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[UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING]

BOY: Never again do I let you pick the movie.

What are you talking about?

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

- I just need a second. BOY: All right.

Oh, my God, dude, you are so in.

- Shut up, man. - I'm serious. She's into you.

She did tell me that she thinks you're cute.

See? So where should we go next?

I don't know. I don't think my parents will be cool with me staying out.

No, you cannot pass this up.

Call them and ask to see if you can stay out.

But what if they're already asleep? My dad's gonna get pissed off.

You can use that app you showed me. Check your home security cameras.

All right.

[Slel-ls]

Okay. They're not watching TV, but the lights are still on.

Maybe my dad's in his office.

He's still up.

Something's weird. What is that?

Oh, my God.

[MEGAN CHUCKLING]

Hey, very nice.

[CHUCKLING]

[BOTH MOANING]

[MEGAN CHUCKLES]

MAN: What? Oh.

MEGAN: Sit down.

MAN: Ooh. It's gonna be like that, is it?

MEGAN: Uh-huh.

[Slel-ls]

There's no rush.

Oh, God.

I'm really nervous. I am so nervous. I haven't done this in so long.

- You're doing fine, believe me. - Yeah?

- Yeah. - I feel really stupid.

Well, you look gorgeous.

[PHONE RINGING]

Maybe I should get that.

- You shouldn't. - Okay.

[BOTH MOANING]

PETER [OVER PHONE]: Hello?

Megan, are you there?

Pick up, it's Peter.

I can hear you.

[SIREN WAILS]

OFFICER: --all these vehicles, check out the neighbors.

So how was the date with the gardener?

He's not a gardener. He's a landscape architect.

And you are only saying that because you're jealous.

Oh, I'll admit, I did get a little joy out of interrupting your night.

Actually, your call came just in time.

- Oh, was it that bad, huh? - No, it was that good.

[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

Why are you two out here jibberjawing?

- The body's inside. - Curtis, what are you doing here?

I'm the chief medical examiner, that's what I'm doing here.

Acting chief, I believe.

I just meant that Kate doesn't usually turn up at the crime scene.

CURTIS: That's the old chief.

This is how the new chief rolls.

[MEGAN SCOFFS THEN SIGHS]

All right, detective, run it down.

Looks like it started as a home invasion robbery, sir.

There have been two in the area with the same MO,

with the victims being bound and gagged.

- But this is the first one to turn deadly. - My guess is he refused to open the safe,

and the killer or killers must have snapped.

Nice cut.

Judging from the blood, I'd say a severed carotid.

Probably bled out in seconds.

CURTIS: Shame. Beautiful family.

- No. Gloves. - What?

MORRIS: Fingerprints.

The room hasn't been dusted yet.

My bad. Guess I'm a little rusty.

Yeah, maybe that's just how the new chief rolls.

You know what?

MEGAN: So who is he? - His name is Michael Lux.

He's the co-owner of a high-end jewelry store.

Maybe that's the reason he was a target. His son found him over the Internet.

He logged into the home cameras.

The killer stole the hard drive that would've recorded the crime.

According to the son,

this guy was the perennial father of the year.

- What about the wife? Where's she? BAKER: A good question.

According to her calendar, Robyn had a church meeting tonight.

She never showed. Our worry is the killer took her.

We have alerts out everywhere. We've got people on their jewelry store

- but so far nothing. - The later it gets...

Yeah. The worse for her.

Hey, have they--? They found my mom yet?

I, uh, keep calling her, but she doesn't pick up.

Hey, don't worry. They'll find her. You're a detective, right? You tell him.

Actually, I'm with the ME's office. I'm the chief.

Your dad must have really been proud of you.

He coached every sport I was in growing up,

helped me study for tests.

Couldn't have done any of it without him.

MEGAN: Greg?

We're gonna need to get you swabbed for DNA. I'm Dr. Hunt.

- What? CURTIS: It's just, you live here.

So we expect your DNA to be everywhere.

If we have a sample, we can eliminate yours

from any other DNA we find.

I just...

I just wanna talk to my mom first, okay?

Look, I'm trying to...

Everybody, quiet.

Listen.

- I don't hear anything CURTIS: Over here.

Hear it?

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

The wife's phone. Upstairs.

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

CURTIS: Better wait here, boys.

PETER: Megan.

- Mom? CURTIS: No. No.

- Greg. Greg. GREG: Let me go! Let me go! Mom!

[GRUNTING]

Mom!

Mom! No!

