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But from the moment that he came home...

I loved him like he was mine.

But he's not mine.

They can just take him-

They could just take him away.

Hey, little man.

Hey, Joey.

Do you know about dandelions-

how you can make wishes on 'em?

You just close your eyes, make a wish...

And then... you blow.

Why blow on it?

Because there's a wish inside here.

And when you blow on it...

That wish gets set free.

And then it can come true.

You wanna try it?

Wishes are important, Joey.

You always have to believe that things

can get better than they are now.

Hey.

- What's wrong?

- Hey. What happened?

Well, I think things were

a little more difficult this time.

- Difficult how, Ms. Bower?

- I don't know.

He wouldn't tell me.

Maybe he'll tell you.

Oh. Mrs. Porter offered to give you

an extra week to say your good-byes.

- And the judge agreed.

- Okay. Thank you.

Bye, Joey.

- Hey.

- What happened?

Hey, hey. What's the matter?

What happened? Joey?

- Hey, hey. Hey.

- Sweetie?

Joey?

Joey?

Joey, what happened?

Joey, come on.

Sit up and talk to me.

- Come here, sweetie.

- What's going on?

- Talk to me. What happened?

- He hurt me.

He made me take a shower

in my clothes.

- He what?

- Where, sweetie? Where did he hurt you?

Rip did this to you?

He said you're not

my real mommy and daddy.

- Is that true?

- No.

No, sweetheart, that's not true.

That's not true.

An extra week?

Why would you agree to this?

- I didn't agree to it.

- What?

- It was my idea.

- It was your- What?

Why?

'Cause you're not ready.

You need more time.

Oh, so you just-

That's your decision, is it?

You just go behind my back

and keep me from my son?

You hurt him, Rip.

I didn't mean to hurt him. I was trying-

But you did hurt him,

and you terrified him.

Im just trying to protect him-

and you.

Right. How can you say that?

How can you say that when you lie

and you hide these things from me?

Im not lying. I told you.

Im telling you.

I'm not hiding anything.

Where you goin'?

Im gonna go wash my face,

and I'm gonna go to bed.

No! I need to talk to you about this.

You should've told me.

I think you'd better sleep on the couch.

No.

No! Listen.

- Call her back and tell her

you made a mistake. - No.

- Baby, listen to me. Just call her.

- No.

No! I said no! It wasn't a mistake!

Call her!

Get the camera.

I want a shot of that bruise right now.

- Who are you calling?

- Allyson Bower.

Call Dr. Riley and tell him that I'll be

in there in 15 minutes with Joey.

All of this is gonna accomplish what? What-

you're gonna file a lawsuit, send Porter to jail?

- I'm gonna send him to prison. - You said it yourself.

That's not gonna do us any good.

We could put Porter away for the rest

of his life. Joey still won't be ours.

- This is Jack Campbell for Allyson Bower.

- Jack.

What then? What?

We have to leave.

We have to pack our things and go.

Look.

We've both been thinking it.

We just haven't wanted to say it.

We can't win, Jack.

You want to run away?

Listen to me.

No one is coming to save us.

Go where?

Out of the country.

Anywhere.

You realize what you're saying,

don't you?

I do.

All of this would be gone.

We'd never be able to come back.

All our friends...

Your sister-

We'd never be able to contact them again.

We'd have Joey.

Yeah.

- Hey. Everything okay?

- Yeah, yeah. Of course.

- How are you?

- Good. You want some tea?

Sure.

So what's going on?

How come you couldn't

tell me on the phone?

Curt Golding talked

to the congressman from Ohio...

And he's asked D.C.S. for an investigation

by the state commission.

What does that mean?

It means the transfer's suspended...

And the commission can reverse

the judge's decision- permanently.

That's great! Oh, sweetheart!

See? I knew something would give.

I knew something would give.

Um, listen, Jack and I were talking...

And we think we want

to go to Haiti with you.

Really?

Yeah. I mean, with everything

that's gone on...

I think it would be great for alI of us to

get away, be together as a family.

So, what do you think?

And it's okay to take him

out of the country?

- You're allowed?

- Of course it is.

The order's suspended.

We can do what we want.

Besides, I think it'd be fun,

you know, for the kids, for us.

Do you think you can

arrange it with the church?

It's a little last-minute,

but-but absolutely.

- We'll work it out.

- Okay.

- Good to see you.

- Hi. Good.

We'll see you inside.

Hey. Hi there, Molly.

It's Joey. You see him?

Joey!

Wow. Hey, Jack.

Hey.

- It's good to see you, sir.

- Nice to be back.

- It's good to see you.

- You too.

# The Lord bless you #

# And keep you #

# The Lord lift his countenance

upon you #

# And give you peace #

# The Lord make his face #

# To shine upon you #

# the Lord be gracious #

# Gracious unto you #

# Amen #

# Amen#

# Amen #

# Amen #

Who is it?

It's Allyson Bower, Mrs. Porter.

I know it's late,

but I need to speak with you.

Im sorry.

I can't come to the door right now.

Mrs. Porter,

you haven't returned my calls.

I need to speak with you

just for a moment.

Please, open the door.

Mrs. Porter?

Something's going on

with Jack and Molly.

What do you mean?

She says the congressman

is helping her.

But I know her.

And the way she's acting,

there's just something that's not right.

- How should she be acting?

- Think about it.

Suddenly she's going to church with us...

And now they want

to leave the country and go to Haiti.

Don't you think it's strange?

No, I don't think it's strange.

We invited them, remember?

You know what I mean.

Honey, you need to be careful.

I appreciate you taking my call.

I just wanted to thank you personally.

Excuse me?

I just wanted to thank you

for what you're doing-

for Joey, for their son.

Ms. Norton, I told Jack weeks ago

there was nothing I could do...

And there is still nothing I can do.

I'm very sorry for his situation...

But I really don't appreciate

this phone call.

- I'm- I'm sorry, Congressman.

I must have misunderstood. -It's alright

- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-

- That's fine.

- Have a good day

- Thank you.

Are you my real dad?

Well.

Let me ask you.

What do you think?

I think you are.

Why?

You take care of me...

And you taught me

how to play baseball.

And I changed your diapers too.

That was gross.

What else?

What else do I do, son?

You love me.

Yeah.

And that's the most important thing

a father can do.

So why did Rip say he was my dad?

Listen to me for a second, Joe, okay?

This might be a little confusing.

But I'm gonna try to explain

something to you, all right?

Wendy is the woman

that gave birth to you, okay?

And then your mother and I met you...

And we loved you so much

that we became your real parents-forever.

Just like Robbie Elwood?

That's right. That's right.

We adopted you, son.

So I'm gonna stay here

with you and Mom?

Is that what you want?

It is?

Okay.

Then we'll be together,

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