The Guardian (2001) s03e09 Episode Script

Hassey looks pissed.
No, it's just the way he looks.
Wanted you to see this for yourselves.
Bums, squatters, drug peddlers, they're all still here.
Now, I'm breaking ground on a 200 unit development next week.
You promised me you were gonna take care of this.
I know, and I've spoken to the Pittsburgh Police Department twice already Well, speak to them again.
I mean, the reason I hired your firm is you represent the damn cops.
We understand the problem, Ron I don't want you to understand the problem, Burton.
I want you to fix it.
We'll go down and see our people at the city, right now, okay? Thank you.
Who's in charge? Who's the officer in charge here? [Officer.]
Hey, lady! Over here! Gramps! Gramps! Get off me, man! Laurie Solt, Social Services.
I got a call.
Yeah, this kid and his grandpa were living here unlawfully.
That the grandfather in the ambulance? Yeah! After they threw us out of our house, he collapsed! He's sick.
Hey, the rightful owners wanted them evicted.
We'll find out where they're taking your grandfather.
Nick.
Good afternoon.
How are you? - Fine.
- Good.
This is Donnie Longo.
Your firm threw him out of his home this morning, along with most of the rest of these people.
Donnie? He's your client.
Shelter hearing, 2 p.
m.
Lulu assigns my cases.
I talked to Lulu.
She said he's yours.
It's your mess.
Help clean it up.
~ There is trouble in my mind ~ ~ There is dark ~ ~ There's dark and there is light ~ ~ There is no order ~ ~ There is chaos and there is crime ~ ~ There is no one home tonight ~ ~ In the empire in my mind ~ Everybody, please, keep it down and have a seat.
I'll be with you in a moment.
Thank you.
Thank you.
You see, this is just a picture of a donkey.
This doesn't help me.
Uh, everyone, could I have your attention, please? Please, just a for minute.
We're doing everything we can to find each of you a place to stay.
It's just gonna take some time, okay? I'm sorry about this.
When you finish all of your paperwork, if you have any questions or if there's anything I can do for you, then let me know.
[Man.]
Take off your top.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
What did that lady mean? What? "Your mess.
" Nothing.
Well, she said it like you were the guy who threw everybody out.
I'm not.
But she said it like that.
There's not a lot here.
I never been in any trouble.
You go to school? Yeah.
Avondale High School.
How about your parents? They died when I was, like, four.
Look I don't care where we live, I just want to be with Gramps, all right? I'm trying to help you.
Well, that lady kinda made it sound like you threw us out.
[Knock on door.]
- Donnie Longo? - Yeah.
I'm Louisa Archer.
I'll be working with your grandfather.
Okay.
I'm going to see him at the hospital now if you want a ride.
You should be present.
Abby, with Fox stepping down there's not one true liberal voice left on the City Council.
Not one person who truly understands what's happening in our city, with our poor.
Last time you ran, you got killed.
I lost an election.
Big deal.
You got four percent of the vote.
I was 29.
No one has my understanding of the law.
Or my track record of working with the under-privileged.
No one has your track record with the authorities either.
Who remembers that stuff? Your opponents will, if you run.
So I'm prepared to defend myself.
Abby, please.
Now that I don't run this place anymore, I have the time.
We've known each other a long time, Alvin, so I should tell you.
I'm leaning toward a no.
You two gentlemen sent here by Ms.
Solt? The good-Iooking older broad? Why don't you guys come on in my office? So, I'm assuming you need a place to live.
Yeah.
Someplace nice.
Well, the problem is it's almost winter, so all the good shelters are full.
Those that aren't, cater to juveniles, unwed mothers.
What about the Hewlett House? A guy I know who got in there says it's great.
You don't just walk into the Hewlett House.
You have to be sober.
You have to have a job within two weeks of residency.
You're required to pay some rent.
So why does he get to go first? I'll be with you in a minute, sir.
