All language subtitles for Queen Sugar s04e05_English

[girl] Previously
on Queen Sugar:

We opened our old home
as a clinic for migrant workers.

-We?
-[man] Is it true what I'm
hearing about you and Luke?

What'd you hear?

Could you please tell aunt--

There's no use. She ain't
ready to hear from you.

That new highway will cut
right through Saint Jo.

This route guts
most of the black farmers' land.

Did you even consider
my son hearing these things
about his mother?

I really took pains
to protect you--

Do not come near me
or Blue again.

[door slams]

[Trudy]
Nova. Come on.
It's time to eat.

Okay, Mama, I just need
to finish this page.

[Trudy]
Food's getting cold, baby.
Are you okay?

Yes, Mama, I'm okay.

Are you okay, Nova?

Are you okay, Nova?

Are you okay, Nova?

Are you okay, Nova?
Are you okay, Nova?

[gasps]

[sirens wailing distantly]

Mama came to me again
in my dreams.

Third time.

This time on the land.

Dreams never die

Take flight
As the world turns

Dreams never die

Take flight
As the world turns

Keep the colors
In the lines

Take flight

Dreams never die

Keep the colors
In the lines

Keep the colors
In the lines, take flight

-[humming]
-[knock at door]

Hey.

Blue, why are you
answering the door?

[Blue]
Mom said I could if it was you.

But you got to lower your voice.
Mom is still sleeping.

She said she was really tired.

But I got ready
all by myself.

Make sure you get
all your stuff.

[Blue]
I will.

I'm ready, Pops.
Let's go.

All right, let me text
your mom something real quick.

Oh, put a smiley face on it.
She really likes those.

Can I see?

What's that weird smell, Pops?

-I don't smell nothing.
-[sniffs]

It's you.

You smell like
stinky flowers.

[laughs]

It's called cologne.

I think it smells good.

I think it smells funny.
Maybe you put too much on.

No, I didn't, actually.

I just got an important meeting,
that's all.

Like a really,
really important meeting?

Oh, yeah, the best kind
of meeting.

The kind where I got to smell
really, really, really good

-Let's get out of here.
-[laughs]

All right, let's go.

-Thank you.
-All right.

Hey, Prosper.

You heading over to pay
your respects to the Durands?

I am.

Leon's passing
hit them pretty hard.

Y'all used to jam
back in the day, didn't you?

Yeah, we did.

The man played
a mean saxophone.

Yeah, I'm going to miss him.

We'll be over there,

handling the repast.

Look forward to seeing
Genevieve.

Genevieve?

Leon's baby sister?

She's in St. Thomas.

You know I haven't seen her, I
guess it's been 40 years.

We all used to play around
together back in the day.

[chuckles]

Whoa.

-Remy Newell. Oh, man.
-[laughs]

Oh!

I haven't seen you in a spell.
How you been?

I'm good, man.
Still standing, Prosper.

-Still standing.
-Well, that's a good thing.

You can't take these precious
days standing for granted.

-Not a one.
-That's right. Not a one.

Mm-hmm.

-Remy.
-Good to see you.

Hey, Vi.

[laughs]

Wow, this place
looks incredible.

[laughs]

Wow.

Is that Remy Newell?

-Hey, boy.
-Hey!

-My brother!
-What's up?

-Oh, man, it's been too long.
-I know, man.

[sighs]

Good to see you, man.

Both of you.

I was just telling Violet that
the place just looks so good.

I'm proud of y'all.

Well, sit down.

I'll get you something.
I know your favorites.

Yes.

So...

you going to tell me
where you disappeared to?

Why you can't return
a phone call

or a text for me,
Vi or Rah?

Nobody?

[computer beeps]

[sighs]

-Yeah.
-[Davis] Hey, Charley,

I am in trouble
and I need your help.

That sister of yours is causing me major problems here.

I haven't even started
my new job yet,

-and I'm already deep in it.
-Whoa, Davis, slow down.

I have no idea
what you're talking about.

Turn on the news.

Nova's book is kicking up that
Melina mess all over again.

Look, can you...

can you meet me for lunch
or something?

Help me find the best way
to deal with this?

Because I'm trying
to start new and--

Davis, this just isn't
my problem anymore.

-Call your lawyer.
-Charley, hey, wait a second.

Charley, look,
I get that, okay?

