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the everlasting light

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when mary and joseph arrived at

bethlehem

things didn't look too good at all

there's so many other people to be

counted that all the hotels and inns

seem to be

full up there's no room anywhere

i know the innkeepers let loose some

sheep to make room for mary and joseph

in the stables

the shepherds wash their flocks

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do not be afraid i have great news for

you

today jesus has been born he's the

savior of the world

you'll find him lying in a major in a

sable in bethlehem

just follow the star and he'll take you

there

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oh

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[Applause]

is

oh shepherds how did you know we were

here

while we were watching our sheep the sky

lit up with angels

and they told us that you were here

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lord jesus

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and here come the wise men

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yes

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looks like we're not ready for prime

time yet oh wise man

i'm sure the baby is thankful of your

gifts and the blessings from your heart

there's a real baby in here

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wow upping the production values

this isn't part of the play david

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is the baby's parents here in the

congregation

han go get my phone it's in my blue

purse in the church

guys i haven't been here for much

rehearsals but what's going on

i'm sorry the play's over

who needs a baby in a manger

look through the crowd what am i looking

for most likely a young mother or a

couple she'll likely be scared or upset

go no actually don't do that i'm sorry

brock lesnar south lake pd i'll take the

baby thank you go ahead david

allison hensley child safety officer so

thank you officer but i've got this

ma'am i'm not gonna get into an

authority match with you here okay and

who are you calling

ma'am i'm not going to ask you again you

need to give me the trial

all this because you say so and haven't

even shown me a badge

is that how you do things it's christmas

eve i don't think either of us brought

our badges to a christmas place

keep that on you just in case child

falls at the playground

no i came straight from court this

afternoon

can i ask why you two are squabbling

over here more than this baby

good grief why is there a baby yes chief

i was trying to explain to this lady

that this unwanted abandoned child is a

police matter

and that she needs to relinquish the

baby jane i don't know who this guy is

but he's seriously slowing down our

chances of finding

this baby's parents all right all right

okay allison

this is brock new to the forest just

transferred onto the town unit

brock this is allison allison is an

officer for child aid and safety right

here in town

neither of you are more important than

the other i have to say that now because

i was told that

by sensitivity training try to focus on

the actual problem

you can process the baby you can handle

the crowd clear

fantastic everyone gets a participation

trophy

i'll check the crowd i'll take the baby

to the hospital make sure she's okay and

see if anyone's trying to find her

smart

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the problem berry is that the mother

might show up nine times out of ten they

most likely do

she could be homeless or hungry or

just confused we need to make sure that

one of us is at the station

and i fully support your idea this is

not me challenging you

i want to empower you to make the best

choice

did you attend the same mandatory kid

clubs training as the chief

they gave us tote bags surprisingly nice

oh wait you know i wrote something down

here i can't do this right now i gotta

go

no no do you ever feel under appreciated

doctors here i really gotta go merry

christmas hi doctor

i'm officer allison hensley i brought

the baby in of course

first things first she's great healthy

happy

she was a bit hungry but the nurses are

feeding her right now so by all accounts

she's perfect and were there any records

on file

information they ran a quick check but

nothing

hi doctor rock clayson i'm heading up

the abandoned child investigation

i'd like to ask you a few questions so

sorry this is sort of his thing

we can handle this i highly doubt that

if you two are done

i have quite a bit of work ahead of me

before i can get home to spend christmas

with my family

of course the baby's just upstairs

you can take her whenever you're ready

thank you

you can call the chief if you'd like i

was told i was heading this

investigation up

i don't need to call the chief because

my supervisor already explained to her

that this is a child safety case

and i'm heading it up then i guess

technically the case is open until one

of us is first to respond

looks like

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really we're racing now what are we

