Little Pink House Page #6

- What?

- [WOMAN] Get my knitting.

Oh, jeez.

- I'm just doing my job.

- You are unbelievable.

- Let me see this.

- These are private documents.

- This is such bullshit.

- Excuse me. Excuse me.

Ma'am, you can't do that.

- I'm going.

- Be my guest, Ms. Kelo.

- [SUSETTE] She's right. Stop.

- You are not sitting

- on the steps.

- I am. Billy!

No, you're not,

if you want Bullock

to take the case

we gotta to do it his way.

Red, we have to do it his way.

- Susette.

- [SUSETTE] Okay. Okay.

All right. Okay.

- Billy, let me...

- Yeah. Police, please.

Well, here they come.

You know the drill.

Oh, for God...

Well, you might as well

arrest us

'cause we're not moving.

Mayor Beachy,

please come with us.

Sam, you know we're not

leaving voluntarily.

[LLOYD]

Unbelievable!

This is wrong, you know.

What if this was your house?

You should be ashamed

of yourselves.

[PAULETTE]

How do you sleep at night?

[GRUNTING]

[SIGHS]

[SIREN WAILING]

[MAN] All right, let's move

these people out of the way.

Start it up.

[MAN]

No, no, no.

- How can they do that?

- I don't know.

[MUSIC PLAYS]

[SUSETTE]

Oh, God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

[MUSIC PLAYS]

[PAULETTE]

This is somebody's home!

[MUSIC PLAYS]

To hell with you.

[MUSIC PLAYS]

[SUSETTE]

Oh, God! My house!

Please, just my house.

It's right here.

Let me just go inside

and get the...

[MUSIC PLAYS]

Get it off my porch.

[BILLY]

Susette.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hey! Hey, hey!

Hey! Hey!

Cut it, man.

She's on her porch!

Cut it!

Cut the goddamn engine!

You see her standing

right there!

Don't you see that?

[CRYING]

Oh, no.

Susette, come on down

from there.

[SUSETTE]

No.

[MUSIC PLAYS]

[CRYING]

[SCOTT] It was a cock show to

illustrate the inevitability.

To say, "This is a done deal.

You can't stop it".

Legally, the city did own

those homes, Scott.

They had the right

to tear them down.

Yeah, but they didn't have to.

They did it to intimidate

Susette.

To let her know she's next.

I could get every reporter

in America on this.

We need to take

these people on.

He's right.

We're gonna take your case.

And you won't have

to pay us a fee.

[BILLY]

Good, because, you know,

we don't have any money.

But we do need something

of you in return.

[SUSETTE]

What's that?

I.J. wants this story covered

by every major media outlet.

We want full public exposure.

That means talk shows,

newspapers,

magazine interviews...

We need you to be the face

of this fight.

Me?

Oh, I don't... no.

I don't want to be the face

of anything.

Make Billy do it.

I don't think

that's a good idea.

- No offense.

- None taken.

Susette, it's got to be you.

Why?

Why does it have to be me?

I mean...

- I...

- [TIM] Because it's your house.

Because you have more strength

and resilience

than any woman I know.

Plus, you're hot.

[SUSETTE]

[CHUCKLES]

Smoking hot.

[LAUGHS]

No. I, it's...

Okay. I'll do it.

- Yeah?

- [SUSETTE] Yeah.

Then we're in.

Okay. Thank you.

[JIM]

Evening, everyone.

Interesting way

to champion the cause

of "social justice,"

Charlotte.

This Institute for Justice,

do we need to be concerned?

Well, thanks to their lawsuit,

I've got reporters

crawling up my ass

every time I set foot

outside my own house.

Well, what are they asking?

They're wanting to know

why the city

is trying to throw people

out of their homes.

And when the city's attorney

can't answer that question,

there tends to be some

cause for concern.

What are we looking at?

I.J. filed a restraining order.

It'll do some short-term damage

in the court of public opinion,

but, technically,

you own those homes,

so you're in the clear.

Any judge will lift the RO.

Excellent.

[MAN] So Father, we now commend

Agnes to you in your hands.

[TIM]

Hang in there, okay?

- See you there.

- Okay. Yeah.

Mom was so scared.

She kept worrying

that they were gonna

kick her out.

Yeah.

Well, at least she got to die

in her own home, huh?

And now I'm gonna lose

that too.

It's fine.

- I'll see you later, okay?

- [SUSETTE] Okay. Okay.

[PHONE RINGING]

[SIGHS]

Hold my calls.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

There are allegations

that the amount of time

you've put into the NLDC

has lead to financial distress

at Walthrop College.

- Is this true?

- No.

No, a lot of people

want to attack a woman

for trying to do it all.

I'm not concerned

about Walthrop.

These are just critics.

Getting back to Fort Trumbull,

Mrs. Colonardi, the widow...

- [CHARLOTTE] We told her she could stay.

- She can?

Yeah, we wouldn't need her house

until after she dies, so...

Next question.

[NEWS ANCHOR]

Our top story tonight.

Residents of the historic

Fort Trumbull area

of New London

are fighting to save

their homes.

On Monday they'll head to Court

to resolve

their dispute over land

proposed for the multimillion

dollar redevelopment

of the waterfront neighborhood.

[JOHN]

Let me tell you something

that should put you

instantly at ease

in an interview.

You're already the world's

greatest expert on your story.

You've lived it.

You know it.

All you have to do

is tell the truth

about what you've

experienced here.

What you're doing is right.

What they're doing, it's wrong.

Oh, sure, sometimes reporters

they'll ask you questions

you might not know

the answer to.

It might be a question

about the law

or the Constitution.

Just be honest and say,

"You know what?

I don't know the answer

to that, but...

let me tell you

about this home.

And what it means to me...

- [SUSETTE] Thank you.

- [JOHN] ...and my family."

That's it.

It isn't any more complicated

than that.

So...

are you the world's greatest

expert on your story?

Then tell your story.

[CROWD]

Hands off our homes!

Hands off our homes!

Hands off our homes!

Hands off our homes!

Hands off our homes!

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

I don't...

You can do this.

Let's just get this over with.

[CROWD]

Hands off our homes!

- Hands off our homes!

- All right?

[CROWD]

Hands off our homes!

Hands off our homes!

Hands off our homes!

[REPORTER]

Yes, go.

[CROWD]

Hands off our homes!

[CHEERING]

Hello.

Hi. Good morning.

- My name's Susette Kelo.

- [MAN] Yeah, we know!

[CHEERING]

We look forward

to presenting our case today.

We've waited

a long time for this.

And we look forward to having

our day in court.

- Thank you.

- [CROWD CHEERING]

[REPORTER]

Ms. Kelo, do you truly believe

that the city's in violation

of the Constitution?

I...

I...

I just know...

that we should be able

to keep our homes.

[CHEERING]

No, and then,

one more thing,

and that...

what they're doing is wrong.

[CHEERING]

That's it.

[JIM] I guess some lawyers

file their papers

with the media first,

then the court.

[JUDGE]

Mr. Bullock.

You may proceed, sir.

[SCOTT] Your Honor.

Government can,

through the power

of eminent domain,

lawfully seize private property

for public use

to build hospitals,

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