"Hey." "Hey, no." "No." "No." "Hey, stop." "Get off, man." "Get off." "No, stop the truck." "You trying to die?" "No." "No." "Stop the truck." "Let go, man." "You trying to die?" "Stop the car." "Stop the car." "Let go, dawg." "Let go, dawg." "Don't." "Let it go." "Let it go." "Forget this, man." "Let's go." "Hurry up, man." "This ain't worth it, dawg." "Come on." "Get in." "Sir." "Sir." "Are you okay?" "Are you okay?" "Just lay still." "We're calling for help." "We're getting help." "Don't worry about the car." "I'm not worried about the car." "It's all right, sweetheart." "It's okay." "There is a baby in the car." "Please hurry." "Is he okay?" "It's okay." "Yeah, I think it's his dad that's with him." "Yeah, I think he's all right." "It's okay, it's okay." "Did you notice any other markings?" "Maybe a tattoo?" "No, sir." "It happened so fast." "I think he had on a black do-rag or something like that." "You know you could've lost your life." "Yes, sir." "But I couldn't risk losing my son." "I was hoping to meet you guys under better circumstances on Monday." "Monday?" "Yep." "I start work with you next week." "Nathan Hayes." "Kept wondering how I recognized your name." "Adam Mitchell." "Hi." "Shane Fuller." "Hey, good to meet you." "Good to meet you." "So why Albany?" "I wanted to move back to give my family a better, slower pace." "I'd say welcome back, but I hate to say it after a rotten day." "Well, my son is okay, so I still say it's a good day." "So would you have held on to the wheel?" "Well, I can think of a few ways he could've died but I guess he did save his kid's life." "I don't know." "Would you?" "Four-four-five-five-zero." "Where have you been?" "Working on reports." "Trying not to miss another deadline." "You missed Emily's piano recital." "Totally forgot about that." "She asked if she could stay up till you got home." "Dylan is out running." "When he gets back, he's gonna ask you about that 5K race again." "I'm gonna say no again." "l tried to tell him that." "But he is determined that he's gonna change your mind." "And here we go." "Hey, Dad." "Can I talk to you?" "As long as it's not about a 5K race." "Why not?" "Other guys are running it with their dads." "You're already on the track team." "They hardly ever let me run." "I can't sign up unless you run with me." "Doesn't bother me that you like to run." "This is not the only 5K race." "There's gonna be others." "Can I suggest that you spend more time with him?" "All he wants to do is play video games and run." "Well, then go run with him." "There's gotta be a better way to spend time with him." "Well, you have got to do something." "He can help me build the shed." "He's gonna see that as your project." "Besides, he's at school most of the time anyway." "Hey, Daddy." "Hey, sweetheart." "I'm sorry I missed your recital." "That's okay. I messed up three times." "You did?" "Yeah." "But then Hannah Stuart messed up four times, so I felt a little bit better." "You little stinker." "Oh, by the way Emily has been invited to Hannah's birthday party next Friday." "But I told her she was gonna have to ask you first." "Please." "Please let me go." "I promise I'll do my chores and my homework every day." "She committed any crimes or misdemeanors lately?" "Actually, no." "She's been very good." "She even cleaned her room without me asking her." "Not by putting everything in the closet, right?" "All right, but you owe me a really big hug." "Yes." "Thank you, Daddy, thank you." "All right, princess." "Too many birthday parties." "You have too many friends." "All right, you go on to bed." "I'm grilling steaks Saturday." "What are you gonna do?" "Come over and eat one." "That's what I'm talking about." "You've got no life." "You come over too." "I've got a life, man." "What are you doing?" "This Saturday?" "Yeah." "Well, I mean, I guess it depends if...." "l mean" "Hey, I'll see you on Saturday." "All right." "If everyone's here, let's get started." "First things first, Deputy Thomson has now survived his rookie year." "Yeah." "Yeah." "I guess that means you can start using real bullets now." "I'm gonna see you out there." "Anytime." "I wanna introduce Thomson's new partner." "His name's Nathan Hayes." "He'll be joining our shift." "He has eight years of experience in Atlanta, but he's from here." "And we're glad you're here." "Let's welcome him." "Okay, guys, we have two new warrants out today." "If you would pass those out." "Clyde and Jamar Holloman two frequent fliers who have opened up a new drug operation on the 600 block of Sheffield." "I'd like both warrant teams to handle this one." "Everyone else, stick to your normal beats." "The sheriff has something to share." "Sheriff." "Thank you." "Had an e-mail come across my desk I'd like to share with you." ""A study was done on the increase in violent gang activity." "In almost every case, each gang member had a similar attribute." "Runaways, dropouts, kids on drugs, and teens in prison." "That attribute is that most of them came from a fatherless home." "To put it another way, when a father's absent kids are five times more likely to commit suicide and abuse drugs twenty times more likely to wind up in prison."" "I know your shift work's hard and I know you see the worst side of people." "But when you clock out, go home and love your families." "All right, you're dismissed." "Get out of here." "Victoria, the truck with the lumber's about to show up." "Just tell them to pile it next to the driveway." "Right." "Yeah, hold on." "Hey, that's the sheriff." "I gotta take this." "Okay." "Love you." "Bye." "Hey, sir." "Yes, sir." "We did that." "Thank you." "We'll take care of it." "All right." "Love you." "Bye." "Oh, no, no, no." "Did you just tell the sheriff that you loved him?" "I can't believe I did that." "Should I call him back?" "Why?" "To tell him that you don't?" "Six-93-C en route to the 600 block of Sheffield, 1 0-99 reference." "Hey, five-0." "Yo, five-0, five-0." "Thomson, Hayes, you got the back?" "Ten-four." "It's not them, but they're up to no good." "Yeah." "l got a feeling about this one." "I'm feeling it too." "You got the back door, rookie?" "Yeah, I'll take it." "I'm not a rookie anymore." "Who is it?" "Sheriff's office." "Yeah?" "We have a warrant for the arrest of Clyde and Jamar Holloman." "I this." "I ain't even supposed to be here." "Ready?" "Clear." "They use the same interior decorator you use, Shane." "Just watch my back, Mitchell." "Clear." "Shane." "Clyde and Jamar Holloman, we have a warrant for your arrest." "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. I suggest you come down." "One, two, three." "Stairs." "This is your last chance." "Don't make this any harder than it needs to be." "What are you doing up here?" "Uncle Clyde told me to walk around here until he gets back." "Come on down." "That's them." "Back door." "Back door." "Get in the car." "Thomson, stay with them." "No lights, no lights." "Shane. 