Why don't you have a seat? I sweep parking lots on weekends, make 60 a week.
And I've been clean for five months now.
All right.
Why don't you fill out an application, and I'll see what I can do.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you very much.
Yeah! Super Bum! You gonna give me one of those Hewlett House forms, too? Didn't think so.
Full name? Ray Schmiel.
My friends call me Rufus.
Highest level of education, Ray? Why? I was gonna try and get you into a county-sponsored vocational program.
Well, just find me a place like Gerald.
You have to be sober.
You have to have a job.
So highest level of education? Harvard.
You're wasting my time, Mr.
Schmiel.
[Laughs.]
All right.
Aldrich High School.
What about it? My highest level of education.
Yeah? When did you graduate? '54.
Did you know a Robert Masterson? - Who's that? - My dad.
Bobby Masterson! Sure I knew him.
Great guy.
How's he doing? He passed away.
Aw.
Damn shame.
We were in shop together all four years.
They put me in there because I'm not a very good student, you know.
But your dad? Oh, he was good.
Won Best Project, senior year.
Made a cutting board shaped like a pig.
- My dad? - Yeah.
He was talented.
Ha ha! Small world, man.
Small world.
Hey, Donnie.
What's wrong? Oh, the ticker, like usual.
Does it hurt? It did, a little.
I feel good now.
Hey, Donnie, the doc asked me about my pills.
I can never remember.
I told him you know 'em all, so He's probably down the hall.
Go tell him, huh? - Okay.
- Good boy.
Mr.
Longo, I'm Louisa Archer from Legal Services of Pittsburgh.
You a lawyer? Yes, and if you want, I can help you with Donnie's shelter hearing.
Shelter hearing? Well, Social Services is concerned about your ability to care for Donnie, considering your health and well, now the fact that you have no home.
The cops said I couldn't stay there anymore.
The owner wanted you evicted.
[Sighs.]
Why now? I've been there since '65.
You've been living in that house since 1965? - Yeah.
- Squatting? No, renting.
At least for a while.
I'm not following you.
Who were you renting from? Oh, I don't remember.
Some family.
They owned all the homes on the lot.
And then you stopped renting? I stopped paying.
Why? Well, the houses weren't too good to begin with, and that family, they just let them fall apart.
So I stopped paying rent.
And when was that? Oh, around '79.
And you just kept living there? When the steel mills shut down in the seventies, I couldn't find work.
Then I got sick.
I wasn't about to give up a free home.
What's gonna happen to me and Donnie? You're not gonna argue adverse possession.
If Mr.
Longo can prove he's been living on that property without paying rent, for 21 years How you gonna prove this? Well, if what he's saying is true, the property belongs to him.
So you're telling me that if someone lives on someone else's property long enough it just becomes theirs? If he lives on it for 21 consecutive years and the owner does nothing about it.
Tell me he's wrong about this.
Well, the burden will be on Mr.
Longo to prove his claim, but since you're currently the legal owner, that'll sit well in court.
Currently the legal owner? I bought this property fair and square from the county.
You bought it at auction, subject to all liens and claims, and this is a claim.
Mr.
Hassey, all they have is the word of an unreliable old man.
[Man.]
Ron? We need you to sign for this.
And every day this project is delayed, I lose money.
You understand that? I do.
I may have a conflict here.
How so? I'm representing Mr.
Longo's grandson at his shelter hearing.
LSP again.
Well, I can still work for the client.
Lulu hasn't filed anything yet.
- Well, she will.
- I'll talk to her.
See if you can talk some sense into her.
Now, listen, uh, your birthday's coming up.
Why don't you and Shannon and I spend a weekend at Namacolin? Hit a spa, get a massage.
You know, relax a little bit.
- A massage? - Yeah.
They've got that mud-wrapping thing, whatever you call it.
It's supposed to work pretty good.
Well, I'll check my schedule.
Be good for you.
Upon Mr.