I'm sorry I'm late. I know. It's just that I slept over at Jenna's last night.

Tyler's car battery died, his mom was gone shopping.

MEGAN: That's fine, but you are late for your riding lesson,

- and I'm late for work. LACEY: Okay.

- Thanks, Tyler. - No problem.

LACEY: Bye, Jenna. Talk to you later.

[Slel-ls]

How old is Tyler anyway?

- Does he even have a license? - He's 16, and he's an excellent driver.

He's really cool. He's got a band and everything.

I'm not sure I like the idea of you riding with any teenager,

whether he has a band or not.

But, Mom, Tyler's not like that. Nothing's gonna happen.

MEGAN: You're right. It's not.

I'm laying down the law. No more riding in cars with boys.

You can't do that. Tyler's gonna think I'm a total baby.

I don't care what Tyler thinks.

- But I do. - Lacey, get in the car.

Gee, thanks, Mom. Great way to start off the week with you.

Listen up, y'all.

There is a new sheriff in town,

and this kind of waste isn't gonna fly anymore.

These three boxes of gloves were full yesterday.

Now, unless everybody in here has five hands,

there's no way they should be empty already.

Uh, Your Highness? Funny thing. I actually do have five hands.

Just put them in the freezer. Oh!

Ethan, can you see how hard I'm not laughing right now?

- What is this? - Uh, it's gum. It's disgusting.

And that?

That keeps it from being wobbly.

Mm-mm. No, no and no.

And I tell you what, if we can't cut cost in supplies,

I may just have to start looking at personnel. And you.

Nice to see you joining us.

Michael and Robyn Lux are awaiting autopsy.

I've already got Kate started on them.

Hey, wait, wait a minute. Those are my bodies.

You're late. Curtis don't wait.

Now go get your work on.

[MOUTHS] What fhe...?

I wanna make sure this tape gets bagged for prints and DNA.

PETER: Okay. KATE: Don't blame me.

It was not my idea to jump on your case.

Oh, right. Just following orders, I'm sure.

Who would have ever thought there was such a despot lurking

in the big, soft, gooey body of Curtis?

- Power corrupts, I guess. - Oh, please. I used to be chief.

I never let it go to my head.

Fine. I hope you don't mind, I decided to take the wife.

She offered at least a little mystery as to cause of death.

Other than the tape, there's really not a mark on her.

She has a rash on her cheek and both of her wrists.

Yes, I'm aware of the rash.

I meant nothing obvious to suggest cause of death.

So how did you die?

MAN: I've sat in this kitchen a hundred times.

Robyn over there at the stove,

Mike at the counter, cold beer in his hand.

I can picture them right now.

Mr. Kreger, uh, you and Mike were business partners for ten years?

Yeah, we, um, ahem, had the store together for ten years

but, um, our friendship goes back forever.

I'm the one who introduced Mike and Robyn.

He was honestly the most focused and driven person I've ever known.

Everything he did, he did right.

Just look at that kid of theirs.

Why didn't he just open the damn safe?

They'd be alive right now.

Excuse me.

Greg?

You can't be here.

I just-- I just want some of my things.

Very soon.

I promise.

So, what happens next?

I mean, to me.

My parents are dead. What am I supposed to do?

Child Protective Services hasn't called you yet?

[Slel-ls]

Well, you got a place to stay for now, right? With your buddy Travis?

Yeah, but then what?

[Slel-ls]

According to the insurance records,

there are six pieces of jewelry unaccounted for.

Could be in the safe. We won't know until it's open.

Just the same, let's get these out to every pawnshop

and fence we know just in case someone tries-

What is it, Bud?

What is it?

"L&P Plumbing." So what?

The other two home invasion robberies nearby?

Both had work done by L&P a week before they were hit.

- Anybody interview the guy? - Yeah.

They decided it was a coincidence.

But a third time? I don't buy it.

MEGAN: We have sharp force trauma

from the anterior left to the anterior right of the neck.

Serrated blade.

From the angle and position of the incision,

the killer was right-handed

and was positioned behind the decedent when the laceration was made.

- Ethan, I need swabs. - Oh, sorry.

You find something?

Cuts right above the incision.

Well, hesitation marks. The killer was unsure.

Or the killer was threatening,

holding the knife to Mike's throat, demanding that he open the safe.

There's something in them, probably from the knife.

Robyn Lux died of simple asphyxia, but I still have a mystery.

- What do you mean? - With tape over her mouth,

her nose was her only airway.

But at some point, her sinuses became inflamed or congested.