12. yeah you're right what are we doing

both caring i think

that'll teach me

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i'm here for the baby actually i was

first so i'm here for the baby thank you

you weren't i clearly beat you even with

your little games

accept it okay i'm just gonna let you

guys

do your thing i'm just gonna grab the

baby that would be great thank you

you know you should really carry

yourself better you're technically an

officer

what do you mean technically you don't

think child protection is an official

thing

of course i do that's why i do actual

police work

no mommy and daddy shouldn't be having

any

bites in front of brand new little ears

this is not my husband definitely not we

work together

oh you're the police officers oh i'm so

sorry i thought you were the turners

sorry i'll go get joy now joy yeah

yeah when i saw her i was like she's

just this little bundle of joy

just kind of stuck no this this baby is

madeline

i'll be right back

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she was just gonna give that baby to

complete strangers that's exactly what i

was thinking

good to see you're not that bad at your

job thanks

look we should probably call our truce

on this i don't see any reason why we

can't work on this together

truth be told we'll need all the help we

can get especially at christmas

you're right truce

good you're both here you're getting the

baby now and then brock and i will take

her over to child services

well it's a good segue as any what's

wrong

well much like your play tonight there's

no room at the end

christmas eve every foster home is

filled so we're trying to contact an

out-of-town place to see a better

short-term

i'll take her alison are you sure

yeah i only have to see my mom tomorrow

other than that i'm

painfully free i can help we're working

on this together right

not complaining i'll take the help look

at that

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baby has a home for christmas and the

two of you have a wonderful experience

knowing uh

well that you helped out this child

second time's a charm oh may i

sure of course there you go didn't even

ask who he was

just handed her right over

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rocky started looking into the parents

yes ma'am i've checked through the

records

checked upstairs nothing yet after you

get this baby settled why don't you head

to the station

see what's been filed in the last 12

hours it's possible this baby was in a

stolen car

you know it's most likely a young couple

or a mom

who just didn't know what to do i'd sure

like to believe that

perry if you're finished playing grandpa

you're my bride

i guess i am aren't i always the mean

lady saying we're done

happy christmas

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okay i um i packed you guys some

receiving blankets and formula and

diapers and all that thank you

appreciate it

and guys really thank you for doing this

it's a wonderful help and hey

merry christmas merry christmas merry

christmas

merry christmas joy

shall we okay oh uh

do you guys have a proper car seat

oh sorry hospital rules you can't take a

baby out of here without a proper car

seat absolutely

do you have a car seat we could borrow i

can call my brother he's like a billion

kids

i'm sure he's got one i could borrow

are you sure this is joy though yeah

no yeah yeah yeah that's true yeah yeah

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bye

you know if you want i can go get

another blanket from the nursery it'll

be warm

sticking with joy then it's as good a

name as any right

here oh honestly it's okay

so you're new to town just transferred

on wednesday actually

that must have been tough for the family

especially on christmas

i actually moved here to be closer to my

brother and his family

oh no better half no

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it gives me more time to focus on my

career

plus i don't mind covering the holidays

you know a lot of cops have families so

they could be there with their kids

that's very sweet of you

it's actually my first name officer

sweetheart

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everyone kept making fun of me that's

the real reason why i transferred

so naturally you overcompensated and

gave yourself the name brock

a little but it suits you how about you

you always been a bleeding heart if by

bleeding heart you mean i wanted to

protect children and make sure they're

safe

then yes

and your other half i'll have a forward

to assume that i'm married

that's just how officer sweetheart rolls

not married

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and say this is exactly how i expected

to meet your new family

it's my brother clark clark this is

allison she's an officer with child

safety

oh finally somebody doing some actual

protection work thank you

someone who appreciates what i do how

are you too related again well

let's just say when i was little i just

wanted a baby brother so badly that

mom and dad brought him home one day a

newly adopted baby brother with some

major attitude be careful what you wish

for

we're working on a case together hence

why i called you

it's also christmas so what else would

you call me

feel me your keys i'll go install the

car seat oh yeah

redis tv thanks hey you need help with

that i'm good

after our third one that's when i

finally figured stuff out hey uh

holler if you need an expert

oh man who could ever leave this little

angel

hard to imagine right i'm hoping it was

done out of love

well i like to think that good or bad

any decision we make about our kids

it starts with love right

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you two have a different outlook on life

