All language subtitles for 04x03_Daddy.s.Home_Good Witch

- Previously on Good Witch.
- My dad used to bring me

- gifts from his trips.
- Where?

- London. That's the last time
I saw him.

- The day that he left.
- She didn't say much,

but I could tell your daughter
was very happy to receive it.

- I like to see you smile.
- You do?

- Yeah.

- Who gave you that?
- Noah.

- That was nice of him.
- It was.

- I love your mother very much.

And I love you, and I wanted
to ask if it would be OK

- if I married your mother.
- Yes.

(DOORBELL RINGING)
- I'll get it.

Dad...

What are you doing here?

- I wanted to see
my daughter.

- It's been 22 years.

- I know, Abby,
and when I left...

- People call me Abigail now.

- Abigail...

of course. I've been thinking

about what I wanted to say
to you for so long...

...but now, I... I don't know
where to begin.

- What's going on?
- Who was at the door?

- I'm going to bed.
- (DOOR CLOSING)

- Everything OK?
- I don't know.

???

- Oh, there you go.
- Now you can eat here

or out in the garden.

- Hey!
- Hey. Good morning.

- Waffles?!
- Yeah.

- I've seen fruit,
I've seen yogurt,

- but I rarely have seen waffles.
- I am full of surprises.

- Are they made with organic sweeteners

and filled with some kind of wheat brand.

- They are made with sugar
and filled with chocolate chips.

- It is a surprise!
- Mm-hmm.

- Hey, did you find out who came
to see Abigail last night?

- No, and I haven't seen
her yet this morning.

- Hmm. Is she OK?
- Yeah, she always seems to be,

so she should be able
to handle the appearance

- of one unexpected visitor.
- (GRACE): Morning!

- Hey. Chocolate-chip waffles.
- Oooh!

So, uh, I got an email about
the math competition finals.

They're this weekend.

I, uh, made it
into the regional championship.

- Hey, congratulations!
- Grace, that's great!

- Yeah. Uh, hey,
can you take me?

- This weekend?
- Yeah, it's all day Saturday.

- Actually, I have some guests
that I think are gonna need

- some extra attention, but...
- I could take her.

- Are you sure?
- I got all day free. Happy to.

- OK. Uh, yeah. Great.

- I will see you guys later.
- OK.

- Bye!
- Bye.

- Hey, I wanted one of those!
- These are for someone else,

but there's plenty of fruit and yogurt.

- But they're not filled
with chocolate chips.

- Good morning. I was just
bringing this up to your room.

- Chocolate-chip waffles. I used
to love those when I was a kid.

- Did you?
- Uh, well, whoever came

to see you last night
left this for you at the door.

Has your name on the card.

- It says "Abby"
on the card.

- Yes.

And I'm pretty sure I know
who used to call you that.

- It's from my dad.
- I had a feeling.

I didn't know he was even alive.

- Yeah. It would probably be
easier if he wasn't.

- Where has he been
all these years?

- He didn't say
and I didn't ask.

He wants me to meet him
for dinner tonight at 7.

I don't show up,
I never have to see him again.

- What are you gonna do?

???

??? (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

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- Abby.

Abigail.

- Dad.

- I didn't think
you were gonna show up.

- Well, what girl can
turn down an invitation

to have dinner with her father?

- Uh, would you like
to order something?

- No, thank you.

I haven't decided how long I'm staying.

- I thought of reaching out
so many times over the years.

- But you didn't.

- No.

- And so I'm still wondering
why you left in the firstlace.

- Because I decided
you'd be better off without me.

You don't know me, Abigail.
You hardly ever did.

- Whose fault is that?
- Mine.

But you wouldn't have liked
the man that I was,

and I wanted you to have a chance.

So I took myself out of your life.

And when your mother died,
I wanted to come back, but...

- well, I couldn't.
- You chose not to.

- Because...

by then, I was in prison.

I served eight years for business fraud,

grand larceny and tax evasion.

- They don't have phones
in jail?

- At a certain point,

I just didn't know what to say.

- So what are you doing
here now?

- Well, I've started putting
my life back in order.

I'm almost done paying off
my old business partners.

And I'm thinking about moving back

into the old neighbourhood in New York.

You know, the house we used
to live in is for sale.

- The red one?

- On Fernside?
- And I wanted you to know

that things are different,
I am different,

and I wanted you to see that.

