Shameless

129| Cancelled

"Is lip okay?" Liam asked,getting orange juice from the fridge. "Ah,he'll be all right." Carl said. "It's not his first time getting questioned. He can handle an interrogation." Carla added.

"You can't just use your cop 'get outta jail free' card?" Liam asked. "When we get in,we're gonna try to grease the wheels of justice." Carl said. "Do we have any triple-A batteries?" Frank asked.

"That's a big hole." Ian said,ignoring Frank's question. "Coulda just said he wanted to renovate."

"Your brother's a fucking drama queen,man." Mickey said. "Hey,scarf that shit down. I wanna go check on Terry."

"We have a lot of pickups today. I don't know if we have time." Ian said as he continued to eat his breakfast. "We would if you stopped yappin' and started eatin'." Mickey said.

"You guys remember I have a thing after school,right?" Liam asked. "Yeah,of course." Ian said. "Wouldn't miss it,buddy." Carl said.

"What thing? Don't ya want your dad there,cheering you on?" Frank asked. "Mm...not really." Liam said.

"Well,what is it,anyway?" Frank asked. "A contest to pick a new name for my school. The winner gets a free IPad." Liam explained.

"Why does your school need a new name?" Frank asked. "Cause it's named after Dennis Hastert." Liam said. "The fuck is Dennis Hastert?" Mickey asked,standing up.

"Former speaker of the House of Representatives. Native Chicagoan." Frank explained. "And a child molester. He's canceled." Liam said.

"Canceled? You can't cancel history. It's already happened. Political correctness is gonna kill this country. He diddled kids. Uh,besides the point. We can't apply today's sexual standards to...molesters of yesteryear." Frank said.

"Molesting used to be okay?" Carl asked. "Dennis Hastert brought a lotta federal dollars to Illinois. I don't think I can just stand by while the PC police eraser his legacy." Frank said. "This is the hill you wanna die on,Frank? Defending a pedo?" Ian asked.

"Defending tradition,defending our shared history? Yeah. I'll die on this hill. This is a hill we all should die on together." Frank said,trying to get batteries out of a remote.

"Come on. Hey,let's go." Mickey told Ian. "I wanna make sure they're taking care of fucking Terry over there."

Sandy,Franny,and Prince waked downstairs with David,Emma and Mateo behind them. "That one has an Uber coming for him in ten,and that one isn't my problem." Sandy said.

"Where's Debbie?" Ian asked. "Since when am I in charge of keeping track of Debbie?" Sandy asked,putting a handful of cereal into Franny's bowl.

"Aren't you in,like,a committed lesbian scissoring thing?" Mickey asked. "You mean a relationship? I don't know. We never defined it. But,uh,since she didn't come home last night,I guess not." Sandy said,drinking the orange juice out of the carton.

"What are we supposed to do with Franny? We got to get to work." Ian said. "She's not my fucking problem. None of this shit is,your sister included." Sandy said,walking out the back door.

"Okay,come on,Franny. I will drop you off at school on my way to work." Carla said,standing up,rubbing Emma and Mateo's heads. "Okay,hey,uh,let me know when you find out about Lip,all right?" Ian asked.

"Yeah." The twins said in sync. "Come on,Franny." Carla said,holding her niece's hand as they walked out of the back door.

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Carla put her mask on as she and Carl walked into the police station,walking up to the front desk. "Uh,hey,could you look up something related to a recent arrest for me?" Carl asked.