Rich Hill Page #4

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Never has been, never will be.

It never came out until after

I had already been sentenced.

The judge sat there and ask me

why did I try

to kill my husband.

And I told him because my son

had been sexually abused

and all he had to say was

"I'm sorry about your

situation."

I don't understand

this whole thing.

How the state can take

a mom away from her kids,

but don't do anything

to the person

who hurt him so bad.

He is an angry kid

because of it.

And right now,

little phone calls,

he's stronger than I am.

He tells me keep my head up,

"Mom, we'll get through this

together."

And this is a 15 year old boy

telling his 33 year old mom

that it's all gonna be okay.

So he's,

he's stronger than I am.

And I give him that.

So let's fight

let's win the night

Let's go

Let's fight

Let's win

It's all going fairly nice.

Everything's starting to

come together

in little pieces.

I just have to stick

the glue in there

to make 'em fit, you know?

We're probably gonna end up

settling down here.

This is, like whenever

I'm antsy, you know...

How you do it, you're like this?

Wait, wait.

Like this, and then...

All right, move.

Mom, but look,

whenever I'm on defense

playing safety

I'll sit there and be like...

I gotta show you all

my battle scars

with this helmet.

You know, that's how

you tell someone's good.

Go, go

Bobcats, win the show

Go, go

Bobcats win the show

Go, go

Bobcats, win the show

The River, super hits,

just like you like it.

When you first saw me

go out there for kickoff

what'd ya think?

I think ya did good.

No, I mean, what were

you thinking

when I ran out down the field?

There's my boy.

I still think

I could have done better.

I seen you jump on that guy

on the fumble.

Where they fumbled the ball.

I gotta find a job tomorrow.

Do like I do.

Walk around until you see

something looks like

it needs done.

Painting or something.

Pulling some weeds.

I don't know.

Might be able to go down

and get you

a little bank account,

save you up some money.

Trust me, I always,

I always thought, you know,

well, there's always

next week's paycheck

and I'd spend mine,

not put none up.

You seen my shoes, you know,

what I've had to do

just to get to the next day.

Some of the things.

So be ahead of the game.

Be putting you some funds away.

Then when you're out

on your own you got some,

you don't have to do

like what I did.

F***.

Stupid.

That was not the train

that was there

the last time we came.

Man, what the f***'s up with

all this ice and sh*t?

Hey, you guys wanna see

something

really f***ing amazing?

Look at this sh*t.

On the shoe.

That did not go through.

I'm trying to break all the ice,

but I don't think

it's gonna happen.

That was amazing.

You know what?

F*** it.

I'm walking through it.

The amazing splatter art.

I'm tired.

Too early for me.

I'm ready to go back to sleep.

Today's gonna be fun.

Today's my birthday, man,

I'm 16.

Yeah, today's gonna be fun.

I got told I dress

like a hoochie.

I'm not a f***ing girl.

Today's awesome.

Come on, what's today?

Nothing you could think of?

Nothing?

Got anything to say to me?

Nothing at all?

'Sup Chi?

Whatever.

All right, whatever.

Have you been to see the nurse?

The nurse? Yeah.

This morning you have?

Yeah.

What'd she say?

She just said it was 98.

So you don't have a fever.

I know you don't feel 100%,

but...

I don't even feel 50%.

We've been at school

for a month and two weeks

and every day except one you

have shown up in this office...

No, about five or six.

...to call your grandma

and go home

and that's not an option.

I can't barely breathe

and you want me to stay here

and suffer through it.

Harley, there is a lot

of people here

who aren't 100%.

And they're still

gonna make it work.

And I need you to make it work.

I barely can breathe.

On your contract

that I have on my desk,

the contract you signed

with the juvenile office,

and I said...

I didn't even wanna sign that!

But you did.

I had to.

There was no choice in it

for me.

You're right.

You have to be in school.

I have to be in school,

but if I can't...

You played the sick card

too much.

I can't...

You wanna go to...?

You're gonna...

Harley.

I'm just gonna lose it.

You're gonna see me

lose my temper and I...

You don't need

to lose your temper.

I cannot breathe.

If I need to be treated for it,

then I need to be treated.

I'm just letting you know

where I'm at

on the situation.

If you sign out and leave

without your grandmother's

permission

you are truant.

You know where I'm at

on this, right?

I'll walk home because

I honestly don't care if they...

You understand if you walk home

I have to call Anthony

at the juvenile office

and they're gonna come

and pick you up.

Well, you're not giving me

any more options.

You have given yourself

no more options.

The most important thing for you

is your education.

Most important thing for me

is my family,

that's all I need.

I don't need a education,

I could make it out there

on my own

without an education.

Okay.

I'm just going home,

Mr. Ruddert,

'cause my grandma's not here.

You know what's gonna happen

if you do.

What?

You're gonna be truant,

I have to call it in.

Well, you won't let me

call and speak

with my grandmother.

That's right, 'cause

you abused that privilege.

Alls I'm doing is asking her

if she's still coming in.

That's all you did

the day before

and the day before

and the day before.

So you want me to walk out.

No, I do not.

Yeah, you do,

'cause you're not...

You know what I want you to do,

I want you to go to class.

I don't want you to walk out.

Damn.

He's getting to the point

where he's really volatile.

You know, and I think we had

talked about that before

and stuff and it's

escalated from there.

What's your opinion

on what we need to do about it?

I would say, you know,

have the meds checked first,

like, 'cause I don't think

they're working.

It's... something has to

get figured out.

Right, yeah.

We're doing no good right now.

Yeah, yeah.

If something has to be done,

it could mean removal

from your home.

Yeah.

- All right?

- Okay, bye-bye.

What I'm afraid of

is Anthony picking me up

and taking me to DYS

or something.

Let me tell ya,

you keep walking out, he will.

If you agree, you know,

to go wherever, you know,

for a week or

something like that

and have your meds evaluated

then maybe they won't

be so hard on ya.

But if you keep

walking out of school, yes.

He will pick you up and I

won't have any say-so in it.

Yeah, all right.

All right?

All right.

All right.

Sorry.

All right.

Whenever I move I always say,

"Oh, I don't wanna move, Dad,

I have friends here," you know?

God wanted us to come back here

for a reason.

I haven't found it out yet,

but I will.

My dad,

he's having troubles

making money.

We're living with my cousins.

We have clothes on our back.

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