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Oh, man.
It's you and her now, huh?

I trusted you, Danny.

It's going to come back
to you, man.

Sophie's been kidnapped.

 

Oh, my God!

Let me go.
It's Carlos.

 

Where's my daughter?

You cannot resort
to these cowboy tactics.

You set us back.

I guess that bitch talk
doesn't fly right today, right?

 

Danny, do not take the shot.

I'm sorry I make you that angry.

You broke my heart.

You hear me?
Do not take the shot.

 

Come on.
Let's go.

 

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Are you crazy?

 

Lady, are you okay?

I'm fine.
Go, please.

Take the Westside Highway uptown.

 

Back up.
Don't move.

You can have all my money.

 

Please, help me!

 

No!

 

I e-mailed it to Lucy.

Hopefully, she can get a plate number.

 

Cabbie get a look at the gunman?

Yeah.
African American,
six feet, bald.

But I'm having the sketch artist work up
a composite of our missing person first.

Anything that might help us
figure out who she is?

No.
Homeless guy saw her talking
on a pay phone down the street,

so I'm running the records.

ERT is checking for prints
on the phone and the cab.

Not much to go on, huh?

 

Hey, Sarah?
Can we show
Agent Johnson that paper?

Sure.

 

This was in her sweater
that she left in the cab.

Looks like the Eye of Ra,

Egyptian symbol of protection.

You know, there's a lot of
exclusive clubs in the neighborhood.

Could be a passkey.

Yeah.
Could be a date gone wrong,
sexual assault.

 

So much for an eye of protection.

 

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ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON CBS: 2007/05/10

 

I didn't see her until she jumped
in front of my cab.

I could have killed her.

When the gunman grabbed her
out of the car,

did he call her by name or say anything
that might help us figure out who she is?

No, I-I'm sorry.

Sumanir, you told the police that

tonight was the first time
you'd ever seen this woman?

Yes.

Because we ran the records
from a pay phone that she was seen using,

and she placed a call to your cell phone.

 

How'd she get your number?

 

I do some work off the books.

If my boss finds out about it,
he'll fire me.

Hard to get a new job from jail.

 

I picked her up yesterday.

 

You like pizza?

 

Excuse me?

My son, he just discovered
American pizza.

 

So I want to know
where I can find the best.

 

He's very handsome.

Thank you.

Me and my wife, we come here
so we can raise him like an American.

But it's not easy.

 

He sees what all these kids have,
you know, the cell phone and this iPod.

I tell him he needs to work for it.

He misunderstands "land of the free."

 

If you ever want another ride,

 

call me at this number.

I'll come extra fast,
and I'll give you a better rate.
Okay?

 

Thanks.

 

I don't know if it's the best,
but I like the pizza at Nicky's on 102nd.

Thank you.

 

I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth.

Please, if there's any way
we can keep this a secret.

 

We'll see what we can do.

But first, you need to tell us
where you picked her up

and where you dropped her off.

 

Uh...
I picked her up
at the corner of 50th and Lexington

and dropped her off
at Tompkins Square Park.

 

So when Agent Delgado
left the FBI offices,

did you know she was going
to attack Detective Quan

and bring him in to the FBI
at gunpoint?

She did not bring him in
at gunpoint.

She pulled a gun on him.

 

Detective Quan realized that he was
compromising our search for Sophie Delgado.

He came to the FBI voluntarily.

After Agent Delgado
pulled a gun on him

and tried to force him
to reveal the defendant's whereabouts,

which, incidentally,
he didn't know.

Objection.
Sustained.

 

Agent Malone,

 

on March 4, 2007,

did you instruct Special Agent
Vivian Johnson to tell Ray Sykes

that Sophie Delgado was dead in order
to get him to confess to kidnapping her?

 

Agent Johnson

used completely legal means to extract
a confession from a suspect.

So I guess the answer is yes.

 

Your Honor, I would like
to call these witnesses

from Agent Malone's other cases,

in order to substantiate a pattern
of deceptive behavior,

that goes far beyond my client's case.

If she knew she was going
to call additional witnesses,

my office should have been notified.

I didn't know it until just now,

when Agent Malone admitted to lying,
cheating, I don't know, stealing...

Objection!

under cover of his authority

as an agent of the US government.

Your Honor, this goes far beyond anything!

