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A hundred times.

And if it's a coin toss...

Look at me.

If it's a coin toss...

that old boy is going

to side with the money.

So, do me a favor, Frank.

Just meet the family.

See how it feels.

It's all I ask.

d Fly away litlle prety bird d

d Fly. Fly away d

Pool. Florida.

- d Fly away... d

- That dock is on the Intercoastal.

- Which I guess is obvious...

- d Little pretty... d

- Since we're on the Intercoastal.

- d... Bird. d

- Added this desk, so she could do homework.

- d And pretty...

- Yeah.

- d And pretty you'll always stay. d

d I see in your eyes, I promise d

So, while I'm trying to sell you

on the house...

and us...

I just don't want you to think that

we're completely insesitive...

to what the feeling.

d But fly away little pretty bird d

You guys gonna be okay with the cat?

Absolutely.

d Loves own tender flame warms this

meeting. d

d And loves tender song you'll sing d

d But fly away... d

I've been thinking a lot about the

word called " compromise".

On one hand, good challenging scool...

on the other...

foster people.

They can watch sitcoms with her.

Take her to Olive Garden.

Teach her to say:

"irregardless. "

The only saving grace is, I suppose,

that she is better off than she was.

Goodbye, Frank.

Come on.

I'm only 25 minutes away.

Please don't leave me here.

- Please.

- No.

You're going to a brand new school.

A better school.

I don't want to.

I want my crummy school.

- And you got Fred.

- Please.

And once a month you can come back and

stay with me and Roberta.

I want you and Roberta now!

And in a few years, if you want...

You can come back. You

can live with me.

I wanna stay with you.

Frank, you promised me.

- Come on. Don't do this.

- You promised me.

I know.

I know.

Please, Frank. Why are you leaving me?

Because the court said I have to.

You know this.

We've discussed this ad naus...

We've discussed this.

Come on.

- Come on. Please.

- No!

- Hey, Mary.

- No!

Hey, Mary.

No! No!

Sweetheart, you know what?

No!

There's no easy way to do this.

Not gonna be as long as

you think, honey.

- Frank.

- You're gonna see.

Frank!

Don't leave me!

- I know this is hard.

- Please!

- Come back!

- Mary! I know.

No!

Frank!

Don't go!

I need you!

Fred needs you!

You promised me!

No!

d Where the cold winter winds don't blow d

Hey, down there.

I don't know which mistake

is worst.

Designing a water pump that leaks

or putting it someone no human being can reach.

How you design something you

know it's gonna fail?

Gotta be devious or clueless,

right?

After the first few weeks, I knew

I had to find a real family for her.

I was in way over my head.

And every day I'd say:

"Today's the day"...

" I'm taking her to child services. "

And every day she'd do

something just...

so unbelievably cool.

Her little personality was exploding.

She was funny.

And she was angry, and she was happy,

and she was...

Sad.

And was cute.

Just so damn entertaining.

And so I kept her.

Not that that's in her best interest.

Not that I'm capable of raising a child.

A child that might still have a mother if I'd taken

the time to notice she needed me.

And now, six and a half years later...

I finally got her to a foster family

and you know what?

It was great. She loved it.

I thought it would be a nightmare

of abandonment and betrayal.

And it turns out it was

a huge success.

I'm f***ing hero.

- Frank...

- No, Bonnie...

I appreciate everything you've done.

Just...

- Hey.

- Hi, Frank.

We're having a little bit of a problem

in there.

What?

Mary's fine...

but she's having a little bit

of a meltdown.

Right. Let me taalk to her.

No, hang on.

That's not a good idea.

Your visit here is the reason

for the meltdown.

What?

She don't wanna see you.

I'm sorry, man.

This is predictable.

You know, she needs time.

Just give me 5 minutes with her.

I let you inside and then we're gonna betray

her trust and have even bigger problem.

ADOPTABLE PETS:

- Hi!

- Hi! Can we help you?

Yeah. Do you have a one-eyed orange

cat named Fred?

We have a one-eyed cat.

But I don't know what his name is.

Where?

I don't know. Today was his last day.

Hey, you can't go back there.

What are you doing back here?

I told him he couldn't.

Hey, Fred.

Who brought this cat?

Some guy. He said it was an allergy

issue.

Evelyn.

Frank?

- Where's Evelyn?

Evelyn? You mean your mother?

- Yes.

- Kevin.

Evelyn is in the guest house.

Yeah, listen.

I'm sorry, man.

Frank, let me tell you.

She was so helpful with the tutors.

- Mary was so distant.

- Hey!

Look, we know what you have against.

Do you want your life back?

Go back inside.

What are you doing here?

Come on, Mary. We're

going home.

No.

You're trespassing!

You need to look at this.

Let's go, Mary.

- Let's move. Come on.

- No!

- Hey, Mary!

- Mary!

It's okay. I got her.

Think again, lady.

A COMPLETE PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE AND SMOOTHNESS

OF THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION Diane E. Adler

Mary!

Mary! Hey, stop it!

No, let me go!

No!

- No, no!

- Stop, Mary.

- Stop, stop!

- No!

- Come here.

- You lied to me.

I know.

- No, no!

- Stop, stop, stop!

I'm sorry.

I made a mistake.

I'm so sorry.

You promised me.

I know.

You promised.

I know. I'm sorry.

You said you wouldn't leave me.

I made a mistake.

I'm sorry.

I was so sad!

I missed you.

I missed you, too.

They took Fred.

No.

It's okay.

I got him. He's home.

What?

He's at the apartment right now.

I got him.

For real?

Yeah, he's home kicking around his

ping pong ball.

Why did you leave me there?

Because I thought I was bad

for you.

And then it dawned on me.

If Mary is this amazing...

smart, sweet human being...

then I must be doing something right.

You're smilling.

Roberta!

Baby.

Of all the stunts you could pull.

- Where are they going?

- Nowhere. Not yet.

You two, out!

- What is this?

- Do you want to know...

how Diane told me she finished?

What is this unconscionable lie?

I walked in the appartment and she was

sitting on the floor...

with that baby in her arms and you know what she said to me?

- Admit it.

You made this up.

- She said:
"What do I do now?"

- No.

. It's not a completed proof...

It is.

No! It isn't! It can't be!

Evelyn, stop!

I'm taking Mary and I'm raising her how I

believe Diane would have wanted it.

- We'll see about this later.

- I realize...

She's not normal, but if Einstein can

ride a bike so can she.

Let just say Diane didn't tell me,

which is nonsense.

It's a Millenium Problem. She would

have shared it with the world.

That's where your charade falls apart.

If she would completed the proof,

she would have published it.

Diane instructed me very clearly.

That I was only o publish it

postmortem.

She died six years ago.

It wasn't her death she was

talking about.

I tried to talk her out of it.

But you know how Diane could be

whenshe made her mind up on something.

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