Who We Are Now Page #7

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and I can't fight it.

How do you not

think of your daughter

every second of the day?

I do.

Will you take me home with you?

Can I get the

check, man, please?

It's okay, I don't

care about the drinks.

I'll pay for them.

Well that's mine.

This one's yours?

This is yours

and that's Sonya's.

Everyone.

I'm making a mess here.

As usually.

I do! I do!

We've been drinking a lot.

All right.

To Monica.

To me.

To you!

To the bride.

To the blushing bride.

Cheers.

Beautiful bride.

We forgive you.

Thank you all for coming.

And thank you for

planning all this.

He's the best, right?

He's the greatest.

I'm not so in

love with the in-laws,

but I guess that's

tradition, right?

Are they weird?

Yeah, they're a little weird.

Are you drunk? What's happening?

Let's open presents.

All right.

Woo!

Woo!

Okay. This one is from...

Me! Me! Me! That's mine!

I was getting to that.

This one is from Felicity.

Oh, okay, really? Thank you.

There's a card in here.

Wait, don't read the card.

Don't read it out loud.

Read it! Read it!

No, cards should

be read the next day.

It's true.

This is beautiful.

It's like the one you had.

Yeah.

Wow.

You left the sticker on though.

It's like the one you had.

But I got it red.

Shut up.

Thank you.

This...

We're sticking

with this tradition.

Yes.

What is it? What

is it? What is it?

Show us.

Come on.

We knew someone had to

get you something sexy.

Okay.

Bow-chika-bow-wow.

Oh.

Yes.

Put it on.

Sonya, no phones.

No phones.

I'm sorry, it's the Watch Dogs.

No phone zone.

It's Carl, he says

your phone is off.

Did you hear that?

My phone is off.

My phone is not

even in this room.

Jess, take it.

No.

Tell him I'll call him back.

Where were we?

We're passing out gifts, mother.

He needs to talk to you.

Okay, I'll be really quick.

I promise.

I'll be quick.

Hi.

No, I'm at my sister's

bridal shower.

Yeah, we're supposed to...

Yeah.

We're supposed to go

back to court tomorrow.

Yeah, I know who you

are talking about.

What about her?

Okay.

I, I, I...

Yeah, I'm here.

I just, I gotta call

you right back, okay?

No, no, no, I'm fine.

Bye.

I like that sound!

Play your best song.

We're doing great.

I think we'll have

even amounts, right?

On both sides.

Tickle?

Tickle those.

It's got all these messages.

Shooting star.

You have ten seconds.

Ten seconds for what?

Wanna tell me what

you're doing here?

I'm helping with the concert.

I'm helping volunteer

with the parents.

I made sure he

got raised properly

because you couldn't

do it yourself.

That help you sleep at night?

It's called delusional reframing,

in case you're interested.

Thank you.

What do you call it when

a person re-imagines

all the disgusting

things that they did

as somebody else's fault?

What about that?

What did you think was

gonna happen when I got out?

You were just gonna lie to him?

Till he was old

enough to be safe.

What do you mean, safe?

Safe from what?

Me?

Safe from me?

I'm sorry, I don't wanna fight.

Yeah you do.

No.

You wouldn't come like this.

I know you're in a

hard position with Sam.

I know he hates me

and he doesn't want

Alec anywhere near me.

But could you just

ask him if he could...

Can you just tell him

that I'll be nice?

Can you just tell him...

Can you just tell him

that I'll do anything?

I'll force him to like me.

It's not Sam.

He actually convinced

me, originally,

to share custody with you

and I changed my mind.

Because I want to protect Alec.

If you just show

up like this again,

at his school, at the house,

anywhere that he's gonna be,

next time I'm gonna

call the police.

Thanks for calling me first.

You got it.

You know we don't pay

overtime here, right?

You've come to

drink with me, great.

If not, f*** off.

Hey, for the record,

that's concise.

Oh, damn.

So the landlord, he put alarms

on the front door last week

and they tend to go off when

the door gets open after hours.

Yeah, the security guard

arriving with his gun drawn

was kind of a

giveaway, thank you.

The answer's yes.

Oh, well,

I didn't hear from you so I

kinda spoke to Terry about it.

Well kinda unspeak to Terry.

Carl.

The job's mine.

I thought maybe after today...

You thought after today, what?

I'm not going out on that.

You think that's the

kind of person I am?

No, I don't.

I'm never gonna let that happen

to one of my clients again.

Yeah, you will.

No, I won't.

I won't allow that to happen

to anybody ever again.

Yes, yes you will.

It's gonna happen, Jess.

It's gonna happen over

and over and over again

and that's just the

way it's gonna be.

You're not gonna let

that happen, huh?

No.

Oh really?

Who the hell do

you think you are?

I mean, if you can

stop it from happening

then I can definitely

stop it from happening.

Don't you think I

would if I could?

All you can do is f***ing

give it your best.

Sh*t like today is definitely

gonna happen again and worse.

And that girl dying, it

doesn't really mean anything.

I mean...

It's a very sad situation

but it's not like you're gonna

learn some romantic lesson

from all of this and use it

to save all the other girls.

No, Jess, no.

It's just one endless slog.

Why tell me that?

Because you need to hear that.

Bad sh*t happens to people

who don't deserve it

every f***ing second of the day.

Yeah.

That's why we do

what we do here.

That's why what we

do means something.

It means something.

Forgive me for saying this,

maybe it's a little heroic.

I'm gpnna deny every

using that word

if you ever hit me

up with this again.

Know what you're saying yes to.

The answer's still yes.

Don't stay out too late here.

I need you bright-eyed

and bushy-tailed

when you come to

work in the morning.

Hey, the seniors here,

we're the ones who

set the example.

Hey, Carl?

Yep?

There's a condition.

Hey.

Oh my god.

Did you get the

restraining order?

The restraining order.

I don't wanna talk about it.

I told you I don't

wanna talk about it.

I don't like talking about

it in front of my job.

Okay.

Well, you're probably

gonna have to get

used to talking about it

since I'm the one who's

representing you now

in the custody dispute.

Have you been drinking?

Yeah.

How much?

All of it.

So just to be clear,

you didn't concent,

even verbally,

to your son being told

that your sister's

his biological mother?

No.

No.

All I know is that she

stopped bringing Alec to visit

and then, when my mother died,

she stopped coming altogether

and whenever I talked to

social services about it,

they said that you can't

force someone to visit

and especially once they're

the child's legal guardian.

It's hopeless.

It's not hopeless until

I say it's hopeless, okay?

You need to understand

one thing, Beth.

I am the one who's running this,

not you.

Do you understand?

Okay, good!

Now,

what have you got on her?

On who?

You mean, besides

she stole my kid?

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