Enough!
Approach the bench.

 

She might be barking
up the wrong tree,

but I have no interest
in being overturned on appeal.

I want your motions for and against
on my desk in the morning.

 

Until then, the witness is dismissed
and court is adjourned.

 

The judge will give me a continuance
to prepare for new witnesses,

but I think the damage
may already be done.

Okay, but even without Quan's testimony,

you still have a conviction
on the kidnapping charge, right?

Not if his attorney convinces the jury

that you would have done
anything to find Sophie.

 

We would have.

 

I'll call you after I talk to my boss.

 

 

All right, Lucy got the first two letters off
the Lexus's license plates: "C-G."

Okay, I'll start cross-referencing
vehicle registrations.

Was ERT able to pull any prints?

Yeah, between the cab
and the pay phone, 28 sets.

28?
Great,
that's going to keep us busy.

What's this?
/ This is the cab ride
our missing person took

the day before she disappeared.

She was dropped off here in front
of a battered women's shelter,

so she may have been staying there.

You know, the kidnapper could be
a pissed-off husband.

Yeah.

 

Fitzgerald.

 

Yeah, what's up?

 

Oh, no, that's great.

Thanks.

Delivery guy from Nicky's Pizza
recognized our missing person.

He says her name is Teri
and he remembers an address.

 

Great.

 

She works nights,

telemarketing for
a credit card company, I think.

 

Geez, I hope nothing bad's
happened to her.

 

Does Ms.
Long have a daughter?

Jennifer.

 

Would you mind checking the bedroom?
Yes.

What about the father?

I've never seen him around.

They're divorced.

Wouldn't happen to know
where the daughter goes to school?

No, I'm not sure.

Okay, I'll see you on the way out.

 

Jack.

Hmm?

 

I found it in the mom's dresser.

 

Should get that downtown to forensics.

 

Thought you could use
a little pick-me-up.

 

Well, thank you.

You want to talk?

 

Mmm.
Where are we on the case?

Well, we were finally able to ID her.

Her name is Teri Long,
she's 34, single,

and she has a daughter
that 're trying to track down at school.

 

NYPD narcotics identified the symbol.
It's used by a dealer,

Dane Hopkins.

 

Now, he and his associates
traffic meth, weed, coke and pharmies.

One-stop shopping.

 

Doesn't this guy look a lot
like our gunman?

 

Ebony and Ivory, what's up?

 

Why don't you start by telling us
what you did with Teri Long?

 

Never heard of her.
Really?

Because we found the same drugs
in her apartment that the cops found on you.

You want to charge me with possession,

be my guest.

 

All right, let's make a deal.

 

You don't have anything I want.

I don't know about that.

Right now,
Dane's got you riding sidecar.

Don't you want to be behind the wheel?

 

Listen, Frank, we're not looking
to make some penny-ante drug deal here.

Waste of our time.

Just tell us why Dane made you grab her,
and we'll work something out.

Simple as that.

 

Yeah, I remember.

 

She was harassing people outside
the club where Dane deals.

 

Scaring people away
because they thought she was a narc.

Dane got wind of it,
had me bring her in.

 

Party's over.
Let's go!

 

So, this is the lady that's been screwing
with my business the last two nights.

Just tell me where my daughter is.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I went to her school.

 

Her friend says that
she buys pot from that club.

I've never seen her before.

Does she owe you money?

What did you do to her?

Nothing.

I won't stop until you tell me
what you did to her.

 

You should leave.

 

I want my daughter!

 

She wouldn't stop.

Had it in her head that
Dane made her girl disappear.

Did he?

 

I wouldn't put it past him.

What about Teri?

 

Dane didn't know what to do.

 

He told me to watch her, and he left.

When he came back a few hours later,

he said he'd made arrangements.
What arrangements?

Getting rid of her.

 

Where'd they go?

 

To a condemned building
off the Merrick.

 

Freeze, FBI!

Put your hands in the air!
Come down!

Get down!
Get down!
Turn around!

Now, Come on.

 

I've got Teri Long!

 

Where's Jennifer Long?

I got no idea.

Really?

Is that why you were trying
to kill her mother, just for fun?

I already told her,
I never seen her daughter.

She's a 13-year-old girl that
you've been selling drugs to.

Now, you want to help yourself,
you help me.

