Abducted: The Carlina White Story Page #5

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and your uncle.

There's your cousin

back there.

This is your half-sister Tina.

And this is your

half-brother Trey.

How y'all doin', everybody?

This is my daughter, Maya.

Praise be to God!

Welcome home, child!

I'm your Grandmother Elizabeth.

Thank you, Grandmother.

Let us pray.

Heavenly Father,

You are a mystery

we cannot comprehend.

None of us know

why we are meant to suffer,

but we do believe

in Your infinite wisdom.

There is always

a reason and a purpose.

We hope that one day

you will reveal it.

And we pray that one day

we will forgive those

that took Carlina away.

Most of all, we thank you

for returning

our lost daughters to us.

- Amen.

- Amen.

Amen.

We didn't know

what you'd like,

so we made you

macaroni and cheese, and...

curry chicken

and lasagna and ox-tail soup.

And that's just to start.

You got your daddy's eyes.

And I love music.

That's because I used to sing

to you when you were a baby.

I'm a neat freak...

I clean all the time.

I know where she

got that from.

I wish you would have gotten

some of the same from me, too.

Was the woman who snatched you

a neat freak?

Not like me and Joy.

Is it true that the news

said you grew up on welfare?

- Tina!

- And drugs...

They said the woman

who raised you was on drugs.

- That's enough!

- I just want to know...

- ...about her life.

- It's okay.

The house I grew up in

was nothin' like this.

And the woman that took me

is nothin' like Joy.

But you can't believe everything

you hear on the news.

Where'd you learn

how to do hair like this?

When I was 6, this Christmas,

- my mom got me a doll.

- Your mom?

Styling's a good skill

to have.

I know.

I just started working

at this hair salon part-time

I know I'll always be able

to make money as a stylist.

People will spend

their rent money on their hair.

But what are you thinking

about college?

I don't know yet.

Carlina...

we may not have

the past together,

but we will have a future.

Are you mad

at Ann Pettway?

- What do you think?

- Was she mean?

Was she scary...

what was she like?

She had two sides.

One time she got so mad at me

that she hit me in the face

with a shoe.

Then she felt so bad

she figured out a way

to sneak me and all my friends

into the movies.

Wow... a shoe?

What was it like for you,

growing up here?

Wasn't perfect.

Ma was always worried something

would happen to me or Trey.

We didn't have much freedom.

You know,

she cried a lot for you.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, well, she's happy now,

so even if the DNA

doesn't match,

can you still come visit?

Just you being here

gives her hope.

Hey, it's me.

What took you so long to call?

We had a big family dinner.

- Is DNA back?

- They're my parents... I know it.

- Kinda feels like home.

- That's great.

Why don't you sound

happy for me?

Netty, just don't forget

who you are.

Okay?

- Hey!

- You're late.

You were supposed to be here

an hour ago.

Sorry, I got held up at work.

What?

Do I have somethin' on my face

or somethin'?

Nah.

You don't understand what

me and your mother went through.

Just seeing you standing here...

So... if you could do

anything today,

what would you do?

I'd like to do a girl thing,

like get my hair done,

- but...

- But what?

I'll take you.

Might feel strange

having a man come with me.

Well, I ain't a man...

I'm your dad.

- Papers haven't come back yet.

- You giving me attitude?

Sorry.

I've never had a father before.

It's positive.

It's positive?

Thank you, God.

- Mmm!

- Mmm!

- It's a miracle!

- I knew it.

I knew it... from the first time

I saw that picture.

Oh, the phone's been

ringin' off the hook.

The press is comin' by tomorrow

to interview us here.

It's official now, Maya.

You can call me "Grandma. "

Just like Grandma Ann?

Aw, come here!

- Mmm!

- Mmm!

We can come down to Atlanta

next weekend

and help you and Maya

move up here.

Carlina White,

who was kidnapped

from Harlem Hospital

over 22 years ago

solved her own kidnapping.

She will be reunited

with her biological parents...

today in what is sure to

be an emotional reunion.

In local news,

police say a propane explosion

destroyed

a suburban Charlotte house

that killed a toddler

and injured 17 other people.

Investigators

are on the scene now.

In other news, Michelle Obama...

I'm Special Agent Thompson.

- Thank you for coming in.

- Happy to help out.

It's the kind of case that

haunts you even into retirement.

Is there anything that didn't

make it into this file?

We interviewed just about

anyone breathing

at Harlem Hospital that night...

a number of people

I. D another woman

besides Pettway as the perp.

We tracked her

down to Baltimore,

- but couldn't pin it on her.

- Your gut?

It's the woman who raised her.

I'm about to run into another

conference... what's up?

Have you heard from Ann?

- No, why?

- The police

came looking for here...

they say she disappeared.

She's not answering

her phone... I'm worried.

Look the conference

is about to start... I gotta go.

- Fill it up, please.

- Yeah, sure.

Nope.

This one's declined.

Oh.

- Try that one.

- Okay.

Hunh-unh.

Sorry.

Can I pay another way?

Cash.

I got a computer in the...

car.

Lady...

we don't take computers.

Mm-hmm?

Yeah.

All right.

...23 years ago,

White has reunited

with her biological parents.

Pettway is believed to be

in the tri state area.

How do I feel?

I feel complete.

I've always dreamed

about this.

Now after 23 years...

I can sleep.

Do you have anything to

say to Ann Pettway?

I want her to suffer.

I want her to do time

like I suffered

for 23 years.

Carl, you said before you

didn't want to press charges.

Do you still feel that way,

or have your feelings

changed over the years?

Well they have changed

over the years,

but right about now,

whatever the court decides,

that's all right with me.

I don't want to say

too much about it,

because I got

other things in my heart.

Can I get a shot of the

three of you, please?

Sure.

Great.

How about a kiss on the cheek

by both parents?

Nice, thank you.

- All right, thanks.

- Carlina,

do you have anything to say

about Ann Pettway?

Is it true she was

drug-addicted and abusive?

When I look at Joy White,

I see me.

With Ann, my mother,

the other lady...

I don't know what to call her...

I would always be searching

for things we had in common,

but we had nothing in common.

All right, no more questions...

we gotta go.

Thanks... thank you...

excuse me.

Hey.

Can you believe this?

Oh, God is so good.

Hello?

So what do you think, Carlina?

She wants to fly us to Chicago

and everything.

I don't feel like sittin'

on Oprah's couch for an hour

talkin' about Ann.

What's wrong?

Cassandra's flippin' out,

and Ann's missing.

You don't have to worry

about them anymore.

They're not your family, Carlina.

I know it's you...

say something!

- I know this looks bad.

- You stole my life!

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