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(Cooing)

(Man) What are you
going to do now, Charlee?

No, that's not it.

She has severe
obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Deep-seated anxieties.
And the compulsive behavior

or ritual-like ordering
and reordering the chess pieces

helps to ease that anxiety.

That's an awful lot
to handle at 17.

It's going to complicate
this assignment, you know.

Mm-hmm.

♪♪

(School bell rings)

There she is.

Special ed students
are so weird.

"Resource students."

That's what we're
supposed to call 'em.

Hey, Mr. Clark. Leaving?

Yes.

Don't worry about it.
They all quit.

It's a grab bag
in there, angel girl.

Learning disabilities,
a.D.D., autism.

And some of them
are just plain mean.

But they're
all god's children,

and they all
need to be reached.

I think Gloria

would be very helpful
in this assignment.

All right.

I'm ready.
Good.

But we're going to need help
from somebody else.

♪♪

(Della Reese singing)

♪ When you walk
down the road-- ♪

♪ heavy burden, ♪

♪ heavy load-- ♪

♪ I will rise ♪

♪ and I will
walk with you ♪

♪ I'll walk with you ♪

♪ till the sun
don't even shine, ♪

♪ walk with you ♪

♪ every time ♪

♪ I'll tell ya,
I'll walk with you ♪

♪ walk with you ♪

♪ believe me,
I'll walk with you ♪♪

(School bell rings)

(Heavy metal music playing)

F-2 to f-4.

Good morning.
I'm your new teacher.

I hear you have
an interesting new assignment.

That counters...

(Heavy metal music
continuing)

(Exhales)

(Coughing)

Stop it!

Kobe, can you tell me what
the assignment is, please?

Yeah, yeah. Our assignment is
to sit in this messed-up room

and don't contaminate
the "normal" kids.

Would you stop
blowing chalk dust

and just answer
my question, please?

We're supposed to write
a fairy tale or a fable

with a moral at the end, like
"slow and steady wins the race."

We got the "slow" down.

Now we're working
on the "steady."

(Chuckling)
Thank you, Kobe.

Kyle, Steven,
would you put those away?

You can play with them
after class.

♪♪

Charlee, you can
play with this later, okay?

And the correct move is...

Knight...

...to c-6.

So, I'm looking forward
to getting to know all of you

in the time
that we have together.

Which will be
for, like, three days.

That's about how long
the others ever last.

Well, we'll do the best we can
and see what we can accomplish.

All right.

So I see that you've
already written an outline,

and those have been approved
and given back to you.

So now it's time
to start writing your story.

But, Charlee, it looks like you
never turned your outline in.

Yeah, um,
I'm still working on it.

Yeah, but the paper
is due on Friday,

so you're a bit behind.

I have to clean my hands.

She doesn't even
have an idea yet.

Yes, I do. Okay? I do.

I keep telling the teachers
that I don't write at school.

I can't.
I write at home.

At home I've got a big,
long story for you, kob.

Well, that's wonderful.
Maybe you could bring it in.

No. No,
I can't bring it here.

It'll get dirty.

Well, perhaps I could
come to your house

and take a look at it.

No, no,
you can't do that.

Charlee, look at me.

You need to
finish this assignment

to finish this class,

and you need to finish
this class to graduate.

Now, I really want
to help you do that.

Have you written anything?

Yes. Yes,
I've written, okay?

I don't know why
nobody believes me.

Just call my dad.
He'll tell you.

Can you tell me
how to get a hold of him?

The parent list
is inside the top drawer.

Thank you.

Rolando!
Yeah?

Telephone!
All right!

Yo!

Mr. Wells,
my name is Monica.

I'm Charlee's
new English teacher.

I'm in the middle
of a job here.
I'm sorry.

I'm very concerned
about Charlee,

and I want to
help her graduate.

Me too.
So, what do you got?

Well, she says that she's been
working on a story at home.

Yeah, so?

So, she
doesn't seem comfortable

bringing that story
to school--

if you'd been around her, you'd
know she's been doing her work.

So, you'll help me
get the story--

Well, your father
is very confident

you'll bring the story in,
and so am I.

Do you speak Spanish?
Armenian?

I feel sick.
Feel sick over there.

Moy sin zabil abyed
Yuri Ivanov deviatie klass.

Her son-- Yuri Ivanov--
he forgot his lunch.

He's in the 9th grade.

(Speaking
foreign language)

Thank you.
Now, how can I help you?

I'm here for the
Charlee Wells evaluation.

