"We aren't gonna have any children." "We can't." "What are you talking about?" "All my tests came out fine." "It's not you, Scotty, it's me." "I can't have any children." "I'm a Special Olympics coach." "We'd sure like to have you come out and find out some of the other things you're good at." "I'm not good at nothing." "I'm dumb." "Hey, I don't think you're dumb." "Then you're dumb." "I don't wanna do nothing." "I can't do nothing." "And you can't make me." "Faster!" "Oh, that was terrific." "Hey, I think you're getting faster than your old man, huh?" "Oh, he already is, I guarantee it." " Your kid's doing great, isn't he?" " Yeah, he sure is." "He stayed in his lane, he's getting faster all the time." "He's really proud of himself." "We're proud of him too." "All right, get your stuff, that's all for today." " What a sweet kid." " Yeah, I know." "Has he..." "Has he been able to say anything?" "I mean, have you heard him say anything at all?" "Well, no, not yet, but he's trying real hard, that's the main thing." "He'll talk one of these days." "One of these days, a light will go on and he'll say, "Mama."" "I want you to take that cap, and I want you to go down to Special Olympics, and put that cap on, and run just as fast as you can." "So fast you'll feel the wind whip past your ears." "So fast those mean kids who made fun of you and me won't even be able to see you." "They'll just see a blur go whizzing by." "But I'll be able to see you." "I'll be up in those stands, and I'll see you with that cap on, and it'll be almost like seeing me run down there." "Can you do that, Todd?" "I could do that." "Well, you know, he's such a sweet kid, and, well, I've been thinking." "There's so many different kinds of parents waiting to adopt a healthy newborn, and a boy like Todd really needs someone." "Yeah, but we don't need him." "Maybe you do." "Oh, get serious, Jonathan, and you too, Diane." "His own family gave him up." "The child is retarded." "How would we take care of him?" "I wouldn't be any trouble." "I promise." "I can make my bed." "And I wouldn't leave my toys out." "You can even ask Mrs. Burke at the home." "I can make my bed." " Todd, it isn't that simple." " Yes, it is." "It is simple." "If I win the race, he'll know." "He'll see me with his hat, and then you'll know." "All right, you guys, your race starts any minute now." "I can't see Scotty, Jonathan." "Don't worry, he's up there." "But I can't--Can't see him." "Hey, come on, you got his hat." "He can see you." "But I need to know he's there." "I gotta see him." "Oh, he'll be there." "He'll be right down there at the finish line." "He will?" "He will." "He will." "This is the first call for the 5000 metre run." "All ages, male and female, please report to Bullpen number 2." "That's the 5000 metre run, all ages, male and female, please report to Bullpen number 2." "Scotty, the boy needs to see you." "I'm not going down there, Jonathan." "I don't know what you two have cooked up, but I'm not going down there." "Come on, we haven't cooked up anything, Scotty." "You're the one that told that kid he was gonna be running for the both of you." "Scotty, he's worked so hard for this moment." "Don't rob him of it." "All right, I'll go down there, but we are not adopting him." "Fine, but you tell him that after the race." "All right, runners hit the starting line." " Come on." " All right, let's go, let's go." "Yeah." "All right." "Take your mark." "Set." "Come on, boys, come on." "Run, run, run." "Todd, don't stop." "You did it." "Good job." "Here's your hat back." "Hey, it's yours." "No, it isn't." "I didn't win." "I wanted to show you that I could do stuff, because I wanted you to be my dad." "Hey, what happened to the oath:" ""Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt"?" "Look, this is one race." "There'll be lots of others." "But I wanted you to see." "I will see them." "You will?" "Yeah, I will." "Will you try?" "If you're there, I will." "Todd, I don't know if I'm special enough to be your dad, but I'm not gonna quit either." "I'm gonna try, just like you." "Would you come home with Diane and me for a weekend so we could all try?" " Do you mean that?" " Yes, I do." "Todd, one of the problems I have is that I can't hug you." "But if I could, I sure would want to right now." "I could do that." "I'm great at hugging." "You sure are, son." "You sure are." "The bronze medal goes to Paul Gardner." "The silver medal goes to Larry Dexter." "And the gold medal in the 100-yard dash goes to Kyle Davis." "Yay, Kyle!" "Mom, I won!" "He talked." "Steve, he talked." "He talked." "Oh, baby." "Yeah." " Hi, you two, come on in." " Hi." " How you doing?" " Great, just great." "Can I get you anything?" "No, he just finished one of his famous two-hour breakfasts." "I didn't have dessert." "Oh, poor boy." "I think there's a piece of cake left from last