600 block is uphill north." "North." "Copy that." "400 block of Hartford." "400 block of Hartford." "David, help me out." "Where's Hartford?" "Switch." "Officer in foot pursuit, 300 block of Oak view, northbound." "David, where are you?" "Oak view?" "I haven't even found Hartford yet." "I'm getting too old for this." "David, where are you?" "I'm headed to Whitley." "Always gotta be the hard way, doesn't it?" "Oh, look at what we have here." "You're just digging a deeper hole for yourself, aren't you?" "Adam, I got the suspect, 1 0-95." "Help Nathan if you can." "Ten-four." "Good job, Shane." "Where is he?" "Headed back up toward Sheffield." "All right." "There he is, there he is." "l got him." "Slingshot?" "Let's do it." "Give me your hands." "How far you gonna make me chase you, man?" "I'm getting too old for this." "You got some wheels, man." "But I'm out of gas." "Welcome to the party." "You go out for a burger?" "Should've got pulled over for driving too slow." "Hey, I got Jamar in the back." "I'm really sorry." "l got turned around." "It was my bad." "They don't pay us enough." "They ought to give us a bonus for catching them on foot." "Look, man, you gotta learn the streets." "I needed you." "Look, it's not gonna happen again." "Hey, Javi, boss wants to see you in the trailer." "I'm gonna get you, Marcos." "No, you're not." "Isabel!" "Marcos!" "Stop running." "Pick up these toys!" "I need to start lunch." "Not rice and beans." "You show me a clean room and I'll think about it." "How can you have anything else?" "Rice and beans is all you have." "Javi?" "What are you doing home?" "Why aren't you at work?" "They let me go." "What?" "Why?" "I was last hired." "They went over budget." "Why didn't you call me?" "I could have talked to them." "We've got two children to feed." "l tried to tell him that." "But it made no difference." "We owe $400 in a week, Javi." "All I have is rice and beans to feed the kids." "Marcos needs shoes." "l tried to tell him, Carmen." "I'm trying." "Look." "Here's $300." "Get whatever you need for the children." "I'll go out and look for work." "Javi, wait." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to react that way." "Why don't you take the car." "We'll walk to the store." "I'm not gonna drive while my family walks." "Carmen, I've asked God for help." "He will find me work." "Do you have anything I can take with me to eat?" "A tortilla." "Tell Jordan to get out of my room." "He won't leave my stuff alone." "I'm not bothering her." "Yes, you are." "Jordan, I told you five minutes ago to brush your teeth and put your p.j.'s on." "Now, do I have to get Mr. Pow-Pow?" "No, ma'am." "Well, let's start moving in that direction." "Quick, quick, quick." "I don't want you up all night texting that boy." "You hear me?" "We need to know more about him before you even think about developing feelings for him." "Hey, what boy?" "Another saggy-pants boy is interested in Jade." "But this time he's 1 7." "Mom, it's not that big of a deal." "It is a big deal when you're only 1 5." "Here, hold this." "Is this someone you met at school?" "Yes." "He's nice, though." "His grandmother goes to Mount Zion." "Does he go to Mount Zion too?" "l think, when she takes him." "His parents don't go to church?" "He lives with his grandma." "Has he asked you out?" "Yes." "Jade, come on, we already talked about this." "You can't go on a date till they talk to me." "They have no business talking to me until you're 1 7." "It's not a real date." "We're just going to the mall." "If a boy has asked you to go anywhere with him, it's a date." "Nathan, it's Adam Mitchell." "Trying to kill me?" "That is nasty." "You're not supposed to be eating it." "My car should be ready in a couple days." "Not a problem." "That shirt's a problem." "You don't like my shirt?" "What do you think of my shirt?" "l love it." "Your daughter loves my shirt." "My daughter's 9." "Okay." "Well, Tyler thought it was cool, so I got it." "Your 1 2-year-old son's giving you fashion advice?" "Well, I see no one gives you fashion advice." "How is Tyler?" "Oh, he's good." "I only get him every other weekend, and even then it's only after Mia's filled his head with her toxic opinions of me." "A third of my pay goes to alimony." "Let's talk about this later." "Why?" "What's alimony?" "It's a real bad condition Mr. Shane has." "It makes him wear ugly clothes." "Hey." "You know what I like about you?" "What?" "Oh, yeah." "Never mind." "I was thinking of somebody else." "All right, I'm just staying here on the kerb." "You got five minutes, cabana boy." "Hey, can you bring me a lollipop?" "Yes, I will, sweetheart." "I'm not getting you one." "Oh, Daddy, turn it up. I love this song." "I've heard this before." "Who is it?" "No, sweetie, what are you doing?" "Come dance with me." "This is a parking lot." "This is not where people dance." "Just for this song." "Please?" "Emily, people can see us." "That's okay." "They don't care, Daddy." "Please?" "Tell you what." "You dance right here and I'll watch." "Okay." "Okay, when you're ready to dance, this is what you do." "First you put your right hand around my waist like this." "Then you hold your other hand out like this." "Then we sway back and forth to the music." "And you can spin." "Are you sure you don't wanna dance?" "I'm dancing with you in my heart, sweetie." "Trying to teach your dad how to dance?" "He won't dance with me." "That's because he's a fuddy-duddy with no sense of style." "All right, everybody in the car." "Mr. Fuddy-Duddy's leaving." "Your Highness." "Thank you." "Emily, who taught you to dance?" "I know it wasn't your father." "Hey, I dance at home with my wife." "Because she's too embarrassed to dance with you in public?" "You could be walking right now." "But I'm not." "No way you're doing that again." "Watch me." "You want me to line nine more up like I did last time?" "They want to know what we're talking about." "We're not talking about anything." "Hey, man, that steak was great." "Thing tastes just like my dad's." "That guy used to grill out all the time." "Yeah, mine too." "Hey, speaking of dads...." "That e-mail the sheriff read, you think that was accurate?" "I do. I grew up seeing that kind of stuff all the time." "I wonder where all the good fathers went." "Ain't that the truth?" "What?" "I remember you talking about your dad." "Wasn't he an usher at your church?" "Yeah, but that doesn't mean anything." "Soon as the church service started, he'd step out back for a smoke." "You know, one time he says to me, " l better not catch you drinking."" "Had a beer in his hand when he said it." "My mom used to nag him." "That is, till they got divorced." "Look, it's not like I don't love the guy, but it's hard to respect a hypocrite." "What about you, David?" "I had a good dad." "I guess." "I mean, the guy wasn't perfect." "My parents split after he had an affair." "But I think he regretted it." "I struggled with it, but, you know, divorce comes with the territory now." "I disagree, man." "Divorce happens because you make it an option." "You don't know what's gonna happen." "People change." "You can't always work stuff out." "Sometimes you need to part ways." "l think I agree with Nathan." "Thank you." "People don't fight for marriage." "Right." "Wait till you get married." "You're gonna figure out real quick how much you don't know." "If it wasn't for my faith in God, I'd be in a tailspin." "Yeah, me too." "Look, guys, not everyone believes in that stuff." "You guys are religious, but you can't think religion's the only way to live." "Religious?" "It didn't work out for your parents." "Didn't they get a divorce?" "That's the problem." "They were never married." "Listen, my dad had six children from three different women." "And I was the fifth child." "Before I was born, he had already left." "I'm 37 years old, and I've never met my biological father." "Looks like you turned out all right." "That's because a man in my neighborhood named William Barrett mentored me as a teenager." "Taught me about God." "Every Father's Day, he's the one that I call." "I'm telling you, man, not having a father as a child, man scarred me in more ways than I can count." "I've enjoyed our little heart-to-heart, but I need to take off and pay bills while there's still something left of my paycheque." "Speaking of paycheque, I talked to my man Javier." "The guy did a phenomenal job on my deck." "He's available