Wallet's in my back pocket.
My lawyer's card is inside.

Be gentle.

I will be.

 

Okay.

 

I'm going to need to ask you
a few questions, okay?

 

All right, when was the last time
you saw your daughter?

Three days ago.

Where?
At our house.

 

How was school?

Fine.

 

And the test you had in fifth period?

Good.

What would make me feel better

is if your mother hadn't started
the fight with Sharon,

and then my mom might feel...

 

I was just at school.

 

Finally got the check
for selling the car,

and I thought we could celebrate
and go to a movie,

only you weren't there.
I had a free period.

Me and some friends went off campus,
and then I came home.

I talked to your principal,
and he showed me these.

Am I supposed to know
what they are?

Notes.
excusing you from school
that I apparently wrote.

Are you smoking pot again?
Is that where you've been?

I don't get high anymore.
Then explain this to me.

You wouldn't understand.

 

Jenny, I know how painful it's been
with everything that's happened

between me and your dad.

 

You have no idea what it's been like.

 

It's been hard on me, too,
but I am trying to make this work.

Well, I'm sick of trying.

Okay?
I wish you'd
just leave me alone.

 

I had a...
a late night shift,
so I had to go to work,

and I thought by the time I got back,
she'd be home.

 

What happened with her father?

 

He walked out on us two years ago.

I've had to work double shifts
ever since.

And it hasn't been easy on Jen.

Do you think it's possible
that she went to try and see her father?

They don't get along.

Besides, he's on some oil platform
in the Gulf of Mexico.

Why didn't you call the police
when your daughter went missing?

I did.

 

Jen ran away from home
three weeks ago.

It was only for a day,
but this time the police said

I had to wait 48 hours
before they'd file a report.

Right.
Okay, the first time she ran away,
do you remember where she went?

Tompkins Square Park.

I already went and looked,
but no one had seen her.

 

Don't worry.
We're going to find your daughter.

 

Let's get you into the ambulance, okay?

 

There was no sign of Jennifer
in the condemned building.

Well, Dane Hopkins still denies
that he did something to her,

and I can't find anything
to contradict him, so...

All right.
You know,
I went to Jennifer's school,

played a little Hippie Sticks
with the burnouts.

Apparently, she stopped hanging out
with them three weeks ago,

and that was around
the first time she ran away.

Maybe she was telling her mom the truth
about not smoking pot.

Hey, look, you know,
pot is a gateway drug.

Maybe she moved on to the harder stuff
with people out of the school.

Hey, Lucy just pulled a bunch of MapQuest
searches from the kid's computer.

Where was she looking to go?

Residential addresses in the tristate.

Danny and I are going to split up.
We're going to go check it out.

All right.

 

Yeah.

 

Yeah, I've seen her.

She and this other wacko came
by last week.

What do you mean by wacko?

I mean, she was spouting
some mumbo jumbo about a church.

 

Look, I'm not making any donations.

If you need a signature for a petition,
we can talk about it.

I'm not looking for any money.

 

My name is Jennifer.
I'm from the Church of Restored Beginnings.

 

I'd like to discuss how we can help
strengthen your relationship with God

and give you a more happy
and fulfilling life.

Sweetheart, I already have
my own version of happiness.

It's called divorce.

 

Wait.
The church can help you.
It helped me.

Ever since I joined,
my life's completely turned around.

What are you, like, 12?

 

Look, you're wasting your time.
Okay?

 

Maybe I could come in just
for a glass of water?

 

No.
I'm sorry.

 

He talked to her
for a couple of minutes.

He really seemed to have her
under his spell.

Then they went next door.

 

What was the name
of the church again?

The Church of Restored Beginnings.

 

All right.
Thanks for your help.

 

Your Honor, the State of New York
would like to dismiss the charges

against Carlos Aguilar without prejudice

and reserve the right to refile
at a later date.

The defendant will be released and
his bail is ordered set aside or returned.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I would remind Mr.
Aguilar that
there's a restraining order in effect.

Once he leaves this courtroom,

he's not to be closer than 300 yards
to his daughter or her mother.

Of course.

I would like to hear him say it.

 

I understand, Your Honor.
It won't be a problem.

It better not be.
Case dismissed.

 

I'm sorry, Jack.
I messed up.
I'm so sorry.

