

[unmutes TV]

If you can, pull over.

You want me to get off the freeway?

Yes.

[turn indicator clicking]

You feel like you're gonna throw up?

No.

Look for a bathroom.

[turn indicator clicking]

[water running]

There you go.

[sighs, clears throat]

Something, anything?

Nothing.

Are you sure?

Not hungry.

What did the doctor tell you?

- About what?

- About the treatment.

That you're responding well.

Are you comfortable?

I'm not doing it anymore.

You help me instead.

Well, if you don't want to do the chemo,

I mean, that's up to you.

That's not what I'm talking about.

You care for me?

If you care for me, then help me.

If you helped your son, why not?

You need some rest.

I don't want to do it alone.

Hey.

[Martha sobbing]

[thump]

It's all right.

I'm not going to take chemo now.

[birds chirping]

[dogs barking]

I cancelled the session for tomorrow.

I know.

They called.

Did you think about it?

Yeah.

I'm not doing it.

Then you should go.

I don't want you to help me anymore.

I'll... I'll call Isaac.

[TV playing indistinctly]

[dish clinks]

Do you wanna help us?

Okay.

Did you make the salad?

No. Go ahead.

[closes door]

[car lock chirps]

It's David. Yeah.

So, Martha died.

Mm-hmm. Cardiac arrest.

Um, I'll be gone for about a week.

A week?

Yeah. We talked about this.

A week?

Yeah, we talked about this.

So if it's possible for you to come in

before I leave so you can kind of

get an idea of how we work together.

Um, you know, just to get an idea...

It's not hard, but it's good

if you know ahead of time.

I mean, of course,

I'll always be available

for questions and so on,

but if you could come in beforehand

that would be great. Is that possible?

Yeah.

How is it?

He's sixteen.

He's in a wheelchair.

His coordination's off.

- How is he with you?

- Angry.

Does he need help to eat, or...

Yeah. Yeah, he does.

But he can eat anything?

Pretty much, yeah.

[birds chirping, children playing]

Can I get you anything?

F*** off.

[horn honking]

[vehicles honking]

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