All language subtitles for 7th Heaven s08e09 Go Ask Alice.eng

Simon, Lucy, Matt
and Mary are gone...

and I have another year
before Ruthie,

so tell me why you're involved
in my business?

Yes, well, uh, you know,
with our children

we usually felt that dealing
with the vice-principal

was enough,
but, uh, I got involved

when one of the parents

in my neighborhood called me,
and, uh,

well, asked me to intervene.

And they asked that
I deal directly with you.

The Millers understand

why there's a "no visitor"
policy on the campus.

But it's just their older son
coming to pick up

their daughter
after basketball practice,

and he's a family member,

so surely something
could be worked out.

So I take it you've sided
with the Millers,

and you'd like me to change

a school policy
to better suit their daughter?

Well, I'm not
sure I would've

put it that way but...

yeah, I thought there might be
a compromise.

In this case,
um, I don't think so.

So...

is there anybody
else who's unhappy

that you'd like
to make happy?

Perhaps I could help you
bring about justice

for some other student.

Principal Jones,
I don't mean any offense,

but you've hardly
allowed me to speak.

I don't mean

any offense either,
Reverend Camden,

but I'm a very busy woman,

and I've already spent
a lot of time and effort

talking to the student,
and the brother of the student,

and the parents
that you're representing,

and I have explained
ad nauseam

that this visitor policy
is not my personal policy.

This is
a district-wide policy.

And frankly, I'm annoyed
that they don't

want to take no for an answer
and just play by the rules.

But, you know,

rules are made to be broken,
are they not?

What about the Ten Commandments?
They meant to be broken?

What about the Golden Rule?

Forgive me,

I'll stop wasting your time

and I'm going
to get back to work.

I have a teacher out sick
and a substitute

who hasn't arrived,
and I have to go to class.

(indistinct conversation)

What are you doing here?

Oh, I had a meeting
with Ms. Jones.

Ah, isn't she great?

Sure, but she's a bit
of a stickler

for the rules, isn't she?

Yeah, you know she is.

She's absolutely
fair to everyone.

There's no guessing what's
allowed and not allowed.

The athletes aren't favored
over the other students,

so no one resents us.

And everyone is
treated the same.

Do all the students
feel the way you do?

I don't know, and I
don't really care.

Bottom line, this is
the highest-rated school

academically
in the whole district.

And I don't feel like
I'm going to get stabbed

(bell rings)
by another student every time I go around a corner.

I gotta get to class.
See ya.

Hey, come by
for dinner tonight.

You're that reverend guy,
aren't you?

Simon Camden's dad?

Yeah, Eric Camden.

Bet I know why you're here.

'Cause that new guy
and the principal

are a little too close,
if you know what I mean.

I heard he's not

really a student, he's a spy.

She's always trying
to get information.

Get rid of her enemies
before they get rid of her,

know what I mean?

* 7th Heaven *

* When I see
their happy faces *

* Smiling back at me

* 7th Heaven *

* I know there's
no greater feeling *

* Than the love of family

* Where can you go

* When the world
don't treat you right? *

* The answer is home

* That's the one place
that you'll find *

* 7th Heaven *

* Mmm, 7th Heaven *

* 7th Heaven. *

(barks)

(dishes clink)

(clunk)

That's enough.

Don't want to raise
the bar too high.

I've been working to keep it
at a reasonable level for years.

Sorry.

Military training.

And how is your dad?

He's in Iraq.

He's hot and he's tired.

And he's ready to come home,

but not before
the job's done.

I got an e-mail
from him this afternoon.

Oh, so you were home
this afternoon?

No, I just

ran by the house
to check my e-mail

before I came over
to help Annie with dinner.

And before that?

Uh, before that?

Uh, baseball.
Why?

No reason, just asking.

I'll see you soon.

Are you going out
with Martin?

No, I have homework
to do, too.

You're not avoiding him
because of what

people at school are saying
about him, are you?

No. He doesn't know
what people are saying.

Are you sure?

I mean, most of the time,

people eventually hear
what's going around.

CECILIA:
You're not going to tell him are you?

No, but maybe you should.

Why?

Because you think
he may not be

who he says he is.

I didn't say that.

But you're thinking it.

Ruthie, do me a favor.

Can we just forget
I ever confided in you?

Sure. Sorry.

Forget it.

Good night.

Did your dad seem
a little off at dinner tonight?

Well, he started his day
by going to see

that witch over
at the high school.

