there s 13 of us. she wrote me back, dad, you re not a white supremacist, are you? i wrote her back, no, i m not a white supremacist, sweetheart. i m proud of who i am, but i m not better than nobody, you know? poor thing. made me feel bad. come on, sweetie, i m not a hard man. i m just not. you know? slagle hasn t seen his daughter in eight years. but after learning of his new release date, he was permitted to call her. hat are you doing, rayven? hey. i just found out they re going to let me out april 23rd. oh, i can t wait. are you going to come up here and see me? yeah. when was the last time i saw you, rayven? when i was 8. oh, i see. and you re going to be 17 the 18th of this month, see. yeah. that s too long, huh? rayven, i love you, honey. i love you too. hey, now, i got to ask you this, man. what do you think about your uncle roy, man? you never met him until he got out. he s okay. he s different.
you get to see her when you get out. it is, i swear. oh, man. you won t believe how pretty she is. she s got good genetics. yeah. first time i hold her, i don t want it to be in a prison. honestly. the first time i held you was in a prison. i was like, how sad is that? that s sad, rayven, honestly. it is. it is, it is. that s sad. that s almost pathetic. i want to be there for you until the end of time. that s just how it is. i want to it be a good grandpa to emily. i want her hanging on my leg, come here, emily. the worst part about it is not being with your family, man. you can t see your daughter. she grew up on me. you know what i mean? it s like, my god, i missed it all and that sucks. not all of it. i don t feel like i wouldn t change anything because it made me who i am today. really?
shine my boots. i can t iron nothing. here s some tokens. it s been a long time since i even had a hug. you know what i mean. any kind of contact from anybody, hell, i haven t had a hug in six years. and it s been even longer since he seen his daughter, rayven. that s the last time i seen her face to face. tell me how old. how old was she? 1999. she was born in 92. 92, 93, 94, so 7 years old. that s the last time i seen her. she was just a little girl then. she still is to me. she still is a little girl. honestly. she ll still be a little girl when she s 30 to me. rayven is now 17 years old and has a baby girl of her own. whom she decided not to bring on the visit. she has just arrived at the prison with ray s other brother, brad ward. and brad s wife, becky. i don t know what i m going to say to be honest with you. i planned it all in my mind. but what do you say? you know what i mean p? when i first see her, god, i ll probably end up crying. we ll just take it as it c
i wouldn t eat that. that s good. you for real, man? this is good? the only difference is you don t get salt and pepper. that s horrible. i don t think a dog would eat that. it s good. while hall is facing at least several days of living in a stripped-down cell with only meal loaf to eat, ray slagle has just received considerably better news. he s earned good time, has been recalculated, moving his release date up by two months, meaning he ll be out of prison in another eight weeks. he has one goal that stands above the others. be a good father, be a good grandfather and get to know my kid. my rayven, i love her a lot. i don t even know her. she don t know me.
she lives in another part of the state. but that s something slagle hopes to change. well, honey, i just want you to know one thing, this is very important to me that you know this, you always have a place with me. always, no matter what, you know what i mean? i m out now and i love you very much. you re my daughter and emily is my grand daughter and i would love you guys to live with me. you want her to send a picture of me? all right. does this thing take pictures? yeah. all right. now you look like a fruit loop. oh, no! no, no. slagle will live in a mobile home owned by his parents. located about two hours from limon. all right. you guys, this is a castle to me. this is nice. i love it. come on in.