Stupid little midget.
Ohh!
You punk.
What the hell is wrong with you?
Hey!
Put on something clean.
Visiting hours are short enough as it is.
Hurry!
All right.
Rey!
All right. I'm coming.
Hey, horse face!
Hurry up!
Hey, come here.
Listen to me.
If you're gonna give me shit this morning,
I'll just go right back inside.
Hear me?
You done?
Shit.
Breakfast.
Rey, what are you doing?
Hold that.
Damn it. Where's the bread?
I ate it.
What? All of it?
I just bought a whole loaf two days ago.
I was hungry.
Unbelievable.
Okay, well, you...
You gotta eat something, okay?
If we don't get there in time,
you know they're not gonna let me see her,
and she's waiting.
Maybe you should talk to mom today.
You know the drill.
I'll take you there
whenever you want to see her,
but I have nothing to say to her.
But she has some things she needs to say to you.
It's important.
What?
Oliver, what is it?
Maybe you should pull over.
No, I don't need to pull over. Just tell me.
God damn it, Oliver! Just spit it out!
What?
Mom's getting out.
"And that's when I knew
"what...
"How..."
Come on. We worked too hard on this.
Come on. You can do it.
"How I had done you wrong.
"If I could eventfully...
"If I...
"If I could
"eventually
"tell you I'm sorry, i would, but
"i can't anymore.
"And I have to... I have to live with that."
Thank you, Angie.
It's courageous...
To admit when we're wrong.
It's not a weakness.
Lola, you ready to read your letter?
You don't have it.
You say that you love Oliver.
Then prove it.
What kind of example are you gonna set for him?
That you face your fears?
Or that you run away from them?
You ready to read?
There you go. Is that good?
Yeah. Perfect.
Hi, mom.
Mmm, hi.
Oli bear.
Rey.
I'm glad you came.
Uh, I have something to tell you.
What is it?
I got my beautician's license.
That's really cool!
And maybe when i get out of here,
I can give you a haircut?
Yeah. Be better than a black eye.
Rey!
Yeah, will you, uh, do me a favor, oli,
and give me and your brother a minute alone?
It's okay.
When are they releasing you?
The 15th.
You mean in two days?
You've gotta be kidding me.
Maybe if you came to visit me,
you wouldn't have been left in the dark.
Okay, that's a load of shit.
You're free now.
You don't gotta worry about him anymore
or me.
Wh... what are you thinking,
that I'm just gonna give him to you?
No.
I'm taking him.
Bo's helping me set up a place in town.
He's my brother,
and I'm the one that raised him.
I know. I'm the one that taught him.
I know!
I was the one that was there for him every single day
when he came home from school crying
because kids kicked the shit out of him.
Him asking me what a "junkie"
and a "whore" was.
After all that,
you just want to take him away from me?
I don't want to fight you.
Great. Don't.
You're lucky i don't tell him
what you really are.
Rey...
How long do you think it'll take
for you to end up back here?
Huh? Two years?
One?
Not even close.
No, no, no.
I'll give you a week.
Enough!
He's my son!
What happened in there?
You bastard.
You knew and didn't say anything.
I reckon she finally told you. Yeah, why didn't you tell me?
Instead of letting me get blindsided like that?
What am i supposed to do?
You know i don't like getting in the middle of it.
But you are in the middle.
Look, I care for you boys like you're my own.
Okay? But these things, your mother...
I mean, god damn it all to hell...
Why do you keep protecting her
after everything she's done to you, to us?
Huh?
We've been better parents to Oliver
than she ever was or ever will be.
I'm not gonna let her take him from me.
I'm not.
Shit.
Michelle?
Rey?
Oh, my god!
Hi.
I, uh, thought that was you.
Yeah.
Um, how's, how's Stanford?
Oh, I graduated, like, a couple years ago.
Oh. You did?
Yeah. Oh.
Uh, hey, but have you heard of beat street sf?
Uh, no.
Well,
you're looking at their social media strategist.
Oh.
Like, I'm in charge of the brand development.
Okay, yeah. Got it.
Yeah.
Actually, i have a card.
I have my own extension and everything.
Oh, jeez, wow.
That's cool.
Are you in San Francisco?