Witch? What witch?

The principal.

What did he see her about?

You know the Millers,
they live

in the yellow house
down the street?

Their daughter's always
in the driveway

shooting baskets?

She's all-state
in girls' basketball.

And they have an older son.

Graduated last year,

always sits in his car
in the front of the house.

Always looks asleep.

His name's Griffith.

I know the yellow house

with the backboard
over the garage.

I don't know
any of these people.

The brother wants to pick up
the sister from school

and the witch won't let him.

So they asked Dad
to give it a shot

before they go
to the school board.

Is this straight?

Yeah.

Good.

Does the brother
just want to pick her up

in front of the school,

or does he want to drive
on the school property

and wait in the parking lot?

I don't know.

They don't let anyone
other than students

from the same school drive
onto the school parking lot.

Even parents have to park
and wait at the sidewalk,

off school property.

Well...

before you call
this woman a witch,

shouldn't you know
if she is a witch?

And that's the story
of Mushkil Gusha.

I liked it.

It was very good.

But I feel bad for the daddy

when he took
the daughter away from him.

Yeah, he didn't
do anything wrong.

And neither did she.

She didn't steal
the necklace.

But, you know, in the end,

everybody found out
the truth

and they all
liked the man.

And they liked
his daughter.

And their lives
were never difficult again.

Good night.

Good night.

ERIC:
Good night.

(Happy barks gently,
then pants)

So you in the mood
for what is probably gossip?

Not really.

It involves Martin.

And Cecilia?

No, and Ms. Jones,
the high school principal.

Where did you hear it?

From a student?

I think I'll pass.

You're right.

Maybe we should slow down.

I mean,
you are just 16, right?

Right. 16.

Hello.

Hey...

You both go to Kennedy
High School, right?

Right.
Right.

What do you think of
the principal there-- Ms. Jones?

She's a witch.
She's great.

You hardly know her.

You just started
going to school there.

And I think she's great.

You want to know why?

Because I did just start
going to school there.

And she seems
to know how hard it is to be the new guy.

And she's gone out
of her way to help me.

She sat in with the counselor
when I registered

so she'd make sure
I got the right classes

and the nicest teachers.

And she got my last
coach to call

Coach Hardwood so he'd know
where I am with my game.

And she even
came to my house

and met with my aunt.

Hey, who died and made
him the president

of Ms. Jones' fan club?

Hi.

Oh! Oh, it's just you.

(chuckles)

I just had an
interesting discussion

with Cecilia and Martin
about the principal

you met with today--
Ms. Jones.

Ah...

I had a very
interesting discussion

with another student
about Ms. Jones.

(phone rings)

Hello?

Yeah, but I'm not a member
of the school board.

Okay, but, you know,
why don't you let me

talk to her again?

Okay.

But let me meet with
the other parents first.

And if that doesn't work then,

I'll be there,
if it's that important to you.

How come no one in this family
says "good-bye"?

They just finish what they're
saying and hang up.

Now I've started doing it.

People outside the family
think I'm nuts.

It's a bad habit.

Save me a bite of that,
will you?

That was our friend
from the board of education.

You know,
the preacher's kid

who helped Simon get
into college early?

The, uh, the Harvard bum.

I'm sorry,
did I say that out loud?

Anyway, there's a school board
meeting about Ms. Jones.

Seems she's upset
a number of people.

He suggested I be there,
sort of as a moral compass.

Ever stopped a
lynching before?

On occasion.

Why?

Something's
not right here.

You're not interested
in that guy, are you?

He's a loser.

Ms. Jones just
transferred him here

so he can help out
the baseball team.

He's not really
a sophomore.

He's a senior.

He's just claiming
to be a sophomore

so he can play
for three years.

See, she's pushing
Coach Hardwick

to get into the
state championships,

and if he doesn't,
he's going to get fired.

Fired! After what,
ten years here?

First of all, the new
guy's name is Martin,

and he's really 16.

I've seen his
driver's license.

And secondly, he
had to transfer here

because his only parent is
a marine stationed in Iraq.

Love is blind
and apparently also deaf.

How do you know
it's his real license?

And I don't guess
that you've met the father.

I've seen pictures.
Yeah,

'cause there aren't pictures
of marines floating around,

are there?

Hey, I'm making a
snack for the boys.

Fruit salad.

You want some?

No thanks.

Sure.
Oh, good.

Have you seen Cecilia?

