Run the Tide

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!

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.