night." "Oh, Todd and Scotty should be back any minute." "Holy mackerel." "Look at this stuff." "Isn't it great?" "They've had Todd for what, six weekends already?" "I mean, they turned this whole place into a school." "Yeah, and I bet they're loving it too." "Here we go." "Boy, this is wonderful." "It's not homemade." "I don't have time to bake anymore." "I don't mean the cake." "I'm talking about what you and Scotty have done." " All these signs and everything." " Well, that's Scotty's project." "He's determined to teach Todd how to read." "And you know how Scotty is once he sets his mind to something." "Total immersion." "That's the password around here." "So, how are you two getting along with Todd?" "Oh, great." "Oh, Jonathan, I just love him." "Well, we both do." "But he's such a sweet boy." "He just loves to be cuddled." "He's so starved for it." "And he really tries very hard." "With you and Scotty teaching him, I'll bet he'll be reading in no time." "If Scotty has his way he will." "Me, I'm a softy." "I'm the cuddler." " Where are those two anyway?" " They're out on a nature walk." "They go out on these walks, and Scotty teaches Todd the names of the flowers and the birds and the trees." "He's learning all that stuff?" "Well, some, but mostly he just likes being with Scotty." "And he loves to look at things, you know, small things that you or I wouldn't even see." "Like a wild flower growing in somebody's lawn, or a caterpillar." "You know, it's nice moving at his pace, very slowly." "Seeing all the things that you or I wouldn't even take time to notice." " Hi, coach." " Hey, kiddo." "How was the nature walk?" "Oh, it was good." "We seen these bugs with these long legs." "What do you call that bug?" "What's its name?" " I don't know." " Praying..." "Yeah, praying bugs." "And we seen these flowers, these real fuzzy flowers." "Praying mantis." "Yeah." "And I blew the fuzzy flower, and all the fuzzy stuff went in the air." "What a neat walk." " Do I have to go back tomorrow?" " Well, it's Monday, you've got school." "But I wanna stay here another day." "Todd, if Scotty and I could fix it so you could stay here all the time, would you like that?" "Forever and ever?" "Forever and ever." "We want you to be our son, Todd." "We love you." " And you'll be my mom and dad?" " Yes." "Yes." "Todd, what are you doing?" "Wait." "But I don't understand, Mrs. Gettes." "We filled out all of the forms, we've met all of the criteria your agency has for adoptive parents," " because you said so yourself." " I know that, Mrs. Wilson." "Everything you're saying is true, but Todd's natural parents never gave him up for adoption." "But they haven't seen him in years." "I know that." "We approached the Bryants and apprised them of the situation and of your desire to adopt Todd." "I didn't think there would be any problem." "There shouldn't have been." "They don't care what happens to him." "They all but abandoned him." "They didn't abandon him, they put him in foster care." "And they have paid all his expenses at the group foster-care home." "But they don't love him, they have no moral right." "They have a legal right." "Mr. Wilson, I shouldn't have to tell you that." "You're an attorney, and they are his parents." "And they have made it very clear that they will not, under any circumstances, allow you to adopt their son." "Maybe if we could just meet them, talk with them, make them see that we love the boy, that we'd be good parents." "They saw your file, Mr. Wilson." "It's no reflection on either of you, but they don't want to meet you." "They were as firm about that as they were about not giving Todd up for adoption." "I'm so sorry, but there's just nothing to do about it." "They are his parents." "No, they're not." "It takes love to be a parent." "We love the boy." "All they've got on their side is the law." "I'm afraid that's all they need." "But they haven't seen him since he was three years old, not once." "Isn't there anything you can do legally, Scotty?" "I mean, isn't there something?" "I don't know." "I'm researching it now." "We could petition the court to appoint a conservatorship for Todd with us as conservators, but the odds are so much against it." "These people have money, they can fight us and they'd win." "But they don't wanna be his parents." "They're not fit to be his parents." "That's not the way a court would see it." "They didn't abandon him, they put him in a fine group foster-care home." " They've paid all his bills." " But they've never been there for him." "They haven't--They haven't held him or laughed with him." "They haven't comforted him when he's cried." "The law doesn't give too many points for cuddling." "Then the law stinks." "In the eyes of the law, they're not unfit parents." "They did exactly what their doctors advised them to do." "Everything except love him." "You don't know