- So this is about you?

- No.
- You just dropped in to let me

know how wonderful you are now
and that you were right

to run away from my life?

- To say one more thing.

I'm sorry.

???

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DOOR CHIME)

- Good morning!

- Good morning.
- I came upstairs

to let you know that breakfast
was ready, but it seemed

- like you wanted to sleep in.
- Thanks for not waking us up.

Those beds at Grey House are amazing!

- Yeah. I haven't seen her
sleep this well in forever.

- Which is one
of the many things

we won't be able to do
once this baby comes,

which is why we wanted to do
a babymoon while we still can.

- Hm, smart. You're having
a boy or a girl?

- We've decided not to tell.

We want to keep it a secret
for as long as we can.

- Then I won't ask again.

Any ideas about what
you want to do today?

- Mostly not think
about baby stuff. I mean,

I can't wait for our child
to arrive, it's just

I want to feel happy and relaxed
waiting for it to happen.

- Erica! Look at this!

"101 Lessons From Dads Around The World."

- I'm sure that's great,

but that's not the right kind
of reading for a babymoon.

- Right.

- But this looks interesting.

- "Hiking Trails of Middleton."
- Yeah, there are a lot

of wonderful places
around here to explore.

- Before we have
to push a stroller around.

- Thanks.
- Sure.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- I'll take a few croissants -
plain and chocolate -

half-dozen bagels and, uh,
just throw in an assortment

of muffins, whatever you think
the ladies would like.

- Oh! Well, I will
put in a variety.

- And you'll bring it
to city hall, all of it,

- before the meeting begins?
- I will get there early.

- Excuse me.
- What's happening at city hall?

- Oh, it's
the quarterly meeting

of our Women's Small Business
Owners' association.

- The mayor's in charge of all of that;

I just show up with the pastries.

- No, you also run
a very successful

- small business of your own.
- Oh, well...

- May I show you

- my own small business owner?
- Oh, of course!

This is one of Middleton's own

- right when she was starting out.
- Well, isn't she adorable!

- She begged to have
her own lemonade stand

and made $14 without any help
from me or her mother.

She just completely did it on her own.

- That looks like Abigail.

- Yeah. She was about
9 years old.

Oh, I'm sorry. Arthur Pershing.

(GASPING)
- You are Abigail's father!

- That's right.
- She said you were dead!

- Well, news of my dead has been
greatly exaggerated.

- Have you seen Cassie yet?
- Arthur is related to Cassie.

- He's her...
- Uncle by marriage.

No, I'm taking things slow.

I'm just trying to let everybody

get used to the fact that I'm here.

- Well, I'm very glad
that you introduced yourself

because that photo

of your daughter has given me

the most wonderful idea!
Don't forget those pastries.

Tata! (ARTHUR CHUCKLING)

- So, what does my daughter like
to order when she comes here?

- Well, um, she loves
those pecan-cinnamon rolls.

- Then, I'll take one of those.
- Coming right up.

Hahaha!

- Go. Oh!

Yes! I feel like Dolley Madison

fighting off the British army
in the White House.

- Uh, one woman fought off
the entire British army?

- Practically. She saved
Washington's portrait

while the place was set on fire
and barely made it out alive.

- Wow, you make her sound
like some sort of superhero.

- A movie about her,
now that would make

a lot of money.

Oh, hey, Sam!

You'd go see a movie
about Dolley Madison, right?

- Depends. Who's in it?
- Amazement is in it.

- Then... yeah.

(GRACE CHUCKLING)

What time do you want to
leave in the morning?

- I don't know. 8?

Do you wanna go for
anything on the drive?

Hmm, I'm good, thanks.

I went online to see subjects
that might be covered this year.

Not announced 'til each round.

- They haven't done polygons in a while;

maybe you should be prepared for that.

- Oh, I don't think I've ever seen
Grace not prepared for anything.

- I'm pretty sure
we studied polygons

- in freshman year.
- OK.

- Thanks! Are you done
attacking me?

- Yeah. I barely
made it out alive.

(GRACE CHUCKLING)

- Pinkies up
and pastries down,

ladies! This meeting
will now come to order.

So, do any of you recognize

this innocent, young politician to be?

It's me! (CHUCKLING)

Bursting to take on the world!

As soon as my skin clears up.

But it's photos like this
that are going to inspire

the next generation of Middleton's
women small business owners.

