Alison's Choice (2015)

[bunniefuu]

[light music]

[Rick] Come on, Al, we
haven't messed up yet.

[Alison] Let's just not this time.

[Rick] You gotta trust me.

I can't believe you don't trust me.

[Alison] It's not that I don't trust...

[Rick] I wouldn't take any chances.

Come on, just for a minute.

[Alison] Oh, god.

[Rick] What's with the oh, god?

I hate that oh, god thing you do.

[Alison] I'm sorry, it's just...

[Rick] What is it, you don't love me?

If you don't love me, tell me.

[Alison] I just don't
feel like it's safe.

[Rick] So you think I'm that stupid?

[Alison] I never said you were stupid.

[Rick] Why do you make me work

so hard all the time?

[Alison] I'm sorry, I don't mean to.

It's just that...
[Rick] What then?

[Alison] I'm sorry.

["Perfect Day" by Sophie Park]

[laughing]

[indistinct talking]

Alison.

Alison?

Done with your paperwork?

Uh.

See, um.

I wasn't sure what to put
here about the father.

Just put a line through it,

it doesn't matter.

Um, I just don't want anyone...

I mean, it's not like
I don't know who it is.

We're actually planning
on having a family.

Just leave it blank, it doesn't matter.

Girl, leave it blank.

See me?

I always leave it blank.

If he ain't here with you, he's a blank.

They all blanks,

so you might as well
just go on and go blank.

Or you can write something more colorful,

that's it.

You know what, you write
what you wanna write,

'cause it's totally up to you.

I'm just saying,

if he ain't man enough
to be here with you,

he deserve it, don't he?

Or no?

I'll just leave it blank.

Okay, you intend to pay cash?

Oh, yeah.

I have it right here.

She's a first timer, Miss Glo.

Girl, you ain't gotta pay.

Tell her.

Here, let me just give you this.

You hold on to this
and I'll let you know.

Okay.

Mm-hmm, I ain't never paid for mine.

No thanks to Mr. Blank.

Do you have somebody to take you home?

You drove yourself, didn't you?

Well, we'll take care of that later, okay?

Thank you.

Alison.

Hmm?

I could lose my job for asking you this.

But are you sure about what you're doing?

No.

Sylvia?

Alison, I have loved you since before

your days began.

I loved you with a love
that is everlasting

with faithfulness and
desire for your goodness

beyond your furthest dreams.

I've a future and a plan for you, Alison.

It would melt your heart to know

even the tiniest measure
of care and wonder

that lie before you within the embrace

of my hope.

And I will never leave you, Alison.

As so many have I will never abandon

or turn you away.

And I love you, Alison.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

[Speaker] Glo, come to the back, please.

Excuse me, Miss.

Hmm?

May I?

Oh, yeah, sorry.

No, no, just...

Oh, right, sorry.

I'm a little new at this.
[laughing]

Yeah, I know.

Yeah. [Laughing]

And that girl over there,

she's a first timer, Glo.

I guess I just have a
stamp on my head, right?

No, it's not that.

Well, I'm a last timer, too,

I guarantee it.

I would think that's a good thing.

Oh, wow.

That was pretty stupid
what I just said, huh?

I'm so sorry, how embarrassing.

I'm not usually this weird, I'm just...

And all I had to was lift up my feet,

but no, not Alison, you know,

she's gotta turn it into
this whole major thing.

Oh, oh, my god.

Let me get that.

Is it okay?

Can you fix it?

It doesn't look so bad.

I'm expecting a very,
very important call.

The boyfriend.

I can see you're not a first timer.

I bet you've fixed lots of phones in here.

And a few other things.

Oh, god, please call.

Please be okay.

Oh, no, no, no, he's not like that.

His name is Rick.

I'm Alison, actually, and he's Rick.

You know, he's actually pretty concerned

about this whole thing.

You hear that a lot, don't you?

Well, you know, he's different.

Sure, he has his ways, but he'll call.

You'll see.

Yeah, here you go.

Okay.

Moment of truth, right?

[beeping]

Oh, my god, thank you,
thank you, thank you!

Thank you, Jesus.

Oh, I'm so sorry, I
didn't offend you, did I?

No, I hear it all the time.

Oh, god.

Is it okay if I go outside?

You can do better without me sitting here.

Yeah, okay. [Laughing]

[Rick] Nobody home, leave a message.

Uh, hi, um, I guess
you're still sleeping.

That's good, you need
your sleep, I'm glad.

I'm here, and everything's okay.

I just knew you'd be
worried and all, so...

I miss you.

Um, okay, well, I'll talk to you soon.

Later.

I should be done soon is what I mean.

And, um, and you can call if you want.

I mean, um, it's okay,
they said it's okay.

Okay.

So I'll, um, I'll talk to you soon.

Okay.

Yeah, okay.

He's sleeping.

At least I hope he's sleeping.

Yeah, it's not nice.

But you know,

you could end up with that guy.

It's not a good thing.

Better you find out now.

But a lovely young woman like yourself

deserves a guy who will treat her

like a lovely young woman like yourself.

But this wreck,

he's already done enough harm,

don't you think?

You've worked here a
long time, haven't you?

Since 1973.

Wow.

I wasn't even born yet.

It's a long time.

I don't even think my mom was born yet.

A very long time.

You know, I always wished I had a father

who talked to me like you did just now.

Ah, no dad is perfect, that's for sure.

How did I end up in this place?

I mean, it's not like I'm a bad person.

I'm just trying to be
happy like everyone else.

I'm sorry, I don't even know you.

You've probably met a
million girls just like me.

And then some.

Every one of them special,

every one of them precious.

And every one of them facing

the exact same question.

What do I do now?

As if I have a choice.

Oh, wow.

Tell me I didn't just say that.

I wish I could.

But you know what I mean,

I don't have a choice.

What else can I do?

How about have a baby?

[laughing]

That's crazy.

I can barely take care of myself.

I mean, I wanna have kids.

It's not like I'm against it.

It's just, it's not the
right time, I guess.

And especially with Rick.

That's his name, Rick.

I already told you that.

If we were going good, maybe.

But...

He just keeps telling me to do this.

That everything will be good again

if I just do this.

Might you be Alison?

Oh, sweetie, here, here's some tissues.

Never fear, Marta's here.

My name is Marta.

M-A-R-T-A.

I'm a counselor.

You know the receptionist, Gloria,

she called me about you.

She said you're not so
sure about all this today.

I thought I was, but
I don't know anymore.

I've been there myself, girl.

Oh, it's so cold here.

It's private, though, you know.