It's a
little early.

Maybe she'll
be around later.

If you want to play a game with
the boys while I start dinner,

that would be a great help.

I'll go get a game.

Candyland maybe?

If we win, could we have candy
instead of fruit?

Yeah, we love candy.

Yeah, but fruit is much better
for you than candy.

Come on, guys.

Let's go get a game.
I don't

want fruit.

I don't like fruit.

Really?

I love it.

Then I love it.

Me, too.

Yesterday,
Cecilia told me

something that was being said
at school about Martin

that was really stupid.

And?
And I told her

I thought
she believed it

and I hurt her feelings.

I know I did.

Well, at least you know
when you've done something wrong

and you want to make amends,

so don't be so
hard on yourself.

The thing is, once you say
something that you shouldn't,

it's out there
and you can't get it back.

Again,

good for you.

Hard lesson to learn--
really, it is.

KEVIN:
Over there.

Everything
okay here?

Well, everything is fine,
Officer.

Um, I was just telling
this young man

that he cannot
park here

while he waits
for his sister

to get out of
basketball practice.

It's sort of an
ongoing conversation.

We like to chat every
day about this time.

You want
to move along?

Am I breaking any law?

Maybe.

Well, I'll risk it.

No, really, Officer,
I-- i-it's okay.

I-I think Griffith was
about to leave anyway.

Weren't you, son?

I'm not your son.

But yeah, I'll leave.

I'm Officer Kinkirk.

I'm also
Reverend Camden's son-in-law.

Married to Lucy.

Ah.

Thanks for
checking up on me.

(typing rapidly,
computer beeping)

I'm running a check
on the car for you.

What are you hoping to find?

Parking tickets, moving
violations, that kind of thing.

People who don't like rules
don't just break one rule.

She's impossible to talk to.

Is that about everything or
just one particular subject?

My son has a
speech problem.

He has every right

not to meet the foreign
language requirement,

and the counselor agreed.

All we needed was one
letter from Ms. Jones

to make it official.

And you know what she said?

"Talk to me
after he's tried

this Mr. Sanborn's class
for one month."

And?

And now he's skipping
a class a day

and he's in detention
for it,

and if he gets
enough detentions,

he's going
to get suspended

and eventually tossed
out of there

and for no good reason.

Why don't you... tell me
what's going on with your son

or daughter?
It's my daughter.

She's hypoglycemic

and she needs to leave school
every day for lunch,

but Ms. Jones
won't allow it.

Okay.
My daughter is friends

with this woman's daughter,
and since she doesn't drive,

my daughter is willing
to take her, but no...

My son didn't make
the baseball team

because she's brought in some
new kid from another district,

and he's heard that this kid
is actually some kind of spy,

like a narc or something,
who's been brought in

to get information on
the other kids for her.

Is he a good player?

Yes, he's a good player,

but he's probably 20 years old
or something.

Um...
she's so cheap

she gets her hair cut
at the barbershop.

And this is a problem
because...?

Well,

um, men get their hair cut
at barbershops.

Women are supposed to get

their hair
cut at salons.

She's just
not setting

a very good example.

Okay.

We need to talk
about you and about me.

There's some rumors going on
around school

about you and Ms. Jones.

Yeah, I know,
I heard.

Last night, I came up to
say good-bye to Ruthie.

That's why I said we
better slow it down.

But I was willing to get
to know you a little better

before I just
called it quits

because I don't want
to judge you unfairly.

Know what I mean?

Like the way people
judge Ms. Jones?

A lot of people
are judged unfairly.

Why does it bother you
so much

that people don't like
Ms. Jones?

Hi.

Is this a
good time?

I saw you talking
with Martin

and I didn't want
to interrupt.

It didn't go so well.

He overheard us last night.

I'm sorry.

What you said was the truth.

I have let what other people
say affect what I'm thinking.

No, I cannot come down there.

No, I don't wish
to come down there.

I can't imagine
what good would come of it

if I did come down there.

Can I come to you?

You were just here yesterday.

Yesterday was about
one student.

Today it's a lot of students.

I don't care.

Do you hear?
I-I don't care.

You might care
if they keep pressing

for a meeting
with the school board.

Considering
the current climate,

I don't think that would
work out in your favor.

I know who you met with and
I know what they're claiming.

The, the Spanish teacher has
a learning disability,

and I thought that Mr. Smith's
son might be inspired

to at least try
to learn a second language.

