09x09 - Remembering Me: Part 2

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Previously on
Touched by an Angel...

This is very unusual.

Yes, I've never seen
this happen before.

I mean, not to an angel.

Then why me?

Are you afraid?

Not for myself.

That stripey
horsey-looking thing...

A zebra?

Zebra.

Yes.

The light is green.

What am I supposed to do?

Well, drive forward.

Tess, if this is Alzheimer's

and it's progressing
this quickly,

there may come a time when we...

I might need to
be put some place.

Sometimes letting go is
the hardest thing to do.

Father... please help me.

I don't know what to do.

I really need to
finish our assignment.

I'll go with you
and I'll help you.

No.

You'll be fine here, I promise,

and I'll come back later.

I don't want to stay here.

I want to go with you.

Not this time, Tess.

I don't want to stay here.

I don't want to stay here.

You are coming
back, aren't you, Tess?

♪ I'm gonna let it shine... ♪

♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪

♪ Let it shine, let it shine ♪

♪ I'm gonna let it shine... ♪

She's losing more
ground every day.

It's happening so quickly.

Hello, Tess.

♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪

-♪ This little light of
mine... ♪ -You have a visitor.

Hi, Tess.

It's me.

Gloria.

Don't take it
personally, Gloria.

She doesn't respond
too much anymore.

Oh, I still read to her
and tell her stories

to remind her of
things that she's done,

the people that
she knows, but...

it's as though I'm
not even there.

She still sings.

I think it's her
way of holding on.

And then, last week
she did respond to me

when I asked her a question.

She squeezed my hand.

I believe with all my heart

that she's trying
to come back to us.

♪ Let it shine... ♪

Where's Andrew?

♪ Shine ♪

- I don't know.
- ♪ Let it shine... ♪

He's on assignment somewhere.

Fire it in there, Mr. Greeley.

Let's go. Let's
see what you got.

All right, no junk.

I want to see nothing but heat.

Sweet. Oops. Uh-oh.

A Greeley coming into home!

- Oh!
- That's safe!

And he gets under the tag.

Nice.

Get back there.

Oh. Sorry, Nathan.

Nathan!

My God, Nathan, you
could've been k*lled!

What did I tell you

about running into the
street like that, huh?

Where'd he go?

Who?

The man who told me to stop.

Okay, I think that's enough
baseball for today, okay?

Sorry.

It's all right, just
don't scare me.

♪ When you walk ♪

♪ Down the road ♪

♪ Heavy burden ♪

♪ Heavy load ♪

♪ I will rise ♪

♪ And I will walk with you ♪

♪ I'll walk with you ♪

♪ Till the sun
don't even shine ♪

♪ Walk with you ♪

♪ Every time, I tell you ♪

♪ I'll walk with you ♪

♪ Walk with you ♪

♪ Believe me, I'll
walk with you. ♪

And church officials
announced Tuesday

that parishioners had raised

a total of $5,680...

enough to repair the old organ

in time for Christmas.

Oh, it must be in here.

Oh.

Oh... It must get very lonely.

Well, it looks like we have time

for one more section.

Any requests?

Tess?

Would you like to
hear about anything?

Well, let's see... uh...

here are the scores
for yesterday's games.

Uh, the Bears b*at the
Packers ten to seven

on a 50-yard field goal

late in the fourth quarter.

- Hey.
- Hello.

I saw an old friend
of ours today.

Do you remember Joseph Wells?

Hmm, my goodness.

I haven't thought about
Joseph Wells for years.

Joseph Wells...
Who's Joseph Wells?

It's not a who.

It's a where.

A weekend excursion,
Master Kevin?

Actually, I have to find
this Joseph Wells guy

to get my money.

Master Kevin, I haven't
had the opportunity

to truly convey my
deepest sympathies

and condolences
regarding your late father.

Your parents are dead,
aren't they, George?

Oh, long gone, yes.

And... you get over it, right?

No.

You don't get over it.

You just get on with it.

Bummer.

Time to go.

Fine.

Put the bags in the car.

I don't do bags.

Whatever.

In accordance with
your father's wishes,

I'm here to guide you,

to give you some direction,

and, uh, the rest is up to you.

Uh-huh, fine.

Let's just get this
packed and let's go.

No, no, uh...

No, I-I think you're
missing the point here.

