Witness Protection Page #6

( LOCK BUZZES, CLICKS )

( INSECTS CHIRPING )

We had a moment.

That's all.

Nobody's asking you to...

Yes, you are.

I thought this would bring us together,

that we'd become a family...

a real family, like other people.

I've never had

one of those real families, so...

No, we are.

We're your family.

And we don't have anything else now.

We only have each other, Bobby,

and now you don't even want us to have that.

I don't know what happened. I...

Christ, look at us,

How we live.

I've never been so embarrassed

for how you treat your son

who loves you

and wants your attention

and you won't give it to him.

I'm embarrassed for myself,

for all the things I've done and all the things I didn't do,

just pretending that this was all normal.

And now look where it's gotten us.

Please, honey, please calm down.

Don't tell me to calm down after what you just did!

I haven't got upset enough all these years.

The sh*t I put up with...

look at us.

Mommy, why are you yelling?

It's okay, Suzie.

What, are you the only one who can get upset?

Are you the only one who can explode, Bobby,

Take it out on other people?

What are you gonna do now?

What are you gonna do now that you can't shove people around?

- Are you gonna start pushing us around?

- You know I would never...

- I don't know anything anymore!

- Honey, please.

Stay away from me!

Mommy, don't yell at daddy.

I am a single parent.

You couldn't tell me where Suzie's playground is.

You don't know one of their teachers.

You have never been to one of Sean's debates.

And now look what your son thinks of you.

He wishes you were dead.

I just had to take it,

let it go, let it go, let it go...

for the kids, for business, for Nikos, for Theo.

I won't let it go now.

Let what go?

You don't think I know where you were

for Suzie's third birthday party?

I told you, me and Nikos were in New York.

You don't think I find receipts

for jewelry I never get?

It's business.

I swap merchandise.

You know that.

Shut up!

Shut up.

Do you think I'm an idiot?

You don't think

that rips my f***ing guts out?

You think I don't know what you're gonna do when we get to Seattle?

Because you think you can fool these guys.

You're gonna go back to playing your old games.

But you are not fooling me!

You'll start making bets... what's wrong with that, eh?

That's legal in Atlantic City.

Then it'll be running numbers for some guy that needs a favor.

I'm sorry, honey.

Please, I'm sorry.

You say it's for me.

You say that I need a necklace or a new car,

when you know what I need?

Do you know what I really need?

I love you, Cindy.

I love you.

No!

I'm gonna wind up all alone out there,

alone at night in Seattle

telling everybody

I'm someone else with a new name.

And the same stupid, stupid...

( SCREAMS )

I just wanted to get out.

Oh Jesus.

It was you.

What did you do, honey?

What did you do?

You told Theo.

You son of a b*tch!

( CRYING )

Daddy!

Shut up.

Shh.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

( INSECTS CHIRPING )

( BIRDS CHIRPING )

- Good morning.

- Dave, a package come for me?

Not yet, sir.

Hey, you okay?

No, not really, Dave.

Not really.

Steve:
Sean, you leave, we can't protect you.

These are children of the witnesses

that left the program.

I'm going back to Boston.

I won't let you, Sean.

I won't let you.

If you go back to Boston,

your family can't go to Seattle.

They'll have to choose new names,

prepare for a new relocation area.

I want to make sure you understand me, Sean.

If you go back to Boston,

the next time you see your mother

may be at her funeral.

You may never see your little sister again.

Are you absolutely certain, Sean?

I'm going back to Boston.

Okay.

We'll ring the apartment tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.,

say your last goodbyes,

walk out the door.

That's it.

( SOBBING )

It's okay.

( LOCK BUZZES, BEEPS )

- Sean.

- Steve:
I strongly advise you

not to force him to go with you.

You'll always regret it

and it'll tear at your family for the rest of your life.

Look, Sean is a minor.

He has to come with us.

I can't live the rest of my life without seeing my son.

Do you understand that?

Now open the f***ing door!

Sean, Sean.

( LOCK BUZZES, BEEPS )

Once we get to Seattle,

if things don't work out,

can I leave?

Can I take Suzie and go back to my parents?

If you leave Bill in Seattle, you're on your own.

You can keep your identity or not.

We'd have to relocate him, change his name again.

I mean, I tried to help you as much as I can,

but you leave Bill...

you leave this program.

You submitted the alternate names

of James and Margaret Stratton.

Does Sean know anything about that?

Okay. Okay.

Change William Cooper... William Cooper

to James Stratton.

James, right.

And you need to change Joan Cooper to Margaret Stratton.

Margaret Stratton.

That's right.

We got the okay.

Without Sean, we move them to Phoenix.

Champ, I know the superintendent in Phoenix.

I can hook you up with the school records, okay?

Great. No, great.

Yeah, great.

Thanks.

I need this yesterday.

What's up?

It's an idea.

It's a long shot.

( THEO ON TAPE )

And then the Greek, Nikos,

tells me that Bats is holding out on me.

So what, am I a moron?

I'm supposed to believe the Greek ain't in on it?

How else would he know?

See what I mean?

No, Nikos didn't think it through, my friend.

You partner Nikos told Theo that you were fixing the books

and holding back money from him.

It was your partner who gave you up.

You heard it right here from Theo's mouth.

Not Sean, not the Feds, not Cindy... Nikos.

He thought he'd be rewarded for his loyalty.

He was mistaken.

It cost him his life.

Now Nikos... he f***ed you over.

He paid for that.

That's done now.

There's no revenge here.

You're the only one screwing yourself right now.

Your family... they're the only ones

in the same situation that you are.

They believe in you.

They followed you here.

They're the only people that you can trust.

Can't you see it in your little girl's eyes?

They're giving you one huge chance

to unfuck yourself.

Bring them with you, hmm?

Hey.

You don't like us anymore?

Well, of course I do.

It's just that I'm grown up now

and it's time for me to go.

You'll come for my birthday, right?

No.

I'd like to, but I don't think I can.

Okay. Bye.

Bye.

( INSECTS CHIRPING )

( FOOTSTEPS )

( CLEARS THROAT )

( CLEARS THROAT )

I understand why you think

I didn't make

the right choices with my life.

But I did what I felt I had to do,

coming from where I did.

I won't apologize for it.

But because of my choices

you're like a suburban kid,

grew up in a nice neighborhood,

had what I didn't.

Maybe how I was with my father...

my own father... makes me no good with you.

You're the first one

who's gonna make it to college.

And I'm proud of that.

Maybe I don't show it.

I don't know.

Everyone wants me to be

this straight guy from Seattle.

I don't see how I can put you through college

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