Please, I can't be here. I'm Scotty's mother. She said ice cream cake for her birthday and I forgot to order it and there's a three day minimum. She just started a new school and the girls are being mean. There's Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is probably the last year she's gonna believe in Santa Claus. And I can't unsee it, her sitting on Santa's lap at the mall and he's asking her, "What do you want for Christmas little girl?" And she's saying, "I want my mommy back." It's not just me. What you're doing, you're doing to them, too. And we're getting kittens next year we decided, and who's gonna be there to teach Scotty how to take care of them? Plus, I am den mother for the Girl Scouts, and I raise money for the library.
Enough.
No! I'm in love. True love. With the most wonderful man. He's my best friend. We went ice skating on our first date. And if you ask him, Wayne will tell you, shepherd's pie is still his favorite food. We just started watching Call the Midwife and there's, like, 13 seasons of that show! So if...if I don't come home...who's gonna remind him to take a Lactaid when he eats cheese?
You made a vow.
I was a child.
Oh, please. You had your hair, you had your menses...
And you had a wife and a son, almost my age, which was 15.
I don't care. You made a mistake when you left me. That means everything after that is a mistake, too.
My daughter is not a mistake.
Fruit of the poison tree. That's a legal way of saying "Two wrongs don't make a right." You belong to me.
Do you know how crazy you sound? The way you see things, your mind. But you believe it's the world that's gone mad. I have to go.
I tell you what, Nadine. I'll promise you - hand to God - I'll promise to let you go just as soon as you beg me to let you stay and mean it.
You want a promise? I'll make you a promise: I'm gonna kill you.
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