00:03Morning, son.
00:22That's the one.
00:25The one what?
00:28The car I want for my birthday.
00:35Jason's parents bought him a Mustang.
00:37Ryan got a BMW.
00:39I've never asked you for anything like this before.
00:42Just once, Dad.
00:44I want something I'm not embarrassed by.
00:47Is that really what you want?
00:49More than anything.
00:53All right.
00:55You mean it?
00:57I heard you.
01:10Ethan?
01:11Come here for a minute.
01:13Happy birthday, son.
01:16Go ahead.
01:23A Bible?
01:25There's something I want you to...
01:26This is it?
01:28Ethan, listen to me.
01:30You knew what I wanted.
01:32I know.
01:33Of course.
01:34All my friends have parents who actually give them something.
01:37I gave you everything I had.
01:39That's the problem.
01:42You know how embarrassing it is when you pick me up in that truck?
01:45Do you know how many times I've had to pretend I didn't know you?
01:48Son, please.
01:50Just open it.
01:51I already did.
01:52No.
01:53You didn't.
02:00Ethan.
02:01Son.
02:01You can hate this house.
02:03You can hate that truck.
02:05You can even hate me if that's what you need right now.
02:07But don't leave your father like this.
02:08I don't want anything from you anymore.
02:17Yeah, see ya.
02:28Hey, son.
02:29Happy birthday.
02:30I don't know if you'll hear this, but I hope you're eating well.
02:33I know you're angry, but whenever you're ready, you know where home is.
02:37I love you.
03:09I love you.
03:10I love you.
03:40I love you.
03:40I love you.
03:59I love you.
04:01Oh, my God.
04:33Oh, my God.
05:00Son, if you're reading this, then you finally opened your birthday gift.
05:04I know the Bible wasn't what you expected when you saw that box.
05:07That's why I put something inside it I knew you wanted.
05:10The car is yours.
05:12I saved for years.
05:15I sold my motorcycle.
05:17I took extra shifts at the shop.
05:22But someday the car will get old.
05:25Someday it will break.
05:27So I wanted to give you something else with it.
05:30You were already enough because you were my son.
05:49I'm dead.
06:11Ethan, my doctor says I should take things easier now.
06:13I thought about calling you, but I don't want your last memory of me to be an old man asking
06:18you to come home out of guilt
06:19I never stopped being proud of you, and I never stopped waiting
06:38You bought it for me, and I threw it in your face
06:41I spent 12 years blaming you for not giving me enough, but you gave me everything
06:49I just didn't open it
06:54I have the money now, I have the house, I have the cars, I got everything I wanted
07:00But I'd give all of it back, just to hear you call me son one more time
07:06Please forgive me
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