These cars don't
belong to you anymore.

You have to take this trip

without your father's
help or influence.

You have to make it on your own.

On my own?

Well, just how "on my
own" are we talking about?

Completely,

with just the
clothes on your back

and your wits about you.

Oh, man, he
must've been losing it.

Okay, a few bad days
and then I cash in, right?

I can handle that.

I'm sure it's hard

for you to understand right now,

but there's a road
you need to travel,

and you don't need to know

exactly where you're going yet,

though I promise you,

it will lead you
to Joseph Wells.

It's that way, as
far as you can go.

I had an assignment once,

a very rich and in some
ways very poor young man

named Kevin Greeley.

I took him on a journey

to a little town
called Joseph Wells.

Hello, Kevin.

Hi.

Why did my father do this to me?

Why did he leave
me with nothing?

Kevin...

You still see this
as a punishment?

You still think he
left you nothing?

Well, I have news
for you, Kevin Greeley.

He left you everything,

and it's time you got it.

Come with me.

♪ We didn't
understand the truth ♪

♪ We were blinded
by the eyes of youth ♪

♪ But time kept on moving ♪

♪ And a change has come ♪

♪ And you think
that I don't know ♪

♪ Where you're coming from. ♪

Well, what is this?

Or what was this?

Town orphanage.

It b*rned down, but
the children were saved.

The children of Joseph Wells.

Your father's
money will restore it.

Yeah, well, so what?

I mean, my father was
always doing stuff like that.

Why did I have to come here?

And what does this stupid town
have to do with me anyway?!

Because this is where
your father grew up,

and this is where you're
going to grow up, too.

In the same town,
the same street,

the same block,
the same address.

No, my father didn't live here.

This was an orphanage.

Yes, it was.

My father was an orphan?

No, but he was abandoned
at the side of the road

with just a blanket and a Bible.

You loved your father
very much, didn't you?

Yes.

He loved you, too.

He loved you so much

that he wanted you to have
everything that he never had,

but he realized too late

that he hadn't given you

the one thing that
really mattered:

his faith.

Because once you have that,

you understand that
nothing else is that important,

and that's why we're here now,

to help you find it
before it's too late.

But too late for what?

For him.

Did you see Kevin?

Mm-hmm, and Nathan.

Ah... ANDREW: The
baby's almost seven now.

How you doing with
those songbooks, Gloria?

All done.

I'm just gonna
warm up my fingers.

She plays the piano?

Mm-hmm. She taught
herself last night for Tess.

I don't know this one.

Oh, you just listen to Tess.

She's got a beautiful voice.

Okay, here we go.

♪ Daisy, Daisy ♪

♪ Give me your answer, do ♪

♪ I'm half-crazy ♪

♪ All for the love of you ♪

♪ It won't be a
stylish marriage... ♪

Tess? Why don't you sing?

Don't you remember how to sing?

♪ But you'll look sweet ♪

♪ Upon the seat of a
bicycle built for two. ♪

You know, I sure missed
hearing you sing today.

I always count on you

to help get everybody
else into the spirit.

Well, I've got tomorrow off,
so that gives you one extra day

to get back into the
singing mood for me.

Okay?

Okay.

Thank you, Hannah.

Bye, Tess.

Her music meant so much to her.

It meant a lot to me, too.

You know, sometimes things
go a-and they come back again

with this disease,
at-at least with humans.

Do you remember that
she perked up a while ago

when we were talking
about Joseph Wells?

Did she?

Yes, look.

She's doing it again.

Now, why would
she respond to that

when she hasn't
responded to anything else?

Maybe there's a reason.

Yes... maybe there is.

Gabriel.

Hello, Monica. And
you must be Gloria.

Yes, sir.

It's-It's wonderful to meet you.

The wonder is all mine.

And how is our girl doing?

She's getting worse, Gabriel.

She's stopped singing.

Yeah, I know.

We heard the silence
all over Heaven.

Such a beautiful voice she had.

She's lost everything now.

No, Monica,

her music left her,
but God never will.

He speaks to her spirit,
and she knows His voice.

Thank you.

It's so nice of you

to take time away from
annunciations to come visit.

I'm glad I came,

but this is an official visit.

I am your new supervisor.

No, Tess is my supervisor.