- By showing them
what not to wear?

- By revealing
from whence we came.

So, I need all of you ladies

to go home and pull out
your high-school portraits

and display them in front
of your places of business

alongside current photos,
which we'll take this week.

Then today's youth can see
where you came from

and who you are now.

- It can be inspiring to know
what each of us overcame

- to become who we are today.
- Isn't this a wonderful idea?

And it all came from something
that Abigail's father showed me:

a picture of her
with her very first business.

- You met my father?
- Yes. He came into the Bistro.

- He was very proud.

Bragging to Martha and me
about your lemonade stand.

- I'm shocked
he even remembered that.

- So, I need

a framed high-school portrait
from each of you.

(SIGHING)
- I suppose I could

dig that out of wherever it is.

- Me too.
- What if we don't have one?

- Don't be silly. Everyone has
a yearbook photo at least.

- All I wanted to do when I turned 18

was move out of my foster parents' house.

???
- I didn't realise

- it was so bad for you.
- It was OK.

I just was ready
to get started with life,

so all I took with me
was a suitcase full of clothes.

I don't have anything
from when I was a teenager.

Other than the memories
of all the boys' hearts I broke.

- Oh, now, you have some good memories
in Middleton to look back on.

- Yeah, I guess so.
- Well, I still want

a current photo of you,

so don't let those frown lines
set in permanently before I can

set you up with a photographer.
And sit up straight!

"A sloping shoulder
makes ladies look older."

(MARTHA GIGGLING)

- Thank you for taking Grace to
her math competition tomorrow.

- Looking forward to it.
- I just hope she's ready for it.

- Oh, yeah, she usually does OK.

- Offered to help her
brush up on her geometry,

- but she said she didn't need to.
- Oh. No.

Don't take it too personally;
Grace has her own way

- of doing things.
- Haha! I guess I just come

from the overprepare-
and-then-do-a-little-bit-more

- school of thought.
- Oh, really?

- I hadn't noticed.
- Wait...

Now, you're just making fun of me.

- And at least,
you noticed that.

- (SAM): So what is
all that stuff?

- This box got delivered
to the shop

as I was locking up. Somebody moved

into the last foster home I lived in

and found all this
in the back of the attic.

- And they sent it to you?
- That was nice.

- Yeah, I never thought
I'd see any of this again.

- Well, this must have gone
with some spiffy looking bike.

- It was purple
and it had a banana seat.

And I outgrew it pretty quick,
but I kept that to remember.

- Mm-hmm.
- Dad kept saying

he was gonna get me a 10-speed,
but he left before he did.

- Did you take ballet?

- No. Dad sent those

from Paris. Was always sending
me stuff wherever he went.

- Hmm, well, that was sweet.

At least, you knew he was
always thinking about you.

- And that's how I knew
he was never coming back.

I mean, my mom told me,

but it didn't seem real
until the gifts stopped coming.

- Hmm. It must have been
hard on you.

- Yeah. I made it through.

- Are you ready to see

what passed as fashionable
in the early 2000s?

- Ohhh... All I remember

are peasant tops and shiny pants.

- Well, brace yourself
for disco halter tops.

- (SAM): Hmm...
- (CASSIE): Wow!

When was this?

- Uh, homecoming.
- Now, which one's you?

- Oh, I couldn't afford
to go to the dance.

But the flowers are mine.

I made corsages and sold them

so I could afford a dress
for prom later that year.

- Ah. Already
the businessperson.

- I'll have you know
I previously made a killing

- selling lemonade.
- Right.

And just think, if you had been
able to go to that dance,

you might not be as successful
as you are today.

So, it seems like you learned
how to make lemonade

out of lemons a lot.

- Yeah, I guess I did.

???

- I want to get that bridge
in the background.

- Oh! No, no, no, no!
- Let's do it up there somewhere.

I don't want to be
upstaged by the scenery.

- Why do we have to have
our pictures taken?

Because Martha wants us
to inspire the next generation.

- Can't I just write a cheque?
- Cassie!

- Hello! Erica, Clay,
you know my cousin Abigail?

- Yes, we met at breakfast.
- And what did you get?

- Some serving dishes. We went

into this great pottery place,
which was right next

to a kids' store I had to steer
my husband away from.

- I can't help it.
- We're looking for a place to eat.

- The Bistro's always
perfect for that.