I get it, but I need you
right now for Micah's sake.

We need to figure out
how to deal with this head-on,

because it's going to affect
all of us all over again.

Charley, please.

I don't want to be seen
in public with you.

Okay.

Just come to the mill at noon
and we'll talk it through, okay?

Hey, handsome.

-How are you?
-I'm good, I'm good.

Came by to see if you'd like
to have lunch later,

but it sounds like
you might be busy.

Yeah, yeah.
Unfortunately, I...

I need to help Davis
with all of this.

I've got to find
some good in this.

I just-- I don't want
Micah affected.

The way that you always
think about your son,

that's beautiful.

My mother taught me
to believe in what's good.

That when people say,
"It's too good to be true,"

they're wrong.

Believe in the good.

Don't mistrust it. Don't
second-guess it.

Don't fight it.

Just believe it.

You're good.

You are too.

[cell phone vibrates]

...For a few more days

Strung out

Held my breath
But you never came

And there's so many things
I wish I could say

And there's so many things

I wish I could do

Dear God,

help me make the best use
of what is in my power.

Please give me the insight
to understand

that some things are up to us
and some are not.

Our thoughts are up to us.

Our impulses, our desires,
our actions...

I just want to scream

Till I can't speak
Your name

And I just want to scream

Till nothing rhymes

[applause]

And for our next question...

let's go to the woman
in the third row.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are honored
to be joined today

by the esteemed
Dr. Octavia Laurent,

professor of Cultural Studies
at the New School.

Dr. Laurent,
what's your question?

[Octavia]
Miss Bordelon,

In "Blessing and Blood,"

you situate your family
as a microcosm of America.

-I do.
-[Octavia] I enjoyed the book,

but I didn't know
how to receive it.

I mean, what research
did you use

to support such a lofty
conclusion?

My book isn't
a research project.

It's a memoir,
where I take experiences

from my personal life

and set them against a greater
contextual backdrop.

Yes, I know what a memoir is,
thank you.

But your anecdotes--

-Experiences.
-Sure.

Whatever you want
to call them,

they're somewhat
self-aggrandizing,

and your claims about
the African-American community

are not backed up by any kind
of empirical analysis.

You're saying my family's story
doesn't deserve to be told

-because of a lack of data?
-That's not what I said exactly.

Black life in America
is the data.

No, that's not what I said.

[Nova]
Go into any library.

Stacks and stacks of books,

yet only a handful of them
document the lives

of everyday black families and
their struggles as Americans.

You're hardly representative
of the everyday black American.

I'm a proud
everyday black American,

and will fight to the death
anyone who says otherwise.

[applause]

For centuries,
we have been denied

the tools and platforms
to tell our stories

using our voices.

My memoir's conclusions
are rooted

in firsthand experience
and knowledge.

I don't fetishize theory
and research,

as your institutions
define them,

because to do so is to commit
an act of cultural violence

against my own people.

[applause]

Yes, yes, that is all
very well and good.

But I found in my experience

that the dismissal
of research and theory

is the telltale mark
of an amateur.

[audience murmurs]

[Hollywood]
Are you sure about this?

Got a whole community out here.

You got roots here.

Yeah, but they're not
my roots.

They're my wife's roots.

When Shauna passed,
I tried to make this place home.

And it was,
for a long time.

I mean, you know,
I love St. Jo's.

But everything
with Charley and Nova...

showed me who I really am.

And I don't like what I see.

Oh, you're a good man, Remy.
Don't do this to yourself.

I just have this lack
inside of me

that I always have to fill,

because life didn't happen
the way I planned for myself.

You know, a wife. Kids.

Happily ever after.

And that affected me.

And I got to admit it.

I hear you.

I really wanted Charley
to be the one.

But when we broke up,
it devastated me

because I didn't think I was
ever going to find love again.

And then feelings started
to develop between me and Nova.

And...

suddenly I felt hope again.

Funny thing is,

I think the two of you
would have made a good couple.

Now I ain't gonna never tell Vi
or nobody else that,

but y'all match.

Both of y'all smart as hell.

You love your community.

I think it could've worked out.

Yeah, well, nothing worked.

And nothing's
working here.

I got to go stand
on my own...

and find myself again.

All right.
Goodies for the road.

[sighs]

Thank you.

You take care
of yourself, Remy.

An don't be a stranger.