Longo's recovery, Catholic Charities has a facility whose goal is to keep homeless families together.
Ms.
Archer, that facility is designed for single mothers and their children.
Right, but there's nothing in their charter that denies Ms.
Solt, what is Social Services' position? Donnie Longo has lived in horrible conditions while caring for a sick adult.
During that time, he's attended school on a semi-regular basis and kept out of trouble.
Imagine what he'd do if placed in the proper environment.
Donnie did well because of his grandfather, not in spite of him.
There's no reason to keep them separate.
I agree.
Do you suggest he live in the hospital with him? No, I suggest when Mr.
Longo recovers, all efforts be made to find a facility where these two can live together.
Possibly.
But in the meantime, he needs some place to stay.
So, I'm placing Donald in the Allegheny Boys Shelter until a suitable foster family can be found.
If the time comes where Mr.
Longo is able to provide adequate care for his grandson, we will revisit this issue.
[Pounds gavel.]
Allegheny Boys Shelter? It's not so bad.
Wait.
What about Gramps? I mean I need to take care of him.
He'll die in that place.
There are doctors that can take care of your grandfather.
But I know when to give him his pills.
I know how much water to put in his juice so his stomach won't hurt.
I need to be with him.
You need to get me back with him.
It's not gonna happen right now, Donnie.
Come on, Donnie.
We should go.
You said you'd keep us together! Now, if Ralph Longo had a home or some money, he could stay with his grandson.
You're not gonna win on adverse possession, not based on the word of an illegal squatter.
Yeah, well I gotta get back to the hospital.
All right, we'll talk about it tonight.
Yeah, we will.
I'm gonna have the the the New York Strip, medium well, and a Jack Jim Beam.
No, I'm not buying you alcohol.
Your old man was stubborn, too.
Stubborn? [Chuckles.]
I always thought of him as, uh I don't know indifferent.
No.
No.
He was a real mule when he wanted to be.
[Laughs.]
This one time, we had this teacher, Mr.
Turbain.
Turbain was always picking on this kid, Andy Blauner, because he stuttered.
Called him B-B-B-Blauner.
Or r-r-r-r-retard.
Sounds like a great teacher.
So one day, before class, Blauner wrote on the board, "Turbain is a f-f-f-f-fat ass.
" You know, like with five "F"s.
[Laughs.]
So Turbain comes in, and he blows his top.
And he takes out his paddle, and he grabs Blauner, and he yanks him out of his seat and bends him over the desk.
And just about when he's gonna get whacked, your old man jumps up and he says, "I did it, f-f-f-fat ass.
" You're kidding me.
Alvin.
Can I talk to you for a minute? Be right back.
- You can't stay in here with him.
- Why not? His appearance.
And, frankly, his stink.
What are you, a fascist? Look, I don't know what that means, but I can smell him from the bar.
Oh, come on, Jerry, cut the guy a break.
- Alvin, you - We're not going anywhere.
Hey, man, I'm dying here.
I gotta have a drink.
[Sighs.]
One, and that's it.
So all those years that you lived there without paying rent the law calls that "living adversely" to the true property owner.
Living adversely? - Right.
- What does that mean? Well, by definition it means that you lived there in an open, continuous, and hostile manner.
Oh, no, I was never hostile to anybody.
No, it's just a definition.
What's important for you to know is that you lived there long enough to claim that the property is yours.
The house is mine? Well, we'd have to get the court to agree if you want to fight.
And then the house is mine? Yes.
I could move back there with Donnie? Well, not that house, but Hassey would pay you for the land and then you could buy a home.
For me and Donnie? Well, I think if your health improves there's a chance that Donnie could live with you.
How good a chance? Well, that I don't know.
I want to fight.
Okay? Okay.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Lulu filed a motion for declaratory judgment against Hassey.
I thought you were gonna talk to her.
Well, I did.
Well I tried.
