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| - Aiden Pearce : I haven't been to Nicky's since the funeral. Am I ready ? At Jacks' last birthday, Lena sang off-key Happy Birthday. Full throttle, no-holds barred. Now -- I'm afraid of the silence. Aiden Pearce : Okay...Here goes. Nicole Pearce : How old are you today ? Jackson Pearce : Ten. Nicole Pearce : No...I think you're nine. Jackson Pearce : I'm ten ! Nicole Pearce : Hummm...nine. Jackson Pearce : Ten ! Nicole Pearce : Nine. Jackson Pearce : Ten ! Nicole Pearce : Well in that case you deserve 10 birthday tickles. Nicole Pearce : Ten. Nicole Pearce : Stay here for a second. Nicole Pearce : So an entire year and -- Aiden Pearce : Late. Yeah I'm sorry Nik. Really. Nicole Pearce : Come here. Nicole Pearce : Let's have a look at you. You look older. Aiden Pearce : Ah nice, thanks for that. Nicole Pearce : It's his first birthday without Lena. Aiden Pearce : How's he doing ? Nicole Pearce : Still doesn't talk to anybody but me. Yolanda says it's his way to maintain some sort of control. Aiden Pearce : Yolanda ? Nicole Pearce : His therapist. She's helping him. It's good. Just slow. Aiden Pearce : It's hard but we're gonna get through it. Nicole Pearce : Uh-hum. Jacks ! Aiden Pearce : Hey ! Sorry I'm late. Can I -- Can I get a hug ? Jackson hugs Aiden Aiden Pearce : Wow ! You are...big ! Aiden Pearce : So hey, what do you got here ? Aiden Pearce : Wow ! The Healer. Cool ! *to Nicky* You bought him a real toy, huh ? Nicole Pearce (to Jackson) : Why don't you bring up your toys ? I'm gonna speak with your uncle. Aiden Pearce : Yeah, I'll be, I'll be up there in a sec. Nicole Pearce : This matters. You being here. I need to make sure things are different. Aiden Pearce : Things are different. You and Jacks, are the most important people in my life. Aiden Pearce : I'm not going to stop watching out for you. Nicole Pearce : Always the big brother, huh ? Aiden Pearce : Last time I was back there, it was Lena's birthday. Jackson adored her. We all did. Nicole Pearce : You missed all the fun. The kids were playing the "Vigilante" -- imitating that guy they keep talking about on the TV. Aiden Pearce : Let me guess -- Jacks was the Vigilante. Nicole Pearce : No, they were all the vigilantes, and I was the only villain, but I make a mean bad guy. I gave 'em hell. Aiden Pearce : I should've come earlier. I could've warned them. Don't mess with my sister. Nicole Pearce : Remember when you and Mom were both sick as dogs, but Dad insisted his boy was going to have his birthday cake ? That thing was an abomination -- all burnt and lopsided. That was dad in a nutshell. He did a lot of ugly things, but it was always about family. Ugh. Listen to me, I'm rambling... Nicole receives a call. Nicole Pearce : Oh really ? No, don't let me interrupt you. Who is this ? You think blocking caller ID will hide you ? I don't know what's very entertaining, but the police won't find it very funny at all. I'm going to give you some advice, are you listening ? Go outside. Meet people. Get a life, and stop calling me. Listen, the police can trace this call. Unknown Caller : I know where you live...How are the locks on those doors ? Nicole Pearce : Who is this ? Why are you calling ? Unknown Caller : Do you feel safe, Nicky ? Aiden Pearce : Who was that ? Nicole Pearce : It doesn't matter. Just some stupid crank. It happens. Nicole Pearce : Do you think this is strong enough ? Aiden Pearce : Look...did you know his voice ? Nicole Pearce : Jesus, Aiden, just leave it. It's fine. Aiden Pearce : It's fine ? He thinks he can get inside ? Nicole Pearce : How do you know what he thinks ? Aiden Pearce : You're checking the locks ! Nicole Pearce : Look...I can handle on my own. We do not need your help. Aiden Pearce : Nicky, I can find this guy. Nicole Pearce : Okay, look Aiden ! God, you haven't changed at all, we do not need your help. Please stop trying to fix our problems. Every time you try, you just make things worse ! Jackson looks terrified at his mother and uncle's argument." Aiden Pearce : I better go. Nicole Pearce : Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Aiden Pearce : Grown man making crank calls. Let's see how safe you feel when I trace your call. Aiden Pearce : Dammit, he's on the move ! Aiden Pearce : Yeah ? Nicole Pearce : I'm sorry, I over-reacted. You just make me crazy sometimes. Aiden Pearce : Uh-huh. Nicole Pearce : Come on back, okay ? I promise I won't freak out on you. Aiden Pearce : Uh. Nicole Pearce : Aiden. You're going after that creep, aren't you ? Aiden Pearce : Well... Nicole Pearce : You're doing it right now, I can't believe you ! Aiden Pearce : It's not like that... Nicole Pearce : Stop being a hero, Aiden. Let it go. Aiden Pearce : Let what ? Yeah, the call's breaking up, I can't hear you ! Nicole Pearce : You can hear me perfectly. You need to stop right now. Aiden Pearce : Yeah, hello ? You still there ? Can't hear you. Okay, gotta go ! Unknown : So we have a deal ? Man : Shit, yeah. I can't believe you're paying me that much just to make a crank call ! Nicky Pearce, right ? I'll mention the locks like you said...and her kid. This feels wrong. Unknown : That's the point. Aiden Pearce : Someone paid this asshole to harass Nicky. Who would pay for something like that ? Aiden Pearce : Hey, did you get anywhere with DedSec ? I need those ctOS hacks. BadBoy17 : Yeah I'm still trying. They're checking you out. Give me time. Aiden Pearce : Okay well I need your help then. Can you trace a phone call ? BadBoy17 : How can I refuse my best client ? Wait...what am I looking at there ? Aiden Pearce : It's from a guy who threatened my family. I want to know who hired him. BadBoy17 : Well the call came somewhere from the Loop district. But that's as far as I can see. Aiden Pearce : Okay, if I can hack ctOS inside the Loop -- BadBoy17 : Then I should be able to pinpoint the source of the call. Aiden Pearce : Let's do that. Blume's building a new ctOS center in the Loop. It's perfect. BadBoy17 : DedSec tried to attack that center. We failed -- and they just added more armed guards so it won't be easy. Be careful. Aiden Pearce : You sound like my sister. Relax, I'll make sure I'm armed and dangerous.
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