Thing is, there's no sign of acute or chronic sinus condition,

so, what made them close up?

- The rash. - The rash.

She had an allergic reaction. Ethan, hand me--

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Yeah. See the wheals and flares?

Contact urticaria. She had a reaction to something she came in contact with.

Maybe something from the killer.

So, Lee, you did plumbing work at both these houses,

and both were hit by home invasion robbers soon after.

I work on a lot of houses.

- I've been over this with the cops. MORRIS: Those were robbery cops, Lee.

You're talking a homicide now.

BAKER: Another home invasion.

And guess whose card we found on the fridge.

I got nothing to do with that. No way.

Really? Because right now,

our guys are turning that house upside down.

They're gathering every hair

and every discarded skin cell that doesn't belong.

What do you think they're gonna find, Lee?

You don't trust Kate's work, huh?

[so:ol=I=s]

- I trust Kate just fine. - Heh.

I just wanted to see the bodies side by side.

Sometimes when I look at the big picture, I find something that I missed.

And?

Look at the restraint marks on Mike's wrists,

and then look at Robyn's.

His are severe, hers are practically nonexistent.

He probably struggled a lot harder.

That would fit in with what we know about his personality.

Right, but keep in mind that Robyn's death was probably unintentional.

- Obviously, you have a theory. - Yes, I do.

- Hmm. - The killer loosely bound Robyn's wrists

so as not to hurt her,

and then put her in the closet to protect her.

Robyn Lux knew her killer.

More than that.

He cared about her.

Ethan, have you heard from the lab if they found out what caused Robyn Lux's rash?

They called. I, uh, just haven't had time to call them back.

Curtis has me pulling cases for quality review.

Some of them don't even qualify.

It almost makes me long for the days when you were in charge.

Wow, and to think I was this close to feeling sorry for you.

- Call the lab. - Okay.

I'm watching you, you know.

I do know, and it's getting creepy.

MAN: I got a delivery for Dr. Brumfield. - Uh, right here.

What the hell?

[LAUGHING]

What--? You think this is funny?

This ain't no damn joke.

Gloves are disappearing. Hundreds of them.

Cases and cases gone. Vanished.

I'm a little concerned that maybe the pressure's getting to you.

You damn right, it's getting to me.

And don't think I'm not on to you.

[INHALES]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE]

I know, I know. Call the lab, call the lab.

Hey, I talked to Peter.

He said you think, uh, the killer had feelings for Robyn.

You think I'm wrong?

I think it's a theory.

Her jewelry, it's nice stuff, high-end.

- Except for this piece right here. - Yeah, she wore that under her clothes.

We didn't find it till we had her undressed.

I wonder what it meant to her.

Uh, could we pick this up later?

Oh, that must be the gardener Peter was talking about.

[IVHISPERS] Landscape arch-- Just get out.

- Hi. - Hi.

So, what do you say to me stealing you for lunch?

Oh, I can't. I can't. Not today.

Work always comes first with you, doesn't it?

Well, I could say no,

but seems a little bit too early to be lying to you.

[CHUCKLES]

- Okay, what about tonight? - Oh, I've got Lacey all week.

Honestly, I just-- I don't know when my schedule's gonna lighten up.

What are you doing, Megan?

I'm being honest.

I just-- There's a lot going on with Lacey right now.

And, like you said, my job, and I, you know--

I just don't know when there's gonna be time for, you know, us.

How often do you think you've used that excuse to push someone away?

[CHUCKLES]

It's not an excuse.

What are you so scared of?

I'm not.

Um, heh...

Gotta go.

Ahem, it seems I have a growing talent for interrupting,

but the lab has lD'd the allergen that caused Robyn Lux's urticaria rash.

It was a mixture of sea salt and lemon juice.

Lemon juice is a pretty common cause of urticaria.

Have you never cleaned anything?

Lemon juice and sea salt is a metal polish.

PETER: Coin dealers use it to remove deposits without scratching the coins.

Dealers, as in high-end jewelry stores.

Like Mike's partner, Owen Kreger.

Is this really what we're gonna talk about?

Is this why I'm here?

We found lemon juice on Robyn Lux's cheek.

According to the ME,

it was transferred there very close to the time that she died.

BAKER: We also found these documents in Mike's safe.

They suggest that your partnership was in real trouble.

In fact, Mike wanted to dissolve it.

"We'd been business partners for ten years. Friends forever."

What happened? Were you stealing from him?

Stealing?

We were fifty-fifty partners.