Well, I'm still working with that kid, so I guess I'm off the case.
Yeah.
That and the fact that you're sleeping with opposing counsel.
Yeah, I'd say I'd say you're off the case.
I'll tell Hassey.
Hey, Lulu.
Burton.
What are you doing here? Well, how does $10,000 to your client sound if he drops his property claim immediately? - $10,000? - Yeah.
Burton, you can't buy my client off with a nuisance value.
Nuisance? Where I come from, $10,000 is a lot of money, especially when a man's down on his luck.
My client's claim is worth mid-six figures, not low fives.
Let me ask you something.
You ever handle a adverse possession claim before? I don't see how that's relevant.
I have, and believe me You know what? I'm sure I can handle it.
Oh, I'm sure you can.
I'd just like to make sure that you recognize a good offer when it's presented to you.
Oh, I can.
I just don't think this is one.
If you take me to court and you lose, I'm gonna have to hit you with sanctions and legal costs, and I'm not real sure this place could afford it.
Are you threatening me, Burton? No, not at all.
I just want you to think about it, that's all.
Burton.
I have thought about it.
Your offer's rejected.
Oh.
Okay.
Take care.
Hey.
I was just over at LSP.
How did it go? Uh, Louisa.
[Chuckles.]
You got your hands full there, son.
Right.
I know.
She's serious about this claim.
Right.
And every day that Hassey sits on that property, it costs him thousands of dollars.
Well, she's just doing what she thinks is best.
You know, if she moves forward with this, I'm gonna have to treat her like any other adversary.
As you should.
I'm gonna claim the action is frivolous and demand LSP pay for all the legal costs and lost revenue.
Right.
Well, for what it's worth, this guy, Ralph Longo, all he needs is a place to live.
- Hey, Ron.
- Burton.
- How you doing? - Well, we'll see.
- Good to see you.
- Yeah.
Ron, I'm afraid my son has got to step away from the case.
Well, whatever you think is best.
So? So I talked to Longo's attorney, and she turned down our offer.
He turned down ten grand? Yeah.
Burton, what kind of homeless guy turns down ten grand? I am hemorrhaging money on this thing.
I know that, but we do have other options.
- Like what? - Well, we could fight it.
That's just gonna cost a lot of money, waste a lot of time.
Or we could make a different offer.
- Of more money? - No.
All this guy wants is a home, and, uh and you happen to have several thousand, so You want me to give this guy one of my units? It doesn't have to be fancy, but I think that might do it.
[Chuckles.]
[Sighs.]
And that would make this whole mess go away? I think so.
[Sighs.]
Another cost of doing business.
Let's just get it done.
Okay, Ron.
I'll keep you posted.
- Good to see you.
- You, too.
[Traffic noise.]
Hey, I'm gonna go home a little early.
I'm not feeling too well.
- Okay.
- Sorry.
No, I can cover for you.
All right.
Thanks.
How far along are you? Uh, just six weeks.
Nick's? Of course.
Well, I think that's great.
Thank you.
You're gonna be a wonderful mother.
Thank you.
So, uh, what are your plans? What do you mean? About work.
Work plans.
Same as always, just you know, to work.
- Okay.
- Why? Well, if you want to take maternity leave Oh, right.
I'm here, you know, to do whatever.
Well, thank you.
All I'm saying is, you know, give me some warning because I've kinda gotten used to the free time.
I'm planning to run for City Council.
But, you know whatever.
If you need me to talk to the Board or take the reins back for awhile, just let me know.
Well, I'm planning on staying here, Alvin for the long term, you know? So Right.
I'm not suggesting you weren't, Lulu.
Right.
I'm happy for you, Lulu.
You and Nick.
Truly happy.
Thanks.
So, today your dad was, uh, a little condescending.
What? Yeah, he asked me if I ever handled a claim like this before.
Well, have you? That's not the point.
Did he tell you about our conversation? He said that he went to talk to you.