next week, but he wants 1 50 a day." "Call him." "Gotta have somebody who knows what they're doing." "I'm taking vacation time." "I gotta get it done." "So 8:00 Monday." "Okay." "I'll call him." "See you boys in church tomorrow." "All right, let's see it." "l told you." "All right." "Yes, sir, I could be there today." "Great." "Thank you very much." "I'll be there as soon as I can." "Goodbye." "Who were you talking to?" "l got a job, but I need to leave now." "They're building a new office." "They need more men." "Thank God, Javi." "The rent is due on Friday." "I'd tell you to take the car, but the tank is on empty." "I don't mind walking when I have good news." "Carmen, I told you God would give me a job." "I'd give you a big kiss on the mouth but your breath is very bad this morning." "I love you too." "I need that pile moved over there, you understand?" "All right, what are we waiting on?" "Let's go." "Sir, are you Richard?" "Yeah." "My name's Javier Martinez." "I was told to see you for work." "I just hired the last three guys I need." "Sorry." "I can do most anything, sir." "Woodwork, brickwork." "Even drywall." "Man, I said I got what I need." "Unless someone quits, I don't need you." "I don't understand, Lord." "I've been trying to do everything possible to provide for my family." "And I have needed your help." "But you don't help me." "I told my family that you would help us...." "That you would provide." "What do I tell them?" "That we're going to lose our house?" "What do you want me to do?" "Hey." "Javier." "What are you doing?" "I'm not paying you $1 50 to stand in the street." "Let's go." "Adam, be nice." "He's late and just standing in the alley." "You don't know him." "You need help." "You better start off on the right foot." "All right." "Javier, right?" "Yes." "Adam Mitchell." "Didn't mean to yell." "I should've come out and talked." "This is my wife, Victoria." "Nice to meet you." "Let me go get you a water." "Got the plans for the shed here." "My old one's falling apart." "You didn't bring any tools?" "No." "All right, we'll just have to share." "I don't mean to put you on the spot, but you got a work permit?" "Yes, I do." "Good." "Let me show you what we're doing." "" He gave her blue eyes and blond, wavy hair." "He gave her a cute but devilish grin."" "Javi, is that you?" "It's me." "Oh, it's Papi." "Yes, read us a story, read us a story." "Okay, Isabel." "Let Daddy get cleaned up and eat." "I've got a special story for you." "Come, kids." "And you too, buddy." "Let's go, let's go, let's go." "Off to bed, off to bed." "Let Daddy eat." "So?" "How did it go today?" "Terrible." "Then wonderful." "What is that supposed to mean?" "I went to that job this morning, and they said they didn't need me." "So where have you been all day?" "That's the thing." "I was walking home, asking God what he wanted me to do when this guy comes out of his house and starts calling me by name." "Then he asked me to go help him build a shed." "Look." "You made $1 50 today?" "Yes." "How did he know you?" "l have no idea." "And why didn't you ask him?" "l was scared." "Are you going back tomorrow?" "Eight o'clock." "Carmen, few times have I ever felt that God was helping my faith." "But today was one of them." "It felt so good to work hard." "Javi, I know God loves you." "He listens to you because you honour him." "And all I wanna do right now is to hug you and kiss you." "But you smell so bad, I can't bring myself to do it." "Give me 1 5 minutes." "I'll heat up your dinner, mi amor." "It was a day of sadness and joy for Mr. and Mrs. James Turner  of 1 1 the Avenue as they watched their home nearly burn to the ground." "The fire started from an electrical outlet and spread through the house." "The Turners escaped not knowing that their 7-year-old daughter, Lacey, was inside." "Dylan, you need to run earlier." "Ten-thirty's too late for you to be out." "I just knew they were dead." "We live across the street." "We could feel the flames." "The heat was intense." "We're so excited the girl got out okay." "Emily, sweetie, come on." "Let's go to bed." "We practice for these things all the time, but every fire is different." "I'm just glad everybody got out alive." "There's that little bird- -has been busy." "I don't know why" "We're gonna have some-- One of the big- ...kneecap." "... what it would cost- -for her to be able to drive in any...." "Get him." "Get him." "Get him." "Get him." "All right, that's it, that's enough." "That's it. I said, that's it." "You did good, little G." "So" " So I'm in?" "Yeah, you in." "Now that I ain't got Clyde and Jamar I'm gonna have you making those runs for me." "Let me tell you something." "This pain you think you feeling?" "Ain't nothing compared to what we'll do if you try to leave or turn on one of us." "Twon, get him up, man." "You family now." "Family." "You know what I'm saying?" "Family, boy." "There he is." "Hey." "Hey." "How's it going?" "I hope you're enjoying your vacation." "You missed a nasty fight on 9th." "Oh, yeah." "That guy was crazy." "Vacation?" "I've been spending all day working on my shed." "Sorry about Javier not showing up." "I meant to call you." "He was in the hospital." "He's got kidney stones." "What?" "He's been helping me for three days." "I'm talking about my friend Javier." "That's who I'm talking about." "Showed up Monday, been working like a machine." "That's impossible." "The guy's in the hospital." "He's at my house right now." "I left him 1 0 minutes ago." "You're out of your mind." "The guy's got, like, tubes and IVs." "No." "What does Javier look like?" "I don't know." "He's like 6'2", thin as a rail, goatee." "No, no, no." "I'd say maybe 5'1 0", stocky, clean-shaven." "Look, guys, look, guys." "I'm not a genius, but you aren't talking about the same dude." "I'm thinking the same thing." "I mean, I figured that out." "Adam, I don't know who's at your house, but it ain't Javier." "Dude." "He's at your house right now?" "By himself?" "Talk to you guys later." "Hey, hey, we ordered for you." "Who's gonna pay for this?" "Hey." "Back from lunch already?" "Javier, what's your name?" "Javier." "No, no, no." "What's your full name?" "Javier Eduardo Martinez." "What's your full name?" "Adam Thomas Mitchell." "You know Shane Fuller?" "Shane Fuller?" "No." "What's his full name?" "No, no, no." "Who told you I was building a shed?" "You did." "Who told you I'd give you 1 50 a day?" "You did." "What?" "How did you know to call me "Javier"?" "Thought your name was Javier." "It is." "Why were you standing in my alley Monday?" "Because I needed a job." "Why did you ask me to help?" "Because I thought you were a guy named Javier." "I am." "You don't have a problem with your kidneys, do you?" "No." "Do you?" "No." "I don't understand this." "What I can tell you is by you giving me this job it has been an answer to my family's prayers." "Well, you're doing good work." "Sure I can't get you anything to eat?" "No." "My wife's lunch was big enough already." "All right, I'll be back in a bit." "I'm gonna go get something to eat." "You're hungry again already?" "Hey, how you doing?" "What's up?" "What happened to your face?" "What?" "Oh, this?" "It's nothing." "I was just playing around with some friends." "Anyway, check out my ride." "Is that your car?" "No, it's a friend's, but I can drive it pretty much whenever." "I really came to see if you wanted to go get something to eat with me." "I don't know." "I'd have to ask my dad and see" "Hey, Jade, dinner's almost ready." "Hello, how are you?" "I'm good." "You must be Jade's father." "l am." "And you are?" "Daddy, this is my friend Derrick." "Nice to meet you." "You just in the neighborhood?" "I