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Nope. Frank says I'm not going

anywhere.

Your uncle told you you're not

going anywhere?

Just 15 minutes ago.

So, are we done here?

Not quite yet.

My best friend other than

Frank and Fred is Roberta,

who lives a couple house away.

Really? What's she like?

She's nice and funny.

And I love her.

That's nice.

Is Roberta your only

friend your age?

Roberta's not my age. She's like

40, 50...

30-something.

Roberta's grown woman?

People my age are boring.

Roberta's cool.

Okay.

I don't watch TV.

But I got hooked on

SpongeBob.

Mostly because Roberta

loves it.

And on Saturday nights we watch

the UFC.

The UFC? Is that...

Is that Ultimate Fighting?

Every Saturday.

You and your uncle watch

Ultimate Fighting?

Well, you don't just

watch it.

Frank turns the sound down,

and we do grounting voices.

Sometimes I attack Frank

for real.

Which is really fun for me.

If you guys knew Frank,

you'd leave us alone.

He can be pretty annoying,

but he's a good person.

I think.

Why do you say that?

He wanted me before I

was smart.

Mr. Polland, are you the...

natural father of Mary

Adler?

Yes. Yes, I am.

And how you can be certain of this?

Well, I always knew, but

then you had me...

take a DNA test.

I would offer that the test results has

result of evidence of that...

Mr. Polland is the father and natural

guardian of the minor.

As well as an affidavit...

from Mr. Polland nominating...

Mrs. Adler the maternial grandmother

as the legal guardian of the minor.

No objections.

Mr. Polland...

has Mrs. Adler offered you any

moneytory reward or...

employment for coming forward today?

No, sir. I have a job of

my own.

Thank you. No further questions,

your Honor.

Mr. Polland...

when was the last time you

saw Mary?

I've never seen her.

Why not?

By the time I heard about Diane...

passing...

the baby was gone already.

Well, did you try and

find her?

Best I could.

I couldn't just go and search

the entire country.

Do you use a computer at work?

Sure.

You know what?

Help me out.

Let's google "Mary Adler"

and see what we find.

You know what?

You better add her middle name.

It'll narrow it down.

Eillen.

Yeah, Hit enter.

Page 2.

Second hit.

Would you please tell the court

what you see there?

It's a newspaper article called:

Not so terrible twos.

And one of them is Mary

Eileen Adler.

Same name as your daugter.

Born on the same day

as your daughter.

With a photograph.

In your defense, you'd

never recognize it.

- Your Honor, this is...

- Your Honor.

If there's one thing here

that's sadly obvious it's that...

Mr. Polland has never been a genuine

guardian of the minor

and his nomination of Mrs. Adler is

no less disingenuous.

While the state of Florida gets differents

to nomination by natural parent,

I'm inclined to side with

Mr. Cullen's laptop

at this time.

Thank you, your Honor.

Don't gloat.

Wouldn't dream of it.

Walk you to your car?

You been so proacipate,

I'm almost ashamed to ask.

How's Walter?

You wouldn't believe it

if I told you.

What?

Well, your stepfather is

in Montana.

He bought a ranch.

Bullshit.

Exactly. A man whose idea of

roughing it...

is being too far from the

ice machine at the Rith's Carlton,

now owns a 1000 acres of

grass and dung.

Walter Price is a cowboy.

Walter Price puts Brooke's brother

suit to take out the garbage.

He has a cowboy hat and

cowboy boots...

and a horse that doesn't know

dressage.

Is there some logical reason

for this?

Midlife crisis, apparently.

He's 70.

I know.

Must have been on time

delay or something.

I guess I should be happy it

wasn't 25 year old coctail waitress.

But than again in affair you can

explain to friends in a minute.

For this, you put on a pot of coffee.

And he's out there right now?

Yessiree!

Ridin' the range.

Punchin' doggies.

He had a six gun on

his hip...

and a saddlebag full

of Lipitor.

The fastest asset management

in the West.

The man who shot Liberty

Mutual.

That's what I've been

calling him.

That's really, really funny.

Take her to the airport.

Go home, Evelyn.

Or Montana. Rustle

some cattle.

You know...

I have no desire to

hurt you.

I hate it that we're

at odds.

We're always

at odds.

Yes.

Hotel.

Mary, baby, come on now.

Stop this. Stop this now.

No.

Come on out, honey.

No.

Why did you have to tell her

that Ted was testifying?

Because it's the truth.

And if I didn't,

Evelyn would've.

If I was the dad of a little girl

and I never saw her...

and I was in the same town...

I woull visit her.

Well, I hope you're happy.

He didn't even need directions.

He could've followed

you here.

Speaking of man who aren't

worth a damn.

Doesn't even wanna see what

I look like.

All right.

Put your shoes on.

We're going for a ride.

You too.

A ride?

What are we doing here?

Waiting.

We can see that.

Why?

Because I said so.

How long do we have to

stay here?

As long as it takes.

And keep your voice down.

It's a hospital.

- Food's here.

- Yeah, food is here. Okay.

It's a boy.

Way to go!

That's exactly how it was when you

were born.

This happy?

This happy.

Who came out and told everybody?

I did.

Can we stay for another?

Mrs. Adler, in your earlier

testimony here today...

you painted a pretty dim

picture of your son.

Don't you think?

I'm under oath.

I take no pleasure in it.

So, your son is failer in life,

your daughter took her life.

You know, you're oh for two.

- Objection!

- Withdrawn.

If I got one for three,

I'm in the Hall of Fame.

You know baseball.

Fanway Park.

You know, I'd like to go

there sometime.

How often in a year did

you take Diane to the baseball game?

Diane wasn't interested

in sports.

She never wanted to go to a game?

Ever?

I don't recall her ever

asking.

Just out of curiosity, Fenway,

that's a tough ticket.

Where do you get yours?

My husband has season tickets.

And how long has he

had them?

30 years.

But I've only been married

to him for 20.

And Diane never went to

one game?

What color was the dress Diane

wore to prom?

Diane didn't attend the prom,

Because she didn't attend the highschool.

No prom.

What sports did she play?

As I told you earlier, she

wasn't interested in sports.

- Did she go to camp during the summer?

- No.

- Community swimming pool?

- We had our own pool.

- Girl Scouts?

- No.

Then what did she do with

all that time?

She loved the mathematics.

It was her passion.

She preferred it to all

other things.

All other?

Mrs. Adler, who's

Paul Riva?

He was a boy from the

neighbourhood.

Oh, come on. He was much more

than just a boy from the neighbourhood.

Paul was Diane's first love.

Wasn't he?

I wouldn't caracterize it that way, no.

And how would Diane

caracterize it?

Diane was 17 years old at the time.

She didn't know anything about

love.

Mrs. Adler...

In January in 1989...

didn't Diane and young

Mr. Riva run away together?

He coerced her.

- And where did they go?

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