Oh, come on, it's not your fault.
It's your child.

I would have done the same thing.

 

Listen, why don't you
get out of here, okay?

Just go, go.

 

Spare a minute?
Agent Malone.

I just want to remind you
that I stopped my agents from killing you.

Yeah, I'm sure that was hard.

 

Don't make me regret it.

 

Church of Restored Beginnings operates
out of a storefront in Tompkins Square.

Well, we know she's been there before.

It's a good bet that's where
she hooked up with these guys.

 

Minister Gary Sedgwick.

Yeah, he's the man that she's been
going door to door with.

Pat Robertson or David Koresh?

A little bit of both, actually.

They do have a practice
that's potentially dangerous.

It's called ascension.

It's where a follower goes into the woods
alone and fasts for a week.

Yeah, with Jennifer's home life,

it'd make sense that she'd be
a prime target for this nut job.

Yeah.
Do we know where he is?

Not yet.
NYPD has picked up
another runaway, though, at the church,

and Child Protective Services
are bringing him in.

All right, bye.
Thanks.

Okay, guys, I got a new wrinkle
on the Church of Restored Beginnings.

Apparently, three of the houses
that Jen did a MapQuest search on

were robbed last week.

 

I'm Agent Johnson.

This is Agent Malone.

Christy Donovan.
Yeah.
Nice to meet you.

 

What are you listening to?
Uh, Panic!
At the Disco.

Oh, my kids listen to that.

That's cool.

Todd, we're looking for a girl
from your church, Jennifer Long?

 

I don't know anybody by that name.

 

Well, do you recognize her?

 

Yeah, I do.

 

Yeah, she's been
around a couple times.

When was the last time
you saw her?

 

I don't remember.

Todd, we're aware of the scam
that the church runs involving burglaries.

 

Do you think that has anything
to do with her disappearance?

 

Todd, you need to tell the truth.

 

I heard about something
that happened a couple days ago.

 

From this other kid Henry.

 

He works on the same route as Jen.

 

No one's home.
Good.

As the stuff comes out,
we'll leave it on the lawn.

You move it to the truck.

I don't want to go inside this time.

Oh, but I need you to show me
the lay of the land.

 

The owner must have been asleep.

Well, did your friend see what happened
to Sedgewick and Jennifer?

No, no, he just hauled ass out of there.

I mean, he thought
he was going to get shot.

And you haven't seen her since?

No.

What about Sedgewick?

Uh, the next day, he said Jen had quit
the church and wasn't coming back

 

How did Jen even get involved
with all of this?

Well, they target runaways,

and we're thinking that they came
across her about three weeks ago.

 

Can I see the pamphlet from the church?

Sure.

 

"Find strength in a community of love.

 

A family for those
who haven't found one yet."

 

Well, who wouldn't want that?

 

And of course these kids are
more vulnerable

because they're estranged
from their families.

 

Estranged?

 

That's a nice way of saying
my daughter didn't feel like I loved her.

I'm, uh, I'm not making
any personal judgments.

 

I just want to help you find
your daughter, okay?

 

Can you think of any reasons
why she would be...

open to these people?

 

Well...
she has a lot of reasons
to want a better family.

 

You think I wouldn't find out?!
Huh?

I don't know who you're talking about.

In front of the drugstore
during my afternoon delivery,

I saw you talking to him.

Lou, I was running errands.

If I talked to someone,

it was probably just because
they wanted directions or something.

Daddy, stop it.

Go back to your room.
She didn't do anything.

Jenny, sweetie, it's okay, baby.
Just listen to your dad.

Lou, I promise,
it'll never happen again, okay?

You're damn right.

Nobody's gonna want
to look at you after I'm through.

Daddy, stop it.
I mean it.

 

The both of you are going to be sorry
you got out of bed this morning.

 

No.
No, Lou...!

 

Little bitch.

 

Call 911.

 

Jenny, call 911.

 

He didn't want anyone to know
how it happened,

so he lied to the paramedics.

And when he got out of the hospital,
he left town.

 

You told me he just walked out.

 

Well, I was ashamed of the truth.

 

We were her parents.
We were supposed to take care of her.

 

I was supposed to take care of her.

 

No, because she should hear it
from me, Mom.

Just keep telling her
that you don't know.

