Changing Lanes Page #4

I just wanted to tell my wife

I got her a house for the children.

- When?

- Well, I have it all right here.

That's my plan. I found a house

for Valerie and for the boys...

and they don't have to move.

This is what I wanted to say.

""Boys need their fathers.

The streets of this world are lonely

for boys without their fathers.

I have made mistakes,

and I have grown...

and I have recognized

those mistakes.''

What kind of a house?

It's not a big house,

and it's not in great shape.

But I can fix it.

I can make it work.

And there's a space for--

Well, if she'll have me back,

there's a place for me too.

But I'm not asking for that

right now. I'm just asking that...

she not take the boys and move

halfway across the world.

You can arrange visitations. Oregon

is not the other side of the world.

It is to me!

I want my family. I want my boys.

I had an accident.

This guy hit me on the FDR.

He cut me off!

I wanted to be here!

If this was my marriage,

I would've been here on time.

Everyone was here on time,

except you. Next case.

Thank you.

- Docket 718.

- Thanks.

Counselor, step up, please.

- How is everybody today?

- Good morning, Your Honor.

Nice to see you again.

It's not gonna help me pay

my phone bill, my electric bill.

I'm not making any money sittin'

in court. I'm goin' to court.

I've been sittin' in court every

day. I'm not making any money.

If you and I had gotten caught

before we stopped...

and my wife found out,

and I Ieft the law...

and you died in

a horribIe accident at sea...

I would be better off

than I am right now.

What happened?

He wouldn't take a check.

He said he wanted to be clean

in all his actions.

- The judge wouldn't take a check?

- The guy.

What guy?

- What day is today?

- Friday.

- Actually, it's Good Friday.

- Good Friday.

- What's good about it?

- Gavin, what's going on?

I know what's good about it.

My file's walking down the street.

Hey! Excuse me.

Listen, man, you don't know me.

I know.

And you don't have to believe me,

but that was not like me today.

And I'm just so grateful,

you know, to God...

and right here in front

of the Lord's house.

Come on. Hop in. Get in the car.

Get out of the rain.

My name's Gavin Banek.

- Doyle Gipson.

- Hey, listen, Doyle.

That is not what I'm like--

this morning.

That's not who I am.

I mean it. I'm a lawyer.

I should have never left

the scene of an accident.

I should know better.

My file-- did you fllnd it?

I had an orange file.

It was in my briefcase.

I thought may be it fell out

and you picked it up.

Do you have it?

Did you get it?

You said,

""Better luck next time.''

I said, ""Give me a lift.''

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