In the Family Page #3

And Id feel a whole lot better.

Even if I couldn't move a bit of me to show you,

I would feel a whole lot better.

I would know you were there.

Everyone knows when

you're in the room, Chip. Yeah?

Now, Uncle Dave, you're

never sure if hes really all there.

And Im not sure Pa ever really

liked Auntie Eileen all that much.

So you gonna go save Pa

from Auntie Eileen? Yeah? Yeah?

Okay, Ill go.

Come on, Chip.

Come on, Chip.

Why don't you go with your Grandma?

So we'll be right back, okay?

Hey, where'd you get that?

Since Im in my PJs, everyone thinks Im sick.

They'll give me anything.

You want some? Ill give you one.

They'll give me anything.

No, Chip. Chip.

Did something happen?

No. No change.

Mr. Williams, I wanted to give you this.

Please don't tell anyone I gave you this.

This is a Hospital Visitation Authorization.

If you fill it out, in the

future you'll be able to visit him.

And he'll be able to visit you. Just in case.

Wow. Thank you.

Yeah, Im kind of a moron

when it comes to this stuff, so thank you.

I really appreciate it.

Hopefully, you won't need it.

Like I said, just in case.

Please don't tell anybody, I could...

Oh a song

came to the valley

The valley of plenty

And you stayed

And I learned every word

And now you are leaving the valley

The valley so empty

You are

crossing the river

now

This is Gloria.

We never met, but I worked with Cody.

Hey Chipmunk. How was school?

Who are you talking to, Daddy?

Is there a chipmunk back there?

Is there a chipmunk in the car?

No, just a Chip, Daddy.

Alright. Settle down.

Im 6, you know.

Oh, don't I know it.

Chip.

School was looong.

Where are we going?

Back to school.

Gloria. Hey, Im Joey.

What do you know.

Finally get to meet face to face.

Cody said a lot of really great things about you.

Not like he needed to. Its like our

stomachs have known you for years.

Oh, uh, here you go. Really sorry

it took so long to get these back to you.

I have some lasagna.

Oh, you don't have to do that.

Gloria, I didn't come by for a refill.

Gloria, you're too much.

Really, we can't just keep taking your food.

Cody was a good one.

But he wasn't too good to eat my food,

so don't you go thinking you're too good

to eat my food. You take the lasagna.

Gloria, you're too much.

And Ill take the lasagna.

Hey, have you met Chip?

Hey, Chip! Come here!

Come say hello to Miss Gloria.

Oh hey! Sorry about that.

Hold on, sorry. I didn't see you there.

Joey, this is my husband, Cody.

Hey, how you doing?

Hey.

With Gus gone,

Joey's going to finish the renovations.

Okay, good.

Im just here till the end of the month.

Be nice to him. Im trying

to convince him to stick around.

Yeah, how's she doing? She convinced you?

Three contractors in three months,

and you're the best.

Please, Joey, please stay!

This seemed like a better idea from up there.

We're not usually like this.

You're alright, yeah?

Hey, Eileen, it's Joey.

Chip Hines, please come to the upstairs.

Hi Joey.

Hey Dave.

Eileen's in the kitchen.

Okay.

Hey Eileen.

Joey.

You want a drink or something?

No, Im okay. Thanks.

I am just a little out of my league

with all these papers.

I appreciate you letting me come over.

This was pretty much all Cody's department before.

So, Im pretty sure everything's getting paid.

Definitely the big stuff like the mortgage.

There's some smaller bills I don't get,

like this one from the bank, but I keep paying 'em.

These are all his accounts with money.

This is from the teacher's credit union.

So uh, you're not going to believe this.

I didn't find a will.

Instead, there is this...

this sort of fill-in-the-blank deal.

Look at that.

He got as far as his name. Isn't that hysterical?

I guess the mortgage must be tough

with just your money coming in.

Naw, it's not so bad. I make enough, you know.

Chip and I wouldn't even know how to live it up,

so we're doing fine.

I mean, I was scared at first too,

but it helped when...

Oh, okay, look at this.

So I found this budget Cody made.

Its a little old and all.

Hell, we probably talked about it

at some point, but I don't remember.

I probably wasn't listening.

Well, I am listening now.

We're happy to help with Chip.

Don't let him hear that. No, we're good, Eileen.

We're good. And we've got some money sa-

Cody had a will.

What?

This bill from the bank is for the box where

he kept his will and some other papers.

How'd you figure that out, I couldn't-

Cody told me. Years ago.

Eileen. Why didn't you say something?

I thought you knew.

Joey, Im sorry, I thought you knew.

I didn't realize until you called that you didn't...

Uh Cody... he named me the executor in his will.

A friend of mine, she's been through this before,

helped walk me through all the people to talk to

and how to get the accounts transferred.

What? You transferred his accounts?

I thought you knew, Joey.

I didn't say anything because I didn't want you

to have to think about all this,

not when you were dealing with everything else.

What does this mean? Uh... do I need to

get that mortgage check back?

Is it supposed to go somewhere else now?

Yeah, you should get that back.

Ill take care of the mortgage now.

Really, Eileen, I can afford it.

Well Joey, the, the house is in my name now.

So that means that there's

a mortgage in my name now too.

Cody left all his assets in my name,

so that he could see that

Chip was taken care of... by me.

But Im telling you, I can take care of Chip.

There's no problem.

You don't think I can take care of Chip?

Joey, no. Its just, it's what Cody wanted.

Oh and you can't be telling me Cody

thought I couldn't take care of Chip.

Eileen, this is from 2002. Chip was just a baby.

Its his will, Joey. Im sorry, he never changed it.

You can't think that he...

He had 6 years to change it, and he didn't.

It says ''Last Will And Testament.''

Its, it's not fill-in-the-blank.

He knew what he wanted.

So you don't need to worry about the mortgage.

You can stay as long as you need.

And... you don't have to worry about Chip.

Of course I need to worry about Chip, Im his father.

Joey, Chip is our responsibility now.

Our legal responsibility.

Cody named us as...

Stop pointing to 2002!

Its what my brother wanted, Joey.

Could you have a little respect for that?

Just a little respect?

What is going on here, Eileen?

I don't get what's going on here.

Cody wanted to make sure...

What is changing here? What is going on?

We are his family and-

I am Chip's dad!

Since when did that need explaining?

Chip!

Joey, please...

Chip, come on, we're going!

Joey!

So...

So, this is a really lovely moresque.

You see how it has elements

like the wood detailing in the library.

Its like a leaf. You see that?

Except that it's a soft medium, it's a fabric.

So it will converse well with its neighbor.

You know, you won't feel like

you're jumping around room to room,

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