She's right over there.

It's all that?

That's
12 years of bureaucracy.

Every year they add
50 more pages

and a new plan for therapy.

What have we got,
Charlee?

Um, nothing really.
Just an electric bill,

um, something for
refinancing the house.
Nothing much really.

I heard from your teacher today.
You writing that story? Hmm?

I'm working on it, dad.

Good. Get it in,
'cause you got to graduate.

Charlee, did you bring
your story today?

(Hyperventilating)

Are you okay?
I can't breathe.

Go see the nurse.
Go on. She'll help you.

I can't--
I can't breathe.

Must be
an awful way to feel.

Let me turn on this

clean air machine
and get these particles out.

No, that's not gonna work.
It's just an air purifier.

It says it clears
99% of the impurities.

It's the one percent
that's the problem, okay?

Just call my dad, okay?
I have to go home.

Just relax, baby.
I can't.

Just call my dad, okay?
I'm gonna die.

You're not going to die.

But I will call him if
it'll make you feel any better.

Kobe, you've done a
great job with the opening.

Now I think you just need
to start working on...

You Monica?
Yes, I am.

I'm Rolando Wells.
I'm picking up Charlee
at the nurses' office,

but I want a word
with you first.

Of course.
All right, everyone.

Use your story outline and add
two new details to your hero,

and I'll be back shortly.

The nurse is this way.
I know where the nurse is.

Charlee was complaining
that she couldn't breathe.

But you don't believe her.
I think she was very upset.

What she feels is real.
She's not one of those kids

that fakes things
just to get out of her work.

I believe that Charlee
very much wants to succeed,

but I believe that
she needs to be challenged
in order to do that.

She succeeds every day.
And considering the fact

that this school changes
teachers every few weeks,

it's amazing
that she succeeds at all.

Maybe it's the school
that needs to work harder.

I want to help.

You're just like the last one
and the one before that

and the one before that one.
Here today, gone tomorrow.

I know how frustrating
this must be for you.

She always turns her work in.
You should check your records.

Then why won't she
turn it in now?

Daddy,
I got to get out of here.

What's the matter?

Dust.
There's all this dust here.

They never
clean this place, do they?
Come on, baby, let's go.

I'll need you
to sign this release.

Okay.

I forgot my glasses. I...

It acknowledges that
you're taking Charlee home.

Okay. Where do you
want me to sign, right here?

No, that's the date.
Sign where it says "parent."

"Parent"?
Right here.

I'm always
forgetting those glasses.

Okay. Let's go.

Did you get that,
angel girl?

Yes.
Charlee's father can't read.

(Andrew) If Rolando can't read,
how could he have possibly

sorted through all this
and advocated for her?

He's a very clever man and
he's learned how to compensate.

Also, he knows
his daughter really well,

but I don't think
he knows about the letter.

Two of you, huh? Last year
they sent one part-timer.

Well, we want to support
Charlee as best we can.

May we come in?
Yeah.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Oh, I see where Charlee
gets her love of chess.

I'll tell you what.
I'll play you right now for $5.

I'm not one for wagering.

That's how I used
to make my living.

I can see where Charlee
gets her visual strength.

You know, there are
some other areas, though--

I'm sick of people
always poking at my daughter

trying to tell me
what's wrong with her.

Charlee has a good chance
of graduating from high school.

That would be a tremendous
achievement for her.

It's a lot harder for her
than it is for the other kids,

but she can do it.
She needs to know that.

She will.
Not if she refuses
to do the work.

We've covered
this ground before.

She says she's
been writing at home.
Have you seen any of it?

She works all the time.
I don't stand over her
shoulder watching.

Well, it would
help her a great deal

if you could work
with her on her writing,

but in order to do that
you have to learn to read.

I could help you.
What are you talking about?

You never learned to read,
did you?

You got a lot of nerve.

Mr. Wells, you're not alone.
Millions of people-- adults--

have faced illiteracy,
and they conquer it.

It's not easy
to hear the truth.

The truth is,
I do just fine.

Yes, but wouldn't
it be better if you could
read her report card,

or later on that
you could read her diploma?

I've accomplished
a lot in my life.

Yes, you have, but what if
you could read a newspaper?

I got a TV.

Okay. Then you open a book
and you discover treasure island

or David Copperfield.
I could see the movie.

Then how do you pay your taxes?
How do you pay a parking ticket?

I know numbers.
I use them all the time at work.

Okay, Mr. Wells,
this is for you

when you're ready.