came to see if Jade wanted to get something to eat." "I'll bring her back later." "Jade, go in the house." "I'll be in in a few minutes." "Thanks for coming over, Derrick." "I guess I'll just see you later." "Let me talk to you for a minute." "I appreciate your interest in my daughter." "But we're not allowing her to go out on dates." "This ain't really a date." "We're just trying to hang out." "It's important that she be older and for us to know who she's with." "You got a problem with me?" "Look, we just don't know you, okay?" "Any man interested in my daughter needs to explain the purpose of the relationship." "The purpose?" "It ain't like I'm gonna take advantage of a 1 5-year-old girl." "Oh, I agree." "If you'd like to get to know us better, join us for lunch on Sunday." "We'd be happy to have you." "l don't know." "How'd you get that bruise on your face?" "You know what?" "That's none of your business." "You should let Jade make her own decisions." "I do not like that boy." "He is very disrespectful." "How can he be respectful when Daddy runs him off?" "Listen. lf he shows no respect for us, he won't respect you either." "That's right." "Baby, you've gotta trust us." "That boy has a lot of growing up to do." "We'd better go eat while it's still hot." "Come on, let's go to the table." "I'm not hungry." "Well, I'd still like for you to sit with us." "So your wife homeschools your kids?" "For now." "It's important that we give them a good foundation when they're young." "Seems good." "You have two kids?" "l do." "Nail gun?" "Please." "Emily's my sweet 9-year-old and Dylan is my stubborn 1 5-year-old." "Well, I think he's just going through a stage." "You can meet him when he comes home." "I think Emily's at a birthday party." "So I had this thought." "Know that thread factory on Clark?" "Yeah." "I know the guys that run it." "If you'd like, I can talk to them about getting you a job." "You mean like a full-time job?" "Why not?" "I'd recommend you." "l would be very grateful." "Adam, I need you to come with me now." "What's wrong?" "Emily." "She's been in a wreck." "God be with them." "Talk to me, Shane." "Emily was picked up after school by the Martins." "Their SUV was hit by a drunk driver at a four-way stop on Emily's side." "Nathan went to get Victoria." "It doesn't look good, Adam." "I'm sorry, man." "Oh, God, help my daughter." "Please, Lord." "At a moment like this silence seems to be the only expression that fits." "What can we, as mere men, say to a grieving and shattered heart?" "We speak today because we have a living hope." "Death is no respecter of persons." "Death is no respecter of youth." "Death is a painful intruder and a pernicious reminder of our human condition." "But I stand before you today to declare that we have a living hope and that causes us to rejoice greatly." "You see, our hope today is found in the fact that Jesus is no longer entombed." "He lives." "And because he lives, Emily lives." "Because he lives, the grieving broken heart has hope and reason to rejoice." "Make sense of this for me." "I feel like I'm in a fog or some type of black hole." "And I really wanna get out." "I mean, were we wrong to let her go to that party?" "If I had said no, she'd still be here." "Victoria." "We can't do that." "Why is she the one that had to get killed and why is that drunk still alive?" "Why?" "Why?" "There's so many things I didn't say." "I should've been a better father." "No." "You're still a father." "How'd you get in here?" "I know how to open a lock, Dylan." "Calling me or something?" "Just wanted to see how you were doing." "Is anybody doing okay around here?" "Is there anything you wanna talk about?" "Why do you wanna talk?" "Everyone who comes into this house just keeps saying the same thing." "They're just trying to help, son." "They're not." "Dylan, we're all hurting." "What we can't do is block each other out." "We need each other." "You don't need me." "Can I play my game now?" "Yes." "Adam?" "I'll never get to see her graduate." "I'll never get to walk her down the aisle." "Adam, don't." "Don't go there." "How am I supposed to let her go?" "I should've danced with her." "Why didn't I dance with her?" "Pastor, I appreciate you meeting with me." "You're welcome, Adam." "I'm so sorry for what you and Victoria have been going through." "I can't make sense of anything, you know?" "And I guess I kind of feel like I'm in the dark." "And I wanna be there for Victoria but my emotions are all over the place." "So I don't know what to do." "Well, Adam, there needs to be a grieving process." "And the Lord is the one who carries you through it." "And it takes time." "It takes time for healing." "Healing?" "I've heard many people say, who have lost a loved one that in some ways it's like learning to live with an amputation." "You do heal, but you're never the same." "But I would also say that those who go through this and trust in the Lord discover a comfort and an intimacy with God that most people never experience." "I...." "l wanna trust him." "I just don't understand what he's doing." "Well, he doesn't promise an explanation." "But he does promise to walk with us through the pain." "And the hard choice for you is whether you're gonna be angry for the time you didn't have with her or grateful for the time that you did have." "I don't wanna be angry." "I wanna heal." "How would you like for me to help you?" "I wanna know what God expects of me as a father." "And I wanna know how to help my wife and my son." "Okay." "You'd think you were going for a doctorate." "I feel like it." "Where's Dylan?" "Oh, he's getting a shower." "Ran another five miles." "Says he already needs new running shoes." "I'm gonna go to the store, okay?" "All right." "l don't think I could run five miles." "Well, who says you have to?" "I've been thinking about running with him." "Really?" "I'm accepting the fact I have to learn how to do the hard things." "I've never enjoyed running, but it is the best way to spend time with him." "Well, how is your research coming?" "Sobering." "I've been doing about half of what I should've been doing as a dad." "And there is so much in scripture about being a father." "I never took time to look it up." "It's the sheriff." "Hello, sir." "Yes, sir." "We did." "We turned that in yesterday." "Adam." "Adam, bye." "Love you." "Thank you, sir." "We will." "Love you." "Bye." "Okay." "Hello?" "Sir?" "Adam." "Hey." "Hey." "Got a lot of homework?" "Not really." "Got your learner's permit?" "Why?" "I need you to drive me to the mall, get you some new running shoes." "If you don't mind, I might get a pair for myself." "Are you serious?" "Hey, Javi, glad you could come." "Oh, thanks for the invitation." "I've never been in the back of a police car before." "How's my other Javier friend?" "You liking the new job?" "Yes, very much." "Thanks to Adam." "SO to 6-93C." "Six-93-C." "Go ahead." "Deputies need assistance in reference to a 1 0-95 at the intersection of Plantation and Foxfire." "Six-93-C en route." "It's gonna be gang-related." "Yeah." "Javi, we'll get to lunch right after we do this." "lf l tell you to get down, you stay low." "Okay." "What kind of gang is this?" "They're all jail prep programmers, if you ask me." "And they're all dangerous." "You know, I started a gang once." "You were in a gang?" "We were the Snake Kings." "Snake Kings?" "Yes." "We had snakes in our neighborhood so we would throw rocks and try to kill them." "Okay." "So how many were in your gang?" "Only three." "My brothers and I." "So did you kill any snakes?" "One." "And we thought we were heroes." "All right." "Javi, you just hang out right here, all right?" "Sure." "What do