oh yeah i definitely have the

rosier pair of glasses right i think

brock's glasses are half empty

well yeah unless you're catching with

the worst time of the year

i don't think this case is making it any

easier

used to lean on mom and dad more but

there are just some things that he just

keeps buried inside

what do you mean

it's not my place to save my brother had

a rough start

in life we poured as much love as we

could into him

he's usually good when he lets his guard

down

it takes him a long time to trust new

people he's been let down a lot

all set great thank you for letting us

borrow it my pleasure

anything for this little lady

tell the kids you stopped by tomorrow to

watch them over the christmas stockings

yes

i have to work part of the day but i'll

make sure i at least come by the house

at some point

great happy rhodes

allison nice to meet you on youtube and

if you want to come by tomorrow for

christmas dinner

pretend to be this guy's date we'd all

be very shocked okay

you can go now merry christmas your

brother seems to

really blow you to your house sounds

good

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here it's getting colder out oh thanks

how are you gonna put this on

i'll put the stuff inside what's wrong

what do we do i honestly don't know do

we leave her

away with her in the car all night

there's no way people do that how do we

get her out without waking

her up well i used to be in the bomb

squad

good to know no i'm saying i could

probably bring her in without weakness

you think yeah i'm confident okay do

your thing what do you need for me

maybe just clear a bath okay i'll get

the door perfect let's do this

hey you're very brave

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so

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that's failed what's wrong bomb went off

wow why would you spell it i just told

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you

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so

what no you have to change her

okay now what a blanket

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okay

you know what it's actually not that wow

did this baby eat at sully's diner here

what do you mean here take it come on i

need a new one

hurry i don't know what i'm doing here

healthy diet

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i'm gonna need more like this

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not bad right looks good to me not a bad

team

yeah hopefully whoever gets her

the love she needs well hopefully we'll

find your family and

help them figure out what they need to

get back on track

you know when we find the parents

they're even still around

they'll have to be prosecuted right i

thought we were gonna work together on

this

we did but that doesn't mean going along

with your gumdrop happy ending version

there are laws i knew i couldn't work

with you

you know what you stay here and watch

over the baby

i'm gonna head down to the station and

find out more on these of course

misunderstood but incredible parents

you know what just try not to arrest

anybody on christmas eve

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merry christmas every year huh

every christmas okay well as long as

it's not

socks kip we'll be good

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sorry i got them because you're always

complaining that your feet are cold when

we're out

plus look

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that's the self-destruct button nope

they heat up

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it's actually kind of nice

thank you kip that's very thoughtful

merry christmas

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hey merry christmas hey uh brock right

yeah hey hey we're just uh doing the

usual gift exchange with the usual

christmas crew

you are welcome to come and join us if

you like it's very kind of you but

i'm on a bit of a time-sensitive case

here

right the uh the christmas baby

how's that going trying to locate the

parents has anyone called in anything

unusual

car accident or homicide yep nothing's

coming

uh would you like a hand no thank you

i thought i'd go through recent logs

here but you're right

there's nothing here i think i'll head

down to the church and see if i missed

something

you uh you sure you don't need a hand

yeah i'm good i'll go this one alone

thank you all right merry christmas

merry christmas

all right i'm up

right

merry christmas

oh

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i got toys got a baby mat and a bouncy

chair

these are the trifecta of parenting

oh let me add that baby thank you so

much for coming i'm so sorry to take you

away from the kids i just

she wouldn't stop crying okay tana is

reading them the night before christmas

and honestly

this is the only night of the year they

go to sleep without a fight

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wow it's so easy for you

don't beat yourself up takes practice

that's all it took me many a year to

earn this black belt

are you like funny to parents i guess i

just thought it would come easier to me

here watch oh no

oh she's finally happy you hang on to

her teach one to fish and all that look

okay slight adjustment i'm just gonna

pull your elbow a little bit aim for the

base of the neck

give it a second

that instant pro

sorry no no i'm crying

still take your coffee block

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oh come on it's bad enough that you mess

