Courageous Page #8

the right answer.

I've been looking for someone

to manage Inventory and Shipping.

You were the last person on my list.

But I need somebody I can trust.

Will you take the job?

We'll adjust your pay.

I would be honored to, sir.

Good. Then the job is yours.

Walter will go over

the specifics with you.

I'll make the announcement

to the staff on Monday.

Congratulations, Javier.

Oh, and, Javier.

Thanks for your integrity.

It's rare.

Well done, Javier.

After six times,

I was getting discouraged.

No, no. Please, God, no.

Carmen, be strong for him.

Hello?

Carmen.

Javi, it's okay, baby.

It'll be okay, we'll make it.

We'll get through this.

No, Carmen, listen to me.

The Lord knew

we were gonna go through this.

I was not let go.

I know, baby. It's okay.

Carmen, you're not listening to me.

They did not fire me.

They promoted me.

What?

It was a test, Carmen.

They made me a manager.

And they're gonna raise my pay.

A test?

I was promoted, Carmen.

Everything is gonna be okay.

What's wrong, Mommy?

- Are you okay, Mommy?

- I'm okay. We're all okay.

I love you, Carmen. And tell

the children I love them too.

And that God answered

our prayers.

I'll tell them, Javi. I love you too.

I'll talk to you soon.

Hey, sarge, you called me?

Yeah.

They're still doing motions,

and I gotta get back to testify.

Would you mind running these down

to Evidence for me? Appreciate it.

Okay.

Sarge?

What are you doing?

Adam.

So it's you.

This is what

you've been doing?

What? Rechecking the count

before I turn it in?

No, no, no, don't lie to me. You

got bags in your pocket right now.

You're not gonna

turn me in.

You'd just make a big, ugly mess

and embarrass the entire department.

Besides, it'd be

your word against mine.

No, it wouldn't.

Oh, I see. You've thought

this whole thing out.

Two cops camp out

to bust their friend.

What have we been doing

the last month?

What did you commit to?

Don't you throw that in my face!

I work hard to provide,

and 36,000 a year doesn't cut it.

You'd do the same thing.

I wouldn't do the same thing.

Does your word mean nothing?

You signed the same thing we did.

You're throwing it down the toilet

for an extra thousand a month?

Adam.

You've been lying to all of us, Shane.

Your friends, your son, to God.

Adam.

I'm a fellow officer and a friend.

You do not wanna do this.

You're right. I don't.

- Turn around.

- Put your hands on the wall.

- What?

- You're under arrest.

This is a mistake.

This is a mistake.

You're gonna burn us all.

Is that what you want?

Is that really what you want?

Let's go, let's go.

Is this what you want?!

We all agreed, Adam.

We are doubly accountable.

I'm gonna have the fillet,

medium well, with vegetables.

Very good, sir.

I'll be back with your appetizer.

Thank you.

Wow. Daddy, this place is nice.

Isn't it expensive?

Well, tonight's a special night.

It's worth it to me.

Well, what's so special

about tonight?

I brought you because I wanna tell you

how grateful I am God gave you to me.

I see my daughter becoming

a beautiful young woman.

And I can understand how any

young man would be drawn to you.

But I would also like for you

to know that as your father,

I want the very, very best for you.

One day I'll give you away

to another man,

and I want that man

to love God more than anything.

Because if he does,

then he'll love you.

And I know

how young men think.

They wanna win your heart, but

they don't know how to treasure it.

So I'd like to make

an agreement with you.

Okay.

Jade, if you'll trust me with your heart

and allow me to approve any young man

that desires to have more

than a friendship with you,

I promise to take care of you

and give you my full blessing

when God shows us

the right one.

Okay.

I will.

Thank you.

I have something to help us

to remember this night.

Daddy.

Jade, will you give me

your left hand, please?

Daddy, is this real?

Yes, it is.

This is meant to be worn until

it's replaced by your wedding ring.

Jade, I love you, sweetie.

And from this night on,

I wanna treat you like

the young woman that you are.

Daddy, thank you so much.

I love you too. I love you.

Hey, Shane.

Can't tell you what it's like

to be on this side of the glass.

Shane, I'm sorry.

Don't apologize.

I knew what I was doing.

I guess somewhere along the way,

I let go of the wheel.

And now I couldn't get it back

even if I wanted to.

Shane, you've gotta get right

with God first.

And then you've gotta get right

with your son.

I've lost him, Adam.

No, you haven't lost him.

He's hurting,

but you haven't lost him.

You have to help me with Tyler.

He, uh...

He needs someone

to look out for him.

I'll look after him.

You have my word.

I don't want him to be like me.

Adam...

I'm sorry.

Forgive me.

Please.

I forgive you.

Listen, I'll come see you again,

all right?

Okay.

Hey.

Don't ever let go of the wheel.

Never.

I picked up the mother lode.

Gotta get to the house, meet Tyrone.

How much?

Man, 40 stacks, dawg.

Forty stacks?

T.J., that's crazy, man.

We ain't playing

Little League no more.

We're going prime time. Tell him.

That's right, dawg.

- I got two keys in the trunk now.

- Two kilos?

That's right. We told you,

we ain't playing.

All we gotta do is

go cook it up.

- Heh. It's Adam.

- Yeah?

- We were just talking about you.

- Yeah, where are you guys?

Coming up on Denson.

I'm three miles behind you.

We gotta talk

about this Father's Day deal.

Can you come over this week?

Already talked about that.

Since you came up with the

resolution, you're the spokesman.

- It's only fair.

- Heh, heh, heh.

No, we didn't agree to that.

We gotta vote.

No, we already voted.

David and I chose you, and look,

you know Javi's gonna go with us.

Ha, ha, ha.

If I do this, you owe me dinner.

I gotta go. We'll talk about this later.

I got a green Cadillac

with a blown taillight.

- Light them up for me.

- Yeah, I got you.

I'll talk to you later.

Hold up, man. What is this cop

doing? I ain't even speeding.

We can't do this.

Yo, dawg, they bust us this time,

that's an automatic 10 years.

Ten years?

Yo, what you gonna do, man?

I just gotta get off this road.

I'll take him out

before I go back to jail.

Take him out? You gonna shoot him?

Look, you wanna go to prison?

? Huh? Because if he searches this

car, that's where you're going.

What is he doing?

He better pull over before I get him

for more than a taillight.

Go ahead and call it in.

Yeah.

We can't do this, man.

We can't shoot no cop.

We ain't got no choice,

Derrick. Be cool.

You want me to take this?

No, I got it.

All right.

There's two of them, T.J.

We can't shoot both.

Shut up, man.

You'll do what I tell you to do.

Oh, man, I know this cop.

He about to get

what he got coming to him.

T.J., that's Jade's daddy.

Sir, I need you to turn off the

vehicle, put your hands on the wheel.

The reason I pulled you over is that...

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