you got?" "We got three." "Possession with intent to distribute, possession, possession." "He's a little belligerent." "I need you to go 1 0-95 to the jail with one of them for me." "I need to separate them." "Can you swing it?" "We can do that." "All right." "Appreciate it." "Not with Javi in the back." "Wait here. I got an idea." "Javi, I need a favour." "What's that?" "You heard of the Snake Kings?" "The who?" "Snake Kings." "You ever crossed them?" "I ain't heard of no Snake Kings." "We got their leader." "If he tries to cut you, you yell, we'll stop the car." "I ain't getting in the back with no killer." "Stay on your side." "Don't look at him, don't talk to him, you'll be fine." "Martinez, you hurt this guy, I'll put you under the jail, you got it?" "Don't touch him." "All right, get in." "I don't wanna be in the car with no Snake King." "Hey, they got a lot of room up there." "Get in the car." "Stay on your side." "We will protect you." "You're nuts." "Roll with it." "This goes south, all you." "All you." "All right." "Dispatch, this is 6-93-C." "We're 1 0-95 en route to the jail." "ETA: 1 0 to 1 2 minutes." "We are going to lunch." "I am getting a chicken sandwich." "And a lemonade." "Hey, man." "Hey, what's he saying, man?" "Hey, man, just don't talk to him." "You stay on your side." "I may even get some waffle fries." "And a milkshake!" "Hey, man, he's threatening me." "l think he wants to kill me." "Just calm down." "If he wanted to kill you, you'd be dead by now." "Hey, he's free!" "Hey, he's free!" "Hey, stop the car!" "Stop the car!" "Stop!" "Snake King." "Hey, stop the car!" "Stop the car!" "He's trying to kill me!" "Stop the car!" "Let me out!" "Hey, help!" "Stop the car!" "Stop the car!" "Snake King." "Oh, it was the funniest thing I've ever seen." "Oh, my." "Oh, man." "I've never seen somebody so anxious to get to jail." "Oh, he is so crazy." "The guys like him." "We've kind of adopted him into our group." "I mean, I still can't believe Carmen brought us three meals after the funeral." "I mean, that was so sweet." "I had a good day today." "You all right, buddy?" "We're gonna be okay, aren't we?" "We're gonna be all right." "I wish I would've been a better brother." "It's all right." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Sorry." "Hey, I love you, buddy." "You are my son." "And I'm proud of you." "Don't you ever forget that, okay?" "Don't you ever forget that." "It's okay." "It's okay." "All right. lf everybody's stuffed, I'm gonna tell you why I had you come." "It isn't because you just can't get enough of us?" "Sorry, no." "I'm gonna ask you a favour." "Javi." "Resolution?" "Yeah." "For a while now, I've been struggling with what kind of dad I was to Emily." "What kind of father I'm being to Dylan." "You're being too hard on yourself." "You've been a good-enough father." "That's just it." "I don't wanna be a "good-enough" father." "We have a few short years to influence our kids." "Whatever patterns we set for them will be used for their kids and the generation after that." "We have the responsibility to mould a life." "I don't think that should be done casually." "Half the fathers in this country are failing." "l don't wanna be one of them." "Okay." "I'm all for spending time with our kids but don't you think you're taking this too far?" "It goes way beyond spending time with your kids." "That should be a given." "I'm talking about setting the standards that they need to aim for in life." "What kind of standards?" "Well, when did you first think of yourself as a man?" "What?" "No, no, no." "I mean, when did you first think, " I'm a man now"?" "Come on, you can't be serious." "We are not talking about this." "No, just humour me for a second." "Think about it." "Maybe when I moved out." "Or when I turned 21 ." "I don't know." "When you were legal?" "Yeah." "What about you, Shane?" "I don't know." "I mean, when I got my license." "Or my first job." "I mean, what does it matter?" "Javi?" "When my father told me I was." "When I was 1 7, he had to leave for three months to do a job." "He told me that he thought of me as a man." "He wanted me to take care of the family." "I'm learning that God wants me to call out the man in my son." "I can't do that lightly." "I can't be passive about that." "I got these things from studying scripture." "I wanna sign this as a resolution of what kind of father I wanna be." "I'm giving you guys permission to keep me accountable." "Can I sign this too?" "Fine." "Adam, if you're gonna do this, maybe we should all just sign it." "No, no, no." "I'm not asking you guys to sign anything." "I need this." "Dylan needs this." "If you wanna sign it, take a few days to think about it." "I'm not doing this lightly." "And you're saying you wanna do this too?" "That's what I'm saying." "I thought I was good enough because I was doing better than my father." "But that resolution hit me right between the eyes." "Baby there are some days I'm glad I married you." "And there are other days I'm really, really, really glad I married you." "And this is one of those really good days." "It's a really, really good day, huh?" "By the way, what does this resolution look like that you're signing?" "What do you mean?" "This is not the paper you're gonna sign." "This is computer paper." "A resolution is something that a father frames and posts on the wall." "We didn't talk about all that." "And how will you be signing it?" "Not in jeans and a T-shirt." "Something like this needs ceremony." "A ceremony?" "Yes, Nathan." "I see a group of well-dressed men and their wives and children making this all official." "Baby, if you're gonna do this, then do it right." "So this resolution deal has gotten pretty big, huh?" "We decided if we're gonna do it, we're gonna do it right." "Yeah, suits and everything." "Nathan, can I ask you something?" "Yeah, what's up?" "Do you really feel like it messed up your childhood not having a dad?" "More than you know." "I struggled with who I was trying to prove myself." "I almost got in a gang." "If fathers did what they're supposed to half of the junk that we face on the streets wouldn't exist." "Why are you worried about it?" "You nervous about being a father one day?" "I already am one." "You got a kid?" "A little girl." "She's 4 now." "I was playing ball in college, hooked up with a cheerleader." "I told her to take care of it, but she didn't do it." "So I got mad and left her to deal with it herself." "You know she lives 30 minutes away, and I can't bring myself to go see her?" "She married?" "No." "I just never really loved her, you know?" "Hearing you talk about how fathers walking out messed up the kids and then seeing this stuff I don't wanna be one of those guys." "David, part of being a man is about taking responsibility." "Any fool can have a child." "I'm just tired of feeling guilty." "Let me break it to you this way." "You are guilty." "Listen, one day, you, me and every one of us are gonna have to stand before God and he's gonna do what good judges do." "Well, then I hope my good outweighs my bad, Nathan." "That's not the way it works." "You know that." "Let me put it this way." "Who's the person you're closest to?" "Probably my mom." "Okay." "Suppose she was brutally attacked and murdered in a parking lot." "The guy was caught and put on trial." "But he says, " Hey, judge, I committed this crime but I've done a lot of good in my life."" "If the judge let him go free, would you say he was a good or a bad judge?" "A bad one." "That's right." "The Bible says that God is a good judge and will punish the guilty not for what they did right but for what they did wrong." "Because he loved us, he sent his son, Jesus