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She's dead.

And I can't stop

thinking that

If you were there to

help she wouldn't be.

Okay you listen

to me a second.

A lovely woman is dead,

yes that's true,

But I loved

her too.

Okay and I'm sorry,

I wasn't there--

She deserves a lot

more from you than "sorry."

Jack.

I wish you two

had never met.

Hey.

Like it or not,

I'm your father.

No you're

not.

A father is someone who

takes care of his family,

who is there for his

family when they need him.

All you are is some guy that got

my mom pregnant and you left.

When I

was seven,

all the kids at school

had their dads come

and talk about

what they do.

And I told everyone

that my dad couldn't make it

because, because he was

an astronaut.

I have never forgot

that feeling,

I just wanted

to disappear.

You've got no idea

what you've lost.

I think

I do.

And I have to

live with that,

every day of my life

because now,

it's too late.

And you believe me, all that

hatred, all that anger

you feel inside toward me I

feel it toward myself tenfold.

Tenfold.

I know I

made mistakes.

I know l

said things

and I know that I can't take

those things back,

but you are a man and I am

asking you,

as a man to please dig inside

yourself and see if maybe

you just can

forgive me.

Give me a shot,

give me a chance

One chance.

What does the Lord say about

forgiveness?

And Peter came

to him and asked,

Lord, how many times

should I forgive someone

who has sinned

against me?

Seven times?

And the Lord said no,

not seven times.

But seventy

times seven.

Now is the time to confess

your sins and ask forgiveness

before it's

too late.

God is good.

Is he Ralf?

Is God good?

God is

always good.

My mom's

dead.

How good

can he be?

What do

you want?

I want my

money back.

I ain't got

your money.

Yeah?

Where's Ryder?

I don't know, he's somewhere,

he's around, I don't know.

Well tell him

I want my money back.

I don't even know why

you're stressing,

you would have lost

it anyways, so,

just chill man.

Tell Ryder, I'm gonna

get my money back.

Yo, you don't belong

out here, alright?

Go back to where

you belong, son.

That's

right, punk.

Come on.

Where'd you keep

this at, Mom?

Why would you

do this to me?

Did I do something

to deserve this?

I want

to die.

See what your plan

is for me now, God.

Caleb?

Caleb?

Are you

here?

Caleb?

Caleb?

Hey!

Caleb,

No, no, no, no,

Caleb, hey!

Caleb, hey,

come on!

Wake up, son!

Caleb!

Doctor Sheldon,

this is Jack Sanders,

Caleb's father.

Listen, I'm afraid that Caleb

might have gotten into

some of his

mother's medication

and I would like you

to take a look at him,

because I'm afraid that he

might have overdosed.

I don't know what it was,

but it was only supposed

to be one every

four hours,

and he took a whole

lot more than that.

If you don't mind it's kind

of a sensitive issue.

I'd like you to come to

my house if you don't mind.

Thank you.

Just pumped

his stomach,

He's doing

fine, now.

Vitals are

strong.

He just needs to

get some sleep.

Doc, I found your

cell number

on that card in

his back pocket,

so, can we just,

keep this between

you and I?

Yeah.

He's been

through a lot.

I'm happy to

have helped.

He has, look,

I can't...

I can't thank

you enough.

What--

Take good care

of your son.

Well good morning,

sunshine.

Or should I say

good late afternoon?

Look I got you

a nice,

well, now cold,

greasy cheeseburger.

Great for

a hangover.

Come on down, I'll stick

it in the microwave.

Ah.

Forty-five

minute shower.

You've obviously never paid

a water bill in your life.

Have a seat.

How you feeling?

I feel like,

like a dinosaur

bit my head.

I like that.

That's a

good one.

I like it,

I'm using that.

Can I ask you

a question?

Yeah.

Go ahead,

shoot

Why didn't

you want me?

I was young,

I was stupid.

And I'm

very sorry.

Where's the burger?

I ate it.

You serious?

No, it's in

the microwave.

Heated it up

three times,

it's probably hard

as a rock.

I'll eat anything

right now.

What's that

supposed to mean?

Think that's

really gonna help?

I didn't know anybody knew

about this spot.

They don't

man.

I'm Brian.

Caleb.

So you want to

skate or what?

No, man, I kind of

just wanted to be...

To be alone?

I know how

that goes,

I know how

you feel.

Oh you

think so?

Yeah.

Been to plenty of spots just

like this back home.

I go skate there

all the time.

All by myself,

all alone.

Where's home?

Liverpool,

back in England.

You know when I was

going through some stuff,

the challenges of life,

the things that

I tried to drink away or party

away or smoke away perhaps,

but that never

really helped.

Well then

what helps?

Take it

easy, man.

Good talking

to you Caleb.

Yo.

Thought you

wanted to skate?

Thought you wanted

to be alone?

Grab your board, let's go,

let's go skate.

Your father will not

forgive your sins.

Dear Caleb,

If you are

reading this,

my prayers have

been answered.

I know growing up

without a father

has been very

hard for you

and I know I haven't

always been the best mother.

But I've always tried to do

what I thought was best for you.

I love you

so much,

that I thought if I

made you believe

that your father and

I were a one time encounter

that you would

hurt less.

I know now that I was

wrong for that,

and I'm very sorry.

The truth is, that

I loved your father,

and I still do,

and you were created

from that love.

So I hope you

can find it

in your heart

some day to forgive me.

I love you.

Mom.

Caleb?

Hey Ralf.

Why do you

do this?

Do what?

This, why do you,

why do you live

like this?

It enables me to spread

the word of God.

What about

your family?

It was Easter

Sunday.

Me and my wife and

my daughter were going

on a three day trip to visit

my mother in law for Easter.

Do you like my

dress, daddy?

It's beautiful,

sweetheart.

Are we ready to

go to grandma's?

Yeah!

It's my

secretary,

she wouldn't page me unless

it was really important.

Honey, you promised no

work till we get back.

My secretary

called and

I forgot to sign

off on a case

that had to be postmarked

the next day.

I had to go to

the office.

So I sent my wife and my

daughter to go ahead.

They never

made it.

Drunk driver

crossed the line.

Hit 'em

head on.

I should have

been driving.

My daughter would be

twenty-two today.

After that I

just gave up.

I couldn't accept

the fact

that I'd never

see them again.

Never hold my wife or

hear my daughter say

Daddy, I

love you.

Sol crawled into

a bottle and took

whatever pills I could

get my hands on,

What happened to

the driver?

He got three years

for manslaughter.

I hated that man more than

anything else in the world.

I wished every day

that the same thing

would happen to

his family.

Till one day,

I realized that

all that hate

was never going to

bring 'em back.

And it was slowly

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