You don't work for
Tess, you work for God.

And He sent me with
an assignment for you.

Gabriel, send another angel.

You're to go to Joseph Wells.

Joseph Wells?

But Andrew was just there.

Yes, now it's your turn.

Kevin Greeley needs you.
And don't worry about Tess.

She's gonna be
just fine with us.

I brought my trumpet,

and there's someone
else who's on his way.

Who?

The Angel of Music.

Jacob?

I haven't seen him since...

♪ And your worries... ♪

Oh, my.

♪ Night and day ♪
- TESS: ♪ Night and day ♪

- ♪ Hand it ♪
- ♪ Hand it over ♪

Joseph Wells.

♪ Get on your knees and pray ♪

♪ Get on your knees and pray ♪

- ♪ If you're sick ♪
- ♪ If you're sick ♪

- ♪ Feeling low ♪
- ♪ Feeling low ♪

- ♪ Got no money ♪
- ♪ Ain't got no money ♪

- ♪ Got nowhere to go ♪
- ♪ Got nowhere to go ♪

- ♪ Just hand it over ♪
- ♪ Hand it over ♪

♪ Get on your knees and pray ♪

♪ Get down on your
knees and pray ♪

- ♪ Just hand it over ♪
- ♪ Hand it over ♪

- ♪ Hand it over ♪
- ♪ Hand it over. ♪

♪ Ain't no mountain
you can't climb ♪

♪ No answer that
you can't find ♪

♪ All you need is
a hand to hold ♪

♪ Gonna heal your
body, feed your soul ♪

♪ And if the road is dark
and you can't find your way ♪

♪ Let the spirit light the way ♪

♪ And just hand it over ♪

♪ Get on your knees and pray. ♪

It's all connected.

Everything is connected, Monica.

Yes, indeed.

Did you make that
crown all by yourself?

Mm-hmm. I made it for you.

Really? Well, let
me see that, then.

All right, how am I
looking. Pretty good?

No.

I think I look very handsome.

Hello, Kevin.

Hey... it's you, Monica.

You remember me?

Yeah.

Hey, this is Nathan.

My goodness, you're all grown
up since the last time I saw you.

Who are you?

Nathan, do you remember
me telling you about the day

I knew I wanted
to be your daddy?

Mm-hmm. When the angels came.

That's right.

Monica is one of the angels.

Really?

Mm-hmm, really.

What are you doing here?

Did I do something wrong, or...?

No, but I was told that
you might need my help.

Not that I know of, but,
uh, maybe you're here

to help us celebrate.

Celebrate what?

Well, I've been
Nathan's guardian

for the past seven years,
and in about a half an hour

I officially become
this young man's father.

Oh, Kevin, that's wonderful.

Do you remember that
place I sang at with Tess

and the Angel of Music?

We're gonna have a
big party there tonight,

and I think you ought to come
down and help us celebrate.

Kevin, I know this
may sound strange,

but I don't think that
I'm here to help you.

I think that I'm here to
ask you to help Tess.

What does she need?

She has Alzheimer's disease.

You're kidding, right?

No, it's a mystery to all of us.

I, I don't know what
I could do to help,

but after I sign these
adoption papers,

I'm all yours, okay?

Okay.

Come on.

I see here that the
adoption agency

has approved everything,

so I see no reason
to drag this out.

Kevin, I knew your
father and I know you,

and you have proved yourself

to be a loving and
able father to Nathan.

It isn't easy to be a single
dad these days, but, uh,

you...: The adoption...

Take the boy into my chambers.

Why? What-What's happening?

- Nathan, want to come with me?
- N-N-No, wait.

Can you please
just wait a second?

What, uh...?

It's all right, Kevin,
I'll take care of it.

- Dad!
- It's okay.

Nathan, it's okay.

Okay.

Kevin, the adoption
is being contested.

Contested? By who?

A woman who claims
to be Nathan's mother.

She's in the hall.

Hannah?

Your Honor, we're
prepared to file a petition

for custody of the child.

You can't do that.

Don.

We have a birth certificate to
offer as preliminary evidence.

Kevin, I'm going
to have to postpone

the adoption process
until I can make a decision

about the validity
of this claim.

No.

I'm sorry.

It's no reflection on you,

and I am ordering DNA tests

for Nathan and
Miss, uh, Kellerman.