that." "Jonathan, what are you talking about?" "They gave up the kid." "If they gave up the boy because they thought it was the best thing for him, then it was an act of love." "Whose side are you on, anyway?" "Oh, come on, Diane, it's not a matter of sides, is it?" "Fact of the matter is they won't give the child up for adoption, and there has to be a reason." "Have you told Todd yet?" " No." " How could we tell him, Mark?" "He's so excited about finally having a family." "He's already planning our first Christmas together." "So, what have you told him?" "We just said these things take time and he has to be patient." "I don't believe this is happening." "What kind of people would prevent their child from having parents who want him and who really love him?" " Dr. Bryant?" " Yeah." "I'm Jonathan Smith." "We met in your office a few months ago?" "The Special Olympics." "Oh, yes, of course." "I wondered if I could talk to you for a few minutes." " Well, we're just finishing up dinner." " Oh, I'm sorry." "But I'll wait if it's all right." "It's about your son, Todd." "Well, I think we've already had this conversation, Mr. Smith." "I mean, I think it's great that Todd's in the Special Olympics, but we don't think it's right to come back into his life" " just to cheer him on in a track meet." " This is not about Special Olympics." "It's about the couple that wants to adopt him." "You mean my brother?" "Josh, Jennifer, do me a favour, go to your rooms, please?" "But why?" "Just do as I say, please." "Look, if you wanna use the car, go to your rooms, okay?" "Thank you." " What's going on here?" " That's what I'd like to know." "I'm a friend of the Wilsons, the couple that wants" "I know who they are, and I know what they want, and the answer is no." "Dr. Bryant, the Wilsons are both professional people, they're fine people." "They make a good living, and they love Todd, and he loves them." "They'd be wonderful parents for him." "And you think there's something wrong with the kind of parents we are?" "We don't have to talk to him, Lauren." "No, I wanna know what he thinks of us." " It doesn't matter" " It matters to me." "You see, I don't like people judging me." "I didn't come here to judge you, Mrs. Bryant." "Oh, "They love him." "They'd make wonderful parents."" "Well, if that isn't judging, I don't know what is." "Do you have a retarded child, Mr. Smith?" " No, I don't." " Well, we do." "We can tell you all about the heartache of watching him with other children and knowing that there's something wrong with that beautiful baby." "And not admitting it to yourself even though all the other babies are walking and talking." "We can tell you all about the lies that you tell yourself and the praying to God that it just isn't true." "Do you know what it is like for a mother to give her baby away to strangers and to turn her back on him, and to hear him screaming and yelling?" "Do you know what that feels like?" "Calm down, Lauren." "No, I want him to know." "Now, the doctors advised us to do this." "And our minister counselled us to do this." "I've already explained that to Mr. Smith." "You don't have to go through this again." "You know, we went to see him once, and he cried so hysterically that I had to" " I had" "I had to pry his hands off of my body." "Do you know what a mother feels like to do that?" "Believe me, I didn't come here to judge you, Mrs. Bryant." "I know you've done what you thought was best." "He's in a fine home and he's done very well there." "But as fine a place as that is, it isn't the same as having a mother and father." "The Wilsons are willing to take any kind of a test you want them to take to prove what kind of people they are and what kind of home they can give to Todd." "No." "No." "We are Todd's parents and we'll decide what's best for him." "And to be blunt, Mr. Smith, which is evidently the only way to be with you, this Mr. Wilson you're talking about is a quadriplegic." "Now, I want you to tell me what kind of guardian he's going to be for a boy who is mentally incompetent?" "It's completely out of the question." "We've taken everything into consideration and we've made our decision." "There's something you haven't taken into consideration, and that's how Todd feels and what he thinks." "It is irrelevant what Todd thinks, the boy is retarded." "Stop it, both of you." "Just get out of here." "Just get out of our house." "And tell those people to stop bothering us and to stay away from my son." "I think you'd better leave now, Mr. Smith." "I'm sorry." "I didn't come here to upset you." "I'm sorry." " There you go, Kyle." " Thanks." "Let's see some good jumping, Kyle." "Excuse me, I'm looking for Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilson." "Oh, yeah, sitting right down there." "Thanks." "Go, go, go." "Stay in your lane, stay in your lane." " Go, run!" " Mr. Wilson?" "Yeah, that's