Ernest loved you.

You're a part of us,
so don't forget us,

because we're not about
to forget you.

[Remy]
Thanks, Vi.

God bless you, my brother.

Bless you too, man.

[sighs]

Hey...

tell them both
I said goodbye

and thank you.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[inaudible]

You got ten minutes.

What's up?

Like the hair.

-Thanks, man.
-It's cool.

I see I'm not the only one
with a new look.

Yeah, Asha gave it to me
over the summer,

right before I reported here.

Got the idea from
Maya Angelou's poem.

It's really dope.

Helps me keep my head up,
you know, when I'm down.

How are you
holding up in here?

I'm all right,
I guess.

I'm reading a lot.

Drawing.

It's cool, though.

Yeah?

You know, I'm your friend, man.
You could...

tell me how things
really are in here.

Hey, look, the only thing
that matters

is that I keep my head down,
do my time...

and do whatever I can
to never come back.

We were trying
to do something good.

Wake folk up around here,
but...

I don't know, man.
Just...

I don't feel like
it was worth it.

Don't do that, bro.

I'm glad to see you,

but you can't just come tell me
the reason I'm in here

wasn't worth it.

It had to be.

Look, I can't get through this
thinking like that.

I didn't mean it
like that.

[sighs]

And I'm sorry, Ant.

I am.

[Davis]
Man, I was moving on.

A new city,
new career.

Then Nova's book comes out.

Your problems aren't about Nova.

You took a job at a university,

where employees are held
to a higher standard

than NBA after-parties.

Yeah, well,

whatever it is,
I don't like it.

It's called equal treatment,
Davis.

Feels like oppression to you

because you're used
to privilege.

[sighs]

Look, I know
that I've been privileged

and coddled and protected
and all of that, okay?

And you, Charley,
you gave me the world.

And I blew it.
I know that.

But what I took
for granted then,

I'm begging you for now.

Charley, please do
something.

Look, yesterday there were only
ten protestors outside the gym.

Today, 200.

And if this gets any worse,

then Bayou State will have
no choice but to get rid of me.

I need this.

Then be honest.

Do some interviews
and take responsibility

for your mistakes.

The public might give you
a second shot.

Might?

If you're looking
for guarantees,

you should have kept it in your
pants in the first place.

Do you even understand
what you did?

Not to me.

To her.

Own your mistakes.

Then maybe there might
be a small chance

this story will die out
in a few days.

[inhales and exhales]

I believe you, Charley.

And I believe in you.

I always have.

Even when I don't like
what you're saying.

-[jazzy music playing]
-Hello?

[woman] So excited for this
discussion.

-Octavia?
-[Octavia] Nova.

What a nice surprise.

But then, you always did
have great timing.

Let's see if you feel that way
after I blast you

for that stunt you pulled
at my Q and A.

Hold that thought.

We were just about
to discuss your book

for this week's seminar.

The students really
loved your talk.

Would you like
to join us?

My book?

Oh, I get it now.

I've been Octavia-ed.

You goad me at my event,
knowing I'll respond.

And here you are,
waiting for me.

It's cute, but I want no part
of your games, Octavia.

The Nova Bordelon
I remember

never backed down
from a challenge.

Especially if it came from me.

Never had someone pack me
a picnic basket before.

[laughs]

And I don't think
I've been on a picnic

since I was a kid.

Yeah, it's been a minute
for me too.

But it's our first time
out without the kids.

I wanted to mark
the occasion.

Got these for you.

Didn't know you were
such a romantic.

[both laugh]

I didn't know either.

[sniffs and sighs]

Folks without kids
don't even know.

The struggle is real.

[school bell rings]

Here you go, Blue.

Congratulations on winning
the spelling bee.

Thanks, Marcus.

I studied really hard
with my daddy.

Oh. But my mom says
you ain't got a daddy.

What?

My pops is my daddy.

But she says he ain't
your real one.

Heard her
tell my auntie

you ain't got no real daddy
while they was on the phone.

Want to go play
on the swings?

Your aunt is legit

a full-on chef
and miracle worker.

Now you grew up
with this kind of food daily?

All day.

My daddy couldn't cook,
so Aunt Vi kept us fed.

Kept us fed good too.

She sure did.

Yeah.

She teach you how?

[laughs]
What? To cook?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I can burn.

-What?
-Yeah.

