The Next Best Thing
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1:19:05
You've known about this for three years,
and you didn't tell me?

1:19:08
I couldn't.
1:19:09
I didn't know how to.
1:19:11
But that means,
right from the very beginning...

1:19:14
you always knew
there was a chance--

1:19:17
Oh, my God,
I can't even remember his name.

1:19:19
- I never believed that it was Kevin's.
- Kevin.

1:19:22
And besides, I wanted the father to be
the most wonderful man that I knew.

1:19:26
I didn't wanna hurt you.
1:19:29
You betrayed me!
1:19:34
I was thinking
it didn't matter anyway.

1:19:36
Why?
1:19:38
Because you're his father
in every way that really counts.

1:19:41
The blood is irrelevant.
1:19:44
It's not so irrelevant now, is it?
1:19:47
It doesn't change a damn thing.
1:19:50
I'm sorry, Robert.
Believe me, it does.

1:19:54
Ifyou take me to court,
then this is going with me.

1:19:58
For Sam's sake,
please don't take it this far.

1:20:01
So what are you offering me?
1:20:04
Three weeks in the summer?
1:20:06
A photograph to put
on my refrigerator door?

1:20:09
You owe me more than that.
1:20:11
I don't owe you
the rest of my life.

1:20:13
And what about Sam's life?
1:20:17
What about my life?
1:20:29
Okay. So Sam has a biological father
who doesn't know anything about him.

1:20:34
The chances are pretty good
he doesn't wanna know.

1:20:36
Uh, we could argue some sort
of malicious intent...

1:20:39
on her part
to conceal that information...

1:20:42
and, uh, it would
probably hurt her.

1:20:45
On the other hand, I don't see
how it can possibly help you.

1:20:48
The courts always try to link
parental rights to biology...

1:20:51
except in cases where the child's life
is in extreme danger.

1:20:56
I don't know what to tell you,
Robert. You don't have a case.


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