Yeah, mmm-hmm.
That's... That's awesome.
Happy for you.
You know, i, I wanted to reach out
or call you or,
I don't know, write.
It was a long time ago.
Yeah. Yeah.
Uh, hey, how's Oliver?
He's good. No, he's really good.
He's gotten really big.
Really? You should come see him.
You probably wouldn't even recognize him.
You know, you, um,
you should bring him by Dave's joint tonight.
My whole family's gonna be there.
I'm sure they'd like to see you.
Pretty sure your dad could go without seeing me
for the rest of his life.
Yeah.
Well, uh, he won't be there, so...
Oh.
Rey, my dad passed away.
It was the cancer...
Finally got him.
That's... That's why I'm here, you know.
We're having his memorial service, so...
I'm so sorry.
Uh...
Anyway, you, you should come.
Hey, but if you can't make it, don't...
Don't even worry. I know this is last minute.
No. No, I'll... I'll be there.
Okay.
- Let's go, Gil! - Do it again!
Come on. Just get one more!
Come on, Gil.
Crush it! Come on, Gil.
Ball!
Come on, Oliver! Let's go!
Protect the plate.
You got it.
Ball! Two strikes!
Fastball right over the plate, buddy.
You got it!
- Strike three! - Batter's out!
This music is lame.
I'm hungry.
Okay.
Just one more song.
Damn it, Rey!
Lights out!
Well, look what the cat drug in.
Hello, Dave.
Hey.
Want some help?
Uh, nope. I got it. Thank you.
Hey, sis, you okay?
Uh, yeah, I'm good. Thanks, Dave.
All right.
I'm gonna have a smoke if you need me.
Thanks.
You know, you've gotten better.
What?
The song you played tonight,
it was really good.
You heard it?
Yeah.
I was outside.
Oliver was giving me a hard time,
so we stayed out there,
but, yeah, i saw you play.
Okay. All right.
So, uh, what song did I sing?
Um...
It went a, a little something like this.
Is this tuned? Yeah.
Okay, cool. All right.
Okay. All right. Thank you.
I believe you. You were here.
Oh, my gosh. Stop!
Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
Stop. Thank you. I believe it.
All right I'll tell you what.
I'll stop if you sing for me.
No.
No?
No. Okay.
Fine, fine.
You want to hear it?
Okay. Okay. All right.
All right, get ready.
Mmm-hmm. Front row.
Good.
Okay.
That was the one.
Why don't we go out to our spot...
Like old times?
I don't know. I, um...
I have to get up early for a flight.
Well, I gotta be up in, like, five hours
to take Oliver to school. So?
I tell you what.
Why don't we drink one down for your dad?
Those look like a seahorse.
My dad used to tell me all the names
of the constellations when I was little.
God, he hated it
when we would sneak off together.
Yes, he would.
Well, you were lucky.
Why? That my dad hated you?
That you got all that time with him.
The only thing i knew about mine
was when I would do something to piss Lola off,
she'd go on and on about how I was just like him...
The way I look, the way I talk...
Way I furrow my brow.
What, like this?
Well, I always thought
that was the cutest thing about you.
Well, she didn't think so.
Anyways...
To dead dads.
Okay.
To the good ones.
Yeah.
And to the screw-ups.
I don't want you to take this the wrong way,
but, um, seeing you earlier at the gas station...
You know, it made me sad.
Well, I got Oliver.
And he needs me.
I know. I've always loved that about you.
What? That I gave up my life for someone else?
No, that you loved him enough
to give him a life that you couldn't have.
If you could find a way to leave...
I could help you get on your feet.
Oh, man, I'm sorry.
No.
No, I'm sorry.
I just, uh...
No...
It's okay.
Michelle.
Hey, what time is it?
Oh, shit.
Oliver?
Oliver!
Oliver?
He showed up at 3:00 in the morning
mumbling that you'd left him for good.
This isn't right, Rey! He's still a kid!
I know. I know, okay?
Listen, it's... Look, look, look.
I've been thinking about you a lot, all right?
And what you said to me the other day.
I can't even imagine what all this has done to you.
It wasn't right. It still isn't.
It's just... I mean, she's supposedly turned things around.