me." "I'm sorry." "I just get paid to serve the paper." "Here." "What is this?" "I'm sorry." "What is it, Diane?" "I don't understand all this legal mumbo jumbo." "Hey, I'm the lawyer, let me see." " Damn." " What?" "What is it?" "The Bryants." "This is a notice advising us that they've filed a request with the court to issue a temporary restraining order, to bar us from having any further contact with their son, Todd." " Hi, mom." " Hi, hon." "Is there any mail for me?" "You're home from practise kind of early." "Yeah, the coach had to go somewhere." "What's this?" "Oh, it's just some legal papers." "Nothing for you." "Nothing from Susan, if that's what you're after." "Are we suing somebody?" "Well, If we are, I don't see what business it is of yours." "This is about Todd, mom." "What is this?" "What is this sudden interest in our legal affairs?" "I just asked a question." "I mean, is there a problem with Todd?" "Someone is trying to interfere and your father and I are being forced to hire a lawyer to stop them." "Good enough?" "Does this have to do with that man who came here about adopting Todd?" "That is our business." "Your father's and mine." "Hey, I just asked a question." "Well, you got your answer." "Can he do stuff at all?" "Who?" "My brother." "Can he walk or talk or do anything?" "Or does he just lie there?" "What is going on here?" "What's going on with you, ma?" "I just asked a simple question." "I mean, mom, it was you who always told us the reason we could never visit him is he wouldn't recognise us anyway, right?" "Your brother is retarded." "He is one of the tragedies of my life." "He is not getting better, he will never get better." " He is retarded, okay?" " Okay." "Do you ever go and see him?" "Just you and Dad?" "That is enough." "I will not be cross-examined in my own house." "Your brother is in one of the finest facilities in the state." "And he is getting the best of care." "Far better than any cripple could give him." "And far better than if he had to compete for our love and attention with two self-centred teenagers like you and your sister." " Mom, I didn't mean to upset you" " Just leave me alone." "Just..." "Just go up to your room, drive your car or whatever it is that you do." "Oh God, just leave me alone." "How's she doing?" "She finally cried herself to sleep." "I'll never forget that little guy's face today when we told him we couldn't see him anymore." "I tried to explain it to him, but I could hear him crying all the way back to the van." "I wish Mrs. Bryant could have heard you say that." "Why?" "What difference would it make to her?" "She told me that's exactly what happened when she had to leave Todd." "She didn't have to leave Todd." "She did it because she wanted to." "I did it because she forced me to." "So spare me the stories about what she felt." "Hey, hey, hey, come on." "None of this is helping us figure a way to beat that restraining order." "This isn't gonna be solved in court." "There's more here than just law." "Maybe so, Jonathan, but right now the law's the only thing we've got." "So if you can't help, just stay out of it." "Hey, I'm sorry." "I'm just so damn angry." "It's so unfair." "There's not a thing we can do." "They're the natural parents." "They've got all the rights." "But what about Todd?" "Doesn't he have any rights?" "Every kid has a right to sue his parents." "He can sue them to sever his ties with them." "He can become" " What do they call it?" " Emancipated." "Emancipated." "That's an established point of law, but we're not just talking about a minor, we're talking about a retarded minor." "Well, don't the retarded have any rights under the law?" "Well, sure they do." "But on this one, I don't know." "Well, he has a right to an attorney." "Everybody has a right to an attorney." "Now, they may be able to keep him from seeing you, Scotty, but can they keep him from seeing his own lawyer?" "Hi, kiddo." "I don't wanna go practise." "Yeah, I know." "It's because Scotty and Diane can't come to see you, huh?" "They don't want to." "Todd, come on, they explained to you why they can't come and see you." "They could if they really wanted to." "They could if they really loved me." "Todd, what you're doing right now is you're being a little boy." "Now, if you want Scotty and Diane for your family, you're gonna have to act like a big boy now." "You're gonna have to try to understand what's going on." "So you can fight for what you want and get it." "But I can't do nothing." "How can I do something?" "That's what I'm gonna tell you." "You know what a judge is?" " Like on TV?" " Right, like on TV." "He's the guy that sits there and puts the bad guys in jail." "Well, it's not always a question of putting a bad guy in jail." "You see, sometimes when people have a disagreement, they..." "Here." "Suppose you and your best friend both