I owned half of everything.

He had nothing I wanted.

What about Robyn?

Did you want her?

I'm beginning to think that this whole home invasion

was really a plan to have Robyn all to yourself.

Okay, if I wanted Robyn, why would I kill her?

MEGAN: You didn't mean to.

It was Mike you were after.

You handled Robyn very gently.

You bound her hands loosely, you put her in the closet to protect her.

You didn't know she was going to have an allergic reaction.

Did you caress her face? Is that how the lemon juice got there?

[Slel-ls]

Robyn was wearing this

when she died.

Did you give that to her?

[CHUCKLES]

I didn't think she knew how I felt.

Mike...

He wasn't good to her.

Well, that's not how you described him before.

She was so much more before she married him.

I mean,

she was ambitious and she was funny.

And he just took the life right out of her.

So yeah.

I was in love with her.

But I didn't do this.

This wasn't me.

[OWEN slel-ls]

Lace?

- I thought you had work all day today. - I do, and I have to get back.

But I was feeling bad about the way things went down this morning.

I haven't seen you in a week, and that wasn't a good way to start.

So I am sorry.

Hmm.

What are those?

LACEY: They're for Tyler's band.

I'm not done with them. I still need to take some photos.

But I really hope he likes them.

Why wouldn't he? Lace, these are great.

You, um...

[CLEARS THROAT]

You do know that Tyler is 16.

And that boys, when they're 16,

they're different than boys that are your age.

Oh, my God. Mom, are you trying to give me the talk?

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

Ah. Do you know that this was actually pink when you first got it?

Oh. For whatever reason, out of all the toys you got as a baby,

this was the one.

We could never go anywhere without Stinky, remember?

And the only way you could sleep at night is if she was tucked right there.

Right under your chin.

Don't forget. Tomorrow's parent-student-teacher meeting,

so there's no school.

Yeah, I know, 1:30. Your dad's gonna be there too.

And I'm going to Jenna's tomorrow morning. I'll have to have you pick me up.

Fine.

I'll get you right before the meeting.

[Slel-ls]

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

PETER: I was just calling you.

We got the DNA results from the duct tape on Robyn's mouth.

- And? - And they found an unknown sample.

Fifty percent match to Robyn, 50 percent to Mike.

So it's Greg's. It's not a shocker to find his DNA in the house.

Except it doesn't match the elimination sample we took from Greg.

What's going on?

When you did the autopsy on Robyn, did you notice any signs of multiple births?

No. There was no evidence of vaginal delivery,

and just the one C-section scar.

- Unless... - Unless?

Sometimes OBs, to minimize scarring, do a second C-section on top of the first.

- And, wow, this doctor was good. - Yeah.

So there is a second scar.

The Luxes have another child out there somewhere.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Travis.

We need to talk to Greg.

He's asleep, I think.

He was up all night again.

- Can I help? CURTIS: Depends.

How much do you know about Greg's brother?

Greg doesn't have a brother.

We checked birth and school records.

Aaron Lux would be 20 years old.

I've known Greg since sophomore year. There isn't any brother.

GREG: No, no, there is, actually, Travis.

Sorry I never told you. It's just-- We don't talk about him.

Aaron VVQS 8 SCFGVVUP.

He had a real problem living under my parents' rules, so he took off.

Ran away about four years ago.

CURTIS: Greg, I was in your house.

I didn't see a hint of your brother anywhere.

That's how my dad decided it was gonna be.

Like he didn't exist.

I think he wanted it to be easier for my mom.

It broke her heart when Aaron left.

So he just took any trace of him and removed it from the house.

That was it.

- Do you know where Aaron is now? - Do you think he's the one that did this?

We just wanna find him and talk to him, okay?

Can you help us?

Yeah. When he-- When he left,

he supposedly went up to Alaska to work on some boat.

I never heard from him after.

Okay, thanks.

CURTIS: Thanks, bud.

GREG: Uh, hey.

You said you were chief of something, right?

Well, this guy from Social Services keeps calling Travis' mom.

- He wants to take me out of here and-- - I'm chief ME, Greg.

- I really don't have a lot to do about that. - Please.

Can't you do something?

I just don't wanna go to a place where there's a bunch of--

Okay, look, I can't promise anything but I'll see what I can do.

O kay?

[SINGING MID-TEMPO POP SONG]

That singer right there, that's Tyler.

Lacey has a big crush on him.

What makes you say that?

Well, first of all, he is the lead singer

so I probably don't need to say anything more.

