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- Chris needs me.

- OK.

He does.

He's lost. Been that way since he got cut

from the team. l guess l feel sorry for him.

You remember that next time

he goes upside your head, OK?

(phone rings)

Hello?

Mm-hm.

OK. Sure.

l'll be right there.

- Ann Merai, hi.

- Dr Frieland. This is my brother, Matt.

Nice to meet you. l'm sorry to bring you in

today. l was in surgery all day yesterday.

Please.

- You can talk in front of him. lt's fine.

- OK.

Right. OK. Ann...

l'm afraid there's been a bit of a setback.

l got your tests back yesterday.

The cancer is not in remission.

lt's come back very aggressively.

lt's attacked your liver and lungs.

How long?

- Well, that's... that's difficult to say.

- How long?

Five, six months.

l mean, no one can say for sure.

But l feel fine.

There's a counsellor here

l'd like you to see. She's good.

- She'll help you during this period.

- Thank you for coming in on your day off.

Ann, wait.

Excuse me. Maybe you could

speak to her about the counselling.

Listen. l mean, you should

be able to do something, right?

You know, what about that experimental

stuff. You know, like 60 Minutes?

l don't know.

There are alternative approaches.

- Yeah?

- Sure. l mean, let's see.

Autologous cancer vaccines.

Haematology procedures, like pheresis.

Hyperthermia treatments.

Here, take a look at those.

They're extremely expensive and,

l gotta tell you, there are no guarantees.

- Thanks.

- OK.

You all right?

Yeah.

Why didn't you tell me, baby?

l'm sorry. l'm sorry.

When l was with you,

l... l forgot about it.

For a couple hours

l didn't think about dying.

l understand.

They got this alternative stuff.

There's a clinic in Switzerland. They say...

l know, my blood.

l don't put much stock in all that stuff.

There's like a 1 7 per cent chance,

a 1 7 per cent success rate.

A whole 1 7 per cent?

Odds are probably better l'd hit the lottery,

which is what l'd have to do to afford that.

Listen. Where you going?

- l don't think we should do this any more.

- Ann. Ann.

lt wasn't right for me to drag you into this.

You didn't drag me into anything.

l'm a big boy.

Matt, l'm dying.

l'm dying.

- Thanks for the flowers.

- You're welcome.

- The girls at work were so jealous.

- l'm glad. That's not why you called.

- What's up?

- l want to show you something.

- Chris didn't hit you again, did he?

- No.

When we were married we took out

insurance policies on each other.

But they were only for $100,000.

Yeah? This says a million dollars.

Did you know about this?

No. l remember signing some things,

but l didn't know he made any changes.

He can't get away with this.

This is fraud, you're sick.

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