Christ to take the punishment that we deserve and put it on himself." "And that's why he died on the cross." "But it only applies if you accept it." "That's why I asked for his forgiveness." "I asked him to save me." "And I'm a new man because of Christ." "Do you understand what I'm telling you?" "Then what's holding you back?" "Nothing." "When you're ready to dance, this is what you do." "First you put your right hand around my waist like e this." "Then you hold your other hand out like e this." "Then we sway back and forth to the music." "Lord, thank you for the nine years I had Emily." "I'm grateful." "I don't know if I can ask this but would you tell her I did my side of the dance?" "Javi." "I love it." "It's perfect." "I don't know." "Should I have done this?" "Yes." "Put it on for me." "Right now?" "Right now. I wanna see you in it." "No, no, no." "Here, let me do it." "Yes, this is Daddy's suit he'll wear to his ceremony next week." "We'll all be wearing our very best." "I feel like a rich man." "You are a rich man." "You have a strong faith, children that love you." "Yeah, and a wife that adores you." "Stop it, Carmen." "Don't make me cry in front of the children." "Starting today, I'm implementing a new code of ethics for the entire sheriff's office." "No matter how you feel about another employee I want you to keep your personal feelings to yourself." "I don't wanna hear how much you love me or any other staff member." "It's inappropriate, it's awkward, and it's unacceptable." "And Corporal Mitchell I gotcha." "I love you, Adam." "I can't tell you what an honour this is for me today." "To hear the commitment that you men are making for your faith and your families was almost overwhelming." "Nathan, I'd like for you to come and stand before me and your wife and children to stand beside me." "My son in the faith, I took joy in mentoring you as a young man and today I take joy in blessing you as a godly father." "Are you ready to make this commitment before God and your family?" "Yes, I am." "Then I'd like for you to repeat after me." "I, Nathan Hayes, do solemnly resolve before God...." "l, Nathan Hayes, do solemnly resolve before God...." "To take full responsibility for myself, my wife and my children." "That I will take full responsibility for myself, my wife and my children." "I will love them, protect them and serve them...." "l will love them, protect them and serve them...." "And teach them the statutes of God as the spiritual leader of my home." "And teach them the statutes of God as the spiritual leader of my home." "I will be faithful to my wife, to love and honour her...." "l will be faithful to my wife, to love and honour her...." "And be willing to lay down my life for her, as Christ did for me." "And be willing to lay down my life for her, as Christ did for me." "I will teach my son to love God with all of his heart, all of his mind, and all of his strength." "I will teach my son to love God with all of his heart, all of his mind, and all of his strength." "And I will train him to honour authority and live responsibly." "I will train him to honour authority and to live responsibly." "I will confront evil, pursue justice, and love mercy." "I will treat others with kindness, respect and compassion." "I will work diligently to provide for the needs of my family." "I will forgive those who have wronged me and reconcile with those who I have wronged." "I will walk in integrity as a man answerable to God." "I will seek to honour God, obey his word, and do his will." "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." "Now that each of you has committed to live by this resolution I bless you in the name of the Lord." "But I also have a warning for each of you." "Now that you know what you are to do and have committed to do it before God and these witnesses you are doubly accountable." "Let me also assure you that you may have confidence in this resolution and your resolve now because as you stand here there's no challenge, no controversy and no conflict." "But I can assure you that challenges will arise conflicts will arise and controversy will arise." "It is at that moment that in order to live out this resolution you will need courage, courage, courage." "Dear Amanda, I know it's a shock for you to hear from me but I need to tell you what's happened in my life." "In the last two years, I've become a deputy for the Albany Sheriff's Office." "This job is tough but I work with some of the best guys in the world." "Being a cop has forced me to see the worst in people and see how one person's selfish decisions can hurt so many others." "Recently, I had a life-changing experience and began a relationship with God through Jesus Christ." "I've still got a lot to work on but he's helping me make sense out of my life and take more responsibility for who I am as a man." "For years, I've been afraid to admit that I have a daughter and doing nothing to take care of her." "I see now that every child is a gift from God." "I know how wrong I've been and have ask ed God to forgive me for what I've done to you and Olivia." "I'm writing this letter to tell you that I've decided to stop running." "If you're willing I'd like to meet with you and begin the process of rebuilding your trust." "In time and with your permission, I hope to meet Olivia personally and let her know that she has a father who cares about her." "I have no other expectations." "I'm only asking for a chance to be a part of Olivia's life." "I'll wait for your response." "Until then, I've begun to pray for you and Olivia and have enclosed a symbol of my commitment to help with her care." "Sincerely, David Thomson." "Okay, God." "Whatever you wanna do, I'm ready." "" My name is Nathan Hayes, and I am your son." "I've wasted too much time being angry with you and asking why you were never there for me." "I've always felt like I needed to prove myself to you and that I was worth being loved." "But I realize that I have a heavenly father who loves me even when my earthly father did not." "But he is more than enough." "Because of him, I've forgiven you." "He is your judge, not me." "And I live with the hope that you gave him your life before you died so that one day, I'll finally meet you face-to-face."" "Okay, hold on." "I wanna rest for a minute." "l wanna talk to you for a second." "Okay." "I know every day I live, I realize I need the Lord more." "I don't feel like I started well." "I wanna finish well." "What I want for you is that you seek the Lord that you trust him." "Even if it means you're standing alone." "You got me?" "Yes, sir." "Now, before I beat you to the corner" "You're not gonna beat me to the corner." "Just let me get a breath." "Okay." "What is that?" "What?" "I don't" " Hey, you can't do that!" "Mr." "Martinez, have a seat." "Thank you, sir." "You've been very productive your first month here." "You do good work." "I'm very grateful to be here." "The reason I called you in here is that I'm looking for a manager to oversee Inventory and Shipping." "Carries more responsibility, but it pays more." "Sound like something you might be interested in?" "Yes, I would." "But before I make my final decision I'd like for you to work a shift in that department next week." "You'll see a list of 1 7 crates coming in on this sheet." "Now, one of those crates will be going to a separate warehouse." "Mr. Martinez, when you report the inventory I'd like for you to report that we received 1 6 crates." "Seventeen are coming in, but you want me to write down 1 6?" "Yes, that's right." "I have another purpose for the extra crate." "You are on my team, right?" "Because I really can't use people who aren't on my