Mother and Child Page #5

everyone! Everyone!

This is Elizabeth

from Dad's office.

(ALL GREETING)

How you doing?

Hello, Elizabeth.

MAN :
Have a seat, please.

It's okay.

MAN :
No, sit down.

He'll be right off.

(ALL CHATTERING)

Yeah, he's always trying

to make me drink less.

Hey, I'm controlling

the bottles. That's all.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(INAUDIBLE)

(KIDS LAUGHING)

PAUL :
Hey.

Is everything all right?

Yeah.

This is a nice party.

Stay.

Have dinner with us.

I can't.

Sure you can.

No. I can't.

What's going on?

I'm leaving in the morning.

Leaving, for where?

Leaving.

What happened?

Is it something I did

or something I did not do?

The wind changed.

Is that it?

(SIGHING)

(LEAVES RUSTLING)

(INAUDIBLE)

Score that goal!

Ah, thanks, mija.

Karen, you want

white or dark?

Oh, thanks, I'll do it.

No. I want to.

Okay. White.

(LAUGHING)

I'm not used to this.

MELISSA :

This is how I want it

to be between us.

I'm always rushing to eat,

like a hog.

MELISSA :
Oh, no.

You got yourself confused

with my dad.

Has he told you that

he doesn't believe in God?

The most kind-hearted man

in the world

has turned his back

on Jesus.

Jesus wouldn't turn

his back on you, Dad.

Okay. Okay, I'll stop.

One day we'll be in heaven,

laughing at these arguments.

I'll tell you something.

If I'm in heaven,

I won't be laughing.

Somebody's gonna have

a lot of explaining to do.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Karen, you're a good woman.

You must feel the love

of Mary in your heart.

My dad has told me

about your loss.

She doesn't really like

talking about that.

Sometimes it's hard

to understand God's design.

PACO :
Melissa.

May I speak?

You're my father's wife now.

My children

will grow to know you

as their grandmother.

Because it's the time

spent together that counts,

more than blood.

Time counts the most.

Find her now

before time runs out.

After that,

only regret remains.

And regret is a killer.

AMANDA :
Well, Elizabeth.

To say that you are

grossly overqualified

is putting it mildly.

I can't possibly afford

anyone like you,

though I'd like to.

Believe me.

I don't care

about the money.

I can't even

give you benefits.

I'm not looking for them.

I've got plenty

of my own insurance.

Do you know what

you're having?

A girl.

What are your alternatives?

If you didn't get this job,

what would you do?

Stay at home

and watch game shows.

Okay. I don't know

what to make of you.

I'm just passing through.

What do you think

about what Melissa said?

I actually

agree with her.

I think you should

look for her.

Why?

Because whatever happens

when you meet her, Karen,

it'll be easier than

this thing that's

eating away at you.

Why haven't you

told me this before?

I was working my way

towards it.

She might be out there

looking for you.

Have you thought about that?

There's nothing that

I haven't thought of.

You'd know where to start?

Mmm-hmm.

So, what's your

biggest fear?

That she'll spit in my face.

You delivered

on November 7th, 1973.

Your mother

was the legal guardian

of the baby.

You agreed to that

before she was born.

And a couple adopted

the baby on November 10th.

Unfortunately, the provisions

of the adoption

don't allow me

to give out any information

regarding the identity

of the parties involved.

What you can do

is write a letter to her.

The letter will be

kept in the file.

And if she were

ever to contact us,

we would give her the letter

and she would be free

to reach out to you directly.

I'm sorry,

that is the best I can do.

Oh, so, if she had been here,

she would've been

told the same thing.

That's right.

So, if she was here,

she didn't leave me a letter.

Well, there's no letter

in the file.

So,

she's either not looking,

or she didn't want

to write a letter

or she thinks

I'm not looking for her.

Maybe she doesn't know

where to look.

Well, I really

encourage you

to write a letter

because it works.

People find each other.

I have seen it many times.

DR. MORGAN :

Anything to report?

ELIZABETH :
I had

a little spotting last week.

And some again yesterday.

Is the baby moving regularly?

Yes.

Let's do an ultrasound

and get some blood work.

(METAL CLATTERING)

(GATE OPENING)

(EXHALING)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON HEADPHONES)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Who's there?

I'm a tenant.

I was just

getting some sun.

I'm Violet.

Elizabeth.

How old are you?

I'm 37.

Thirty-seven.

Free to come and go

as you please.

You lucky dog.

What do you do

for a living?

I'm a lawyer.

The law.

Not a big field

for the blind.

My mother wants me

to be in radio.

She says I have

the voice for it.

It's just her fear talking,

that I won't be able

to make my way.

Does radio interest you?

I don't know.

I don't know

what interests me.

Sometimes I tell her

I could have a career

in phone sex.

(LAUGHS)

She's humorless.

Do you know anyone else

in the building?

No.

Oh. I'm always here

in the afternoons.

Meet me here

if you're lonely.

Okay.

I'll see you around.

Goodbye, Elizabeth.

Count on me.

(EXHALING)

(SIGHING)

I'm gonna put you

back there, okay?

Okay.

(MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

And we have

more sizes, anyway.

CUSTOMER:
Thank you.

(COUGHS)

Hey.

Hey. My grandbaby's

in the house.

So what you gonna

name him?

I'm not naming him,

they are.

Hmm.

Sebastian.

That's what

I was gonna name you

if you had been a boy.

Why do you do that?

Do what, baby?

Ignore my damn wishes.

Hey, hey.

Which are?

You know

what the hell they are.

To give that child away

on its birthday?

To take something

that comes from you,

made of you

and part with it

forever and ever?

I don't want it.

I didn't want you either.

I'm not you.

Here you are.

Twenty and pregnant

and single,

just like I was.

See, I didn't want you.

And now...

I can't take a breath

without thinking of you

and wanting the best

of the best for you.

(SIGHING)

How we doing back here?

CUSTOMER:
Good.

(WOMAN LAUGHING)

(LAUGHING)

(SPORTS COMMENTATOR

CHATTERING ON TV)

Joseph? Hey.

What're you doing?

Oh, who's playing?

You okay?

Yeah, I was just thinking.

About what?

About Ray,

what we've gotten

ourselves into.

What have we gotten

ourselves into?

The baby of hers that

we're planning to keep.

Planning to keep?

We're adopting a baby.

I thought that you were

all in for that.

Well, if not,

how the f***

did we get this far?

I don't know how

we got this far, Lucy.

I want a child of my own.

But you know that

I can't give you that.

I wish you could.

(LUCY SNIFFLING)

LUCY :
I've never

felt so worthless

in my entire life.

You are not worthless.

I could hear

his mother's voice

speaking through him.

It was f***ing freaky.

(SIGHING)

It's over.

Lucy.

You're angry and upset

and you should be.

But, you guys need to

talk about this some more.

(SIGHING) No.

I can do this on my own.

Ray won't mind.

She doesn't even

like Joseph.

She doesn't?

No.

She hasn't said anything,

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