Did you tell him about us? About the pregnancy? No.
No.
What about the proposal? Well, you know, I, uh I did ask him for my mother's ring.
That was your mother's ring? Yeah.
- You didn't tell me that.
- It doesn't matter.
Do you think maybe your dad resents me being No, it's just the way he does business.
Believe me.
Hey.
You gotta get me out of that Christian men's shelter.
- Rufus.
- You gotta get me out of there.
It's like a prison in that place, bunch a animals.
You know, I never asked how your dad died.
Smoking.
Drinking.
I used to drink with your dad, down on the dock some nights and, uh Man, he could really put it away.
But I played ball with him, too, you know? I mean, he played and I rode the pine.
But there was this one game against Schenley, double overtime.
Man! Coach never took him out.
And no matter what Schenley did, they couldn't stop Bobby.
I used to play hoops with him in the driveway.
Of course he only shot one-handed because he always had a beer bottle in the other.
Alvin, I've been thinking a lot.
And I've been thinking maybe if I stopped with the drinking, I could go to that place you were talking about if I stopped.
[Sighs.]
Hello? Ah, Dawn.
Alvin Masterson.
Listen, I have a gentleman here with me who has some issues he's working on but, uh I think that he may succeed at Hewlett House.
Yeah, I can hold.
Whew.
If Mr.
Longo will drop this adverse possession claim, Mr.
Hassey is willing to give him an apartment in Dormont.
- Dormont? - Yeah.
That's not a very nice neighborhood.
Well, it's a lot better than where he's living now.
Yeah, but the land in question is potentially worth $700,000.
And a one-bedroom apartment in Dormont is worth less than forty.
The only reason we're having this conversation is because my client wants to start construction on his development now.
And if you litigate this thing with me, your client's gonna end up receiving nothing.
And you're gonna be wasting a lot of your valuable time that could've been dedicated to people who really need you.
Ralph Longo's welfare records came in.
He's been receiving food stamps for over two decades, and his listed address for that entire time is the house that you evicted him from.
Is that a no? I'll bring your offer to my client, but I'm not gonna recommend it.
Okay.
Yeah, okay.
Uh, I guess I'll talk to you later.
Yeah, okay.
Take care.
"The Steelers' pass defense failed again.
"The only bright spot was their receiving trio which combined for 300 yards in total offense.
" Hey, Gramps.
You listening? Oh, sorry.
I'm just tired.
- What'd the foster family say? - They'll take him.
You've sent other kids there? They specialize in at-risk teens.
They're very good.
They're great together, you know? Hey! Have you even looked at his chart? He's allergic to peanut butter, you jackass! [Orderly.]
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Can you please just get him some turkey instead? Please? Good boy.
There's a foster family No.
No.
Donnie, you can't stay in a shelter forever.
I'm not going to.
Grandpa says his lawyer's gonna take care of everything, and then we're gonna get some money.
Mr.
Longo, Social Services has found Donnie a very good foster home.
Well, I'm gonna tell the court I think it's the best place for you.
Look, thanks to you, I only get two hours a day with my grandfather, and you're cutting into it.
Hey, you running for something? - Thinking about it.
- Nice flyers.
Very creative.
[Chuckles.]
Thanks.
City Council.
Impressive.
Hell, man, I'd vote for a guy like you.
Here.
- What's all this? - Soap.
Shampoo.
Razor.
There's a "Y" down the street.
Go get yourself cleaned up.
Here you go.
Yeah, these should fit.
You have to make a good impression at your Hewlett House interview this afternoon.
Hewlett House? Yeah, confirmed everything this morning.
They'll meet with you.
All right.
Thanks a lot, man.
- My pleasure.
- I'll see you later.
Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Yeah, I was just in the neighborhood.
I thought I'd drop by for a second.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
So this is a new office, right? - Yeah.
- Yeah, it's nice.
Thank you.
How do you like running this place? - Yeah, I do.