with the church on a regular day

but on the eve of his son's birthday

that it's like a

super sin just me father

sorry i should have knocked i didn't

think anyone would be here this late

sorry officer i thought it was some kids

messing around unfortunately i'm not

getting many leads

so i'd have another look around fresh

eyes

so no luck helping the baby

i'm sorry to hear that

thanks i appreciate that i'll be over

here in no time

unlike you i don't have a busy day

tomorrow

you're new here right yes sir just

transferred

i grew up in a town nearby well

welcome i hope you like our quiet town

yeah i think it's just what i need right

now

is that an acceptable response ah

well they're all acceptable and when it

comes to what you believe in

there's no right or wrong good to know

you're a good person do the right thing

yeah i think so that's really all my

boss cares about

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look you like helping people

he likes people who help people remember

my door is always open

merry christmas merry christmas father

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is

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now you're finally here

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is

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i

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underneath

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merry christmas how's the baby

been up all night she's awake

while i'm whispering i wanted to see how

long you would do it

okay you must be exhausted

honestly i'm not i've lost a lot of

sleep in life but

this was the best reason to lose sleep

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any luck with joy fortunately nothing

it's like she just appeared

look i'd like to uh apologize for

history

i know i get set in my ways no it's fine

i do too we're both just trying to

protect joy in our own way

what's in the bags

well i didn't get much sleep either

not a lot is open over the holidays so

keep that in mind

the options for kids toys was a little

limited

this is technically the gas station's

mascot

but i figured joy is still around zero

so should probably be able to enjoy its

basic shapes

that's very sweet i also got you a

little something

oh just what i asked santa for

that's not all really

don't get too excited remember my

options i did remember when i was

putting in the car seat

your wipers were a little worn out so oh

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the mafia already honestly that might be

the best christmas present i've had in

years

car maintenance is not my strength

of this other thing i know babies like

these

feels kind of stupid oh my goodness

brock you made a mobile yes i couldn't

remember what it was called

it's not great but it should spin

i just know she had a rough night and i

wanted christmas to be ruined too you

know

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what you're not a jerk

and that was almost a compliment it's

christmas miracles for both of us why

don't i get us some breakfast

actually i grab some christmas food

do you prefer christmas nachos

or christmas hot dogs

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yes

then i see this guy huge i mean i was a

kid

but i still think he was around nine

feet tall he walks back to the lady

hands to the watch and says i believe

this is yours

and ever since then i knew i wanted to

be a cop

you think he practiced that practice why

like that line you said he chased the

guy who stole it for a couple blocks so

clearly he had some time to come up with

it on the way back

yeah maybe never thought of that i

probably would have said

his time ran out or it was his time

to pay the price what would you have

said

i don't know here's your watch you

should really carry some pepper spray

come on that sucks do a pun

all right uh i

guess i would say something like i guess

he thought time could fly

oh sorry i forgot to tell you you ran

out and got hit by a car

he flew like four feet in the air

the watch was okay how about you what

made you want to get into this

it happened by accident really i just

kept

helping people eventually i was

told about this job and while i was

waiting

in the waiting room i was literally

helping a kid with her homework

barry didn't even interview me he said

you are the right person for this job

after that i took some night classes and

i got my degree

born for it it's okay

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what am i doing it wrong

i just never pictured christmas being

like this

just this one or everyone

i've been so focused on my career

but when i look at joy i just

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sorry what was that she likes it when

you sing to her

it's been a long time since the academy

choir but

to receive her kings

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is

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well merry christmas everyone and look

at this

look how happy you are oh and look who's

had a good

visit she's been no trouble at all

actually in fact i was thinking if all

the foster homes are so well actually

that's why i came by

candace's has some space oh

yeah that's great right yeah frees us up

to

figure things out yeah

i mean it's good news right yeah perfect

i'll get her stuff together

hey barry mm-hmm allison and i can drop

droid off of candace

are you sure it's christmas yeah it's on

the way to my brothers

okay that's great i'll text you the

address all right

little lady i guess i'll have some time

to

locate your parents before the big

hearing

wait what hearing well

child protection services hearing if no

one claims her by then she'll go into

the system

i didn't know that i'm sorry about that

it is protocol

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all right i've got her things together

change your plan

car seats in your car you want to drop

droid off together

sure let me get dressed

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well i'll be taking off merry christmas