We get to talk woman to woman.

So, what can I help you with, Alison?

Can I answer any questions for you?

No, I know it all.

I just need to buck up and do it.

It's what my father always told me.

You know, stop your whimpering, Alison,

and just get on with it.

No, you don't have to get on with it.

Nobody is forcing you.

But a young girl like you,

you have your whole life ahead of you.

As a matter of fact, I
was in your shoes once.

That's what makes me so
qualified for this job.

And I love my job.

I was about your age.

And I never thought I'd get preggers.

My boyfriend wasn't taking responsibility.

Was his name Rick, too?

No, but sometimes they're all the same,

aren't they?

I hope not, otherwise
I'm in big trouble.

So, wait, you did this?

It's the best thing I ever did.

And then I married the most wonderful man,

also not named Rick.

And we had another child,

wait, I mean, a child.

Where is it, where is it?

Oh, and, oh, here he is.

I mean, he's all grown up now,

but I like to keep him a little boy.

It's a mom thing.

And obviously I love my job because

I get to help girls
like you find their way.

I always thought if you
did this your plumbing

got too screwed up to have another kid.

No!

Gah, that's pro-life propaganda.

Well, I mean, sometimes it does happen.

I mean, there are risks,

but there are risks to carrying

a pregnancy to term, too.

I just want it to go away.

But that's what we do, Alison.

That's the magic.

It just, poof, goes away.

And never had another one?

No.

It's kinda sad being an only kid.

I gotta dash off now.

[coughing]

Oh, my goodness, there's this girl

that I have to meet at my office.

She's waiting for me, a terrible case.

She says the father is her father,

can you imagine?

Okay, so here's the, here's my card.

You call me when you need me.

My cell number is right there.

And remember, Alison.

Alison needs to think about Alison.

You have such exotic eyes.

You wouldn't have a little Asian in you,

would ya?

Huh?

Not appropriate, never mind.

[phone ringing]

Okay, I gotta go, dashing, see ya.

Okay, my phone does not stop.

It's blowing up.

There's something that M-A-R-T-A

didn't tell you, Alison.

Your baby.

She's a little girl.

Who are you?

I mean, who do you think you are

to say a thing like that?

I don't even know you.

Wait a minute.

She didn't...

See me.

But how could she not?

Who are you?

Well, I'm not a ghost.

I'm certainly no angel.

I'm definitely not...

Kind of leaves only one option.

Oh, God.

You gotta be more
careful with that, Alison.

You say, oh, God, and oh,

God is what you're gonna get.

Okay.

You just stay away from me.

Stay right there.

Hi, hi, Miss Glo?

[Glo] Yes?

Uh, yeah, it's Alison.

Um, I talked to you earlier.

I'm the girl who left it blank.

Uh, yeah, could you please buzz me in?

[Glo] Of course.

Please.

You just stay away from me.

Just, don't.

[Speaker] Is there an aid available

for room three, please?

[sighing]

[waiting room music]

I didn't get your name before.

You didn't ask before.

Yeah, I know, I'm sorry.

I'm just a little new at this.

First timer.

See, I knew it.

You oughta make sure
you a last timer, too.

Yeah, I was actually just
thinking about that before.

Um, I'm sorry, I just...

Sorry?

It's me who should be
sorry for coming back

to this rat hole.

Sure glad my mama ain't
around to see this.

Some people just never smell the coffee.

I like coffee.

Yeah, me, too.

But you are a pretty young girl,

don't be coming back.

Take a lesson from
Lecretia, that's my name.

Lacret.

My name's Alison, Al, Ali.

My grandmother used to call me, Ali.

Oh, my grandmother, she'd b*at my butt

if she me in a place like this.

Uh, Lecretia?

Mmm?

Do you know that
maintenance man over there,

not that you would,

it's just you seem to know
people around here, so.

Maintenance man,

I ain't ever met no maintenance man.

Although my mama tells me my daddy

was a maintenance man among other things,

if you know what I'm talking about.

So you don't know him?

Girl, is you high?

What you been smoking?

Heather.

That's me.

[somber music]

Thank you.

Nasty old witch.

She didn't look at me and see if

my name was Heather.

Ain't no reason why my
name can't be Heather.

Girl, maintenance man.

I don't even know why I'm talking to you,

you and this maintenance man.

I'm sorry, Miss Glo?

Lecretia troubling you?

No, no, not at all.

She's actually very lovely.

Did you get to talk to Marta?

Yes.

Do you have any questions?

No.

But that man over there, the janitor,

I hate to use that word,
but you know what I mean.

Can you ask, like he just
keeps on staring at me.

So...

That janitor there?

Yes, yes! [Laughing]

This is such a relief.

Lecretia didn't even know
what I was talking about.

It was like she couldn't see him.

I mean, how can you not see him,

he's standing right there.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm so relieved.

Miss Glo to the rescue.

I bet that's a motto around here.

You can always count on Miss Glo.

Honey, I just get paid to keep things

moving here, but I'm
not made out of stone.

This is very stressful
for a girl like you,

and stress, stress can
do some funny things.

It can make you see
janitors that aren't there.

Now, what I asked you
earlier, if you're sure,

and that is not something
that I ask every girl.

Mam?

Your janitor is upsetting me,

and I would think that someone in your

very delicate position would...

Alison, honey, there is no janitor.

He doesn't come in until nine.

And I've never seen
him once come in early.

I'm sorry, Alison.

There's no janitor.

Of course.

Silly me. [Laughing]

I'm seeing janitors that aren't there.

I must be so freaked out
about this whole thing

that I'm seeing a janitor,
of all things, right?

I know I'm pretty weird,

but my boyfriend said he was gonna call,

so, uh, yeah.

You think about what I asked you.

There's still time.

I am, I mean, I will.

Thank you, Miss Glo.

Thank you for you.

I love the way you have
it decorated in here.

It's very nice, makes
a girl feel like home.

So, I'm gonna go sit down, mm-hmm.

Who are you?

You know who I am.

Oh, God.

Oh, God, Jesus,

the word was with God
and the word was God.

Any of that ring a bell?

Sunday school.

And you thought it was a waste of time.

Funny, but you don't look
how you're supposed to look.

Tell me something I
didn't hear 2,000 years ago.

What's that supposed to mean?

You shouldn't have skipped that Sunday.

But if you're not impressed,

I could, uh, how about something
more ancient of daysish?

[whooshing]

Or maybe Renaissance painting?

[whooshing]

Okay, no more, please.

[whooshing]

Janitor look suddenly working for you?

Yeah.

Yes.

Why can't they see you?

