Yeah, that's my mom.
What?
[ Glass shatters ]
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I will. I will talk to her again.
Thank you.
[ Receiver clicks ]
That was the maintenance manager at your mom's building again.
Teddy, you're gonna have to go through your mom's stuff
or they're gonna auction it off
or -- or throw it away.
I would do it for you, but I-I don't know what to keep.
We played Scrabble.
You mean when you were a kid?
Yes, but also when my dad was dying.
We played for almost...
Almost a year.
He was sick, so we would put the board out on the bed,
and...
And me and my dad and my mom.
We played every weekend.
[ Chuckles ] My dad always won.
Until he started to lose.
When he started to lose...
We had time.
We had time to...
To say goodbye? But we didn't say goodbye.
We cheated so that he could win
until he couldn't play anymore.
And then my mom and I, we just --
uh, we put the board away.
But even with -- with all that time...
it just -- it -- it was unimaginable
that he could leave us.
He would never -- He would -- He would never leave us.
I always wanted a pet.
You mean after he -- he died?
No, when I was young.
I wanted a pet, and my dad said no.
He said, "When you get a pet, best-case scenario
is that you love that pet with all your heart
and then it leaves you 'cause, you know, life span.
So for sure a pet means heartbreak."
He just -- I -- I guess he just wanted to protect me.
But he wouldn't even let me get a gerbil
because he didn't want me to suffer
and then he just up and dies at age 58.
But at least we got to play Scrabble.
My mom just...
You can't pack up her stuff
because that would mean she died.
And she can't have died because she was too young.
And she wasn't even sick.
And there wasn't even time for another game.
Okay, I get it.
But I'm gonna need the keys to your mom's place.
Allison -- Teddy,
I am not letting them throw away that Scrabble board. [ Sighs ]
And I'm not letting them throw away your photo albums.
And I bet your mom wore perfume
and I'm gonna go over there and I'm gonna find it
and I'm gonna get one of her scarves
because you are in shock right now,
but one day you're gonna want some of the stuff
that reminds you how loved you were.
You're gonna want some of the stuff
that came from the people who loved you too much
to let you get a gerbil.
The people who made you you.
Wonderful, wonderful you.
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Whoa.
I'm sorry. I'm...
I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry.
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