[both laugh]

Oh, wait,

there's some real boasting
and bragging going on.

But do you have the chops
to back it up,

is what I'm trying to know?

I mean, you could find out.

You can find out
a lot of things, really.

[cell phone rings]

The sooner you answer it,

the sooner we can start
our second kiss.

Hello?

No, I understand.

Everything all right?

All right.

I got to go.

It's Blue.

Thanks for taking the time out
to help me.

You know, it felt a little
like old times.

You and me
against the world.

Solving problems.

Yeah, I guess it did...
a little.

The biggest regret I have

is that when things went bad
between us...

I didn't fight hard enough
for you.

[sighs]

There was a time when I really
needed to hear those words.

[sighs]

More than anything.

That time is gone.

Davis, you're still lying.

I just found out
a few months ago

that you have
a whole other family.

Look, we're finally at a place

where we can sit at a table
and not tear each other apart.

Let's just let that be enough.

Because for me,

there is no more.

[Violet]
Well...

that's our first funeral
we catered.

I know,
and I hate it.

Me too.

But I'm glad
they called us.

Girl, you gonna get
every repast and birthday

and everything in between
for as long as you want.

Well, I'll take it,

as long as you with me.

What's wrong, babe?

I'm scared all over again.

It took so many years
to get over this feeling,

and now it's back.

Baby, you know I ain't going
to let nothing happen to you.

I know.

But it ain't like that.

I can't explain it.

Try.

It's in me.

The way he treated me.

How I used to live.

How I used to be.

The fear...

that's still in me.

And you can't
protect me from that.

You're right.

I can't protect you
from what you're feeling inside.

But I can do
is be right here with you

while you're going through it.

You don't got to go
through this alone.

Hell, you shouldn't
have to go through it at all.

That's Nova's doing.

After all I done for her
since she was a girl.

Since Trudy passed...

I was there every day.

Showed up for the kids.
Did the right thing.

And she spit in my face.

I'm never going
to forgive her

for bringing all this
back on me.

Your prose is sharp
and observant.

[Nova]
Thank you.

But I found your methodology
to be irrelevant and outdated.

Are you familiar with the works
of Brittney Cooper,

Dr. Keisha Blain,
Rebecca Traister?

You know, Brit and I were just
talking about how long it's been

since we hung out
with Keisha and Rebecca.

Next time we get together
for lunch,

I'll make sure to ask them
if they think

my methods are outdated.

[Octavia clears throat]

While this exchange
has been very stimulating,

Miss Bordelon and I
have some catching up to do.

I will see you all
in seminar on Monday.

That'll be all, Jasmine.

[laughs]

I see you still
have a type.

Jasmine?

She's a very bright
and talented young woman.

I'll bet she is.

Are you still a fan
of Italian Negronis?

Blue!

Blue, come back here.

Please talk to me.

[sighs and mutters]

Darla.

Came as soon as I could.

Where he at?

He's in the bedroom.

[sighs]

What happened?

I don't know.

The only thing that he would say
to me the entire way here

is that his friend Marcus
isn't being very nice to him.

And the school said
he's been crying.

-Crying?
-A lot.

-About what?
-I don't know. They're kids.

It could be anything.

Most kids. Not Blue.

-[sighs]
-Somebody said something.

God, I hate this.

[sighs]

We got through it all.

Why this now?

I cannot believe
that she would do this.

[sighs]

[indistinct chatter]

[speaking Spanish]

[Romero, in English]
I know that shot scared you,
but you're very brave.

Ignacio.

-[Ignacio] Miss Bordelon.
-[laughs]

Thank you so much
for this clinic.

So many need this,

but are just scared
to get help.

Well, we're here.

Thank you.

Eres un angel guardián.

Vamos.

-Guardian angel?
-Okay.

High praise.

-I like it.
-[laughs] You better.

[officer] Ladies and gentlemen,
Immigration.

[inaudible chatter]

[Charley]
Wait a minute. No.

No...

[officer 2]
Let's go. Move it.

This isn't allowed.

Stop.

[officer 3]
Get your papers out.

[Charley]
Hold on! Really?

Really?

They're getting
medical attention.

You need to back off
and let us do our jobs.

Clinics are
protected spaces.

You don't have the authority
to come and raid--

Do you want to be arrested
for obstruction?

Under the current administration
ICE has the authority it needs.

