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save you some roast chicken

and vegetables.

- Oh thank you

alba, I'm starving.

Hey gang.

Sweetheart.

Hey buddy.

Oh yeah.

How are you?

- Fine.

- How much have

you had to drink?

- Well that's a

heck of a greeting.

Way to berate me in

front of the children.

But you just can't sit down

and enjoy some quality time

with the kids can you?

- Well that's quality time?

Being drunk in

front of the kids?

Thank you.

- Mmm, cookies.

- Wait what the

hell are you doing?

I said no carbs.

- What that's insane

Jeanette.

Oh come on.

Okay stop, stop everybody,

please alba I'm fine,

I'm fine thank you.

Now sweetheart can you

just head up to your room

for a sec I just want

to talk to your mother.

- Uh oh, mommy's in trouble.

Well done mister role model.

You managed to both humiliate

me in front of the kids

and terrify the help.

- 'Cause you're such

a perfect mother.

The way you ignore

Jason half the time

and you push Sara in to

this friggin' dancin' to the

exclusion of all else.

Do you know that she also

wants to do other things?

She wants to ride horses,

she wants to do volleyball

but it's always about dancing.

- Because she is good at dance.

And you know what, this

weekend when she wins that

competition and we go

to L.A. for the video,

she's gonna get discovered

and everything around here

is gonna change.

- You're gonna get

discovered right?

That's what this is about,

you're gonna get discovered.

Well it's not gonna happen,

it didn't happen then

and it sure as hell

isn't gonna happen now.

That ship has sailed Jeanette.

- It didn't happen 20 years

ago because I stuck around

here to help put you

through law school

and you never supported me.

- That's all I did.

All I did was support you.

You've no clue and I don't

know if you're still on your

meds but if you are you

shouldn't be drinking.

- Those meds, they made

me feel fuzzy and cloudy

and wrong and I decide what

goes in my body, I decide.

- No you don't.

- And I have it under

control, it is not up to you.

- No you don't, you don't

and you have forfeited the

right to decide.

From now on I decide, I'm

calling doctor levanthal in the

morning and if you wanna

stay with therapy, you wanna

stay on your meds then

maybe I don't sue for full

custody but we are done.

Okay and the dance, all

that business, it is done.

- No you said that if

she won the competition

and got the scholarship

she could keep dancing.

- Yeah, she gets to go to the

competition and that is it.

Okay, and that is for her,

from now on she gets to do

whatever she wants to do,

not what you want her to do.

You hear me?

- No, I didn't hear a thing.

'Cause frankly, you

bore the crap outta me.

And yeah you know what,

let's get divorced.

I'll sue you for

every cent you've got.

Judson family law.

- Hi I'd like to make an

appointment with Mr. judson

regarding divorce proceedings,

next week sometime

Monday or Tuesday.

- Okay I have

a three 30 open on Tuesday.

- That's perfect.

Thank you for getting

me in so soon.

I'll see you then.

Thanks, see you then.

- Hi Beth what's goin' on?

- Jeanette I have some bad

news, I just got booked for a

catering gig tomorrow so i

don't know if I'm gonna be able

to make it down for

the competition.

So is there any way that you

can take Mel down with you

and I don't know maybe if i

get a break I might be able

to get down there

to see her dance?

- Great.

- Okay, I'm so sorry about this.

- It's no problem at all

I just hope you make

it there in time.

- Yeah right, thank you so much.

- Okay bye.

Well it's on you now.

- Okay that's it for today

I've got an open class in

10 minutes, I want you to

stretch a lot before bed

and I want you to

drink lots of water

and I want you to stay away

from the sugary stuff okay?

- Thanks Gaby.

- Okay.

- Oh you were

great, it was great.

- Here's your stuff.

Hi.

- Hey um, Jeanette, um

did you talk to my mom?

- Yeah I did, everything's

fine it's all taken care of.

- Mel I'm just gonna go

wait in the changing room.

- Okay we'll see you in a sec.

- I just, I really hope

she can watch my dance.

- I'm sure she's gonna do her

absolute best to get there

on time and see you

dance, I promise.

Um but I was thinking instead

of trying to go by the

storage unit today why don't

we just head over there

first thing in the morning

just you and I, we'll pick out

a couple of outfits,

whatever you wanna grab

while Sara's getting showered

and then we'll run back

and scoop her up and head out.

- That sounds awesome.

- Oh um, you haven't told

your mom about the costumes

or anything have you?

- No she thinks we're

wearing the stuff we wore

during the flower settle.

- Oh perfect then it's gonna

be such a great surprise

when she finally sees it.

I know right, so I'll

pick you up at nine 30,

we should be at the

storage unit by 10,

grab whatever we want and

that gives us enough time

to scoop Sara up, head

down to the competition,

register and relax

with time to spare.

- Perfect.

Hey.

- Ah sorry I'm

late, how'd it go?

- Really good.

- Okay.

Thank you again for

taking Mel tomorrow.

- Oh my gosh not another

word about it okay?

- I'm just running

to the changing room.

- Yeah okay let's go.

- I'm sorry about

the other night.

You were right I need to

focus on school just as much

as I do on dance.

- You know I'm

really proud of you

and see when you focus

you can achieve anything.

- Thanks mom.

Now I just have to win

that scholarship tomorrow.

- Oh, honey don't worry

about the scholarship.

Just go out there and

do your best okay?

- And I'm sorry for

being such a brat.

I know how hard you work

and I probably

don't say it enough

but thank you for everything.

- I'm sorry too, I've

just been so stressed out

and I don't mean to keep

harping on you for everything

I mean I just want you to

focus on what's important

because I want the best for you.

I don't want you to

struggle like I do.

And I can't work for

Mr. Salvatore forever.

- Honestly mom you could own

your own catering business.

I mean it, you could do it.

- Yeah well maybe

someday I will.

You better go get your

bag packed for tomorrow.

And you should go to bed early

tonight 'cause it's gonna

be a long day and again I'm

so sorry that I'm not gonna

be able to be there.

- I know.

- Let's go over

the details again.

You've got the phone right?

- Yes my phone is here.

- Take the soaked cloth and

cover her nose and mouth

with it, right?

She'll pass right out.

Don't worry it's the happy

stuff that dentists use,

you can't hurt her.

So then you take her

to the storage unit

and once she's all

secured, go somewhere

find a diner or something and

have breakfast and call me

and okay, whatever you do

make sure you pay for

everything with cash.

What's going on, what's wrong?

- Don't you think it

looks sort of weird

a limo driving through

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