I'm not here physically.

I'm my spirit.

Father, son, Holy Spirit.

Ever heard of that?

[door opening]

Wendy Mei Fong?

Yes.

Am I saying that right?

Thank you very much.

[crying]

Are you okay?

My babies.

They're k*lling my babies.

I don't understand.

Thousands.

Thousands and thousands of my babies.

Don't call them babies.

They're not babies.

What about these girls?

What about me, okay?

We need help.

We're just trying to live our lives.

What, we're supposed
to just drop everything

and become a mommy, is that it?

Why don't you stop it?

You're mister oh, God, I'm so powerful.

Well, why don't you do
something if it's so awful?

What about the other stuff?

People are k*lling each other all around

the world, but no, what about that, huh?

And the polar ice caps are melting, too.

But no, you're in here
all upset because girls

are just trying to live their lives.

You're just wrong.

Hi, Miss Glo.

Is it okay if I get some fresh air,

just go outside for a minute.

I know I was just out there, but, um...

No, that's fine.

Okay, perfect.

And, um, how much longer
is this gonna take?

Because I really, really wanna get this

over and done with.

Go on, girl, that's
what I'm talkin' about.

I love a woman that takes charge.

Assuming we stay on schedule, 10:45.

Good, that's really good.

I'm super glad.

Good.

I'll just be, oh, do
you want my money now?

I actually have it here with me, so...

Girl, I told you, you ain't gotta pay!

Not yet, I'll let you know when.

Okay.

Thank you, I just wanna
get this over with.

You've thought about it?

No, ah, yes, I mean yes.

Yeah, I was thinking
about it while I was over,

ah, over there.

Thank you.

I just want this over with.

I understand.

Thank you so much, Miss Glo.

You know, you're the
perfect kind of person

to be working in a place like this.

You know what I mean.

[laughing]
- Go on, girl,

buttering up Miss Glo, I see you.

Alison, you go get some fresh air.

Okay.

[ticking]

[door opening]

You care for a fake cigarette?

Oh, um, I don't smoke.

Neither do I.

It's fun to pretend sometimes.

I don't know about you,

but I seem to pretend a lot these days.

There you go.

They say it's just water vapor.

See?

Hey, you got it.

Just keep pretending.

Why are you here?

Oh.

I already have two kids.

I'll show you.

Look, this is Anna, and this is Harvey.

My husband insisted that we name him

after his grandfather.

So it's this cute little two-year-old

with an 80-year-old name.

Do they know?

No.

Nobody knows.

Mommy's taking a mommy
day at the spa today.

Not even your husband?

Especially my husband.

That's the last thing he needs

on his plate right now.

So you guys didn't even talk about it?

I tried to, a couple times, but...

Don't get me wrong, he's a good husband.

This just isn't the right time, is all.

I do think about Anna and Harvey,

the little brother that
they'll never know.

I just have this mom feeling it's a boy.

Not even when they're older?

[laughing]

How about that cigarette, huh?

It's fun to pretend, isn't it?

[Speaker] Rita, we're ready for you.

Especially now.

What if something goes wrong in there?

I mean, then they'll know.

Something could go wrong.

Well, that's just a risk we're both

willing to take, now, isn't it?

I'll tell you what, um...

Alison.

My friends call me Al.

Ali.

Rita, nice to meet you.

So I'll tell you what, Ali.

You pray for me, and I'll pray for you.

Why can't they see you?

I told you, I'm my spirit.

Why me?

'Cause I love you, Alison.

And I love your little girl, too.

And I have great hope for both of you.

I willed her to live before
the beginning of time.

Same as you.

And I willed her for life, Alison.

Not to die today in this place,

certainly not by her own mother.

I know you think it's not the right time

for you, Alison,

I know you think this
interferes with the way

you wanted your life to happen,

but Alison, she lives.

And just because that's not
right for you right now,

it doesn't make it not true.

She lives.

Inside you.

Even now she has a tiny little heart,

smaller than a speck.

And it beats pumping life
to her tiny little limbs,

and growing a million cells a second,

and eyes and nose and feet and hands.

Right now even as I speak I'm literally

hand forming her inside you.

Building her little life,

and growing her to that
day when she can breathe

that very first time
without her mommy's help.

That very first day
when she opens her eyes

and she sees her mommy's smile.

Alison, your little girl just wants

to see your smile.

Her little mind can't comprehend it,

but I've already built
that desire into her.

She just wants to feel the warmth

of her mommy's arms around her,

the same as right now as she's tucked

into the safety of her mommy's tummy.

Alison, your little girl just wants you.

I know you just want her to go away,

but she just wants you.

You sure she's a girl?

I should know.

What about them and their little girls?

What about Rita?

She's already a mother,

so why don't you try and stop her?

I'm trying with them, too.

Same as I'm trying with you.

Go ahead and look.

I'll open your eyes and you can see.

[insightful music]

The battle is in the will, Alison.

I want what I want, no
matter the consequences,

no matter the harm.

It's easy for me to split the Red Sea,

to raise Lazarus from the dead,

but the human will.

So what are we gonna do?

The question is, what
are you gonna do, Alison?

It's your choice.

She's your little girl.

And I gave her to you to surround

with all the care and love and protection

and joy and wonder a
little girl can handle.

I gave her to you, and you alone,

because I trust you.

I trust you with your little girl,

who is my little girl.

Just like you're my little girl, too.

You're a mother, Alison.

The decision is literally yours.

Whether today she lives,

or she dies.

Would you like to meet her?

I don't understand.

Your little girl.

Would you like to meet her?

[whooshing]

[happy music]

[heart b*at thumping]

[phone ringing]

Hi!

[Rick] Yeah, what's up?

It's Rick.

[Rick] How's it going there?

Oh, I'm fine.

Wanna talk to him?

You know, just that it's so cold out.

[Rick] I know, I got
my board last night.

I'm hoping for snow.

Oh, um, you got a new board?

[Rick] Yeah, yeah,

I got in just before they closed.

I thought you said money was tight.

[Rick] You should see this baby,

she is so beautiful.

Yeah, but I...

[Rick] I gotta do my thing.

Why are you trying to
take that away from me?

I'm not taking anything away from you.

[Rick] Then what's your problem?

You know you suck the
fun out of everything.

I'm sorry.

Tell me about your board.

[Rick] You already ruined it.

I was all excited and now
you make me feel like dirt.

I said I was sorry, can we move on?

[Rick] Whatever.

So, are you coming?

[Rick] Yeah, I, uh, I think it's better

if I just lay low, Al.

You sound all on edge and everything.