- We'll check it out. Thanks.

- So, I spoke
with the photographer

and she's pretty sure
that she can make the bags

- under your eyes disappear.
- I have bags under my eyes?

- Of course you do,
dear, we all do.

Actually, you don't.

And neither do you.
Honestly, why do I continue

to live in a town where all
the women are so pretty?

(BOTH GIGGLING)

- I'd like to congratulate

all the competitors who've
made it into the final round

of today's competition.

On the left is Grace Russell.

Next to her is Melissa Coombs.

And finally, Jacob Walker.

- (GIRL): Go get 'em, Jacob!

- The topic of our
final round will be...

polygons. First question.

"A dodecagon is a polygon
with how many sides?"

(BUZZING) Grace Russell.

- 12.
- That's correct.

- Yeah!

- I'll remind parents
to please refrain

from showing any outbursts of support.

Next question.

"The sum of the interior angles
of a decagon

is how many deg...?"
- 1440.

- That's right!

"If any angle
is greater than 180 degrees,

then the polygon is called...?"

- Concave.
- That's correct!

???

- (ARTHUR): When did you move
to Middleton?

- Oh, a long time ago.

Grey House has been in my family forever.

- I remember your mother
talking about it.

- I wanted to put
some life back into it.

- I think all the Merriwicks
would be very proud.

It's a nice town, I can see why
my daughter chose to live here.

- How are things
going with her?

Have you been able
to see each other again?

- Not since we met
for dinner.

I told her I'd give her
some time, which turned out

to be a lot harder for me
than I thought it would.

But she didn't say that she
never wanted to see me again,

so I'm just waiting to find out
if she ever does want

to see me again.
These are very interesting.

- Oh, yeah.
- A local artist makes them.

Now, all the birthstones are represented.

This one is your daughter's sign.

- Ohhh...

I remember so many great birthdays
when Abby was a little girl.

- Haha!
- (DOOR CHIME)

I took her out when she turned 5,

and I told her she could order
whatever she wants,

which usually meant macaroni and cheese,

but she wanted a whole, entire crab,

and she was determined to eat every bite.

It took her about two hours,
but she did it.

- Abigail does tend
to finish what she starts.

- She was a tenacious
little girl.

I'll take it.

- Oh, alright!
- I'll wrap it up for you.

- Great!

???

Taking a walk down memory lane, huh?

- That's Abigail's.

I am taking her senior photo
and having it scanned

and framed for something
our mayor wants us to do.

- Would you like to take a look?
- Oh, I'd love to.

You know, I've never
seen her senior photo.

Aaah... one of many things
I've missed out on.

My little girl.

- Yeah. She grew into the woman
she is today.

- Hmm...
- Here you go.

- Thanks.

Could you maybe

make me a copy of Abigail's photo?

I'd love to have something
to put on the mantle.

- I'd be happy to.

In fact, why don't you stop by Grey House

later tonight? You can pick it up there.

- Cassie, you're as kind
as your mother was to me.

- I've always believed
in the goodness of family.

??? (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Uh, I have been craving
strawberry cheesecake

all morning. Do you have any of that?

Well, I think I could
find a piece or two.

Then make it two.

- One for each of us.
- (WOMEN LAUGHING)

- I'll bring it right over.
- But that's not what I wanted!

- Kaitlyn, if you want to
tell me why you're sad,

then we can try to get you what you want.

- I don't like these with
ketchup; I want white sauce!

- You want ranch dressing?
- Yes, please.

- Excuse me.

I hear that someone
might like some ranch dressing.

- If you could.
- Coming right up.

- Thank you.

- So I guess that's us

- in a few years, huh?
- Yeah, might be.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Do you think we all would have
been friends in high school?

- Probably. What were you
into back then?

- Mostly music theatre
and boys.

But I got stuck playing
Aunt Eller in Oklahoma

while all the boys pined
after Dream Laurey.

- Hm. Well, it seems
like you were happy there.

- Does it?
- All I remember

about that day was that I flunked

a project in art class
and I just stopped crying

long enough for them
to snap this picture.

I was trying to make a vase,

but it turned out more like a kidney.

- So I shouldn't hire you to be
a supplier for my store. Got it.

- You know, I have
some old vases

I was gonna put in storage.
I've wrapped them up,

but if you want to stop by my
shop and take 'em to yours...

- I never say no
to free merchandise.

