The Fluffy Movie: Unity Through Laughter Page #14

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and he's like, "Who died? Who died?"

I go, "No, Frankie, nobody died.

Get in here." "Why is my mom crying?"

"I'm going to tell you why your

mom's crying. Have a seat."

"I'm in trouble, huh?"

"Frankie, you're not in trouble."

"I didn't do it. "Whatever it is,

you did it. Sit down."

So he sits down.

I got these office chairs

with the little wheels, right?

And so I sit down.

He sits in front of me, and I

sit his mom down next to me,

and I grab his chair, and I

pull it right up to mine.

And his knees are pretty

much touching mine,

and he's right here,

and I go, "Listen, Frankie,

"what I got to tell you

is probably the hardest

"thing I've ever had

to say to you. Um...

"Your dad...

"Your dad, he...

Your dad wants to see you."

And he looks at me, and he goes...

"I'm right here."

Oh.

I go, "Frankie, I love you so much,

but that's not what I mean.

"Oh, my God! Your dad-dad."

"Dad-dad?"

"Oh, my God. Um...

"The man that gave you life?"

"Jesus?"

"No! Oh, my God! That's my dad.

"Your biological father,

Frankie. Your dad.

"Your mom's ex-boyfriend,

your father, your dad, Randy."

And he went from having

this look of confusion

to, like, a straight-up

despaired look.

He just looks at the ground,

and he starts mumbling.

And as soon as he finished mumbling,

he starts telling me his memory,

his last memory of his dad.

And I'll be honest with you guys.

It's one thing to hear a

messed-up story involving a kid

seeing something he shouldn't

have seen from an adult.

It's another when you hear

it from the kid themselves.

And so for me, I'm just like,

"Oh, my God!

"Why am I putting him through this?"

He starts telling me,

and my girl is just bawling.

I'm getting choked up.

I go, "Look, Frankie,

"whatever you want to do,

okay, we support it.

"If you want to see your dad,

your mom and I will make it happen.

"If you don't want to see him,

you don't have to see him,

"but you're old enough now,

and it has to come from you.

"So you let us know

whenever you're ready,

"and we'll make it

happen either way."

"What do you think I should do?"

"Frankie, I wish I could tell you.

"I wish I could tell you, honestly,

"but you saw what I just went through."

You were yelling at the mirror."

"I know I was yelling

at the mirror. I know."

"What did you do?" "Well, Frankie,

in my case, it was different,

"because my dad waited 30 years,

and so I had to wait 30 years,

"and fortunately for me,

I was more mature,

"and I was able to handle

it a little bit better.

"Plus your mom was there

to keep me in check,

"so I didn't do anything

stupid, but 30 years,

"it actually worked out pretty good,

and now we have an actual...

"We're going to go back and

forth and start talking,

"so 30 years worked out for me."

And then he looks at the ground,

and it felt like it took forever.

I wanted to ask him if he was okay,

but I didn't want to accidentally

trigger another memory

and put him through that same

thing again, so I'm just waiting,

and his mom's wailing,

and we're just waiting,

and then he looks at me,

and he goes, "You know what?

"I'm gonna wait 30 years, too."

Oh, my God!

I got so choked up.

I started crying, and then he

puts his hand on my shoulder,

and I started bawling.

And then he hugs me,

and I'm like, "Oh, my God!"

And we're hugging, and I'm crying,

and his mom's crying,

and then she looks at me.

"Now what are you gonna do?

Now what are you gonna do?"

"What do you think I'm gonna do?

"I'm going to get him an iPhone."

Thank you, Bay Area.

I love you guys. Thank you.

Hijo, I'm home.

Did you give any more

thought to my question

about what you want to

be when you grow up?

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