No. I mean, who cares about DNA?

She-She dumped him!

She left him in-in a box on
the street, and I found him! Me!

Monica, you were there.
Tell him what you saw.

Yes, H was.

Your Honor, we are
not ready to stipulate

as to the circumstances
under which

the child and mother
became separated.

Well, then I'll stipulate.

She left him in a box, pal,

in a pile of garbage on
the street, and I found him.

Don, look, I mean,
I-I know that this isn't

on paper yet, but
I'm, I'm the one

who taught him his ABCs, okay?

I'm, I'm the one who
put the Band-Aids on.

I'm the one who gets up
in the middle of the night

when he's all scared.

Me. I-I-I know what
his favorite toy is.

I-I know what his
favorite game is.

That lady abandoned him.

You don't understand.

- Hannah, don't.
- No, I want to talk.

Please?

I was bringing him to the
orphanage, but when I got here,

the orphanage had b*rned down.

I-I didn't know what else to do.

I was in trouble
and I was confused,

and I left him where I
knew he would be found.

She left him in
the street to die.

No! I left him in
the street to live.

I couldn't take
care of him then,

but I knew somebody would,
and I am so grateful it was you.

You seem like a good man,

but this is my child,

and I always knew I
would see him again.

So I had a plan.

I-I-I got my life
together. I got a job.

I have a future

and I want him to be a
part of that future, too.

I at least deserve a chance
to be his mother now.

No, you gave up that chance
when you jeopardized his life.

Your Honor, if I could respond.

The fact is,

the child's life was
jeopardized only yesterday

in the care of Mr. Greeley.

We have photographs.

Photographs?

We've had a detective
watching over the boy

since we learned
his whereabouts.

That's enough.

No one is on trial here.

The child will remain

in the custody of Mr. Greeley
until I can make a determination

as to the parental
and custodial rights.

We're adjourned.

Hannah, please wait.

Wait a minute, what, do you guys

know each other?

Yeah, she volunteers
at the nursing home

where Tess is staying.

Am I supposed to believe

that this is some
sort of coincidence?

Kevin, I'm starting to believe
that this is all part of a plan.

Kevin, we need you.

What are you doing here, Monica?

I'm a friend of Kevin's.

Oh.

Well, I guess I don't need
to ask whose side you're on.

I'm not on any side, Hannah.

I want what's best for Nathan.

Danny.

What?

I named him Danny.

I'm sorry, I have to go.

What am I gonna tell him?

He thinks... He thinks
his mother is dead.

I never told him that,

but how do you tell
a child that his mother

just left him in the
middle of a street?

I hate her for what she did.

Maybe you are here to help me.

I mean, you can get
her to change her mind.

Kevin, you may
not want to hear this,

but she is not a
terrible person.

She's kind and loving and...

You know, you're right.
I-I don't want to hear that.

I just love him so much.

He's all I have.

I mean, yesterday, when
I saw him running out

to the street,

and I knew that I
couldn't stop him,

I thought I had lost him.

And now this.

It's just... it's just not fair.

Life is not fair sometimes,

but God always is.

You heard that before.

Do you remember?

Excuse me.

Kevin?

- God sent me.
- Why don't you get lost, buddy?

Well, I was.

That's why I got here so late.

- What I wanted to...
- And what do you want?

Uh, well, see, I heard
that you're angry with God.

That's why I'm here.

Who are you?

Uh, my name is Phil.

- I'm an angel.
- Really?

- Yes.
- Well, Fred, why don't you do me a favor?

No, Kevin, my name is Phil.

Why don't you head
back to Heaven...

- Yeah.
- Or wherever it is you come from,

and tell your boss
that I don't care

what He's got to say?
Because He's not fair!

Yeah, okay, now, just let
me help you out right there.

See, God is fair.

- Oh, really?
- Yes.

Then, where's my money?

Life, however, often is not.

Now, God does not
promise life without bad times,

but God does promise

that if you want to
work your way through it,

you can.

That is the most
pathetic cop-out

I've ever heard.

Pathetic!

- Pathetic!
- No, no, listen to me.

I understand it's pathetic,

but look at the
good things in life.

- What good things?
- The good things.

Look around. You got a sunset,

you got babies, you-you
got a three-day weekend.

Oh, the three-day weekend, huh?