How did you hear
about this clinic?

Anonymous tip
about illegal aliens.

Aliens?

They're people.

They live here.
They-- They have jobs.

And they're undocumented.

This is such bullshit.

I need to see
your papers as well.

No, wait, he's a physician
assistant at a hospital.

Charley, it's fine.
This is not the first time.

[Ignacio]
Senora.

[Charley]
Ignacio?

Ignacio, I will find you
an attorney.

Whatever you need.

I will be on it.
Just-- Hold on!

Detain the father
and the oldest boy.

The youngest two
are American citizens.

No. No.

-No, just--
-Papa.

[speaking Spanish]

Be strong.

Take care of your
little brother.

Please, call my wife.
Let her know I'm being detained.

She needs to come get
Joaquin and Dante.

I love you, mijo.
It's going to be okay.

I love you.

I don't know how people like you
live with yourselves.

Well, I'm doing just fine.

Besides, it's out of my hands.

As soon as those undocs
are processed,

they're going to be put
on that bus

and transported
to a detention facility.

You ought to be happy
I'm not shutting down your mill

for running an unsanctioned
clinic.

We're working with
a Farmworker Health Network.

Every volunteer doctor and nurse
was licensed

and our health care was legal.

So don't try me.

Those people don't belong
in St. Jo.

According to whom?
The Landrys?

I know they called in
the tip.

Are you saying they called ICE
on themselves?

Sam Landry lost three of his
best farmhands on that raid.

Well, if it wasn't the Landrys,
then who did this?

It's hard to say.

I can tell you this.

When you closed down
our prison,

you made more enemies in a day
than I made in a lifetime.

Gal, you ain't popular.

Hey, Props, bro, for getting
inked up in honor of Ant.

Yeah, man, I just...
I want him to know

that we didn't
forget about him.

[Asha]
Well, what you need to do
is slow down on the drinking.

The alcohol was for numbing
the pain, not getting drunk.

I can barely feel it.

Oh, man, he's messed up.

-Mm-mm.
-[Malik] You want to throw up?

-Mm-mm.
-[Asha] Okay, you know what?

Let's just get him
to the bathroom

before we all regret it.

-Yeah, let's do it.
-[Micah groans]

I'm fine.

Sure you are.
Come on.

Let's go.

-Yo, I love you guys.
-One step at a time, bro.

He say something yet?

Nothing.

He just cried himself
to sleep.

[sighs]

I'll be back in the morning
to check on him.

First thing.

He could wake up in the night
and start asking questions.

And honestly, Ralph Angel,

I don't have the kind
and gentle things to say to him.

I know.

[sighs]

You're not furious?

If this is what I think it is,
then yeah, I'm mad.

I feel betrayed.

Like I can't shake my past.

Farm don't matter.

Parole ending
don't matter.

The person that matters to me
got a stain on him

because of my choices.

No.

From choices I made.

Yeah, well,
a lot happened.

We both played our part.

All that matters right now
is Blue.

[sighs]

[Nova]
Why did you stop writing?

[Octavia]
Oh, I still write.

As I get older, it's becomes
increasingly more important

for me to mentor
the next generation.

-Hmm.
-You know, there was a time

I thought you would be
my greatest legacy.

Academia wasn't for me.

Well, it's not for any of us.

You know, we do
what the work demands.

-We adapt.
-Or not.

I chose to write about people,

not theories.

I set you up
for intellectual greatness.

Not mediocrity in the form
of a tell-all book.

It's just us now.

No audiences
to perform for.

You can admit my book
is more than that.

And you are capable
of so much more.

Coming here
was a big mistake.

[Octavia]
One line.

That's all you included
in your book.

Some vague reference about
a professor back at Tulane

who helped you understand
patriarchy?

So humiliating me on stage,

that was about me not
acknowledging you in my book?

One line is worse than
no mention at all,

because it means that you
thought about including me,

and then you made a conscious
decision not to.

Why is that?

Is it because you never
think of me?

Because I don't
believe that.

What about all the time
that we spent together?

What about the summer in Italy?

When I could make you
say my name.

And I could make you
scream mine.

[whispers]
I remember those days fondly.

[sighs]

As beautiful and as strong
as I remember.

[sighs]

Can't believe I'm here.

Oh.

Is it really
that surprising?

I think in the back
of both our minds,

we always knew
we'd meet up again.

