Patch finds Chris Penn in a hospital room, waiting for surgery. He says he thought he'd check up on them. Chris Penn says Kyle hasn't woken up yet, but they did the test on his liver. "They said I should drink less and run more." Shouldn't we all. Patch asks Chris Penn if he's really going through with the operation. Chris Penn says he doesn't see how he couldn't. Patch gets to the real point of this visit, and says it would probably be an easy decision to give up his liver for his son, especially if he felt responsible. Chris Penn's all, "Why, whatever do you mean by that?" Patch: "Yesterday, when you brought Kyle into the office, you said a gun went off. You didn't say whose gun it was." Chris Penn gets the saddest look on his face of all sad looks ever, and sighs heavily. He says he and Kyle were going down a ravine; it was "wet as all hell," and he lost his balance when he slipped on a branch. "Must have taken a few seconds, because I can remember Kyle laughing. When I hit the dirt, I felt the gun go off. It was my gun. I shot my own son." Sniff. Patch tells Chris Penn that this surgery is incredibly dangerous, and more than likely will help nothing to save Kyle. Chris Penn says if it does, so be it. Patch says he has to think about his wife and other kids, and doesn't want him going through this out of misplaced guilt. Chris Penn hits Patch where it hurts. "You think I'm doing this surgery because I feel guilty? He's my son. That's why. I'm not as complicated as all that, Harold. He's my boy, my only one, and I'd give him my heart if he needed it." I'd give MY heart to YOU, Chris Penn! ["I'd give him my nose. When did it get all cranked over to one side like that? Did Sean punch him at Thanksgiving dinner or something?" -- Sars]













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