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[Deana is seated next to Frank Jr. before she is sent to jail]
Deana: Come on, Frankie. Why are you doing this? I'm your mother!
[Frank Jr. gets up]
Frank Feranna, Jr.: Are you fucking kidding me? I wanted a mom, but you only care about yourself and all of your stupid boyfriends.
Deana: Listen to me, Frankie...
Frank Feranna, Jr.: No, you listen to me, okay? I'm not gonna see you. I'm not gonna answer to you. You're just gonna leave me alone, Deana.
[Frank Jr. walks away]
Deana: Frankie...
[Frank Jr. turns around]
Deana: Fine. Do what you want.
Nikki Sixx: [narration] Maybe I wanted her to care, but fuck it! I knew what I needed. It just took me a while to get there.
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Nikki Sixx: [narration] I ended up on the streets of Hollywood. I was broke and starving, and I had no one to trust. So I made the mistake that many unwanted children make. I went chasing ghosts.
[Frank Jr. calls his biological father on a pay phone]
Frank Feranna Sr.: Hello?
Nikki Sixx: Is this Frank Feranna?
Frank Feranna Sr.: Who's this?
Nikki Sixx: Oh, hi, Mr. Feranna. This is your son... Frank Jr.
Frank Feranna Sr.: Son? What are you talking about?
Nikki Sixx: No, my...
Frank Feranna Sr.: I don't know who you are.
Nikki Sixx: No, no, my mother, she's Deana...
Frank Feranna Sr.: Don't call here again.
[Frank Sr. hangs up]
Nikki Sixx: [narration] That was the last time I spoke to my father. And the last time I used his name.
Michael Hodson
Extended Reading