Girl on the Edge Page #2

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Speaking.

Hi, Mrs. Green. This is Lauren Miller.

Tommy's mother. My son and your daughter...

...hello?

What are you doing at my home?

How'd you get my address?

I need to know why you had my

son expelled from school today.

You know damn well why your son

got himself expelled.

But Tommy isn't even capable

of doing those things.

He doesn't even go to

school with your daughter.

You're ruining his life.

Are you kidding me?

Ruining his life?

I know my son. He is a good boy.

Your son is a f***ing monster

and he should be behind bars.

Don't walk away from me. I'm not

finished. Please, Mrs. Green.

Please don't do this. I am a single mother.

I can't afford to homeschool him.

Please don't do this. I am a single mother.

I can't afford to homeschool him.

Slut.

You know, sweetheart? Anne

really wanted to be here today.

She doesn't care. Whatever. It

doesn't matter. I sucked anyway.

You didn't suck. You were

awesome. Don't say that.

No, no, no, I... I just, you know, I... I wanted

to explain to you that... hey, sweetheart?

Hannah? Can you look at me while

I'm talking to you?

Can you act like

you're paying attention?

...Hannah?

...Hannah?

- Goddamn it.

- -At night, so cold...

Oh, hey. Hannah? Hannah, can you

come here for a minute?

- Why?

- Uh... because it's important.

Not now.

Okay, I promise, it's

just going to take a minute.

Hannah, come down right now.

Hannah?

- Why'd you let her go upstairs?

- I didn't let her go upstairs, Jake.

Ah, Jesus.

Ah, Jesus.

- Hannah?

- Crap!

- Open up, sweetie.

- No! This is my room and I don't want you coming in. Go away.

Okay, Hannah, you need

to calm down.

Do not tell me to calm down!

- Hey!

- You're the ones who are freaking out for no reason.

What the hell are Nanna

and Grandpa downstairs?

Okay, okay, okay, calm down.

That's what we need to talk

to you about.

Talk about what?

Why are my suitcases out?

Why were you going

through my stuff again?

This is very important. We just

need you to listen.

This is very important. We just

need you to listen.

We already talked the other night. What do you

want from me? You guys are f***ing crazy!

Hey! You watch

your language, okay?

Because of your bad choices,

we are sending you to the same

place that your friend April went.

April is not my friend. April gave

head to the whole Lacrosse team.

Ah! Goddamn it!

- Hannah!

- No!

- Hannah!

- I'm not going!

- Open up!

- Why are you doing this to me? I won't go!

- Open up!

- Why are you doing this to me? I won't go!

Okay, sweetie. Look...

I know you're angry.

But you have to understand that we're

only doing this because we love you.

No, you don't.

You're not my mother.

Hannah! You listen to

me right now.

You either open up this door and let

Anne and I take you there tonight

or I'm going to call

a transport service

and they're going to bring two

complete strangers down here.

They're going to drag you out of there kicking

and screaming whether you like it or not.

No, I'm not going. I'm not going

anywhere. I want to kill myself.

No, I'm not going. I'm not going

anywhere. I want to kill myself.

Okay. Enough, enough.

Uh... okay. Okay, Hannah. I

know I'm not your mother...

...and we might not

always get along,

but I need you to know that I do love you.

Sweetie, you're only fifteen.

but I need you to know that I do love you.

Sweetie, you're only fifteen.

You know, kids your age they're

supposed to be happy.

We want to be happy again,

honey. You can.

I'm afraid. I don't want to go.

I know, sweetie.

I'm afraid, too.

Um... hey, I... I don't know if I'm

in the right place. Is Tommy here?

Hey, hey, hey! At last we meet. Your

profile picture does you no justice.

Uh... I... I kind of feel bad, I

actually have to be somewhere else.

Bummer. Guess we gotta kick it

some other time.

No, it's cool. I just

can't stay too late.

Great.

You know where we're headed?

Says to stay on Highway 50 for

another hundred and twenty.

Says to stay on Highway 50 for

another hundred and twenty.

A hundred and twenty miles? Seriously?

Why do I have to go so far away?

It's not up for discussion.

That is such bullshit. What, like, L.A.

doesn't have any rehabs?

We are not having

this conversation.

- There aren't any like this in

L.A., sweetie.

Stay out of this, Anne.

This is none of your business.

And for the last time, it's not a rehab.

It's a holistic program.

Can I have my phone back now?

No.

Not even for two seconds? Let me just tell

my friends that I'm not f***ing dead.

Not even for two seconds? Let me just tell

my friends that I'm not f***ing dead.

- Hey. Language.

- Oh, what? Like you don't say it all the f***ing time?

Enough.

Or what? Huh? What are

you going to do about it, Dad?

Are you going to turn

the car around?

What are you doing?

- If you don't pull over, I will jump out.

- Stop the car!

You close the f***ing

door right now!

- Well, thanks for bearing with me. Here's your tea.

- Thanks.

And there's, uh... Hannah's personables.

Is everything okay?

Uh... yeah. It's fine.

It's just, uh... we, uh...

- we thought we confiscated her phone.

- Uh-huh.

Uh... speaking of which, uh...

what about communication?

Uh... speaking of which, uh...

what about communication?

Well, she gets a family call

once a week with a counselor

and, um... when she earns enough points

she'll get video-chat privileges.

And how long do you think

she needs to be here?

It's not a

perfect science, Anne.

And she's apt to mess up a number

of times before she gets it right.

I know that's hard on the parents. But she's

going to need y'all to be strong for her

because she can't concentrate on herself

if there's a lot of tension at home.

because she can't concentrate on herself

if there's a lot of tension at home.

Isn't that gorgeous?

It's one of my favorite places on Earth.

Anyway, I just got to

ask you some questions.

You just, you know, answer them

honestly. I'm not here to judge.

Um... are you on any medication?

Do you self-medicate with

any drugs or alcohol?

...I know you don't

want to be here, Hannah.

...I know you don't

want to be here, Hannah.

But I don't want

to make it any harder for you.

This might seem like an invasion

of privacy but, trust me,

it'll be a lot easier if

you're honest with us.

There's an old

proverb that says,

"It's not enough to put up a wall around you,

you need friends to help you defend it."

Are you trying to be my friend?

It seems like you need one.

Last time I checked Facebook I had

over fifteen hundred friends.

What about her birth mother?

Well, she has no legal standing, you know?

She doesn't have custody.

- Um... excuse me.

- Sure.

You know, that's not what

I meant, um...

You know, Hannah's going to have to work

out those issues with her birth mother.

And even if she doesn't initiate it,

the sooner is a lot better than later.

And you may find it'll... it'll

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