You don't realize how you are when

you're like that, but why don't I text you

when you're done and
I'll spring for a pizza.

If they'll let you eat when you're done.

Won't they?

[somber music]

Are you there, Al?

Can you hear me?

I think I lost her, Captain.

Aloicious?

Paging Aloicious.

I love it when you call me Aloicious.

[laughing]

[Rick] That's because
you wish you were a dude.

I do not, don't say that.

[Rick] It's a dude's name,

and you love it, so...

Maybe you wish I was a dude.

[Rick] Al wants to be a dude.

Al wants to be a dude. [Singing]

[Alison] Stop.

[Rick] I'll stop when
you tell me you love me.

Dude, dude, dude, dude.

[Alison] Okay, I love you.

Okay, now you say it to me.

[Rick] Say what?

Dude?

Dude, dude, dude... [Alison] No!

Say I love you. [Laughing]

Come on, Rick, say it.

[ticking] [waiting room music]

[laughing] [beeping]

Look who's all of a sudden all smiles.

Oh, um, it's my boyfriend.

He's sending me funny pictures.

[laughing]

Funny man, this boyfriend of yours.

Oh, you have no idea. [Laughing]

Seems to me a man oughta
just say I love you.

Oh, no, it's like his love language.

He oughta be speaking
the English language.

Haven't you ever
heard of love languages?

It's like, different
people have different ways

of saying I love you.

Like, my daddy, for example.

He never used to say I love you,

or I'm proud of you.

It just wasn't his love language.

And it used to k*ll me until I realized

it wasn't his love language.

Well, my daddy,

he's speaks the nowhere
to be found language.

No, this is serious.

See, even though he
doesn't say I love you,

he did other things, like, you know,

buy me nice dresses.

And the whole time I'm thinking, oh,

my daddy doesn't love me.

And he's wondering why I'm upset.

It's like we just weren't understanding

each other's love languages.

Things I missed not going to college.

[laughing]

See, it's the same with Rick.

That's my boyfriend's name, Rick.

See, he doesn't buy me things,

actually, I'm the one who does most of

the buying, but, he does other stuff.

Like, you know, making me laugh.

That's his way of saying I love you.

That's his love language.

Well, is he gonna bring his funny behind

down here so you don't have to do this

all by yourself?

Or he don't speak that language, either?

Well, where's your boyfriend?

I ain't never claimed
to have no boyfriend.

Ain't nobody sending me funny pictures.

It's his love language.

All I see is a pretty
girl all by her lonesome.

Hmm.

You again.

Me and Lacretia.

What does she know?

And who is she to give me advice?

Yeah, she's made her share of mistakes,

that's for sure.

Well, why don't you
try and save her baby?

I am already.

Oh, right, yeah.

Let me open your eyes, Alison.

[beeping]

You really love him, don't you, Al?

You don't wanna lose him.

I don't wanna discuss this with you.

I know.

If I may, you could've saved yourself

a lot of trouble if you had.

What do you know about trouble?

You just sit up there where everything

is so great and you get to watch down

on all our starving
children and wars and AIDs.

No, no, we can't have any fun.

No, we have to go to G-rated movies

otherwise we go to hell
or something, right?

Yes, I love him.

And nothing is gonna
take that away from me.

Not even your little girl?

Especially that.

He's hanging her over
your head, isn't he, Al?

I can't handle a baby right now.

You, too, Al.

If you have this baby,
it'll tear us apart.

What am I supposed to do?

Go buy a minivan?

This isn't happening,

tell me this isn't happening.

[sighing]

You just gotta take care of it.

You gotta go someplace
and take care of it.

A lot of girls do it.

Shake's girl did it.

Yo, Shake!

- Yeah.
- Don't.

What's up, man?

Nothing.

Okay.

Shakes, man.

It's not a big deal,

you just gotta go someplace
and take care of it.

It's not like it's a real kid or anything.

How am I gonna pay for it?

I don't know.

We'll figure out how
much it is and split it.

I don't know, how am I supposed to know?

You were there, too, Rick.

Yeah, okay, now you're going way out

like this is all my fault.

[sighing]

Just forget it, Rick.

If you have this baby,
it'll tear us apart.

Look, it's already tearing us apart.

Forget it.

I'll just do something.

How could you just do nothing

and let him say those things.

Miss Glo?

Is there a place I can
go and just be alone?

I mean, I know I can go outside, but...

Come with me.

Thank you.

Just forget it.

I'll just do something.

She's a precious woman, Rick.

Go after her.

She's carrying your baby.

Be a man!

I tried, Alison.

Just like I'm here with
you now trying so hard

to save your little girl's life.

To save your life.

Because I promise you, Alison,

if you do this thing that
you set your mind to do,

you'll pay a terrible price.

Just like your little girl will pay

a terrible price.

Every day for the rest of your life.

[Woman In Hallway] So do you know

when she'll be able to
return to her classes?

I love you, Alison.

If you had even the slightest idea

how deeply I love you.

Who says I'm still gonna do it.

Maybe I'll change my mind.

Maybe I could raise her.

Yeah, I could do that.

I could get a better job.

Break up with Rick.

Yeah, who needs a guy like that?

If I just had a better job.

I just don't know what I should do.

[sobbing]

[inspirational music]

[upbeat music]

Alison.

Alison, honey.

Alison?

[Speaker] Everyone
available to room one B.

You were just dreaming.

You were screaming in your sleep.

I, um, I have to get out of here.

I don't, I don't want this anymore.

What's going on in here?

What are they doing in here?

She wanted to be alone so I just

thought if I brought her...

Are you out of your mind?

I need to go.

I need to get my things and,

and I need to go.

She fell asleep, she was just dreaming.

Dream on, girl.

Back to the waiting
room for you, young lady.

Nasty old witch.

Lecretia.

You must be Alison.

My name is Dee, Alison.

I, I have to go.

See if Sheen has a moment.

Feeling better?

You're feeling better already, aren't you?

Good, I'm glad.

Can you stand, think you can stand?

Come on.

Up you go.

Good, you're not dizzy, are you?

No.

Okay.

You know, Gloria's told me
a lot about you, Alison.

Um, Al.

You can call me Ali.

Why don't you and I
take a little walk, Ali?

I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Sheen

if that's okay.

Is he the doctor doctor?

He's the doctor doctor doctor.

And you're gonna love him.

In fact, he has a daughter about your age,

so you two will have a lot to talk about.

[Speaker] Can we get
some help in room one.

Everyone available go to room one.

So tell me a little bit about yourself.

How old are you, exactly?

I'm 19.