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oh

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oh one second

jess is the same ball i asked you to put

away sorry candace

hi and merry christmas and you say take

it ah

i'm not sure anyone else wants the job i

and you must be allison hi there

you have a wonderful home oh i've been

blessed in so many

ways and who do we have here

joy or at least that's what we've been

calling her

she sure looks like a joy doesn't she

you know candice

it seems like you have your hands full

here

just seems really busy oh no this is

actually a lot quieter than it usually

is

there's plenty of love to go around this

one is about to get showered with

affection

is it safe though

excuse me allison i think candace's home

is well-equipped

thank you sorry of course it is

you know i've been thinking maybe it

makes more sense to leave joy at my

place

i i've got the space well i think that's

a great idea

i think candace here is far more

qualified than we are

i think our time is best spent finding

joy's parents

i think that sounds like a good idea

oh you are just the sweetest little pig

kids we have a christmas visitor

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oh hey miss we'll get out of your hair

thanks for everything she's in good

hands

you two just go do what you need to do

hey baby come on in oh

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you want to tell me what that was what

do you always question foster parents

like that

because last i checked you were still

interested in finding these parents

right

of course you still want to arrest them

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i guess we'll both do our family thing

meet at the station in the morning

makes the most sense

you uh you still going your mothers

yeah you still going to your brothers

merry christmas merry christmas

i hope you guys have a great time yeah

me too

allison she's in great hands

this place is perfect it couldn't be

better for her

see you tomorrow

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how

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hi david help my cousin is missing

and i'm stuck having to listen to great

aunt jill's third christmas toast today

christmas cheer came a little early for

her

anyways usually you're here by now and

we're making fun of everyone i was

starting to get a little worried

especially when answering my texts i'm

sorry david

i've been stuck on this baby case i

don't think i'm gonna make it today

and i'm sorry that i can't be of any

more help to you

even i'm at loose ends as to what i

should do

but i'm not up for the festivities

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allison save yourself and save that baby

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did you bring it of course

one two three happy holidays

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the best how are the grandkids

they are angels how could angels beat

that that's a good point

here you go i have these mates special

just for you to bring to your mouth

gorgeous as always no no no

no every year i say no you try to say

yes i say no

please this year we will skip all of

this

and just say we are lucky to know each

other you're a wonderful man saul

something is different something i

cannot place

you think i think i need to give you

this

you're right i did need that okay

so i'm keeping you from your visit tell

your mom

saul sends his warmest regards and says

thank you for creating such a

wonderful woman for the world bless you

song

god bless you else

for the grandkids

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you spoil them

hey can i help you

morning mom

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beautiful christmas isn't it

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saul sends his regards as always

work is good kind of sort of have a new

partner

temporary while we work on this case

before you ask yes he's cute

and we'll leave it at that

i had a baby mom

i mean it wasn't mine and it was only

for a short while but

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when i was holding her

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mom i suddenly understood what everyone

was talking about

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why they wait in line to get a picture

with santa

why they wait up all night and they

don't come home

all at once i understood how much you

loved us

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i never thought i wanted it

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and it suddenly hit me

how much i needed it

anyway it's all over

what a now christmas i miss you

i love you

i'm always thinking of you

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merry christmas mom

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well i'm just saying you've never come

to service before

i'm surprised maybe instead of insulting

him

you can just be happy for her kane thank

you yolanda

your wife likes me more than she likes

you uh she likes a lot of people here

more than she likes me

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what are you looking for nothing

just making sure i have time to make my

shift

please be seated it's always nice

when we get a full house yeah i love

this time of year

everyone's a little kinder to one

another everyone smiles a little more

and maybe you're kind because you

you love a chubby man in a red suit

either way i want to thank you all for

your kindness

and i was thinking wouldn't it be nice

if we could carry that kindness

throughout the year

i know i know the idea

that one baby

could make us happier seems a little

crazy

but then again here we are 2 000 years

later

either way i want to thank you for your

kindness

right

kindness throughout the year

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is everything all right officers my

apologies father

everything's okay

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i guess it's going to be hard to get

your attention now why don't we come

together

and sing a hymn all rise

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is

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so these cameras then just for show