And these two students
who want to leave for lunch,

they... they just want
to leave campus to meet guys.

And I don't know why where I get
my haircut is a problem.

I'm on your side-- I am--

but regardless of how lame
their complaints are,

I get the feeling
you're about to be trampled

by a herd
of disgruntled parents,

and I'm trying to help you.

I can't take the time to worry
about myself right now, okay?

I have other worries,
hundreds of them.

They're called students.

Are you worried
about one student in particular?

Alice Miller maybe?

Stay out of it,
okay, Reverend Camden?

If that's what you want.

But how are you going
to help anyone

if the school board removes you?

I am not a victim, okay?
And I don't need rescuing.

Thanks anyway.

He's not out there--
my brother Griffith--

I looked everywhere for him.

He's not out there.

So now's our chance.

Talk to me.

Tell me what's
really going on.

You can trust me,
Alice, whatever it is.

You can trust me.

Alice, I just want to tell you
again, you did the right thing.

You're very brave,
coming forward.

No one has a right to do
what he did to you.

No one.

You did nothing wrong,
okay?

It's not your fault.

Thank you for trusting me.

Yeah, well, I want to
thank you for believing me.

Uh, I have to go.

Um, I'll see you tomorrow?

Yeah.

Uh, Lucy.

Uh, Lucy Camden.

(sighs)

Oh.

Hello.

I-I thought it was you,
but I wasn't sure.

Did you want
something?

Yes, I do want
something.

Would you be willing
to forget that you just saw me

if you thought
that it would

make a big difference
in the life of a young woman,

maybe even save her life?

I have to have more
information than that.

I can't give you
more information than that.

Look, I-I know you're
studying to be a minister,

and this may be the first time

you've been put
in this situation,

but it won't be the last.

Please help me.

Don't say anything

to anyone,
especially your husband.

I need
a little time.

I don't know if
I can do that,

not without knowing
what you're up to.

I-I can't tell you,
Lucy, really, I can't.

Can you tell me anything?

I'm in trouble?

No, no, I am not
in trouble.

You are in trouble.

You have
35 outstanding parking tickets

and you've got
two moving violations

in the past six months

and you haven't showed up
in court or paid your fines.

And I'm in trouble?

May I see you
a minute?

We have a problem.

Griffith's attorney--

his father's attorney,
that is--

is on the way down here
and he's not too happy.

Seems Griffith's dad is

one of the largest contributors

to the police chief's
campaign fund,

and he claims
that they were told

the tickets
were taken care of.

The chief's fixing parking
tickets and moving violations?

I doubt it,
even for campaign funds.

You want to ask him?
No.

I don't either.

I have an update
on our problem.

Griffith's dad can't find
Griffith's sister.

She's not at school,
she hasn't come home,

and we were holding Griffith,

so he's threatening
to hold us responsible.

Is Mr. Miller here?

No, he's in
the chief's office.

They're setting up
an AMBER Alert.

So they know who the daughter's
with, what car she's in?

They're looking for Ms. Jones.

RUTHIE:
The school board called.

I told them
you were resting,

and they told me
to tell you

there's a meeting tomorrow
regarding Ms. Jones.

They think
you should be there.

(groaning)
They?

That Harvard bum
who got Simon into school.

Sorry.

I just miss Simon.

It's okay. Me too.

Thanks for the message.

Maybe I should try calling
Ms. Jones again.

Maybe you should go
and talk to Ms. Jones again.

I tried to see her
this afternoon

and she refused
to see me.

And when did that
ever stop you?

Fine.

Thank goodness you're here.

I went home, but before
I could even get out of the car,

I turned around and came back.

Because...
I have to talk to someone.

I think Martin's
upset with me,

because I let some rumors
at school bother me.

Rumors about him.

Well, I don't know
if I really want to hear

anything bad about Martin;
I like him.

I do too.

But... a lot of people don't.

They think he's involved
with Ms. Jones

and spying for her.

In order to find out what?

I don't know.

Who's using drugs,

or who's late for school,

or who skips
lunch period,

or which teachers and coaches
aren't doing so great.

She fired Coach Hardwick.

People think Martin had
something to do with it.

Oh, well, I can help you
with that one.

Coach Hardwick's mother was
just put in a nursing home.

Ms. Jones let him have
the week off.

I know because he called me

for information about
Alzheimer's,

and some advice because
we're both going through

the same thing.

Oh.

