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Hey.
Hi, Daddy.
Long time.
Yeah, I know.
How long?
Too long. I'm a ***.
You look good.
Thank you. So do you.
You've got a big birthday coming up. Five, five.
Yeah, they're throwing me a big bash in here, the guys.
Really, that's cool.
Oh.
I'm thinking of bringing Josh in that week. He's been asking for that.
How are you?
Bored. That's the punishment. Boredom.
How old is the boy now?
Thirteen. Almost fourteen.
How old was he that time you brought him in?
Four, Five.
Does he remember?
No.
He's doing really well in school.
Academically, at least.
I don't want him here, Francine, we agreed on this.
Can we at least talk abut it?
What for? We gonna get to know each other, throw a baseball around.
You don't know this kid. He's really persuasive, like a mule.
Like his mama.
Look, if he starts coming here, after a while the novelty will wear off and he'll stop coming.
And it'll eat away at him.
He'll feel like crap that every minute he is out there living and I'm in here dying.
I don't want that for him. Don't get him hooked on this.
And the guilt, the regret that he ever came here.
How long has he been asking?
Started like two years ago, and then it stopped for a while. Now he's driving me nuts about it.
How's your mother?
Good.
Steady boyfriend?
She has her fun though, I'm sure.
I miss her.
How about you? You got anyone?
C'mon, a bird like you, what's the problem?
There is no problem.
It's just hard to find that quality man.
World's full of them.
And your sister?
Florida.
She never wrote, never visited. Not after the age of fifteen anyway,
but God bless her for knowing what she wants.
You were always easier on her than you were on me.
I was the wiping girl.
You know, these visits are *** me if they leave me feeling like I'm a piece of crap.
How are you doing for money?
Why? You making more than you can spend?
Good, ***, I like that.
You have that same little face from when you were born.
What a day that was.
I miss your smell.
You and your sister tucked into bed after your baths.
Wet hair, smell of soap, sleepy eyes.
If I could take anything into my grave, it'll be that. Your little faces.
It's okay to cry blue.
Do you have a picture of the boy? Josh?
Wow, look at that!
Who does he look like? You a little maybe, huh?
What kinda stuff is he into?
Science. He makes his own kites. They're pretty spectacular.
He's even sold one. He'd rather give them away than sell them.
What's that about?
I don't know.
Is he adopted? It's hard to imagine any of us not out there doing anything for a buck.
Do you remember Cooper?
Of course!
He was away, but now he's back.
Yeah, I know. Don't let him impress you. Where he was doing time was like a summer camp.
How do you know about that?
Olsen.
You are in contact with Olsen.
Yeah, he started writing me.
Why?
I have no idea.
Says he wants to reach out to old friends. I think he's going soft.
Or maybe he's dying.
I hadn't thought of that. I need a favor, Blue. It's a big one.
Okay.
I want you to submit my case to those guys who defend people with DNA evidence.
They fight to have cases reviewed.
Okay.
You don't think it's a good idea.
Yes, of course. What does your lawyer say?
Chuck King has been dead for three years. I don't think I have a lawyer.
Lifers don't need to spend money on lawyers, honey. It's a perk!
Look these guys up for me.
They're called Innocence Program or something like that. See if they'll review my case.
You know they probably have thousands of people asking them for help.
None of them are your dad.
Okay, I'll do it.
When is your boy's birthday?
The 24th.
Okay, I'll make you a deal.
Tell him that you'll bring him in here, but just once.
That he won't be able to come back after that.
That way he won't feel that pressure that he has to visit all the time. Okay? Just once.
Okay.