of course i mean what situation would

you possibly want them to work

well if you'd like to pay for them to

record i'd be more than happy to

set that up for you

we're the parents okay deep breath sorry

chief she's pretty fired up

we know someone was here best we can

tell it was one person

we found a car seat in the room has

anyone gone through

no one's touched the room i wanted to

let you sweep it first i want to help

okay with all due respect i don't think

having you in an active crime scene is a

great idea

i've been here multiple times for

casework i know the area

i can question locals who know me and

trust me

maybe they've seen someone coming in and

out of here if that's joey's car seat

you need me

brock it's your scene i'll let you

decide

i think should be a big help okay let's

get to work i'd like to see the check-in

list please

thanks for that i mean it i can help

i'll go ask questions it's a great idea

you'll have to wait ma'am we can't have

you go in there we have to check the

room for evidence

well you know i can't wait i'm gonna get

in there and clean that room

like i said man we can't have you go in

there right now

yeah but it's like my job

i need to get in there i gotta vacuum

the floors

clean the sheets swap the towels who

knows what else

yeah and i'm just trying to do my job

man and that's to make sure that people

can't go in this room right are you sure

bye sorry to stay convenience miss

uh we've already spoken your manager and

he's agreed to help us with the

situation

it'll only take a few hours once we're

done i'll let you know

whatever no i don't have

time for this

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thank you thank you so much

okay what do you need put me to work

well step one to any good investigation

is you don't step directly

on the investigation

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so a few people have seen a young girl

coming and going with a baby

they didn't have any other details

besides the fact she was wearing a red

hoodie

so that's something right yeah that's

something

what's wrong that's good right yeah

i mean i just maybe thought it wouldn't

be that simple you know

isn't that the best case scenario

she just left her that kid is literally

perfect

there's not one thing wrong with her

she's gonna grow up

she's probably gonna do incredible

things that mom just abandoned her

it's possible that she thought she was

doing what was best for joy

knowing she couldn't care for her she

did what she thought was right at the

time

i would never do that no matter how hard

things got i would never do that

whatever that little girl needed i would

make sure she had you know

your brother said a lot of people let

you down in life

is your real mother one of those people

this is not

i'm saying joy who could just leave her

she's done nothing wrong

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whoever it is i'm sure that there isn't

a day that goes by that she doesn't

think about that choice she made

yeah what if she doesn't think about it

at all

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and at christmas too now for the rest of

her life she's going to be sitting there

watching everybody else enjoy their

christmas

with their families while she sits here

alone

you know how hard that's going to be for

her

why even tell her at all

promise me that when she grows up nobody

tells her that this happened on

christmas

because believe me she is not going to

want to know that

hi can we help you

or i think you might be looking for me

yeah now i know you want to quote the

news tomorrow but we cannot release any

details at this time

but what i can tell you is is that we

have located

the baby's mother is the mother a drug

addict

hey lana it's barry let me ask you a

question um

how old's your daughter um

claire is five and she's a wonderful

girl

and when she grows up you know if

someone came to me and asked me if she

were a drug addict

you know i'd come to her defense right

away right i apologize

can i ask another question will the

child

be given back to the mother or is she

getting arrested

obviously every case is unique and

there are no easy answers but with that

being said

there are laws in place and it's up to

the officer in charge to decide which if

any charges will be laid now that should

satisfy your readers

i myself will be reading the flyers for

the after christmas sales

merry christmas barry merry christmas

chief

merry christmas lana come on let's go

line up for some door crashers

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look at how hungry she is she must be

terrified

yeah it's gonna make it a lot harder

make what harder you know i have to make

charges right

frock she's 16 she's just a kid

this is my job there are laws

why are you fighting me on this we both

know the law can be lenient

she left her she could have died

don't make this harder than it has to be

please don't make her suffer because of

what your mom did

i'm a professional

look don't make up your mind yet let me

talk to her first

please legally i can't talk to her

unless her parents are here

if she'll talk to you then so be it

hi tracy i'm allison from child

protection services

is christina okay christina

oh joy um yes christina's fine

happy healthy and in good hands

how are you how do i answer that

i know it's not easy answering these

types of questions

think of it as just two people talking

can i see her i think it's important we

understand what happened first

is the father around maybe we can get

him in here for you

no uh he's gone

see i met him and my mom hated him and

of course now i

obviously that she was right but

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when i got pregnant he said that we