You don't really think
Martin is

a spy for Ms. Jones, do you?

No.

It's just that it is easier
to believe bad things

about people than good things.

And he is really defensive
of Ms. Jones

when no one else is.

That's because Martin has
judged Ms. Jones

on his experience with her,
not anyone else's.

And I also think
he judges you

on his own experience
with you,

not on what anyone else says
about you.

And I think, maybe,
Cecilia, you could do the same for Martin.

I hope so.

I'll let you two talk.

I'm sorry about before.

No, it was my fault.

I was rude to walk away
and not answer your question.

I'm not her spy.

We've never talked
about anything other than

my dad, my family,
my classes and my game.

I'm sorry if I ever believed
anything else.

Me, too.

Hi.

How is everything?
Great,

now that I've been completely
honest with myself.

You really do give
good advice Ruthie,

even though you're 13.

I have a lot of experience.

You guys never believed
I was a spy, did you?

Never.
People make up bad stuff

all the time,
just for the heck of it.

Then you start worrying
if anyone will believe you

when someone really does
do something wrong.

What's going on?

My daughter didn't come home
from school today.

Evidently Ms. Jones has taken
off with her someplace.

God knows where.

Now, of course,
if your, uh...

if your lousy son-in-law hadn't
had Griffith in police custody,

over a couple of stupid
parking tickets,

she'd be home right now.

I knew something like this
was going to happen.

I had no idea you thought
Ms. Jones would take off

with your daughter.

Are we sure that's
what happened?

We're sure.

See... Alice isn't, uh,
she's not well.

Your daughter Alice
isn't well?

No, uh, she looks
like a normal girl,

but she isn't.

She got an early acceptance
from a school back east,

along with a basketball
scholarship.

We were very excited, but...

we had hoped
that she would stay at home

and go to school somewhere
around here.

This isn't because
we were selfish or mean,

or anything like that.

It's just that we know Alice;
we know she wasn't ready

to just go out
and live on her own.

Well, she got so angry,
that she started threatening

to run away.

And that's why we had Griffith
watch over her

the way that he did;

make sure she wouldn't go
where couldn't watch her.

And that's why the kid is
sleeping in his own car,

just to make sure
that she doesn't run off

while her mother
and I are asleep.

I don't know
what's wrong with her.

She's becoming
a different person,

a very angry person;

a very angry person who would
do anything to get away from us.

Anything, like...?

I don't know...

Make up something about us,
or Griffith.

I thought that was
why Ms. Jones was so crazy

about keeping him
out of the parking lot.

Did she say anything
about Griffith or about us?

No, nothing.

Well, I mean, I'm not trying

to accuse you of anything.

I just thought that...

that if Alice had made up
some horrible story

just to
get away from the family,

that you and your son-in-law
might be helping

Ms. Jones to help her and...

not knowing that she's not...

Not well?

Yeah.

I guarantee that
the reverend knows more

than he's willing
to tell me.

Why don't you
give it a shot?

I'll see what I can do.

He's lying.

You know that,
don't you?

Yep.

But we don't want
to let him know that.

What are you doing home

so early?

Roxanne and I were dismissed,

and we were both warned
to stay away from the Millers.

Evidentially, you may have been
right about Ms. Jones.

No, I wasn't.

She's taken off

with Mr. Miller's daughter,

and it seems that this happened
while Roxanne and I

were questioning his son
down at the station.

I wasn't right about her.

By the way,
when you were telling me

all about the Millers,
maybe you should have mentioned

that Mr. Miller spends
a lot of his money supporting

our local politicians,

including
our police chief.

I-I didn't know.

But...

I was wrong about Ms. Jones.

What?

I may have misjudged her.

I just said she took off
with a student.

There's an Amber Alert
out for her car.

She's not in her car.

She's, uh...

up in our apartment-- Ms Jones.

If she were in her car,
the police would find her,

and she needed
some more time, so...

I gave her a ride.

First of all,
don't forget I am the police.

And secondly,
she needed some time?

All I know is Alice Miller is
in the custody

of Child Protection Services.

(whimpers)

(sighs)

Mr. Miller has been
calling up the parents,

trying to stir up
trouble for Ms. Jones,

'cause he wants her
out of the school, I guess.

And he sort of kind of offered
a reward for anybody

who would come forward
with a complaint about her.

A hundred bucks wasn't much,

but I needed it
on account of my son

doesn't have
a decent pair of shoes.

So anyway...

