The Next Best Thing
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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.

1:21:00
Oh, but six years. I mean,
it's gotta count for something.

1:21:03
- We can still go to court, right?
- Well, anybody can go to court,
but ifyou want my advice--

1:21:08
I won't give up Sam.
1:21:11
Then take Abbie up
on her offer to compromise.

1:21:15
Maybe we can work something out
privately...

1:21:17
before this gets any uglier
or more expensive.

1:21:19
It doesn't matter.
1:21:21
She's got to acknowledge
my rights as a father.

1:21:23
Robert, do you understand
that a case like this can breakyou?

1:21:27
And in the end,
you probably won't have Sam.

1:21:44
I'll just be a minute.
1:21:57
Your mother says your lawyer
told you to drop the case.


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