wanted to play with the same toy." "What would you do?" "Ask Mrs. Burke." "Right, well a judge is like Mrs. Burke." "See, when grownups have a disagreement, they go to a judge, and the judge decides what's right according to the law." " What law?" " The rules." "Like..." "If you were in a race and you ran out of your lane, what would happen?" "I don't win." "Right." "Because those are the rules." "Well, in life there are rules too." "And a judge knows what they are." "But the judge won't let Scotty and Diane see me." "It's only because he hasn't heard you yet." "Todd, would you be willing to stand up in front of a judge and tell him what you want?" "And he'd let me live with Scotty and Diane?" "Maybe." "There's a chance." "It won't be easy." "Nothing's easy." "I'll tell a judge." "You take me to a judge, coach." "I wanna tell him." "Now, wait a minute, you don't just go and see a judge." "You see, you gotta have an attorney." "But I don't have no attorney." "Do you want one?" "Sure." "All right, kiddo, you got one now." "Come on." "Hi, kid." "I missed you." "I missed you too." "Mr. Wilson." "I'm sorry, but I've got orders to call the police if you come here." "Now, there's an injunction against you seeing Toddy, you know that." "That's where you're wrong, Mrs. Burke." "There is a temporary restraining order against Scotty Wilson." "I'm not here as Scotty Wilson." "I'm here as an attorney seeing my client." "He got himself a lawyer." "His attorney?" "Your Honour, this is preposterous." "Mr. Parker, you know, these proceedings are being held in my chambers, so we can be a little less formal." "I'd appreciate if you'd refrain from the theatrics." "Sorry, Your Honour." "It's all right, son." "Your Honour," "Mr. Wilson is himself the object of the restraining order." "His client, as he calls him, is a minor of diminished mental capacities whose guardians are the ones who sought the restraining order to protect him from Mr. Wilson." "So this is absurd." "Mr. Wilson?" "Your Honour, I am an attorney licensed by the bar to practise law in this state." "The minor in question is also the object of this restraining order, and has requested me to act on his behalf in the matter now pending before this court." "And on his behalf, I'm requesting the court to set aside ruling on whether the temporary restraining order should be made permanent until Your Honour has had a chance to consider my client's petitions." "What petitions?" "Mr. Parker, the guy on my side of the desk asks the questions." "Sorry, Your Honour." "What petitions?" "Mark." "The first is my client's opposition to the request for a permanent restraining order, barring my client from seeing Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilson." "The second is a petition asking the court to appoint guardians ad litem, temporary guardians for my client, and that those guardians be Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilson." "Now, if you're wanting guardians ad litem, your client must be entertaining some litigation of his own." "That's correct, Your Honour." "It is my client's intent to take whatever steps are necessary to sever his legal ties from his natural parents, Richard and Lauren Bryant, so that he will be free to be adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilson," "who love him." "Your Honour, I must protest." "Yes, well, I kind of figured you would." "I mean, come on, Mr. Wilson, who are you trying to kid?" "Your Honour, we are talking about a retarded boy who could no sooner pronounce the words in those petitions, let alone understand what they meant." "Your Honour, we love the boy and we wanna make a home for him and he loves us and he knows very well what those words mean." "The boy is a mental incompetent." "And this man is making a mockery of" "Mr. Parker." "I'm gonna decide who is and who is not competent, not you." "Yes, Your Honour." "Mr. Wilson, I'm going to have to insist on a competency hearing for this minor in question to determine whether he understands the nature of these proceedings." "If I find that he does, then I will accept you as his counsellor, and I will entertain your motion." "Thank you, Your Honour." "Not so fast, mister." "If I find out that the young man in question does not understand what's going on, that you in fact have manipulated him and the law, and have attempted to manipulate this court," "I'm gonna hold you in contempt." "And you're gonna have a lot more to worry about than just a restraining order." "Now, that clear?" "Yes, Your Honour." "All right, I'll have the clerk set aside the 23rd of this month," "on the hearing phase, case of Bryant v. Bryant." "I can't thank you enough for bringing your team here" " to work out with our athletes." " I'm delighted you asked." "It'll be a great experience for our guys." "They'll learn more about track by teaching it, and more