I'm sorry. I guess everyone deserves a second chance.
Well, what about me?
Huh? I never even had a first chance.
I gotta support my wife.
My hands are tied.
Hi. This is Michelle Turner at beat street sf.
I'm not at my desk at the moment.
Please leave a message and I'll call you back.
Hey.
Hey, I've uh...
I've thought about what you said.
I'm gonna go for it.
I'm gonna do it.
Anyways... Give me a call back.
I gotta go.
Bye.
So, mom said she wants some time alone?
Yup.
So she can get ready for us.
"For us"?
Yeah. We're all gonna be together again.
Really?
Like a real family?
Oliver, we are a real family.
So where are we driving to?
It says "Santa Cruz."
Exactly.
You know i don't like the beach.
How would you know? Neither of us has ever been.
I'm scared of the water, you know that.
Okay, well, you're gonna get there
and you're gonna get in the water and you're gonna love it.
All right? Trust me. Yeah.
Well, I'm not getting in the water, so...
Okay, fine. Don't get in the water.
But doesn't it look amazing? Yeah.
Well... does mom know where we're going?
Yes.
When are we coming back?
I don't know, okay? Soon.
We'll... we'll figure it out.
Just sit back, relax and enjoy the goddamn vacation.
Yeah, well, I have a goddamn science test Thursday.
Hey, don't be a dick.
All right? It's gonna be fun, all right?
All right?
Okay?
Mmm-hmm. All right.
You know, officially, this is a kidnapping.
2,000 route through the 50?
Rey! Yeah, I heard it.
Oh.
What's that?
Why are we taking this road?
What do you mean? It's longer.
Hey.
You rat dropping! Why'd you do that?
I can't see.
Is that mom?
Can I talk to her? Uh, no it's not mom.
Well, is it Bo?
No.
Rey, it's Bo. Where the hell are you, man? Call me.
Give me that.
Here you go.
Big day tomorrow. Yeah?
To the beach.
Can we go to las Vegas?
Las Vegas? Why?
What do you think, dude?
See strippers.
See strippers?
Why not?
'Cause you are far too young for that.
Didn't know there was an age limit.
Well, there is.
Rey!
Oh, Rey.
Oh, jeez.
And Oliver hightower steps up to the plate.
Bases loaded.
Full count. Two outs.
Bottom of the ninth.
You asshole! Strike three!
Batter's out. You know I hate inside pitches.
Pitchers are gonna throw the ball inside, okay?
Especially if they know you don't like it.
Come on, don't back down. Step up!
What do I always say? Protect the plate.
Huh?
Come on. No, listen to me.
What do you do if somebody tries to take something from you?
Or they try and push you around. Huh?
What do you do? Protect the plate.
I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you.
Protect the goddamn plate!
Thank you!
Son of a bitch!
That's it!
You stood strong, you protected the plate.
You weren't afraid.
You okay?
Shut your hole and pitch.
All right. You sure?
Pitch, bitch!
Let's go, punk.
Whoo!
Take that!
Really glad that we're all gonna be a family again.
I don't know, maybe we should call the police.
No.
No police.
Rey's been pulling these pictures out of my magazines for years.
He likes fishing?
Yeah, which is funny, 'cause he's never been.
I mean, he's never so much as picked up a rod.
But he sure likes dreaming about it.
But they're just dreams.
When he was small...
We used to imagine we'd go there together.
I used to make the sound of the ocean
just to help him fall asleep.
That's where they're headed.
What?
They're going to Santa Cruz.
How do you know?
Look.
They could be anywhere...
I know my son.
Guess I'd probably buy a plane ticket.
Go to Malaysia.
Where's that?
It's in Asia.
Why don't you pick up the phone?
Because I don't want to. But why?
What if he's calling about mom?
He's not calling about mom.
Trust me.
He hates mom.
Why do you guys hate her so much?
Oliver?
Oliver!
Hey.
What are you doing out here?
I miss mom.
I miss Bo.
Is that my phone?
What did you do?
Did you call her?
I don't know your password.
It's 0-5-2-2.
Go ahead.
Call him if you want to.
I can call them?
Yeah, of course you can.
But what sucks is that you don't trust me.
I do trust you.
Really?