could go live with his cousin on his

farm

and what happened with that honestly

i don't know everything was going great

and then we got here on the way through

and chris wouldn't stop crying

but it wasn't her fault we were in the

car for like six

hours is that when you dropped her off

no no of course not um

we stopped a little diner and

and matt said he had to use the washroom

but

the next thing i know i was watching him

drive off he left you there

he dumped all the baby stuff out but my

bag was still in the car so i had no

phone no anything

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luckily i hit 80 bucks in the diaper bag

but

i went away pretty quick why didn't you

call your parents

you could have made a collect call i

don't know

i don't know embarrassed

ashamed it's just my mom

and i knew how upset she would be she

has so much on her plate

i was supposed to be helping her

you don't think that baby's worth being

embarrassed over oh sir

i know i know that you're right

i see it now but it's easy to see now

when i dropped kristoff at that church i

hadn't eaten in two days

she'd barely eaten

i know it sounds stupid but i saw

everything there

all the people and

i thought maybe god was telling me to

leave her there

i know how it sounds but it's the truth

so instead of getting help you buried

yourself in deeper

hey can i

talk to you for a second

what are you doing my job i don't get to

deal when everyone's happy then i need

to deal in facts

not my feelings oh really because you

came in pretty hot with some feelings

i entertain this and i listen but as

soon as that girl's mother gets here i'm

charging her with reckless abandonment

what no no i didn't mean

no no i thought i was doing the right

thing

you'll get a proper hearing sorry hey

this is just part of it okay

i'm gonna help you we're gonna get

through this

okay

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hey look you can sit here and tell

yourself that you're doing your job or

following the law or doing the right

thing all you want but if you took one

second

one second to stop and look past your

own issues

that you'd see there's a child in there

a scared helpless child exactly the kind

of person you swore you wanted to

protect

but you couldn't because you're so

blinded by your projections that you

couldn't see that she needed you

christina and tracy needed you

and you failed my mother's hair

wants us here show her in

now if you'll excuse me i'm gonna go in

there and do the job i swear i do

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she's a brave girl you got there

it takes a strong soul to search for

help

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we at child services are here to help

you and your family figure out this path

there are lots of options available to

young mothers and we have lots of

support in the community

we also work with several agencies who

help place babies with adoptive parents

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i can't say i've been the most

supportive this has been hard on me

since i had tracy when i was so young

but raising her and her brothers have

been my greatest love

there has been a bit of pain it's not

what i wanted for her

i thought i could do this by myself but

i see now that there's a whole community

here to help christina and i

help me make the right choices for her

no

i'll always be here for you and your

baby

thank you

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ah

i was just walking and reflecting i

thought i'd take you up on that door it

was open

of course i i take at that phone call

earlier that was about the baby

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i mean i get everyone wants that happy

ending

that's not my job sometimes someone has

to be the bad guy

i don't enjoy it i don't imagine you

would

allison was right i probably should have

gotten a little easier on her

maybe tried to see her side of it and i

tell you you didn't

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that doesn't mean she has to shame me

honestly who does that

did you deserve it

yeah probably look

i don't know you that well but i'm gonna

say maybe and i'm gonna stress the maybe

maybe you're carrying around some anger

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yeah yeah yeah i probably am

and i was carrying that around working

for you

it's getting my ears trued off

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well i'm no therapist

how about you start from the beginning

i'm all ears and

my ears are still intact no it's okay

it's christmas you have other things to

do my boss

my boss tells me what to do

what do you got to lose

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i'm adopted

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i guess a better way to put it is my mom

dumped me

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i'm thankful for the family that took me

in

but still

it was christmas and i still remember

calling for her

getting no answer in that room

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she just left and just didn't come back