- Yoohoo!

I have some wonderful news

that can only be shared really
via the visual,

so... voil�!

And I wanted Abigail to be
one of the first to see it,

since the announcement
was partly due to her.

- What did I do?
- No, your father did this.

He's donating 10 bikes just like that one

to Middleton's girls in need

all in the name of Abigail Pershing.

- Well, isn't that nice of him.
- Oh, you say that as if

it's not nice at all.

- He's just trying to buy his
way into people liking him,

which is what he always
used to do with me.

- Well, he is here now,
and we have the 10-speeds

- to prove it. Hahaha!
- Yeah. I mean, it couldn't

have been easy for him
to come back the way he did.

- You know what would have
been easier? If he never left.

- Oh, he does seem
regretful about that.

- I haven't seen much of that.

- I would hope
if I ever had a rift

with either of my children
that they would be

open to letting me try to make up for it.

- Yeah. Perhaps then,
you could have a future

you never even imagined.

???

- You're texting your mom?
- Noah.

- Oh, make sure to tell him how
his girlfriend got first place.

- Yeah.

- Oh, you should send a picture
of the trophy to your mom.

- She's seen me with trophies before.
- Come on, send her a picture.

- Like, where is it?
- I left it there.

- Oh! We can go back.
- Sam, we're almost home.

- It's not far.
- It's just another trophy, OK?

And who even cares about that?

???

(ELECTRONIC DOOR CHIME)

- Dad.

- I've walked past this place
five times

trying to get up the nerve
to come inside.

- It's OK, you can come in.

- This is a beautiful store.

- Thank you.

- I've been wanting to stop by
to see it... Well, to see you

since dinner, but I thought

you'd want some time
to get used to things.

- Because it's not every day your
father comes back from the dead.

- Did you really tell
people I died?

- I got a couple of nice
condolence cards out of it too.

- Well, I got you something
and not because of my debt,

but because I was thinking about you.

???

- It's my sign

and my birthstone.

It's beautiful.

I guess I should thank you
for all the 10-speed bikes

you donated in my name.

- I wasn't there to give you one
when I should have, so...

- I guess we can call it
the next best thing.

Look what I've just found.

It had been so long
since I saw one of my old ads.

- Your work was in the papers?

- My work was in a lot of places,

but that's the one
that got me the most attention.

I spent so much time
living in different places,

dreaming about the perfect family,

that idea came to me pretty quickly.

- I wish I could have given you
a family like this.

The kind that you deserved.

So, uh, I don't know if you're free,

but if you want to,

maybe we could have dinner tonight.

Catch up on more of what
you've been doing since I...

Just sort of catch up.

- Actually, I was gonna
see a movie tonight.

- I understand.
- You've got other plans.

- Do you want to come?

- Oh, I'd love to.

- They're playing His Girl
Friday at the theatre.

- Cary Grant
and Rosalind Russell?

- It's one of my favourites.
- Mine too.

(ELECTRONIC DOOR CHIME)

- I don't understand
why you want to go home.

I thought we were having
a really good time.

- I've been trying to,
but the more I try

not to think about this baby,
the more I realise

how terrified I am
about becoming a father.

- You are going to be
a great dad.

- But I don't know
how to actually be one.

When that little girl started
whining at the Bistro...

...I started wondering
about what I would have done

if I were her dad, and
I realised that I have no idea.

Because my dad would have never
talked to me like that,

because my dad hardly ever
said anything at all.

- I just want to stay
for one more night.

Cassie set out tea,

and she said that there's
everything here we could want.

And...

I really like this bed.

- Well, since we're probably not

gonna get much sleep
over the next 18 years...

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

- Thanks.

- Thank you.

- (ARTHUR LAUGHING)
- (ELECTRONIC DOOR CHIME)

Just give me a minute.
There's a few things

I meant to water
before we left for the movie.

- Take your time.
- No problem.

You know I hadn't seen His Girl Friday

- for a long time.
- Really? I watch it

two or three times a year.
That and The Philadelphia Story.

I love the way Cary Grant
and Jimmy Stewart

fight over Katharine Hepburn.

- Hahaha!
- Probably gave me a few ideas

about how to get men to fight over me.

- Abigail, please,
you're talking to your father.

- Right, sorry.
- Just give me one minute.

I have to water these guys in the back.

- No problem.

???