about life working with your Special Olympians." "Okay, you guys." "Mr. Smith here has divided his athletes up into groups of five and I've done the same to you so that each one of you will have one group to work with." "Okay, let's get to it." "Okay." "My name's Josh and I'm gonna be working with you today, okay?" " Hi, Josh." " Hi." "When I call up your names I want you to answer up loud and clear, okay?" "All right." "All right, Kyle Davis." "Hi, Josh." "Good." "Mary Beth Wilkerson." " I am here." " Okay." "To" "Todd Bryant." "Here." "Todd." "Where do you live?" "At the group foster-care home with Mrs. Burke." "Toddy." "I'm Josh Bryant." "I'm your brother." "My" " My brother?" "Yeah." "My brother." "My brother." "My brother." "My brother." "You lied to me and to Jennifer." "All these years, all you did was lie." " Josh, we didn't lie to you." " Yes, you did." "You said that he wouldn't know us, that he couldn't do anything." "I mean, he's my brother." "Why didn't you ever take me to visit him?" "Josh, because it was too painful for us." "Can't you understand that?" "No." "Josh, once he was in the home and well taken care of, we had to put him out of our mind." "Josh." "There was nothing we could do for him then." "And we had to get our lives back to normal." "Josh, we gave him up because the doctors, and all the experts told us to." "They said that he was gonna be better off." "And believe me, he is better off." "He's not a part of our lives now and we are not part of his." "Well, maybe you're not, but I am." "He's my brother and I'm gonna visit him again." "Oh, Josh, I don't think that's a good idea." " I don't care what you think." " Now, wait a minute." "Don't smart mouth your mother, all right?" "Now, we'll decide what's best for this family." "What are you gonna do, Dad?" "Get an injunction against me too?" " Josh." " Let him go." "Richard, maybe we should think about what we're doing." "Maybe we should meet with those people." "No." "Damn it, Lauren." "These people are responsible for all of this." "The Wilsons, Smith, all of them." "This family was doing fine." "And so was Todd, until they started butting into our lives." "Tomorrow, we're gonna go to court and we're gonna nail this thing shut once and for all." "Okay?" " How are you doing, Todd?" " Okay." "A little nervous?" "That's okay." "Toddy, do you know why we're here today?" "Why?" "To talk to the judge." "And what's he going to do?" "He's gonna say what's good." "He knows what's good, because he knows the rules." "And do you understand what your parents want?" "They don't want me to see you and Diane anymore." " Todd, where do you live?" " You know." "Yeah, but the judge needs to hear it from you." "At the group home with Mrs. Burke." "Do you like it there?" "It's okay." "Are they mean to you?" "No." "They're okay." " Where do you wanna live?" " With you and Diane." "Why?" "Because I don't have a mom and dad." "But you do, Todd." "You have a real mom and dad." "But I don't know them." "Do you love your real mom and dad?" "I don't know them." "I know Joshy, though." "He's my brother." "Todd, is there anything you wanna tell the judge?" "Go ahead then." "Tell him whatever you want." "I gotta go to the bathroom." "I think that's very sensible, son." "You can go to the bathroom." "Would someone please accompany this young man?" "This court will now take a ten-minute recess." "I think that should be time enough." " Did I do good?" " You did very good." "I'll take him." "Come on." "Judge, I forgot to tell you something." "Well, you can tell me when you come back, son." "No, I might forget." "Okay, what?" "I love Scotty and Diane." "Is that in the rules?" "Well, we make allowances for that." "I don't get no allowance." "But it ought to be in the rules." "It's important." "Yes, it is." "Your Honour, could I see you in your chambers, please, and the Wilsons?" "Dr. Bryant, this court is now in recess." "But if you have anything to say, you should really do it through your attorney." "We don't need an attorney, Your Honour." "Well, all right then." "Dr. and Mrs. Bryant, you know, once you've made this decision, it cannot be reversed." "We know, Your Honour." "And you're both sure about this?" "Yes." "Yes." "And I'll tell you why, Your Honour." "Because, it's the first time since we put him in that home," "that I haven't felt guilty." "I know that he'll be happy now." "And I know he..." "He won't be crying when we leave him this time." "Thank you." "We love him very much." "So do we." "I know." "What's going on?" "I just saw the Bryants leave." "It's all over, Mark." "The judge said what was good?" "No, Todd, your mom and dad did." "Ready to go home with your new parents?" " I get to live with you." " Forever and ever." "Hey, Todd, what about me?" "Your attorney has to get paid, you know." " I love you." " I love you too." "Let's go home, son."