But she just lights up when she talks about him.

- Him? - Mm-hm.

I don't know.

I've never heard her mention him.

TODD: Hey, girl. Hey. - Hey.

- Aren't they amazing? - Yeah.

LACEY: This isn't even their best song.

You should hear the one Tyler wrote. He's like a musical genius.

TODD: No, no, they sound great. They sound great.

We gotta go, though, okay? So--

- I know. Go grab your stuff. - Okay.

- Okay, stop gloating. - Why? I'm so good at it.

MEGAN & TODD: Oh.

- No. Tyler has a girlfriend. TODD: Oh, you have got to be...

Well, he is the lead singer.

JENNA: Bye, Lacey. - Bye, guys.

- Bye. LACEY: Bye.

BAKER: All right.

Aaron Lux. Photos from Alaskan Fish and Game.

- He applied for a crabbing license in '08. - Mm-hm.

State database doesn't have a current address.

MORRIS: Considering his DNA is on his dead mother,

I got a feeling he's a lot closer than Alaska.

I've already got his photo out.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Morris.

Where? All right, just stall him.

Uh, tell him you need a second appraiser.

Tell him that all the cash is locked in the safe. Just keep him there.

Someone just walked into a pawnshop on Belmont with Robyn Lux's jewelry.

[DOOR BELL DINGS]

Hey, Aaron?

- Yeah? - How's it going?

[GRUNTS]

Come on, Aaron, your DNA was on the tape

that covered your mother's mouth You were pawning her jewelry.

Tell me there's something I'm not seeing here.

BAKER: Tell you what I'm seeing, Bud.

A kid who thought he was a badass, thought he didn't have to follow any rules.

Only, when he got out into the real world, he couldn't hack it.

So he came back to prey on his own family.

You don't know anything about me.

Or my family.

The only crime I committed was not being good enough for my father.

Old story, Aaron.

All teenagers have issues with their parents.

Oh, and do they all get the crap kicked out of them too?

So your father was abusing you?

- Why? You were a bad boy? - No, because I was average.

And he couldn't deal with that.

I sucked at sports, I struggled to make Bs, so he beat me.

He beat me until I finally left.

I don't know, Aaron. I've been to your house.

- Everything there seems pretty-- - Perfect, right?

Because my mother was scared to death of him. Greg too.

What? She gave it to me.

Was that before or after you tossed her in a closet and slit your father's throat?

AARON: None of that.

I was dead to my father, but my mother and I kept in touch always,

and secretly so he wouldn't know.

And so she just gave you her jewelry?

She couldn't give me cash because my dad watched the finances too closely.

He counted every penny.

But he gave her tons of jewelry.

I kissed her goodbye after.

I mean, maybe that's how my DNA got on her.

Look, I admit I wished my father dead a million times,

but I did not kill him.

My only regret in this is leaving Greg behind with that monster.

Ethan, what are you still doing here?

I'm trying to ID this substance that Megan found on Mike Lux's wounds.

- Isn't the lab doing that? - Theoretically, yes,

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

But they're backlogged

and I don't think we'll have it until tomorrow.

It's odd. Initially, I thought it was a paste.

But now it seems like it's sandings or filings from something.

A little more work and a little less talking, ladies.

You feel me?

[SLURPS THEN SPITS]

That's it. That's it!

No more Mr. Nicey Nice.

Heads are gonna roll.

[LAUGHS]

You, don't look at me with those big, dumb, sweet eyes.

This has your name written all over it.

No, Curtis, you gotta believe me. I had nothing to do with this.

But big props to whoever did, guys.

- This is awesome. - I'll give you props with--

You don't know Ethan had anything to do with it.

And I don't want you undermining my authority, and--

What is he doing here?

They came for me.

Child Protective Services.

They said I can't stay at Travis' anymore. That's nuts.

Why do I have to go to some foster home with a bunch of people I don't even know?

- All right, Greg. Calm down. - You said you'd help!

Let's go in here and talk about it, all right?

[GRUNTS]

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Come on.

Unh, just please don't touch me.

You are definitely not fine. What's going on?

[Slel-ls]

[SNIFFS]

Who did this to you?

My father.

Do we really have to do this?

I told you I'd help you, and I will, but you gotta trust me,

okay?

I'll be right back.

Promise.

I want every mark on that kid documented.

That is a hell of a beating.

If his father did that, it's motive for Greg.

- I don't even wanna think about that. - Bud's gonna wanna talk to him.

I don't care what Bud's gonna wanna.

