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Who is this lovely lady?

It can't be Maggie.

Yes, it can. And know what?

I just played you at school.

And don't you just look the part.

Can this giant be Jack?

How much you've grown in a year!

I'm supposed to tell you about...

...congratulations for opening

the orphan hospital...

...and how great the dedication is.

- Thank you so very much.

- Welcome.

Now, there is one rule I insist

be obeyed while you are in my house:

No growing up.

Stop this very instant.

And that includes you,

Mr. Chairman-of-the-Board Banning.

Sorry, too late, Gran.

And what's so terribly important

about your terribly important business?

You see, when a big

company's in trouble...

...Dad sails in, and if

there's any resistance...

He's exaggerating. I'm still

into mergers and acquisitions.

And I'm dabbling in

some land development.

Any resistance and he blows them

out of the water.

So!

Peter, you've become a pirate!

Brad's on the line.

He says it's urgent!

Do you like my dress?

Great, Gran.

Thanks.

Hey, Brad. Good news?

What?

What Sierra Club report?

I thought we had these guys.

He's trying to suck my blood!

He drools all over my neck.

What did they find?

- That's a portable phone...

- A Cozy Blue Owl?

Well, listen.

Ask them if anybody

misses the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Oh, well, I do! Boy, do I ever!

Wow, you kidding?

Wait a minute.

You telling me a 10-inch owl

has a 50-mile mating radius?

Why don't they just

fornicate someplace else?

You're telling me a 5-billion-dollar

deal is falling apart because of this?

Somebody shoot me in the head!

Bang! Bang!

Will everybody just shut up!

I'm sorry.

Leave me alone for one moment!

Get them out of here!

I'm on the phone call of my life!

Come on, Jack. Out, out, out.

Come with me.

I'll show you the window where your

dad and I used to blow out the stars.

I should've stayed

till the deal was done.

Granny asked you to visit every year.

I've been busy.

You promised the children some real time

here. You haven't looked at them once.

- That's not true.

- How many more broken promises?

It's Brad, Moira.

I gotta take this call.

I gotta fix this.

No, you gotta fix your family first.

Peter, hello? Are you there?

What?

- I'm sorry about your deal.

- You hated the deal.

I hated the deal. But I'm sorry

you feel so badly about it.

Your children love you.

They want to play with you.

How long do you think that lasts?

Soon Jack may not even want you

to come to his games.

We have a few special years

with our children...

...when they're the ones

that want us around.

Then you'll be running after them

for a bit of attention.

It's so fast, Peter.

It's a few years, then it's over.

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