Exactly.
Just say that
you couldn't get in touch with me.

Please.
Okay?

 

Okay, bye.

 

What's going on?

My mom just picked up Sophie
from school,

and she knows that
today is the court date,

and so you can imagine
she's asking what happened.

 

Ay, Danny, I feel so bad,

because she keeps having nightmares
about Carlos taking her again.

I mean, how am I gonna tell my...

my own daughter that

because of something I did,

this guy is going to go free?

 

I don't know.

 

You want to come over tonight?

 

I know it's going to make her smile and...

and feel safer.
Yeah, how about you?

 

Me, too.

 

Okay, I'll come over.

 

Taylor.

 

Really?
Okay.

Okay.
No, thanks.
Bye.

 

Gary Sedgewick went back
to the church.

They're bringing him in.

 

You know, I have the constitutional right
to pursue the religion of my choosing.

Yeah, you look like a really spiritual guy.

 

You should spend some time with us.

You'll see that a restored beginning
is possible...

Save it for the marks.

 

You know, it's easy to start again

when you have, uh, somebody else's
36-inch flat-screen television,

when you have a one-and-
a-half-carat diamond ring,

when you have $1,800 in cash.

 

I'm sorry, I don't know
what you're talking about.

Yeah, well, the victims say that

they let your followers
into their homes

a couple of days
before they were robbed.

Yeah, well, some of the kids
I work with are very troubled.

Like her?

 

Witness says that she was shot
at a robbery, and you were there.

Now if she went down in the house,
the homeowner would have called someone.

So either you got her out,
and you didn't get her help,

or you did something to her because
you thought she was going to talk.

I don't know where she is.

We have three counts
of robbery so far,

abuse to a minor,
lying to a federal officer--

we're at 15 years and counting.

 

Unless?

Unless you tell us something
that we don't know that helps us find her.

 

Well, she didn't get shot that night.

 

We got lucky;
the guy missed both of us.

The worst thing
that happened to Jen was

she sprained her ankle
when we ran.

 

Are you sure your mother's
not coming home?

I told you, she's at work.

She won't be home
for another couple hours.
/ All right.

 

You know, you should tell everybody
that you, uh...

you twisted your ankle on a curb.
I will.

All right.
It was dark.
You tripped.

I won't say what happened.

 

Why do we do it?
Do what?

Go into people's houses,
take their stuff.

 

People use material objects
to fill a spiritual void.

Now we use what we take to spread
the word of the church

to make people whole again.

 

To build a community of love.

Yeah.

 

You didn't even ask me
about my ankle.

Yeah, that's a big surprise.
Todd?

 

I wasn't thinking.
I...

 

I'm sorry, Jen.

 

How's your ankle?

 

Don't worry, Gary.

Why don't you go?

 

I'll make sure she's okay,
and we'll see you tomorrow.

 

And I left.

 

And that's the last I saw of her.

What was Todd doing there?

 

He was just a kid
I brought along for the job.

He said that was a boy named Henry.

 

Henry quit a year ago.

 

Well, do me a favor,
if you find him,

don't let him get away again, okay?

Thanks.

 

All right, that was CPS.

They put Todd in a group home,

and 20 minutes later
he managed to run away.

Do we have any history on
where he might go?

No, I ran him through the system.

His name, address, all bogus.

He might be with Jennifer.

It's possible.

 

You know, we're getting real good
at letting people walk away, Jack.

 

Why don't you go and talk
to the other cult kids

and see if you can find out
his real name?

 

Jack...

 

I've got his prints.

 

Yahtzee.
I beg your pardon?

We've got a match.
His name's Bradley Foster.

Bradley Fos...

Okay, armed robbery, battery...

Wait a minute.

Lewd acts with a minor.

 

Okay, well, the good news is
he has an address

and a Chrysler we can put an APB on.

What's the bad news?

According to his driver's license,

 

he's 26 years old.

 

Clear.

 

Clear.
Any sign she was here?

No, but there's a lifetime supply
of Nair in the bathroom.

Keeping his 5:00 shadow at bay
must have been a full-time job.

 

What's that?

 

All right, What is that?

 

That's her.

 

From when she was last seen,

she could be down there
for three days without food or water.

Well, I called Sedgewick,

and he had no idea
that Todd was an adult,

but that he'd been a member
of the church for two years.