Nobody's talking to him till I can get him a lawyer.

Kid's got no parents to look out for his rights.

So I'm stepping in.

Greg?

You son of a bitch. How could you?

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Get him down to holding.

Don't tell them anything, you hear me? Don't say a word, Greg.

Greg!

What do you think Aaron meant, "Don't tell them"?

I mean, they both suffered the old man's abuse.

- So you think they did it together? - Uh, maybe.

And by that, you mean, "Maybe not." You care to tell me what you're thinking?

MEGAN: Curtis.

I need to see the photos of Greg's bruises.

I'm not so much interested in his bruises as the rash on his arm.

You're looking at Robyn Lux again?

MEGAN: It's not Robyn, it's her son, Greg.

Those are the same wheals and flares I saw in Robyn's rash.

It's contact urticaria.

Well, urticaria is hereditary.

That means that Greg had the same allergic reaction as his mother.

Wait a minute. Greg isn't the killer, but he was touched by the killer?

PETER: He's allergic to lemon juice.

Those photos were taken before Greg saw Aaron,

so Aaron didn't give him the rash.

ETHAN: Hey, am I interrupting?

Whoa. Uh, hey, check this out.

I think I identified the substance in Mike Lux's neck wound.

I was confused at first because it was largely made up of talc,

but there were also instances of resin and pigment--

Could you spit it out already?

It's Bondo.

It's used to fill in dents on cars.

MORRIS: Travis, do you have a few minutes?

I have some questions about the night the Luxes died.

Yeah. Sure. I guess.

HEY-

ls there a problem?

No, I just don't want anybody messing with my stuff.

MEGAN: Check it out.

Grease cutter, mostly lemon juice.

Bud, look at this.

Serrated blade.

Everyone thought they were so perfect.

That's how they made it look.

No one really knows.

About the abuse.

You try not to do anything wrong you know?

You try to be perfect so they won't get mad.

And then sometimes, they just snap.

You were abused too, weren't you?

Who was it? Your father?

I was used to seeing the marks on Greg.

He told me to just let it go.

But this last time, his dad...

...went off like he was crazy.

He just kept hitting Greg with this hose over and over.

- He wouldn't stop. MORRIS: You were there?

You saw it happen?

I was right outside the door.

I froze.

I didn't stop it.

But I stopped it now.

Why didn't you just tell someone?

TRAVIS: Who?

Nobody cares.

Nobody does anything.

I had to do this to save Greg.

I never meant to hurt Mrs. Lux.

It was just supposed to be him.

[SNIFFLES]

I thought I could save them.

Come on, Travis, let's go talk to your mother.

[SNIFFLES]

Tell Greg I'm sorry.

Will you?

For me.

She just...

She looks like she's asleep.

I keep thinking I could wake her.

I've got nobody now.

She's gone. And Travis...

What am I gonna do?

Maybe you're not as alone as you think.

Greg, come on. Look at me.

You should have been there.

I wanted to.

I just didn't know how.

But I'm here now, Greg.

And I'm never gonna leave you again. I promise you that.

We've got each other and we'll be a family now.

That's what Mom would've wanted.

[CRIES]

You impressed me, you know?

The way you handled this.

You really stepped up.

Maybe you're not such a bad chief after all.

Thank you.

That means something.

Too bad the practical jokers in the office don't feel your sentiments.

Uh, ahem...

Actually, they, uh, do.

I mean, I'm not saying I did it, but...

Okay, I am saying it. I did it. I did all of it.

The delivery, the office.

Why would you--?

I wasn't that bad, was I?

[CLEARS THROAT]

[CHUCKLES]

You do know it's on now, don't you?

[LAUGHS]

All right.

MAN: There we go.

Okay, yeah. You were right.

What am I right about?

I'm terrified.

- Of what? - What do you think?

Of being vulnerable, of getting hurt.

And then there's the age difference.

Let's stop pretending it doesn't matter.

- I happen to like older women. - Right.

You say that now because you think that I'm strong and independent.

Just wait till you find out who I really am.

And then there's Lacey and my job.

I know you thought I was using it as an excuse before

but it really doesn't leave me that much time in my life for any--

- Stop. - But I think that-

Stop talking.

This can work if you want it to work.

But you have to be willing to take the chance.

Now...

...just nod if you think you're willing to give it a try.

MAN: Hey, boss, you got a minute?

Lace?

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

[SOBBING]

Mom, I'm so stupid.

No, you're not, sweetie.

You are not at all.

Oh.