I hear you.

Where are you from?

I'm from here originally.

But I think it's her who needs the help.

And have you always lived here?

[groaning] It's okay, it's okay.

Relax.

Let's go this way.

Come on.

[beeping]

[Speaker] Please be advised the team

from county has just arrived.

Come right in here.

Um, just have a seat.

Dr. Sheen will be with you in a moment.

Is there anything I can do before I leave?

I don't want you to have anything

to eat or drink but
anything at all I can do

to make you more comfortable?

You're very kind, thank you.

Thank you.

That's very important to me.

You know, I was a girl
like you once, Alison.

So I understand being a bit confused.

You must know Marta.

Marta?

M-A-R-T-A. [Laughing]

I'm sorry, I'm not following.

Oh, what do you mean a girl like me?

Young.

Younger.

My whole life ahead of me,

this ugly little problem in the way.

In love.

You're in love, aren't you?

The wrong guy.

Well.

There you have it.

So what happened?

You know, Ali, this
isn't just a job to me.

This is a mission.

I help girls like you, like me,

to become masters of their universe.

To control their own lives and bodies,

their own destinies.

And to never have their lives reduced

to some man's needs or
some whining child's

who will frankly one day bleed you dry

and then leave you like everyone else.

At the end of this month,

I celebrate my 5,000th termination,

and I could not be more proud

of all the women I've helped.

I go home to my condo every night,

and I do what I wanna do and watch

what I wanna watch on television,

and never have to sit
through NFL with some slob

eating buffalo wings or
Thomas the t*nk Engine

with little diaper boy.

I do what I want when I want.

Except for my three kitties,

Frank, Fluffy, and Tubs.

I admit, my kitties are my life.

Especially Tubby, he's my favorite.

But shh, don't tell.

I had a cat once.

I taught it to poop in the toilet.

The point is, Alison,
you are your own master.

And nothing would please me more than

to one day have you say, thank you, Dee,

I know what you mean.

You see this?

It's stunning, isn't it?

I bought this for myself in the Caribbean

when I took myself on vacation.

No man strings, no little wa-was

spilling juice on me.

Nothing.

Now that's the stuff
dreams are made of, Ali.

Next time you have a dream, dream of that.

Zimbabwe.

I go every year.

Gotta give back, you know.

Oh, please, please.

Have a seat.

As you can see, I brought
the family one year.

Oh, boy, was that a mistake.

Alison.

Al, I like Ali a lot.

Ali a lot it is.

I hope you don't mind,

but I haven't had a chance to breathe

let alone eat, so is it okay if I whip

something up while we talk?

No, it's okay.

I'm sorry I can't offer you anything

for obvious reasons.

No, really, it's okay.

Alright, what's on the menu for today?

My wife and I, we've been
juicing a lot lately.

What about you, you juice?

Jamba Juice.

Are you vegan?

No, Alison.

No, I...

[laughing]

That's good, you got me good there.

I'm sorry, I...

No, no, no.

I like spunk in a girl.

Two points, Miss Alison.

Ali a lot. [Laughing]

I have no problem with meat.

I like meat.

Chicken is my favorite.

So, Alison.

What can I do you for?

Well, I'm starting to think

this isn't such a great idea.

What would make you think that?

Well, I've just been thinking,

and I had this dream
where I was with my baby.

Oh, that dream.

Hmm.

A lot of my patients have that dream.

Well, I mean, I was thinking maybe

it's like, you know,

God trying to tell me something.

It's not a good idea to bring God

into anything like this.

Guaranteed to mess with your mind.

But let me ask you one question.

What would make Alison
have the brightest future?

Well, I mean that's just the thing.

I could be blowing my future.

I mean, who knows what tomorrow holds.

But today, I mean, today I have

this beautiful little baby and...

Whoa, girly.

Now let's just stop right there.

I wanna get one thing 100% correct

in Alison's brain machinery.

I'm a doctor.

I deal in science.

What you can prove and what you can't.

And right now there is nothing but

a very unattractive clump of tissue

inside you, okay?

Okay, but, um...

No but.

Well, I know, but...

But, what, Alison?

I know you're a doctor and all,

but how do you know?

Know what?

Well, that it isn't alive.

I mean, it's growing inside me, right?

That's why you have to act now.

Yeah, but that's just the thing, Doc.

I mean, dead things don't grow.

[laughing]

Alison, didn't the counselors explain

all of this to you?

Well, I just wanna make sure.

I mean, is there any
chance that you're wrong?

Can it live on its own?

No.

It can't anything on its own.

Separated from you, it
would very quickly die.

Yeah, but, wait.

Wait, what did you just say?

My point is is that it
cannot survive on its own.

Yeah, but I mean, you
could say the same thing

about my grandma.

I mean, we have to feed
her and look after her

and she has like this tube that goes up

her nose to help her breathe.

I mean, she still won't quit smoking.

[laughing]

Alison, your concerns are very sweet.

But again I assure you
there is nothing alive

inside of you right now.

In a few months, yes.

But right now, no.

How can it just out of the blue

be a baby?

I mean, how come now
it's just like this blob,

but then later it's like a real person?

I mean how come it's okay to do it before

because it's like nothing,

but then if I wait and I do it, it's like,

no you can't do it because
you're k*lling someone!

Honey, if you wanna change your mind,

you go right ahead.

It's your choice to use
the customary verbiage.

Just tell Glo on your way out

and good luck to you.

And the truth is, you're right.

Now, this is strictly off the record,

but no one knows 100% for sure.

And all of the research in the world

cannot guarantee you
the way you want me to.

But even if it is alive,

what are you, Alison,
going to do with a baby?

I meet thousands of girls just like you,

thousands.

So tell me, please.

What are you going to do with a baby?

[beeping]

[Speaker] Dr. Sheen, room one, please.

Well, you have to excuse me.

And if you don't mind,
just letting yourself out,

and tell Glo what you wanna do,

and all the best to you.

You're a good girl.

Easy, tight corner. [Groaning]

Doing okay, Rita?

Do you have her paperwork?

It's up front.

What you're feeling is perfectly normal,

it's completely understandable.

I'll get the door.

[thoughtful music]

[siren wailing]

Is she going to be okay?

Physically, yeah.

In every other way, too.

I'll make it all good again.

Just nowhere close to
what it could've been.

She'll lose her family.

And the kids, Anna and Harvey,

it's going to be very hard on them.

I tried, Alison.

But she threw it all away.

Cruel.

No, Alison.

I'm not cruel.

This world can sometimes be cruel.

People can often be very cruel.