- All done! You ready?

- Yeah. May I walk you home?

- Uh, sure.

After you.

???

- OK, we got it.
- Now, can we go?

- Just a minute.

Didn't seem like you were
having very much fun today.

- It was a competition.
- Why do you do it?

- Because my teacher says

that this kind of stuff looks
good on college applications.

(SAM SCOFFING)
- That's it?

- Isn't that enough?

- You know, I had a scholarship
for molecular biology

when I went to college.

I figured I'd end up
getting paid a lot of money

to do research in a lab every day.

And then one day, in the middle
of class, I realised...

I don't want to do that.

What I wanted to do was help sick people.

Get to know them,
let them get to know me.

It's why I just gave up the scholarship,

changed my major.

And it turned out to be one
of the best decisions of my life

because I love doing what I'm doing.

So...

what about you, Grace?

- What about me?
- What is it you love?

(SIGH)

???

- It looks perfect here!

And it's gonna be so inspiring

to all the future women of tomorrow.

- I think those are
called girls.

- Potayto, potahto.
- (STEPHANIE GIGGLING)

- Oh! Hey there!
- Can I help you?

- I'm here to pick up an order
of chicken fingers to go.

- With ranch dressing?

- You should probably put
some of that in there, yeah.

- (LAUGHING): I have them
right here for you.

There you go.

- I think I know what I wanna be
when I grow up.

- Would you like to own
a business someday?

Maybe a restaurant like this?

- No. I wanna run a flower shop.
- Oh!

- Or maybe she'd like to be
something even better,

- like the mayor.
- What do mayors do?

- Well, mayors run the city

and they get to cut ribbons
and make speeches.

- Eek.
- "Eek"?

- I wanna run a flower shop.
- Can I do that, Daddy?

- You can do anything you want.

(STEPHANIE LAUGHING)
- Thank you. Come anytime.

- Thanks.
- We will.

- Well, would you look at that.

Your idea is already inspiring
the women of tomorrow.

- So it's a success.
- And you never know

what kind of woman this little
girl might turn out to be.

- Plenty of different paths.
- Mm-hmm.

???

- Hmm... hello.
- Where have you been?

- At the movies with my dad.
- Well, that sounds nice.

- It really was.

I never imagined it could be, but it was.

- It was good of you
to let him back into your life.

- Well, he came
all this way.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

This is Abigail.

Why would they be checking
my credit score?

No, that wasn't authorized at all.

OK, thanks.

(BEEP!)
- Is everything OK?

- No, that was
the fraud department

at my bank. Someone asked
for a credit check,

so they could put my name on a loan.

- Why would anybody do that?

- I know why my father
would do that.

So he could clean me out

and steal the rest of my life
from me too.

Welcome back, Dad.

- I like writing.

And history.

And I really liked

working at your office
with your patients.

And photography, I like that a lot.

- Well, then do more of that.
- All of it, and just figure out

what you like the best.

- I kind of want
to go skydiving.

- You want to jump out
of a perfectly good airplane?

- Yeah. With a parachute
of course.

- Yeah. I've always wanted
to do that too.

But we both have to convince your mother.

- And she's never
letting that happen.

- Not in a million years.
- Mm-hmm.

- Clay! Can I get
you something?

- Is there an ice-cream shop
around here?

- There are some nearby,

but if you wanted to stay in,

I have some ice cream in my
freezer. You can help yourself.

- Aw, thanks, but Erica's
craving raspberry ripple.

I can't imagine you'd stay stocked up

- on something like that.
- Uh, hmm...

- Yeah. Looks mostly like chocolate.
- Are you sure?

- Raspberry ripple?! No way!
- Yep.

There are bowls and spoons
right over there.

- George told me
I could find you here.

- Were you able to get
that photo of my daughter done?

- I did. And I found

the perfect frame for it in my store.

- Is there anything else
I need to do?

OK, thank you so much for your help.

Did you try to put my name on a loan?

- I did, yes.

- Well, I cancelled
my credit cards

and blocked all my accounts.

You can't get to them now,
so don't even try.

- What?!

I wasn't trying to get to anything.

I wanted to give you
something, as a gift.

- Is that what they teach you
to say in prison?

- Abigail...

I wanted this to be a surprise,

but I'm buying our old house.

And I want to put your name

on the loan so you'll be the co-owner.

- You want
to give me a house?