I can see you're
thinking about me all the time.

It's just great.
I'll see you folks later.

Charlee, can you come here?
Try this new view.

Sometimes a change of scenery

can be a great
inspiration to US.

It's nice, isn't it?
Yeah.

Nice for me.
Get her out of my kitchen.
I'm cooking.

Kobe, close your mouth,
open your mind.
Keep writing your story.

Don't let him get to you.

He just acts tough
'cause he knows he's not.

Ah, that's a sort of
careful observation

that makes
a very good writer.

Can you tell me something
of the characters in your fable?

How would you describe them?

I don't know.

Who's the hero of your story?

Okay. Um...

I guess the king, right?

And is there a queen?

No. No, no,
she left a long time ago.

Um, she was...

Off on her own adventure.

No. No, she just left.

She left a baby.

Oh, they had a baby.

Yeah. Um,
a girl and, well,

she wakes up one morning

and the queen's gone.

She doesn't really know why,

um, but one day a
letter comes in the mail...

What did it say?

Well, it's not really
addressed to the girl,

it's for the king, um...

You see, the girl,
she's just a pawn,

and the pawn's pinned.
Do you know what that is?

You tell me.
Okay.

The pawn is threatened.
Okay, she's threatened, like,

let's say by a bishop,
okay?

And she can't really move,
because if she does

then the king's in check,
right?

So, she can't move.
She can't leave.

She can't do anything.
She's just stuck.

You know, stuck,
right where she is and...

Well, that's called
"being pinned."

That's called a metaphor.

Or, you know,

if it's-- if it's f-5,

then the bishop can trap,

you know,
by moving to b...

I can't breathe right now.

I'm not getting any air.
I can't breathe.

I can't breathe right now.

(Tess) One step at a time, baby.
The air is good here, isn't it?

I don't know.
I can't tell.

I can't breathe. I can't sleep.
I can't do anything.

And you keep wondering,
why is this happening to me,

don't you, baby?

You see the other children
in the hall,

and they're
smiling and laughing.

But in your mind,

it's like a train full of worry
is running through.

Yeah.

You know, when I
walk out of that class,

every time
I can hear those kids.

Oh, special needs.
She must be stupid.

I'm not stupid.
I'm not.

I know you're not stupid.

But I think I need
better medication.

But a psychiatrist has
already prescribed medication.

Some guy
from county services.

But if my dad calls him, then
I can get better medication,

and if I have better medicine
then I'll feel better.

And that's it. That's it.
I'll just have my dad call him.

Well, now, the right medication
can make a world of difference.

But medication alone
is not the answer.

There is no magic pill
to solve all your problems.

You don't know how much
I wish there was.

I'm picking up a prescription
for Charlee Wells.

I'm trying out
a new medication here.

(Telephone rings)

Jolley's pharmacy,
this is Chris.

Just sign right there.
Over here?

Yeah.

I'm gonna leave it here.

I can't do this.
Daddy, I can't...

Okay, baby, this new
medicine's gonna help.

It's all dirty.
Daddy, everything's dirty.
I can't breathe.

Can you read these? How many
are you supposed to take?

Everything's dirty!
Why isn't nothing clean?

Four. Take four of these.

Here you go. Come on.
Calm down. Just take four.

That's two.
Two more.

All right, calm down.

Here, baby,
I got to get to bed.

Charlee? Charlee?

Charlee?

Charlee!
Oh, my god. Charlee!

Hello, Charlee, Mr. Wells.

What are you doing here?
We missed Charlee at school.

We like to keep track
of our children.

How are you doing, baby?
Better.

Good. You're going to be
up and around in no time.

We brought you some flowers
and some magazines,

and a composition book
just in case you felt like

writing down some of those ideas
you had for your story.

That's the problem.
The pressure you put on her
is what triggers these things.

Mr. Wells,
you don't seem to--

Charlee Wells?
Who are you?

I'm Gloria from
L.A. county social services.

Social services?
Did you call them?

Hospitals are required to report
all overdoses involving minors.

Overdoses?
She doesn't do drugs.

The diagnosis
is an overdose.

I spoke with the prescribing
psychiatrist this morning.

Charlee started
new medication, correct?

Yeah.
It didn't agree with her.

She began a course of zanamine.
How many pills did she take?

The box-- the label--
it said 4 pills.

I think it reads
"one tablet every 4 hours."

Morning, everyone.
Can you take your seats
quickly, please?

We have a lot
to get through today.

Hey, teach, where's
obsessive Charlee disorder?