Mm-hmm.

How long are you
in New York?

Tomorrow's my last day.

[sighs]

Then I move on to Boston,

Chicago, Atlanta
and Baton Rouge.

That's a shame.

I was hoping
that we could catch up.

Hmm.

You know, I could come with you
on your next stop.

[laughs]

Don't you have classes?

My graduate students
can cover them.

It will be fun to spend
more time with you.

Just like the old days.

Thank you for coming by.

Could I get you
a glass of wine or--?

Oh, no, I'm good, thank you.

But I'm sure you could use
a glass.

I heard about the ICE raid
at your mill.

[sighs]

They just tore a family apart.

Ignacio's been part
of our business for years now,

and I...

I couldn't help him.

I know.

It's disgusting.

But I also heard that you had
your P.I. friend, Vicky,

going through
old land records.

Now if that information
got to me,

it got to others as well.

So the raid's a message.

Someone's trying to stop me
from asking questions

about the new highway.

Does St. Thomas know

the Landrys are trying
to move the highway to St. Jo?

They know someone's trying
to take the highway from them.

And they're not happy
about it.

I mean, without it,
they lose the tourists

and turn into a ghost town.

How long until they plan
to break ground?

-Oh, Charley, I--
-How long?

Five months. Maybe six.

It's being
fast-tracked.

Six months?

That can't happen.

We have to stop it,
or find a way to slow it down.

You could team up
with the people of St. Thomas,

gather enough signatures
to put the highway

on the ballot
in both parishes,

and let the people decide.

It's a long shot,

but if you expose
the Landrys' lobbying effort,

you might have a chance.

-You could also--
-Run for council

against Jacob Boudreaux.

The highway is coming,
but it's the city council

who decides exactly
where it goes.

If you can get the council
to move the highway

just five miles west--

Then most of the farmers' land
would be spared.

Including my daddy's land.

But you need to be careful,
Charley.

If you decide to run,

you'll discover the Landrys
are just the tip of the spear.

Whatever the Landrys and their
friends throw at me,

I'll be ready.

If you do this,
you better be.

The filing deadline to run
for council is in two days.

You think I'd have a shot?

[knock on door, door opens]

Hey, I didn't know
that you were--

Oh, my God,
what happened?

-Are you hurt?
-No, I just...

It's just a little tattoo.

Have you been drinking?

I didn't mean to get drunk.
I was just...

I just took a few sips
to numb the pain.

You're 17.

Too young for a tattoo

and definitely too young
to be drinking.

-Ma, come on--
-Micah!

You're starting
to make choices

you'll have to live with for
the rest of your life.

Are you even thinking
about that?

It's a tattoo.

Everybody does it now.

Okay. I get it.

You're a young man now.

The road ahead is complicated
for all of us.

But for you it's...

If you won't listen
to me anymore,

just let me know
who you will listen to.

Ma, I do listen to you.

[sighs]

Take my hand and see

Where we could go

If you take the lead

Leave the fear behind

And

Let me know

Now

Tell us what happened,
buddy?

My friend Marcus said
you're not my real daddy.

Yeah, well,
Marcus is wrong.

[crying]

Because I am your daddy.

In all ways that matter.
Just...

Just not in
a biological way.

What's biological mean?

It just mean
that a part of a mommy

and a part of a daddy
come together to make a baby.

That's all.

You aren't a part of me, Pops?

Is that why I look different
than you?

Man, it don't matter
what we look like.

I put my soul inside you.

I mean, our heart
beat the same.

Look.

Feel that?

-Yeah?
-[sniffles]

All right.

Feel that?

That?

Yeah.

That's the kind
of father and son we are.

Heart to heart.

I chose you.

I chose to be your daddy.

I chose to take care of you.

Help you with your homework.

Tuck you into bed.

But what if you choose
someone else one day?

Another boy or girl?

That'll never happen.

As long as my heart
is beating, Blue,

I'm going to be your daddy.

Because I chose you.

And you chose me too,
right?

Come here.

[Blue sniffles]

All right.

It's all right.

[sobs]

Okay.

All right.

Is there a part of you in me?

There is.

So you're my biological mommy?

I am.

But even if I wasn't,

I would still choose you
a hundred times over.

Just like your daddy.

[sniffles]

I love you.

I love you.

If not now

When?

For me to see