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tracy can you tell us why you left your

daughter don't worry sweetie you don't

have to say anything

but mom i want to tracy

some people are calling you a saint

others reckless

what do you have to say when i saw the

nativity scene

i felt like mary alone hungry desperate

and then i saw the light from the manger

it was like god was giving me a sign to

help my daughter

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hello hey just checking in you get any

sleep

not really i've been trying to get

together as much as i could

i really need to capitalize on the fact

that she was alone

i've been trying to find this deadbeat

father but you know

it seems like you might be getting a

little too close to this case

are you sure you shouldn't let barry

take this one i wouldn't be able to look

tracy in the eyes

knowing i promised her that i could help

her and then didn't

i'd hate myself for it letting the chips

fall where they may

any news from brock no

you know it's okay to admit that you

like him

i know i mean i can

or i did yesterday was big i don't know

if i can be with someone like

that i mean it makes sense you are 100

perfect so i know

i mean he does have this other side you

should have seen him singing to joy

sorry her name is christina and the

little things he offered me his jacket

and he's cute and funny

i don't know what to do does he make you

laugh

yeah does he make you smile

yeah is he actually a good person

he is then i guess you know how you feel

perfect now i gotta go crush the man of

my dreams

thanks for making it harder than it

already was

always

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oh all set i think so perfect drop your

thanks

what why barry called child services

isn't moving forward with the case

really

half the world saw this kid on tv saying

god told me to put my daughter in the

nativity scene

no lawyer's gonna go after that i'm

surprised

if she doesn't have her own reality show

at the end of the week i'll be amazed

also brock back down as the officer in

charge he had the power to dismiss and

he took it

what do you mean i thought you knew he's

in the courthouse right now

basically giving this glowing report

saying that all charges against tracy be

withdrawn

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anyway life should get back to normal so

enjoy the rest of your holidays

i know i will um keith yeah

do you know what's happening with the

baby

the custody of the child will be

released back into tracy's care

oh

crazy how some of our saddest and

happiest moments can occupy the same

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space

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allison i know you don't want to talk to

me right now

but if i could just say what i have to

say i promise

if you want i'll leave and never bother

you again

come on in

go on then i know that i have some

things i need to work on

and i promise you i'm going to i've

already started

i know i need to let the bad things in

my past

stop affecting my future i know i need

to forgive my mother

for leaving me

start thanking her for giving me a

family of love and support

but more than all that allison

the past few days have really shown me

that maybe i'm worthy of a family of my

own

where's your phone

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what do you mean where's my phone it's

in the car

i've been trying to get a hold of you

my heart hurt and the first person i

wanted to talk to was you

i think part of me was closed off and

felt like

a family was not in the plans for me

and then we had the best christmas

i couldn't possibly have dreamed of it

you me changing diapers

it made me realize that i need to play a

bigger role in finding my happily ever

after

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open myself to love

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father mitchell has been teaching me to

let go

over these past few days i feel like i

have let go

allison i feel like i'm falling for you

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i think donating these baby things back

to the community feels like the right

thing to do

the donation box is in the choir room

go ahead i'll wait here

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tracy hi

i said i could find you here i thought

you left town

we were going to but i couldn't go

without saying thank you

for everything candidates told me all

you did for christina

you don't need to thank me you just take

care of that little ball of perfection

right there

actually um that's what i wanted to talk

to you about

sure if you want to talk look i'll give

you my card and you can

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i'm not ready for this i have my whole

life

i love her with my whole

heart

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which is why i think this is the right

thing

but if it's too much i understand i

already made arrangements with i'll take

her

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i would love to hey

are you sure he said there's a lot of

paperwork and stuff

but yeah of course i'm great with

paperwork

okay very okay

allison um

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do you think maybe i can see her from

time to time

any time you like takes a village to

raise a child and you are a very

important part of christina's life

you always will be

brock you're not gonna believe this

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is

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is

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you're the one of a kind i was trying to

find

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is

it didn't go well sunday january 5th

she's an

expert at the do-over for friends you

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the perfect do-over i mean isn't that

the whole point of redo i do

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it's a mullet dress but for herself i'm

the professional so i can handle it abby

no can do over you canceled our wedding

i didn't cancel it it got cancelled it

certainly wasn't my idea to have the

caterer give

everybody food poisoning and cause you

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