Charlee's sick, Kobe.
Like always.

She's in
the county hospital.

The hospital?
What happened?

Everybody
take your seats quickly.

She's going to be fine.

Kobe? Kobe!

Everyone just stay back.

Boy: He's having
another one!

Kobe?

How are you feeling?

Great. Just great.

There's no class
in here for a while,

so you can stay
and rest if you need to.

I don't need no rest. I'm fine.
It happens all the time.

It doesn't make it
any easier.

Hey, everybody in here's
got something.

I'm epileptic.
Charlee's got o.C.D.

Gordo's just plain stupid.
Stuff happens in life.

You just got
to learn to live with it.

You get up off the floor
and you keep on cruisin'.

You do that very well.

I wish you could
teach that to Charlee.

Do I get extra credit for it?

I'm okay,
you know, dad.

God help me,
I nearly killed you.

Not on purpose.
You misread the directions.
It happens.

I didn't read them at all.
I think you know that.

Yeah.

I thought I could take care
of things without that.

You did.
Daddy, you do.

No, I don't.
I blew it big time.

I don't deserve
to be your father.

Shh! Don't say that.
Please, daddy,

I'd be lost without you.

That makes two of US.

I just get so worried
when you get upset.

Your mama,
she always new what to say.

But I just freeze.

I don't remember it
like that.

I remember her always
yelling about how dirty I was

and cleaning me all the time

and checking the oven
over and over and over again.

She was always so afraid
of leaving that thing on.

Yeah, she was terrified
of leaving the gas on

and hurting you.
She checked those dials
every five minutes.

She had it, too,
didn't she? O.C.D.

She had problems.
She was young.

Young when she had you,
young when she left.

Lots of things she lacked.
But she understood you.

She always knew what to say
when you were worried.

Then why did she leave?
I guess she had enough of me.

You mean
she had enough of me.

No. No, not you. Not you.

Daddy, a letter
came for US in the mail,

and I put it in
my top drawer at home.

And it's from her.

And I can read to you
if you want me to.

I'm going to go get
a cup of coffee. Okay?

I'll be right back.

That's what
I love about hospitals.
The free show.

Kobe!
What are you doing here?

I brought you something.
Yeah?

I drew it myself.

Wow. Thank you.

So what's going on
at school?

Everything's cool.

I had one of my
patented Kobe shakes today,

and Monica
got all freaked out.

I told her it was
no big thing, you know,

that you were the one
that needs some serious help.

Yeah, right.

Kobe,
what do you think about,

you know, when you're
having one of those things?

Nothing.

I don't even know what's
happening until it's over.

It's like traveling
at the speed of light.

You get back before
you hardly even left.

So, does it hurt?
Just my pride.

And that only hurts
if you stay on the floor.

I got to get back to school.

You know,
they're lost without me.

Yeah. Yeah,
you should go.

Bye.
Bye.

When I started out
as an angel,

I saw everything
in black and white,

and it gets a lot harder
when you start to see the gray.

Well, well, our little angel
is learning something.

But the protocol for
intervening on a client's behalf

in a custodial way
is very clear.

It is in black and white.

In terms of Charlee?
Yes.

And the regulations say...

That Charlee must be
placed in foster care pending
further investigation.

Oh, no.

I know. I feel awful.
But the rule is clear.

Her situation places her
in a dangerous environment.

She's not always responsible
for her own actions,

and she's clearly
under the care of someone

incapable of handling
her medication properly.

You saw what happened.
Yeah.

But how can we make progress
if they're separated?

There'll be a hearing and
they'll listen to both sides.

But I had no choice.
It's in the book.

I had to send in
a recommendation.

You've already sent it in?

She told you
there was no choice.

Then I need to go
and see Rolando right away

and explain to him
that it's temporary

and that there
will be a hearing.

Is it possible that
he got the report that fast?

Oh, in cases like this
they hand-deliver.

You did what you had to do
even though it was hard.

And what we have to do now
is trust the father and pray

that it was
the right thing to do.

Daddy! They said
I could go home later today.

Great.

Oh, I finished my story.
Do you want to hear it?

Sure, baby. But first,
a messenger came to the house

with this from social services.
Said it was important. So...

I guess I don't have to say
I lost my glasses.

Oh, no.
What?

"Incapable of
administering medication..."

Dad, this says they're
going to take me away from you.

What are we gonna do?
I don't know.

I'll offer to speak
to the board on their behalf.

