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Don't tell me he's there-- Look, I- [ SIGHS ] -- I don't care. Trust me this is important; it's about Jojo.

Which one.

[Sorry, Lisa Lisa, he is in a Mood.]

[ Notson she could just about scream at you right now if it would make you listen. ]

Our Jojo, Caesar! [ Have you ever even heard her call anyone that, really. ] I— Ugh— Listen: his mother is in this city and knowing Jojo, if anyone tells him he'll tell you and I need you to know that before things escalate more than they already are.

[ Lisa "doesn't know how to act on impulse" Lisa. ]

[.......... narrows eyes]

What are you talking about.

[ Her face is as close to stoic as possible. Unfortunately current circumstances make that look... Not all that convincing, really. ]

I think I made myself clear.

[His mother is in this city.]

[I need you to know that.]

[Before someone breaks it to you in the worst way possible.]

You.

[This woman . . .]

You lied.

[This woman is Jojo's mother.]

[Does he know her at all?]

[ This is the worst part about having two boys to break this to. See, she can probably handle whatever Dio might think, say or do; he's a child right now. Caesar and Joseph, on the other hand, are all she knows of raising teenage boys. If she can even call it that– they raised themselves. She just wants to think she's been there for them, just a minute or two but in some way. ]

[ This is the worst. This is too complicated and she's so sorry but she's not good with emotions at all and when she falls into complete silence, it's tense and upsetting and she's upset but right now this is less about her and more about how Caesar feels, how Joseph might feel and how, really, how far is he from the truth. ]

I omitted the truth. [ Which... Isn't much better without full context, but would Caesar even stop to hear that. ] Don't you find it strange that Loggins or Messina — or even Suzie — couldn't pinpoint my origins.

Think for a second, Caesar. Knowing me, do you think I'd lie deliberately about something so crucial.

That's lying. You lied.

[And you left him, you left him alone, how could you leave him alone?]

You had a thousand chances to tell the truth and you didn't take any of them. That's what you did. You lied. You abandoned your family and you lied. I don't want to hear excuses for that.

I didn't abandon anyone!

[ There's more than just a hint of hurt in her voice but that's more than he'd probably ever get to hear from her. It's not that different from when they found him... After he. ]

[ She doesn't want to think about that. ]

[ But it still hurts to hear that, to have that accusation flung at him by someone she cares for so much and it's a blessing that she's not standing in front of him right now, because after twenty years of this, she might crack some day. ]

Think about it - think about Mario and what he did for you! He and I are no different, Caesar. I never had a choice. If I told him- if, if I did don't you think it would change everything?

[ God, she can't do this. She can't argue with this boy, she just can't. ]

[She says his father's name, and his blood runs cold. He will not do this. He refuses. No. She will not use his father's name against him. She of all people should know better.]

How dare you . . . how dare you say that to me.

[Of course it would change everything. That's the whole point.]

[He cuts the feed.]

Caesar—

[ That's that, then. There's no way she's getting to him now and that's the issue; she knows Caesar well enough to know this won't get anywhere. ]

[ It just... hurts. And if he does care to look at it another way, she'll have left him a single text message for him to think about: "Please, listen to me." ]

[ But that's it. That's where she leaves it off at. ]

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