team." "Tell you what." "Think about it tonight." "Give me your answer in the morning." "Make it 1 0:00." "But I'll need to know if you really want this job." "Good evening, sir." "Hey, sarge." "Hey." "Sanders said the drugs we found on Highland have been logged in?" "Yeah, 4:30." "He told me 24 bags were turned in." "I thought I remembered 30." "Well, it says here 24 went to the lab." "You sure you guys counted right?" "Well, maybe not." "You guys have been bringing in pretty heavy hitters here lately." "You had that bust over on Gore Street last week." "Before that, you brought in that box with six bags of rocks in it." "Six bags?" "That's what I got here." "You keep this up, you're gonna put another drug dealer out of business." "Thanks, sarge." "You bet." "You coming?" "Just give me a second." "All right." "I'm gonna go get some." "Oh, come on, man." "Hey, sarge, you got a second?" "Yeah." "Think I may have an issue." "What's that?" "I think someone's ripping off evidence." "Who?" "One of your guys?" "Are you sure you wanna go down this road?" "No, I'm not." "We need this job." "For the first time in a year, we're able to pay the bills." "I know, but he made it very clear." "If I was not a team player he did not want me." "Maybe it's not wrong, it just looks that way." "He's the owner of the factory." "He asked me to write down false information, Carmen." "He asked me to lie." "When do you have to give him an answer?" "Ten o'clock." "Javi, if he lets you go, promise me that you will call me." "If you don't, then I know everything is okay." "Javi, I don't want us to go back." "I hope you're wrong about this." "I hope I'm wrong about this." "But what if you're not?" "I still have to do the right thing." "Good morning, sir." "Good morning, Mr. Martinez." "How are you this morning?" "Fine, thank you." "How are you?" "I don't know yet." "Please, have a seat." "I trust you've had time to think about our conversation yesterday." "Yes, sir, I did." "And what did you decide?" "Are you on my team?" "Mr. Tyson, I am very grateful to have a job here but I cannot do as you have asked." "And why is that?" "Because it is wrong, sir." "And it would be dishonoring to my God and my family to lie on that report." "Do you understand what this may do to your job here?" "Yes, sir, I do." "Javier, may I shake your hand?" "Young man, you just gave me the right answer." "I've been looking for someone to manage Inventory and Shipping." "You were the last person on my list." "But I need somebody I can trust." "Will you take the job?" "We'll adjust your pay." "l would be honored to, sir." "Good." "Then the job is yours." "Walter will go over the specifics with you." "I'll make the announcement to the staff on Monday." "Congratulations, Javier." "Oh, and, Javier." "Thanks for your integrity." "It's rare." "Well done, Javier." "After six times, I was getting discouraged." "No, no." "Please, God, no." "Carmen, be strong for him." "Hello?" "Carmen." "Javi, it's okay, baby." "It'll be okay, we'll make it." "We'll get through this." "No, Carmen, listen to me." "The Lord knew we were gonna go through this." "I was not let go." "l know, baby." "It's okay." "Carmen, you're not listening to me." "They did not fire me." "They promoted me." "What?" "It was a test, Carmen." "They made me a manager." "And they're gonna raise my pay." "A test?" "l was promoted, Carmen." "Everything is gonna be okay." "What's wrong, Mommy?" "Are you okay, Mommy?" "I'm okay." "We're all okay." "I love you, Carmen." "And tell the children I love them too." "And that God answered our prayers." "I'll tell them, Javi. I love you too." "I'll talk to you soon." "Hey, sarge, you called me?" "Yeah." "They're still doing motions, and I gotta get back to testify." "Would you mind running these down to Evidence for me?" "Appreciate it." "Okay." "Sarge?" "What are you doing?" "Adam." "So it's you." "This is what you've been doing?" "What?" "Rechecking the count before I turn it in?" "No, no, no, don't lie to me." "You got bags in your pocket right now." "You're not gonna turn me in." "You'd just make a big, ugly mess and embarrass the entire department." "Besides, it'd be your word against mine." "No, it wouldn't." "Oh, I see." "You've thought this whole thing out." "Two cops camp out to bust their friend." "What have we been doing the last month?" "What did you commit to?" "Don't you throw that in my face." "I work hard to provide, and 36,000 a year doesn't cut it." "You'd do the same thing." "l wouldn't do the same thing." "Does your word mean nothing?" "You signed the same thing we did." "You're throwing it down the toilet..." "...for an extra thousand a month?" "Adam." "You've been lying to all of us, Shane." "Your friends, your son, to God." "Adam." "I'm a fellow officer and a friend." "You do not wanna do this." "You're right. I don't." "Turn around." "Put your hands on the wall." "What?" "You're under arrest." "This is a mistake." "This is a mistake." "You're gonna burn us all." "Is that what you want?" "Is that really what you want?" "Let's go, let's go." "Is this what you want?" "We all agreed, Adam." "We are doubly accountable." "I'm gonna have the fillet, medium well, with vegetables." "Very good, sir." "I'll be back with your appetizer." "Thank you." "Daddy, this place is nice." "Isn't it expensive?" "Well, tonight's a special night." "It's worth it to me." "Well, what's so special about tonight?" "I brought you because I wanna tell you how grateful I am God gave you to me." "I see my daughter becoming a beautiful young woman." "And I can understand how any young man would be drawn to you." "But I would also like for you to know that as your father I want the very, very best for you." "One day I'll give you away to another man and I want that man to love God more than anything." "Because if he does, then he'll love you." "And I know how young men think." "They wanna win your heart, but they don't know how to treasure it." "So I'd like to make an agreement with you." "Okay." "If you'll trust me with your heart and allow me to approve any young man that desires to have more than a friendship with you I promise to take care of you and give you my full blessing when God shows us the right one." "Okay." "Okay." "I will." "Thank you." "I have something to help us to remember this night." "Daddy." "Jade, will you give me your left hand, please?" "Daddy, is this real?" "Yes, it is." "This is meant to be worn until it's replaced by your wedding ring." "Jade, I love you, sweetie." "And from this night on I wanna treat you like the young woman that you are." "Daddy, thank you so much." "I love you too. I love you." "Hey, Shane." "Can't tell you what it's like to be on this side of the glass." "Shane, I'm sorry." "Don't apologies." "I knew what I was doing." "I guess somewhere along the way, I let go of the wheel." "And now I couldn't get it back even if I wanted to." "Shane, you've gotta get right with God first." "And then you've gotta get right with your son." "I've lost him, Adam." "No, you haven't lost him." "He's hurting, but you haven't lost him." "You have to help me with Tyler." "He needs someone to look out for him." "I'll look after him." "You have my word." "I don't want him to be like me." "Adam I'm sorry." "Forgive me." "Please." "I forgive you." "Listen, I'll come see you again, all right?" "Okay." "Hey." "Don't ever let go of the wheel." "Never." "I picked up the mother lode." "Gotta get to the house, meet Tyrone." "How much?" "Man, 40 stacks, dawg." "Forty stacks?" "T.J., that's crazy, man." "We ain't playing Little League no more." "We're going prime time." "Tell him." "That's right, dawg." "l got two keys in the trunk now." "Two