I'll explain that
it's not as cut and dry

as it may appear on the surface.
Do you think that'll help?

It's a great idea.

I'm sure Rolando and Charlee
will appreciate the assistance.

Where did they go?

(Charlee)
Dad, where are we going?

We'll try my sister's house
in Detroit.

We can stay there until we
figure out what we're
gonna do next.

What does that sign say?
"National forest."

Good. Then we'll
take the back roads.

Dad, there's no water here.
What if my hands get dirty?

Don't worry about it.

It's impossible for me
not to worry about it.

Okay, okay.
Then worry about it.

We better stop for some gas.
I'll buy some water.

Then what?
We'll keep driving.

What if aunt Rita
won't help US?
She will.

What if she won't?
If she won't,

then we'll keep driving until
I find a safe place for US.

Home is safe.

If we go home, social services
is gonna pick you up, right?

Isn't that what
the letter said? Didn't it?

Yeah, I guess.

Dad, look out!

(Tires screeching)

Oh, my god.
I didn't see it.

♪♪

Monica, what are you doing?
Are you crazy?

I'm here to stop you
from running away.

Like hell you will.
Nobody's gonna take my
daughter away from me.

I don't care what the law says.
I don't care what any rule says.

Do you care what god says?

God? You mean like
god-up-in-heaven god?

I mean god right here,
right now...

Who has been waiting for you,
who sent me here to tell you so.

You're crazy.
No, I'm an angel, Rolando.

Dad, what's going on?
Get back in the car!

No!

I am an angel.
Believe it.

What? An angel?

Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.
Don't be afraid, Charlee.

(Hyperventilating)

♪♪

How did you do that?

You're in god's care.
There's no safer place to be.

I've been sent here to deliver
a message to you, Rolando.

It's a very special message.

It can only be read,
and god wants you to read it.

You're playing with me.
This is a joke.

No, it's a miracle.

Is this what god wants,
to humiliate me in front
of my daughter?

Oh, no. God wants to share
a miracle with you

in front of your daughter.

These are her words.
This is her story.

Look.

Oh, my god. My god.

What does it say?
Read it.

"Once upon a time,
there was a king

"who lived in a
chessboard kingdom.

"He was
big and strong and proud

"and loved by everyone,

but especially by a
little pawn named Charlee."

"Charlee moved forward
one step at a time.

"She didn't jump like a knight
or swoop like a bishop.

"She was slow.

"But she knew that if she
stayed right next to the king,

they could make it together."

Thank you for this miracle.

Thank you for the miracle
named Charlee.

God loves you both so much...

And he's given you this chance
to see what you're missing.

You can learn to read,
Rolando, if you want to.

You just have to set
your pride aside

and sit down and start
one letter at a time.

I'll try.
Will you teach me?

Charlee could do that.

She may feel like
a very small pawn,

but she has
the heart of a queen.

And you're so smart,
Charlee, you are.

You're smart enough
to graduate from high school

and you're smart enough
to go to college.

Wouldn't that
be something? Huh?

It won't always be easy,
but you could do

just about anything
if you set your mind to it.

Something like...
A wonderful teacher.

And I'd be
your first student, hmm?

What if they take me away?

They're not
going to take you away.

There will be a hearing.

Questions will be asked
and statements will be made.

But god
will speak to the hearts

of those who will judge you,

and they will see in you

what god
already sees in you...

A man who has
learned how to read

because he loved his daughter
more than his own pride,

a man who would do anything
for his little girl.

Anything.

In the beginning
was the word, Rolando...

Now it's time
for you to begin.

♪♪

Okay, dad,
let's get started.

So, the right thing to do
was the hardest thing to do.

It usually is.

And it gets
easier with practice.
Like riding a bike.

Or learning to read.

Dad, are you ready?
As I'll ever be.

Okay.

I thought that we would
start with something

that I really want to read.
Okay.

Is this okay?

Okay.

Okay. You see that letter?
That's a "d".

It says,
"dear Rolando and Charlee."

"D" for dear.
Yeah.

I got that.
Go ahead. Good. Go on.

"Hello. It's me Roxanne."

"I don't know how to start.

"Rolando, how are you?

"Charlee,
how's my little baby?

"Not so little anymore,
I guess.

"Rolando, I've been
taking a new medicine,

"and I'm feeling
so much better.

I'm writing you now because
I'm hoping you can forgive me."

"I'm hoping
that we can talk..."

♪♪

Don't be afraid.
This is the time.

(Chimes sounding)
(Cooing)

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