Well, then why did you come all the way out here
in the middle of the night
and steal my phone to try and call them?
Hmm?
I don't know what you're waiting for.
Call them. See what they have to say.
It's clear you think I'm some sort of liar.
I know you're not a liar.
After we get to the beach,
go back.
And you'll talk to her.
But we'll talk to her together.
As a family.
Okay?
Promise me.
Please.
Okay.
Stop it.
Be civilized.
Chew, swallow, then talk.
Are you serious?
That's disgusting.
At least it's not coming out the other end.
Yeah.
Oh, my god, dude!
Oh, my god!
You... oh, you suck!
Come on!
Oh, god!
Shit.
What's wrong with it?
I don't know.
So what do we do now?
Come on. Let's go find some help.
Man, it's worse than I thought.
Hey, it's a good thing i picked you up, bro.
How much will it cost to fix all that?
$3,000.
3,000? Back home,
I work in a gas station, all right,
so I know a thing or two about cars...
I mean, the car's dead, brother.
I don't know what to tell you, all right?
I don't have that kind of money.
I'll help you out, okay?
I'll buy it off of you.
How much?
I'll give you 100 for it.
I mean, hell, you're gonna have to junk it anyway.
100?
What was I supposed to do?
How are we gonna get home?
I don't have the money to fix it.
Do you have 3,000 bucks on you?
No, I didn't think so.
100 ducats, brother!
Hey!
We're not selling.
Not for 100. Want the car?
The price is 500.
Well, what's he talking about? Here.
100, as we agreed.
You know, it's actually his car.
What? He's, like, eight years old.
I'm 10. He's 10.
Whatever, man. 10-year-olds don't own cars.
Look, our mom left it to him
when she died...
Last week.
Yeah, but you and I, we already made a deal.
I know, okay?
But that car, that's all that's left of her.
That's all he's got.
She used to take me on road trips... Like this one.
Yeah? What'd she die of?
She killed herself.
That's why we were headed to the ocean,
to spread her ashes there.
You know, I, I lost my mother early, too, kid.
All right, everything is gonna be all right.
So how about 300? 500.
350. 500.
Okay, this is my final offer,
and I am being nice, kid,
because of your mother and all.
400.
My mother would have told me
only to accept 500,
and I keep the tie for the funeral.
Little shit.
One, two, three, four.
That's 500.
Take it before i change my mind.
Bo...
There's enough room in here for both of us.
Bo. What?
Take off your boots.
Don't. What's wrong?
Just don't do that. Don't do what?
I'm just gonna sleep on the floor, okay?
I gotta pull over.
Bo, Bo, we're so close.
And what are we gonna do if we find them?
I mean, you just gonna take Oliver from Rey?
Over and over, those boys ain't had
nothin' but disappointment
and heartbreak.
But you know what kept them going?
They always had each other.
Now you want to take that, too.
You want to take that away.
I found this hidden on your desk.
You only put it on when you came
to see me, didn't you?
You don't know how hard it was
to me to keep putting this thing on.
I mean, there are times
I just wanted to Chuck it, you know,
just throw it all away after what you did.
I'd think about leaving, you know.
You'd be waiting for me to visit.
One day, I just wouldn't be there. I'd be gone.
When I was in prison, i felt so alone.
Especially when I realized
how much pain i had caused you.
Sometimes I wanted to kill myself for it.
You used to talk about a garden.
You told me you wanted to plant
a huge garden in the desert.
An oasis.
You wanted to create life there.
Yeah, plant fruit trees and grow vegetables.
Yes.
And for six years,
I lead myself to believe
that when I got out,
that we could create that life together...
A good one.
You, me, Oliver.
What about Rey?
I mean, you ever think about him?
Man...
We're here to see Michelle Turner.
Have a seat, please.
Hi.
Yes?
Yes, is, is Michelle here?
Uh, she is here.
She's just really busy,
in and out of meetings all day.
Okay. Well, did you let her know
that we're here waiting?
Sir, she'll be out to meet you when she's ready.
Okay.
Hey, grab your stuff.
Come on.
No. Sir!
Excuse me! Michelle?
- Sir, excuse me! Sir! - Michelle?
What are you doing? Excuse me!