Mothers doing this to their babies,

and governments that say that's okay,

and doctors making millions off of it.

Now that's very cruel.

What was inside that stainless steel tray

that you were very right to not look into

because if you had,

it would have scarred your mind

to the end of your days.

Alison, that's very cruel.

Forgive me, Alison, for
flatly contradicting you,

but you and billions like you,

generation after generation
have it so tragically backwards.

I'm not the one who's cruel, Alison.

Oh, the price you pay because of it.

Do you wanna see cruel, Alison?

What is that?

It's your salvation.

It's your freedom from guilt and shame

and sin and horror and all the cruel

that flows out of it.

I didn't ask you to do that.

Yes, you did, Alison.

Every time you vowed to
get your life together

and couldn't quite handle it,

every time you said I'll
never do that again,

and you went right back to it.

Every time you cried
yourself to sleep at night

because your heart hurt so bad

and you couldn't figure out why.

And no matter what you tried,

it wouldn't go away.

That's just normal for people.

I know.

And nothing breaks my heart more.

Alison, you spent half your life trying

to get your daddy to say I love you,

and the second half trying to find it

someplace else.

If that's normal, who wants it?

Why didn't you do something?

I...

I tried.

The same as I'm here trying with you.

And believe me, Alison, when I tell you

that deep down inside your daddy he wanted

so badly to love you like
you needed to be loved.

Even today he can see it in your eyes

every time he looks at you,

that you just want him to say the words.

Well, can't you just force him?

Just once, if I could hear it one time,

then everything will be okay.

No, I can't.

I mean, I can, but I can't.

The same as I can't force you to jump

in your car and take your baby as far away

from this place as possible.

And just embrace being a mom,

and dance for joy at all the wonder

of having this precious little privilege

alive inside you.

I gave you my life, Alison.

When my wrists were open like this,

the way was open before
you to grab hold of life,

eternal life, fullness of life,

goodness in life.

Your baby's life.

It lies before you.

Life, life, life, life,

free for the taking.

But behind this wall, Alison,

I promise you, there's not life.

There's just what was in
that stainless steel tray,

and that is not life, Alison.

That's as far from life
as not life can get.

I wanna see it.

No, Alison, you don't.

Yes, I do, I wanna see it.

You gotta believe me,

you need to trust me on this.

Show me.

I set before you the
path of life or death.

Choose life.

So that you and your children

and your children's children may live.

[hip hop music]

Hey, uh, excuse me.

Dang, girl, you alright?

Lecretia's boyfriend, D'Shawn.

Need me to like, get
a doctor or something?

He's a good man.

We've been having some good conversations.

[hip hop music]

This thing is like Tales From the Crypt.

Sure ain't gonna find one in here.

Uh, no, I'm fine, thank you.

Alright, do you.

You think you'd be a better dancer.

Ah, I'm just holding back.

This be your problem right here.

You might as well be smoking
your cell phone, girl.

Water vapor, my...

You know what I mean, right?

I told you he was a good man.

So, uh, can I get in right here?

I'm sorry, my name be D'Shawn.

Oh, yeah, I know.

Oh, so the Lecri been bragging

about the D Man, huh?

That's what I'm talking about!

No, actually, she, um...

Just go right up and press the buzzer

and they'll let you in.

I'm going for gold, girl.

[buzzing]

Mind my word about that little funny

cigarette thing, too.

Thus say the Lord on that one.

He be meanin' me.

[Speaker] Yes?

Yeah, uh, my name be D'Shawn,

and my girl Lecri be
somewhere inside this crib.

[Speaker] This is a private facility,

Mr. D'Shawn.

Look, woman.

I don't care about no
private nothin', alright?

You got my woman and my baby in there.

Now either they comin' out,

or the D Man coming in.

What are you doing here?

Get on out of here, boy!

Not without you, girl.

What, are you crazy,

telling Lecretia all what's up like you

some type of caveman or something?

It's about to get real good.

Girl, I'm not about to talk to you

through no glass like you in a zoo.

You better get on out here.

[Speaker] I'm calling security.

No need, Miss Glo,

he's a harmless little boy.

Boy?

Who you calling a boy?

Do I look like a boy to you?

You ain't no boy.

That's for sure.

Why, thank you.

Now, Lecretia Brianne Whitney.

Your man is asking you real polite like

to get your you know what out here.

Now you coming out or what?

Works for me.

I couldn't have said it better.

Oh, you're a fine gentleman.

Let me see if I can check my schedule.

I love that woman.

I can tell.

[door opening]

Well, what now?

You all big and bad,

shoving your weight around like you.

Suge Knight or something.

Lecri, I've been doing some thinking.

[laughing]

Like you'd be thinking.

Lecretia!

Girl, you don't know the half of it.

Last I hear, he was kicking me out.

Now he wanna come around
here talking about

I been thinking.

Well, you better think again.

Lecri.

I want you to come home with me.

We having a baby, woman.

We?

Since when is it we?

Wasn't so long ago you
was telling Lecretia

you ain't the daddy of nothin'.

That ain't my baby, Lecri.

Don't look at me, look at them other guys.

And I told you, it ain't no other guy.

But now it's we.

I know, I know.

But it's gonna be different
this time, alright?

I'm gonna take care of you.

I'm gonna take care of little D, too.

I already told my grandma,

she got a room set up
for us and everything.

Come on, I love you, Lecri.

Big D love.

Come on, give D some love.

D don't deserve no love.

You're right.

You're 100% right, baby.

But I mean, can we like talk,

just you and,

you gonna really make me do this

right here in front of
homegirl, this place?

Oh, no, I'll go inside, I'm sorry.

No, girl, you stay right where you are.

Don't let him run you away, too.

[sighing]

Since you all bad and been thinking,

shall we retire to your office?

[happy music]

You know most of the
world writes that man off,

but not me.

You know what he's doing right now?

He's saving his baby's life.

And he's right, it's a boy.

And that name, Little D,

I'm sorry to say it, but it's gonna stick.

[laughing]

No, no, don't tell me.

It's definitely not my top pick.

But I'll just let his daddy have that one.

Little D, you lived today.

You stepped into the future and it was

six minutes and 18 seconds from being

ripped away from you.

That was close.

What's gonna happen to him?

Wonderful things.

His life won't be without trouble.

No one's is.

Why do you do that to people?

It's not me, Alison.

It's you.

And you, and you, and you.

And all the I want what I want,

in the face of what's obviously right.

Choice by choice, it just
tears your world apart.

And the trouble flows through those tears

like an open sewer.

But I whipped it all, Alison.