kilos?" "That's right." "We told you, we ain't playing." "All we gotta do is go cook it up." "It's Adam." "Yeah?" "We were just talking about you." "Yeah, where are you guys?" "Coming up on Denson." "I'm three miles behind you." "We gotta talk about this Father's Day deal." "Can you come over this week?" "Already talked about that." "Since you came up with the resolution, you're the spokesman." "It's only fair." "No, we didn't agree to that." "We gotta vote." "No, we already voted." "David and I chose you, and look, you know Java's gonna go with us." "lf l do this, you owe me dinner." "l gotta go." "We'll talk about this later." "I got a green Cadillac with a blown taillight." "Light them up for me." "Yeah, I got you." "I'll talk to you later." "Hold up, man." "What is this cop doing?" "I ain't even speeding." "We can't do this." "Dawg, they bust us this time, that's an automatic 1 0 years." "Ten years?" "Yo, what you gonna do, man?" "I just gotta get off this road." "I'll take him out before I go back to jail." "Take him out?" "You gonna shoot him?" "Look, you wanna go to prison?" "Because if he searches this car, that's where you're going." "What is he doing?" "He better pull over before I get him for more than a taillight." "Go ahead and call it in." "Yeah." "We can't do this, man." "We can't shoot no cop." "We ain't got no choice, Derrick." "Be cool." "You want me to take this?" "No, I got it." "All right." "There's two of them, T.J. We can't shoot both." "Shut up, man." "You'll do what I tell you to do." "Oh, man, I know this cop." "He about to get what he got coming to him." "T.J., that's Jade's daddy." "Sir, I need you to turn off the vehicle, put your hands on the wheel." "The reason I pulled you over is that" "No!" "Go, go, go." "Back up, back up, back up." "l got the side." "Stay down, sir." "Stay down." "We can't stay here, we gotta move." "Get out, get out, get out." "This is 6-93-D." "Shots fired, Denson Road." "We need backup." "Repeat, we need backup." "Six-93-C en route." "D, what you think you're doing?" "You trying to save that little punk?" "You ain't nothing. I should kill you." "Man, you crazy?" "I should kill you right now." "I don't wanna be here, man." "l don't wanna be here." "Get off." "Stay back, stay back." "Just drive back." "I'm moving to the front." "All right, I got you, I got you." "I'm out, Nathan, I'm out." "Adam's coming, Nathan." "I got three guys." "One has a shotgun, 9 mm." "I'm almost out of ammo." "Twon, hey, come here, man." "Shoot this for me. I can't hold it still." "Twon, come get it." "Give it to me, give it to me." "Get out of the way." "Get out of the way." "I'm out of ammo." "Switch." "Stay down." "Twon, man, look." "Twon!" "What?" "The girl." "We need leverage." "We gotta get out of here." "I'm out, I'm out, I'm out." "I got them, I got them, I got them." "They're going after that girl." "Stay with me." "Stay to the right." "Stay with me." "l got you." "Front of the car, front of the car." "Go, go." "Show me your hands." "Show me your hands." "Show me your hands." "You got him." "Nathan, stay with me." "Get up." "Give me your arms." "Come here." "Daddy, Daddy!" "Come here, come here." "Come here." "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!" "Get down." "Stay down." "Stay down." "Get off me." "Get off." "Adam, are you okay?" "Get the girl, help the girl." "She's all right." "She's with her dad." "She's all right." "Hey, you okay?" "That dude was strong." "Hey, you looking like I'm feeling." "I'm feeling like I'm looking." "Okay, well, come on." "Man, thank God for backup." "Yep." "You just be glad you fought the small guy." "The small one?" "Hey, Victoria." "No, I'm okay." "Derrick, what are you doing?" "Why are you with these guys?" "I ain't got nobody, man." "I just ain't got nobody." "You did good today, David." "Yeah, you mean for a rookie, right?" "You're not a rookie." "For the last six weeks I've preached on God's design for fathers to be teachers, to be protectors, to be providers." "I read to you this resolution that was written and signed by the four men standing behind me." "But instead of just talking about these men I wanna ask Adam Mitchell to come and speak to us." "As a law-enforcement officer I've seen firsthand the deep hurt and devastation that fatherlessness brings in a child's life." "Our prisons are full of men and women who lived recklessly after being abandoned by their fathers wounded by the men who should have loved them the most." "Many now follow the same pattern of irresponsibility that their fathers did." "While so many mothers have sacrificed to help their children survive they were never intended to carry the weight alone." "We thank God for them." "But research is proving that a child also desperately needs a daddy." "There's no way around this fact." "As you know, earlier this year my family endured the tragic loss of our 9-year-old daughter, Emily." "Her death forced me to realize that not only had I not taken advantage of the priceless time I had with her but that I did not truly understand how crucial my role was as a father to her and our son, Dylan." "Since her passing, I've asked God to show me, through his word how to be the father that I need to be." "I now believe that God desires for every father to courageously step up and do whatever it takes to be involved in the lives of his children." "But more than just being there or providing for them he's to walk with them through their lives and be a visual representation of the character of God  their father in heaven." "A father should love his children and seek to win their hearts." "He should protect them, discipline them and teach them about God." "He should model how to walk with integrity and treat others with respect and should call out his children to become responsible men and women who live their lives for what matters in eternity." "Some men will hear this and mock it or ignore it." "But I tell you that as a father, you are accountable to God for the position of influence he has given you." "You can't fall asleep at the wheel only to wake up one day and realize that your job or your hobbies have no eternal value but the souls of your children do." "Some men will hear this and agree with it but have no resolve to live it out." "Instead, they will live for themselves and waste the opportunity to leave a godly legacy for the next generation." "But there are some men  who, regardless of the mistakes we've made in the past regardless of what our fathers did not do for us will give the strength of our arms and the rest of our days to loving God and to teach our children to do the same and whenever possible to love and mentor others who have no father in their lives but who desperately need help and direction." "We are inviting any man whose heart is willing and courageous to join us in this resolution." "In my home, the decision has already been made." "You don't have to ask who will guide my family because by God's grace, I will." "You don't have to ask who will teach my son to follow Christ because I will." "Who will accept the responsibility of providing and protecting my family?" "I will." "Who will ask God to break the chain of destructive patterns in my history?" "I will." "Who will pray for and bless my children to boldly pursue whatever God calls them to do?" "I am their father. I will." "I accept this responsibility, and it is my privilege to embrace it." "I want the favour of God and his blessing on my home." "Any good man does." "So where are you, men of courage?" "Where are you, fathers who fear the Lord?" "It's time to rise up and answer the call that God has given to you and to say, " I will." "I will." "I will.""