Well, I-I-I couldn't
come up with much.

I mean, I know Ms. Jones gets
her hair cut at the barbershop,

so I tried to make
that sound bad,

but it really isn't,
'cause it's one of the students

who went to
Kennedy High School

and then he went
on to barber school,

and he's the one
who cuts her hair,

so she's just trying
to support his business.

I mean,
I really like the woman.

She's tough, but she's fair,
and she's funny and...

evidently she's gone
a little overboard

by committing a felony,

so I just wanted to admit,
right now, that Mr. Miller is

the one who stirred up
all the trouble,

in case we're called in to court
to testify on related matters.

I-I just wanted to volunteer
to tell the truth here and now.

I'll tell you what.

I keep an extra
hundred-dollar bill

in my wallet
for emergencies.

Buy your son some shoes.

And, uh, thanks for setting
the record straight.

Although, I'm not sure
we got the full story

on Ms. Jones yet.

It was on the news.

You can't believe everything
you see on TV, or...

read in the newspapers,
or even hear from people.

That's true.

Okay, my son...
doesn't need new shoes.

I need new shoes.

(embarrassed chuckle)

I need to go to the dentist?

The doctor?

You knew I was lying
all along, didn't you?

I suspected.

If people will tell one lie,
generally, they'll tell another.

Wow, you're only
the associate pastor, huh?

You're good!

I better be going too.

I told my attorney to find
my wife.

I haven't heard
from either one of them.

I'm just hoping

that Ms. Jones and Alice
will show up,

that it's all some kind
of mistake.

It's not a mistake.

Who are you?

I'm from
Child Protection Services.

(nervous chuckle)
You're not gonna...

arrest me
or anything crazy like that?

I'm here to interview you,

for the purpose
of having you arrested, yes.

You got to help me out here.

I mean, I told you...
Alice is sick.

She makes things up.

I think only God can help
you now.

No.

No. I know people.

You can't make
these charges stick.

I know people.
People like me.

People rely on me.

Alice will be back home
tomorrow night.

Yeah, maybe Alice will...
but you won't.

Not if I can help it.

I didn't know.

I was in my car because
I didn't want him

to do anything to me again.

That's why I'm always
out there.

That's why I never go
in the house when he's there.

I thought it was just me.

He told me it was just me.

He told me if I let Alice
near anyone...

that she would tell people
about me.

Only no one
would believe her.

And then we'd both be
in trouble, right?

I didn't know Alice had stories
of her own to tell.

I never knew.

I want to kill you!

(sobbing):
I really want to kill you.

But you know what?

This is better.

Seeing you go to jail...

seeing you revealed
for what you really are...

Yeah, this is better.

They've been in there
a long time.

Well, there's a lot
to talk about.

I was feeling pretty brave
this afternoon.

Now, I...

I just feel ashamed.

It's embarrassing.

Humiliating even.

Everyone's going
to know about this.

It's going to be
in the news.

In all the papers.

First of all,

you did nothing wrong.

It-It's his shame.

Let it belong to him.

Don't-Don't claim
it for yourself.

You're the victim.

And I know that's
difficult, Griffith,

you know, not to
feel embarrassed or ashamed, but, uh,

I'll help you
work on that.

I'll get a counselor who
specializes in working with

victims of
sexual abuse.

I know that if you're strong
enough to break the silence,

that you're strong enough
to work through this.

It's just going to
take some time.

A lot of time and
a lot of work.

I don't want anybody
to know what happened to me.

I never wanted anyone
to know.

I understand.

Male victims of
sexual abuse don't often come forward

for that very
reason, but

you did the right thing...

for yourself
and for every son

or daughter
of abusive parents.

And maybe other victims
will be encouraged

to come forward,
if-if they know

that there's help
for them and

serious consequences
for the person who abused them.

But what if my father
gets away with it?

What if there are

no consequences for him?

I-I don't think anyone's
going to sympathize

with your father,
once the truth is known.

Well, what if
he convinces people it was me?

That I asked for it somehow?

No.

No, you didn't.

Just keep reminding yourself
you didn't do anything wrong.

But he told me
that I deserved it.

He told me that I was,
I was nothing,

that I was worthless.

He told me
I was stupid.

Just a stupid mistake.

Well, that's another form
of abuse-- emotional abuse.

And that, too, is wrong
in and of itself, or

when it was used as a way

of controlling you
in this situation.

I don't know.

Maybe I am stupid.

