Who We Are Now Page #8

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Yes.

And that she's a b*tch?

Was she violent?

Did she use drugs while

you were growing up?

Did she cheat on

her first husband?

Has she ever committed a crime?

I need something I can use

that is going to scare

the living sh*t out of her

so she gives us what we want.

Why do you wanna help me?

This girl I was representing

killed herself today in custody.

She was 17.

I had just gotten

her into this program

that was gonna help her

graduate high school.

We were gonna appear

in court tomorrow

to schedule her release.

I failed her.

It was my fault

and she fell through the cracks.

A judge refused her

a release last week

because Maria didn't

fit the picture

of what a good person is

supposed to look like.

Neither do you.

Do you want my help or not?

Yes, please.

Okay.

What do you have on her?

When she graduated college,

Gabby worked as a teacher

and there was a field trip

fund that the class had

to go to the zoo.

There was a new

litter of lion cubs.

Don't need to hear

about the lion cubs.

And the class was raising

money so that they could go

and Gabby got caught

stealing the money.

200 dollars.

She had a gambling problem.

What happened?

She got fired and that

was the end of the story.

Does Carl know about this?

No, it was eight years ago.

Okay, well I'm going to make it

seem like it was yesterday.

Hello?

Your sister...

got fired from being a teacher

because she was stealing

money from children.

We're gonna go for full custody.

What?

Yeah.

I mean your sister lied

to your son about you

and she has a history

of child abuse.

Child abuse?

Taking money from kids

that are in your care,

that's child abuse.

Is that child abuse?

It will be when I'm done

telling the court that it is.

She doesn't gamble

anymore, she went to therapy.

I don't care.

And neither should you.

You're protecting her.

Do you think she's

protecting you?

Do you know the things that

are gonna be said about you

in a courtroom in

front of a judge?

Things that your sister

is going to allow her

lawyer to say about you.

Beth,

we need this.

If this doesn't go your way,

you may never see Alec again.

When you're gonna punch

someone bigger than you,

you get one chance.

You have to make it a good one.

Do you need to throw up again?

I probably should.

Good, huh?

He's good.

Sounds nice.

Alec, that's my son,

he likes jazz.

He started listening to it

when he was basically a baby.

My mom told me.

So I've been listen to it.

Cool.

Where is he?

Some of the notes sound wrong.

I don't get it.

You're gonna laugh at

me, that's all right.

It's okay.

I'm not laughing at you.

Sounded like you were laughing.

I'm laughing

because you're right.

It's called dissonance.

So that when it resolves,

there's a sense of completion.

No, I was gonna say you

didn't let me finish my thought.

Excuse me, I apologize.

It's okay.

Continue.

I was just gonna

say what you said.

That I know it's

supposed to sound wrong

so that it will

eventually sound right.

Yeah, right.

I guess.

I mean, I didn't like

it at first either.

No?

No.

I really think, with

the exception of my kid,

I think that a lot of the

really important things

in my life, the things

that I really enjoy,

I didn't like them at first.

They kinda had to grow on me.

Oh yeah?

Yeah, you know.

Maybe they're rude or abrasive

in my first experience of them

but then they get a

lot sweeter and nicer

and I figure out

how to handle them.

You're a douchebag,

you know that?

Oh, there she is.

Welcome back, thank

you for joining us.

You seem really good.

I am.

It's nice.

Yeah.

It's always helping

me, which feels good.

Helping you with what?

With my son.

Excuse me.

I'm really sorry to interrupt.

Are you from Fort

Green by any chance?

Yeah.

Did you grow up on Willowbee

Street in Fort Green?

Yeah, I lived on Willowbee.

It's Elizabeth, right?

Beth, no one calls

me that anymore.

Do I know you?

Yeah, come on, it's George.

You know, I grew

up on the corner.

Oh yeah, maybe.

Yeah, maybe.

I was sitting over

there and I was like,

"I know that girl

from going up."

I thought, "No way,

that can't be true."

You know?

It's a small world, there,

aye George from the corner.

What's going on, man?

Can I help you with something?

Yeah.

You can get her to give my

best friend his sister back.

You filthy f***ing c*nt!

What the f*** did you say?!

Huh?

Hey!

What the f*** did you say?

You wanna f***ing talk

to a woman like that?

Why don't you show some

f***ing respect, huh?

You might know her but you

really don't f***ing know me.

I will take your

f***ing head off

and not even think about it.

Stop it!

You f***ing hear me?

Come on!

You f***ing hear me?!

Yes!

F***ing piece of sh*t!

I will kill you.

Michael said that all I

had to do was drive the car.

That's it.

That he would go

in, rob the store,

we'd go home.

Easy as pie.

I...

I heard the gunshot

and when he came out, his

face looked different.

Like he was a completely

different person

and I knew that something had...

And he just told me to...

He screamed, "Go!"

And I just slammed on the gas

without even

looking at the road.

I almost didn't

even feel the thud.

Until the whole car

bounced in the air

when we ran over whatever

it was that I had hit.

And I slammed on the breaks

and I looked out

the back mirror,

back window.

There was just a little shape.

I couldn't even

really see anything.

And he screamed, "Drive!"

And so I just took off.

And we passed a squad

car a few blocks away

and they chased us

because I was speeding

and then I hit a traffic light

and Michael went through the...

Thorough the windshield.

Most of him did, anyway.

It was pretty graphic.

F***.

Natalie was on her way to get

chili powder for her mother,

who was making dinner,

and she had her headphones in,

so she hadn't heard the

shot, didn't hear my car.

My lawyer said that

since Michael was gone

that the judge was probably

gonna want someone to blame

and that I should

expect a harsh sentence.

I think it was especially

hard for my sister

because she had finally

gotten over her own problems

and suddenly she known as

the sister of a child killer.

I served...

ten years out of 15.

I got out a year ago.

I understand that you

probably hate me now, so...

Let me drive you.

Thank you.

F***.

My clients agreed to this

meeting only due to the fact

that there was an

obvious surprise

the last time she was here...

Yes, well thank you.

Having said that,

we are expecting

something definitive.

I'm glad you brought

that up, Rebecca,

because we do have

something definitive

to put on the table today.

Go ahead.

What I'm about to say,

my client has agreed,

to keep in the confines

of these four walls,

but in order to keep it

out of the courtroom,

we are going to

need your complete

and totally agreement

to our new terms.

New terms, right.

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