Do you know where Michelle Turner is?
Sir! Anyone?
Michelle?
Rey!
What the hell are you doing here?
I'm so sorry, Michelle. They just barged in.
Do you want me to call security?
Oh, no, no. Um, I got it. Thank you.
Sorry. Could you just come with me real quick?
Yeah.
Do you know we were waiting outside
in that lobby for over two hours?
I'm in meetings all day. I mean,
you can't just come barging in to where I work.
Rey, that, that night we spent together...
Hey, you all right?
Yeah. Yeah. Um...
Know what? I'll be back in in a minute.
Sweetie, who's this guy?
He's an old friend.
We went to high school together.
Could you just give me one more minute?
Wait. You have a boyfriend?
Fiance.
Uh...
Why would you tell me to come here
if you have a fiance?
You asked him to come here. But...
It's not even like that, Luke.
I ran into him at my dad's funeral.
No! That's not true!
We never even went to a funeral!
Oliver, please. Hey.
Vacation, my ass.
You never want to go back, do you?
Yes. No. No, you don't.
Come on. 'Cause you're a liar, Rey.
You're a liar. You're a liar!
I want to talk to mom right now.
Okay. Okay, we will. No! Right now!
Relax! Right now! Right now!
Oliver. Oliver, please.
No.
You shut your face, you bitch!
Slut! Whore!
All right, that's enough!
Hey! Jack!
Oh, my god!
Rey!
Rey, wait! Please!
What? This is...
This is messed up, okay?
This is really messed up, and it's my fault.
Yeah.
I didn't think I would ever hear from you again, okay?
I didn't think that you would actually come.
Well, I did.
Yeah.
Yeah, you did.
What did you think was gonna happen?
I don't know.
I guess, like an idiot,
I thought things could still work out.
I gotta look for my brother.
Hey! Hey!
Where'd you get this car?
That's my son's car.
Heh. Your son's?
Talking about two brothers,
one about 25 years old,
the other a little smart-ass about 10, like that high?
Yes.
Aren't you supposed to be dead?
What?
That piece of shit broke down.
I picked them up yesterday.
Where did they go? I don't know.
I mean, they hopped on a bus yesterday morning.
They were headed someplace by the coast.
I mean, apparently, they were going there
to spread your ashes.
Come here.
Let me see those.
I'll give them back.
They're running the tide.
What?
That boat. See?
Here. Look.
They're going to where the tide moves,
where it changes.
Why?
The fish feed where the tide churns everything up,
so the fishermen, they go there, too.
That's where all the life is.
Hey...
I know you're mad, okay?
You're a liar, and I believed you.
I didn't mean to, Oliver, okay?
I just don't want to lose you.
Well, I don't want to run away from anything anymore.
All I wanted was for you and mom to stop hurting.
And I wanted us to be together again.
Just, just come inside, all right? Come on.
You can't stop me anymore.
I want mom.
You don't have mom.
You got me. That's it.
So get inside.
No.
I said get inside!
Make me.
What?
I said make me.
Okay.
Are you crazy? Oliver! Stop it!
Don't let me take away the inner half!
What do you when someone tries to take something from you, huh?
Ow!
Protect the goddamn plate!
Protect that, bitch!
You don't know what she is.
I don't care! Let me in.
Or what?
Ah, shit.
Listen to me!
You don't know her like I do,
all right? Let's get that straight.
She doesn't care about us.
She never did.
You're a liar!
You're a big, fat, stupid liar!
She used to leave us, Oliver,
sometimes for days at a time, okay?
And when she'd come home,
she'd start yelling about the house not being clean,
or she'd find something else to blame us for.
And I knew when it was coming, all right?
I knew when Bo was at work
and she had us at home alone,
that's when it was gonna happen,
so I took you, and I put you in your room,
and I locked the door.
This isn't true.
You don't remember.
You were only two years old.
I don't want to hear anymore!
If she did come back, she'd come in high.
Do you know what that is?
Do you know what high is, hmm?
She'd start yelling.
First about something small.
Then she'd work herself up,
and then she'd start pushing me,
hit me with things.
What things?
Whatever was around, okay?
It didn't matter.
Most of the time, she'd throw things,
shoes, whatever.
