Abducted: The Carlina White Story Page #6

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Is that her... is that Ann?

Just give her a minute...

it's okay.

Look, just give me a minute,

and I'm-a straighten this out.

I'm-a straighten it out, okay?

Either you did it

or you didn't.

You never take responsibility

for anything!

Netty!

Federal Bureau

of Investigation,

How can I help you?

My name is Ann Pettway.

I'm here to straighten out

this mess.

Where's your boss?

Tell me what happened.

There was this girl,

and she loved dolls...

...all kind of dolls,

but she got tired

of these dolls because...

they couldn't walk.

They couldn't talk.

They couldn't love her back.

So she got pregnant...

three times.

And every time the baby died.

And that wasn't fair, was it?

Was it?

No.

It wasn't fair.

She just wanted somebody

to love her back.

Ann Pettway,

you're under arrest

for the kidnapping

of Carlina Renae White.

Will you tell my daughter now?

Why don't we get

a mani-pedi?

I think it's time to go home.

Ok, let's go home.

No, I mean back home

to Atlanta.

No, don't... you...

Am I being too pushy?

No! No, it's not that.

I appreciate all of this,

really I do.

A reporter told me

about the trust fund,

and I was hoping to take

that money,

close out my life in Atlanta,

and... I don't know...

maybe get a place up here.

That way I'd be closer.

Carlina...

What?

The trust fund dissolved

when you were 21.

What happened to it?

We needed that money.

Were you ever gonna tell me?

I'm sorry, Carlina.

L...

Hey, Carlina,

do you have a quote?

Carlina White! Carlina!

Ann Pettway turned

herself in... any thoughts?

Do you have anything

to say to Ann Pettway?

- No comment.

- How was the reunion?

We want to hear

your side of the story!

Auntie!

Hey, pretty girl!

- Did you miss me?

- Mm-hmm.

Could you come to New York

with us next time?

- W...

- Maya,

go put your stuff in your room...

I'll be there in a minute.

- 'Kay.

- 'kay.

So you heard the news?

I saw it on TV.

Her lawyers want

to meet with you

so they can discuss strategy.

I can't.

You can and you will.

She's family.

Netty, you hear me?

- You can't leave her hangin'.

- Look,

- I'm goin' by Carlina now.

- You're Netty to me.

- But my name is Carlina.

- Your name is Nejdra.

Not according

to my birth certificate.

- Rise and shine!

- Stop bangin'!

Rise and shine!

Pettway.

You gotta make her.

If they convict me,

it's 25 to life.

She don't wanna testify,

and she don't wanna see you.

You gotta make her!

I can't keep cleanin' up after

you where Netty's concerned.

- She's her own person.

- Cassie...

Ann, you took that

child's life from her,

then you kept her in the dark

about her family for years.

You had plenty of opportunity

to make this right,

but you didn't.

What am I supposed to do now?

That woman took

everything from us.

All rise.

How does the defendant plead?

My client pleads

"not guilty," Your Honor.

Not guilty?!

What?

"Dear Nejdra,

"I think of you every day.

"I miss you and Maya so much

it makes me want to cry.

"I hope I see you soon.

Love, your mother. "

Has she returned

any of your calls?

I've left five messages.

Carl, we can't lose her

this time... we can't.

Now that's enough,

all right, excuse me.

What will you do

in the future?

Joy? Joy!

Give us a statement, please.

Hi, Carlina,

it's your mom.

I can't believe I can

actually say that to you now.

Listen, I tried to call you

the other day

and never heard back.

I tried texting you,

never heard back.

Carlina, please call

me and your father.

We need to hear from you.

Now I am happy

my daughter came back to me,

The problem we're having

right now is just...

it's hard for her

to cope with us.

She hasn't been with us

for 23 years.

Is there anything you'd

like to say to Carlina?

I love you.

I want you to come back.

Give us a chance.

Let's make...

make up for lost time.

I was on such a high

when I was first reunited

with my daughter.

You couldn't tell me nothin'

you know?

I was floatin' on air.

That was a great moment.

And then one day

after telling her story

to "The New York Post,"

she changed.

In just that day.

I think it had a lot to do

with the Pettway family.

She asked a lot of questions

about the money...

the trust fund

and the 10,000 reward.

That money's gone.

It really hurts

because it's about money.

She won't return my calls.

I'd like to change

my phone number.

Where's Grandpa Carl?

He's in New York.

Where's Grandma Joy?

She's in New York, too.

Can we visit her soon?

I don't know.

Where's Grandma Ann?

What's with all the questions?

Where's Grandma Ann?

She went away.

Is she mad at me?

No, baby, she's not

mad at you.

Sometimes people do bad things.

When they get caught,

they have to go away.

Did she say she was sorry?

When I do something bad,

I say sorry,

and you give me a hug.

Ms. Johnson,

What is your relationship

to the defendant?

Ann Pettway is my sister.

What you're saying she did

was despicable,

but I love my sister.

She's not perfect.

She's deeply flawed.

But she loves Netty

Ann is a good mother.

Ann Pettway knows

she caused a lot of pain.

She'd had several miscarriages,

and she never believed

she'd be able to be a parent.

So in my opinion,

she did kidnap Carlina White,

and she as much as confessed

to it in my office.

Get up.

Get up now.

What happened to your phone?

I disconnected it.

Needed to just drop out.

Well, you need

to drop back in.

Why... so I can help Ann?

Because you have

a life to live.

Whose life am I livin'?

Joy's?

Ann's? Yours?

If I spend time with Joy,

I'm betrayin' you.

If I spend time with you

and we talk about Ann,

I'm betrayin' Joy.

Look, I know this has

been hard on you.

I know I helped make it

hard on you.

Look, you can call yourself

Carlina or Nejdra.

I don't care.

It doesn't matter to me

what you call yourself.

Point is...

you gotta get up and get on

with your life.

I just keep wonderin'

what my life woulda been...

had I grown up

with my real parents.

Okay.

But where do you go

from here?

Mmm!

Thank you for comin'.

- About the money...

- Carlina...

Nobody told us to set

up that trust fund.

We had it for 21 years,

and if I had to do it

all over again,

I never would have spent it.

It's not about the money.

You could have told me.

But...

I'm just tired of people

keepin' things from me.

I'm sorry.

Why didn't you look harder?

Excuse me?

Anyone who knows me knows how

much I want to find my parents.

I searched and searched for you.

Why didn't you look harder?

Carlina, you have no idea

how hard we looked.

I knocked on more doors...

I passed out more flyers,

than you could have

ever imagined.

We couldn't find you!

But... we never stopped looking.

Sorry.

There's been so much pain.

I just want you to be happy,

Carlina.

But I'm just not ready.

I'm not ready

to leave my whole life

and start over as Carlina White.

You know, for the past 23 years,

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