How could I have let this
go on for so long?

How could you,
or how could he?

You're the one
who stopped this.

(sniffles)

You stopped him,
you and your sister.

You didn't do
anything wrong.

I just don't know.

You don't know
what, Mother?

If you can go through
with this?

Yes, you can,
Mrs. Miller.

If you don't, it's your
life all over again.

This is what happened
to you, isn't it?

Your father abused you.

Or an uncle or someone.

Someone abused you.

Yes.

My father.

WRIGHT:
So let's break the cycle right now.

There are going
to be two cases made.

One in children's court
and one in criminal court.

You're going to
have to go along

with the court orders,
whatever those are.

What will they ask me to do?

More than likely,

they'll state
that you cannot have any contact

with your husband,
and you cannot allow him

to have any contact
with your children.

You'll have to
commit to counseling,

and you're
going to have

to get into an alcohol
treatment program.

We're going
to monitor all this,

to make sure
that you stick to the rules.

ALICE:
Wait a minute. Wait a minute,

You're not saying that
you're going

to send me home
with her,are you?

WRIGHT:
No, I'm not. Reverend Camden

has a licensed foster family
who goes to his church

that we can have
you stay with.

Your other choices are
staying with a relative,

if you have a relative

that we think can provide a safe
and nurturing environment.

I'll take foster care.

The family that Reverend
Camden recommended.

I don't think I have
any relatives I can trust.

Oh, Alice,

you don't mean that.

A foster home

with a family
you don't know?

What? Something worse is
going to happen to me

than what happened
in our home?

How could you
even think

that I would want
to come back?

You knew.

(voice breaking):
You let it happen.

You drank yourself into
a stupor every night,

so you could pretend you didn't
have anything to do with it.

You had everything
to do with it!

You could have
stopped it.

I hate you.

(crying quietly)

(voice breaking):
I want to be put in a foster home.

MRS. MILLER:
Maybe you and Griffith

could rent
an apartment maybe.

Maybe that would
be better.

We could consider that
possibility at some point.

Maybe... at some point.

But not right now.

Not until I know

that my father is going
to stay in jail.

I wouldn't feel safe.

I know

Griffith probably didn't know,

but I just wouldn't feel safe.

Hi. I thought I'd come by

and see if there's anything
I can do.

Oh.

And I also wanted
to apologize,

um, if I seemed
short yesterday.

I've had a feeling
something was

terribly wrong,

and I've been hoping
and waiting for Alice

or her brother
to tell me what was going on.

And I didn't want you

or anyone else
getting in the way.

I know
I can be abrupt,

and a lot
of people don't like me,

but even those who don't
know that they can trust me.

It's obvious
that you

care a lot more
about your students

than your popularity.

I respect you for that.

Respect and admire.

I thought you'd understand.

Your job isn't exactly a walk
in the park, either.

Are you coming home?

Is Alice?

(deep sighing)

No.

Then I'm not, either.

But you don't have
anyplace to go.

Well, as a matter of fact,
I do.

Reverend Camden helped me
find something,

and I can stay there
until I figure something out.

But you don't have a job.

You don't have any money.

He'll help me find a job.

Until then,
I'll get by.

(sighs and sniffles)

So, uh...

(sniffles)

...when am I going
to see you again?

In court, Mother.

You'll see me in court.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry
this happened to you.

I'm sorry it happened
to both of us.

I love you.

I love you, too.

But... this is my fault.

Your fault?

How do you get that?

I knew...

what he did to you.

I was too afraid
to say anything

until he started
to do it to me.

And then, I just
couldn't stand it.

Especially once I had no hope
of leaving for school next year.

No, Grif,
it wasn't your fault.

It was his fault,

and it was her fault.

But I'm not going
to let what he did,

or what she let him do,
stop me from living my life.

And you shouldn't, either.

(sighs)

Today was horrible,

but it's better
than tonight would have been.

And we have got horrible days
ahead of us.

Weeks or months
of court proceedings.

Years of therapy
and hard work.

But nothing in our future
is going to be as bad

as any night with him.

I'm going back to school.

I'm going to finish
the season,

and I'm going
to graduate.

And then
I'm going to go to college.

I don't care

what the other students say.

I can't let our father
take anything else from me.

Don't let anything happen
to Ms. Jones, okay?

Don't let the stupid
school board

fire her or anything.

I need her.

We all do.

'Cause there
are other houses

and other families
just like yours.

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