- Good.
Good.
What can I do for you, Burton? I was just wondering if you got a chance to take our offer to your client.
He wasn't interested.
Oh.
Well, suppose we put the 10,000 on top of the apartment? Again, I would recommend that my client not take it.
Now you do know this is our final offer, right? Right.
Burton, I just wanted to mention that, you know, Nick and I are trying to figure things out.
But I was very honored when I found out that the ring came from Well, I guess that's between you and Nick.
Right.
So, I guess I'll see you in court.
Take care.
There you go.
Oh, thanks for the loaner.
It's my boyfriend's tie.
Hey, good for you.
Pretty girl like you should have a nice fella in her life.
[Laughs.]
Well, you look very handsome in it.
Thanks.
You know, you remind me of someone.
Yeah.
I had a girl once, long time ago.
Pretty.
Not so pretty as you, though.
I didn't treat her well, not so good at all.
That was a mistake.
I should have treated her better but Anyway, you remind me of her.
- You ready? - Yeah.
Here you go.
Okay.
[Groans.]
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
- You know, you don't have to come.
- No, I want to go.
I mean, I can do it without you.
I've got your affidavits.
I want to go.
Thanks.
- Okay? - Okay.
Ray Schmiel works hard at his sobriety.
Like all addicts, he has his lapses, but he's trying, and he wants to succeed.
I know that he'll benefit from being at Hewlett House, but Hewlett House will benefit from having him.
Alvin, Mr.
Schmiel is still drinking.
He's gonna stop.
You know our policy here.
And it's a good one.
But I know you can help him.
Dawn, I wouldn't ask you to do this if I didn't believe that.
Welcome, Mr.
Schmiel.
All right.
[Bell rings.]
- Hey, Lulu.
- Hi, Burton.
Mr.
Longo.
Dad, Lulu, uh, there's a bit of a problem.
We need to adjourn the hearing.
- We're just about to get started.
- What's the problem? It's about Donnie.
- What happened? - Can't it wait? Dad, can you just ask for a week's adjournment, please? Donnie was caught trying to retrieve from the fireplace in his old house.
From our house? Did you know there were drugs in your house? Don't say anything, Mr.
Longo.
Has he spoken to a public defender yet? He'll get one at arraignment.
There's more.
Donnie's real last name is Mendez.
He's been missing from his family in Fort Wayne, Indiana, since he was ten.
What? Turns out he was finger-printed before nursery school.
So when the police ran his prints [knock on door.]
His mother's been notified.
Did you check her out? [Door buzzer.]
[Door closes.]
Meth? I had to make some more cash so we could get out of town and find some place to live.
And old Ralph isn't your grandfather.
Well, he always said if he had a grandson, he'd bet he'd be like me.
I called him Gramps once as a joke and he liked it.
When did you two hook up? Four years ago when I first got to Pittsburgh.
Ralph saw me getting my ass kicked by some older kids, and he chased them off, so I was pretty beat-up, and he said I could stay.
He never asked me to go.
Did Ralph know you were selling drugs out of his house? Of course not.
You telling me the truth? He'd kill me if he knew.
But I had to to make some money.
Ralph couldn't work.
If I'm not with him, he won't last a year.
What's gonna happen to him if I go to jail? Who's gonna take care of him? [Train whistle.]
[Judge.]
Pending disposition of the criminal charges against him, Donald Mendez is to be returned immediately to his mother's custody.
[Gavel.]
Donnie! I never stopped praying.
I never stopped.
Where are they taking Donnie? His public defender worked out a plea.
He's gonna be serving his probation in Fort Wayne.
But where are they taking him? He's going back to Indiana to live with his mom.
Come on.
I'm going to take you back to the hospital.
He told me he had no family.
He said he was living on the street his whole life.
The bastards threw me out.
Hewlett House called me this morning.
They threw me out.
You got to find me a new place.
They found you doing meth.
Yeah.