The day I got these scars with every drop

of my blood, I kicked it
all to, you know where.

[laughing]

Begging your pardon, mam,

if you know what I mean.

I'll tell you a little
something else, Alison.

You know the name Jesus?

You know what it means?

Not too many people do.

It means God saves.

And guess who God saves.

Alison?

And her little girl.

Okay, 20 questions.

Fire away.

Okay.

Um, why do you hate, like, gay people?

That's a lie.

There's no one I hate.

There's no one I don't love.

Not even Dr. Sheen if you can believe it.

I cry a billion tears
over what he chooses to do

with the skills and the
education that I gave him.

I hand formed him in his mother's womb

the same as you, the
same as your little girl.

There's no one I hate, Alison.

There's no one I don't love.

Wow, okay.

Uh, where do I go from there?

Oh, I have a good one.

Why do you let African
children all starve?

I don't let children starve.

There's enough food to go around.

It's you guys who let children starve.

Why did you make cancer?

I didn't make cancer, Alison.

You live in a crippled creation,

if I can put it that way.

You ever heard of the Garden of Eden?

No disease, no tears, no fear.

The lion laid down with the lamb.

That's the way I intended it to be.

Is it like Adam and Eve
eating the apple thing?

It wasn't really an apple, but yeah.

What was that like?

The...

Oh.

I mean, I saw the
Passion movie where you,

I mean, he, you know what I mean.

Gets all whipped and bloody and all.

Imagine every pain and
horror in human history

just crashing down on you
in a single moment of time.

Every m*rder, every r*pe,
every w*r, the Holocaust,

every baby's life lost on
the other side of this wall.

That Passion movie didn't come close.

Hmm.

Okay, uh.

Let's see if we can lighten this up.

Ah, what's your favorite movie?

To k*ll a Mockingbird.

Oh, I actually had to
watch that for school.

Maybe Lilies of the Field.

What's your favorite Jesus movie?

Ben-Hur, 1959.

The chariot race is the greatest sequence

ever put on film that'll never be b*at.

I'll have to check that one out.

Uh, favorite book?

Right, that was a stupid question.

Favorite song?

Jesus Loves Me This I Know.

Favorite moment in history?

The day I got these scars.

Wow.

Okay, why are you a janitor?

I mean, you're God.

'Cause that's what I do.

I clean up my children's messes.

Why don't you just like
zap all the bad people?

'Cause I'd have to start with you.

Never once done anything wrong.

Never once lied, never cheated.

Never...

Yeah, but I never hurt anyone.

Alison.

Tell me something I haven't heard

like a kabillion times.

Next question.

Are you going to let me do this?

I can't force you not to, Alison.

It's your choice.

Is Rick gonna call?

Text.

He prefers to text.

Will he ever ask me to marry him?

When he thinks he's going to lose you.

But it's only a ploy.

The moment he's secure,
he'll back off again.

What's her name?

I can't tell you.

That's your choice, too.

I mean, I'd have to get a new job,

a bigger apartment.

Is that a question?

Why don't you just tell me what to do?

I am.

Yeah, but...

[hip hop music blaring]

Looks like we have a winner.

What's gonna happen to them?

I mean, they're gonna
move in with his grandma.

How can they...

Have a baby?

Yeah.

Lecretia's a very smart woman now.

She's made her share of mistakes,

and she knows it.

She's done this twice already.

She's cried herself to
sleep many nights just...

Wishing she could have
back her dead babies.

It's not fair.

That's what it is.

You need to understand I'm
trying to save your baby's life.

And I've got less than


I want you to go away.

The gloves are off about this, Alison.

I love you very much,

nothing can change that or take it away.

But make no mistake, I want her to live.

I do, too.

Just not now.

Okay, I can't do this now.

You won't do this now.

You're afraid to do this now.

Alison, you can be
dishonest with yourself,

but I'm the living God.

I see inside your heart,
I hear your every thought.

Right now your mind is completely consumed

with Ricky boy.

Your entire take away
from watching D'Shawn

with Lecretia is if only Rick.

Alison, you have a living baby inside you.

And all you can think about is Rick.

I'm not ready to be a mom.

You already are a mom.

I want you to go away.

I can't go away, I'm God.

But you can turn your back on that.

You walk through those doors and you turn

your back on it real good.

And you turn your back on the future

I have for you,

and you turn your back
on your little girl.

And you turn your back on every frame

of that wonderful dream I gave you.

That was my dream, okay,

you had nothing to do with that.

That was your little girl crying out

for her mommy to want her.

And not destroy her.

Leave her alone, okay,
leave her out of this!

[car revving]
[hip hop music blaring]

She has nothing to do with this.

Hurry up, now,

I'll be waiting right here for you.

It's crazy how cold it is out here, huh?

I thought you didn't have a boyfriend.

Lecretia have to spill her guts

to everyone who come
around asking her business?

I didn't know you from nowhere, girl.

But now since we sisters and all.

Meet D'Shawn, D Man, D Dog himself.

Oh, I love that man.

Glory.

Yeah, glory.

You can't be saying glory like that

like it's just some pitiful word.

Girl, we talking about glory,

as in hallelujah, kingdom come,

it's a brand new day and
everything gonna be okay.

Hmm, we gonna be having
church on satan's doorstep.

[laughing]

Romeo funny man, I presume.

Uh, yeah.

He's just texting to say he loves me.

[laughing]

I thought he didn't
speak that love language.

Lecretia don't forget nothing.

Hmm.

So, uh, where'd the D Dog go?

Girl, he went next
door to go get his woman

a Boingo Burger and
some sweet potato fries.

I was so hungry I was about to chew

my toenails off.

And don't think my baby
not doing his share

of complaining.

He's tired of his momma getting sick

'cause of this stinkin' place.

I tell you, sister, I'm a march in there,

take my baby, give them
a piece of my mind,

and tell them what they can do with it.

Especially that witch looking woman

that keep coming outside
talking about Heather,

Wendy Mei Fong.

What kind of name is
Wendy Mei Fong, anyway,

like some character in a
storybook or something.

I ain't never heard nothing like that.

This place is crazy.

Oh, you seen all them
cats around her neck?

Ain't nobody supposed to walk around

with cats around their
neck instead of people.

I'm telling you, girl,
that just ain't natural.

Oh, don't worry about me.

[Speaker] Is everything okay out there?

Yeah.

[Speaker] Is that boy out there?

Do I need to call security?

No, Miss Glo.

[Speaker] Hold on, I'm coming out.

[laughing]

Girl, Miss Glo gonna be so surprised

when she find out.

Blow her mind away. [Laughing]

What's going on with you girls?

