Mothers and Daughters Page #5

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So, yeah?

Yeah, I just have to check

the dates and clear my

schedule and...

Yeah.

Alright.

Cool.

Amazing.

Hey.

Don't tell me you stole

Beth's car again.

I don't think I'd

try that one again.

I took the train and

she knows I'm here.

Mom gave me this letter

for you to read.

It's uh, grandma's

writing.

Your name's on it, too.

Why don't you read it?

Um, you sure you

wanna hear this?

No.

To my bony Becca,

My beloved girl who bewitched

me the moment her eyes

flashed at mine.

By now you have learned

the truth and no doubt you

are angry at me, and Beth,

and Peter for robbing you

the reality of the

circumstances of your birth.

You are no longer a girl,

but a grown person of

great mind and heart.

I ask you to reach deep

inside yourself and ask,

what should've been done?

A girl was not ready to be

a mother and a woman who's

not yet finished

being one.

It wasn't ideal, but I

knew how to keep you whole

so you could grow up to

have all the strength you

needed to understand that

your life was filled with

true love, not

true labels.

I loved being your mother,

grandmother, and friend.

And to my Tony, you might

just be old enough to realize

how lucky you are

to have a sister.

I hope you will be closer

to her than anyone else

because you two

need each other.

You must both forgive

Beth and Peter.

For they have been the

ones carrying this heavy

burden these many years.

Only you have the power to lift

the weight off their hearts.

Set them free, my loves,

and you will be free, too.

Free to love any

chance you get.

What's this?

Dear Becca, Tony Irving,

Your grandmother, Alice Zelda

Irving, has left her estate

in the sum of $2.3 million

dollars to her grandchildren,

Rebecca and Tony Irving.

Holy crap.

Oh, Miss Gray.

How are you today?

Hi, Doctor Conrad, I'm...

Well, I see you were

referred by your internist,

Doctor Hamilton.

And my notes say here that

you're here for a D and C.

Dilation and curettage.

Termination of pregnancy.

Oh!

Yes.

Yes, that's right.

But your nurse said you

wanted to see me first?

Well, yes. We take the

termination of pregnancy

very seriously.

Right. Well, I can assure you,

doctor, that I take everything

to do with my body

very seriously and

I've done extensive

research on this subject

and, you know, I'm quite

prepared for the medical

risks and as for the

mental complications,

it's not like some pubescent

teenage girl with raging

hormones that's surprised

by her condition.

You know, and unaware of

the choice she's making.

For the record, your hormones

are, in fact, raging.

And your primary physician

has noted her that you

were indeed surprised to

find out you were pregnant.

Yes.

Right.

I mean, I have considered

having children, but I've

decided against it.

You know, I'm um...

I'm a photographer.

And I shoot musicians

mostly and I have this

hectic schedule and I'm

supposed to go on this

major tour and it is not

at all compatible with

pregnancy or motherhood

or anything like that.

It's a difficult

decision for any woman.

You know, I mean, really

it's so easy for men, right?

I mean, they think that they

have forever, but you know,

I happen to know that after 40,

men's stuff is damaged, too.

There's a proclivity

towards schizophrenia and

um, an increased

risk of suicide or...

Maybe it's the other way around,

but you know, it's just...

No one ever tells men, you

know, just settle down and

wait for the right girl.

That's just...

Whatever's in a stone's throw,

just grab them and do it.

I can schedule you as

soon as the new year.

See, but I'm going on tour

with Quinn after the new year.

I'll make some time.

Well, enjoy your holiday

and after the new year,

I'll...

I'll take care of you.

[music]

Dear NC45729, To my

natural daughter,

a number seems so

dehumanizing.

I am so glad to know that

you are happy and well.

That makes me feel the decision

I made was not a mistake.

Even if it may not have

been the best choice.

Of course your need to

know your family health

history is wholly

understandable.

I have attached a file

that compiles as best a

complete family history

that I could gather.

I am, however, deeply

sorry to tell you that I

am not able to confirm

with absolute certainty

your father's identity.

I was a very confused young

woman and lacking in self-worth.

As you have put whatever

worry I have had about

your life at ease, please

allow me to do the same in

case you've ever

worried about me.

I, too, am well, and

have found real love and

self-worth in my life.

I feel that what little

sense I did have was

knowing what I didn't

have to give you then.

And now I think, perhaps,

knowing you are happy and

have had a good home, how

wonderful and lyrical to

realize that I was able to

give you life when your

mother couldn't and that

she was able to shower you

with the wisdom for which

I could imagine or hope.

I send you the same prayer

I had 23 years ago.

I wish for love and peace to

be your everyday companions.

[speaking foreign language]

Merry Christmas.

Your natural mother,

NM45729.

Everyone should have

a tree on Christmas.

Aww!

This is beautiful.

Thank you.

Let's hope Santa puts

something under it.

I stopped believing in

Santa when he didn't bring

back my mom from

the hospital.

Maybe we should um, give

your dad a present.

I asked him what he wanted

for Christmas and he said

all he wanted was

his best friend back.

Maybe you could just spend

some time with your dad.

Is he torturing you again?

I just gave her a

piece of our tree, dad.

Merry Christmas.

Thank you.

It's beautiful.

Let's go.

Merry Christmas.

[music]

[ringing]

Hello, mother.

Hey. I was just doing some

last minute shopping at

Tiffany's and guess who I

ran into buying some guilt

diamonds for his wife.

I don't know, mom.

I can't keep track of all

the bed hopping in New York.

Who?

Harlon Kinney.

Oh, come on. Did you really

think I wouldn't find out?

I sat on what?

Like a dozen foundational

boards with Harlon.

Six months at Wells

and Kinney was enough.

Yeah, for god's sake.

I've actually been waiting

to surprise you with

something else that

I've been working on.

I had been listening to

his nauseatingly insipid

watermelon-breasted wife

horseshoe herself into

Valentino originals just

so I could get you into

that entree program.

What could possibly

be more important?

I'm sorry, mom.

I'm not ready to

discuss it with you.

Waitressing?

We sent you to Dalton,

Andover, and Princeton so

that you wouldn't have

to wait on other people.

How can you be

so insensitive?

You wouldn't last a day

without Carmen in your life.

Spare me your

intellectual bullshit.

If an intelligent,

talented woman like Carmen

had half of your

education, she would not

be working for me.

She would be me.

I mean, really.

What are you doing?

What?

Is it that, that Tricia

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