She didn't care.
Or she'd whip me with a belt...
A couple of times with a baseball bat.
You're making it up!
Oliver!
Oliver! Stop!
Listen to me! Hey!
Stop! Stop!
Listen to me.
One night, you came out of your room
and you saw her kicking me,
so you started screaming,
and you wouldn't stop.
So she started screaming back at you,
and that only made you more scared,
so you started to cry, okay, real loud.
And she didn't know how to get you to stop.
So she grabbed you by the face...
This isn't true! You're a liar!
You're just making it up so I'd stay with you
and so I'd think she's a bad person, but she's not!
Listen to me! I'm not fucking lying to you!
I'm telling you the truth!
It's your mom!
Even if she did, i don't care!
She's changed!
I know she has changed!
No! People don't just change, Oliver.
Well, she changed for me, you asshole!
Where are you going?
I'm going home!
No, you're not. Get over here. Stop!
I hate you!
Oliver, stop!
Stop it! Stop!
I'm trying to put the past in the past,
if you'll let me.
I've struggled for six years
to tell you that.
Did I leave anything out?
You know what I think about?
Know what I remember about us?
All the lies you told me about getting cleaned up.
And I loved you and the boys...
But you were never mine to begin with.
Hello?
Rey! Where are you?
We'll be there.
Hey.
You came back.
I'll always come back.
I'm sorry.
It's not your fault.
It doesn't hurt anymore.
It's fine. It's okay.
No, it's not okay.
It's never okay.
Did she really do those things?
Come on! Get in!
Let's go.
Don't be afraid, okay?
I'll teach you.
Let's go! Just a step!
Let's go.
Oliver...
You trust me or not?
Ooh, shit, that's cold.
That is cold.
Ooh, mama, mama!
Hey, open your eyes.
Open 'em.
Am I doing it?
You're doing it.
Look. Come on.
Come on. Come out deeper.
Now touch my hand.
Yeah!
You okay? Come on.
Let's go, punk.
You okay?
Yeah.
How 'bout you?
I'm here, ain't I?
Oliver? Is he here?
He's fine. Don't worry. Where is she?
Look, she's not doing so good. I'm...
Just hear her out.
I'm glad you called.
Oliver wants this.
He thinks we can be some sort of family again.
When I had you, I...
I was barely a teenager.
Your father and me were in love.
And when he left us...
I didn't know what to do.
And every time i looked at you...
I was reminded of all the things
I couldn't give...
All the things you deserved.
And I had always wanted someone,
something...
to want me like that.
When I finally got it, I...
I didn't know what to do with it.
You were the living, breathing proof
of all the promises we couldn't keep.
Because somehow...
I wasn't good enough...
for the guy that I loved.
And is that my fault?
No.
No. It's mine.
And I wish...
I wish that i could take back
everything I've done to you.
I never stop thinking
about how you had to pay
for my failings as a mother.
And I know that i can never right
the wrongs that I have done,
but I had to learn to forgive myself.
And I know you thought
that I was trying to forget.
But I can never forget.
And I'm hoping that, with time...
You'll forgive me.
And you'll be able to see me as a mother again.
How can I be sure...
That you won't use again?
Rey, when you ran away with him...
I felt like i had nothing left,
that no one would ever want me.
Oliver wants you.
He needs you.
And he believes in you.
Just give me the chance.
Give me the chance to do right by him.
I'm not gonna take him away from you, Rey.
All I'm asking for
is the chance to be a good mother to him,
and I am so sorry.
I'm so sorry
that I could not be a good mother to you.
But I can be that to him...
If you'll let me.
Mom! Oliver!
Why are you looking at me like that?
We're a family again.
I mean, Rey, you said that we'd be a family again.
That's what this is, isn't it?
Hey.
No, Rey, I will not...
I'm not leaving you.
Listen to me.
You're gonna be okay.
I don't want to leave you, Rey.
What do we always say?
I'm, I'm not going to.
Just say it.
Don't make me.
Please, Oliver.
Promise me you won't forget.
You can't forget.
You can't.
What do we always say?
Protect the goddamn plate.
Protect that goddamn plate.
That's right.
I love you, buddy.
All right.
He's all yours.
You did good.