- Yes, the house you grew up in.
- The one you walked out of?!

Stop trying to buy your way into my life,

pretending to be my dad.
You gave up on being a father

when you walked out the door
and never came back.

- I thought I was doing
the right thing,

so you'd turn out better
than someone like me.

- You know what the right thing
would have been? If you actually

tried to be a father. This guy
doesn't even think he's ready

to be a dad, but he's already
put more effort in

before his kid's born
than you did my entire life!

- I know.

And you're right.

But I'm here now, and I'm trying

- the best that I can.
- Well, it's too late.

I thought I needed you,

but I turned out just fine on my own.

I started businesses,
and I used every bad thing

that ever happened to me to my advantage.

And when I think about
the person that I am today,

maybe you were right:

I was better off without you.

???

- She made a good point.

She never needed me.

And that's one of the many reasons

why I should never have come back.

- Oh, wait.
- Before you leave,

this is for you.

- Thanks.

???

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- I hope you'll come back
after your baby is born

- so I can know the whole family.
- We will.

- And I'm gonna want
that exact same bed.

- I will keep it open
just for you. Are you glad

- you stayed the extra night?
- Glad you had the ice cream

- she wanted too.
- Hmm... It's nice

to know a man who realises he may not be

a perfect father,
but knows he needs to try.

It's the first thing
every little boy needs.

(DOOR CHIME)
- How did you know

- we were having a boy?
- We didn't tell anybody.

- Didn't you? Hmmm...

Oh, and I pulled this book
off the shelves.

Made me think of you.

- Clay's already read every
parenting book there is.

- I think he might like
this one the best.

- "One Otter
and Twenty One Rabbits."

- It was one of
my daughter's favourites.

We used to read it together and
laugh and laugh and not think

- about anything else.
- What's it about?

- It's about an otter
and 21 rabbits.

(LAUGHING)

(ELECTRONIC DOOR CHIME)
- What are you doing here?

- I just wanted to tell you
that I'm leaving.

- Because you're good at that?
- Because I didn't want

to just disappear from your life again.

I printed up

a copy of the paperwork

that shows you're not
on the loan for the house,

- so you're free and clear of me.
- Are you really gonna go live

in the exact same house
you walked out on me from?

- I am,

because it's the house
we brought you home to

when you were born...

and it's where I watched you
learn to walk,

where you set up your lemonade stand.

So it will give me a chance
to remember the good things

instead of all the mistakes that I made.

- Well, thanks
for this at least.

- Thanks for coming
to dinner.

And what you said
at Grey House was right.

You didn't need me then,

and you don't need me now.

- Yeah, I turned out OK.

- Any man would be proud

to call you his daughter.

- When are you moving in?

- I don't know.

A couple of months.

- Maybe I'll come
see you sometime.

I'm not saying
I'm not still mad at you...

I'm just saying that people get older,

they grow up and they change.

And I'm not sure I want to get any older

without having a father in my life.

You're the only one I've got.
(SOFT MUSIC)

- You really are a better person
than I ever could have raised.

- Well, you had
something to do with it.

- If you ever want to come back
to the house,

let me know...

and I'll make sure your room
is exactly how you want it.

- Thanks, Dad.

- It was good
seeing you, Abigail.

- You can call me Abby.

(ELECTRONIC DOOR CHIME)

???

(CHUCKLING)

- I found a couple of ripe ones
out there.

- Ooh, those look good!

- Do you want me
to cut 'em into dodecagons?

You're not the only one who
knows what a 12-sided figure is.

- Maybe they should have
given you the trophy.

Nah. You deserved it.

(DOOR CLOSING)

- Hey.
- Hey! Dinner's ready

- in 30 minutes.
- Great, thanks.

- Nick's on his way.
- Did you ride a bike here?

- It was a present.
- Something I always wanted.

What are you making?

- Ooh, mac and cheese!
- Yum!

- When I was little, my mommy
let me crush up the breadcrumbs

and sprinkle them on the top
before it went in the oven.

- That's a good thing
we saved that job for you!

- Crush away.
- I won't be needing that.

We did things differently
in the Pershing house.

- Ooh!
- (SAM LAUGHING)

- That's how you do it to make
sure they're the right size.

- OK.
- (LAUGHING)

(SCREAMING AND LAUGHING)

- Yeah, that used
to happen a lot.

(ALL LAUGHING)