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Long beat. The two of them processing.
- JESSE…Dad.
- JESSEWe came all this way.
- ALEXI know.
- JESSEWe came for you.
- ALEXI know, mijo.
- ALEXAnd I am so proud of you both for it.
- ALEXBut I am not the dad you lost.
- ALEXI am the dad who got to live the life he wanted.
- ALEXIf I go back with you — your mother sees her dead husband walking into her kitchen. She does not get her husband back. She gets a stranger with the same face.
- ALEXThat is worse for her than nothing.
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Jesse, swallowing it. He knows his father is right.
- JESSE…She will know.
- ALEXShe will know.
- ALEXAnd she has already grieved me, mijo.
- ALEXI will not undo that work for her.
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Dev, quietly.
- DEVAlex.
- DEVShe misses you.
- ALEXI miss her too.
- ALEXTell her — tell her I send my love.
- ALEXTell her I kept my promise.
- ALEXShe knows what it means.
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Jesse, breaking just a little.
- JESSEShe made you tell us that last time.
- ALEXI know. It's still true.
- ALEXI'm gonna tell her every time you come visit.
- ALEX(smiling)And I expect you to come visit.
- ALEXThis is going to be one of two timelines my sons live in now.
- ALEXPlus the kitchen door is always unlocked. There's always coffee. Always.