You said you were gonna stay clean.
Come on, man! None of us are clean.
You think Super Bum is clean? He's high right now.
Come on now! Don't look so so surprised.
I bought the meth on your elevator from one of the kids that lives on the lot from me.
Look, Alvin, I slipped up.
Just call Hewlett House.
Give me another chance.
Your old man would have helped me.
This one time, I passed out behind the bar and these two guys tried to roll me, and Bobby comes out of I went to Aldrich High School yesterday.
My dad never played senior year.
He never even made varsity.
Half a season freshman ball, that was it.
You played, though.
Team captain.
Season MVP You played that double-overtime game.
Hey, look Did you take the paddling for that kid, too? Yeah, I'm the one that got paddled.
Just get out of my office.
I told you what I thought you wanted to hear.
Well, Hewlett House is out of the question now.
Well, someplace else then.
I'll make a few calls.
All right.
We have a fundraiser scheduled for the end of the month, and I made some calls to get you onto Pittsburgh politics.
I thought you were leaning towards no.
I was.
But then I thought about what you said, about your experience, your work with the poor.
You got good intensions, Alvin.
It's sweet, nothing else.
Thank you I think.
Well, gotta run.
I'll call you later to talk about setting up some debates.
Okay.
What's that stuff? An opportunity for change, young Robert.
An opportunity of a change.
Donnie's mother was driving him home.
At the first red light, he jumps out and comes here.
What happened? He tried to leave with Ralph, but they didn't even make it down the hallway.
- Where's Donnie? - He's here.
Donnie! What what What's gonna happen to him? His probation will be revoked, and he'll have to serve the sentence for drug possession.
- What if they were my drugs? - Mr.
Longo Donnie can't go to prison for drugs if they were mine.
He was selling them for me so we'd have money.
What you're saying is very serious, Mr.
Longo.
Will you give me a minute, please? Listen, I know you're trying to help, but you're just gonna make things worse.
Please, just be quiet, okay? Just give me a minute.
You know he didn't mean that.
What I mean is that you have an ethical obligation to keep what he said to yourself.
- Why? - Because it's privileged information.
Ralph isn't my client.
You work for LSP.
He's an LSP client.
He's your client.
Oh, come on, Lulu.
You heard it.
I heard it.
He publicly admitted to using that property for criminal purpose.
That kills his adverse possession claim.
He's just an old man who's protecting a boy that he loves.
Come on, Nick.
Besides, it's privileged.
Okay.
Well, I'm glad you convinced your client this is a good deal.
- Well, it made sense.
- Yeah.
I'll draw up the papers for the apartment and then next week, I'll send you a cashier's check for $10,000, okay? - Okay.
Thank you.
- You bet.
Thank you.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Uh, I have some work to finish up at the office.
I'll see you at home? - Yeah.
- Okay.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Take care.
Did you talk to her about this? No.
She just changed her mind? Well, I guess.
This is a good deal for Hassey.
Truth be known, that young lady had a winning case.
Yeah, I know.
Hey, what about Namacolin? Are we still on? Sure.
Are you gonna bring Lulu? Have you even asked her yet? I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Nicholas, ask her.
Bring her, okay? It'll be good for you, okay? - Hey.
- Hey.
I just spoke to Laurie.
She's gonna set up Donnie's delinquency hearing for tomorrow.
Yeah, she already called.
You know, I can't stop thinking about Donnie's mother.
I mean, you lose your son when he's a little boy, you spend years looking for him, wondering if he's even alive.
And then one day, out of the blue, the phone rings.
And when she sees him, I mean, you know, he's not a kid anymore, he's a man.
Couldn't possibly resemble the boy she lost.
And now she's gonna lose him again.
So many parents fail their children.
Yeah.
It just seems so easy to make all the wrong decisions.
Well, I guess you just got to do the best you can.
Yeah.
Hey.
You only ever see the wrong decisions here.