That's a big one, big.

See, now, the bad
things that you see,

they're someone else's work.

We don't talk about him

because he's not
worth talking about.

None of this is
worth talking about.

None of it.

Kevin, uh... I'm an angel,

and I don't believe
that you are.

I know things you don't,

and I have seen pain.

Like mine?

Yeah, uh, but I'm
talking about real pain.

I'm not talking
about the pain...

"My father didn't
give me any money,

when he d*ed, in his will."

I'm talking about...

disease that is so devastating

that not only does it
devastate the person with it

but the entire family.

I'm talking about a mother

seeing her child,

her life, just snatched
away from her.

That pain.

These people hurt
and they blame God.

'Cause God has all this power.

So God must have
okayed it, right?

- Right.
- Wrong.

It doesn't work that way.

God doesn't cause
pain, God heals.

God doesn't hate, God loves.

God doesn't want to
see bad things happen,

but they just... they happen.

I'm telling you now,
I wouldn't blame God

for the things
that I didn't get.

I would thank God for
the things that I have.

And, Kevin, if I were you,

I wouldn't get upset

because my father didn't
leave me any money.

I'd get upset because
my father d*ed.

I thought I did
what Phil wanted.

I thought God wanted me
and Nathan to be together.

Now He wants to take him away.

Nathan was not
God's gift to you.

You were the gift

to a little boy who
needed a father,

and you've been
a wonderful father

for seven years.

Are you saying that's all I get?

I-I-I'm just supposed
to give him up

and walk away?

Now?

I don't know yet.

I'm not sure why all
of this is happening.

Why we're losing Tess

or why Hannah has decided
to try and find her child

after all these
years, but I do know

there are no
coincidences with God,

that all of this is
somehow connected.

So, please, Kevin,

will you come with
me to see Tess?

Hannah will be there.

Yes.

Hey, Kevin.

It's the blues angel.

It's like old home week, huh?

How are you?

Tess?

Look who's here to see you.

Hi, Tess.

Do you remember me?

She's an angel?

Yes, she is, and
she's my friend.

Hello.

Uh, I saw you come in.

Hey, Nathan,

you remember how we used
to talk about your mother?

Yeah.

She's in Heaven.

Well, not exactly.

I just found out

yesterday that she's
been living here all along.

Where?

Right here.

In this town.

You want to meet her?

She's right over there.

Hey there.

Are-are you really my mom?

Yes.

I knew I'd see you someday.

Oh.

So did I.

Is God happy now, Monica?

Where have you
been all this time?

Uh, I've been here in this town,

thinking about you.

Why did it take
so long to find me?

Well, it took me
some time to get ready

to be your mommy.

But I'm ready now.

Hey, Kevin.

Andrew.

How many angels you
got around this place?

As many as you need.

This is Gloria, by the way.

- Hi.
- Hi, Kevin.

It's nice to meet you.

I'm really glad you came.

I can't really say that I am,

but Monica seems to think
there's a reason for all this.

We all do.

So, do you still
play the guitar?

Yeah.

Why?

♪ If your problems ♪

♪ Won't go away ♪

♪ And you're worried ♪

♪ Night and day ♪

♪ Hand it over ♪

♪ Get on your knees and pray ♪

♪ On your knees and pray ♪

♪ If you're sick ♪

♪ Feelin' low ♪

♪ Got no money ♪

♪ Got nowhere to go ♪

♪ Hand it over ♪

♪ Get on your knees and pray ♪

♪ Hand it over ♪

♪ Hand it over ♪

♪ Give it up, give it over ♪

♪ Hand it over, yeah ♪

♪ Get on your knees and pray ♪

♪ Ain't no mountain ♪

♪ You can't climb ♪

♪ No answer ♪

♪ That you can't find ♪

♪ All you need ♪

♪ Is a hand to hold ♪

♪ It'll heal your body ♪

♪ Feed your soul ♪

♪ If the road is dark ♪

- ♪ Can't find your way ♪
- ♪ Find the way ♪

♪ Let the spirit ♪

♪ Light the way ♪

♪ Well, just hand it over ♪

♪ Get on your knees and pray. ♪

Wait.

It's-it's not the music.

It's the words.

What?

It's not about the singing.

It's about the message.

Hand it over.