Pretty good hunting ground for a predator
looking to take advantage of kids.

 

Hey, Sam,
what's up?

It looks like the IP address is bouncing off
a mirror site in Eastern Europe.

 

How long till we can get to the source?

Maybe another hour.

 

This guy's on to us.
He could be
heading there right now to kill her.

 

Hey, hang on a second, all right?

 

Looks stalker-like.

What do you think, another victim?

I don't know.

She's a bit mature for his taste.

You know what, I'm gonna take these back
to the office and see if I can get an ID.

Okay.

 

Hey, I'm back.

So what do you need me to do?

Just make sure
the connection stays open.

Yeah, I will.

Hey, we got a hit on Brad Foster's car.

 

7811 to 9033,
cover the back of the diner.

We need this guy to lead us
to the girl.

 

9033, copy that.

 

Remember those photos we found
in Foster's apartment of that girl?
/ Yeah.

 

I think that diner's a match.

You're right.
I'm going to text Viv.

 

You want to talk about
what happened to Carlos?

 

Why?

 

The guy walked, that's it.

And what?

And if you would have let me
take a shot at Carlos...

Sophia and Elena wouldn't be
in danger right now.
That's what.

You know what?

I saved your ass.

If I'd let you take that shot,

you'd be in the middle of an OPR
investigation that would end your career.

Jack, I'd rather be doing security
at a mall

and know they're safe.

 

Okay, fine, next time you see Carlos,
shoot him.

You know, I'm starting to get it.

The only one around here
who can bend the rules

is Jack Malone, right?

Look, if you don't like my decisions,

why don't you take an application out
at the mall?

 

What the hell is he doing here?

I don't know, 'cause the APB
had a no-approach alert.

 

He's going to screw this whole thing up
over a busted taillight?

See if you can get him out of here.

 

This is 7811.
Please connect me to NYPD dispatch.

Putting you through.

 

Come on.

Just write him a ticket.

 

Go.

 

FBI!

 

He's dead.

 

Great, that's just perfect.

 

You still don't know where they are?
Do you know where the feed is?

He was either a computer genius
or he had help.

The trail dead ends
at a bank in Virginia.

We think someone built
a Trojan horse into the system

so they could use
the bank's data links.

 

Hang on a second.

I didn't find anything on the girl,
but I did find these keys.

This one's for the Chrysler

and this one looks like
it opens a padlock.

 

Samantha,

are there any public storage units
around here?

Uh, let me check.

 

Hey, Jack, how close is that train?

 

It's about 400 yards.

Okay, I think that train is driving
by her right now.

It's blocking the light.

 

I think Brad was on his way
to see her.

6:30,
the sun is going down.

 

I'd say she's east of the tracks.

Okay, thanks.

 

Get the paramedics down here
right now.

 

Holy mother of god.

 

Jennifer.

 

Jennifer?

 

No.

 

Get away.

No, no, no, it's okay, it's okay.

Listen, my name is Jack, all right?

I'm a policeman, okay,
and I'm here to help you.

He's coming back.

 

Who's coming back?

Todd.

 

I don't want to be here
when my mom comes home.

 

No, he's not coming back, honey.

He always comes back.

 

Trust me.

 

He's never coming back.

 

I just want to help you, okay?

 

Please.

 

Come on.

 

Listen, Danny, I want to talk about
what happened in the car.

I think we've talked enough.

 

How are you?

 

Well, that should be
an easy question to answer.

 

Hey, listen, did we ever get
any traction on this girl?

 

Now, a girl matching her description works
at the diner where Foster was shot.

She was running errands
when I called,

but I left a message asking
for her to call me back.

 

Yeah, well, she might have been
the next victim.

 

Then she got lucky.
Yeah.

 

What's up?

 

Nothing.

 

Nothing that a good bourbon
wouldn't fix.

Gwen's?

 

I'll meet you in a half an hour.

I got to stop at my apartment
and pick something up first.

All right.

 

Jack Malone.

Did you find someone
and save the day?

 

Oh, don't worry, man.

I'm not packing.

 

I am.

 

What are you doing here?

 

I can't be near my daughter.

 

I can't be near her mother.

 

There's not a lot of places in this city
I'm allowed to be.

 

Then, I would take the hint and move.

 

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