It's freezing cold out here.

And Lecretia, get inside,

they're gonna call your name any second.

I'm sorry to disappoint you, Miss Glo,

but I'm checking out of this Bate's Motel.

I changed my mind.

Sure you did.

Now will you get inside,

before I get into trouble again.

I'm serious, Miss Glo.

D'Shawn went next door to
get me something to eat.

And when he gets back
we gonna take our baby

and we gonna raise him
to be a man or a woman.

No, it's a man.

Like I said.

Congratulations.

And you, Alison?

Still figuring it out?

Well, in my day, there
was no figuring it out.

In my day, a girl did her best to keep

her drawers on because she knew there was

a high price to pay if she took them off.

And if she made a mistake,
and some of us did,

well, let's just say, there are a lot

of beautiful sons and
daughters alive because of it.

Now will you girls get inside before

you catch your death of cold?

So is Mr. I Love You coming to get you

from out of here or what?

'Cause if you need me to call D'Shawn

he ain't got a problem
bringing him over here.

No, it's okay.

Hmm.

'Cause we got a way of dealing with things

where I'm from.

I promise, it'll be okay.

It'll be okay.

It'll be okay.

Today, tomorrow, one day, huh?

That's the woman's anthem, ain't it?

Can I be real honest with you,

us being sisters now and all.

Remember when I told you I wasn't seeing

a maintenance man?

Well, girl, I lied, I seen him.

And he tells me the same
thing he be telling you.

I love you, Lecri, and
I love your baby, too.

He told me it tore him up to see me

do my babies the way I did.

Same way it be still tearing me up.

I know this seem like a good thing,

but girl, I promise you,
it's gonna tear you up.

We be their mothers.

And there's nothing more heartbreaking

in this heartbreaking world

than mothers doing their own babies wrong.

You know, D'Shawn come around here

like he's super fly or something.

But truth is, I was walking away anyway.

I already got two babies I'll never know.

Maintenance man say
they doing well with him

and he's taking real good care of 'em.

But we be mothers, girl.

We be their mothers.

Now you listen to Lecretia.

Don't be doing like I did.

Pay mind to that maintenance man.

Because he's trying to
save your baby's life.

And he's trying to save yours, too.

I can't go back, but it
ain't too late for you.

[screeching]

Girl, D'Shawn acting like this.

I ain't never imagined my eyes would see.

Can't nobody tell me that maintenance man

don't do miracles.

[hip hop music blaring] Hey!

You ready, baby?

I got you two mega meals,

one for you, and one for Little D.

Hey!

Now you keep my sister company.

I'll be back in a minute.

You, uh, work here?

No.

Oh, I got you.

Won't even ask another question.

Just keepin' an eye on
you til Lecri comes back.

You don't mind, do you?

'Cause I can get back in my ride.

Oh, no, it's okay.

You're okay.

Music too loud?

I can turn it down if
you want me to turn...

No, I like it.

Alright, that's jamming, girl, me, too.

I love it.

That's obvious, but, some
people prefer mellow.

Lecri, she prefer mellow.

I like mellow, too.

I got mellow, want me
to put some mellow on?

No, no, it's okay.

[sighing]

You like a burger?

It's a Boingo.

It's okay, I'm fine.

Thanks. [Laughing]

You a Micky D, girl, huh?

Or BK?

I can do a BK, BK works.

Lecri, she difficult,
you know what I'm saying?

Always gotta be a Boingo with Lecri.

She love them fries,

she be like... [smacking]

I'm not allowed to eat.

Oh.

Yeah, stupid me.

Pretend I said nothing.

It's okay.

What you doing in there, Lecri?

Much longer they gonna have to deliver

that child, girl.

Oh, um, she's talking to the cat lady,

setting her straight.

I don't wanna know what that means.

Not meaning to pry or nothing, but,

you really gonna go through with this?

Maybe you think you have to, but,

I mean, forgive me if I'm stepping

out of bounds here.

You don't know me from no one,

but you don't have to do nothing.

All the, you know, woman
got a choice and all.

Why does it always mean this,

and not the other?

Ain't nobody gonna tell me what to do

with my body, but it sure is okay

to tell that baby what
to do with his body.

How come ain't nobody
gonna tell me what to do

with my body don't apply to him?

What about his equal rights?

Her.

Him, her, same thing.

No, it's a her.

Good God, hallelujah.

I ain't never coming back
to this vampire shack.

Now get me outta here
as fast as this can go.

Oh, Alison.

Been meaning to tell you,

now, I'm gonna be having
me a proper baby shower

and I want you to be there.

No matter what you decide to do here,

I want you there, do you hear me?

Your burger is gettin' cold, woman.

Yeah, you already borderline.

Now you make sure you call me, okay?

And you remember, Lecretia loves you.

You stick that in your
little love language.

Bye-bye, boo.

See you at my baby shower.

You're mine now.

You're a brave girl, Alison.

That took courage.

[ticking]

Now what about your little girl?

I just can't.

The clocks running out on her, Alison.

They're coming for her now.

I need more time!

There is no more time.

[intense music]

[waiting room music]

Don't tell me we lost Alison, too.

She's outside, I'll get her.

I won't force you, Alison.

You have to choose, and
you have to choose now.

[door opening]

They need you, honey.

Alison, your little girl,

she just wants to live.

I can't tell you how
badly she wants to live,

and she wants her mommy to want her

and not be afraid of her,

just like you with your daddy.

Alison, even now,

she can feel your whole
body tightening around her.

She doesn't know what it is,

she just knows that
something is terribly wrong.

And Alison,

she just wants to live.

Alison, your little girl wants her mommy

to want her to live.

I love you so much, Alison.

I love you more than you can imagine,

and I love your little girl, too.

I came here to save her.

And to save you, too.

I can't force you,

I can only beg you like I've been

begging you all morning.

[Glo] I can't hold them off, Alison.

You have to decide now.

Can you show me her?

Like you did before.

You've already seen her.

Please.

Please, just one more time.

[Glo] Come, honey, we have to go now.

Please!

[heartbeat thumping]

[waiting room music]

Excuse me, miss.

May I?

[child singing]

♫ Jesus loves me this I know

♫ For the Bible tells me so

♫ Little ones to Him belong

♫ They are weak but He is strong

♫ Yes Jesus loves me

♫ Yes Jesus loves me

♫ Yes Jesus loves me

♫ The Bible tells me so

[Child] Mommy, Jesus loves me!

[Alison] Mommy knows, my darling.

Mommy knows.

["The Two of Us" by Sophie Park]