Blood Ties

They just took out one lung.

I hope the geniuses

left the good one.

- I'm breathin' pretty good, huh?

- Yeah.

Hey, Frankie boy.

- Hey, Pop.

- Hey.

- You look good.

- Hi.

Yeah. You shouldn't

be up, so come on.

I know, I shouldn't.

Get in here, now.

Mother Teresa. Come on.

I'll tell ya what, they got

two, three nurses here,

and I'll bet ya, I can be as

good as I was, at least once.

Mmm, okay.

So, what are the doctors saying?

The doctors say, they say, uh...

They say, "You got insurance?"

And they say, "Wait

until you get better."

I'll be out soon.

Yeah, I don't know why I ask you.

I'm gonna go ask them myself, okay?

Yeah, sure.

- I'm gonna let you two talk.

- Love you, pal.

You're not too

talkative, huh, buddy.

I mean it's all right.

It's all right. I mean...

The good thing is you're out.

I'm just on leave,

Pop. It's a furlough.

I don't get a job, they keep me in.

Yeah.

It's a long time you was gone.

Frank, been a long time.

Kids are on the couch.

Kids, this is your father.

Come on, get up.

Hey, what're you doing? It's me.

I'm your father.

Come here, give me a kiss.

We can take it back.

No, it's okay. Thanks.

Thanks!

Mom, can I go play these?

Of course, sweetie. Go ahead.

So, I, uh, I hear

you been left back?

- Yeah.

- Yeah? You gotta buckle down.

Yeah.

"Yeah, yeah."

It's not enough to say

"yeah" all the time.

He goes out every night.

You listen to your mother.

You screw up in school, that's

how you stay in the sewer.

Frank! Come on, join.

- No.

- Come on!

I taught him everything he knows.

Let me ask you something, Frank.

How close could you be with this

guy I've known you for 12 years.

You never mentioned him to me once.

Not once.

Well, we... We, uh,

we had some problems.

But that's behind us.

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