Kevin, sometimes God asks us
to do things that seem impossible,

that go against everything
that we feel is right.

But He promises,
if we trust Him,

that it all will be okay.

What are... what are you saying?

I have to release Tess.

I have to let her go.

And you must let go of Nathan.

No, I-I can't.

We both have been so desperate

to hold onto what we want

that we haven't let God
show us what He wants for us.

Letting go doesn't mean

that what we want is
being taken away from us.

It means that we trust
God to do what is best.

If we can hand it over,

God promises that He will open

all the windows in Heaven

for us and pour out
a blessing so great

that there isn't enough
room to take it in.

I-I trusted Him before.

And your life was transformed.

Um, what do I do now?

Pray.

Um...

God?

Um, here I am.

Yeah, surrounded...
by angels, um...

unbelievably blessed with
the chance to talk to You,

and H don't know what to say.

I just, um... I don't...

know how to give up my son.

But if-if You gave him
to me, or me to him,

um, if that was
just for seven years,

then... thanks for
those seven years.

Thanks for letting me love him.

I, um, I can give
him to You again.

I just... I do, I just, um,

if, you know, if You ever want

to give him back to me sometime,

then I want You to know

that I'm ready when You are.

I just...

I need Your help to
know what to do next.

That's all.

Do you know what
you got to do now?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Thank you, Kevin.

Thank you for coming here.

Now it's your turn.

Father?

I love Tess so much,

and it's really hard to let go.

'Cause I'm afraid I
won't get her back.

I'm afraid that I won't...

hear her sing again
or see her smile.

But it's time for this angel
to embrace the message.

Fear not.

And I trust you,
Father, with all my heart.

So...

I give her over to You.

I'll see you later, Tess.

You must hate me.

I did.

But now I don't
know what to... feel.

I don't want to
lose him, Hannah.

But I don't want him

to get torn apart having

to choose between a
mother and his father.

I don't want that either.

I... I don't know.

I'm just really
confused right now.

Hey.

Come to Joseph Wells with us.

Are you serious?

Yeah, this way you can
really get to know him

and then... then we
could figure it out.

You know, he loves you so much.

He talks about you a lot.

Well, that's because that's all

I ever let him talk about.

I'm a very vain father.

Daddy, -Daddy. -Hey.

Ruthie says I have
Mommy's smile.

You sure do, buddy.

Excuse me.

Come here.

Let me see.

I knew this angel once

who told me that I had
a long journey to make.

And that it wouldn't be easy,

but it would be worth it.

And she was right.

You know, life is a mystery.

Death is a mystery.

God is a mystery.

And personally I think that an
angel who loses her memory

is a mystery, but,
Monica, you-you taught me

that love isn't a mystery...

you know, and-and when I
remember that God loves me,

all of a sudden...

I don't have to solve
these mysteries anymore.

And I... and... what-what
I'm trying to say

is that maybe Tess
is on a journey, too,

and someday I bet
you'll look back like I did

and realize that
it was all worth it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You know, H was
doing some research,

and did you know that Monica
lost her-her sight briefly?

Yeah.

H was there.

Oh, and-and she lost
her memory once, too.

That's right.

And she took the form

of an 80-year-old
for-for a few weeks.

I remember.

So, empirically speaking,

there really is no precedent
for a human condition

to become permanent in an angel.

Uh, n-no.

No, I guess not.

So that would explain
why Tess is over there

speaking with Ruth, right?

Now, you hold onto this, Ruthie.

And I know you can because
I'm not speaking to your brain,

I'm speaking to your spirit.

We all get lost

in the darkness sometimes, baby.

Even angels.

And when you're so
lost, nobody can find you,

even those who love
you the most, God can.

And He's lighting
a candle for you.

And He's preparing a place

so that you can be with Him.

I know.

I've seen it.

And someday He's going
to send another angel

who's going to take
you to that place

where the light never fades.

And if this has been
a comfort deep down

in your spirit,

then it's all been
worth it, baby.

Ooh, yes.

Oh, God bless you.

He already has, baby.

He already has.

Tess?

Well, look who
else came to see me

and didn't bring
me any chocolate.

You look wonderful.

I am wonderful.

Tess?

I heard everything you said.

And I'm so glad you
love me so much.

I do love you.

I really do.

Oh, Tess.