Settled the bill.
Ready to go?
Yeah.
Will you sit with me for a minute?
(clicks tongue) Okay, but just for minute.
If we hit the road by 11:00,
-we'll be in Boston in time to get back to Philly... Okay. -Just sit. Please.
(Randall groans)
(Rebecca sighs)
(chuckles)
I remember watching you swim as a little boy.
You took to it so fast.
That first summer, you were just all...
(chuckles) ...skinny limbs and...
flailing arms, but you were still so good.
-(clicks tongue) -Yeah.
And then the next summer, you were a little bigger.
And then the summer after that.
You kids just kept changing.
Getting better and better, and stronger and stronger.
Every...
...second, every day,
every year, you just...
...you became.
It was quite a thing for me...
...having a front-row seat to the best show in town.
I know you're worried about me, sweetheart.
-Oh, Mom, I'm not even... -No, no.
It's okay.
This...
this disease has taken its toll on everybody...
(inhales)
...but on you, especially.
(inhales)
When your dad died, you just, uh...
you really rose to the occasion, Randall.
Any time I needed you, you were there.
I used to think you kind of became my rock after Dad,
but in reality,
no, this thing you and I have,
that was there long before then.
I mean, Dad didn't love to read,
-so you read with me. -(chuckles)
And then, when your dad died,
you didn't end up going to the college that you wanted to
-so you could be near me. -That's not true.
It is true. It's very true.
You-you took care of me.
Which, yes,
it is the natural course for parents and children.
Eventually, but not that soon.
Not that early.
It was...
it was a lot to ask of you.
It was, it was too much.
And that is why I couldn't make you the executor.
Because you and I both know you would move heaven and earth
to see me get better,
and you would stop your entire life for me.
-And I can't let you do that. -(sniffles)
Not anymore.
You are my hero, Randall.
You're the most incredible person,
and I...
I will not be the person that holds you back anymore.
-You've never been that. -No, I know.
-I know. -(exhales)
I know.
♪
(sniffles)
(exhales)
(sniffles)
(clears throat)
Hey, can I say something that sounds obnoxious
that I can only say to you?
-Well, yes, that's what I'm here for. -(chuckles)
If I do this thing, I'll win, Mom.
If I run, I'll win.
And if I win,
I can't even imagine where this thing will end.
I can.
I can see it very clearly.
-(phone ringing) -(sniffles)
(sighs)